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Involucri bractese 6-7 mm. long., dorso 5-nervosae. Pedicelli villosi, 

 1 mm. long. Cal^'x sulphureus, pars infra articulamentmn 3 mm, 

 long., pars sup. 7 mm. ; lobi 1*5 mm. long. Squamae '65 mm, long. 

 Antberae oblongse, superiores '75 mm., inferiores 1 mm. long. Ovarium 

 oblongo-ovoideum, stipiti "25 mm. long, impositum, 1 mm. long. 

 Stylus 2 mm. long. 



According to Pearson's clavis this should come next G. steno- 

 phylla Gilg from Somaliland : the acicular leaves of that species 

 need alone be mentioned. 



Lasiosipho?^ Li^'iFOLius Meisn. Rhodesia, near Chirinda, 3500 ft.; 

 Swynnerfon, sine no. Buluwajo ; Rand, 204. 



Well distributed through various parts of South Africa and 

 reaching as far north as Lydenburg and Pilgrim's Rest {Greensfock)^ 

 this species, it is believed, has not hitherto been reported from a 

 tropical habitat. 



Aethbosole?^ chetsantha Solms-Laub. var. ignea H. H. Pear- 

 son. Rhodesia, Salisbury ; Eyles, 862 in part. 



The collector's note says *' Common herb in clusters, 9-12 in. tall. 

 Flower colour ranges from yellow through orange to red, but colour 

 of a cluster not mixed ; 3'^ellow flowers commonest and usuall}'' tallest."' 

 We have the same var. collected by Rand (No. 205) also at 

 Salisbury. This is the first record (of the variety) from Rhodesia. 



Aetheosolex Poggei H. H. W. Peai-son (ex descript.). Angola, 

 road from Caconda to Cunene ; Gossiveiler, 1794 ; open thickets by 

 Domba river; Id., 3063. 



A very rare plant hitherto unrepresented in the London herbaria. 



Aetheosolen Newtonii H. H. W. Pearson. Belgian Congo, 

 Lukifwa river ; Kassner, 2858. 



Referred by de Wildeman (Ann. Mus. Congo Belg. Ser. iv. ii. 113) 

 to Gnidia katangensis Gilg & Dew. 



Arthosolen paludosa, sp. nov, Fruticosa, ascendens, pauciramu- 

 losa, ramulis debilibus patentibus vel ascendentibus distanter foliosis 

 glabris ; ,/bZm subsessilibus linearibus (inferioribus anguste lineari- 

 oblanceolatis) obtusis apice subpungentibus plurinervosis microscopice 

 sericeis ; capitulis ramulos terminantibus paucis parvis paucifloris ; 

 in volucri bracteis 5 oblongo-ovatis breviter acuminatis membranaceis 

 microscopice sericeis ; calycis parvi tubo abbreviato angustissime 

 infundibulari parte infra articulamentum glabra parte sup. sericea 

 lobis late oblongis obtusissimis ; antheris inclusis oblongis obtusis ; 

 ovario compresso-pyriformi glabro. 



Belgian Congo, Luente in swamps ; Kassner, 2485. 



Planta paullo ultra trispithamea. Folia inferiora eirca 2 cm. 

 long., 2-3 mm. lat. ; superiora +1 cm. xl mm., firme membranacea, 

 in sicco viridia. Capitula pansa QxQ mm. ; horum bractese 6 mm, 

 long., 2*5-3 mm. lat. Pedicelli segre 1 mm. long. Calycis tubi pars- 

 infra articulamentum 1 mm., pars sup. 2 mm. long., hie deorsum 

 •2 mm. sursum '8 mm. lat. ; lobi '6 mm. long. Antherae '5 mm. long. 

 Ovarium -75 mm. long. ; stylus a latere impositus, 1*5 mm. long. 



