THE AFRICAN SPECIES OF ALLOPHYLUS 183 



Ug-anda : Kasala Forest, Bummer 542 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. ** 6 ft. 

 Flowers white"; Mabira Forest near Mubango ; shrubby, 6 ft., flowers 

 white ; Dwmmer 1388 ! in fruit. 



Differs from tyj^e in the larger leaves which do not turn black 

 when dried. 



23. A. cuneatus, sp. nov. 



Frutex usque ad 4-pedalis ramulis cortice cinereo obtectis. Folia 

 trifoliolata, papyracea, glabra, viridia, foliolis intermediis cuneato- 

 obovatis in parte \-^ superiore grosse crenato-serratis petiolulatis 

 11-14 cm. longis, 4-6 cm. latis, lateralibus minoribus 8-10 cm. longis, 

 petiolis 4-6'5 cm. longis glabris longitudinaliter canaliculatis. Flores 

 albi, mediocres, pedicellati, in cymulas paucifloms dispositi. Thyrsi 

 simplices, laxiflori, petiolos longiores, foliis breviores, 8-15 cm. longi, 

 rhachi pubescente. Calyx extus fere glaber. Fetala alba. Fructits 

 ignotus. 



East Africa : Limoru, Dicmmer 1566 ! In wooded ravines 

 alt. 7000 ft. Hb. Mus. Brit. 



The green glabrous leaves, the intermediate distinctly cuneate 

 toAvards the base and crenate-serrate towards the apex, and the simple 

 thyrse, mther laxly flowered, longer than the petioles but shorter than 

 the leaf, distinguish this species. 



24. A. VoLKEifsii Grilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 290 (1897). 

 Kilimanjaro : Volkens 2077 ! Hb. Berol. 



25. A. FERRUGINEUS Taub. in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. c. 249 

 (1895). 



East Africa : Euanda, Mildbraed 563. Hb. Berol. 



26. A. cazengoensis, sp. nov. 



Frutex scandens. B,ami glabri, longi, sarmentosi. Folia mem- 

 branacea, petiolata, foliolis oblongo-ovatis apice acuminatis inter- 

 mediis basi cuneatis margine argute serratis, 6*5-8 -0 cm. longis, 

 3*0-3*5 cm. latis, lateralibus basi insequi-lateralibus, petiolo communi 

 2'5-3"5 cm. longo praedita. Thyrsi longissimi, graciles, simplices 

 foliis longiores, laxiusculi 10-20 cm. longi. Flores mediocres vel 

 parviusculi albi, in cymulas 1-3-floras dispositi. Calyx glaber vel 

 fere glaber. Fructiis siccitate nigrescens. 



Cazexgo : In sunny thickets at the Granja de San Luiz. Goss- 

 weiler 5666 ! Hb. Mus. Brit. 



A climber with long sarmentose branches and white floAvers ; 

 leaves membranous, glabrous except below in the axils of the nerves^ 

 trifoliolate ; leaflets generally more or less sermte ; thyrse long slender 

 simple, longer than the leaves ; flowers rather small. 



27. A. DASTSTACHTS Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 293 (1897). 

 Kilimanjaro Eegion : Fos'pichal, Hb. Berol. 



28. A. Antunesii Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 289 (1897). 

 Angola : Huilla, Antunes 222 & 255. Hb. Berol. 



29. A. GoETZEANrs Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 423 (1900). 

 East Africa : Uhehe, Goetze 652. Hb. Berol. 



