206 
Mascarenr Istanps. Aldabra, Oct.-Dec., 1892, W. L. Abbott; 
Fryer 18. Astove, Cosmoledo and Aldabra, one of the commonest 
shrubs, Apr., 1907, H. P. Thomasset, 243. 
1629. reed Fryeri, Hutchinson {HKuphorbiaceae-Cro- 
toneae|; affinis fruticosae, Forsk., sed foliis infra minus 
plantiuloeis haud ct ahaa topes et bracteis Q conspicuis differt. 
Frutex ramulis annotinis won cinereis defoliatis, hornotinis 
brunneis parce pubescentibus et foliatis. Folia ovata vel ovato- 
lanceolata, basi rotundata vel ne rereree apice obtusa, 2-4:5 cm. 
longa, 1 1-5-3 em. lata, tenuiter chaxtiven, Spaiare supra glabra, 
infra primum peltato-glandulosa, mox fere glabra, laxe reticu- 
peitaig Q Yenddorinté: in etek: ctu 1 cm. ni ae ar n. latae, 
crenato-serratae, recticulatae extra parce platidlonnc abalawee 
Calyx 9 cupularis, 3-dentatus, 15 mm. longus, dentibus triangu- 
lari-subulatis acutis parce saubibventshns varium  depresso- 
globosum, dense glandulosum et parce peberabans styli Grhciies 
mm. longi, lobis lateralibus filiformibus 2mm. longis. ‘Cay su 
35 mm. longa, glandulosa et pubescens. Semina 2+ ‘5 mm. — 
MascarEne Isuanps. Aldabra, Fryer 92. 
1630. Widdringtonia dracomontana, Stap/ Pie ed: 
V. cupressoidi, Endl., differt valvis fructuum ubique “ieee 
ovulis 3-nis cum quaque squama, seminibus defuonibnas uiringue 
—. alatis magis minusve oblongis 
r mediocris vel frutea, ramulis gractlbas. Folia plantae 
delitebs squamiformia, ea ramulorum ultimi ordinis arcte ad- 
ovoideo-globosi, 18-2 cm. diametro, nigrescentes. squamis demum 
po se anes apicem Si batagts conico munitis. wula 3 
she squama. Semina leviter compressa, oblonga vel 
tence ato- na ovato-oblonga, circiter 7 mm. longa, 3 mm lata, 
atro-fusea, oe alata, alis apice in excisura confluentibus, 
a 2mm. vel paulo ultra latis. W. cupressoides, Sim, For. FI. 
Cape Col. 337 (pro parte); Bews in Ann. Natal Mus. ii. 549; 
non Endl. Callitris hae Wood, Handb. Fl. Natal, 122, 
and in Trans. 8. Afr. Phil. Soc. ., Xviii. 122, 224; non Schrad. 
C. natalensis, Endl. ex Fours Rep. Natal For. 1889, 16, 121. 
Sourn Arrica. bese nen District, Drakensbergen, 
headwaters of the Bushman’s oe (Lang alsbelele” 8 Location), 
Fannin (Sanderson, S011), between Cathkin and Mont aux 
