178 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Hab. Uganda Protectorate: in Seer near mouth of 
rte Bag ee Albert, 2500 ft., and fr. Nov. 28th, Bag- 
shaw common on ne ary arched oes east of 
- long, sepals closely imbricate, green with colourless mar- 
gins ; ‘capsule ‘d em. long, seed 2 mm. long. 
— S. virgata Hochst., which it re sembles in habit, size of 
flower and fruit, and floral details, but is distingui shed: by its 
whovter and vn stambe sparser indumentum, and more nume- 
rous a sae ary 
foes fliformibas t basi Shanta? ovario apice hirsuto, bi- 
locellato, 4-ovulato ; stylo ae bifido, ramis filiformibus paullo 
ineequalibus, oe peltat 
Hab. South-east Angola: in sliea: ei pasturage on sandy 
alluvial soil at the ee of the Serra Ferreira de Amiral, western 
side, Gossweiler, no. 2888, Feb. 9th. 
spreading undershrub ; perert xceeding *5 cm. 
in diameter ; o generally branching, Seah 4-6 dm. long, 
scarcely 2 mm. thick, branchlets alone generally 5-11 cm. long; 
stem, leaves, and backs of sepals Hig heen with somewhat silky 
whitish appressed hairs; leaves on the branches about 1:3 ¢ 
nthe by 3 mm. broad, o n the beaneblate about 1 em. by 2 mm. or 
._. Avery well-marked species with the habit of a Seddera, and 
distinguighad from all other species of is gas s by its small 
narrow leaves, cautions those of S. ae haw 
a _QUERCIFOLIA Hallier f. Has A hitherto known 
only from specimens collected by Welwitsch in Pungo Andongo, 
North Angola: these did not bear o open flowers or fruits. Mr. 
Gossweiler sends two excellent specimens, with flower and fruit, 
from South-east Angola. No. 3888: “ Rootstock parcaisial many- 
