4, ICONES PLANTARUM, 
oppositis squamiformibus v. superioribus ovato-oblongis integerrimis, 
stipulis minimis, involucris pedicellatis terminalibus v. pseudo-axilla- 
ribus hemisphericis brevissime lobatis, glandulis transverse oblongis, 
appendice lata alba petaloidea varie lobata involucro ipso sublongiore, 
capstla brevi 
Has. East tropical Africa on the Zambesi, Zomba, and east end of 
Lake Shirwa, Livingstone’s Expedition ; Shire highlands, Buchanan. 
Caules e rhizomate crasso carnosulo dense ceespitosi, tagee in speci- 
minibus floridis 1—2-pollicares, adsunt tamen hinc inde ustiorum 
reliquisee 3-4-pollicares, laxe ramosi. Folia inferiora uae 
superiora ovata v. 0 longa, acutiuscula, 2-3 lin. longa, v. in specimi- 
ua a 
sup mum pedicello 1-3 lin. longo Set nonnulla (ramulo 
aphyllo) axillaria apparent pedicello semipollicari v. longiore, 1-1} 
lin, diametro, levia, lobis seepissime 5 minimis triangularibus v. denti- 
This curious little species is bait unlike my other haa or 
. Asiatic species, but comes very near to the South Brazilian Z. poten- 
tilloides and £#. chameerrhodos, Boiss., figured in that author’s splendid 
‘Icones Euphorbiarum,’ tt. 24 and. 25, although specifically distinct 
from both either in the involucre or in the styles. There are several 
specimens from each of three different localities, but all very similar 
‘ to each other.—G. BentHam 
. 1. Involucre.. 2. The same ia out, reititee Ae os dorsal glands. 3. Male 
sewed with the bracteoles turned down. 4. Female 
Puates 1306, 1307. 
MUSANGA SMITHII, R. Br. 
Urticaces, Tribe ConocrPHaLen, 
M. Smithii, R. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. 49, single species. 
Has. Tropical Africa, on the Congo,. Chr. roel Ss 
Barter, Mrs. Mair; Fernando Po, Barter, Man - and span sc 
same species on the Kussnmbo, Monbuttu ‘Land, 6 wit nm, 3205, 
