22 COUNT FICALHO AND W. P. HIERN 
р. 200, n. 163 (1837); Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 240 (1865). Gna- 
phalium nudifolium, L. Pl. Afr. Rar. n. 56 (1760) in Amoen. Acad. vi. p. 99 (1763). 
Our specimen is a very good one. The type specimen in the Linnean herbarium 
has been specially examined for the identification of our specimen. The species has 
an extensive distribution throughout Cape Colony, and extends to South Kalahari and 
Natal. It was not previously known to occur in Tropical Africa. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 16. 
16. СЕТСЕВТА ZEYHERI, Harv. in Нагу. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 126 (1865). 
In our specimen the involucral bracts are less produced into leafy tips than usual 
in this species, though examples like ours occur in other specimens. The species has 
previously been obtained from the Transvaal. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 15. 
17. ПісомА ANOMALA, Sond. in Linnea, xxiii. p. 71 (1850); Harv. in Harv. et Sond 
Fl. Cap. iii. p. 517 (1865); Oliv. et Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 443 (1877), 
cum syn. 
This species, with its varieties, occurs also in the Transvaal and Natal, in the upper 
part of Nileland, and in the South-African Gold-fields. Our specimens, which are viscid- 
glandular, agree best with the variety a. Sonderi of Harvey. 
Serpa Pinto, no. 17. 
APOCYNACEA. 
DirronuvyNcnuus, Welw. MS., gen. nov. 
Calyx 5-fidus campanulatus parvus eglandulosus, lobis ovatis obtusiusculis inter se subzequalibus basi 
leviter imbricatis. Corolla urceolari-infundibularis profunde 5-fida alba, tubo supra medium paulum 
ampliato ore subconstricto, fauce gibbis seu squamis dentiformibus adnatis applicatisve aucta, lobis 
ovali-oblongis patentibus demum recurvis intra laxe puberulis in zestivatione dextrorsum (ab axe deorsum 
spectanti) convolutis. Stamina 5 inclusa glabra medio corollz tubo inserta cum lobis corolle alter- 
nantia, filamentis brevibus, antheris triangulari-pyramidatis apiculatis luteis a stigmate liberis apicibus 
conniventibus loculis basi polliniferis obtusis inappendiculatis. Discus obsoletus vel inconspicuus brevis 
annularis glaber. Ovarium superum depresso-globosum glabrum 2-loculare, carpellis 2 separabilibus 
biovulatis vel rarius quadriovulatis, stylo unico albido basi згере fisso, stigmate viridi quam stylus multo 
latiore cupuliformi medio intra cupulum materiam stigmatoideam rubram ovato-conicam bilobam ferente, 
ovulis superpositis, placentis ventralibus.  Folliculi gemini a basi distincti divergentes lignosi vel crasse 
coriacei subcompressi ovales aperte dehiscentes. Semina inquoque folliculo 2 vel rarius 4 superposita 
plano-compressa peltatim affixa apice late alata. 
Arbores vel frutices scandentes vel stantes, glabri, ѕере lactescentes. Folia opposita vel subopposita, 
sempervirentia, delicate reticulata, coriacea, lucida. Flores parvuli, fragrantes, in cymis terminalibus 
multifloris pyramidato- vel globoso-corymbosis dispositi. Folliculi 14-14-роШсагез. 
Species adhue cognitae 3, Africze tropicze australis incole. 
Besides the species described below, there are two other species, one from the Mozam- 
bique district (Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 1355, ined.), the other from Angola (Welw. hb. 
nn. 5968, 5983, 5984). 
