BOTANY OF SOUTHERN RHODESIA. 447 
A shrub, 3-5 m. high, with rigid ascending branches and 
dark-green leaves, which, in exposed situations, are thrown off 
before flowering. Flowers white, of gardenia-like texture, very 
sweet-scented. 
CANTHIUM ABBREVIATUM, S. Moore = Plectronia  abbre- 
viata, A. Sehum. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. Oct. 278. 
Distrib. Angola, Kunene District. 
Herbaceous perennial, 2 dm. high (at flowering). Typical 
veld plant with branching root system, forming circular patches 
like Anona senegalensis, Pers. Flowers iu the axils of the 
lower leaves only. 
ANTHOSPERMUM CILIARE, Linn. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. Oct. 186. 
Distrib. Cape District. First record for Rhodesia. 
ANTHOSPERMUM LANCEOLATUM, Thunb. 
Matopo Hills, amongst reeds on banks of streams. Sept., 
Oct. 93. 
Distrib. Nileland, Mozambique District, South Africa. 
Compostrx. (Mr. 5. Moore.) 
EnrawaEA Sonuiwzi, O. Hoffm. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. i. 
(1893) p. 71. 
Victoria Falls, islands. Fl. Sept. 298. 
Distrib. West Africa. 
An annual erect herb, about a metre high, with purple flowers. 
This record increases the known radius of this species, which 
was considered a south-western one. 
Vernonia Knavssir, Sch. Bip. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. Oct. 342. 
Distrib. Rhodesia, Betchuanaland, Transvaal, Natal. 
VERNONIA PODOCOMA, Sch. Bip. 
Matopo Hills, gorge near the * View." Fl. and Fr. Sept. 66. 
Distrib. Abyssinia, Mozambique, and Zambesi Districts, 
Transvaal (fide Herb. Bolus). 
A very handsome perennial, 2-3 m. high. Simple erect stems 
clothed with leaves all the way up, and a large terminal panicle 
of mauve flowers. 
