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Euclea bakcrana Brenan, nom. nov. 



Gymnosporia ferruginea Bale. Kew Bull. 1897: 247. 1897; non Euclea ferruginea Bernh. 

 Flora 27: 825. 1844. 



Wbyte s.n. (Mount Malosa, 1220-1830 m., Nov.-Dec. 1896) and Buchanan 215 

 (top of Mount Zomba), both at Kew, are also Euclea bakerana. The appearance 

 of the specimens suggests that it is a suffrutex, although there is no direct evi- 

 dence on this, beyond tn l l / 2 -2 ft.," written on Buchanan's label. 



Maytenus putterlickioides (Loes.) Exell & Mendonqa, comb. nov. [A. W. E. & F. 

 A. M.] 



Gymnosporia putterlickioides Loes. Bot. Jahrb. 17: 544. 1893; Engl. Pflanzenw. Air. 

 3 a : 228. 1921. 



Chikwawa District: Chikwawa, in dry brushy forest of elevated river-plain, 

 shrub 2 m. high, flowers white, 200 m., Oct. 2, 1946, 17907; ibid., occasional in 

 dry brushy forest of high river-banks, shrub about 2 m. high, = 17907, flowers 

 white, fruit inflated, immature, 200 m., Oct. 3, 1946, 27925. Kenya, Tanganyika 

 Territory, Nyasaland, and Angola. 



This may be no more than varietally distinct from M. welwitschiana Exell & 

 Mendonqa. 



Maytenus senegalensis (Lam,) Exell, Bol. Soc. Brot. II. 26: 223. 15 September 

 1952; F. W. Andrews, Fl. PI. A.-E. Sudan 2: 281. October 1952. 

 Celastrus senegalensis Lam. Encyc. 1: 661. 1784. 

 Gymnosporia senegalensis (Lam.) Loes. Bot. Jahrb. 17: 541. 1893. 



Chikwawa District: Lower Mwanza River, in sandy woodlands, shrub 4 m. 

 high, 180 m., Oct. 6, 1946, 18007. The species is widespread in tropical Africa 

 and most variable. 



Pterocelastrus galpinii Loes. Bot. Jahrb. 41: 308. 1908; Davison, Bothalia 2: 

 321. 1947. 



Gymnosporia nyasica Buret Davy & Hutch, in Burtt Davy, Man. Fl. PI. Transvaal 2: 

 23. 1932. 



Mlanje District: Mlanje Mountain, south-west ridge, in elfin wood in shelter 

 of rocks on summit, tree 4 m. high, branches stiff, erect, branches, petioles, and 

 peduncles red, flowers cream-coloured, 2400 m., June 28, 1946, 16523. Nyasa- 

 land and the Transvaal. 



The type-specimen of Gymnosporia nyasica has undoubtedly the facies of a 

 Pterocelastrus, and in addition the developing ovaries show clear indications of 

 numerous processes starting to grow out. The leaves of 16523 are broader than 

 those on the type-specimen of Pterocelastrus galpinii, but I do not consider the 

 Nyasaland plant specifically separable. 



Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenf. 

 Nachtr. 1: 223. 1897. 



Cassine aethiopica Thunb. Fl. Cap. 2: 227. 1818; Davison, Bothalia 2: 330. 1927. 



North Nyasa District: Nyika Plateau, edges of juniper forest, tree 6 m. tall, 

 flowers green, fruit fleshy, red, 2250 m., Aug. 11, 1946, 17160. A.-E. Sudan, 

 southwards through eastern Africa and the Belgian Congo to Angola and South 

 Africa. 



Mystroxylon aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. var. pubescens (Oliv.) Brenan, Kew Bull. 

 1949: 75. 1949. 



Mystroxylon burkeanum Sond. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 1: 470. 1859-1860. 

 Elaeodendron aethiopicum (Thunb.) Oliv. var. pubescens Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 365. 

 1868. 



