ArthroSOlen.] CXVIII. THYMELiEACE^ (PEARSON). 285 



pedicelled ; pedicel yV~i ^^- ^^^S* bearing a ring of long erect hairs at 

 the summit. Calyx-tube slender, 4-angled, puberulous, |-J in. long, 

 articulate ; lobes 4, spreading, ovate-lanceolate or obovate, acute, 

 puberulous beneath, 1-2 lin. long. Ovary glabrous; disc 0. — A. 

 glaiccescens, Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 96. A.Jlavus, Rendle in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 40. Gnidia chrysantha, Gilg in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xix. 258. G. glaucescens, Gilg in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 283. 

 G.Jlava, Gilg, I.e. 



Upper Guinea. Collected on the Niger, 5atHe .' Northern Nigeria : around 

 Zunguru and Lokoja, Lugard ! Kontagora, Dalziel^ 106 ! 



Ifile 3hand. Cordofan : Dalisenaar, at the Nile Cataract, Cienowski/, 161 ! 

 Dar Feitit ; low swamps west of Pango, Schweinfurth, iii. 113! Uganda: in 

 swampy ground, Wilson^ 64! Buddu, Dawe, 327 ! Masisi Platiau, McClounie, 97 ! 

 Shire Highlands, Adamson, 136 ! 



Mozaxnb. Distr. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! British Central Africa: 

 Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 112! I\iutt ! Nxasaland; Angoniland, Sharpe, 1901! 

 Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! Mount Sochi, Kirk ! Manganja Hills, Kirk ! Meller ! 

 Blantyre, Buchanan, 94! Last! Scott! Mount Zomba, 2900-5000 ft., Purves, 

 26 ! Whyte ! Namasi, Cameron, 14 ! and without precise locality, Buchanan^ 

 470 ! 1348 ! Rhodesia : between Umtali and Salisbury, Hon. Mrs. JEvelyn Cecil, 55 ! 

 between Broken Hill Mine and Bwana M'cuba Mine, Allen, 376. 



Var. ignea, H, H. W. Pearson. Bracts narrowly lanceolate ; calyx-tube red or 

 yellowish-red. — Gnidia ignea, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 258; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. 

 C. 283. 



urile Iiand. Uganda: Buddu, on dry hillsides, Scott- Elliot, 7492! 



Mozamb. Slstr. German East Africa : Boze, on the Ugalla River, Bohm^ 48a ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : between Unango and Mtonia, Johnson ! Britisli Central 

 Africa : N\ asaland ; Koiidowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Fort Hill and 

 neighbourhood, Whyte ! Shiie Highlands, Adamson, 137 ! 



2. A, Poggei, //. //. W. Pearson. Stem erect, stout, niucli- 

 brnnched above, glabrous, lj-2ft high. Leaves linear, glabrous, acute, 

 \-\ in. long. Heads many-flowered ; involucral bracts 5-0, broadly 

 ovate, apiculate, yellow or gold-coloured (when dry), about as long as 

 the flowers, J in. broad. Flowers 4-merous, shortly pedicelled ; pedicel 

 bearing a tuft of very fine silky hairs at the apex. Calyx-tube slender, 

 finely pubescent above the articulation, glabrous below, -J- inch long ; 

 lobes broadly ovate-triangular, acute, glabrous above, with a rough 

 cushion-like swelling within at the base, J-1 lin. long, J lin. broad. — 

 Gnidia Poygei, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 2a9. 



]Lower Guinea. Angola : by the River Kuango, Pogge, 208! 



3. A. sphserantha, H. II. W. Pearson. A woody annual (?), about 

 1 J ft. high, branched above, glabrous. Leaves scattered, sessile, linear, 

 acute, J~| in. long, 1 lin. broad. Heads many-flowered, terminal ; 

 involucral bracts about 10, in 2 series, ovate, acuminate, acute, glabrous, 

 J in. long, J in. broad. Flowers 4-merous, shortly pedicelled ; pedicel 

 bearing a ring of erect white silky haiis above the middle. Calyx-tube 



