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5. SYNADENIUM GRANTII, Hook. fil., in Bot. Mag. t. 5633. 
Hab. 3» 15' N. lat., Feb. 1862, near villages, Col. Grant ! 
Flowered in the Royal Gardens, Kew, November 1866. 
(А bushy tree of 10 to 15 feet, with small red flowers. Milk falls in drops when any part of the tree 
18 broken—J. А. G.] 
6. PHYLLANTHUS PSEUDO-NIRURI, Muell. Arg.; DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2, 365. ` 
Hab. 2° N. lat., Oct. 1862 (P. Niruri, App. Speke’s Journ. 647), Col. Grant ! 
Only known from this locality. 
7. PHYLLANTHUS (Š MENARDA 2), sp. (Pistillate flowers wanting.) Referred to Aniso- 
nema multiflorum in Арр. Speke’s Journ. 647, from which it is rejected by Dr. Mueller 
(Arg.). It must remain doubtful in the absence of female flowers. 
Hab. 8215! N. lat., by water, Dec. 1862, Col. Grant ! 
8. HYMENOCARDIA ACIDA, Tulasne, in Ann, Sec. Nat. ser. 8, xv. 256; DC. Prod. ху. 
pt. 2, 477. Foliis oblongo-ellipticis, utrinque obtusissimis, supra glabratis, subtus glan- 
duloso-lepidotis simul et hirtellis; fructibus obcordatis, superne dorso late alatis, basi 
truncatis retusisve. 
Folia 2-23 poll. longa, 12-11 poll. lata; petiolus 4-3 poll. longus. Fructus samaroideus compressus, 
glaber, 3 poll. longus, 1-12 poll. latus. 
Hab. Madi; fruit Dec. 1862, flower Feb. 1863, Col. Grant ! 
Entered in the Appendix to Speke’s Journal, 647, as Hymenocardia Heudelotii, Planch., and lettered 
thus in the annexed plate prior to the preparation of the letterpress. The species (H. acida) is described 
in much detail by М. Tulasne (I. с.). í 
[The “ m’palanyonga” (Kin.). А small tree, trunk 30 inches in circumference, with soft white bark ; 
found in seed during December in the woods around Madi. Its wood is brittle and useless. Leaves 
single, alternate. Seed-vessels are flat two-winged capsules. In February, at Madi, a specimen was 
collected in flower, a catkin with red flowers.—J. A. G.] 
Plate XCIV. (Hymenocardia Heudelotii, Pl., by mistake) fig. 1. Bud and bract, sta- 
minate flower ; fig. 2. Staminate flower, laid open; fig. 3. Stamen ; fig. 4. Fruit. 
9. BRIEDELIA SCLERONEURA, Muell. Arg.; DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2, 496. 
Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 (Briedelia no. 1, App. Speke’s Journ. 647), Col. Grant ! 
[On the rocky heights about 3° 15' N. lat.—J. A. G.] 
10. BRIEDELIA MICRANTHA, Baill.; DC. Prod. ху. pt. 2, 498. Var ferruginea, Muell. 
Arg. #. с. 
` Hab. Madi, Dec. 1862 ( Briedelia no. 2, App. Speke’s Journ. 647), Col. Grant ! 
[The branches grow close together, and are accompanied by short stumps of thorns on the stem. Found 
at 8° 15! N. lat. by Madi burn in December.—J. A. С.) 
11. Свотох NILOTICUS, Muell. Arg.; DC. Prod. xv. pt. 2, 595. Arbor; ramulis pilis 
stellatis acervulatis sparsim punctato-tomentellis ; foliis late ovatis, basi sæpius cordatis, 
breviter et late acutatis, 5—7-nerviis, integris, supra glabratis, subtus stellato-tomentellis ; 
petiolis limbo brevioribus ; floribus fæmineis in racemis terminalibus, paniculatis, stellato- 
tomentosis ; ovario globoso, pilis longis dense villoso; stylis bipartitis, laciniis patentibus 
rigidiusculis. x : KR 
Folia 24-33 poll. longa atque lata, v. in ramulis foliiferis 10 poll. longa, 12 poll. lata; petiolus (in 
ramulis florif.) 1-1} poll. longa. Bractee fl. fem. рагуге, deltoideo-ovatæ, 1-floræ. И. mase. .... 
