386 



x-^ 



inner and tlie^ two outer on each side sliglitly more approximate,, 

 usually all connected by transverse bars close below the liyaline^ 

 tips; accompanying valvule almost microscopic, square, papillose;. 

 valve of upper (fertile) fl-oret thinly papery, equalling the spikelet, 

 acute, embracing the very similar valvule almost entirely, 

 shining, faintly 5-nerved. Stamens 3. Stigmas dark purple, 

 shortly exserted from near the tij) of the spikelet. Grain oblong- 

 ellipsoid, slightly flattened on the back, 1 mm. long, vlnte, 

 smooth and shining, tightly enclosed by the slightly indurated 



brown husks ; scuteilum ovate-elliptic, not quite reaching to the 



•in All • -T^ ■ • - • ^ - yr -m r • % rn T 



middle of the grain. Digitaria longiflora^ Missio?i au Senegal,. 

 241, non Eetz. Paspalum exile^ Kippist in Proceed. Linn. Soc, i. 



157,, IG^ Qlf^+Sj. 



SiERKA Leone. Without jirecise locality, Afzelius, R. Clarke^ 

 ScJion. 



French Guinea. San, Chevalier 221T: Koroussou, Poheguin 

 490. 



ToGOLAND. Difalu, KeistiiKj. 



■ ■ 



Nigeria. Nassarawa, Elliot 195; Zaria, Lavth 53; Niger- 

 Province, Yates 29. 



A 



XXXIX.— DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE : LXIV, 



1551. Passerina Galpini, C. IL Wright in Dyer, FL Cap. 



[Thymelaeaceae-Euthymelaeeae] 



trans- 



affiuis P. filiformi, Linn., fol 

 ersG oblongis calyceque glabro differtr 

 liami breves, glabri. Folia conferta, subcylindrica, leviter 

 inciuvata, 6 mm. longa, 1 mm. diametro, glabra, nitida, Flores 

 ad raraoriim apices aggregati; bracteae transverse oblongae, 

 6 mm. latae, scariosae, basi intiis lanatao, apice in lobum 

 •crassiim subulatum obtusuuT 2 mm. longiim prcducto; brac- 

 ieolae 0. Caly.t glaber; tubus anguste ovoideus, 3 mm. longus, 

 1 mm. diametro parte inferiorc; lobi 3 mm. longi, 2 mm. fati, 

 ovati, concavi, obtusi. Stamina longiora 3 mm. longa; antlierae 

 obtuse cordatae, 1 mm. longae. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum; 

 stylus calycis tiibo paullo longior; stigma penicillatum. 



South Africa. Riversdale Div. ; Milkfontein, 183 m., Galpin 

 4491. 



1552. 



Passerina laniflora, C. IL Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 



vol. 5, sect. 2, p. 11, anglice [Thymelaeaceae-Euthymelaeeae],- 

 I . paieaceae, Wikstr., calyce lanato differt. 



Planta lignosa; rami plures, breves, apice pilosi. Folia striate 



quatlritaria, oblonga, paullo incurvata, obtusa, glabra, 4 mm. 



onga, 0-5 mm. lata. Flores ad ramorum apices aggregati j 



bracteae ovatae, 3 mm. longae; braoteolae 2. crasse triquetrae. 



d mm. longae. Cah/.r dense lanatus; tubus subcylindricus. 



