274 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



THE MUSSiENDAS OF THE AFEICAN CONTINENT. 



By H. F. Wernham, B.Sc, 

 Department of Botany, British Museum. 



(Concluded from p. 240.) 



20. M. arcuata Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. iv. 392 (1795). 

 M. arcuata Poir. var. parviflora S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxxvii. 301. 



West Africa. — Sierra Leone: Scott Elliot, 5353! Togo- 

 land : Bilttner, 145 ! N. Nigeria : Nupe, Barter, 1239 ! S. Nigeria: 

 Old Calabar, Bobb ! Oban, Talbot, 203 ! 1052 ! Cameroons : 

 Prcuss, 405! Batanga, Bates, 436 ! Bipinde, Zenker, 2876 ! 3120! 

 3158 ! 4467 ! Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker & Staudt, 73 ! Johann- 

 Albrechtshohe, Staudt, 458 ! Fernando Po : Mann ! Angola : 

 Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 1120! 1121! Ma- 

 lange, Gossiveiler, 1235 ! 1262 ! Kimbunda, Gossweiler, 2965 ! 



Central Africa. — Niamniam-land : Eoddo, Schweinfurth, 

 3840! Djur-land: Schiueinfurth, 1742! Muboroni, 4000 ft., 

 Battiscombe, 288 ! 



East Africa.— Uganda : Entebbe, 4000 ft., Mahon\ Elgon, 

 James ! Nom. vulg. " Toki kuru " — Musozi, Bagshawe, 89 \ 

 British East Africa : Mombasa, Powell ! German East Africa : 

 Usambara, Amani, Warnecke, 217 ! Derema, Scheffler, 203 ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Zonoe, E. Manica, 2500 ft., 

 Johnson, 257 ! Near Kankanje and Magomero, 3000 ft., Kirk ! 

 (Livingstone Exped.). Zambesiland, Shire Highlands : Buchanan, 

 114 ! Adamson, 124 ! Sotchi, Scott Elliot, 8523 ! Nyasaland, &c. : 

 Buchanan, 39 ! 404 ! 814 ! 1008 ! Whyte ! Zomba, 2500-3000 ft., 

 Whyte ! Manning, 50 ! Sharpe, 148 ! Mt. Malosa (4000-6000 ft.), 

 Whyte ! Lake Nyasa, Johnson, 505 ! Unango to Mtonia, John- 

 son ! British Central Africa : Namosi, Cameron, 9 ! South of Lake 

 Tanganyika, 5250 ft., Fwambo, Nutt ! Ehodesia : Gaza-land, 

 Chirinda forest, 3800 ft., Swynnerton, 6636 ! Spungabera, 3700ft., 

 Swynnerton, 119 ! Hbb. Mus. Brit., Kew. 



f3 pubescens Wernham, var. nov. Eamulis plus minus dense 

 pubescentibus tarde glabrescentibus ; foliis subtus sparse nisi 

 densiuscule in vena centrali puberulis ; corolla, tubo basin versus 

 sa3pe lineatim pubescente. 



Angola : High plateau, Gossweiler, 4247 ! Central Africa : 

 Bongo-land, Schiueinfurth, 2891 ! 1742 ! East Africa : Uluguru, 

 3250 ft., Goetze, 208! Kundelungu, Kassner, 2585! 2608 ! Hbb. 

 Mus. Brit., Kew. 



This species occurs also in the Mascarine Islands {supra). The 

 corolla is variable in size, as already pointed out (p. 233) ; a variety 

 can scarcely, I think, be based on this as its only critical character, 

 as in the case of the synonym quoted. The species may usually 

 be distinguished by the mottled appearance of the upper surface 

 of the leaves. 



21. M. tenuiflora Benth. in Hook. Nig. Fl. 392 (1849). 



S. Nigeria : West province, dry zone, Kitson ! Eppah, Barter, 



