Gnidia.] cxviii. thymel^ace^ (pearson). 225 



21. G. stenophylloides, Gilg in An7i. Istit. Bot. Roma^ vi. 97. 

 Flowering stems branched above, glabrous, 9-12 in. high. Leaves 

 densely crowded, acicular, acute, subpungent, glabrous, J-f in. long. 

 Heads 15-25-flowered ; involucral bracts 7-10, ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate-acute, not coloured, densely pilose without, J as long as the 

 flowers. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx- tube terete, J in. long, densely 

 pilose ; lobes ovate, acute, very densely pilose without. Petals linear, 

 membranous, glabrous, \ lin. long. Fruit (immature) always crowned 

 with silky hairs, 



irile Iiand. Somaliland : between Surro and Bogono, Ruspoli-Riva, 187. 



22. G. microcephala, Meisn. in DC. Proclr. xiv. 589. Stems 

 erect, numerous, loosely branched, glabrous, l-J-2 ft. high, arising from 

 an erect woody rootstock. Leaves alternate, more or levss crowded, 

 erect, linear or linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acute (the lower ones 

 obtuse), with the median nerve prominent, J-j in. long, J-H lin. broad 

 (the lower even broader). Heads few -flowered (about 20), terminal on 

 the main stem and the axillary branches; involucral bracts 8-12 in 

 2 series ; the outer narrow, leaf-like ; the inner brown-straw-coloured, 

 ovate, acuminate, acute, with a few silky hairs on the margin, otherwise 

 glabrous, |-| as long as the flowers. Flowers 4-merous, pedicelled ; 

 ppdicel minute, bearing a brush of erect white stiff hairs. Calyx-tube 

 pubescent, \-\ in. long; lobes ovate or oblong, obtuse or rounded at 

 the apex, pubescent on the outside, 1-2 lin. long. Petals cylindric or 

 more or less club-shaped, about \ as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary 

 glabrous. Mature fruit ovoid, 1-li lin. long, — Rendle in Trans. Linn. 

 8oc, ser. 2, Bot. iv. 40. G. apiculata, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 263, 

 partly. Onidiopsis nxicrocephala, Van Tieghem in Bull. Soc. Bot. de 

 France, xl. (1898), 76. 



IVIozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa : Namuli Hills, Makua Country, 

 Last! British Central Africa: Nyasulaml ; Maaronicro to Zoinba, 3/^/^^r .' Zomba, 

 2500-3500 ft., Meller! Wht/te !^ Mount Mlanji, Whi/te ! and uitliout jirecise 

 locality, Buchanan, 89! 



Also ill South Africa. 



23. G. raxnosa, //. H. W. Pearson. An erect much-branched 

 glabrous shrub with slender branches, about 3 ft. high. Leaves linear- 

 oblong, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed towards the base, very 

 shortly but distinctly petioled, J-| in. long. 1-1 1 lin. broad. Heads 

 small, few-flowered, peduncled ; involucral bracts 5-6, ovate, abruptly 

 acuminate, about J in. long. Flowers 4-merous, pedicelled; pedicel 

 very short, pubescent, bearing a brush of long erect hairs at the summit. 

 Calyx-tube pubescent, \ in. long (? adult) ; lobes oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, pubescent without, about J lin. long. Petals minute, cylindric 

 below, capitate above. Ovary glabrous. 



Mozamb. Bistr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; between Kondowe and 

 Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 'I'ai.ffanvika Plateau, at Fort Hill, 3500-4000 ft., 

 Whyte ! 



