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numerosis pagina utraque siibprominentibus, plus minusve 

 hirsuta, vaginis integris hirsutis. Spiculae 7-8, aggregatae, 

 ellipsoideo-cylindricae, nsque ad 7 mm. longae et 2'75 mm. latae, 

 multiflorae. Glumae obovatae, 3-5 mm. longae (mucro 1'5 mm. 

 longo plus minusve recurvo excluso), 2 mm. latae, extra hirsutae, 

 intus glabrae, trinerviae. Sepala 3, minima, setosa, 0-5 mm. 

 longa. Petala 3, OA'ata, stipitata, apice cristata, in flore maturo 

 crista late biloba circiter 0-5 mm. longa 0-6 mm. lata mucrouata 

 cilia ta inclusa 2 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, trinervia, ciliata. 

 Stamina 3, filamentis gracilibus 1 mm. longis, antheris linearibus 

 1'25 mm. longis. Ovarium trigono-ellipsoideum, stipitatum, 

 0-75 mm., longum, 0*4 mm. latum, alburn^ glabrum. Styhts cum 

 ramis tribus 3 mm. longus. Nux ovata, stipitata, acute trigona, 

 apice acuminata, stipite 0-5 mm. longo incluso 1'75 mm. longa, 

 glabra, pallide straminea. — F, calolepis, K. Sebum, in Baum, 

 Kunene-Sambesi Expedition 179, non in Abli. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. 

 (1894) 20 et 21 nee in Engl. Pflanzenw. ^ Ost-Afr. C (1895) 126. 



Tropical Afkica. Kunene-Sambesi Expedition : Habungu, 

 1150 m., H. Baum 472. Benguella, country of the Ganguellas 

 and Ambuellas, Gossweiler 2204, 2166. 



1510. Mariscus laxiflorus, Turrill [Cyperaceae-Scirpoideae] ; 

 affinis M. leptojjhyllo, C. B. Clarke, sed culmis foliorum vaginis 

 membranaceis inferne ad partem dimidiam tertiamve hand 

 vestitis, inflorescentiae radiis longioribus differt. 



Rhizoma borizontale, breve. Culmi erecti, usque ad 4*5 dm. 

 alti, 1-1'25 mm. diametro, indistincte triangulares, glabri, ima 

 basi incrassati, foliorum vaginis membranaceis baud conspicue 

 obtecti. Folia linearia, apice acuta usque ad 1-3 dm. longa et 

 2*5 mm. lata, tenuiter serrata, glabra; vagina Integra, glabra. 

 Inflorescentia umbellata, radiis usque ad 8 cm. longis; bracteae 

 foliis similes usque ad 1'2 dm. longae. Spiculae late lineares, 

 6-9 mm. longae, 2-5 mm. latae, 3-6-florae. Glumae vacuae ad 

 spiculae basem duae, inferiore plus minusve anguste lineari, 

 superiore ovata ; glumae fertiles 3—6, late ovatae, apice obtusae, 

 3 mm. longae, 2'5 mm. latae, glabrae, nervis lateralibus circiter 

 8 conspicuis. Stamina 3, filamentis gracilibus 1'3 mm, longis, 

 antberis linearibus 0*75 mm. longis. Stylus cum ramis tribus 

 3"25 mm,longus,basi persistente leviter incrassatus. Nu/r oblongo- 

 ellipsoidea, acute trigona, circiter 2'25 mm. alta, 1-25 mm. 



diametro, brunnea. 



Tropical ArnicA. Angola : Benguella, country of the 

 Ganguellas and Ambuellas, Gossioeiler 3723. 



XXX.— MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Mr. Arthur William Mayxard, a member of tbe gardening 

 staff of tlie Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, lias been appointed, on 

 tbe recommendation of Kew, Gardener at tbe National Botanic 

 Gardens, Kirstenboscli, Cape Town, South Africa. 



Mr. Robert Service, a member of tbe gardening staff of tbe 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has been appointed on the recom- 



