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Gnidia.] tiivmel/EACE.^ ("Wright). 47 



South Africa: without locality, Thom^ 634! 780! 806! Cooper, 30811 

 Var. )S : cultivated specimens. 



Coast Kkgion: Piquetberp; Div. ; between Kromme ilivcr anrl Piotersfontein, 

 JJre'je ! Paarl Div. ; French Hoek Kloof, Dri^e ! Cape Div. ; hills and flats near 

 Cape Town, Ecldon, 110! 358! Zeyher\ Mund, 13! Bolm, 29211 3701! 

 Schlcchtcr, 1037 ! Echlon tt Znjher ! MacOivan in MacOivan di* Bolus^ Ilcrh, Norm, 

 Audr.^Afr,, 247! Pappe, 37! Rogers, 24191 Wolky-Dod, 610! Wdins, 3595a! 

 MacOican, 2471! BurcheU, 316 1 -381! 8409 f 8428 1 Dregei Simons Bay, 

 MacGilHvray^ 627 1 HV/'y/'i ! Stollenbosch Div.; Lowrj^s Pass, G<dpin, 3156! 

 Caledon Div.; near Caledon, Thom^ 1009! JiOf/crs, 11024! Hangklip, Zef/hrr, 

 3758! Houw Hoek Mountains, 1500 ft., Burchell, 8136 ! Galpin. 4525! Zwart- 

 berg, 2000 ft., Galpin, 4526! Bredas=dorp Div. ; Rietfontein, SchUchter, 10592! 

 Queenstown Div. ; without precise locality, Cooper, 3083 bis ! Knyiua Div. ; 

 Milwood, T>'^onj 3128 ! and without precise locality, Zeyker, 4752 ! Var. yS : 

 Western District, without locality, Coope?\ 3081 ! 



Kalahaki Kegion ; Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burlcl Basutoland ; without 

 precise locality. Cooper, 3086 ! (both localities doubtful). 



6. G. orbiculata (0. H. Wright); an erect shrub; hrauches 

 corymbosej erect, glabrous ; leaves opposite, orbicular, 2-3 lin. in 

 diam., shortly cuspidate, l-nerved, glabrous; fluwers iew at the 

 apex of the branches ; calyx tomeatose outside, pale gamboge 

 {Bnrclicll) ; tube 8 lin. long, subcj'liudrical, ribbed ; lobes orbicular, 

 1^ lin. in diam. ; petals 4, anther-like, very thick, |- lin. long, 

 shortly stalked ; anthers oblong, ?^ lin. long, obtuse. 



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South Airica: without locality, Thom^ 162 ! 



Coast Region : Uniondale Div. ; in damp' places by the Aapies River, in Long 

 Kloof, Bavchdl, 4945 ! 



7. G. oppositifolia (Limi. Sp. PL ed. i. 358) ; a much-branched 

 shrub up to 12 ft. high ; branches \'irgate, slender, glabrous, reddish 

 when young ; leaves decussate, longer than the internodes, ovate or 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, 5 lin. long, 2 lin. ^^■ide3 quite glabrous, 

 1-nerved beneath, the upper often reddish especially at the margin ; 

 flo\vers in clusters of 4-6 at the branches ; calyx pubescent outside; 

 tube 8 lin. long, articulated below, slightly widened upwards, 

 ribbed; lobes obovate, obtuse, \h lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, 

 fleshy, 2-lol)ed in front, 1 lin. long ; anthers 1 lin. long, much 

 narrower than the petals, all included ; ovary \ lin. Ion 



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compressed, densely hai^y at the top ; style half as long as the 

 calyx-tube; stigma capitate. Lam. EncycL ii. 766, III. t 291, 

 Jiff. 2 ; Bot. Beg. t. 2 ; Bot. Mag. L 1902 ; Andr. Boi. Rep. t 225. 

 WlJcstr. in Vet. Acad. HandL 1818, 312; Ait Sort Kcw. ed. 2, ii. 

 413; Brege, Zwei Pfl. Bocumente, 79y 85, 89; Meisn. in LtnuBea, 

 xiv. 431, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 586 ; 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI iii. 

 ii. 281 ; Bolus & WoUeij-Dod in Trans. S. Afr. PJnL Soc. xiv. 316. 



[^vlgafa , Thanh. Prodr. 76, and FL Cap. ed. Schdt. 379; Andr. 



, Bei). L 89, G. IntifoJJa, HorL ex Meisn. in Linnsea, xiv. 432. 



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Pni<serina Isevigata, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 312, and Sp. PL ed. ii. 513. 

 ^ehf .Htni IsertgTfta, Berg. Bescr. PL Cap. 134. ^ v vV7 iopsis op i }os itj 



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Joiia, Van TUjh.m Bull. Soc Bot. France, xl (1893) l ^ .—Thnndxn 

 foUis pJanis acutis, etc., Bnrm. Ear. Afr. PL 137, t. 49,fitj. 3. 



