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YlSCUM KHIPSALOIDES, n. sp. 



Aphyllum, fruticosum, f^labrum, ramis primariis teretibus lignosis, 

 junioribus compressis evecto-patentibus viridibus subtiliter niultisvilcatis 

 basi articulatis, iiodis superioribus bracteis parvis oblongis carnosis oppo- 

 sitis pra^ditis, floribus masculis axillaribus sessilibus scgmentis ovatis tubo 

 campanulato sequilongis. 



A sbrub, many times dicbotomously, finally distantly pinnately 

 branched ; branchlets! erecto-putent, 3-^ in. in diam. ; upper inter- 

 nodes l|-2 in. long. Upper nodes witli two small spreading 

 obtuse fleshy bracts a line long. Male flower -^^ in. in diam. 

 Pemale flowers not seen. — Baron 4S92 ! Eesembles in habit the 

 Indian and Cape V. dicTiotomum^ D. Don. 



Thesittm: gystoseihgides, n. sp. 



Fruticosum, ratnosissimum, siccitate brunneum, habitu Cystosein^y 

 ramulis gracillimis glabris, foliis subulatis mucronatis, floribus solitariis 

 axillaribus breviter pedicellatis foliis circiter 3 reductis bracteatis; ovario 

 globoso pubescente perianthii scgmentis conniventibus coronato. 



A much-branched shrnb, with glabrous stems and leaves, all 

 turning brown when dried; main stems terete, -^ in. in diam. 

 Leaves scattered, ascending, i-| in. long, tipped with a pale horny 

 mucro. Fruit J in. in diam., vertically ribbed, crowned with the 

 green connivent deltoid perianth-segments, which are much 

 shorter than the irmi.— Baron 3490 ! Habit of the Cape T. 

 ericcefolium. A. DC. 



PEDILA^S'TnUS? LTCIOIDES, U. sp. 



Fruticosus, glaber, ratnis hgnosis elougatis aculeis pungentibus rectis 

 patuhs armatis, ramulis brevissimis pulvinatis minute aculeatis, foliis 

 sessilibus linearibus obtusis rigide coriaceis, involucris oblongis rubellis 

 profunde bilabiatis ad ramorum apices glomeratis pedunculis pedicellisque 

 dichotomis brevissirais, bracteis bracteolisque parvis ovatis, flora fceraineo 

 unico stylis elongatis summo apice furcatis, floribus masculis pluribus. 



Stem woody, cylindrical, a foot or more long, without branch- 

 i^gj 6 i^- in diam., producing irregularly small prickly pulvini 

 representing branchlets and armed with straight spreading pun- 

 gent prickles l~l in. long. Leaves sessile, deciduous, rigid, 

 linear, obtuse, 1-1| in. long, J^ in. broad, distinctly costate, 

 obscurely penninerved. Heads ahout 6 in a cluster at the ends 

 of the main branches] peduncles dichotomously forked; each 

 bead clasped by a small ovate membranous bracteole. Involucre 



