COMPOSITE (S. Moore) or 
glabris ; foliis parvis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis apice mucronu- 
latis basi longe decurrentibus integris vel obscure denticulatis 
primo puberulis dein glabris, capitulorum glomerulis pro rata 
parvis breviter subsphaeroideis pedunculatis ; bracteis exterioribus 
6 ovatis acutis vel brevissime spinuloso-acuminatis éxtus scabridule 
pubescentibus ; bracteis capitula stipantibus lineari-oblongis apice 
subito dilatatis truncatis necnon margine ciliolatis ipso mucronu- 
latis ; involucri phyllis 4-5 lineari-oblongis apice truncatis ipso 
saepe acutis; flosculis fem. 4-5 hermaph. 1, horum corollis 
paullulum supra basin constrictis ceterum cylindricis. 
North Cameroons, Garua to Golombe ; n. 1005. 
Branches slender, white, with narrow herbaceous wings barely 
1 mm. wide. Leaves up to 25 x 4 mm., those on the branchlets. 
usually reduced to about 10 x 2mm. Glomerules about 10 mm. in 
diameter, composed of a large number of capitula. Peduncles at 
most 5 mm. long. ‘Outer bracts 8-4 mm. long, 2 mm. at the widest 
part, firm in texture, greyish-green when dry. Bracts of the capitula 
8:5 mm. long, "75 mm. broad, somewhat cymbiform, provided with 
short stiff hairs near the apex on the outer side. Involucral leaves 
3 mm. long, like the bracts scarious. Corollas of the hermaphrodite 
florets pale purple, 1'5 mm. long, the same length as those of the 
filiform female florets, which stand on exceedingly slender pedicels 
1-1:5 mm. in length. Young achenes 2 mm. long, papillose. Achenes 
of the female florets 1 mm. long, covered with spreading hairs. 
This might be mistaken on a first view for S. peduncularis DC. 
which inter alia has 6-leaved involucres. Its position in the genus is 
near S. Steetzii Oliver & Hiern. 
Centaurea Perrottetii DC. is referred in the Flora of Tropical 
Africa to C. Calcitrapa—wrongly, I think. The single specimen 
-in the collection (n. 1007) agrees fairly well with C. Perrottetii, 
' and still better with some Nigerian specimens in the Kew 
herbarium. 
EBENACEZ. 
Diospyros Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor ramulis sub- 
virgatis foliosis ; foliis glaberrimis alternis oblongis mediocribus 
breviter acuminatis acutis, petiolo brevi valido lignoso, venis 
paucis supra impressis subtus prominentibus ; floribus femineis 
in cymis ferrugineo-lanatis compositis cymulis 2-3-floris, pedicellis 
validis rufo-lanuginosis longiuseulis ; calyce ferrugineo campanulato 
5-dentato dentibus crassis triangularibus subacutis ; corolla carnosa 
extus glabrescente lobis oblongis obtusis; staminodiis 6-7-rufo- 
strigosis ; ovario densissime pilis ferrugineis: patentibus induto; 
stigmatibus 5 lanceolatis crassis extus dense rufo-pilosis intus 
glabris. 
Oban ; n. 1560. 
Leaves to about 13 em. x 5°5cm., subcoriaceous, with stalk barely 
6-7 mm. long; lateral nerves 5-6 pairs. Flower-stalk (9) 1-1:5 em. 
