136 
pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis. Calyz minimus, dentibus acutis 
villosis. Petala oblonga, acuta, glabra, 2-5 mm. longa. Stamina 
10, filamentis gracilibus 1 mm. longis curvatis, antheris angustis, 
Discus crassus, crenulatus. Carpella basi villosa; fertile ovoi- 
deum. Fructus maturus adhuc ignotus. 
Soutn Inpia. Travancore, Nadarai, Nov., 1904, C. A. 
Barber 6737. . 
XXIV.—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: LXVII. 
1581. Gnidia Flanagani, C. H. Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 
vol. vy. sect. 2, p. 58, anglice [Thymel HKuthymel iF 
species G. coriaceac, Meisn., affinis, ramis erectis parallelisque 
(nee divergentibus) distinguitur, 
Suffrutee erectus, usque ad 3 dm. altus; rami erecti, stricti, 
glabri. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, 1-2 cm. longa, 5 mm. 
lata, acuta, glabra, trinervia. Flores caulis apice congesti. 
Calyz glaber; tubus 1 cm. longus, parte inferiore paullo infla- 
tus, supra expansus; lobi ovati, acuti, 3 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. 
Petala 4, membranacea, 2 mm. lon a, 1-5 mm. lata. Antherae 
vix 1 mm. longae, superiores exsertae filamentis brevibus cras- 
Sis Instructae. Ovarium oblongum, compressum ; stylus calycis 
tubo aequilongus, rigidus ; stigma penicillatum. 
Sourn AFrica. Komgha Diy. ; grassy hills near Keimouth, 
Flanagan 621. Transkei; grassy slopes, Kentani, 15 m., Miss 
Pegler 32. Pondoland; grassy places between Umkwani and 
Omsakabo, Tyson 2636, 
The erect parallel branches give this a facies very different from 
that of G, corvacea, Meisn., in which they are divergent. 
1582. Gnidia Galpini, ¢ H. Wright in D Fl. Cap. 
vol. v. sect. 2, p. 5B anglice [‘Thy Tgn se Buthy 1 ose 
differt G- deourrents, Meisn., proximus, calycis lobis ovatis 
Ln ee pblongo-lanceo a, acuminata, 1-2 . longa, 3 mm 
su me , aaa fra. p unticulata, marginibus involutis parte 
ral orum apicibus germinati. Caly Tr; 
formis; lobi ovati : 
: , obtusi, 3 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati etala 4, 
membranacea, elliptica ee & . ‘ ri 
. ’ Pptica, obtusa, : 15 mm. lata, 
hyalina. Antherae brevit neta ie 
superiores exsert ; usae, I H 
Ovarium o lotion sy filamentis brevibus rigidibus _instructa ; 
; $s Tam a@ ; 
ubus 7 mm, longus, infra eylindricus, supra late infundibuli- 
] 
This resembles t “ , : oo ee 
a glabrous calyx, The ee nota but ditfers in having 
