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ee 945 m., Pearson, 4652; river bed at Holoog, 760 m., 
Pearson, 4122. 
SP coticii. Arrica. German South West Africa: Okahandja, 
Dinter, 442. 
1273. Combretum tanaense, J. J. Clark [Combretaceae]; valde 
affinis C. cuspidato, Planch., sed folii acumine brevi obtuso sub- 
emarginato et disco minus conspicuo distinctum 
Frutex scandens, ramis novellis fusco-pilosis ‘adultis glabris, cor- 
tice olivaceo. Foliorum Bs breves, minute griseo-pubescentes, 
0-8-1 cm. longi; laminae novellae glutinoso-lepidotae, exsiccando 
nigricantes, demum SPE coriaceae, multo pallidiores, lepidotae, 
obovato- vel elliptico-oblongae, basi Scent et minute cordatae, 
apice in acumen breve obtusum emarginatum productae, 8-15 cm. 
longae, 4-7°6 cm. latae ; nervis fatevalibas seating valde prominentibus 
circiter 9 adscendentibus arcuatim connectis, venis laxis angulis 
subacutis ortis. Spicae e foliis summis ortae, quasi in paniculam . 
cae, 
cylindricae, subdensae, omnibus inflorescentiae partibus fusco- 
velutinis ; bracteae lineares, 1 mm. longae, mox deciduae. Recepta- 
culum extus ee et dense fusco- pubescens, reaped 
fusiforme, 2 mm. longum, superius campaniforme, lon 
intus supra discum glabrum pilosum, obscure 4-lobum, lobis 
brevissime triangularibus. Petala breviter unguiculata, transverse 
elliptica, reflexa, 1 mm. longa, 1°2 mm. lata. Stamina exserta, 
cooemie 4°5 mm. longa. Fructus ignota. 
OPICAL = dose British East Africa: Tana River, 90 m., 
askamete 2 
Scandent Anh growing close to the water’s edge. 
1274. Sonchus he Phillips [Compositae-Cichoriaceae] ; affinis 
S. rarifolio, Oliv. et Hiern, caule pilis glanduligeris instructo, foliis 
bene evolutis setosis basi auriculatis, capitulis latioribus, involucri 
bracteis setoso-glanduligeris differt. 
Pianta 25-30 cm. alta, basi foliata. Folia sips reg vel 
oblonga-oblanceolata, apice acuta vel rarius subac » basi 
amplexicaulia, auriculata, 10-15°5 cm. longa, 2-6 ¢ ogeeeg csi 
irregulariter et acute repando-dentata apne neaces; setosa, ciliata, 
nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 10 patulis prominentibus intra 
marginem anastomosantibus. Scapus 15-25 cm. longus, nudus, 
capitula 5-8 gerens, glanduloso-setosus ; bracteae lanceolatae vel 
subulato-lanceolatae, acutae, 1°5-2°5 cm. longae, basi 4 mm. latae, 
dense agg ig Capitula breviter par sub- 
corymbosa, 2 cm. longa, circiter 20-flora. nvolucri bracteae 
2-3-seriatae, lanceolatae, sensim acuminatae, apice acutae, extus 
glanduloso-setosae, margine submembranaceae.  Leceptaculum 
planum ; paleae lineares, 3 mm. longae. Pappi setae albae, 1 cm. 
longae, graciles, minute barbellatae. Corollae limbus 1-6 cm. longus, 
apice dentatus, basi attenuatus, pilosus. Antherae 6 mm. longae, 
basi sagittatae ; filamenta 7 mm. longa. Stylus exsertus, 1°5 cm. 
longus, filiformis, ramis 2mm. longis. “Achaenia compressa, utrinque 
attenuata, 7 mm. longa, remote sulcata, minute puberula. 
Sourn Arrica. Natal: Inanda, Wood, 1381. Griqualand 
East ; on slopes near Kokstad, Tyson in Herb, Austro-A lfric., 966, 
