156 Harry Bolus. 
longis; corolla 0,6 cm longa, ore parce barbata, fla&a, lobis oblongis, 
obtusis, 0,1—0,2 cm longis; antherae manifestae; stylus puberulus corollam 
aequans; ovarium glabrum. 
Cape Colony; at the foot of the northern slopes of the Zwarte- 
bergen, near Prince Albert, approx. alt. 850 meters, Dec., H. Bolus, 
12189 (in herb. Kew, Brit. Mus., Berlin, &c.). | 
41. Harpagophytum Peglerae Stapf, 1. c., p. 398. (Pedaliaceae.) 
H. procumbenti DC. affinis sed fructu ad margines cresta duplica 
spinoso-lobata instructo differt. 
Herba procumbens aspera vel novellis exceptis subglabra, undique 
glandulis mucilaginiferis aspersa; folia elliptica repanda vel pinnati- 
lobata, lobis grosse repando-dentatis, obtusa basi breviter, subcuneata, 
4—7 em longa, 3—4,5 cm lata; petiolus 1—2 cm longus; flores solitarii 
vel in cymis axillaribus sessilibus 2-raro 3-floris; pedicelli sub anthesi 
0,5—0,8 cm longi; calyx ad 0,9 cm longus, asperulus, segmentis e basi 
lanceolata subulatis ; corolla 4—6 cm longa, tubus inferne ad 1 cm an- 
guste cylindricus, "abhinc dilatatus, ore 1 cm diametro, pallidus vel pur- 
pureo suffusus; limbus 3 cm diam., purpureus vel albidus, lobis sub- 
orbicularibus; capsula ambitu elliptica, 4,5 cm longa, 3 cm lata; prominenter 
nervosa, cresta duplica indurata lobata, lobis spinoso-dentatis circum- 
data, dorso et facie spinis binis brevibus conicis validis rigidissimis 
instructis. 
Transvaal Colony; in sandy loam near Rustenburg, Miss Alice 
Pegler, 1027! Waterberg district, near Warm Bath, in the ,Bosch 
Veld,“ approx. alt. 1100 meters, Jan., Bolus, 12199! (in herb. Kew, 
Bolus, &c.). 
42. Selago swaziensis Rolfe, l. c., p. 398. (Selaginaceae.) 
Frutieulus manus, diffusus; caules teretes, pubescentes, ramosi; folia 
brevissime petiolata, late elliptica, subobtusa, saepissime plus minusve 
crenata, pubéscentia, 0,5—1,5 cm longa, 0,2—0,8 em lata; flores sub- 
sessiles, capitulata, capitulis numerosis in paniculas laxas subcorymbosas 
dispositis; bracteae  lineari-oblongàe, obtusae, subincurvae,  ciliatae, 
0,9—0,4 em longae; calyx campanulatus, 0,4 em longus, puberulus, 
breviter quinquelobus, lobis deltoideo-oblongis, obtusis; 0,2 em longis: 
corollae tubus oblongus, 0,8 cm longus, lobis oblongis, subaequalibus, 
0,15—0,2 cm longis. 
Swazieland; grassy hills near Dalriach, ,Mbabane, approx. alt. 
1450 meters, Dec., H. Bolus, 12226! „Flores albi.^ (In herb. Kew, Brit. 
Mus., Berlin, &c.). 
Allied to S. Muddii Rolfe, but having rather larger, less numerous 
leaves, heads more disposed in lax panicles, and in the details of the 
flowers. The plant shows a tendency to turn black: in drying, in «this 
respect resembling S. monticola Wood & Evans, which is a much taller, 
less decumbent plant. 
43. en chionantha Bolas... Le p. 399. (Proteaceae-Proteeae,) $ I. 
Acrocephalae. 2. Subacaules. 
