468 MISS L. 8. GIBBS ON THE 
long and 2 mm. broad ; the anthers are 4 mm. long, the tooth"at 
the base of each being over 1 mm. long. The style and stigma 
are 8'4 em. long. The fruit is ovoid, 3:4 em. long and bearing 
the free edge of the calyeulus on the apex. A member of the 
sub-section Constrictiflori. It was growing on a tree I did not 
know, which overhung the river-bank on the north side. The 
colouring is very brilliant red. 
VISCUM VERRUCOSUM, Harvey. 
Matopo Hills. Fl. and Fr. Sept. on Croton gratissimus, Burch. 
16; on Ficus sp. 65. 
Distrib. British Central Africa, Nyassaland, Transvaal, Natal. 
This mistletoe is very general in the Hills. The above seemed 
to be the commonest hosts, and trees are often covered with it. 
SANTALACER. 
COLPOON coMPnEssUM, Berg. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. Fl. Oct. 183. 
Distrib. South Africa. 
EUPHORBIACES. 
EUPHORBIA MATABELENSIS, Paw, in Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xv. 
(1900) p. 51. 
Matopo Hills, veld and kopjes, very general. Fl. Sept. 24. 
Distrib. Rhodesia. 
A spinously branched shrub, 2-3 m., with smooth grey bark ; 
flowers yellow on old wood, before the leaves. This species 
seems to be nearer E. cuneata, Vahl, than E. Giirichiana, Pax, 
which Pax has given as the affinity. 
EUPHORBIA BENGUELLENSIS, Pav, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 
(1898) p. 741. 
Matopo Hills, veld. Fl. Oct. 234. 
Distrib. Angola, Huilla, Kunene District. 
A little herbaceous perennial, flowering in tufts, at about 
10cm. high. The flowers are white, with fimbriated white glands. 
Apparently the first record for Rhodesia. 
PSEUDOLACHNOSTYLIS, sp. aff. MAPROUNEJEFOLI €, Paw, in Bot. 
Jahrb, xxviii. (1899) p. 20. 
Matopo Hills, veld, general. g. Oct. 276. 
Distrib. German East Africa, Kunene District. 
