162 CONTRIBUTION TO THE FLORA OF GAZALAND. 
MACRORUNGIA PUBINERVIS, C. В. Clarke т Fl. Trop. Afr. v. 255. 
(hirinda Forest, 3700-4000 ft. ; in fl. May, Oct. ; nn. 77, 77 a. 
Distrib. Nyasaland, German East Africa. 
The commonest shrub of the undergrowth, Crimson flowers, very attrac- 
tive to two species of sunbirds (Cinnyris olivacina and Anthothreptes 
zambesiana). 
RHINACANTHUS COMMUNIS, Nees in Wall. Plant. Asiat. Rar. iii. 109. 
Lower Umswirizwi River, 1000 ft. ; in fl. Nov. ; n. 2131. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Tropical Asia. 
DICLIPTERA CEPHALANTHA, 5. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herba caule sat elato ascendente gracili inferne ramoso tetragono pilis 
lulo, foliis subsessilibus breviter petiolatis oblongo-linearibus apice 
albidis hisp 
basi obtusis utrinque pilis appressis puberulis, spiculis 2-floris in 
pungentibus 
elomerulum oblongum vel oblongo-ovoideum quam folia breviorem congestis, 
bracteis lineari-subulatis longe  spinuloso-acuminatis dorso seabridis et 
elandulosis margine longe ciliatis sursum. vero ciliolatis subcoriaceis in sieco 
viridibus, braeteis interioribus anguste lineari-lanceolatis longe  spinuloso- 
acuminatis piloso-pubescentibus margine usque ad medium ciliatis, calycis 
lobis quam bractez interiores paullo brevioribus linearibus superne longe 
atis margine ciliatis, corollæ mediocris tubo faucibus parum dilatato 
acumin 
quilongo extus piloso-puberulo, filamentis exsertis, capsula ima basi 
limbo æ 
contracta anguste ovoideo-oblonga puberula. 
Hab. Cultivated ground near Chirinda at 3800 ft. ; in fl. May; n. 514. 
Folia 2—4:5 x 04-075 cm., firme membranacea, in sicco fusco-olivacea ; petioli 
sepissime 2 mm., raro 5 mm. long. Glomeruli rite evoluti 3-375 x 15-2 em. 
Braetez sepissime circa 5 mm. long. Bracteola externa altera 8-10 mm. 
long. altera 6-8 mm.; interne 5-6 mm. Flores dilutissime purpurei. 
Corolle tubus 6:5 mm. long., inferne 1:5 mm., juxta medium 1 mm., faucibus 
2 mm. diam. ; labium posticum late obovatum, integrum ; anticum obovatum, 
breviter 3-dentatum. Filamenta puberula, fere 9 mm. long. ; antherarum 
loculi quadrati, 0°75 mm. diam. Ovarium circa 1 mm., stylus exsertus et 
glaber, L5 em. long. Capsula 6 mm. long. 4-sperma. Semina lævia, 
humectata 1:5 x 2 mm. 
Differs from D. Carvalhoi, Lindau, among other features, in the narrow 
cubsessile leaves, and the aggregated spikelets with shorter and relatively 
broader outer bracteoles. 
The second flower of all the spikelets opened was more or less rudimentary 
DICLIPTERA EXTENTA, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Herba саше gracili superne folioso puberulo, foliis laneeolato-oblongis 
elliptieisve obtusis basi in petiolum tenuem sat longum gradatim angustatis 
