MR. EYLES’S RHODESIAN PLANTS 45 
PoLyPETaLz. 
_ Epmunp G. Baxer, F.L.S. 
Turrea Eyles Frutex ramulis demum glabris 
glaucis etalon, foliis fivtulia moe petiolatis bier lanceo- 
latis vel rhomboideis basi cuneatis ad apicem attenuatis apice ipso 
acutis vel subobtusis utrinque glabrinsoulis nervis Iatorall bus sub- 
adscendentibus ante marginem anastomosantibus utrinque circiter 
anguste cylindrico extus glabro apice acute 10-laciniato, ovario 
extus pubescenti circ. 8-loculari, stylo Aine pubescenti quam 
tubo stamineo longiori, stigmate elapeoide 
Hab. Matop o Hills. No. 29. * Lat atte shrub among granite 
boulders. Flower cream-coloured. Alt. about 5000. ft.” 
Folia 4-5 cm. longa, 1:5-2'2 cm. lata. Petiolus 6-8 mm. longus. 
Petala + 3:4 cm. longa, + 4 mm. lata. Tubus stamineus 2°0- 
ae cm. longus. Anthere oblong ‘glabree vix 2 mm. longe apicu- 
te 
This shrub has somewhat the aspect of 7’. obtustfolia Hochst. 
(Bot. Mag. t. 6267) and 7. mombassana Hiern. It belongs also to 
the section Hutur) ‘ea, and differs from the former by the ov. ovary 
umb loc 
= ess wae by the leaves not being wal towards the ends of 
short 
Turr#a optusirouia Hochst. var. nov. Matopensis. Frutex 6-8- 
edalis ramis cinereis, foliis quam iis typi “minoribus cuneato- 
pedunculatis, calyce extus glabro segmentis oblongis acutis quam 
iis typi longioribus recurvatis, petalis lineari-subspathulatis quam 
tubo stamineo longioribus, tubo cylindrico-obconico laciniis bifidis 
angustis, athena. 10 apiculatis, stylo breviuscule exserto glabro, 
drico. 
Matopo Hills. No. 154. Shrub 6-8 ft., among granite 
rocks. F lowers white. Alt. 4500 ft. 
Folia 1-5-1°8 cm. longa, summum 5-7 mm. lata. Petala 2-5- 
2°6 mm. longa, 151 mm. lata, Tubus stamineus 2°2-2°3 em. longus. 
Anthere + 1 mm. longe, glabre 
This apparently comes between the type and var. microophylla DC. 
Diff om the type in having smaller leaves less markedly 
trilobed, longer calycine lobes (2°0-2°5 mm. long), and rather 
shorter petals. 
Cassia granitica, sp. nov. Arbor mediocris ramulis novellis 
puberulis vel fere glabris, foliis vulgo 6-7 
vel ovato-oblongis apice acutis vel subobtusis basi cuneatis utrinque 
ere glabris vel sparse puberulis nervo medio superne imp: 
pee lulis puberulis, petiolo communi gracili; racemis axillaribus 
revibus, e ramulis juvenilibus oriundis, bracteis conspicuis usque 
