JOHN CLAYTON 297 
4, A New EmBexia FROM RHODESIA. 
Embelia oleifolia, sp. nov. Ramulis erecto-ascendentibus 
rigidiusculis crebro foliosis cito omnino glabris, foliis parvulis 
i ius acutis non- 
is vel m retusis basin versus in petiolu 
brevem attenuatis pergamaceis minute rubro-lepidotis, floribus 
fem m viis i lis subracemiformibu xi 
foliorum vigentium oriundis dense ac minute rubro-lepidotis 
tandem glabris, floribus tetrameris, calycis lepidoti lobis late 
deltoideis obtusis vel obtusissimis tubo circiter equilongis, ¢ oes 
calycem plus quam duplo excedentis lobis deorsum breviter c 
natis subrotundato-ovatis obtusissimis, ovario subgloboso appresse 
albo-hirsuto minutissime lepidoto, stigmate subsessili 4-lo 
Hab. Rhodesia, Bulawayo; R. F. Rand, 504: E. C. Chubb, 31: 
Ramuli mox aed griseo vel griseo-brunneo epehe L¢er? 
" mini florentis folia em. long., in medio 1 cm. lat., spec 
Se aicniian 4-55 x 1-18 cm., in sicco griseo-vi visite! Be iy us 
allida; coste secundarize utrinque 5, tenerrime, ascendentes vel 
ascutidsnbiepetals cito dichotome ; petioli 3 mm. long., deinde 
m. vel etiam longiores. Panicule vix unquam longitudinem 
1 cm. attingentes. Pedicelli 1-5-2 mm. long., crassiusculi. Calyx 
. Corolla 2:5 mm. long., circa totidem diam.; loborum 
dextrorsum a og dorso puberulorum pars: connata 5 mm 
long. Ovarium 1:2 mm. long.; stylus ‘4 mm.; stigmatis lobi 
oblongi, obtusiusculi, ie mm. long. Drupa 5mm. ‘dia m., olivacea, 
microscopice lepidota, necnon pilorum reliquiis dissitis onusta. 
To be inserted in the genus next H. Welwitschi: K. Schum., 
but with too many f eints of difference to make detailed com- 
- parison necessary. 
(To be continued.) 
OHN CLAYTON. 
(1686-1773.) 
By James Brirren, F.L.S. 
THe Dictionary of National Biography has attained a de- 
servedly crite rh Sapeclana for general excellence and accuracy; at 
times, how me across articles which seem to have been 
compiled with ‘extraordinary carelessness and are consequently the 
reverse of informing.* An example of this will be found in Mr. 
* I have before called attention (Journ. “xe 1888, 285) to the singularly un- 
satisfactory — of Robert Brown. vol, xiii. 
aid to have “ complimented ‘Cunningham by calling after his 
ar the madder tribe;’? Cunninghamia is of course conifero 
re misleading statement will be found in vol. xxxvii. p. 240, where it % 
ted that Miller Pa ted the Linnean nomenclature in ed. 7 of the Gardener's 
pistons ary (1759) : it was not until the eighth edition (1768) that the binominal 
nomenclature was adopte 
