244. MR. J. G. BAKER ON THE 
Zambesi-land and Angola (see Welwitsch in Trans. Linn. Soc. 
xxvii. t. 20). 
DAIS GNIDIOIDES, n. sp. 
Fruticosa, ramulis villosis, foliis crebris sessilibus alternis lanceolatis 
parvis rigidis glabris, floribus in glomerulos globosos terminales dense 
villosos aggregatis, bracteis ovatis vel lanceolatis, perianthii tubo cylindrico 
villoso, segmentis oblongis parvis brunneis sepissime 4, antheris prope 
tubi faucem biseriatis, stylo elongato. 
A low shrub, with erect slender woody densely pilose branches. 
Leaves crowded, alternate, sessile, ascending, lanceolate, acute, 
3-3 in. long, rigid in texture, green and glabrous on both sur- 
faces, with a distinet midrib and several obscure very ascend- 
ing side veins. Flowers in dense globose densely villose heads 
nearly an inch in diameter when the flowers are expanded from 
the end of the branches ; bracts silky on the back, brown, scariose, 
the outer ovate, 1 in. long, the inner smaller, lanceolate. Perianth 
with a cylindrical pilose tube } in. long, and usually 4 rarely 5 
oblong brown segments 7% in. long, silky on the outside. Anthers 
small, oblong, in two distinct rows at the top of the perianth- 
tube, nearly sessile. Style simple, reaching above the middle of 
the perianth-tube ; stigma capitate.— Grassy hills of the province 
of Imerina, discovered long ago by Bojer, and now regathered by 
Mr. Baron 665! 2061! who has also refound D. glaucescens, 
Deene. (2094 !). 
PEDDIEA INVOLUCRATA, n. sp. 
Arborea, glabra, foliis oblanceolato-oblongis rigidulis utrinque viridibus, 
umbellis terminalibus multifloris, pedunculo basi bractearum verticillo invo- 
lucrato, pedicellis quam flos longioribus, perianthii viriduli tubo elongato 
cylindrico, segmentis 5 parvis patulis lingulatis apice tomentosis, stamini- 
bus prope tubi faucem biseriatis, fructu duro globoso. 
An erect tree 20 or 40 feet high, with terete woody bright 
brown branches, glabrous in all its parts. Leaves alternate, 3-4 
in. long, 3-1 in. broad, narrowed to an obtuse tip and downwards 
gradually to the base, subcoriaceous, green on both surfaces, the 
veins except the midrib fine and obscure. Umbel at first sessile 
inside a dense whorl of oblong brown scariose bracts 3 in. long ; 
peduncle finally 2-3 in. long; pedicels under 3 in. long, 
ebracteate. Perianth with a cylindrical greenish tube 4 in. long 
and 5 small spreading lingulate obscurely tomentose segments. 
Stamens in two rows of 5 each near the top of the perianth-tube ; 
