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113. Pyrus (§ Malus) Prattii, Hems/.[ Rosacex |; novellis appresse albo- 
pilosis cito glabrescentibus, ramulis fructiferis crassiusculis, foliis longe 
petiolatis chartaceis ovato-lanceolatis ovatis vel in nerd fere ellipticis 
acute acuminatis basi epum rotundatis interdum obliquis minute cre- 
calloso glabrescentibus, venis 
primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 10, venis ultimis minute reticulatis, 
floribus mediocribus subeorymbosis, corymbis multifloris ue 
Ken pedicellis gracilibus, UOS lobis crassis precipue intus 
albo-se acuminatis, petalis brevissime unguiculatis subcordi- 
pany EU late rotundatis conspicue venosis, filamentis deorsum 
leviter inerassatis parcissime puberulis, stylis 5 glabris, fructu parvo 
ovoideo punctato segmentis calycinis intus lanatis coronato. 
Habitat.—China: chiefly near Tachienlu, at 9000-418, 500, province 
of pereat 4. E. Pn att, 93 and 824. 
a absque petiolo 3-4 poll longa ; petioli 2-1 poll. LM 
Pedicle oa poliitik Calycis lobi Pec Petala 4 
longa. Prades 5-6 lin. longus. 
114. Ophiocaulon Rowlandi, Baker [Cucurbitaceæ] ; sermentosus, 
glaber, cirrhis elongatis simplicibus, petiolo apice glandula magna 
unica prædito, foliis simplicibus membranaceis cordato-orbicularibus 
ee . palmato-lobati mu ris ad cirrhorum reductorum 
ra produetis, calycis tubo brevi campanulato lobis oblongis maculis 
pua atro-brunneis decoratis, petalis calyci sequilongis, anthéris 
linearibus magnis, filamentis brevissimis. 
Habitat.—Interior of Western Lagos, near Abbeokuta, Dr. Rowland. 
14-2 poll. longa et lata. Pedicelli 5-6 lin. longi. Flores 
oti. 
masculi 3-4 lin. longi.; feminei igno 
Nearly allied to the widely-spread Tropical African O. cissampeloides, 
Hook, fil. 
115. Othonna disticha, N. Æ. Brown [Compositz-Senecionidem] ; 
dasfibos vel ramis simplicibus apiee racemoso- vel corym 
elabris anguste bialatis dense foliatis, foliis distichis 
subereetis imbricatis ellipticis vel elliptieo-oblongis ‘obtusissimis 
sessilibus basi in alas cuneatim decurrentibus glabris subcarnosis 
peduneulis fere usque ad involucrum foliiferis monocephalis, capitulo 
discoideo 20-30-floro floribus centralibus vx involucri tubuloso- 
campanulati bracteis quinque uniseriatis basi liberis sed marginibus 
intertextis oblongis acutis vel obtusis ipio versus apicem leviter 
carinatis alternis late membranaceo-marginatis ciliatis, corolla 5-dentata 
tubo gracili fauce ampliata glabra alba, stylis in omnibus floribus 
bifidis, achæniis fertilibus subteretibus validis dense tomentosis, pappi 
setis co. . 
Habitat.—South. Africa : Transvaal, near Lydemburg, Atherstone ; 
Makwongwa Mountains, near Barberton, 4500 feet, April, Galpin, 
902 ; no locality, Mrs. Saunders (Wood, 3915). 
Folia 14-3 poll. lon nga, ow =1} poll lata. Pedunculi b p 
i d — a -3 poll. diam. Znvolucri bractew 4-3 poll. longe, 
24 lin. late. Corolla 7 lin. longa. Achenia pot, eyy Pon 
. 
A very. distinet species, remarkable for the strictly distichovs 
arrangement ofthe leaves, and the zigzag wing formed by their decur- - 
rent bases on "I sides of the stem. The flowers are stated by 
