306 MR. SPENCER MOORE ON THE 
T'RICALYSIA GRISEIFLORA, A. Schum., in Engl. Jahrb. xxii. 
(1896) 446. 
Angola, common in thiekets and bushy grass-lands about 
Malange; Gossweiler, 1245 & 1250. 
PENTANISIA RHODESIANA, S. Moore, in Journ. Bot. xl. (1902) 
4) 7-4) 
pura pun 
South Rhodesia, Penhalonga at 6000 feet ; E. R. Sawer. 
POLYSPHÆRIA ZOMBENSIS, sp. nov. (Plate 13.) Verisimiliter 
fruticosa, ramis gracilibus tetragonis glabris novellis puberulis, 
foliis breviter petiolatis ovato-lanceolatis breviter cuspidatis 
obiusis basi rotundatis vel rotundato-truncatis tenuissime coria- 
ceis utrinque glabris in sicco fuscescentibus, stipulis deltoideo- 
ovatis acuminatis extus diuscule appresse puberulis, glomerulis 
3-10-floris pedunculis glabris recurvis suffultis, bracteolis com- 
munibus necnon ealyculi phyllis ovatis acutis vel obtusis his 
equidem ssepe truncatis ut calyx margine obscure undulatus 
extus et intus minutissime sericeis, corolla tubuloso-campanulata 
quam calyx multo Jongiore extus puberula faucibus villosis lobis 
ovatis obtusis tubo brevioribus, antheris subinclusis, fructu -—. 
Hab. Nyassaland, Zomba; A. Whyte. 
Foliorum limbus raro 12°0 cm. attingens, solemniter 6:0-9:0 
cm. Jong., juxta medium 3:0-5:0 em. lat.; coste secundarie 
utrinque circa 12, horizontales vel ascendentes, marginem versus 
subito arcuate; nervule aperte reticulate, delicatule; petioli 
circiter 0'5 em. long., supra late canalieulati. Pedunculi pro- 
fecto evoluti (sc. sub floribus jam pansis) 1-0 em. long. Stipule 
0°4-0°5 em. long. Bracteole calyculique phylla 015-02 em. 
long. Calycis tubus (ovarium) late turbinatus, ut limbus 1:0 cm. 
long. Corolla tota 0°5 cm. long., basi 01 em. faucibus 0:25 em. 
lat.; lobi 02 em. long. Anthere 0'25 em. long. Stylus inferne 
glaber superne dense apicem versus minute pubescens, 0'7 cm., 
rami complanati vix 0*1 em. long. 
An interesting plant, as its nearest congeners are the recently 
described P. pedunculata, K. Schum. (in De Wildem. Fl. 
Katanga, 226), and P. arbuscula, K. Schum. (in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 
xxxiii. (1903) 349), which, like it, differ from all other known 
species by reason of the stalked inflorescences. P. arbuscula, of 
which I have scen no specimen, is described as a tree with leaves 
acute at the petiolar end, smaller stipules (0'1-0*15 em. long), 
peduneles only half the length, bracteoles villous inside, and a 
