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[Found in flower in August, near cultivation, at 29 N. lat. A bushy plant.—J. A. G.] 
Plate ІЛУ. fig. 1. Detached flower; fig. 2. The same, corolla removed ; fig. 3. Trans- 
verse section of ovary; fig.4. Capsule (when mature the cocci separate transversely at 
the base from the axis) ; fig. 5. Seed. 
24. SPERMACOCE HEBECARPA ?— Dorreria hebecarpa, Hochst., in hb. Schimp. Abyss. ; 
Mitracarpum по. 1, App. Speke's Journ. 636. А single small specimen, which must 
remain doubtful, at least until tropical African Rubiacee shall have been worked up. 
Hab. Ukidi, Nov. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
[Diminutive plant, growing upon sandy soil near water in Окі. In flower November.—J. A. G.] 
25. MITRACARPUM SENEGALENSE, DC. Prod. iv. 572. 
Hab. Unyoro, Nov. 1862 (Mitracarpum по. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 636), Col. Grant ! 
Also in Abyssinia and West Tropical Africa. 
[Found at 5? S. and 2? N. lat., not far from water. In flower November.—J. А. б.) 
26. RUBIA CORDIFOLIA, L.; DC. Prod. iv. 588; App. Speke's Journ. 636. 
'. Hab. Karagué, Dec. 1861, Col. Grant! Occurs in Abyssinia and South Africa, and 
widely spread in Tropical Asia. ` 
[Creeps amongst the bushes of the Karagué ravines. Тһе whole plant clings most tenaciously to 
every thing it touches. "The five stamina attached to the corolla are mere black specks. Flowers here 
in December.—J. А. G.] 
Besides the Rubiaceæ enumerated above, Col. Grant collected specimens, not in a state 
for determination, of :— 
1. Probably a Tricalysia (Rosea, Kl.), in bud, Madi, Dec. 1862. 
2. Vangueria ?, without either flower or fruit, Madi, Dec. 1862. 
[Bushy plum-tree, 3 to 12 feet high, and to 30 inches circumference of trunk. Bark grey, with black 
blotches, as if charred. Branches distinctly jointed. Leaves in two or more pairs, broadly lanceolate, 
about 3 inches long, but a good deal eaten away. The plum is greengage-size and colour, sticky pulp, 
pleasant-tasted, with one stone, the eighth of a sphere; but there may be more stones. The kernel is a 
sweet bitter. Found at 3° М. lat.; called “ сеетатарееа > (Kin.) and “ m’koolookootoot’00” (Keeao). 
Wood not used. There is more to eat of this plum than any other yet seen in Africa; and if introduced, 
it would prove valuable.—J. A. G.] 
COMPOSITAE. 
1. GUTENBERGIA CORDIFOLIA, Benth. MS. in hb. Kew. Herba erecta, ramosa; caule 
tereti, striato, appresse sericeo ; foliis superioribus sessilibus, ovatis e basi cordata amplexi- 
caulibus, late acutatis, obsolete denticulatis, supra scabrulis, subtus albido-tomentosis ; 
capitulis purpureis, laxe cymosim paniculatis, pedunculatis; bracteis involucri tomentosi. 
interioribus elliptico-oblongis, margine scariosis, obtusiusculis, exterioribus brevioribus, 
lineari-lanceolatis ; acheniis obovoideis, glabris, apice anguste areolatis, obtuse 5-costatis 
et transverse rugosis. | 
Caulis 13-2 ped. alt., teres, striatus, minute appresse sericeus. Folia caulina 14-3 рой, longa; radi- 
calia. ... Capitula å poll. diam.; pedicelli incano-sericei, + poll. longi v. breviores, in cymas oligo- 
cephalas pedunculatas disposita ; pedunculis erectis, inæqualibus, simplicibus v. furcatis, 14-4 poll. longis. 
Involucrum campanulatum ; bracteis appressis, interioribus }-} poll. longis. PappusO. Corolla gradatim 
ampliata, 5-fida, lobis linearibus acutis. 
‘Hab. Unyoro (Vernonia no. 9, App. Speke's Journ. 637), Oct. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
