924 cxii. THYMELiEACE^. [Gnidia 



obtuse base, coloured orange or reddish, glabrous or minutely 

 glandular-dotted, striate-nerved, J in. long by |- to J- in. broad; 

 pedicels rather thick, bearded at the apex ; perianth-tube slender, 

 about i in. long, puberulous with short hairs outside, glabrous 

 inside, breaking across below the middle ; the lobes of the limb 

 broadly ovate, obtuse, -^^ in. long, pilose at the back ; scales 

 short, inserted at the perianth-throat ; stamens 8, in two rows, 

 glabrous, subsessile ; the upper 4 opposite the perianth-lobes 

 inserted near the throat and with the tips of the anthers just 

 exserted, the lower 4 alternating with the others inserted above 

 the middle of the perianth-tube and with smaller anthers ; style 

 apparently very short ; fruit sub-ellipsoidal, obtusely somewhat 

 prolonged at the apex, -^ in. long, glabrous, surrounded at the 

 base by the dense beard of the pedicel. 



HuiLLA. — In bushy pastures between Lopollo and Humpata, also 

 in the open rather dry Monino forests, very plentiful ; fl. Jan. to 

 April ; fr. April 1860. No. 6482. In sunny wooded places at the 

 river Monino and near Lopollo ; fr. April 1860. Coll, Carp. 15. A 

 very brilliant species. 



4. G. Rendlei Hiern, sp. n. 



A low shrublet ; rootstock woody ; stems prostrate or oblique, 

 woody below, slender and wiry towards the extremities and 

 branches, glabrous ; branches densely leafy, prostrate or ascending ; 

 leaves linear or nearly so, approximated, subacute or pointed at 

 the apex, a little narrowed at the subsessile base, glaucous-green, 

 somewhat rigid, i to f in. long by -^^ to J^^ in. broad ; flowers 

 bright orange in colour, brilliant, quickly withering, marcescent, 

 about 20 to 25 together crowded in sessile or subsessile involucrate 

 upturned heads which terminate the branches or short lateral 

 shoots ; pedicels very short, rather thick, pilose at least at the 

 apex ; involucral bi-acts 6, obovate-oblong, sessile and obtuse at 

 the base, apiculate at the obtuse apex, glabrous, striate-nerved, 

 i in. long by \ in. broad ; perianth tetramerous, ^ to 1 in. long ; 

 the tube slender, pilose outside with white woolly hairs, glabrous 

 inside, breaking transversely below the middle ; the lobes roundly 

 ovate, -j^ in. long ; scales at the throat or obsolete ; stamens 8, 

 in two rows, the upper 4 opposite the perianth-lobes inserted just 

 below the throat and with the upper part of the anthers exserted, 

 the lower 4 alternating with the others inserted above the middle 

 of the tube and with smaller wholly included anthers ; filaments 

 very short ; style short, included in the perianth-tube below its 

 transverse fracture, glabrous. 



HuiLLA. — In hilly places where the mould is mixed with sand, 

 among low bushes between Mumpulla and Nene, plentiful, in company 

 with species of Thefihan (cf. T. lopollense ; Welw. herb. no. 6437) and 

 Acanthacecc (cf. Thwibergm angolensis S. Moore ; Welw. herb. no. 

 5037) ; fl. end of Oct. 1859. No. 6478. In hilly rocky sunny places 

 among short bushes, between Lopollo and Catumba, rather rare ; fl. 

 and young fr. end of Nov. 1859. No. 6477. 



Clutki benguelensis Muell. Arg., Welw. herb. no. 338, in rocky 



