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1164, Gnidia ramosa, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, El. Trop. 
Afr., vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 225, anglice [Thymelaeaceaec]; affinis 
G. Goetzeanae, Gilg, a qua foliis obtusis recedit. 
-Frutex erectus, circiter 1 m. altus, multiramosus, glaber, ramis 
gracilibus, Folia brevissime sed distincte petiolata, lineari-oblonga, 
_apice obtusa vel rotundata, versus basin angustata, 12-16 mm, longa, 
2-3 mm. lata. Capitula pedunculata, parva, pauciflora; bracteae 
involucrantes 5-6, ovatae, abrupte acuminatae, circiter 6 mm. longae. 
Flores pedicellati, tetrameri ; pedicellus brevissimus, pubescens, 
apice pilis longis erectis barbatus. Calycis tubus 6 mm. longus 
(an adultus ?), pubescens ; lobi oblongi, apice rotundati, circiter 
0'7 mm. longi, extus pubescentes. Peta/a minuta, inferne cylindrica, 
superne capitata. Ovarium glabrum. 
TropicaL Arrica. Nyasaland: between Kondowe and 
Karonga, 600-1800 m., Whyte; Tanganyika Plateau, at Fort 
Hill, 1000-1200 m., Whyte. 
1165, Lasiosiphon Kerstingii, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, Fl. 
Trop. Afr., vol. vi., sect. 1, p. 253, anglice [Thymelaeaceae] ; affinis 
LL. Hoepfneriano, Vatke, a quo foliis obtusis recedit. 
Caules e rhizomate lignoso orti, circiter 22 cm. longi, tomentelli, 
i. Folia i 
Vv 
-angustata, 1°8-2°5 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, minute pubescentia. 
~obtusae, florum % aequantes. ores in receptaculo claviformi 
villoso insidentes, pentameri, lutei. Calycis tubus 12-16 mm. 
oborum circiter 3 aequantia. Discus minutus, Ovarium ville 
-erectis dense sericeo-villosum, Fructus ignotus. 
Tropicat Arrica. Togoland: Kirikiri, Kersting, 36: 
1166. Arthrosolen sphaerantha, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, Fl. 
_ Trop. Afr., vol vi., sect. 1, p. 235, anglice [Thymelaeaceae] ; affinis 
A, Poggei, H. H. W. Pearson, a qua calycis tubo duplo longiore 
_ recedit. 
Planta lignosa, circiter 0°5 m. alta, superne ramosa, glabra. 
Folia sparsa, sessilia, linearia, acuta, 8-18 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata 
Capitula terminalia, multiflora; bracteae involucrantes circiter 10, 
raise ovatae, acuminatae, acutae, 12 mm. longae, 6 mm. latae, 
glabra 
1167. Arthrosolen foliosa, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
r.. vol, vi. sect. 1, p. 237, anglice [Thymelaeaccae]; affinis 
ee Julgenti, H. H. W. Pearson, a qua bracteis involucrantibus flores 
aequantibus yel leviter superantibus recedit, 
