BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 433 
A herbaceous perennial, 0'5 m. high, sending up graceful 
flowering shoots, singly or in tufts, towards the end of the dry 
season ; these are succeeded by the vegetative shoots which 
developing unchecked during the rains, die down again in the 
autumn. This is characteristic for many of the veld plants. 
CORCHORUS HIRSUTUS, Linn. 
Matopo Hills. Fl. and Fr. Oct. 237. 
Distrib. Widely spread in the Tropics. 
CoRCHORUS MUCILAGINEUS, Sp. nov. 
Frutieulus humilis, procumbens, hirsutus, sub lente pilis 
unieellularibus instructus, ramis divaricatis; foliis petiolatis, 
stipulis petiolo l4plo longioribus, subulatis pilosis setaceis, 
deciduis, lamina lineari-lanceolata, grossiuscule serrata, apice 
acuta, basi subcordata, penninervi, nervis lateralibus subtus 
valde prominentibus utrinque 7-12, valde pilosis margine cilio- 
lata; umbellis oppositifoliis, 2-4-floris, pedicellis 1-14plo quam 
peduneulis longioribus ; sepalis 5 lanceolatis pilosis; floribus 
polyandris, petalis 5 lateobovatis angustis et breviter unguiculatis, 
supra unguem margiue puberulis calyce vix brevioribus; stami- 
nibus quam petalis brevioribus; ovario quam calyce 4 breviore, 
trigono, piloso triloculari, ovulis in quoque loculo numerosis ; 
stylo antheris subequilongo. 
Species ab C. serrafolio, Burch., differt valde hirsuto foliis multe 
minoribus et equaliter serratis, nerviis conspicue albis, floribus 
minoribus. 
Hab. Matopo Hills, sandy veld between kopjes. Fl. Sept. 8. 
Simple branches 6-15 cm. long, later becoming longer ; leaves 
alternate, petioles 2 mm. long and pilose; stipules 3 mm. long ; 
blade rough, 4 cm. long, 1 em. broad in the middle; the 
peduncles with the pedicels are 6 mm. lcng and hirsute; the 
bracts are 3 mm. long, equalling the flowers, subciliate and 
subulate, long and finely acuminate; buds pyriform; sepals 
1-2 mm. long, membranous, pilose; the petals are yellow, 
1-3 mm. long; stamens 4 mm. long, with yellow filaments, and 
the anthers are dorsifixed; dise hypogynous entire, margin 
papillose ; ovary and style 6 mm. long; ovary hirsute, 12 mm., 
style glabrous with capitate, three-lobed stigma; capsule, very 
young, hirsute. 
This plant is a small woody perennial, with prostrate branches 
and inconspicuous yellow flowers. The leaves are dark green in 
