38 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
- Slaaatage plant, now first, it is believed, added to the tropical 
n flor 
is onteniet ia spicata, sp. nov. Caule e rhizomate lignoso sat 
gracili ascendente cito ramoso ramis procumbentibus crebro folio- 
sis griseo-pubescentibus, foliis sessilibus subsessilibusve anguste 
puberulis, stipulis e basi lata petiolis adnata in setas 3-4 brevibus 
ea — us parvulis sessilibus brevissimeve pedicellatis in 
pseudospic griseo- ubescentem folia multo ex ci ATSC cito 
seig gmt © reliquis 4 minutis setiformibus, corolle tubo caly- 
m longe excedente maxime attenuato sursum subito dilatato 
tiicilvcs katate lobis 5 ovato-oblongis obtusis, staminibus 
breviter exsertis, ovario 2-loc re pubescente, stylo incluso quam 
rami sui abhiplilon duplo longio 
9 Hab. Mazoe, Rhodesia, Eaiineit of Iron-mask Hill; F. Eyles, 
22. 
Folia solemniter 2-0-3-0 cm. long., 0-3-0°5 cm. lat., in sicco 
viridia subtus pallescentia; costa centralis subtus ie ele 
Stipule circa 0°3 em. long. Spice mox pee 10:0 cm. long. 
Pedicelli dum adsint crassi, summum 0:1 em. long. Die ium 
cylindraceum, 0°15 cm. long. Flores dilute purpurei. Calycis 
lobus unicus 0°3-0°5 x 0-1-0-15 cm.; lobi reliqui 0:05-0-1 ¢ 
long. Corolle tubus circa 0-5 cm. long., 0:02 cm. diam. ; lobi 
egre 0'2cm. long. Filamenta 0-12 cm., anthere 0:06 cm. long. 
Stylus 0-5 em. long., hujus rami 0°25 cm. eso ovoideus, calyce 
anos coronatus, pubescens, 0°2 c ong, 
with corollas like those of P. annua K. Sch and 
tag? te ae but so different from both in habit, clothing, 
shape of leaf, &c., as to render further details unnecessary. 
most striking Teatazs is "the spicate inflorescence, a character in 
which it is unique among its congeners. 
ComPosiTz. 
Erlangea (§ Eu-Ertancea) Eylesii, sp.nov. Herba bipe- 
dalis caule erecto gracili frequenter foligso albo-tomentello, foliis 
pottie sessilibus asati- lanceolatis vel anguste lanceolato-oblongis 
s basi obtusis rotundatisve vix Sf goanegeer cages eats scabri- 
cals subtus albo- -tomentellis, capitulis pro rata submediocribus 
in cymis termi us paucicephalis bracteatis dipoeitis circa 
4-flosculosis, involucri turbinato-campanulati 4-serialis albo-pube- 
scentis phyllis lineari-lanceolatis exterioribus serr. tribus quam 
intima manifeste angustioribus omnibus apice breviter spinuloso- 
acuminatis, fiosculis bene exsertis, acheeniis turbinatis 5-costatis 
puberulis, pappi setis ys caducissimis scabriusculis achznia 
09. 
Folia 4:5-7:0 cm. long., 0-1: om, ee summa, gradatim 
imminuta et tandem in bracteas transeuntia. Cyme 3-0-5°0 x 
3°0-5°0 cm. B racter inferiores lan ceolate, superiores ho pies 
