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A distinct species, most closely resembling A, depress t new la y K. Sclium., but 

 readily distiuguisbable therefrom by the glandular female bracts aud ovaries and 

 by the toothed leaves. It is most nearly allied to .4. caperonioidcs, Bail]., but is 

 readily distinguished by its narrow leaves. Sonder has proposed the recognition 

 of two vaiietieSj distinguished by the presence or absence of pubescence, but, as 

 Miiller ha-s already indicated, the two suggested forms pass into each other. 

 Specimens of this species from near Pretoria (Leendc7'tz-Pott, 4821) are monoecious. 



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17. A. caperonioides (Baill, Adansonla, in, 157); herbaceous; 

 stems slender, sparingly to copiously branched, 6-10 in. long, from 

 a stout perennial woody rootstock 4-6 in. long or longer, |— ;^- in. 

 thick with brown rugose bark ; branches erect, striate, sparingly^ to 

 densely patently setulose like the stem, when young especially 

 towards tips of twigs densely grey shaggy -pubescent ; leaves firmly 

 papery or almost coriaceous, numerous, subsessile, ovate or cordate- 

 ovate, acute, margin coarsely sharply serrate, 1^—2 in. h^ng, g-J in. 

 wide, sparingly setulose on the nerves above, more densely setulose 

 ^nd pubescent on the nerves beneath when mature, when young the 

 leaves on both surfaces rather densely shaggy with bulbous-based 

 hairs ; petiole setulose, under 1 lin. long ; stipules setulose, lanceo- 

 late, persistent, li-2 lin. long: inflorescence l-sexiial, dirrcious: 

 male spikes 'axillary, solitary, peduncled ; peduncles sparingly to 

 densely grey shaggy-tomentose, 1^^— 2 in. long; spikes cylindric, 

 dense-flowered, slender, lJ-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate, ^ith grey 

 ciliate margins, i in. long, spreading, persistent ; buds shaggy- 

 set u lose ; female spikes terminal, solitary, ^ in. (ultimately ^~1 in.) 

 long, compact; bracts 1 -flowered, sessile, leafy, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, ]L_2 [j^ long, nearly as wide, margin strongly toothed, 

 teeth ovate-lanceolate^ acute, rather densely shaggy with bulbous- 

 based hairs externally, but eglandular or with only a few glands 

 intermixed ; sepals 3, ovate, acute, setulose; ovary distinctly 

 Slobed, setulose but not glandular in the upper half; styles 3, 

 united in their lower third, slightly or not at all laciniate above; 

 seeds subglobose. Prain in Kew BnJletin, 1913, 23. A. pediincnJaris, 

 '^'ctr. glahrata, Sand, in Limisea, xxiii. 115. A. Zeyheri, vat\ glahrata, 

 NiilL Arg. in Linn^a, xxxiv. 29, and In DG. Prodr. xv. ii. 847, 

 OS to sijn, Soiid., hut not as to description. A, peduncidaris, var. 



DG. Prodr. XV. ii. 846. A. pcdunadaris, 

 xxxvii. 470; JIiLtcJiinson in Dyer^ Fl. Trop. 

 Afr- vi. i. 884, partly and as to BJiodesian plant only ; not of 

 il Meyer. A. transvaaliensis, Gandog. in Bull Soc. Bot, Fr. Ix. 27. 



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Vaii. ;3, Galpini (Prain in Kew Bulletin, 1013, 23); leaves membranous, 

 persistently densely shaggy with long bulbous-based hairs. 



Kalahari Region' : Orange Eiver Colony ; Parys, Rorjers, 707 I Transvaal ; 

 "^■arloub localities, Burke, 83! 153 1 Ze^flier, 1521! Schlechterl Wilms, IS2S\ 1324! 

 132SI 1329 1 Miss Leendertz, 3211 2.583! Rogers, 24! Marloth, Sb66l Angler, 

 2S33 ! Fehr, 57 I Rehmann, 4553 ! 4554 ! 51S5 \ Bester, 2164, partly ! Bttrtt-Pav?/, 

 19S8 ! 2305 I 7171 1 9211, partly ! Modderfoutein, Miss Ilaagner I Earberton, Miss 

 Thomcroft, 30! Var. jS :' Transvaal; Earberton, 4000 ft., Galpin, 11061 



Apparently a very distinct species with female bracts most like those of A. 

 V^nctata, but very much firmer in consistence and hardly glandular. As regards 



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cf^peronioidcs, Midi Arg, in 

 Gihhs in Jonrn, Linn. Soc, x 



