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squamuloso ereotus, e pagina postica stoloniferus, sub (lore 

 irinovatus, haud alitor raruodus, radiculis purpurascentibus 

 lori<^is6imis. Folia inferiura remotiuscula, purva oblique 

 pateritia, superioia conferta, sensiin uiajora^ fere rotunda^ 

 adscendcMitia, in cauhi flurifero vaginatiui apfircssa apiceque 

 recurva, omnia hyalina, ant ice paiuni decurrentia ventre 

 broviter inserta; cell u!ae 0,025 niui uigonis par\'is. Amphi- 

 gastria nulla. Perianthia teruiinalia clavata , inierne 

 cylindrica, versus aplceui obtuse trigoua^ plica tertia antica, 

 ore unibonato [)arvo, eel lulls promincntibus minute erenu- 

 lato. F^olia floral i a bijuga , perianth ii basi carnosae 

 accreta, foliis caulinis siniilia, muito tamon majora , apice 

 squarroso-patula niarginfique crispata. Androecia in medio 

 caulis, bracteis paucijugis, basi saecatulis^ ceteruui a foliis 

 caulinis baud diversis. 



II ab, 'I'ransvaalj in jugo Mabali M^ ad terrani^ legit 

 I\fac Lea. 



P a 1 1 a V I c i n i a St e p b a n i i. Jack. 



Dioica, giacilis, hixe eaespilans, Havo- vii'cns. Frons 

 3 — 4 cm longa, e ibizomate erecta vel adscembms, rc^pctito 

 tiircata (ramis posticis raris) furcis angulo rocto divergentibus; 

 linearibu-s^ a^nuninatis, I'emote serrata vel iategra, in sectione 

 traiisversali bicunv^xa i. e postice non maij;is productaj lilo 

 simplici centrali e^^llulaium bruiinearuni percursa. F lores 

 i'eminci antici in axilla bifurcationum ; pistilla numerosa 

 (of) — 38) in vol uc 1*0 tubidoso, crasso ^ apice irregulariter 

 lobato-incis'), lobis irregularibiu, lanceolatis , acutis. Peri- 

 antbia (Juniora, invobicro imuiersa) apic(i profunde laciuiata, 

 laciniis an^^ustis acutis, siniplicibus vel furcatis pinuulatigque. 

 Androecia ignota. 



Ilab. Natal. Lydenburg. Dr. Wilms. 



Plagiocbila heter ostipu St.n.sp. Taf.VlI. Fig/15 — 17, 



Dioica, niediocris, flavo-viridis, laxe caespitans. Caulis 

 4 — 5 cm loii;.=:us^ e caudicc rcpente erectus, sitnplex, in plauta 

 i'cminea ob innovationes duplices superne dendiuideus, in 

 planta nuiscula a basi pauciramosus. Folia subdissita, 

 obli(jue patentia, in piano ligulata, postiee brevit(^r insei-ta, 

 antice Jon^je dccurrcntia^ npice rotundato grosse 7 spinosa, 

 ad basin marginis y)0stici recurva. Cellulao 0,025 nxiu^ basi 

 duplo lungiores , Xi igonis magnis acutis. A m p h. parva, 

 forma et magnitudine valde variabili, lanceolata vel ligulata^ 

 varie dcnlata et divisa, interdiun ab ipsa ba.^! pabnatifida. 

 Pe riant Ilia in ramis terminalia, uno ve! utroque latere iimo- 

 vata, compresso obconica, uro latere alata, ala integra ore 



