184 
TropicaL Arrica. Uganda: Butumbi, 1900 m., Stuhlmann, 
2179; Toro District, at 1350 m., on Albizzia Brownii, Walp., 
Dawe, 473; near Fort Portal, 1500 m., Bagshawe, 1094 ; Ruchigga, 
Bagshawe, "433. 
The type of V. ugandense is Dawe, 473, from which the descrip- 
tion of the female inflorescence and fruit has been drawn up. Th 
male inflorescence has been described from Bagshawe, 1094, which 
comes from the same district and is apparently conspecific. 
1255. Viscum (Aspidixia) shirense, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 406, anglice, ined. [Loranthaceae-Visceae] : 
affinis V. Engleri, Van Tiegh., a quo internodiis angustis apice vix 
contractis recedit 
Frutex sniltiramnbade: Caulis teres, Bh nd 5 mm. diametro 
45 cm. infra ayroen ramulorum. ami ramulique conspicue appla- 
valde incrassata. Flores dioici, tetrameri. Inflorescentia mascula :— 
Flores solitarii, sessiles. Alabastra rea eae 2°5 mm. longa, basi 
solida 0°5 mm. longa. Torus 0°8-1 mm. longus. Petala deltoideo- 
ovata, 1-1°3 mm. longa. Antherae obtuse trigonae, ambitu ellipticae, 
1-1°3 mm. longae, 0°8 mm. latae. Inflorescentiae femineae ex 
floribus 1 vel 3 saepius cupulis bractealibus carentibus constantes. 
Cupula bractealis, dum adsit, sub anthesi basin tantum tori amplec- 
tens, sessilis, biloba, 1-1- 3 mm, alta, 1°3 mm. longa; lobi ascendentes, 
obtusissimi, 0°8 mm.longi. Torus pedicellocum obovoideo-oblongus, 
1°8-2 mm. longus, 13 mm. latus. Petala luteo-viridia, oblongo- 
ovata, 1*3-1°5 mm. longa, 0°8—-1 mm. lata, decidua. Stylus distinctus, 
brevis, crassus, compresso-quadrangularis ; ; stigma 0°8-1 mm, supra 
insertionem petalorum prominens. Bacca juvenilis pedicellata, 
aurantiaco-rubra, ovoidea.— V. anceps, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. 
vol. xxx. p. 305, non Ei. Mey. 
TROPICAL AWiGE. Ceska East Africa: Unyika; near 
Manyames Dorf, 1500 m., Goetze 1441. Nyasaland; Mount 
Malosa, 1200-1800 m., Haye ; near r Mambane, 1200 m., Kirk. 
ae. * Johnson, 166 ; fount Maruma, 1000 m., OD 
Ain etc., Swynnerton, 1085, 
256. Hymenocardia grandis, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae-Phyl- 
lanthieeet ; affinis H. ulmoidi, Oliv., sed foliis majoribus, stylis intus 
tomentosis, fructibus duplo majoribus differt. 
Arbor magna, 30-50 m. alta; rami teretes, cortice cinereo 
obtecti ; ramuli juniores fere glabri, angulares. Folia ovata, ovato- 
elliptica vel ovato-lanceolata, basi rotundata, apice breviter et 
obtuse acuminata, 6-10 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, integra, m mem- 
branacea vel tenuiter chartacea, utrinque glabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 5-8 subtus leviter ee: petioli 8-10 mm. longi, 
graciles, glabri; stipulae minutae. res $ et Q ignoti. Fructus 
plani, late obovati vel orbiculares, phase ea cuneati, apice 
emarginati, 3-45 cm. ‘longi, 2°5-3°5 cm. lati, nucleo 
obliquo obovato infra medium sito circiter 13 em. longo et 8 mm. 
