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hairs on the back at the base; corolla-tube 13 lin. long, con- 
stricted near the top, ovoid and sharply 4-angled below the con- 
striction, pubescent below the constriction outside and at the 
constriction within; lobes } lin. long, ovate, obtuse, concave, erect, 
glabrous ; anthers 1 lin. long, cuneate-subquadrate, seabrous, spurless ; 
ovary subtruncate or subemarginate at the apex, glabrous; style 
2 lin. long, glabrous ; stigma small, capitate. 
Coast Reaion: Clanwilliam Div.; by the Oliphants River and near Brak- 
fontein, Eklon Sf Zeyher, 269! in Berlin Herb. 
The description given by Klotzsch is erroneous as to the back of the leaves 
being scabrid and the corolla glabrous. 
9. G. rigida (N. E. Br.); braneblets puberulous, more or less 
intermingled with short hispid hairs; leaves 3-nate, adpressed, 
4—]2 lin. long, ovate or oblong, obtuse, very deeply grooved on the 
back, slightly viscid, at first puberulous and ciliate with minute 
gland-tipped hairs, becoming nearly glabrous on the back and 
minutely serrulate; heads globose, terminal, 3-4 lin. in diam., 
3—6-flowered ; pedicels 4 lin. long, bracteate at the middle; bracts 
applied to the calyx, all about 3 lin. long, oblong, obtuse, stiffly 
ciliate with simple or minutely gland-tipped hairs; calyx 4-partite, 
rather rigid; segments 1-11 lin. long, 3-2 lin. broad, elliptic or 
elliptie-oblong, obtuse, rather rigidly ciliate with stout simple or 
slightly scabrous often flexuous hairs }—} as broad as the segment, 
and with or without some similar hairs on the back ; corolla-tube 
1 lin. long, constricted near the top, subglobose or ellipsoid and 
4-angled below the constriction, puberulous outside and at the 
constriction within; lobes 34 lin. long, ovate, obtuse, concave, in- 
curved-connivent, glabrous ; anthers nearly } lin. long, with parallel 
cells, spurred on the back 4 above the base, scabrous; spurs 4 as 
long as the cells, awn-like, spreading; ovary obtuse, thinly puberu- 
lous at the top; style deciduous, not seen, 
i : ter Div.; near Brand Vley, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 
tone PGaleion Di pens Be between French Hoek ca Villiersdurp, 2000 ft., 
Bolus, 5193 ! ; 
10. G. Niveni (N. E. Br.); branchlets minutely tomentose or 
greyish-puberulous; leaves 3-nate, }—} lin. long with the petiole, 
oblong or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or acute, thick, flat on the upper 
side and on the grooved back, glabrous, minutely dentate-ciliate ; 
flowers in small globose terminal heads of 4-8; pedicels 3—> lin, 
long, bracteate at the middle; bracts applied to the calyx, about 
$ lin. long, linear, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, ciliate 
with hispid hairs; sepals often unequal in breadth, { lin. long, 
4—1 lin. broad, linear, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or aeute, 
hairy on the back and densely ciliate with hispid hairs, which are 
shorter than the breadth of the sepal; corolla 13-1} lin. long, con- 
stricted at the middle, pubescent with spreading hairs up to the base 
