274 MESSRS, T. А. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
Transvaal: Shilouvane, Junod, 1030! Zululand, Gerrard, 152! Natal: 
between Pinetown and Umbilo, Rehmann, 8050! 8068! Inanda, J. M. Wood, 
526! near Durban, Marshall! Umlazi River Heights, Drège ! Coast lands, 
0-300 m., Sutherland! Natal or Pondoland : between St. John’s River and 
Umsikaba River, 300-600 m., Dréve! Pondoland: in rocky ravines on 
Western Gate, Port St. John, 300 m., Galpin, 2893 ! 
Var. nyasana, nob. ; foliis lanceolatis plerumque grosse serratis et alabastris 
hirsuto-tomentosis distinguitur.— 7, morrumbalana, De Wild. Pl. Herb. Hort 
Then. t. 37, e descr. et icone. 
An erect shrub, up to 2:4 m. high. Stem fulvous-hirsute with stellate 
hairs, hairs with conspicuous black tubercular bases. Leaves lanceolate, 
rounded or slightly cordate at the base, acutely acuminate to the apex, 9-18 ст. 
long, 275-7 em. broad, coarsely serrate, roughly pubescent on the upper 
surface, more densely pubescent on the lower ; petioles hirsute, 1°5-4°5 cm. 
long. Buds about 9 mm. long in a dried state, densely hirsute or tomentose. 
Horns of sepals conspicuous. Ovary 3-4-celled. Ripe fruits not known. 
British East Africa: near Nairobi, Whyte! Nyasaland: Masuku Plateau, 
1950-2100 m., Whyte! Namasi, Cameron, 21! Shire Highlands, in wet 
soil, Buchanan, 880! 381! Specimens from Rhodesia: Melsetter District ; 
Yungunyana, W. H. Johnson, 120! and near Chirinda, Swynnerton, 271! 
come near var. nyasana. 
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Var. glabrescens, nob. ; a var. nyasana alabastris sparse pilosis et foliis pro 
rata angustioribus recedit. 
Much more glabrous than var. nyasana. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, more 
rarely lanceolate, 8-14 ст. long, 1:5-3:5 em. broad. Buds 6-9 mm. long in 
a dried state, rather sparingly stellate-pilose. Horns of the sepals conspicuous. 
Ovary 3-4-celled. Ripe fruits up to Z7 cm. in diameter including the 
prickles. 
German East Africa : Usambara; M?lalo, Holst, 642! N yasaland: without 
precise locality, Buchanan, 726! Between M'pata and the commencement of 
the Tanganyika Plateau, 600-900 m., Whyte! Nyika Mts., 1200-1800 m., 
Whyte! Mt. Chiradzulu, Whyte ! 
See DL 17, fig. 12, fruit and prickle. 
Forma tricuspidata, nob. ; foliis ambitu ellipticis acute tricuspidatis basi 
cordatis differt. 
Abyssinia: Galla Country; near Sheikh-Huzein, 1700 m., Lllenbeck, 
1250! 
