230 CXVIII. THYMELyEACEJE (PEARSON ). [LosioSiphon . 



involucral bracts 4-5, broadly ovate, unequal in length, the exterior 

 shorter than the interior, thinly membranous, persistent, rounded at the 

 apex, erect and more or less closed during flowering, about § as long as 

 the flowers. Flowers 5-merous, orange-coloured. Calyx-tube cylindric, 

 densely silky, villous, especially below the articulation, J-§in. long; 

 lobes obovate- oblong, densely silky without, 3 lin. long, 1-1 J lin. broad. 

 Petals very thinly membranous, pale yellow, broadly ovate or oblong, 

 incised at the apex, about | as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary puberu- 

 lous above the middle, otherwise glabrous. — L. StuUmanni, Gilg, I.e. 267. 

 Gnidia Emini, Engl, k Gilg, I.e. 265 ; Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. 

 G. Stuhlmanni, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 267 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. I.e. 



Mozamb. Blstr. German East Africa : forest west of Irangi, Stuhlmann, 

 4224 ! Usagura; Mpwapwa, 3000 ft., Stuhlmann, 248; Kidete, Stuhlmann, 185 ! 



6. L. genistifolius, Engl, d; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 268. Stem 

 stout, more or less branched above, erect, few-flowered, densely clothed 

 with yellow tomentum. Leaves lanceolate, membranous, acute, nar- 

 rowed at the base into the very short petiole, very densely yellow- 

 tomentose on both sides, 1-1 J in. long, 2-3J lin. broad. Heads 10-14- 

 flowered, peduncled ; leafless peduncle \-\ in. long ; involucral bracts 6-7, 

 linear-lanceolate, very densely white-pilose, | as long as the flowers. 

 Flowers 5-merous. Calyx-tube cylindric, very densely silky-tomentose, 

 \-\ in. long ; lobes linear-oblongs emarginate, very densely silky-pubes- 

 cent without, 1-1 J lin. long, about \ lin. broad. Petals linear-setiform or 

 filiform, thinly membranous, \-\ as long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary 

 villous with lon^ erect hairs. — Gnidia genistifoliay Engl. & Gilg, I.e. 267. 



Kower Guinea. Angola: between Sanza and Malange, Pogge, 212. 



7. L. glaucuSy Fresen. in Flora, 1838, 603. A shrub or tree 

 10-30 ft. high ; branches finely pubescent when young, later glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate, lanceolate, subse.ssile, with a more or less indurated 

 acute apex, finely and obscurely pubescent near the base, otherwise 

 glabrous, glaucous, 1^-1 J in. long, 5-6 lin. broad. Heads many- 

 flowered, terminal on short leafy branches; involucral bracts 8-12, in 

 2 series, broadly elliptic, obtuse, densely and very finely pubescent, 

 almost as long as the flowers. Flowers 5-merous, shortly pedicelled ; 

 pedicel about 1 lin. long, pubescent. Calyx- tube not articulated, 

 densely villous on the outside with stiff" erect yellowish hairs, especially 

 at the base, prominently ridged within, J-| in. long ; lobes spreading 

 during flowering, oblong-elliptic, rounded at the apex, pubescent on 

 the margins, villous on the back, especially in the middle line, with a 

 tuft of stifi" hairs projecting beyond the apex, about J as long as the 

 tube. Petals linear or more or less broadly spathulate, thickened and 

 entire or more or less deeply bi- or tri-fid at the apex, about J as 

 long as the calyx-lobes. Ovary villous with long stiff' erect hairs; 

 style about J in. long ; stigma capitate ; hypogynous disc short, 

 annular, lobed. Mature fruit not seen. — Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv, 

 598 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 309. Gnidia glauca,G'\\g in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xix. 265 in obs. G. Volkensii, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. 0:st-Afr. C. 283. 



