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Crasstjla dependens, JBohis, n. sp. — Eamis divaricatis, fili- 

 formibus, procumbentibus ; foliis subulatis utrinque subplanis ; 

 cymis paucifloris, pedunculis abbreviatis. 



Hab. In clivis umbrosis montis " Cave ' ' prope Grraaff Reinet, in 

 regione editiore Colonise Capensis, alt. 3700 ped., flor. Febr. ; 

 legit H. Bolus (No. 658). 



Planta debilis, subherbacea, glaberrima, forte annua. Caules 

 late effusi ssepe dependentes. Folia connata, decussata, acuta, 

 8 millim. longa, 3 millim. lata ; internodiis inferioribus, foliis 

 brevioribus, superioribus longioribus. Cymae terminales, breviter 

 pedunculata?, ssepius 7-florae. Flores basi bibracteolati, pedi- 

 cellati. Calycis lobi ovati, obtusi, 1 £ millim. longi, integri. Petala 

 oblonga, acuta, basi connata, 5 millim. longa. Styli filiformes, 

 divergentes, 2 millim. longi. Squama? cuneata?, truncatae, 

 minutee, aurantiacse. (v. v.) 



This well-marked species comes nearest to C. acutifolia, Lam., 

 var. radicans, but differs by its flattened leaves and much weaker, 

 straggling, dependent habit. It may be identical with C. bi- 

 Iracteata, Harv., or C.Jilicaulis, Haw., quoted by DeCandolle in 

 the ' Prodromus,' iii. 384. But no specimens were seen by him, 

 nor by Harvey, by whom the genus has been most recently revised 

 in the ' Flora Capensis,' vol. ii. ; and there are probably none 

 extant. I am assured that there is nothing from previous col- 

 lectors, either in the Kew Herbarium or in the rich Cape collec- 

 tion of Dr. Sonder of Hamburg, identical with the present plant. 

 It seems useless to maintain names of species published with such 

 brief characters that their identification by such means is now 

 impossible, or of which dried specimens have not been preserved. 



Athrixia (§Asteropsis) fontana, MacOw., n. sp. — Caule 

 simplici pedunculoideo monocephalo ; foliis radicalibus rosulato- 

 confertis, ovato-lanceolatis, caulinis multo angustioribus, sursum 

 decrescentibus ; squamis involucralibus basi margineque tomen- 

 tosis, in pedunculo effusis. 



Herba perennis, stolonifer. Caulis simplex scapiformis, 1- 

 cepbalus, araneosus demum subglabrescens. Folia radicalia con- 

 ferta squarrosa subrosulata ovato-lanceolata acutiuscula integer- 

 rima, margine leviter revoluta, supra glabra, subtus, nervo 

 excepto, albo-tomentosa ; caulina parva alterna decurrentia, 

 sursum in squamis depauperascentia. Capitula solitaria, diametro 

 1*20 centim. ; squamis multiseriatis linearibus squarrosia runs, 



