f)l 



lobis hand imbricatia in margine spinosis, a 12 (infima) ad 2-."> 

 (snmma) cm. longa, 5-1*2 cm. lata. Capitula m canlihus soliraria. 

 basi extus lanato-araneosa, 10-12 cm. diam. ; involueri bracteae 

 lineares vel lancoolato-lineares, ad 5 cm. longae, ad 6 mm. latae, 

 apice pungentes, ad margines spinulosae, rigidae, prominenter 

 venosae ; receptaculum paleis numerosisaimis lineari-oblanceolatis 

 spinulosc-serratis' densissime onustum. Flores lutei, nnmerosi ; 

 radii involueri bracteas paulo superantes,ligula apice acute 4- n- 

 tata ; disci profunde 51obati, lobis liuearibus acutis. Achaen/a 

 eericea; pappus biseriatim paleaceus, paleis oblongis obtusis 

 acutisve laceratis serrulatis vel subintegris. 



Natal. Hillside near Richmond in open ground, 600-900 m.. 

 Oct. 1906, /. M. Wood, 10,031. 



890. Landolphia Monteiroi, Dyer MS. ex Stapf [Apocvnaceae] ; 

 alfinis L. pachyjJri/llae, Stapf, foliis minoribus, nervis paucioribus 

 magis obliquis, corolla maiore distincta. 



Frit tax varans, scandens ope cymarum cirrhiformium, novellis 



ruf o-pubescentibus mox glabratis, ramis adultis lenticellis brunneis 



.conspersis. Folia obionga vel lanceolato-oblonga, obtusa vel 



lateralibus 



utrmque 8-10 subobliquis tenuibus, reticulatione tenui ; petiolus 

 5-6 mm. longus. Panicula pedunculo 2-5-5 cm. longo suffulta, 

 parce ramosa ramis cymas densas gerentibus. Flores subsessiles! 

 Calyx ad 3 mm. longus, extus rufo- vel ferrugineo-tomentosus ; 

 sepala ovato-oblonga subacuta. Corolla alba, suaveolens ; alaba- 

 strum ad 3*5 mm. longum ; tubus 12-14 mm. longus, supra calycem 

 ipsum paulo inflatus, tenuiter pubescens ; lobi lineari-oblon^i, ad 

 2*5 mm. longi, ad margines tenuiter ciliati. Stamina 3 mm. supra 

 corolJae basin inserra. Ovarium tenuissime albido-sericeo-tomen- 

 tosum ; ovula circiter 30 cum unaquaque placenta, 6-seriata. 

 Frnctus luteus, magnitudine parvi Pomi aurantiaci.— Ancylobotrys 

 Petersiana var. Forlw'ana, Pierre-Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1898, 

 p. 91 (name only, in parte). 



Portuguese East Africa. Delagoa Bay. Monteiro, 37. 



Pierre also quotes (I.e.) a specimen collected by Forbes in the 

 same locality, under Ancylobotrys Petersiana var. Forbesiana. 

 This, however, is typical Landolphia Petersiana, Dyer. 



891. Wrightia natalensis, Stapf [Apocynaceae] ; nulli generis 

 speciei arete affinis, habitu W. tinctoriae accedens, sed floribus 

 luteis et coronae forma distincta. 



Frutex ramis novellis ruf o-pubescentibus mox glabratis tan- 

 dem cortice tenui cinereo obtectis. Folia lanceoJata, subacuta, 

 basi cuneata, ad 7-5 cm. longa, ad 1-8 cm. lata (potius imma- 

 tura), subtus ima basi rufo-pubescentia, ceterum glabra, nervis 

 lateralibus circiter 9 ; petiolus tenuis, 4-8 mm. longus. Panicula 

 brevis, subcorymbosa, 25 cm. vix diametro excedens. rufo- 

 pubescens, bracteis lineari-oblongis vel linearibus 3-4 mm. 

 longis ; pedicelli ad 8 mm. longi. Calyx basi pubescens, superne 

 subglaber, 5-(5 mm. longus ; sepala obionga, obtusa, intns squamis 

 solitariis munita, margine membranaceo. Corolla flava, extra 

 dense minute papilloma ; tubus 4 mm. longus ; lobi oblongi. 



