252 MESSRS. T. A. SPRAGUE AND J. HUTCHINSON ON 
data vel + emarginata, 6:5-9:5 mm. longa, 3°5-5 mm. lata. Stamina 23-25. 
Fructus circiter 2 ст. diametro setis inclusis. 
Stems either all flowering, or some purely vegetative, stoutish, slightly 
flexuous, 10-60 em. long, 2:5-4:5 mm. in diameter at the base, more or less 
hirsute above, glabrescent below, the inflorescence developed before or with 
the leaves. Leaves oblon g-lanceolate, linear-oblaneeolate or lanceolate, 
acutely apieulate, narrowed towards the base, 5-10 cm. long, 0°5-2 em. 
broad, rather sharply serrate, hirsute with both stellate and simple hairs, 
more especially in a young state. Inflorescence 4-10 ст. long. Stamens 
25-28. Fruits abont 2 em. in diameter including the bristles. 
Transvaal : hills at Shilouvane, Junod, 605 ! 667! hills near Barber ‘ton, at 
1200 m., T'horneroft in Herb. J. M. Wood, 4353! grassy mountain-sides, 
Saddleback Range, Barberton, Galpin, 478! Mount Sheba, near Barberton, 
at 1140 m., Bolus, 7688! Pilgrim’s Rest, Lydenburg Goldfields, Atherstone ! 
16, T. Mastersii, Baker f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. IT. Bot. iv. (1894) 6 ; 
K. Schum. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxx. (1901) 352. 
T. Welwitschii, Mast. in Fl. Trop. Afr. i, 255 (1868), quoad plantam nyasanum. 
а. typica, nob.—Stems of two kinds, some bearing both leaves and in- 
florescences, others produced later purely vegetative, all stoutish, slightly 
flexuous, 30-55 ст. long, 3-4°5 mm. in diameter at the base, glabrescent 
below, the inflorescence developed before or with the leaves. Leaves oblan- 
ceolate-oblong or obovate-oblong, apiculate from an obtuse or rounded apex, 
narrowed to the base, 5-9°5 em. long, 1:5-4 em. broad, conspieuously serrate, 
in a young state tomentellous or softly pubescent below, glabrescent or 
glabrous below i in the adult state, and ver y closely and distinctly reticulated. 
Inflorescence 3-10 em. long. Stamens 30-40 (28-53). 
Portuguese E. Africa: Beira, Braga! Sotshi, at 900 m., Kirk! between 
Impempe and Sotshi, Kirk! near Kankanje, Kirk! Nyasaland : Zomba, 
Purves, 147 ! Shire Highlands, Adamson, 16! Ruo, Scott Elliot, 8672! 
Mt. Milanji, Whyte, 105! 163! without locality, Buchanan, 260! 1341! 
Buchanan, in Herb. J. M. Wood, 6985 ! Matabeleland, Oates. 
В. Descampsii, nob.— T. Deseampsii, De Wild. et Th. Dur. in Bull. Soc. 
Bot. Belg. xxxix. 2. (1901) 95; Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. V. i. 164. 
Differs from the tvpe in the indumentum of the leav es, which are harshly 
and sparingly stellate- -pubescent on the lower surface in a young state. 
Congo Free State: Babondo (Lomami), Descamps ; Lukafu, Verdick ! 
Haut-Marungu. De Beerst. Nyasaland : Umalila, М’реза Mt., steep slopes, 
2000 m., Goetze, 1362! (partim). Angoniland, Purves, 54! (a form with 
leaves nearly glabrous from an early stage). 
