SPENCER MOORE! GAMOPETAL.E. 177 
PrnuwBAGINEX. 
PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA, Linn. Sp. PI. 151. 
Kagera Valley near Mulema. Fl. May, 278. 
Native name *Nkira." “The roots are eaten for gonorrhea.” 
Widely distributed through tropies of the Old World. 
MynsINE FX. 
Masa RUFESCENS, A. DC. in DO. Prod. viii. Si. 
Musozi. Fl. & Fr. December, 60. 
Distrib. South Central, Mozambique District, Upper and 
Lower Guinea. Also in South Africa. 
Native name * Kyawondowango.” “The unripe fruits 
are pounded, dried, mixed With cow's fat and used 
as an application for iteh.” 
SAPOTACEAE. 
MIMUSOPS PROPINQUA, sp. nov. 
M. arborea ramis bene foliosis glabris griseis longitrorsum 
rimosis, foliis petiolatis obovato-oblongis obtusissimis basi 
cuneatis in sicco griseis supra glabris subtus pallidioribus 
et minutissime lepidotistenuiter coriaceis costis seeundariis 
numerosis parum perspicuis, floribus 3-meris peduneulatis 
axillaribus vel exaxillaribus solitariis vel umbellatis, alabas- 
tris acutis, calycis lobis anguste ovato-oblongis una cum 
peduneuli parte superiori minutissime fulvo-pubeseentibus, 
corolle albe lobis 18 linearibus obtusis integris, 
staminibus 6, staminodiis lineari-oblongis sursum laceris 
quam stamina paullo brevioribus, ovario globoso minute 
pubescente, stylo longiusculo glabro. 
Hab. Shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza at Musozi. Fl. 
January, 76. 
Foliorum lamina 6:0-10*0 em. x 3:5-5:0 em.; costa media 
supra impressa subtus eminens; petiolus 10-155 em. long., 
supra sulcatus. Pedunculi 0:5-077 cm., alabastra 0*6 em. 
long. Calycis lobi 076 em. long., grisei. Corolle tubus 
02 cem., lobi 0*4 em. long. Filamenta 0:35 cm., anthers 
03 em. long.  Staminodia 0'3 em. long., horum pars 
indivisa circa 02 em. long. Stylus validus, parum curvatus, 
0'6 cm. long. 
