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omnino, superne dorso medio adnata. Filamenta tubo imo 0,4 — 0,7 mm longe adnata, 

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

 juniores bre viter rectangulares 1,1—1,2 mm longae, 0,7—0,8 mm latae, breviores diinidio 

 minores, apice obsolete, basi paullo magis emarginatae, in l / 4 — V3 a lt. 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— 6 mm longe rostrati, 10 — 20-spermi. Semina flava, postremo nigrescentia, 2,8— 3»im 

 longa, 1,2—1,5 mm crassa, chalaza prominnla concaviuscula, hilo parum prominente. 

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



3. Wormskioldia tanacetifolia Klotzsche 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 looge petiolatis, aequalibus, ambitu 

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

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

 gine eglandulosis; inflorescentiis folium pluries superantibus, 5 — 7-noris, 

 pedicellis fructiferis arcuato - deflexis ; calyce 11 — 12 mm longo; fructu 

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



Wormskioldia tanacetifolia Klotzsch! in Peters Mossamb. 7, 147. 



Caulis erectus, 50 — 60 cm altus, 2 — 2,5 mm crassus 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 extrinseeus inferne glaber, ad lobos parce setulifer; tubus = l / 2 — 2 /s calycis, intus 

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

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

 rantia, tubo 2,5— 3 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 0,3mm longe adnata, glabra v. supra basin pilosula, 2 longiora Ilm?;«, 

 iutermedium 9,5 mm, 2 breviora 8 mm longa; antherae juniores lineares fere 3 mm 

 longae, 0,7 mm latae, in '/« — Vi 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, hilo depresse conico parum prominulo, chalaza vix 

 prominente. 



Habitat in orae Mosambicemis locis arenosis prope Boror 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 hirtelbs, margine eglandulosis; inflores- 

 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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