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Jrawinp- at Kew, labelled " Ji. eylindrica, Aug. 25tli, 1826." 



§ TURRITA. 



M. TURRIGERTJM, iV. X Br. Corpuscda 10-13 mm. alta, 9-12 nnn. ad 

 apiceni lata, G mm. crassa, ad medium bilol)a, parte inferiora leviter com- 

 prcsso-cylindrica, lobis 5~G nnn. longis erectis inferne subcylindricis apice 

 subangnlatis lincis elevatis in areas snbdepvessas irregiilaritor divisi.s glabra, 

 cinereo-viridia, apice lineis atro-vlridibus nofata, lateribns purpurjtco-tinctis 

 et atro-vlride pnnctatis. Flores ignoti. 



Malmesbuky Div. Vicinity of Klipheuvel Station, .Pillans ! 



Described from a living plant in the collection of Mr. G. Elislia. A very 



remarkable specieg, totally unlike any other at present known, its two turret- 

 liko lobes being very distinctive. 



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M. EXIGUUM, N. E. Br. Stem almost none. Loaves 4 to each growth 

 (evidently very small) ; the lower pair about one line (2 mm,) long, broadly 

 connate and sheathing at the base, spreading, trigonous at the apex^ acute^ 

 scabrid on the angles, glabrous, withering ; the upper pair al^out the lengtli 

 of a finger-nail, erectj connivent, semiterete, flat above, convex beneath 

 papillose, with the keel below the apex serrulate and the angles scabrid, 

 green or greenish-white ? [literally translated, Thunberg's description of the 



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olour Is as follows :— semiterete or flat above, greenish, white (possibly 

 greenish-wlute may be intended), convex beneath, papillose, green, angles 

 scabrid]- Peduncle arising from the centre of the leaves, erect, 1-flowered, 

 shorter than the leaves, angular. Corolla yellow. — ]\l, difformey Tliunb. FL 



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Calvinia Div, Karoo, between the Olifants River and Bokkeland, in 

 Hantam and the Roggoveld^ Thunherg. 



I have given this plant a new name and added a translation of Thunlterg's 

 description of it, in order to call attention to wliat is evidently a somewhat 

 peculiar species, so that in future it should not be overlooked ; for it lias 

 been altogether misunderstood by all authors, although it is evidently a very 

 distinct and remarkable i^pecies. Its affinities are doubtful, but on account 

 of its papillate leaves it may have some affinity with the section MonUiformia, 

 otherwise, from the outer pair of leaves being spreading and withering and 



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