MITTEILUNGEN AUS DEM BOT. MUSKUM DER UNIVERSITÄT ZURICH. XXI. 1011 



supra basim glandulas 2 sub temenlo oblectas gerenüa, peliolo eglan- 

 duloso. Pelalorum limbus suborbicularis paulo carinatus. 



Südost - Afrika : Boroma, am mittlem Sambesi, Menyharth 964, 

 bl. und fr. Januar. 



4. Gaucanthus cinereus Ndz. nov. spec. — Folia, sicut ramuli 

 pedunculique, novella utrinque, adulla (supra nigrescentia puberula) 

 subtus pube cinerea laevi (pilorum Irabecula + directa) subsericea, apice 

 apiculata, supra iœvia, subtus eglandulosa, glandulis — 2 infra apicera 

 pelioli afflxis. Pelalorum limbus oblongo-ovalis subalulato-carinatus. 



Britisch-Ostafrika : (Lokalität f), Alfr. Kaiser. 



1Î. A. SÎOLFE (Kew). 



"Walafrida Fleckii Rolfe nov. spec. — Fruiiculosa ramosissima. 

 Ramuli puberuli. Folia dense fasciculata, linearia, subobtusa, siccis 

 asperula, l\'s— 2 lin. longa. Spicse subcapituliformes, numerosse, late- 

 rales, prope apices ramorum paniculam striclam formantes. Flores 

 sessiles. Bracteae oblongse, subobtusse, subincurvse, puberulse, V* lin. 

 longae. Calyx 2— 3-partitus, Va lin. longus; lobi laterales, oblongse, obtusse, 

 pubescentes et ciliatge; lobus intermedius minutus v. obsoletus. Gorollse 

 tubus y 2 lin. longus, fauce ampliato; lobi obiongi, '/« lin. longi. Fruclus 

 subglobosus, V» lin- longus. 



Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika : Gross-JSamaland, Harris, Dinter 439. 



Nearly allied to W. Dinteri Rolfe, but the leaves ralher broader and 

 thinner, and the calyx lobes narrower and more strongly hirsute. 



Walafrida Schinzii Rolfe nov. spec. — Fruticuiosa ramosissima. 

 Ramuh puberuli. Folia plus minusve fasciculata, linearia, subobtusa, 

 siccis asperula, 6—10 lin. longa. Spicse capituliformes, laterales, prope 

 apices ramorum paniculam laxam strictam formantes. Mores subsessiles. 

 Bractese lanceolatse, subobtusse, puberulse, parce cilialse, 1 lin. longse. 

 Calyx Irifidus, V» Ün- longus; lobi cihati. laterales obiongi, obtusi, 

 posticum lineare, acutum. Gorollae tubus 1 lin. longus, fauce ampliato; 

 lobi rotundato-oblongi, V^ lin- longi. 



Deutsch- Südwest -Afrika : Hereroland, Walerberg, in Schluchten, 

 Dinter 370. 



A species allied to W. paniculata Rolfe and W. lacunosa Rolfe, but 

 more robust, and readily distinguished from other tropical African 

 species by ils much larger flowers. 



COIFÖSITJI 



S. MOORE (London). 



Pteronia bromoides S. Moore nov. spec. — Ramis nudis angu- 

 latis cinereis ramulos bene foUalos gerentibus, foliis oppositis basi 

 liberis ramulorum breviorum solummodo imbricatis linearibus obtusis 

 scabride pubescentibus, capitulis solilariis mediocribus anguste ovoideis 



