COLLECTED BY MR. ALEXANDER WHYTE. 67 
Prare VIII. 
Figs. 1-5. Vellozia splendens, Rendle. 
Fig. 1. Shoot, slightly reduced. 
. Flower, natural size. 
. Leaf, natural size. 
. Perianth leaf, inside view, showing pair of scales and stamens, enlarged. 
. Stamen, enlarged. 
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PLATE IX. 
Figs. 1-5. Thesium Whyteanum, Rendle. 
. Branch, natural size. 
. Flower, enlarged. 
. Longitudinal section of same, enlarged. 
. Fruit, enlarged. 
. Apex of leaf, enlarged. 
Fig. 
Oah C). -— 
Figs. 6-11. Widdringtonia Whytei, Rendle. 
Fig. 6. Branch, bearing male cones and cluster of fruits, natural size. 
7. Transverse section of a branchlet of W. juniperoides, showing two opposite leaves with single 
resin-canal in each. 
8. The same of W. Whytei, showing the three resin-canals in each leaf. 
9. Piece of branchlet and detached leaf of W. Whytei. 
10. Male cone of same. 
11. Seed of same. 
PLATE X. 
Figs. 1-6. Panicum pectinatum, Rendle. 
1. Plant, natural size. 
2, 3, 4. First, second, and third empty glumes, enlarged. 
5. Flowering glume, enlarged. 
6. Portion of peduncle bearing capitate hairs. 
Figs. 7-12. Harpechloa altera, Rendle. 
Fig. 7. Plant, natural size. 
8. A spikelet, enlarged. 
9. Flowering glume. 
10. The same, opened, and seen from within. 
11. Pale. 
12. Upper barren flower. 
