336 



loiigiores, apice incrassati. Invohicri bracteae circiter 12, 2- 

 ^eriatae, acntae, ad medium connatae, in feme cupulares. Recep- 

 taculum conicum, alte alveolatum. Corolla florum disci basi 

 cylindrica, superne campanulata, 5-fida, dentibus acutis. Stylus 

 bifidus, ramis brevibiis crassis apice minute puberulis. Acliaenia 

 oblouga, 8-costata, glabra. Pappi setae numerosae^ caducae. 

 South Africa. Natal: Amawahoua Mountain: near Bulwer, 



land, Dicterlen 465 • 



Haygarth^in Herb 



my 



Plants/' viz. E. pedimcidatusy N.E. Br. (vol, iv. t. 363), a very 

 different plant from tlie one liere described. E. Dieterlenii is a 



in height. 



4-6 



Herbarium 



Mrs. Dieterlen, who was then living at Leribe, Basutoland, and 

 after whom the plant is named. Mrs. Dieterlen has collected 

 extensively in Basutoland and has enriched the Natal Herbarium 

 by the donation of some hundreds of duplicates. 



same 



Haygarth, in moist and 

 nearly inaccessible places on almost or quite peri^endicular rocks 

 on the sides of Amawahqua Mountain^ near Bulwer, Natal. Only 

 a few plants were found on the edge of the precipice and within 

 reach of the collector. E. Dieterlenii is a taller plant with much 

 broader leaves than any other species of the genus known to 



us. — J. M. W. 



1524. Anagallis bella, Scott [Primulaceae-Lysimachieae] ; ab 

 A. Tuandensi, Knuth et Mildbr., foliis oblanceolatis baud 



oppositis, corollae laciniis longioribus distincta. 



gracilis 



radicibus 2-7 



cm. lonfjus, 1 mm. crassus, 



valde 



striatus, glaberrimus, internodiis brevissimis. Folia semper 

 alterna, numerosa, plus minusve conferta, erecta, integra. 

 oblanceolata, basi valde attenuata, apice subacuta ye\ obtusa, 

 1-1-2 cm. lon^a, 2 mm. lata, glaberrima, pagina utraque olivaceo- 

 viridia, nervis obscuris, subsessilia vel petiolo usque ad 1 mm, 

 longo suffulta. Flores axillares, magni, pedicellis sub anthesi 

 5-8 mm. longis erectis suffulta. Caly.v fere ad basin divisus, 

 glaber; segmenta lanceolata, 3 mm. longa, viridia, margine 

 albido-viridia, persistentia. Corolla sicco pallide rosea, 1'5 cm. 

 diametro, fere ad basin partita, tubo 1 mm. longo, lobis integris 

 oblongis vel oblongo-spatulatis 8-9 mm, longis plus minusve 

 patentibus. Stamina basi in tubura 1 mm. altum coalita, fib^- 

 mentis gracillimis glaberrimis 3 mm. longis, antheris parvis 

 ellipsoideis vix 1 mm. longis. Stijlus gracillimus, 4-5 mm, longus, 

 stigmate parvo baud distincto. Pyxidium glabrum, globosum, 

 stylo persistente coronatum, 4 mm. diametro, calyce cinctum, solo 

 pedicello recurvato sepultum. 



Tropical Africa.. British East Africa; Aberdare Mountains, 

 3000 m,, Battiscomhe 833. 



1525. Phyllanthus Woodii, Jluichinson [Euidiorbiaceae- 



