4oo APPENDIX. 



minute. Fruit elliptical, \\ inch long, with four membranous wings 

 minutely puberulous, transversely striate. 



Matabele Land. — The same plant was collected in 1870, by Mr. T. 

 Baines, at the " South African Gold-field " (north of the Transvaal) ; also 

 between Lakes Nyassa and Tanganyika, at an elevation of 6000-8000 

 feet, by Mr. Thomson ; the latter specimen having been received at 

 Kew in 1880. 



This handsome little plant is closely allied to the Angolan C. 

 platypetahim, Welw., but differs in its smaller stature, glabrous leaves, 

 and many other characters. Its brilliantly coloured flowers, which 

 closely resemble those of the well known C. purpureum, Vahl, from 

 Madagascar, together with its small size and compact habit, render it 

 a desirable introduction for horticultural purposes. " Combretum, sp." 

 of former edition. 



Order TURNERACE^. 



19. WORMSKIOLDIA LONGIPEDUNCULATA, Mast. 



Matabele Land. 



Order UMBELLIFER^. 



20. Peucedanum, sp. 



Matabele Land. 



Flowering and young fruiting umbels of a distinct - looking 

 Peucedanum apparently approach more closely to P. fraxinifolium, 

 Hiern, than to any other species ; but the pedicels are markedly 

 longer, and very slender, measuring 5 lines in length. There may be 

 corresponding differences in the leaves and fruit, which, unfortunately 

 are not forthcoming. A specimen gathered on granite hills at Hope 

 Fountain, Matabele Land, by Baines, appears to be the genuine P. 

 fraxinifolium, Hiern, compared with which Mr. Oates's specimen is a 

 more graceful-looking plant. In the former edition of this work it is 

 mentioned as "Peucedanum Capense, Dietr. ?" — a markedly different 

 plant, however. 



Order RUBIACE^E. 



21. Canthium Oatesii, n. sp. 



Branches unarmed, slender, glabrous. Leaves oblanceolate or 

 oblanceolate- oblong, shortly acuminate with obtuse point, much 

 attenuate below, thinly coriaceous, glabrous, 2J-3 inches long by 1-1J 

 wide ; nerves very oblique, about 4 to 5 pairs ; petioles 4-5 lines long. 

 Stipules with broad base, subulate above, 2\ lines long. Flowers 4 

 lines long, arranged in short, dichotomously branching, nearly glabrous 

 panicles, about a third as long as the leaves. . Bracts lanceolate-oblong, 

 acute. Pedicels slender, 2 lines long. Calyx glabrous, a line long, the 

 lanceolate -oblong segments equalling the tube. Corolla glabrous 



