250 CXVIIl, THYMELHACEA (PEARSON). [ Peddiea- 
long, bearing numerous prominent bract-scars at base and apex ; bracts 
lanceolate, glabrous, caducous, }—3 in.long. Flowers 4-merous ; pedicels 
about 4 in. long. Calyx-tube glabrous, with prominent longitudinal 
ridges, 5 lin. long; lobes oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 
finely puberulous at the apex, otherwise glabrous, about 1 lin. long. 
Anthers oblong. Ovary deeply furrowed at the base. Style stout, a 
little longer than the ovary, expanding into the broad capitate stigma ; 
hypogynous dise very short, cup-shaped, irregularly lobed or crenu- 
late, sparsely villous on the edge. Fruit not seen.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 
C. 283. 
Wile Land. British East Africa; Masai Highlands, between the Victoria 
Nyanza and Lake Baringo, Fischer, 541! Uganda: Buddu, Dawe, 71! 214! 823! 
Buvuma Island, in Lake Victoria, Bagshawe, 606! 
3. P. longipedicellata, Gily in Hngl. Jahrb. xix. 256. Leaves 
subcoriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, very shortly petioled, glabrous, 24-3} in. long, 3-1} in. broad ; 
primary lateral nerves spreading, much-branched, hardly conspicuous.. 
Umbel terminal, 5-9-flowered, glabrous; peduncle +—? in. long; bracts 
broadly elliptic, pubescent on the margins, otherwise glabrous, 2~3 lin.. 
long, caducous. Flowers 5-merous; pedicels 3-1 in. long. Calyx-tube 
glabrous, with prominent longitudinal ridges, }-} in. long ; lobes broadly 
oblong, truncate or rounded at the apex, narrowed at the base, pubescent 
on the margin, 14 lin. long, 2-24 lin. broad, reflexed during flowering. 
Anthers linear. Style stout, rather longer than the ovary; stigma 
broad, cup-shaped ; hypogynous disc deeply 4—5-lobed ; lobes oblong or 
oblong-spathulate, pubescent at the apex, } as long asthe ovary. Fruit 
not seen.—Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283; De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga,. 
94, t. 26, fig. 8. 
Mozamb. Distr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; w thout precise locality, 
Buchanan, 536! 
Var. multiflora, De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 94, t. 26, figs. 1-7. Leaves more 
coriaceous than in the type. Umbel 13-16-flowered. Pedicels shorter and calyx- 
tube longer than in the type. Calyx-lobes somewhat triangular, subacute. 
‘South Central. Belgian Congo: Katanga; Lukafu, Verdick, 565. 
: The author (/.c.) expresses the opinion that this plant may prove to be connected. 
with the type by specimens possessing intermediate characters. 
4. P. polyantha, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 361. A bush 10-16 ft. 
high. Leaves subcoriaceous, shortly petioled, lanceolate or elliptic- 
lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous, 4-6} in. long, 1-13 in. broad; primary 
lateral nerves ascending, much-branched, prominent. Raceme terminal,. 
loose, many-flowered, puberulous, 14-3 in. long (including peduncle), 
with prominent bract-scars at the base. Flowers 4-merous; pedicels 
3-4 lin. long. Calyx-tube minutely pubescent on the outside, some- 
what dilated below the middle, 3-4 lin. long; lobes ovate-triangular, 
truncate or rounded at the apex, pubescent without, about 1 lin. long.. 
Anthers linear. Ovary oblong, 24-3 lin. long; style 4 as long as the: 
