COMPOSIT.^ (S. Moore) 57 



glabris ; foliis parvis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis apice mucronu- 

 latis basi longe decurrentibus integris vel obscure deaticiilatis 

 primo puberulis dein glabris, capitulorum glomerulis pro rata 

 parvis breviter subsphaeroideis pedunculatis ; hracteis exteriorihns 

 6 ovatis acutis vel brevissime spinuloso-acuminatis extus scabridule 

 pubescentibus ; hracteis cajritula stipantibus lineari-oblongis apice 

 subito dilatatis truncatis necnon margine ciliolatis ipso mucronu- 

 latis ; involucri phyllis 4-5 lineari-oblongis apice truncatis ipso 

 saepe acutis ; jlosculis fern. 4-5 hermaph. 1, horum coroUis 

 paullulum supra basin constrictis ceterum cylindricis. 



North CameroonB, Garua to Golombe ; n. 1005. 



Branches slender, white, with narrow herbaceous wings barely 

 1 mm. wide. Leaves up to 25 x 4 mm., those on the branchlets 

 usually reduced to about 10 x 2 mm. Glomerules about 10 mm. in 

 diameter, composed of a large number of capitula. Peduncles at 

 most 5 mm. long. Outer bracts 3-4 mm. long, 2 mm. at the widest 

 part, firm in texture, greyish-green when dry. Bracts of the capitula 

 3"5 mm. long, "75 mm. broad, somewhat cymbiform, provided with 

 short stiff hairs near the apex on the outer side. Involucral leaves- 

 3 mm. long, like the bracts scarious. Corollas of the hermaphrodite 

 florets pale purple, 1*5 mm. long, the same length as those of the 

 filiform female florets, which stand on exceedingly slender pedicels 

 1-1*5 mm. in length. Young achenes 2 mm. long, papillose. Achenes 

 of the female florets 1 mm. long, covered with spreading hairs. 



This might be mistaken on a first view for S. peduncularis DC. 

 which inter alia has 6-leaved involucres. Its position in the genus is 

 near S. Steetzii Oliver & Hiern. 



Centaur ea Perrottetii DC. is referred in the Flora of Tropical 

 Africa to G. Calcitrapa — wrongly, I think. The single specimen 

 in the collection (n. 1007) agrees fairly well with C. Perrottetii, 

 and still better with some Nigerian specimens in the Kew 

 herbarium. 



EBENACE^. 



Diospyros Talbotii Wernham sp. nov. Arbor ramulis sub- 

 virgatis foliosis ; foliis glaberrimis alternis oblongis mediocribus 

 breviter acuminatis acutis, petiolo brevi valido lignoso, venis 

 paucis supra impressis subtus prominentibus ; floribm femineis 

 in cymis ferrugineo-lanatis compositis cymulis 2-3-floris, pedicellis 

 validis rufo-lanuginosis longiusculis ; calyce ferrugineo campanulato 

 5-dentato dentibus crassis triangularibus subacutis ; corolla carnosa 

 extus glabrescente lobis oblongis obtusis ; siaminodiis 6-7-rufo- 

 strigosis ; ovario densissime pilis ferrugineis patentibus induto ; 

 stigmatibus 5 lanceolatis crassis extus dense rufo-pilosis intus 

 glabris. 



Oban ; n. 1560. 



Leaves to about 13 cm. X 5*5 cm., subcoriaceous, with stalk barely 

 6-7 mm. long; lateral nerves 5-6 pairs. Flower-stalk (?) 1-1*5 cm.. 



