SPENCER MOORE: MONOCHLAMYDE. 187 
tubus 7 mm. long., inferne 1 mm. lat., superne 15-175 mm. ; lobi 2 mm. 
long. ; pars persistens З mm. long. Faucis squame circa 0°75 mm. long., 
levissime elavellatze, crassiuscule. — Antherz oblongrze, squamis æquilongæ. 
Ovarium 1:25 mm., stylus 2:5 mm. long. 
As regards foliage this is homoplastie with G. apiculata, Gilg, a much taller 
freely branching plant with larger sessile heads and a different involucre. 
LASIOSIPHON RORIDUS, ©. Moore, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex саше erecto parum ramoso villoso, foliis sessilibus plus minus 
imbricatis oblongis vel anguste oblongo-ovatis obtusis utrinque dilute fulvo- 
villosis, capitulis terminalibus solitariis plurifloris peduneulis elongatis fulvide 
hirsuto-tomentosis suffultis, foliis involucralibus ceteris similibus nisi minoribus, 
floribus 5-meris, perianthii exserti parte persistente dense villosa parti decidua 
extus tomentose intus glabra circiter equilonga lobis anguste obovato-oblongis 
obtusissimis quam tubus multo brevioribus, staminibus superioribus breviter 
exsertis, faucis squamis perspicuis ovatis retusis vel bifidis, ovario ovoideo- 
oblongo villoso, stylo incluso glabro. 
Hab. Melsetter at 6000 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 6134. 
Planta paullo ultraspithamea. Folia vulgo 2-3 em. long., 6-10 mm. lat., in 
sicco tandem brunneo-castanea pilis longis dilute fulvis copiose obsita. 
Pedunculi 10-15 ст. long., ipso sub capitulo incrassati. Folia involueralia 
cirea 13x3 mm.  Perianthii pars persistens superne angustata, 7°) mm. 
long.; pars decidua cylindrica, 8 mm. long.; lobi 3x2 mm.  Antherw 
oblong, 1:3 mm. long. Squame glabre fere 1:5 mm. long. Ovarium vix 
2 mm. long., stylus circa 5 mm. 
This differs from L. Hoepfnerianus, Vatke, chiefly in the villous indumentum, 
the longer peduncles, longer persistent part of the perianth, and the larger 
scales in the throat. 
The flowers are dull yellow. The plant grows in masses on the higher 
slopes, its hairy leaves holding the dew till quite late in the day, like a sponge 
full of water. 
L. Knavssr, Meissn. in DC. Prod. xiv. 596. 
Mt. Pene, 6500-7000 ft. ; in fl. Sept. ; n. 1787. 
Distrib. Tropical and South Africa. 
SYNAPTOLEPIS ALTERNIFOLIA, Oliver in Hook. Je. Pl. t. 1194. 
Kurumadzi River, Jihu, 2000 ft. ; in fl. Nov.; n. 1785. 
Distrib. Nyasaland. 
S. LONGIFLORA, Gilg in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. хіх. (1894) 276. 
Near Chirinda 3500 ft. ; in fl. Oct. ; n. 188. 
Distrib, Mozambique. 
