438 JOHN HUTTON POLLEXFEN. 
portion fimbriate. Stamens 5, staminal disc short. Pistil in flower 
xamined rudimentary. Fruit ovate or obovate, chartaceous, 
“ah flo wets, but with a shorter staminal disc, and in large but 
more shortly stalked fruit. The fruit-stalk, as has been already 
stated, in var. serratum is shorter than the sepals, while in the type 
it is longer. 
It is a matter for regret that Dr. Engler, when he revised the 
genera Tryphostemma an asananthe, ‘unitin 3 the two (confer 
Engler’s Bot. Jahr. xiv. (1891) ), did not use the older generic 
name for the combination. The genus Basananthe was published 
in 1859 in the Botanische ste for March, while Mr. Hiern 
info orms me that Tryphostemma did not appear in Harvey's Thesaurus 
til towards the close of the same year. 
Moworpia invouucrata Ei, Mey. 
Hab. Buluwayo, May, No. 307, 
Cucumis uirsutus Sonder 
Hab. Buluwayo, Jan., Nos. 90 & 91. 
Coccinta paLmata Cog 
Hab. Buluwayo, early Jan., Nos. 87 & 89. 
Agree with the specimen collected ee Burke at Macalisburg, 
which is so named by Hg Cogniaux, but seem to differ in certain 
particulars from C. palmat 
GISEKIA PHARNACEOIDE 5 L. 
Hab. Shashi River, carly Jan., No. 56. 
Lurevum viscosum Fen 
Hab. Shashi River 
Leaves elliptical or Eohallipticsl 
Mottveo simta Thunb. var. virens Hiern. 
Hab. Buluwayo, May, No. 331. 
Dreronopaium zamprstacum Hiern. 
Hab. Salisbury, Dec., No. 71; July, No. 473. 
als. 
ers from the ype in larger, more strongly serrate leaves, 
JOHN HUTTON POLLEXFEN. 
Some years ago I had the great pleasure of ae a few days 
with the Mas De. Pollexfen a peace home at ol 
Tyas. At that time, although he was nearly ciety Back lee 
was still as enthusiastic an algologist as ever. He w a handso 
old Sages = tall and erect, stoutly built, 
manding prese His gentleness of manner, unfailing peste 
