Gnidia,'] tiiymel^ace^ (Wright). 51 



Kiver, BurchcU, 4597 1 Port Elizabeth, Miss CJierry, 911 ! Wtsi, 99 ! Albany Div. ; 

 without precise locality, AtkersUme, 90! Alexandria Div.; sandy slopes between 

 Bushmans River and de Begha, Bennir, 743 ! Bathurst Div. ; between KasuJ5^'l 

 River and Port Alfred, Burchdl, 3979 1 at the mouth of the Great Fish River, 

 western side, Burchell, 3744 I 



15. G-. myrtifolia (C. II. AVriglit) ; a densely branched slirub; 

 branches short, slender, roddish, at first hirsute, soon glabresceut, 

 leaf-scars small ; leaves opposite, approximate, ovate or ovate- 

 oblong, 5 lin. longj 2-2 1 lin. Avide, acuminate, coriaceous, finely 

 verrucose on the margins of the upper part, other>;rise glabrous, 

 3-5-nerved beneath; flowers few at the ends of the branches; 

 calyx pubescent outside ; tube 5 lin. long, narrowly funnel-sha{>ed ; 

 lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute and thick at the apex, 2 lin. long, 

 1 lin. wide ; petals 4, membranous, 1 lin. long, | lin. wide ; anthers 



oblong, obtuse, ^ lin. long, the upper exported on filaments |- lin. 

 long ; ovary ovoid, hairy at the top ; style longer than the calyx- 

 tube, stout ; stigma papillose. 



Coast Region : East London Div. ; plains near Cove Rock, East London, 50 ft., 

 Galpuiy 3177 1 hill near Kwenquea River mouthj 300 ft.. Galpin, 5803 ! 



16. G. sonderiana (Meisn. in DC, Prodr. xiv. 587); a slender 

 undershrub; branches densely patent-pubescent ; branchlets densely 

 white-villous ; leaves opposite, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, attenuate, 

 subobtuse, margins long white-villous, nerves obscure ; flowers 

 subsolitary, terminal ; calyx loosely pilose ; lobes ovate, acute, 

 half as long as the tube ; petals membranous, half as long as the 

 calyx-lobes. Epichroxa ntha vWofia, , EcJcI. d' Zeyli, ex Meisn, he. 



Coast Regiox : Caledon Div. ; araongst rocks^ Babylons Tower, Echlon, 82 1 



17. G. tenella (3Ieisn. in Hook, Lund. Journ. Bot. ii. [1843], 

 554) ; stem herbaceous ? erect, simple, slender ; leaves opposite, 

 subimbricate, subadpressed, oval-oblong, obtuse, subconcave, densely 

 covered with silky hairs, 2—4 lin. long and 1 iin. wide, increasing 

 upwards to 4-5 lin. by 3 lin. ; heads 2-4-flowered ; calyx 5 lin. 

 long, hairy outside ; lobes oval, obtuse, scarcely 1 lin. long; petals 4, 

 membranous, entire, rather more than half as long as the calyx- 

 lobes. Drege in Linnsea^ xx. 208. G. albieans, var, fenella. Meisn. 

 in DC. Prodr, xiv. 584. 



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Var. B, elatior (C. H. Wright) ; a sparingly branched shrub, d)out 1 ft. high ; 

 leaves oval or oblong, obtuse, 4 Tin. long, 2 lin. wide ; flowers rather larger than 

 in the type. G, seHcea^ var. villos^issima, Meisn. in Linnsea^ xiv. 436 ; Drege^ 

 Zwei.PJl. Docutiie/tte, SI, ISS. g. nvomala^ rar. villos^iss^ima, Meisn. I.e. G* 

 alhirana, rar. elatior, ^leisn, in DO. Frodr, xiv. 584. 



South Africa: without localitv, Var. /3: Berglas, ZOO I Harvey, 6S2 I Ztyher, 



1498 1 



Coast Region: Cape Div,; Constantia Berg, 2000 ft., Krauss, 770, Var. p: 



Worcester Div.: Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Dregel Cape Div.; Claremout 



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