FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 53 
Contributions towards a FuoraA or Soutu AFRICA, By 
Dr. C. F. Meisner, Professor of Botany, at the University 
of Basil, Switzerland. 
(Continued from p. 476.) 
TILIACER. 
1. Grewia occidentalis, L. DC. prodr. 1. p. 511, n. 35.—Ad 
latera montis Tafelberg (III. D. b.) Sept. 1838. Herb. 
Krauss. 
2. G. Caffra, nob.—Ramulis foliisque novellis et ca- 
lycibus pilosiusculis, ceterum glabra; stipulis setaceis 
petiolum equantibus, foliis oblongis vix obliquis acutis 3-ner- 
viis minute serratis ; pedunculis axillaribus 2-floris pedicellis- 
que petiolum vix superantibus; alabastris oblongis, basi tumen- 
tibus, sepalis linearibus petalis genitalibusque longioribus. 
In:sylvis primitivis prope Port Natal (V. c.) Dec. 1839. 
rauss, n. 209. IHE: 
From the foregoing species, this, which resembles it in habit, 
is perfectly distinct by narrower and minutely} ‘serrated 
(not obtusely dentate) leaves, by only half as large flowers, 
_ and by quite differently shaped alabastra, resembling those of 
a Xylopia, whereas in G. occidentalis they are almost'globose. 
Of the other Cape species hitherto described, G. obtusifolia, 
Willd. differs from ours in its pubescence; G. glandulosa, 
Vahl, in its acuminate leaves and shorter peduncles ; G. flava, 
DC. in the shape of its leaves, its one-flowered peduncles, ete, 
MELIACEÆ ? Fp 
Aitonia Capensis, Thunb. — In solo argillaceo regionis 
Karroo (II. c.) Apr. 1839. Krauss. : 
OXALIDER. 
1. Oxalis tubiflora, Jacq. DC. prodr. 1. p. 693, n. 89.—In 
arenosis planitiéi Capensis, (III. E. b.) Jun. 1838. Krauss, 
n. 1153. | 
2. Q. canescens, Jacg. DC. l. c. n. 40.—Cum precedente | 
legit Krauss, n. 1162. EM 
