922 CXI. peoteacEjE. [Faii/rea, 



no. 1282), Combretum (cf. C. psidioides ; Welw. herb. no. 4379), Eugenia 

 (cf. E. guineensis, var. huillensis ; Welw. herb. no. 4403), and Leuca- 

 dendron (of. L. hucohlepharum, Welw. herb. no. 1601), between LopoUo 

 and Nene ; sparingly : fl.-bud end of Feb. 1860 ; fl. and young fr. 

 April 1860. No. 1594. 



Var. cyclolepra. 



HypogynoUs scales rounded, obtuse, subsemicircular, short. 



Htjilla. — A sparingly branched little tree, 8 ft. high, with a very 

 lax crown. In bushy rocky places near Nene, very sporadic ; fl. 

 beginning of May 1860. No. 1595. 



Fungus n. 126 grew on the leaves of this plant at LopoUo in 

 May 1860. 



3. F. speciosa Welw., I.e., p. 63, t. 20 ; Eng., I.e. ; Kcalho, PI. 

 TJteis, p. 248 (1884). 



Trichostachys speciosa Welw. Synopse Explic. p. 19. n. 46 (1862), 

 and in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 94 (1869). 



HuiLLA. — A very handsome tree, 10 to 12 ft. high, rarely 15 to 20 ft. ; 

 trunk 6 to 8 in. in diameter at the base, in former times thicker as 

 might be seen from the old remains ; the bark much cracked ; flowers 

 orange-yellow. In the more elevated wooded rocky places among tall 

 bushes and in open woods, between LopoUo and Humpata, sporadic ; 

 fl. and young fr. AprU 1860. No. 1622. A tree, 12 to 15 ft. high ; 

 trunk 12 to 16 in. in diameter. In mountainous forests near Lopollo, 

 at an elevation of 5600 to 6000 ft. ; fr. May 1860. Coll. Carp. 896. 



Var. lanuginosa. 



Leaves equally wooUy-tomentose on both faces, obtuse. 



HtriLLA. — A tree, 8 to 10 ft. high, with the habit of some 

 Combretaoese ; flowers orange-yellow. In small open woods very 

 badly mutilated by shepherds, near Nene ; in late fl. beginning of May 

 1860. No. 16226. 



Var. acutifolia Welw. ms. in herb. 



Leaves rather acute. 



HuiLLA. — A tree-like shrub, with rambling and sparse branches and 

 orange-coloured flowers. In the drier mixed forests between Erne and 

 the lake Ivant^la, sporadic and rather rare ; fl. and young fr. end of 

 AprU 1860. No. 1623. 



Var. lucidula Welw. ms. in herb. 



Leaves rather glossy, obtuse. 



HuiLLA. — A tree-like shrub, 7 ft. high, with rambling branches and 

 orange-yellowish flowers. In mixed rather dense forests between 

 MumpuUa and Cume da Xella, at an elevation of about 4000 ft., 

 sporadic and rather rare ; in early fl. beginning of June 1860. 

 No. 1624. 



CXII. THYMELiEACETE. 



1. GNIDIA L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 197. 



Zasiosiphon Fresen. (1838) ; Benth. & Hook, f., I.e. Arthrosokn 

 G. A. Mey. (1843); Benth. & Hook, f., ^.c, p. 193. Gnidiopsia 

 Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xl. p; 75 (1893). 



1. Or. involucrata Steud. in PI. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 770 (Z7. i., 



