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pilosis deinde glabrescentibus inconspicueque cicatriciferis ; foliis per 

 paria decussata ordinatis lineari-subulatis apice subpungentibus pag. 

 sup, concavis dorso convexis necnon trinervibus coriaceis margine 

 2:)romin enter sericeo-ciliatis tandem glabris ; jioribus parvis ex axillis 

 superioribus oriundis ; bract eolis oblongis obtusis dorso carinatis 

 margine ciliatis ; calycis tubo inferne glabro superne subcylindrico 

 sub limbo dilatato subsparsim appresse sericeo lobis ovatis obtusis ; 

 squamis 8 (casu 9) oblongis obtusis crassiusculis quam pili stipantes 

 pauUo longioribus ; aiitheris oblongis obtusis apice exsertis ; ovario 

 glabro. 



Cape, Tulbagh ; SchlecTiter, 7513. 



Folia 4-6 mm. long., prope basin 1 mm. lat. Bracteolse apice 

 villosulse, 3 mm. long. Calycis tubus modo 4 mm. long., pars infra 

 ai-ticulamentum "5 mm. long., juxta medium fere 1 mm., sub limbo 

 1"25 mm. lat. ; lobi extus sub apice solummodo glabri, segre 2 mm. 

 long. Squamae 1 "2 mm. long. ; antherse totidem. Ovarium "75 mm., 

 stylus 2*5 mm. long. 



Near S. jiavescens Grilg., the narrower, not imbricated leaves and 

 the very small flowers with bracteoles but little shorter than the 

 calj'x are points of easy recognition. 



Lachx^a macrantha Meisn. Swellenclam ; Niven. The Bowie 

 specimens unlocalised in Fl. Cap. are from Mts. of Tradu and Groote 

 vader bosch {Bowies no. 2). 



Gnidia pinifolia L. Natal, Inchanga ; Molyneuoc. 

 Apparently unrecorded from Natal. 



Gnidia kasaiensis, sp. no v. Caule erecto simplici omnimodo 

 (parte brevi inferiore exempta) folioso ; foliis laxe imbricatis alternis 

 sessilibus lanceolato-oblongis apice pungenti-acutis subparallele pauci- 

 nervosis subpergamaceis glabris ; caj^itulis terminalibus sessilibus 

 globulosis multitloris ; involucri bracteis paucis anguste ovato-oblongis 

 acuminatis ciliatis papyraceis ; calycis tubo anguste cylindrico infra 

 articulamentum (basi villosa exclusa) glabro ceterum subtiliter 

 pubescente lobis 4 abbreviatis oblongis vel oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel 

 obtusissimis ; squamis parvulis liliformibus ; anther is inclusis oblongis 

 obtusis ; ovario glabro. 



Belgian Congo, Sankuru river, Kasai district : Kassner, 3322. 



Planta bispithamea. Folia pleraque 2-3 cm. long., 5-8 mm. lat., 

 in sicco viridi-griseola. Capitula usque ad. 3 cm. diam. Involucri 

 bractese 6-7 mm. long., saltern in sicco brunneae. Calycis tubi pars 

 inf. 2 mm. long. ; pars sup. 11 mm. ; lobi l'5-2 mm. long. Squamae 

 circa '5 mm., antherae '5 mm. long. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum, 

 aegre 1 mm. long. Fructus compressus, anguste oblongo-ovoideus, 

 glaber, 1'5 mm. long. 



Affinity with G. mollis C. H. "Wright, from which it is known by 

 several differences in the leaves and flowers. The number of invo- 

 lucral bracts was not exactly ascertained, owing to the specimens 

 having been glued down before description, but they seem to fall 

 far short of the 15-20 possessed by G. moUis. 



