130 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
WAYFARING NOTES IN RHODESIA. 
By R. F. Rann, M.D., F.L.8. 
(Continued from p. 86.) 
Tur following three examples illustrate protandry in Rubiace- 
ous plants :— : 
Fapoa1a opovata N. E. Br. No. 1348. The triangular stem 
features. nthers, sessile in the throat of the corolla-tube 
dehisce before the l-lobes unfold, so that the stylar head 
emerges, passing to wi xsertion, coated with polle t t 
g , 
stigma occupies the crown of the stylar-head ; its lobes, five in 
this instance, unfold later in the life of the flower. 
flower-pot. ide exsertion does not take lace, the head just 
clearing the throat of the tube. With t 
the short filaments bend outwards, the anthers. occupying the 
* (Wangueria rhodesiana S. Moore, sp. nov. Fruticulus pumilus caule 
abbreviato sat valido ramulos perpaucos ascendentes dense ferrugineo-hirtos 
gerente, foliis oblongo-obovatis obtusissimis vel subito obtusatis basi in petio- 
u 
antheris exsertis oblongo-ovatis obtusis, stylo corolle tubum fequante crasso 
sursum leviter attenuato, stigmate longitrorsum suleato inferne truncato ore 
Planta summum 7 em. alt. Foliorum limbus 7-8 em. long., 4-4-5 em. lat. ; 
cost ord. secundi utrinque 4—5, ad angulos varios cost# centrali inserts, aper- 
s 8°5 mm, 
long., pars basalis 5 mm., cauda 3-5 mm. ong. Cyme rite evolutw (corollis 
15 12mm. 
long. Pedicelli 5-7 mm. long. Ovarium 3mm., calyx totus 7mm., lobi 5 mm. 
long., hi apice crassiusculi, inflexi. Corollm tubus 7 mm. long., lobi 8 mm. 
Filamenta circa 1 mm, long.; anthere 3 x 1:25 mm. Stylus 7 mm. long. ; 
stigma 2 x 1-75 mm. 
Easily recognized by the clothing of stem-leaves and inflorescences, and 
the relatively large flowers,—S, M.} 
