SifiiadeRhtni.\ cxxii. i:iri4iORi}iA<jj:.i: (kiiown). 465 



shortly exserted beyond the lobes of the involucre and curved to one 

 side, 2 lin. in diam., rather acutely 3-angled, obscurely and minutely 

 puberulous ; perianth rudimentary; styles about £- lin. long,united below, 

 bifid at the apex.— Pax in Engl. PH. Ost-Afr. C. 242. 



Afozamb. Distr. (Termau Ea?t Africa: Usukuina; watershed of the Kivor 

 Si mill, Fischer, 517 ! 



Var. puheridnm, N. V,. \\\\ Leaves o-O-l in. loiip^, 2-2.'. in. broad, cinieate- 

 oblanceolate. Umbels with tl»c seeondaiy rays forked and more pubescent than in 

 the type. Involucre 3 lin. in diam., pubescent outside an<l the lobes pubescent on 

 the back at tlie basal ))art. 



lHozamb. Bistr. (jernian East Africa: Ukerewe ; Multanga, Conrads,\QQ \ 



The type of var. jjubertdum consists of 4 leaves and 2 umbels only ; when better 

 known it may prove to be a distinct species. The umbels clos< ly resemble those of 

 S. compact cm, N. E. Br., but the leaves are larj^er and quite destitute of the wing- 

 like keel on the nlidrib beneath, characteristic of the latter species. 



4. S. compactum, A". E. Br. Branches as in S, Grantii, but perhaps 

 rather stouter, glabrous. Leaves thinly fleshy, 3-4J in. long, 1J-2J in. 

 broad, cuneately obovate, broadly rounded into a very short recurved 

 acute point at the apex, narrowing from a little above the middle to the 

 .subsessile base, rather finely and serrately crinkled at the subrevolute 

 margins, with an acute wing-like keel along the midrib beneath, |— 1 lin. 

 broad at the basal part, glabrous on both sides. Peduncle |-1 in. long, 

 moderately stout, glabrous, bearing a compact corymb-like umbel IJ- 

 2J in. in diam. of 4 puberulous rays, which are twice forked, with a 

 sessile involucre in each fork and 1-3 at the end of each branchlet; 

 bracts jV in. long, J in. broad, transversely rectangular, minutely 

 toothed along the truncate top, with here and there a gland, very finely 

 ciliate down the sides, puberulous on the back and part of the inner 

 surface. Involucre about J in. in diam. and scarcely ^\- in. deep, 

 saucer-like, open or notched on one side to half-way down (always?) 

 with a very spreading entire margin (gland), apparently bright red ; 

 lobes erect, much overtopping the gland, slightly puberulous at the base 

 on the back, otherwise glabrous on both sides. Ovary and capsule 

 erect, minutely puberulous ; perianth-lobes very minute, rounded ; styles 

 connate at the base, shortly bifid at the apex, with roundish stigmas, 

 thinly puberulous, at least on the lower part. 



Nile Itand. British East Africa : Machakos, Kiissdei; 956 ! 



i). S. carinatum, Boiss. m DC Prodr. xv. ii. 187, 1269. A 

 shrub or small tree 6 ft. or more high. Branches terete, fleshy, green, 

 with age becoming grey, marked with leaf-scars. Leaves alternate, 

 3|-5 in. long, 1§-21 in. broad, obovate or oblong-obovate, acute oi 

 abruptly and obtusely acuminate or subacuminate, tnperiiig to a sub- 

 sessile base, entire or crisped-crenulate on the margins, acutely keeled 

 on the midrib beneath, glabrous on both sides. Cymes axillary and ter- 

 minal, somewhat lax, 2-2J in. in dinm.; peduncles 1-1 J in. long, sub- 

 umbellately branching into" 3-5 closely phiced rays, but not all arising at 

 the same point; rays 2-3 times forked; bracts transverse, truncate, 



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