432 MISS L. 8. GIBBS ON THE 
STERCULIACE X. 
DomBEYA ROTUNDIFOLIA, Harv. 
Matopo Hills, veld and kopjes, general. Fl. Sept. 24. 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Salisbury (Rand), Transvaal, Natal. 
A shrub or small tree from 3-8 m. high, flowering before the 
leaves, very striking in flower, as the wood is completely hidden 
by the dense cymose inflorescences, Corolla white, suffused 
with pink. One of the first spring flowers. 
This is quite distinct from D. densiflora, Plauch. 
MELHANIA oBTUSA, N.E. Br. in Kew Bull. 19006, p. 99. 
Matopo Hills by stream, near the Silozi. Fl. Oct. 983. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
This plant was first collected by the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil 
(Bulawayo, 94. in Herb. Kew.), and this is the second record. 
It is a shrub about 15 to 2 m. high, with rigid branches and 
brownish leaves covered with a velvety tomentum. Flowers 
yellow. 
HERMANNIA BRACHYPETALA, Harv. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. Sept. 7. 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Transvaal. 
Sends out long radiating branches which run along the ground 
for about a metre, forming a dense round carpet on the veld. 
The foliage is grey and the flowers cream-colour. 
HERMANNIA viscosa, Hiern. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. Sept. 5. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
A dwarf erect shrub, about 2dm. high. Very viscid foliage 
and reddish flowers. 
MAHERNIA ABYSSINICA, Hochst. 
Matopo Hills, Kaffir lands. F]. and Fr. Sept., Oct. 77. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, Transvaal, Cape Colony. 
A proeumbent perennial, with yellow flowers. Apparently 
the first record for Rhodesia. 
TrILIACEJS. 
Grewia FLAVA, A, DO., forma. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. Oct. 226. 
Shrub, from 1-2°5 m. high. 
TRIUMFETTA WELWITSCHII, Mast. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. and Fr. Oct. 261. 
Distrib. Angola, Rhodesia. 
