^l^t LXXXVI. LOGANIACEiE (bAKER). [Nuxia, 



7. N. rupicola, Gilg in Knyl. Jahrh. xxxii. 142. A shrub, G ft. 

 high ■ young branchlets glabroiis or very slightly pubescent. Leaves 

 ;'>-nate, distinctly petioled, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1 J-2J in. long, 

 |-li in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, entire, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, shining on the upper ; main veins H-lO-jugate: Cymes laxly 

 corymbose; pedicels short. Calyx \ in. long; lobes broadly ovate, 

 acute. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: HuilLi ; hy the River Xeiie, 5000-6000 ft., 

 Bekindi, 20-i. 



S. W. Dekindtii, Gilrj in Engl. Jahrh. xxxii. 141. A small tree ; 

 young branchlets pubescent. Leaves ternate, distinctly petioled, 

 obovate or obovate-oblong, 2-4 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, usually obtuse, 

 entire, narrowed to the base, glabrous ; main veins 7-10-jugate. Cymes 

 laxly panicled; pedicels short. Calyx \-\ in. long; tube distinctly 

 dilated upwards, densely dotted outside with globose hairs; lobes 

 broadly ovate, acute. 



liOwer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in gorges of the Muchu River, 5000- 

 6008 ft., Dekindt, 205. 



9. N. goetzeana, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 375. A tree, 50-60 ft. 

 high; branchlets angled, brown. Leaves 3-nate, shortly petioled, obo- 

 vate, ] J-2 in. long, |-1 J in. broad, obtuse or shortly apiculate, entire, 

 subcoriaceous, glabrous; main veins 10-12-jugate. Cymes dense; 

 pedicels -.}^-^ in. long. Calyx glabrous, \-\ in. long ; lobes, triangular, 

 acute. Stamens and style much exserted. 



Mozamb. X>ist. German East Africa: Langenburg ; Kinga Mountains, 

 5500 ft., Goetze, 1190. 



10. IV. &2iTohes\n2i^ Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 312. A shrub 

 or small tree ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite, shortly petioled, 

 obovate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1^- in. broad, obtuse, entire, pubescent beneath ; 

 main veins 5-6-jugate. Cymes dense, corymbose ; pedicels short. 

 Calyx pubescent, \ in. long; teeth small, ovate. Corolla white; lobes 

 oblong, 1 in. long. Styles exserted beyond the tip of the corolla-lobes. 



IVIozamb. Sist. British Central Africa : Xyasaland ; ]\[o\int Zoniba, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Buchanan, 131! Whyte ! Zomba Plateau, 4500 ft. Wkyte ! Tuchila 

 Plateau, 6000 ft., Purtes, 63 ! 



Very near the South African N. tomentosa. Sender. 



11. N. angolensis, Gilg in Xotizbl. Konigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, 1895, 

 74. A shrub or small tree ; branchlets glabrous, angled upwards. 

 Leaves distinctly petioled, oblong, 2-3 in. long, l|--2 in. broad, acute, 

 entitle, much narrowed to the base, glabrous on both surfaces; main 

 veins 6-S -jugate. Cymes dense ; pedicels short. Calyx J in. long ; 

 teeth ovate. Corolla-lobes oblong, i in. long. Styles overtopping the 

 corolla-lobes. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 700. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; on the drier slopes of Alto Queta 

 and (^uilumbo Mountains, Wehoitsch, 5670 ! 6689 ! by the River Luinha at 



