182 
Gop Coast. Northern Territories : — “tok ser. II. 105! 
Lacos. E. W. Foster, 17! NortHern Nigeria. Katagum 
District, Dalziel, 218! Nupe: Jeba, Buttes 1633! “T7123! EASTERN 
Cuarr. Snoussi Country : Ndelle, Chevalier, 7478! 7803 
GALABAT. Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2249! Upprr SuNNar. 
Near Fazokl, Cienkowski, 93. Supan. Sobat River, 20 miles 
below Nasser, Muriel, L. 104! Jur. Seriba Ghattas, Schnveinfurth, 
1333! UGanpa. Nile Province: Acholi, Dawe, 843! 
Grant, 739 ! 
XXVII._DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: XXXVI. 
1091. Thesium atrum, 4. WV. Hill [Santalaceae] ; species nulli 
-arcte comparanda, 7’. doloensi, Pilger, similis in sicco nigrescens 
sed foliis et bracteis minutis orbiculari-ovatis marginibus ciliatis 
distincta. 
Suffrutex perennis, rhizomate lignoso ; caules plurimi, prostrati, 
lignosi, robusti, 30 cm. vel plures longi, rami adscendentes, in sicco 
nigrescentes, 10-15 cm. longi, ramulis lateralibus aliis elongatis 
aliis brevibus numerosis instructi. Folia squamiformia, orbiculari- 
ovata, subacuta, 1 mm. longa, carnosa, margine minute ciliolata. 
Flores versus apices ramulorum foliatorum axillarium dispositi : 
bracteae bracteolaeque foliosae, apiculatae, involucrum formantes. 
Perianthium album, 1°75 mm. longum, segmentis 1 mm. longis ovatis 
subacutis glabris paullo cucullatis marginibus olny um, 
papillosis. Antherae filamentis aequilongae, 04 on 
Stylus 1 min. — Fructus in sicco ater, globoso-ovoidens, 
2°5 mm. phen mm. latus, costis et venis inconspicuis. 
ANGOLA. Suassingua, Gossweiler, 2713 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
1092, Mele brachyanthum, Baker (Santalaceae] ; species dis- 
tincta ae profunde sulcatis foliis carinatis membranaceis 
reductis ; J. subaphyllo, Engl., we patos affinis bracteis bracteolis 
rh panera: elongatis differt 
Suffrutex, caulis erectus, 30 cm. altus, glaber, quadrangularis, 
ngulis plus minusve alatis profunde sulcatis ramis numerosis 
fastigintis, Folia squamiformia, ovata, acuta, 2-3 mm, longa, mem- 
manecort Pei ng carinata. Flores in spicas laxas chengetne 
N raster Tanganyika plateau : Fort Hill, Whyte. 
1093. Thesium cinereum, A. W. Hill [Santalaceae] ; species dense 
pilosa ZY. lycopodioidi, Gilg, et T. striguloso, Welw., similis sed 
pedunculis nudis axillaribus elongatis uti ramulis gracilibus, stylo 
brevi differt. 
erba vel suffrutex perennis, toda ramosus, planta omnino dense 
cinereo-pilosa ; caules prostrati, eylindrici, suleati, 15-30 em. longi, 
ramulis floriferis axillaribus filiformibus dense obtecti. Folia subu- 
lata, acuta, 2-5 mm. longa, dorso pilosa. Inflorescentia 1-3-flora, 
