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Sect. VII. Incrassati, Sprague in Dyer, 'Fh Trop- Afr. vol. vl. 

 sect. 1, pp. 256, 263 (1910). Series Incrassati, K. Krause in 

 Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. NacMr- iv. p. 72, 

 S* African specieg: L^ Wyliei, Sprague. 



Sect. VIII. 'RmsvTi, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. ^Lrop. Air. vol. vi. 

 sect. 1, pp. 256, 263. Series Hirsuti, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 



vol. XX. p. 104 (1894); Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 

 jSaclitr. i. p. 132. Genus Erianthermim, Van Tiegli. in Bull. 

 Soc. Bot. France, vol. xlii. p. 247. 

 S'. African species : L. Dregei, Eckl. & Zeyh. 



Qu 



Leaves alternate. Umbels 



from 



axillary ; bract cupular. Flowers pentamerous. Receptacle 

 and calyx togetlier cylindric, longer tban tbe bract. Corolla- 

 tube not splitting unilaterally, witli a distinct basal swelling ; 

 limb splitting unilaterally, the lobes remaining connate above 

 in a single erect piece. Stamens inserted a considerable 

 distance above the base of tbe coroUa-lotes ; filaments filiform, 

 inflexed or involute, witb two minute teeth below their apex 

 on ^ the ventral surface ; anthers linear, not transversely 

 divided. Style filiform; stigma subglobose. 

 Endemic in S. Africa. Allied to Sect. Incrassati, 

 it differs m the_ corolla and filaments. Type and sole species : 



L. quinquenervis, Hochst. 



^®^*- ?\AcRANTHEMUM, Sprague. Genus Acranthemum, Van 



liegh. m Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. xlii. p. 254 (1895). 



hevies Acranthemum, Engl, in Engl.& Prantl, Nat. Pflanzen- 

 fam. Nachtr. i. p. 131. 



Endemic in S. Africa. Allied to Sect. Longifiori, from which 

 It differs m the umbels terminating leafy short-shoots, which are 

 perulate at the base and the filaments inserted near the base of 

 the corolla-lobes. The style is skittle-shaped above in 3 out of the 



4 species. — L. Zevhrrr Tfar-^r T. M^^^^/ a r . i-. 



'P 



Moo 



Meisn., L. minor, Sprague. 



.^^''\¥-J''^^''f'^^^^^^ORMES, Sprague in Dyer. Fl. Trop. Afr. 



F.al ; T\ \^K^^' 2^^- Series Infundibuliformes, 

 S] l^^;+^p/'^'^^"^• ^^- PP 82, 89 (1894) ; Engl & 

 En^T ']? «b orf ^^fo^- ^"^^^*^- ^- P- 132 Serie Infiatl, 

 88 rl a' ^^' ¥• ^^^' ^^"^« Glomerati, Engl., I.e. 82 

 Toi. xlir;.if6 ^'''^^'' ^"'^ ^''^^'- ^^ ^^"•^^*^- Bot.'Franre; 

 ^ S. African species : L. Bolusii, Sprague. 



ANTHUS 



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vol.iii Id 1S7 £'J S^ * ^''""*'> Nat. Pflanzenfam. 



