50 



Urban : 



2— 5-lloris, pedicellis fmctiferis erectis; calyce 10 — lb mm longo; fructu 



3 — 5 cm longo dense piloso, valvis dorso 1-nervibus. 



Wormskioldia glandulifera Klotzsch! in Peters Mossamb. 1, 146; 

 Maxw. Mast. ! in Oliver Flor. trop. Afr. II, 503. 



Icon: Peters Mossamb. t. 26! 



Caulis erectus, 15 — 25 cm altus, inferne teres 3— 4 mm crassus, ad apicem den- 

 sissinie setulosus. Folia 5 — 9 cm longa, 1—2 cm lata, 3 — 5-plo longiora quam latiora. 

 Pedunculus 5 — 10 cm longus, pilis tenuibus et setis basi incrassatis obtectus; flores 

 an dimorphi?; prophylla plerumque bina evoluta, opposita v. alterna, 0,5 — 1 mm longa, 

 breviter ovata v. triangulari-lanceolata; pedicelli 3 — 6 mm longi, superne densius setulosi. 

 Calyx extriusecus pilosus et setosus; tubus = ^calycis, in parte 2 /a inferiore intus 

 breviter albido-pubescens; lobi oblongo-lineares obtnsiusculi v. obtusi, interiores margine 

 mernbranaceo ad apicem brevissime et obsolete ciliati, 5- v. sub-7-nerves. Petala 

 calycem parte ejus longitudinis 3 / 5 v - fere duplo superantia, tubo 4—5 mm longe adnata, 

 lutea, quoad libera 15— 20 mm longa, sab apice 5-6 mm lata, obovato-cuneata obtu- 

 sissima, glabra, ligula omnino adnata cymbiformi 1.3—1,5 mm longa. Filamenta tubo 

 calycis 0,5—0,7 mm longe adnata, 3 longiora 13 v. 10, 2 breviöra 10 v. 8 mm longa; 

 antherae juniores oblongo-lineares, 2,3 mm longae, 0,6 mm latae, apice truncatae, basi 

 vix emarginatae, in l / 5 alt. affixae. Styli aequilongi, 10 mm longi antheras fil. long. 

 2« superantes aut 5 mm longi antheras fil. brev. non attiogentes. Fructus 1,2 ad 

 1,3 mm crassi, 1 — 2 mm longe rostrati, pilis simplicibus tenuibus brevibus patentibus 

 dense pilosi, 10 — 15-spermi. Semina oblonga recta, 3 mm longa, 1mm crassa, demum 

 brunneo-nigrescentia, hilo brevi semigloboso, chalaza prominula concaviuscula. 



Habitat in ora Mosambicemi prope Tette et Boror et loco arenoso ad Rios de 

 Sena: Peters; inter Sena et Lupata: Kirk. 



2. Wormskioldia Biviniana TW., annua, caule praeter pubem 

 tenuem patentem v. subdeflexam setulis crebris brevibus subaequilongis 

 sulfureis basi subito bulboso-inflatis et nigrescentibus obsito; foliis 

 10 — 15 mm longe petiolatis, aequalibus, ovatis v. ovato-oblongis, obtusis 

 v. acutis, margine toto inciso-lobulatis, lobulis inaequaliter serratis, supra 

 pilis brevissimis parcis, subtus praesertim ad nervös crebrioribus vestitis, 

 setulis parcis intermixtis, margine eglandulosis; inflorescentiis folio bre- 

 vioribus 1 — 3-floris, pedicellis fructiferis erectis; calyce 9 — 10 mm longo; 

 fructu 3,5 — 4,5 cm longo, breviter albido-pubescente et parce setuloso, 

 valvis dorso 1-nervibus. 



Wormskioldia Biviniana L. R. Tul. ! in Ann. Sc. nat. V. Ser. IX 

 (1868), 324. 



Caulis erectus, 20 — 40 cm altus, 2 — 4 mm crassus, flexuosus teres striatus. Folia 

 basi cuneatim contracta, 6 — 8 cm longa, 2,5— 3,5 cm lata, 2-2'/2 _ pl° longiora quam 

 latiora. Pedunculi 1,5 — 4 cm longi, 0,3-0,5 mm crassi, pube caulis; prophylla bina 

 evoluta opposita v. subopposita, 0,6—0,8 mm longa, triangulari- v. lanceolato-subulata; 

 pedicelli 3—5 mm longi, dense setulosi. Calyx extrinsecus pube caulis ; tubus = ^ calycis 

 v. paullo longior, intus in parte 3 / 4 inferiore albido-pubescens; lobi lineari-lanceolati 

 obtusi, interiores margine supero brevissime ciliolati 5-nerves , exteriores sub-7-nerves. 

 Petala calycem fere duplo superantia, tubo 4 mm longe adnata, flava, quoad libera 

 12 — 15mm longa, obovato-cuneata glabra, ligula l,5?n?/i longa lineari-cymbiformi inferne 



