Plantae africanae novae. III. 157 
P. Scolopendrium valde affinis sed omnibus partibus multo majoribus 
et squamis involucri undique dense griseo-tomentosis differt. 
Caulis abbreviatus; folia sparsa, erecta, oblanceolata, acutiuscula, 
longe petiolata, marginibus involutis, rigidissima, coriacea, prominenter 
venosa, glaberrima, 34 cm longa, 4—5 cm lata, petiolis 13 cm longis; 
capitulum sessile, erectum, circa 15 cm longum, 14 cm latum; involucri 
squamae pluri-seriatae, imbricatae, lanceolatae, longe acuminatae, denso 
tomento griseo undique tectae, 5—10 cm longae; calyx 8 cm longus, 
tubo extus glabro, intus marginibus tantum linea albo-tomentosa bene 
definita ornato, segmentis dense barbatis; ovarium dense albo-pilosum, 
1,2 cm longum; stylus basi lateraliter compressus, 6,7 cm longus; stigma 
filiforme, sulcatum, glabrum, 0,7 cm longum. 
Cape Colony; Clanwilliam Div., summit of Sneeuwkop, in rocky 
places, approx. alt. 1940 meters, A. A. Bodkin, no. 8676 of herb. Bolus 
(in herb. Kew). 
I am informed by Mr. C. L. Leipoldt, who knows the locality well, 
that this species occurs not infrequently on the Sneeuwkop, where it 
is called the „Sneeuw-bloem,“ either from its general white appearance 
or from the fact of the snow often lying for some time on the broad- 
topped heads. 
44. Gnidia Francisci Bolus, I. c., p. 399. (Thymelaeaceae- Eugnidia $ In- 
volucratae (Gilg).) 
G. floribus 4-meris, capitulis involucratis 5-floris, petalis bipartitis 
majusculis. i 
Fruticulus humilis a basi parce ramosus, ad 20 cm alt.; rami vel 
simplices vel semel terve divisi, subtetragoni, graciles, glabri vel apices 
versus pilosi; folia opposita erecta imbricata subulata acuminatissima 
gracilia, marginibus incurvis, dorso rotundata, junioribus pilosis apice 
barbatis demum glabrescentibus, 0,9—1,3 cm longa, 0,06—0,1 cm lata; 
flores 4-meri saepius (an semper?) in capitulis 5-fl., solitariis, vel capi- 
tulis in glomerulis 2—3 aggregatis; bracteae involuerantes 5, e basi lata 
lanceolatae acuminatissimae parce pilosae substriatae, pallidae, 0,35—0,4 cm 
longae; receptaculum tubulosum apice parum ampliatum, 1—1,3, vel, 
post anthesin, usque ad 1,7 cm longum; sepala ovata vel oblonga 0,4 cm 
longa, extus sericeo-villosa, intus subglabra; petala bipartita, segmentis 
oblongis circ. 0,15 cm longis; fructus ovatus sericeo-villosus subsessilis, 
0,4 em longus. 
Cape Colony, Oudtshoorn district, on the summit of the Zwart- 
bergen, near the Pass, approx. alt. 1725 meters, in rocky places, Dec., 
Frank Bolus (no. 11631 of herb. Bolus) (in herb. Kew, &c.). 
The habit resembles that of G. linoides, Wikstr., but is otherwise 
very different; the flowers are cream-coloured. 
