Onidia.] cxviii. thymel^eace^ (pearson). 221* 



Flowers 4-inerous, pedicelled ; pedicel very short, bearing a brush of 

 ■erect white hairs. Calyx-tube cylindric, glabrous below the articula- 

 tion, densely pubescent above, J-J in. long; lobes shortly oblong, 

 rounded at the apex, pubescent on the outside, J-| lin. long. Petals 

 minute, cylindric, glabrous, about ^ as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary 

 glabrous.— Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. G. involucrata, Steud., 

 var. apiculata, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 143. 



Xlle Iiand. Hicjh bare grounds of Madi, Speke Sf Orant ! Niamniam : 

 Gumaiigo Hill, Schweinfurth, 3901 ! British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hilde- 

 hrandt, 2807 ! 



IVIozaxnb. Slstr. German East Africa : Usambara ; Kwa Msliuza,^ ^oZ*^, 

 ^112! and without precise locality, Buchwald, 189! 533! Kilinmnjaro, 3200- 

 5000 ft., Smith ! Volkens, 371 ! 535, Meyer. 55. 



11. G. montana, H. H. W. Pearson. Flowering stems numerous, 

 erect, little-branched, slender, glabrous, |-1 ft. high. Leaves linear, 

 subacute, glabrous, J-J in. long. Heads many-flowered, terminal, 

 peduncled ; involucral bracts about 8, oblong or elliptic, subacute or 

 acute, with a strongly marked midrib, thin, coloured, erect during 

 flowering, 3-4 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad. Flowers 4- (rarely 5-) merous, 

 pedicellate ; pedicel very short silky-villous at the summit. Calyx-tube 

 quite glabrous below the articulation, densely silky-pubescent above, 

 less than J in. long ; lobes oblong, rounded at the apex, silky-pubes- 

 cent on the outside, about 1 lin. long. Petals thick, yellow, obcordate, 

 about \ lin. long. Ovary glabrous. 



Xrile Iiand. Abyssinia; Kambata, nearly 6000 ft. Wellby ! 



12. G. nutans, //. H. W. Pearson. Flowering stems erect, 

 glabrous, with numerous long loose branches. Leaves numerous, 

 crowded, shortly petioled, linear-elliptic or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 glabrous, |-lj in. long, \-\ in. broad. Heads many-flowered, pedun- 

 culate ; involucral bracts 4-6, broadly ovate or subrotund, scarious, 

 brown (when dry), glabrous, about J as long as the flowers. Flowers 

 4-merous, shortly pedicelled ; pedicels bearing a brush of erect white 

 hairs at the apex. Calyx-tube glabrous below the articulation, densely 

 pubescent above, \ in. long ; lobes oblong, obtuse or emarginate, 

 pubescent beneath, about 1 lin. long. Petals ovate, obtuse, thick, 

 fleshy, about J as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary glabrescent. 



Mozamb. Slstr. Portuguese East Africa: Mountains east of Lake Nyasa, 

 Johnson! Britisli Central Africa: Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and Karonga, 

 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 330 ! Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte ! South Nyika 

 Mountains, 4000-7000 ft., Whyte ! 



13. G. involucrata, Steudel ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 234. 

 Stem erect, racemosely branched, glabrous, 2 ft. and more in height, 

 arising from a stout woody rootstock. Leaves numerous, alternate, 

 linear or linear-oblong, 1 -nerved, glabrous, minutely petioled, J-1 in. 

 long, J-2 lin. broad. Heads 6-12-flowered, solitary, terminal on 



