86 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
his ticket bears the note, ‘‘ Arbor 
Myrica? octandra B.” 
I find no reference to the 
plant in the Flora of British India. 
Kilimanjaro at 4-5000 ft.), I have thought it well to give a com- 
parison of the two plants. 
M. pilulifera (fruiting specimen). 
Leaves thin when dry, not coria- 
ceous ; 
narrowly elliptical, narrowing 
towards the base and subacute 
apex, sometimes tapering more 
rapidly to the base ; 
margin serrate, but not deeply, 
in the upper two-thirds of the 
blade ; 
network of veinlets well marked 
oth surfaces, especially on 
the lower, surfaces smooth, not 
conspicuously glandular, or 
Belt surface sparsely glan- 
ular ; 
larger leaves 5 to 6 cm. long by 
1°5 to 2 cm. broad. 
M. kilimandscharica., 
Leaves rather thick, subcoria- 
eous ; 
broadly elliptical, blunt to 
rounded at base and apex; 
margin slightly wavy, not serrate; 
veinlets not apparent on upper 
or lower surface; both gsur- 
faces, especially the lower, 
glandular, excretion yellow ; 
2 cm. 
6 to 7 cm. by 2°8 to 3.cm. 
M FERA Var, PUBERULA var. nov. differs from the type in 
having upper leaf surface and margin more or less puberulous, and 
in the puberulous character of the stems and leaf-stalks, 
The ser- 
ration of the leaf-margins is also more strongly marked. 
Hab. Nyassaland; J. Buchanan, 1891. No, 989. 
years ago abo 
many year ut 1 ‘ar 
Paarl,” by Dr. R. C. Alexander (afterwards Prior). 
her sou 
‘* Berg river, 
