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omnino, superne dorso niedio adnata. Filamenta tubo imo 0,4 — 0,1mm longe adnata, 

 glabra v. supra basin pilosula, 3 longiora 8—9, 2 breviora 7 — 8 mm longa; antherae 

 juniores breviter rectangulares 1,1— 1,2 mm longae, 0,7— 0,8 mm latae, breviores dirnidio 

 minores, apice obsolete, basi paullo niagis emarginatae, in l / t — '/ä a 't- affixae. Styli 

 aequilongi, 5 — 6 mm longi, antheras superantes. F r u c t u s 3,5—4,5 cm longi, 1,5 mm crassi, 

 4— 6mm longe rostrati, 10 — 20-spermi. S ein in a flava, postremo nigrescentia, 2,8 — Smm 

 longa, 1,2—1,5 mm crassa, cbalaza prominula concaviuscula, bilo parum prominente. 

 Habitat in Zanzibar: Boivin (Mus. Paris.). 



3. Wormskioldia tanacetifolia Klotzsch, annua, caule praeter 

 pubem tenuem brevem densam patentem v. subcurvatam setulis creber- 

 rimis brevibus subaequilongis luteis, inferne subito bulboso-inflatis et 

 nigrescentibus vestito; foliis 1 — 3 mm longe petiolatis, aequalibus, ambitu 

 ovatis v. triangularibus, longe acuminatis, duplicato-pinnatipartitis, supra 

 praesertim ad nervum medium albo-pubescentibus, subtus setulosis, mar- 

 gine eglandulosis ; innorescentiis folium pluries superantibus, 5 — 7-floris, 

 pedicellis fructiferis arcuato-deflexis; calyce 11 — 12 mm longo; l'ructu 

 2 — 4 cm longo glabro, valvis dorso 1-nervibus. 



Wormskioldia tanacetifolia Klotzsch! in Peters Mossamb. 1, 147. 



Caulis erectus, 50 — 60 cm altus, 2 — 2,5 mm cvassus teres striatus. Folia 4—6 cm 

 longa, summa sensim decresceutia , 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata, vix duplo longiora quam latiora. 

 Flores an heterostyli ? ; pedunculus 10— 12 cm longus, 0,6 — lmm crassus, minute 

 setulosus et puberulus; prophylla evoluta, inferiora alterna v. (adnascendo) subopposita, 

 linearia, saepius serrulata, 2—4 mm longa, caetera squamiformia membranacea ovata v. 

 rhombea integra, er. 1 mm longa ; pedicelli 2—4 mm longi, ad apicem densius setulosi. 

 Calyx extrinsecus inferne glaber, ad lobos parce setulifer; tubus = '/, — 2 / 5 calycis, intus 

 ad basin 2,5 — 3 mm longe albido-pubescens; lobi lineari-lanceolati obtusi, interiores 

 margine late membranaceo nudi, 5- v. sub-7-nerves. Petala calycem duplo supe- 

 rantia, tubo 2,5— B mm longe adnata, flava, quoad libera 24 mm longa, glabra, ligula 

 1,3 mm longa marginibus et apice libera, caeterum adnata, semilanceolata. Filamenta 

 tubo imo vix 0,3 mm longe adnata, glabra v. supra basin pilosula, 2 longiora 11 mm, 

 intermedium 9,5 mm, 2 breviora 8 mm longa; antberae juniores lineares fere 3 mm 

 longae, 0,7 mm latae, in '/e — 1 / 7 alt. affixae. Styli aequilongi 2,5 mm longi, ab an- 

 theris fil. breviorum 2 mm, ab iis longiorum 5 mm distantes. Fructus 1,3 — 1,5 mm 

 crassi, 2 — 3 mm longe rostrati, 6— 14-spermi. Semina obovata, demum brunnescentia, 

 2—2,5 mm longa, 1 — 1,2 mm crassa, bilo depresse conico parum prominulo, chalaza vix 

 prominente. 



Habitat in orae Mosambicensis locis arenosis prope ßoror et Querimba: Peters. 



4. Wormskioldia brevicaulis Urb., perennis (?), caule praeter 

 pubem tenuem patentem v. subdeflexam densissimam laevi; foliis sessili- 

 bus aequalibus anguste lanceolatis, supra medium latissimis, postice 

 integris subintegrisve , antice obsoletissime v. manifestius serrulatis, 

 utrinque brevissime et dense hirtellis, margine eglandulosis; innores- 

 centiis folium aequantibus 4- (v. ultra?) floris, pedicellis fructiferis arcuato- 

 deflexis; calyce 15 — 17 mm longo. 



Caules 3 — 4 cm alti, 1,5 — 2 mm crassi, ad apicem dense foliosi. Folia apice acuta, 

 inferne usque ad insertionem sensim angustata, 8 — 12 cm longa, 0,7 — 1,2 cm lata, 



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