Gnidia.] CXVIII. THYMELHACEE (PEARSON), 221 
Flowers 4-merous, pedicelled ; pedicel very short, bearing a brush of 
erect white hairs. Calyx-tube cylindric, glabrous below the articula- 
tion, densely pubescent above, }-4 in. long; lobes shortly oblong, 
rounded at the apex, pubescent on the outside, 4-3 lin. long. Petals 
minute, cylindric, glabrous, about + as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary 
glabrous.—Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. G. involucrata, Steud., 
var. apiculata, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 148. 
Nile Land. High bare grounds of Madi, Speke & Grant! Niamniam: 
Gumango Hill, Schweinfurth, 3901! British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hilde- 
brandt, 2807 ! 
Mozamb. Distr. German East Africa: Usambara; Kwa Mshuza," Holst, 
9112! and without precise locality, Buchwald, 189! 533! Kilimanjaro, 3200- 
5000 ft., Smith ! Volkens, 371! 535, Meyer, 55. 
11. G. montana, H. H. W. Pearson. Flowering stems numerous, 
erect, little-branched, slender, glabrous, 3-1 ft. high. Leaves linear, 
subacute, glabrous, 4-3 in. long. Heads many-flowered, terminal, 
peduncled ; involucral bracts about 8, oblong or elliptic, subacute or 
acute, with a strongly marked midrib, thin, coloured, erect during 
flowering, 3—4 lin. long, 2—3 lin. broad. Flowers 4- (rarely 5-) merous, 
pedicellate ; pedicel very short silky-villous at the summit. Calyx-tube 
quite glabrous below the articulation, densely silky-pubescent above, 
less than } in. long; lobes oblong, rounded at the apex, silky-pubes- 
cent on the outside, about 1 lin. long. Petals thick, yellow, obcordate, 
about } lin. long. Ovary glabrous. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia; Kambata, nearly 6000 ft, Wellby! 
12. G nutans, H. H. W. Pearson. Flowering stems erect, 
glabrous, with numerous long loose branches. Leaves numerous, 
crowded, shortly petioled, linear-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 
glabrous, 3-1} in. long, 4-4 in. broad. Heads many-flowered, pedun- 
culate; involucral bracts 4—6, broadly ovate or subrotund, scarious, 
brown (when dry), glabrous, about 4 as long as the flowers. Flowers 
4-merous, shortly pedicelled ; pedicels bearing a brush of erect white 
hairs at the apex. Calyx-tube glabrous below the articulation, densely 
pubescent above, $ in. long; lobes oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 
pubescent beneath, about 1 lin. long. Petals ovate, obtuse, thick, 
fleshy, about 4 as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrescent. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: Mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 
Johnson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; between Kondowe and Karonga, 
2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 330! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte! South Nyika 
Mountains, 4000~7000 ft., Whyte! 
13. G. involucrata, Steudel ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 234. 
Stem erect, racemosely branched, glabrous, 2 ft. and more in height, 
arising from a stout woody rootstock. Leaves numerous, alternate, 
linear or linear-oblong, l-nerved, glabrous, minutely petioled, 4-1 in. 
long, 4-2 lin. broad. Heads 6-12-flowered, solitary, terminal on 
