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but the hairs not hiding the surface between the veins beneath ; 
panicle 8-10 in. (or more?) long, about 6 in. broad in the male and 
4 in. broad in the female plant, compact or the spikes somewhat 
crowded ; male spikes 1-1? in. long, } in. in diam., with the flower- 
whorls about 1 lin. apart; bracts very caducous, only a few of the 
uppermost seen, about ? lin. long, ? lin. broad, broadly triangular- 
ovate, acute, broadly cuneate at the base, puberulous on the back, 
ciliate with rather long hairs ; pedicels minute, scarcely } lin, long ; 
calyx } lin. long, 3-lobed to the middle or below, minutely pube- 
rulous, ciliate; dorsal lobe ovate, obtuse ; ‘lateral lobes deltoid- 
oblong, minutely and acutely 2-toothed at the apex; corolla 
unequally 5-lobed, minutely and thinly pubescent outside, white ; 
tube 3-4 lin. long, funnel-shaped, about 3 lin. in diam. at the 
mouth ; lower lobe larger than the others, rather more than § lin. 
long, oblong, very obtuse ; stamens 4, subequal, exserted, {-1 lin. 
long ; ovary aborting ; style slightly exserted, minutely bifid at the 
apex; female spikes 31-2 in. long, about } in. in diam., with 
crowded flower-whorls; bracts more persistent than in the male, 
3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, broadly cordate, otherwise and as well as 
the pedicels and calyx as in the male; corolla subequally 5-lobed ; 
tube 1-1 lin. long, cylindric; lobes }-} lin. long; style much 
exserted, about twice as long as the corolla-tube ; stigmas widely 
spreading. 
Katanart Reaion : Transvaal; on hill-sides near Barberton, 3000 ft., Galpin, 
972 $ and ?! 
3. I. Bainesii (N. E. Br.); a stout herb, probably 2-3 or more 
ft. high, the panicle only seen ; stem subterete, softly pubescent or 
somewhat tomentose ; lower leaves not seen, those on the panicle 
with a petiole about 1 lin. long and blade 5-10 lin. long, 3}—5 lin. 
broad, ovate, acute, cuneate or rounded at the base, coarsely toothed, 
rather thick, not rugose, densely and somewhat harshly pubescent 
above, densely tomentose with the hairs quite hiding the surface 
between the veins beneath; panicle 6-15 in. long, 3}-6 in. in 
diam., much branched, rather compact; male spikes 1-2 in. long, 
3-31 lin. in diam., somewhat lax, with whorls 3—1 lin. apart; 
female spikes }-} in. long, }-} in. in diam., with densely crowded 
whorls ; bracts about 1 lin. long and nearly as broad in the male, 
13-11 lin. long and 1 lin. broad in the female, triangular-ovate, 
acute, slightly and broadly cordate at the base in the female, nearly 
truncate in the male, concave, puberulous, ciliate ; pedicels scarcely 
4 lin. long ; calyx in both sexes about } lin. long, 3-lobed to the 
middle or below, rather densely pubescent; dorsal lobe ovate, 
obtuse ; lateral lobes subquadrate-oblong, minutely 2-toothed or 
emarginate at the apex; male flowers with the corolla unequally 
5-lobed, puberulous outside and with a tuft of woolly hairs near the 
base of the tube inside; tube 1}-1} lin. long, narrowly funnel- 
shaped, about } lin. in diam. at the mouth ; lower lobe about twice 
as long as the rest, } lin. long, oblong, obtuse ; stamens 4, slightly 
