50 
cordi - collector’s label the flowers are said to be 
bie Thee is woke record of blue flowers in genus, and it 
seems probable that there is some error in the labe : 
1002. Exochaenium exiguum, 4. W [/ill Saar eerieng art ; 
species ex affinitate FE. chionanthi, Schinz et L. Baumiani, 3 uns 
sed forma parviore, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, antherisque praescr 
differt 7 
Annua erecta, Caulis 6-8 cm. altus, simplex vel saperns ramosus. 
Folia opposita, per paria 4-6, lineari-lanceolata, acuta ee = 
longa, Flores solitarii longe pedunculati. Calyx 8 mm. oe 
segmentis anguste ellipticis, acuminatis, anguste alatis. igh ts 
tubus 9 mm. longus; lobi 2°5 mm. longi, 1-1'25 mm. lati, obova i 
acuminati. Filamenta 1 mm. longa, supra basin tubi 4 mm. inserta ; 
antherae ‘75 mm. longae, curvatae, liberae, 3-glandulosae, apice 
glandulis fusiformis *5 mm. longis, basi glandulis minutis instructae. 
tyus 2 mm. longus; stigmate 1°5-1'75 mm. longo clavato 
papilloso inter antheras disposito, a, 
HODESIA, Buluwayo, Eyles and Johnson, 1032! in Herb. 
Albany Mus, Grahamstown 
The roots in this plant are short and thick and are evidently 
provided with a mycorrhiza. : 
The species appears to be allied to E. chionanthum and F. Baum- 
‘anum, in which however the lower leaves are ovate-oblong and the 
whole plant is much larger, 
1003. Salsola congesta, V. E. Brown [Chenopodiaceae] ; affinis 
S. foetidae, Del., sed habitu, cortice cinereo, nec albido, ramulis 
aphyllis subspinescentibus subhorizontaliter patentibus et ramulis 
foliiferis fasciculatis facile distinguitur, 
Frutex lignosus, cortice cinereo, Ramulia 
subhorizontaliter patentes; ramuli foliifer 
‘5-3 em. longi, minute tomentosi. 
imbricata, 1 mm. longa, late ovata, obtusa, 
ginibus hyalinis submembranaceis, ad 
minuti, sessiles, Sepala 5, ellipti 
marginata, prope apicem plus minu 
branaceis albis inaequalibus late cuneatis, apice subrotundatis sub- 
) i 2°35 mm. latis instructa. 
ahe-Brockman, 446, 447. 
1004. Salsola somalensis, V. EF. Brown [Che 
S. Bottae, Jaub. & § 
eviter cor tis 
Frutex lignosus, ramosissimus, glaber, 
amuli patentes, recti, ‘Subaphylli, apie 
virides, longitudinaliter corrugati, 0°6— 
squamiformia, alterna, distantia, patentia, 0°5-1 mm. longa, ovata, 
acuta, Flores non vidi, bibracteati, Bracteae 1°25 mm. longae et 
latee, Jatissime ovatae, usae, subscariosae. Fructus 
sessilis, orbiculatim alatus, 8-10 m diam., pallidissime brunneus ; 
ssime cuneatae, apice rotun- 
R re 
€ acuti vel subspinescentes, 
15 mm. crassi. Folia minuta, 
datae, integrae 
Britisn SoMALiLanp, 
&. 
Drake-Brockman, 484, 
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