399 
longo apice trilobato, lobis lateralibus molliter pilosis intermediis 
glabris, segmento-libero limbo lineari-lanceolato acuto superne 
glabro. Antherae circiter 6 mm. longae. Ovariwm dense ferru- 
gineo-villosum, stylo 3-5 cm. longo glabro 5 mm. infra apicem 
minute geniculato. 
NorTHERN NiceriA. Plains between Hepham and Ropp, 
4600 ft., 5 July, 1921, 2-4 ft. high, flowers white, odour very 
strong, H. V. Lely No. 381. 
The specific name refers to the silvery sheen on the inter- 
mediate bracts, which is conspicuous according to the amount 
and direction of light. 
THYMELAEACEAE. 
Gnidia Schweinfurthii, Gilg ; F.T.A. vi. i. 219. 
araguta, 18 ins. high, flowers yellow, No. 76. 
Distrib.—Northern Nigeria to ee ae 
Lasiosiphon Kraussii, Mezsn. ; F.T.A. 
Naraguta, 1 ft. high, flowers velion: ye il and 13. 
Arthrosolen chrysantha, S: hens: -Laub. ; ¥.T.A. vi. i. 234. 
Naraguta, 12 ins. high, flowers yellow, No. 79 
Distrib—From Northern Nigeria southwards over nearly all 
Tropical Africa. . 
LORANTHACEAE, 
Loranthus dodoneaefolius, DC.; F.T.A. vi. i. 341. 
Naraguta, 5 Aug., a parasite 2-3 ft. high on Parkia filicoidea, 
flowers deep red, No. 498. 
Distrib.—_Senegambia to Uganda. 
; SANTALACEAE. 
Thesium leucanthum, Gilg ; F.T.A. vi. i. 420. 
Naraguta, 18 ins. high, flowers yellow, No. 66. 
Distrib.—Hitherto known only from Angola; a very distinct 
species with remarkably long perianth; the pans from the 
two areas do not seem to be separable. 
Thesium — A. W. Hill, var. pubescens, Hutch. in Kew Bull. 
1921, 253 
Naraguta, in clumps 8 ins. high, flowers brown or yellow, 
@., D 
Distrib—Type form also in the Cameroons. 
EUPHORBIACEAE. 
sana convolvuloides, Hochst. ; F.T.A. vi. i. 495. 
Rinjim Mukr, 2500 ft., 6-12 ins. high, minute red flowers, 
No. 
Distrib —N orth and East Tropical Africa. 
Euphorbia hirta, Linn. ; F.T.A. vi. i. 496. 
Naraguta, 6 ins. high, flowers green, No. 34. 
