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Gymnosporia devenishii M.Jordaan and G. macrocarpa M.Jordaan, two new species previously included in the Maytenus heterophylla (Eckl. & Zeyh.) N.Robson species complex, are described, illustrated and compared with G. mossambicensis (Klotzsch) Lees. and G. buxifolia (L.) Szyszyl. Both species have diagnostic fruit characters: small, more or less sulcate capsules in G, devenishii and large woody capsules with a rugose surface in G, macrocarpa. G. devenishii is a rare species restricted to the temperate Afromontane forests of KwaZulu-Natal and the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape. G. macrocarpa has a very limited range and is confined to the hot, arid valley bushveld of the Tugela River Basin.