175 



Komatiepoort 1,000 ft., 'Schlechter, 11758. Also in Nyasaland, 

 and there very variable. Dr. HoluVs 1351, 135.2 and 1353 from 

 the Makalaka country seem rather different from ours. 



Urera tenax, N.E. Br. ; Urera fibre tree.— Rustenberg District, 

 plentiful in stony grouud on the hills on farms Welgevonden, 159 

 and Doornkloof, 624, near the junction of the Pienaars and 

 Crocodile Rivers, W. R. Lcmham (in T. D. A. herb.). 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND SUB-SHRUBS. 



Alysicarpus vaginalis, DC— Pigg's Peak, Swaziland, May, 1900, 

 Dr. Penny, in T. D. A. herb. 2388, supposed to have been used 

 in a case of criminal poisoning, but there is no note on any of 

 the numerous specimens at Kew that it is poisonous. The 

 flowers are described as " blue " on a specimen from Nupe, Niger, 

 collected by Barter, who notes that it is " a pest in some cultivated 

 soils." Collectors often note that it grows in or near cultivated 

 ground or villages. Apparently an exceedingly variable species 

 as regards habit and leaf outline. 



Nidorella hottentotiea, DC— Prope Pretoria in campis, 4,000 ft., 

 Sept. 1875, J. H. McLea, ex herb. Bolus, 3115 ; Blaauwbank, 

 Nelson, s.n., Aug. 1880; Pretoria, Meintjes Kop, Davy, 6; a 

 common and untidy weed. 



Nidorella resedaefolia, DC. — Becoming increasingly abundant as 

 a weed in cultivated ground, near Christiana 4.100 ft., Davy, 

 1611 ; near Nylstroom 3,500 ft., Davy, 2111 ; Willow Park, 

 Zeerust, Davy, 92. 



Phyllanthus parvulus, Sond.— Aapjies River, Zeyher, 1508 

 (type) ; Burke, Oct. 



Phyllanthus glaucophyllus, Sond.— Macaliesberg, Nov., Burke; 

 Zeyher, 1509 (type). 



Phyllanthus genistoides, Sond.— Macaliesberg and Aapjies River, 

 Oct., Zeyher (type). 



Phyllanthus tenellus, Musll.—Vaal River fields, Nelson, s.n. 



Phyllanthus Niruri, L.— Barberton, hillsides 3,000 ft., Sept. 1889, 

 Galpin, 566 ; " Transvaal," Sanderson j Bushveld, Klippan, 

 Rehmann, 5337. 



XXII-PLANT IMPORTATION INTO JAMAICA. 



From the Proclamation issued by the Governor of Jamaica, 

 which is printed below, it will be seen that the prohibition against 

 the importation of plants, seeds, &c, into Jamaica from the Old 

 World has now been withdrawn, but the imported plants and seeds 

 must bo fumigated in accordance with the published instructions. 



