409 



ultra 40 cm.) indivisis ; ab E. ScMmperi etiam cyathiis logins 

 pedunculatis recedit. 



Frutex humilis, vix metralis, dumosus, glaberrimus ; rami 



teretes, glaucescentes, longi, vel erecti vel patuli vel penduli, qua- 



quaversus densissime implicati, jnniores superne longe (ad vel 



ultra 40 cm.) indivisi, vetustiores ramos secundarios recto angulo 



patentee emittentes. Folia ramorum sterilium numerosa, lanceo- 



lata, acuta, 1-1-5 cm. longa, 2-3 cm. lata, declinata, mox dela- 



bentia, cicatrices anguste semilunares desinentia, ramorum 



florentium superiora multo ' latiora, elliptica, summa umbellam 



cingentia rhomboideo-rotundata, apiculata, ()-5-0'6 mm. longa. 



Umbellae terminates, radiis 4-6, centrali 3-4 mm., caeteris ad 



12 mm. longis. Cj/atliium centrale $, ebracteatum, 8 mm. 



diametro, lateralia J , bracteis 2 rotundatis obtusis latioribus quam 



longis suffulta, 5 mm. diametro. Involucrum 5-lobatum (vel in 



cyathio centrali plurilobatum), lobis brevibus rotundatis magis 



minusve emarginatis araneoso-ciliolatis, glandulis 5 (vel in 



cyathio centrali pluribus) transverse elliptieis vel late-subreni- 



formibus infcegris (vel in cyathio centrali noimnllis emarginatis 



vel subbilobis) ; bracteae bracteolaeque araneoso-lanatae. Ovarium 



trigonum, glabrum ; stigmata matura non visa. 



Uganda. Mawokota, E. Brown, 414. 



The habitus description has been drawn up from an excellent 

 photograph of a specimen growing in the Entebbe Gardens, where 

 it had been transplanted from Mawokota. Mr. E. Brown writes 

 that he found the plant only once in the wild state. 



977. Bulbine torta, N. E. Brown [Liliaceae] ; aflinis B. mini- 

 mae, Baker, f oliis crassioribus et valde tortuosis facile distinguitnr. 



Bulbus parvus palmatim divisus. Folia 8-10, erecta, valde 

 tortuosa, 3-4 cm. longa, 0-75 mm. crassa, lineari-filiformia, glabra. 

 Kcapus (cum racemo 2'.") cm. longo) 6 cm. altus, inferne nudus, 

 glaber. Bracteae 2-5-4 mm. longae, membranaceae, ovatae, 

 acuminatae, leviter rufescentes. Pedicdli 5-6 mm. longi, graciles, 

 glabri. Perianth;; segmenta valde patentia vel subreflexa, 6 mm. 

 tonga, 1-5 mm. lata, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, glabra, lutea. Stami- 

 num filamenta e basi fere ad apicem pilis clavatis dense barbata ; 

 antherae subquadrato-orbiculares, bilobae. 



SOUTH Africa. Worcester Div. ; Karoo at Matjesfontein, Aug., 

 18%, F.E. Weixs, 10. 



978. Andropogon (S Arthrolophis) heterantherus, 



Stop/ [G: 



cioribus, plurinodis, foliis brevioribus, articuhs pedicelhsque 

 Praeter basin barbatam glaberrimis vel subglabns, spicuiw pecu- 

 cellatis angustioribus minoribus, antheris spiculae sessilis 1 mm., 

 spiculae pedicellatae 3 mm. longis distinctus. 



Gramen perenne. Gulmi cum innovationibus VfV^J^' 

 vaginalibus basi panlo tumidis arete fasciculati et e » h»^™J» 

 bfevi tenui orti, 0-5 m. vel ultra alti, g aberrimi lae.es 5- vel 

 Pluri-nodi, internodiis plerumque gracihbus ^d mferionbus 

 saltern tonae.ihn* teratibuH mads mmusve exsertis, fere tota 



^uem tenacibus teretibus magis mm^ r , ,* "~ ._ tVriori . 

 [ongitndine e nodis saepe incrassatis ramosi vel ge mm a infcr on 

 &*» hebetatis, ramis intravaginalibus erectis. Fohorum vaginae 



