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Bracts coloured or scarious. 
Lateral] heads sessile . . : . 10. G. apiculata. 
Lateral heads peduncled. 
Terminal peduncle leafless below the head. 
Peduncle erect or suberect. 
Leaves 2 lin. broad . : : . 8. G. Buchananii. 
Leaves 4 lin. broad . Z * . ll. G. montana. 
Peduncle weak; head nodding. 
Calyx-tube 4 in. long, silky pubes- 
cent . nutans. 
- . ° : c < G 
Calyx-tube } in. long, shortly pubes- 
cent . ; . ; : - 7. G. Schweinfurthii. 
Terminal peduncle leafy to the top. 
Head 6—12-flowered . : fi . 18. G. involucrata. 
Head many-flowered . : : . 14. G. Usafue. 
***Calyx-tube not glabrous below the articulation. 
Heads 1-8-flowered . : : ; ; . 15. G. fastigiata. 
Heads more than 10-flowered, 
Bracts caducous  . ’ 5 = . . 16. G. caduca. 
Bracts persistent. 
Bracts recurved during flowering : - 17. G. rubrocincta. 
Bracts erect or spreading during flowering. 
Plant about 3 in. high, with prostrate or 
ascending stems : : : . 18. G. fruticulosa. 
Plant more than 6 in. high, with erect 
stems. 
Bracts obtuse or rounded. 
Leaves all alike : : - - 19. G. oliveriana. 
Stem and branches heterophyllous . 20. G. heterophylla. 
Bracts acuminate or acute. 
Bracts densely pilose : : . 21. G@ stenophylloides. 
Bracts ciliate on the margins . . 22. G. microcephala. 
Bracts quite glabrous. 
Leaves flat, obtuse ‘ : . 23. G. ramosa. 
Leaves flat, acute. 
Flowers at least 4 in. long . 19. G. oliveriana. 
Flowers j in. long . : . 24. G. getzeana. 
Leaves pinoid, acute. ‘ . 25. G. stenophylla. 
1. G. leiantha, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 261. Flowering stems 
erect, frequently branched at the base, stout, glabrous, 6-12 in. high, 
apparently arising from a stout rhizome. Leaves crowded, Jinear- 
lanceolate, glabrous, somewhat acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, 
3-2 in. long, 1-14 lin. broad. Heads 8-12-flowered, pedunculate ; 
peduncle leafless, 4-1 in. long; involucral bracts 4-5, broadly ovate, 
rounded at the apex, membranous, coloured, equal in length to the 
flowers. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, slender, short, 
glabrous, smooth, }-} in. long; lobes ovate, glabrous, 1-1} lin. long, 
3-3 lin. broad. Petals oblong, glabrous, somewhat thickened, rather 
Tee than half as long as the calyx-lobes.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
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Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Unyamwezi; Lake Shai, Stuhlmann ! 
