CONTENTS Bothalia 43,1 1. A taxonomic review of the dry-fruited species of Anemone (Ranunculaceae) in southern Africa. J.C. MANNING and P. GOLDBLATT . 1 2. Pollen morphology of members of southern African Boerhavia and Commicarpus (Nyctagina- ceae). M. STRUWIG, S.J. SIEBERT and A. JORDAAN . 15 3. Reproductive biology of Stomatium bolusiae (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae). P.C. ZIETSMAN . 23 4. A revised infrageneric classifi cation and synopsis of the Afro-Eurasian genus Moraea (Iridaceae: Irideae). P. GOLDBLATT, J.C. MANNING and J. SCHNITZLER . 29 5. Review of chromosome cytology in Moraea (Iridaceae: Irideae): what chromosomes reveal about the evolution of the genus. P. GOLDBLATT and J.C. MANNING . 43 6. Exsiccatae in the bryophyte collection of the National Herbarium, Pretoria. J. VAN ROOY . 55 7. Notes on African plants: Asteraceae. A new name and neotypifi cation for Hippia integrifolia (Anthemideae). A.R. MA- GEE and B. BUSCH . 92 Asteraceae. Distephanus (Asteraceae: Vernonieae): a new combination and a new record for southern Africa. R.BOON and H.F. GLEN . 94 Asteraceae. Two new combinations in Caputia and Curio (Senecioneae). J.C. MANNING … 93 Chenopodiaceae. Chenolea convallis, a new species from Western Cape Province, South Af- rica. D.A. SNIJMAN and J.C. MANNING . 80 Colchicaceae. First record of Gloriosa sessilifl ora in Angola. A. MAROYI . 67 Hyacinthaceae. Nomenclatural corrections in sub-Saharan Africa, predominantly subfam. Ur- gineoideae. J.C. MANNING and P. GOLDBLATT . 75 Orchidaceae. Habenaria amoena newly recorded for Namibia. B. BYTEBIER . 90 Poaceae. Taxonomic signifi cance of epidermal structure in southern African members of He- lictotrichon. A.C. MASHAU, L. FISH and A.E. VAN WYK . 70 Sapindaceae. Zanha africana, a new distribution record for Namibia. W. SWANEPOEL . 89 Thymelaeaceae. Lasiosiphon rigidus, a new species from the Tankwa Karoo and two new com- binations in the genus for South Africa. J.C. MANNING and J.S. BOATWRIGHT … 84 8. Notes on naturalised plants: Petiveria alliacea in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. M.D. CHEEK . 97 9. FSA contributions 21: Connaraceae. M. JORDAAN . 99 10. A taxonomic revision of the small Cape genus Steirodiscus (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). J.C. MANNING, P. GOLDBLATT & L. JOUBERT . 109 11. Obituary. Sarie Magdalena Perold (1928–2011). J. VAN ROOY . 121.