156 MR. H. BOLUS'S CONTRIBUTIONS 
Contributions to South-African Botany.— Part IV. (With a 
Revised List of published Species of Mxtra-tropical South- 
African Orchids*.) By Harry Bouts, F.L.S. 
[Read 21st June, 1888.] 
SPHERALCEA PANNOSA, Bolus, n. sp. Frutex ramosus erectus, 
petalis exceptis plus minus stellato-tomentosus. Folia palmatim 
3-5-lobata, interdum fere 3-5-partita, lobis oblongis crenatis, 
supra viridia, subtus incano-tomentosa, stipulis linearibus mini- 
mis, petiolis foliorum inferum 9 centim. longis, totum folium 
eum petiolo 16 centim. longum, superiora minora; flores axil- 
lares, pedunculi 2-3-flori, 8 centim. longi, pedicellis gracilibus 
1:5-2:5 centim. longis; petala obovata; calycis lacinie ovate 
vel lanceolate acute, tubo equilonge ; epicalyx 3-lobatus, lobis 
truncatis emarginatis demum reflexis, calyce brevioribus, externe 
processibus filiformibus stellato-tomentosis, 3-4 millim. longis, 
dense obtectus; ovarium ovatum truncatum ; semina auricul®- 
formia compressa brevissime hispida. (Ha exempll. plur. exsice. 
No. 475 ut infra.) 
Hab. Ad ripas rivuli in Monte Currie, Griqualand Orientalis, 
alt. circ. 1760 metr., fl. Febr., legit JV. Tyson anno 1884; herb. 
Norm. Austr.- Afr. No. 475. 
Habit of Spheroma Julii, Harv.; but the side lobes of the leaves 
are more deeply parted, and the epicalyx is very different both 
in shape and indument. 
HERMANNIA CRISTATA, Bolus,n. sp. Fruticulus basi ramosus, 
undique petalis exceptis scabrido-pubescens. Rami adscendentes, 
distanter foliosus; folia oblonga vel lanceolata, acuta, crenulata, 
basi rotundata vel cuneata, cum petiolis 3-3°5 centim. longa, 
stipulis lineari-subulatis, aeuminatis, 3-5 millim. longis; flores 
axillares, pedunculis graeilibus unifloris, 2-3 centim. longis, 
bracteis filiformibus minimis; flores 1:5 centim. longi; calyx 
campanulatus, lobis triangularibus aeutis vel acuminatis, nune 
tubo squilongis nune longioribus; petala unguiculata, limbo 
suborbiculari; anthere acuminatissime, petalis fere æquales, 
filamentis oblanceolatis acutis; capsula ovalis vel subspheerica, 
S-alata, anguli processibus filiformibus incurvis tomentosis 
demum rigidis dense cristati. (Ea exempll. plur. exsicc. Tyson, 
1689). 
Hab. In clivis cirea Kokstad, Griqualand Orientalis, alt. 1560 
* See preliminary List, Journ. Linn. Soc. (Bot.), vol. xix. pp. 335-347. 
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