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scentj slender, 10 lin. long; lobes suborbicular, obtuse, 1^ lin. in 

 diam. ; petals 12, nearly 1 lin. long, surrouncled by hairs \ lin. long; 

 anthers oblong with prolonged acute connective ; ovary ^ lin. long, 

 oblong, glabrous ; style lateral near the apex, filiform. Meisn. in 

 DC. Prodr. xiv, 571. S. dreaeana, Meisn, in Llni^iea, xiv. 472; 



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XX. 211. 



Vak. P, oblongata (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. ^71); leaves ovate or oblong, 

 with many fine conspicuous nerves on the back. S, aurea^ Ecld, & Zryh. ex 

 Meisn, l.c, 



Vab. 7j laxior (^leisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 571) ; leaves ovate-oblong; up to 

 5 lin. long, leas densely Imbricate than in the type and var. )S, slightly spreading, 

 recnrved at the apex. ;S'. fovinosa^ Ecld. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. Ix. 



South Africa: without locality, Lehmannl Thorn^ 55! IIarvef/\ Var. ^: 

 Niven, 



Coast Regton: Albany Div. ; Cooper, 22 ! 1556 ! 3074 ! Var. ^ : Swellondam 

 Div. ; between Zuurbraak and Buffeljagts Pdvcr Drift, Burchell, 7265 ! llivers- 

 dale Div. ; Stille Bay, Muir in Berb. Galphi.^ 5315 ! Oudtshooru Div. ; Cango, 

 Atherstone I Albany Div. ; near Tea Fontein, between Riebeck I'^ist and 

 Grahamstown, Barchell, S486 ! near Graham.stown, 2000 ft., Gkm in M<u-(hmn, 

 Herb, AusU\-Afi\, 1526 ! MacOwan, 13! Schonland, 3! Brak Kloof, Mrs. White. 

 32! and without precise locality, Ecldon tt Zci/hrr, 628, Cooj>rr, 27! Var. y: 

 Stellenbosch Div. ; SteUenbosch, Zcyherl Knysua Div. ; on sandhills near the 

 west end of Groene Vallei, Bnrchell, 5655 I Uitenhage Div. ; between Kraka- 

 kamma and Van Staadens Berg, Eckhm^ Ecklon d: Zeyhei\ 47, Albany Div, ; 

 Zwart Hoogte, Ecklon <£• Zeyher I 



Central JIkgion : Prince Albert Div. ; Zwartberg Range, near Vrolyk, Dreye ! 



31 S. bachmanniana (Gilg in Engl. Jahvb. xix. 270) ; stems at 



first villous, finally glabrous ; leaves imbricatCj ovate-lanceolate, 

 subacute, rounded at the base, at first silky-villous especially on the 

 mai^gin, 6 lin. long, 2 lin. wide ; flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves ; bracteoles 2 lin. long, oblongs ciliate ; calyx-tube pubescent 

 outside, 9 lin. long, slender, cylindrical ; lobes 2 lin. long, ^ lin. 

 wide, ovate, subacute ; petals 12, conical, pale yellow, ?, lin. long, 

 surrounded by hairs slightly shorter than themselves ; anthers 1 lin. 

 long, apiculate ; ovary oblong, 1 lin. long, glabrous; style filiform. 



SoUTH AiKiCA : without locality, Mund <i' Ma Ire I 



Coast Region : Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield, Barhmann, 2037. 



35. S. martiana (Meisn. in DC. Prodr, xiv. 570) ; branches 



long, slender, pubescent ; leaves alternate, imbricate, lanceolate, 

 acute, semiamplexicaul, 5-6 lin. long, 1-1^ lin. wide, sparingly pilose, 

 ciliate, at length glabrous ; bracteoles small, narrowly linear, obtuse, 

 ciliate; calyx 9-10 lin. long; tube slender, rather pilose, cunipanu- 

 late above; lobes oblong, acute; petals 12, twice as long as the 

 surrounding hairs. 



South Africa: without locality, Niven, 



36. S. garciana (C. H. Wright) ; stem erect, simple or sparingly 



branched, at first pilose, reddish ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 6 lin. long, 

 1 lin. wide, at first densely white-ciliate on the margins and with a 



