435 



longa, ovata, obtasa. Petala 2 mm* longa, 1 mm. lata, lanceolato- 

 oblonga, acuta, virescente-alba. Squamae hypogynae anguste 

 cuneatae, truncatae. 



South Africa. Worcester Div. ; Karoo at Matjesfontein, 

 Aug. 1905, F. E. Weiss, 14. 



986. Kalanchoe latisepala, N. E. Brown [Crassulaeeae] ; affinis 

 K. Lyeri, N. E. Br., sed foliis sessilibus et floribus fere duplo 

 minoribus facile distinguitur. 



Herba succulenta erecta, 60 e 

 inferne glaber, superne (parte florifera) glandtiloso-pubescens. 

 Folia sessilia, usque ad 11-12 

 apice obtuse rotundata. basi cm 



cm 



cm 



m 



pedunculum? vel partem florifera m) supra convexa, subtus 

 concava, glanduloso-pubescentia, Cymae terminales, pluriflores, 



mis 4-8 mm. longis. Bracteae parvae, 



mm 



elliptico-oblongae, apiculatae vel acutae. . - 



Calycis tubus 4-5 mm. longus, lobi 7-10 mm. longi, 6 mm. lati, 

 oblongi vel ovato-oblongi, acuti, virides. Corolla alba, extra 

 glanduloso-pubescens ; tubus 3-3*3 cm. longus, 4-angularis, basi 



cm. ion 21, <>-;' nam 



vel elliptico-ovati, acuti, apiculati. Stamina superiora breviter 

 exserta ; antherae luteae. Glandulae hypogynae 6-7 mm. lougae, 

 Iineares. Garpella 1-2-1-3 cm, longa ; styli 2 cm. longi, exserti. 



Tropical Africa. Nyasaland ; raised from seed sent by 

 Mr. J. McClounie to Kew in 1905, flowered in March, 1907. 



987. Felicia pusilla, N. E. Brown [Compositae — Asteroideae] ; 

 proxima F. tenera, N. E. Br. (Aster tener, Harv.) omnino 

 namora, capitulis duplo minoribus, ligulis involacro brevissime 

 excedentibus differt. 



Herba annua, 7-8 cm. alta, pauce ramosa, tenuiter pilosa. Gaul is 

 jenms, internodiis 1-1-8 cm. longis. Folia opposita, 1-5-3 cm. 

 J°nga, 2-5 mm. lata, spathulato-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, basi 

 jtt petiolum longe attenuate. Pedunculi terminales, 1-5-3-5 cm. 

 *°ngi, graciles. Oapitula 5 mm. diam., radiata. Involucri squamae 

 suDbiseriatae, aequales, 4 mm. longae, 1 mm. latae, lanceolatae, 

 acutae, dorso parce pilosae. Flo « omnes fertiles et pappo 

 instruct! ; corolla radii ligulata, 3 mm. longa, apice recurva, 



oerulea, involucrum brevissime excedens ; corolla disci 2*5 mm. 



<jnga, tubulosa, 5 dentate, lutea. Achaenia adprosse-pubeseentia. 

 1 m» setae seabridae. 



South Africa. Worcester Div. ; Karoo at Matjesfontein, 

 Aug. 1905, F. E. Wriss, 15. 



Well distinguished from all other species by its small size and 

 uie very short dark blue rays. 



988. Cyphia longifolia, N. E. Brown [Campanulaceae] ; affinis 

 V: Pwsicifoliae, Presl, foliis longioribus et floribus puberulis facile 

 distinguitur. 



Rerba., 3-4-8-7 dm. alta. Caul is simplex, inferne glaber. superne 

 Pnberulus ad inflorescentiam subtomentosus. Folia suberecta, 

 sessiha, 5-5-13 cm. longa, 2-10 mm. lata, linearia, acuta, minute 



