114 THE JOUENAL OF BOTAXT 



Gnidia kundelungensis, sp. nov. Saffrutex circa trisplthamea ; 

 caule erecto parum rainoso basi nudo ceterura folioso glabro ; foliis 

 alternis nonnuiiquam oppositis vel suboppositis oblongo-lanceolatis 

 apice breviter debiliterque pungenti-aciuninatis trinervibus micro- 

 scopice sericeis inferioribus laxe imbricatis superioribus gradatim 

 distantioribus ; floribus in capitula parva sessilia circa 15 -flora ex 

 axillis superioribus oriunda digestis ; involucri bracteis (anne sem- 

 per?) 7 anguste ovato-obiongis acuminatis papyraceis saltern in sicco 

 brunneis ; calycis tubo anguste infundibuLari ima basi villoso infra 

 articulamentum glabro alibi microscopice puberulo lobis 4 oblongis 

 obtusis ; squamis abbreviatis clavellatis ; antJieri$ inclusis oblongis 

 obtusis ; ovario glabro. 



Belgian Congo, AVest Kundelungu, under trees ; Kassne7% 2793. 



Folia inferiora l*5-2"5 cm. long., 4-5 mm. lat., superiora gradatim 

 imrainuta, ultima equidem angustissime linearia modo 5 mm. long. 

 Capitula circa 7 mm. diam. ; horum bracteae 5-7 mm. long. Ovarium 

 compressum, oblongo-ovoideum, 1*5 mm. long. Stylus tegre 3 mm. 

 long., glaber. 



Differs from G. apiculata Grilg, which it resembles in many 

 respects, in the broad leaves, the calyx without the long silky 

 clothing, &c. 



Gnidia fastigiata E-endle. Transvaal, Johannesburg, open veld 

 to southward near Klipriviersberg ; Band, 898. 



Gnidia fastiqiata Rendle var. liirsutaH. H. W. Pears. Trans- 

 vaal, Johannesburg, in shallow valleys to southward, dry vlei ground ; 

 Band, 899, 



This variety would seem to be new to South Africa. 



Gnidia miceocephala Meisn. Rhodesia, Salisbury ; Sawer, 15, 

 Band, 1373 : Victoria ; Monro, 559. 



A South African species extending as far northward as Lydenburg, 

 which, though found also in British Central and Portuguese East 

 Africa, has apparently not been reported hitherto from Rhodesia. 



Gnidia dumicola, sp. nov. Fruticulus erectus semispithameus ; 

 caulihus e rhizomate valido caespitosis a basi vel fere a basi foliosis 

 simplicibus vel breviramosis pubescentibus ; foliis alternis sessilibus 

 laxe imbricatis lanceolato-oblongis superioribus lineari-lanceolatis lan- 

 ceolatisve apice pungentibus longitrorsum nervosis coriaceis margine 

 ciliatis ; capifulis terminalibus sessilibus brevissimeve pedunculatis 

 12-20-floris ; involucri bracteis circa 7 ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 coloratis (in sicco brunneis) pubescentibus; calycis tubo angustissime 

 infundibular! inferne et superne dense pubescente lobis 4 obovatis 

 obtusissimis extus pubescentibus intus glabris ; sqvaniis lineari- 

 clavellatis lobos fere semisequantibus ; staminihus inf. medium tubum 

 versus aflixis ; ovario glabro. 



Angola, sporadic in thickets between Forte Princeza Amelia and 

 Limbala Monelilo ; Gossweiler, 2023. 



Folia pleraque l'5-2 cm. long., 3-4 mm. lat., basi 5-7-apice 

 3-nerYia, nervis prominentibus. Capitula circa 1-1*5 cm. diam. 



