NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Empleurum fragrans, Glover (Rutaceae— Diosmeae), E. serrulato, Ait. affinis 
sed foliis minoribus ovato-ellipticis, segmentis calycis acuminatis 
longioribusque, loculis antherae apice convergentibus, carpello maturo 
multo minore distinguitur. 
Fruticosum erectum glabrum, ramis virgatis pubescentibus, demuni 
glabris; folia erecto-patentia alterna, petiolata, petiolis 0-5 cm. longis, 
ovata vel ovato-elliptica, supra plana pubescentia, infra carinata, 
carina pubescente, apiculata, integra vel minutissime crenulata, mar- 
ginibus glandulis conspicuis donatis, ca. 0-5 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata; 
flores monoeci solitarii, axillares, pedicellati, pedicellis 0-15 cm. longis, 
bracteolatis; bracteis minutis, subulatis; calyx 4-partitus, segmentis 
oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, ciliatis, dorso carinatis, 0-1 cm. longis, 
0-05 cm. latis; petala 0; discus inconspicuus. FI. d: stamina 4, calycis 
segmentis opposita, filamentis brevibus, linearibus, 0-2 cm. longis, 
0-05 cm. latis, antkeris magnis, atro-rubris, basifixis, in glandulam 
conicam acuminatam desinentibus, lateraliter dehiscentibus, 0-3 cm. 
longis; ovarii rudimentum sessile. FI. $: carpellum unicum, excentri- 
cum, sessile, compressum, stylo laterali breviusculo tereti glabro, 
0-15 cm. longo, stigmate simplici, maturum ovato-lanceolatum, ros- 
tratum, rostra recta, compressa, ca. 0-6 cm. longum, semine unico, 
testa nigra nitenteque. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Swellendam Div., Groot- 
vader’s Bosch, fl. Sept. (Bolus Herbarium, No. 13325). 
This species may be readily distinguished from the only other known 
species, Empleurum serrulatum, by its much smaller ovate-elliptical 
leaves, its acuminate and longer calyx segments, the cells of the 
anthers not diverging at the apex and not having the gland situated 
between them, and by the mature carpel being 3 to 4 times smaller. 
Described from specimens received from P. J. Dor meld, Esq., to 
whom they were sent in a living state from the Grootvader s Bosch 
Forest in September, 1915. Plate X A. 
E/ latiflora, L. Bolus (§ Hermes), E. axilliftorae affinis, sed sepalis angustioribus 
longioribusque, corolla ore multo magis ampliata. 
Erectus, ramis ad 40 cm. longis; ramuli cum pedicellis pubescentes, 
capillis patentibus vel reflexis, simplicibus; folia 4-nata erecta, incun a 
