208 BOTANY OF THE UGANDA BOUNDARY COMMISSION. 
Viscum TUBERCULATUM, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1. 838. 
Near Kikobe Ferry, Kagera River. Parasitic on several 
species of herbs. Fr. March, 178. Native name “ Ngu- 
rukizi.” 
Near Mulema. | Fr. June, 332 & 342. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, Usambara, Angola. 
V. NYANZENSE, Sp. nov. 
Frutex ramis atrobrunneis, adultioribus teretibus, juvenilibus 
subcompressis, longitudinaliter suleatis; foliis internodia 
exeedentibus, ovalibus, apice et basi angustatis, vel 
interdum apice obtusis, vix petiolatis, subcoriaceis, tri- 
nervibus, nervis utrinque vix conspicuis ; inflorescentiis 
3-floris, brevissimis, sessilibus, bracteis brevibus, crassis, 
late triangulari-ovatis, apice rotundis; floribus sessilibus ; 
perigorii sepalis crassis, triangulari-ovatis, obtusis ; ovariis 
et baccis ellipsoideis, albis, levibus. 
Island of Buvüma, Victoria Nyanza. Fl. & Fr. March, 
654. 
“ Parasitic on * nsali, ' " 
Internodia in ramis foliiferis 2°5-3 em. long. Folia 3-5 em. 
long., l:5-vix 2:5 em. lat. Cymi 3 mm. long., bractex 
l mm. long. Perianthii segmenta *75 mm. long. Ovarium 
1:5 mm. long. 
A member of the section P/eionuvia near V. Fischeri, Engl., 
irom German East Africa, but distinguished by the differently- 
shaped leaves and sessile inflorescence. 
V. BAGSHAWEI, sp. nov. 
Frutex aphyllus densiter multiramosus, ramis penultimis 
sepe ternatim verticillatis, ultimis sæpius pinnatim 
patentibus; internodiis crassis, teretibus, vel junioribus 
subcompressis, atrobrunneis ; cataphyllis late ovatis, apice 
rotundis, margine scariosis et pallidis; baccis sessilibus, 
in axillis solitariis, globosis, luteis, levibus, apice paullo 
truncatis et styli basi eoronatis; bracteis cataphyllis 
conformibus. 
Hab. Near Mulema. Fr. June, 333. 
* Parasitic on Acacia. Fruit yellow and smooth." 
Rami adultiores ad 6 mm. diam., eum internodiis 3-2 cm. 
long. Internodia in ramis juvenioribus equilonga sed 
2 mm. diam., in ramis ultimis vix 1 em. long. et circa 
