152 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
Succulent herb. This differs in certain respects from 
Engler’s description, but I have not had an opportunity 
of comparing it with authentic material. 
Distrib. Central African Lake-Region. 
COMBRETACES. 
COMBRETUM SPLENDENS, Engler, Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. C. 289 
(1895). 
Near Mulema. Fl. April, 212. 
* Shrub with small white flowers." 
The following is closely allied :— 
Bank of River Kagera, near Mulema. Fl. May, 290. 
Native name “ Muramma.” Tree with greenish flowers. 
Distrib. Central African Lake-Region, Mozambique District. 
C. BUVUMENSE, sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis adultioribus glabris, novellis + fusco-pubes- 
centibus, foliorum petiolo superne canaliculato, lamina 
membranacea, ovata aeuminata, superne glabra vel glabri- 
uscula, basi late euneata vel rotundata, nervis lateralibus 
patulis adscendentibus ; racemis axillaribus, copiose 
floriferis, abbreviatis; floribus inter mediocres generis 
breviter pedicellatis, 5-meris, receptaculo inferioretenuiter 
fusco-pubescente, superiore cylindrico-campaniforme, 
medio haud constricto ; calycis segmentis zequilateraliter 
triangularibus, acuminatis; petalis oblongo-ovatis, basi 
cordatis, margine ciliatis, longioribus quam latis, basi 
cordatis. 
Species ad C. paniculatam, Vent., accedens. 
Island of Buvüma, Victoria Nyanza. Fl. March 1904. 624. 
A member of Engler & Diels's Section Conniventes. 
Folia ad 7:5 em. longa an longiora. Petiolus sæpe 7-8 mm. 
longus. Racemi 1:5-20 cm. longi. Receptaculum 
superius + 6:5 mm. longum. 
Petala + 3 mm. longa. Stamina quam petala 3-4plo 
longiora. 
ILLIGERA PENTAPHYLLA, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. (1869) 
206. 
Island of Buváma. Fl. March. 601. “Liane with pink 
petals and orange pollen.” 619. * Liane with greenish 
flowers.” 
Distrib. Lower Guinea. 
