118 THE JOUBNAL OF BOTANT 



oblique ov^atis caudato-acuminatis apice acutis basi cuneatis firme 

 membranaceis supra glabris subtus pnesertim in nervis appresse 

 piloso-puberulis ; jlorihus pro rata parvis 5-meris plerumque 2-3-nis 

 sc'ssilibus ; calycis tubo abbreviate cylindrico basi vix dilatato extus 

 paberulo intus glabro lobis oblongo-lanceolatis tubo brevioribus extus 

 pubescentibus intus glabris ; squamis ealycis lobos eirciter semi- 

 lequantibus alte bipartitis segmentis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis 

 integris vel sursum denticulatis glabris ; staminihus exsertis ; ovario 

 glabro ; sti/lo compresso-claviformi tubo plane incluso. 



Hab. Cameroons, Bitye ; Bates^ 692. 



Folia pleraque 6-7 X 2*5-3 cm., supra in sicco viridia subtus 

 brunnescentia. Flores albi. Calycis tubus 9-10 mm. long., iuia 

 basi 1-1*25 mm. lat., alibi "75-1 mm.; lobi eirciter 3 mm. long., 

 •5-1 mm. lat. Filamentorum pars exserta 1*5 mm. long. ; antherie 

 125 mm. long. Stigma eroso-marginatum, truncatum, 1*25 mm. 

 long., hujus culinen 1-1*5 mm. infra calycis os. 



The squamae and included stjde are the chief differences between 

 this and I), parvijlora H. H. W. Pearson. 



The squamse here and there may be greatly reduced in size, the 

 segments in some cases measuring less than 1 mm. in length. 



Peddiea Batesii, sp. nov. Frutex glaber, trimetralis vel pauUo 

 ultra ; foliis pro I'ata magnis ellipticis apice acuminatis basi in petio- 

 lum brevissimum gradatim angustatis miembranaceis nitidulis ijioribas 

 4-meris in umbellam 10-floram pedunculo brevi insidentem digestis ; 

 bractels perpaucis ovatis acutis scariosis margine sericeo-ciliatis ; 

 pediceUis pedunculo tenuioribus necnon pauUo brevioribus ; calycis 

 tubo juxta medium levissime contracto glabro lobis ovatis obtusis- 

 simis apice pubescentibus ; staminibus 8 antheris oblongis obtusis ; 

 ovario ovoideo superne dense villoso ; stylo ovario sequilongo basi 

 apiceque aliquantulum dilatato glabro ; sfigmate compresso-capitato. 



Cameroons without precise locality ; Bates, 1035. 



Folia usque 17 vel etiam 19 cm. long, (exstant vero minora) et 

 5 cm. lat., supra in sicco griseo-viridia, subtus pallidiora ; costa 

 media subtus optime eminens, costie laterales parum perspicue. 

 Bractea; 4-10 mm. long. Pedunculus 7 mm., jiedicelli 4-5 mm. 

 Jong. Flores sec. cl. detectorem viridi-llavi. Calycis tubus Jtgre 

 1 cm. long., inferne 2*25 mm., superne 3-3*5 mm. lat. ; lobi mox 

 patentes, 1*5 mm. long. Antherse 1 mm. long. Ovarium 1*5 mm. 

 long. Stigma "5 x '8 mm. 



Differs from P. Zerikeri Gilg in the large leaves, the differently- 

 shaped bracts, short peduncles and pedicels, and slender style as long 

 as the ovary. 



3. Paeudactis, Compositarum e tribu Senecionidearum 

 genus novum. 



Caj)itula homogama, subdiscoidea, flosculis omnibus ^ . Invo- 

 lucrum ecalyculatum, cylindrico-campanulatum, phyllis 1-seriatis 

 inter se liberis. Beceptaculum planum, nudum. CorollcR tubulosa.', 

 paucae exteriores zygomorphae lobis 2 majoribus ita capitulum radiatum 

 mentientibus. AntliercB basi obtusse, integral. 8tyli rami com- 



