A NEW SPECIES OF WARBURGIA FROM 
THE TRANSVAAL 
By Mrs R. Pott, Botanist of the Transvaal Museum. 
Warburgia Breyeri Pott n.sp.; a W. ugandensis Sprague, floris solitariis, 
ovulis placentis uniseriatim afiixis recedit. Arbor 15 m. alta, cortice rugoso. 
Ramuli teretes, glabri, cortice striato ruguloso, lenticellis prominentibus. 
Folia alterna, exstipulata, subsessiles, penninervia, coriacea, glabra, supra 
nitidula, subtus pauce pallidiora, dense pellucido-punctata, integra, lanceo- 
lato-oblonga, 5-10 cm. longa, 1-5-2 -5 cm. lata, acuta, basi attenuata, venis 
inconspicuis, subtus costa prominente. Flores parvi, axillares, solitarii, 
pedunculati, virides; pedunculus circa 2 mm. longus; bracteae circa 0-5 mm. 
longae, deciduae. Calyx persistens, sepalis 3, imbricatis, sub-orbiculatis, 
2 mm. longis, 3 mm. latis, glabris, pellucido-punctatis, minute ciliatis. Petala 
exteriora 5, glabra, pellucido-punctata, sub-coriacea, obovata, concava, 5 mm. 
longa, 3. mm. lata; petala interiora 5, glabra, flavescentia, pellucido-punctata, 
spathulata, 4 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata. Tubus staminalis circa 3 mm. longus, 
apice decemcrenulatus ; stamina 10; antherae extrorsae, 1-5 mm. longae, 
1.5 mm. supra basim tubi sitae, longitudinaliter 2-valvatim dehiscentes. 
Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum, 2-3 mm. longum, 1 mm. diametro, glabrum, 
apice fimbriatum; stigma subsessile, subcapitatum, angulatum, truncatum; 
placentae 5, parietales, pluriovulatae, ovulis uniseriatis. Bacca immatura 
subglobosa, basi attenuata, 10 mm. diametro, pericarpio coriaceo ruguloso. 
Hab. Transvaal, Western slope of Drakensberg, near Maboutsie River, 
Dr H. G. Breyer, no. 17573 in Transvaal Museum Herbarium. Flowering 
July and August. 
