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discus hypegynus tripartitus, segmentis cuneatis crenulatis ; 
capsula sepalis dimidio longior, semina rotundata compressa lævia 
nigra nitida. (Ex specim. plur. exsicc. No. 4830 ut infra.) 
Hab. In arenosis maritimis ad oras sinus “ False Bay " prope 
Muizenberg in Peninsulâ Capensi, fl. Aug., anno 1882 legi, No. 
4830; herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 622; Simon's Bay, C. Wright; 
Cape, Harvey, 243; Cape, Hooker fil., 611. 
Comes between P. serpyllifolium, Linn. f., and P. distichum, 
Thunb.; distinct from both by its rather large obovate obtuse 
leaves, besides other characters. In Harvey's fruiting specimen 
' the cyme is several inches long. 
MTCROLOMA NAMAQUENSE, Bolus, n. sp. Frutex gracilis, sub- 
scandens. Caulis tenuis, pauci-ramosus, distanter foliosus; folia 
linearia, breviter petiolata, margine revoluta, nervo medio tenuiter 
pubescenti, 3-3°5 centim. longa; flores umbellati, pedicelli 5 
millim. longi pubescentes, bracteis linearibus 1-2 millim. longis ; 
calycis segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, subtus pubescentibus, 
patentibus, 5-6 millim. longis; corolla urceolata, laciniis ovatis 
subobtusis erectis, 8 millim. longis, a 5 fasciculis pilorum retror- 
sorum in medio tubi unica serie dispositis intus ornata ; folliculi 
graciles longe rostrati, immaturi 4 centim. longi. (Ex exempl. 
plur. exsicc. No. 5703 ut infra.) 
Hab. Inter frutices scandens, in terra Austro-Africana ** Na- 
maqualand Minor" dicta, fl. Oct., legit Rev. W. Morris (No. 
5703 in herbb. Bolus et Kewensi) ; in montibus Kaus et Spek- 
takel, terre ejusdem, alt. 900-1100 metr., fl. Sept., anno 1883 
legi ipse, herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. No. 639. 
Nearly allied to M. lineare, R. Br., but well distinguished by 
its patent (not erect) calyx-segments ; its narrower corolla, with 
the bundles of hairs in a single (not double) row. 
ORCHIDEE. 
ANGRECUM TRICUSPE, Bolus, n.sp. (Fig. 1.) Glabra, robusta, 
15-20 centim. alta, tuberibus cylindricis 2 millim. crassis; folia 
ligulata, obtusa, rigida, multinervia, 10-12 centim. longa, | centim. 
lata; racemi adscendentes, substricti, multiflori, foliis parum bre- 
viores, bractex late ovate persistentes, pedicelli 2-3 millim. longi ; 
sepala anguste lanceolata acuta, 6 millim. longa ; petala lanceolata 
acuminata, sepalis latiora, revoluta, 9-10 millim. longa ; labellum 
oblongum, deflexum, petalis equilongum, supra medium tricuspi- 
