DAWEANJE IN UGANDA LECTE. 523 
lata, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi 
rotundata, membranacea, novella lepidota, demum glabrata, lamina 
4-10 em. longa, 2-4 em. lata; petioli 10-15 mm. longi. Panicule 
parce ramose, 5-6 cm. longe. Bractee ovate, acutissime, 
2-3 mm. longe. Flores breviter pedicellati. Calyx tubulosus, 
basi paullo ampliatus, glanduloso-setosus ; lobi subulato- 
lineares, 3 mm. longi; tubus circa 12 mm. longus. Corolle 
tubus elongatus, eirea 22 mm. longus ; lobi elliptico-oblongi, 
circa 8-10 mm. longi. Anthere breviter exsertz, lineares, 
2 mm. longs. 
Toro, near the Nsongi River, at 4000 feet alt., Dawe, 543. 
Although near the common and widely diffused Plumbago 
zeylanica, Linn., this species is readily distinguished by the 
characters pointed out. Mr. Dawe, who collected both species, 
remarks that the differences between them are still more apparent 
in the living state. 
SAPOTACE®. 
Mimusops Dawei, Stapf, sp. nov.; affinis M. frondose, Hiern, 
sed glaberrima, floribus subsessilibus, alabastris resina copiosa 
illitis, corolla segmentis lineari-oblongis. 
Arbor 20-25 m. alta, valde ramosa, glaberrima; rami cras- 
siusculi, cortice fusco verrucoso obteeti, Gemme resina copiosa 
illite. Folia approximata, oblonga, utrinque subacuta, ad 20 cm. 
longa, 7 em. lata, coriacea, iufra argenteo-glauca, nervis latera- 
libus patulis, utrinque circiter 25, uti venarum reticulatione 
utrinque prominulis ; costa supra tenui utrinque linea depressa 
notata infra admodum prominente; petiolus subteres, 3-4 cm. 
longus. Flores 3-meri, fasciculati, 4-2-nati; alabastra resina 
copiosa illita; pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx 7-8 mm. longus; 
sepala suberecta, oblonga, obtusa, minutissime ciliolata, eras- 
siuseula. Corolla alba; tubus cylindricus, 6 mm. longus ; seg- 
menta qualia, lineari-lanceolata, subacuta, vix 5 mm. longa. 
Stamina 6; anthere oblonge vel sublanceolate, acute, 3 mm. 
longe; filamenta 3:5-45 mm. longa; staminodia lineari- 
lanceolata, 2:5 mm. longa, at medium 2-fida, lobis tenuiter sub- 
ulatis. Ovarium glabrum, 9-loculare. 
Ankole Forest, 1500 m., Dawe, 353. 
Mimusops ugandensis, Stapf, sp. nov.; M. Elengi, Linn., 
similis, sed floribus paulo minoribus, sepalis exterioribus atro- 
