433 



erecta vel subadpressa, 2*5-5 mm. longa, 1-1*5 mm. lata, oblonga 

 vel subobovato-oblonga, acuta vel mucronata, basi in petiolum 

 brevissimum angustata, crassa, dorso bisulcata. Flores axillares, 

 solitarii vel binig, pedicellati. Pedlcelli 1*5 mm. longi. Sepala 

 valde inaequalia ; breviora 1-1*5 mm. longa ; longiora 2 mm. 

 longa, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa, carinata, ciliata. Petala 

 subaequalia, i-5 mm. longa ; 2 superiora linearia, obtusa, basi 

 parce ciliata et intra parce pubescentia, alba ; carina latissime 

 biloba, alba crista purpurea. 



South Africa. Worcester Div. ; Karoo near Matjesfontein, 



Wei 



] 



if. in Bull. He) 



Var. somalica, Sprague; a typo sepalis minoribus pro rata lati- 

 oribus, petalis brevius unguiculatis apice retnsis mutieis. 



PedicelU 4-5 mm. longi. Sepala ovato -elliptic*, 3-3*5 mm. 

 longa, 1-5-2 mm. lata, non ciliolata, alia breviter acute acuminata, 

 aha acuta tantum. Petala obovata, leviter retusa, mutica, 5*5-6 

 mm. longa, 3-5-4 mm. lata, ungne vix 1*5 mm. longo. 



British Somaliland. D ra fee-Brock man, 511, 514. 



The sepals of typical F. socotrana are glandular-ciliolate, and 

 the petals are conspicuously apiculate. 



983. Dichapetalum rhodesicum,£/>m<7?/e et Hutchinson [Dichapeta- 



laceaej; affinis D. argenteo, Engl., a quo petiolis longioribus, foliis 



supra densiuscule pubescentibus, cymis laxioribus pro rata pauci- 

 nons recedit. 



trutex 60-70 cm. altus, ligno molli. Hamuli subteretes, 

 Rmcati, circiter 3 mm. diametro, ut petioli, stipulae et inilores- 



toment 



Folia 



ooiongo-elliptica, oblongoovata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acute acu- 



mucronata. a-lU cm. lonira. a-4 cm 



asi rotundata, discolora, supra viridi-brunnoa, densiuscule pubes- 

 centia, subtns dense pallide griseo-viridi-tomentosa, marginibus 

 leviter irregulariter undulatis, nervis laferalibus utrinque 5-7 



ppra leviter impressia subtus prominentibos, venulis supra 

 mcongpicuis snbtus prominnlisj petioli 3-4 mm. longi, plano- 

 convex]. Stipulae subulato-lineares, 5-7 mm. longae, subacutae. 



.y*' 1 " a xiHares, laxiflorae, usque ad 3 cm. krngae, bracteis linear- 



?? 8 2 mm - iongis. Calycis tubus 1 mm. longus ; lobi obovato- 



ooiongi, acutl, 5-6 mm. longi, 1*5-2 mm. lati, extra lulvo-tomen- 



tosi, mtra pubescentes. Petala oblom >-obovata, alte bifida, 5 



mm 



Stamina 



mm. longa, filamentis planis, ai heris in semieirculum arcuatis 



wpsum spectantibus. 



omnino 



, ovoideum, 3- 



mm 



1 , ~r wvv »"^wuo, ^Jl III Mill UJLIlilliiU oupciuill, UTvmvuiu, w- 



at l ar <?'~ iaiius ^-loculare, extra dense villosum, loculis biovulatis ; 

 ^yms d-5-4-5 mm. longus, glaber, breviter 3-fidus, rarius 2-fidus. 



( J" ct l ls ( an immaturus) ovuideo-globosus, 5 ' ' 



uiarnetro, dense tomentosus. 



Khodesia. Gwaii Forest, C. E. F. Allen, 234. 



-J}?** Harpullia (Majidea) Fosteri, Sprague [Snpindaceae— Har- 

 l^iiieae]; a ffinis H. zanguebaricae, Radlk., a qua floribus 

 ^tmomorphie disco pentagono differt. 



