810 ON A NEW SPECIES OF GUSSONEA. 



Note. — In addition to tlie above the following are recorded, but 

 I believe erroneously : — 



iSaccofji/na viticulosa Mich. Among 8pha<pmm,, common, Hist. 

 Yar. This was probably Mijlia anomala Hook. 



THchucolca tonnentella Ehrh. Eecorded by Withering. Probably 

 Blej^harozia ciliaris Nees was the plant intended. 



E. = Eastern Division ; W. = Western Division. If neither 

 of these marks are added, the speeies occurs in both vice-counties. 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF GUSSONEA. 

 By H. N. Kidley, M.A., F.L.S. 



Among the plants recently collected by M. Leon Humblot in the 

 Comoro Islands occurs a species of this genus, which appears as 

 yet to be undescribed. The genus is typically characteristic of the 

 East African archipelago, occurring also on the mainland. It is 

 remarkable for its copious and long roots, absence of leaves, 

 excepting for a few sheaths upon the stem, and minute flowers. 

 The present species, in its long slender stem and very small flowers, 

 approaches G. ciphyUa Eich., but the spur is cylindrical, tapering 

 gradually to a point, which, with the narrow petals, distinguish it 

 clearly from the rest of the genus. The roots are slightly flattened, 

 somewhat rough, and fewer than in G. exilis Eidl. 



Gussonea cornuta, n. sp.— Eadices copiosse elongate com- 

 pressffi ; caulis repens, longa, subpedalis, gracilis, vaginis arctis 

 teretibus acutis, dissitis striatis tecta ; scapi graciles, unciales; 

 bractea3 dissitte membranacete vaginantes ampliatas apicibus acutis; 

 flores ad 8 iis G. aphylhe paullo majores ; pedicelli graciles quam 

 bractese multo longiores sepala ovata subacuta, lateralia parum 

 curva ; petala linearia obtusa ; labellum rotundatum 4-nervium, 

 basi columnam amplectens, calcar longum attenuatum curvatum, 

 pallide flavescens; omnia tenuia, pallida (ex-sicco); columna crassi- 

 uscula brevis aurantiaca, fovea triangularis, profunda, rostellum 

 elongatum lanceo-triangulare decurvum ; anthcra ovata, pollinia 

 minuta, pyriformia. Comoro Islands, L. Humblot, No. 238. Herb. 

 Brit. Mus. ! 



SHOET NOTES. 



Astragalus alpinus in PEETHsmEE. — On the grassy slope of a 

 hill in Perthshire, much frequented by tourists, I was astonished to 

 And this summer Aatnojahis aljiinvs. The only other station in 

 Scotland where it undoubtedly grows is Little Craigindal, Braemar. 

 I searched for it in vain in Glen Dole, Clwa, some years ago, and I 

 am told that it has not been met with there since the date of its 

 difccovtry. On the same hill I found (Kci/tropis Halleri. When 

 staying at the Botanical Camp near Loch Lyon two months ago 



