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decurrente ovatis acuminatis, superioribus sensim angustio- 
. ribus; stipulis ad petioli basin foliaceis, subfalcato-semi- 
ovatis, acutis, patulis, persistentibus ; floribus glomerulatis, 
in spicam .terminalem nudam dispositis, glomerulis inferio- 
ribus pedunculatis, superioribus sessilibus, calyce mutico. 
In graminosis prope flum. Umgani, Port Natal (V. c.) Jun. 
1839. Krauss, n. 238. 
A very slender, weak herb, about 1 foot high; inferior leaves 
nearly 1 inch long (little exceeding the petiole) and 6-8 
lines broad ; stipules as long or little shorter than the petiole; 
spike 1-2 inches long glomeruli about the size of a pea, 
flowers white, satinlike shining. 
10. Lestiboudesia ? Caffra, n. sp. suffrutex ? glaberrimus, 
" ramis virgatis, elongatis, simplicibus, superne subaphyllis ; 
foliis sparsis, spathulato-linearibus, obtusis ; spicis termina- 
libus, ternis, pedunculatis, gracilibus, intermedia elongata 
staminodiis bifidis, stigmatibus 3, utriculo 2-spermo. 
In graminosis ad sylvarum margines prope Umlaas Lager, 
Port Natal (V. c.) Dec. 1839. Krauss, n. 37. 
Ramus bipedalis et ultra, infra medium satis dense foliosus 
(internodiis hic 2-6 lin. longis) superne folia pauca longe 
distantia gerens, teres, obsolete lineatus. Folia ordine spirali 
2-5 disposita, 1-1} poll. longa, in petiolum brevem sensim 
anguste decurrentia, ultra medium latiora (3 lin lata) apice 
parum angustata, obtusa. Spica terminalis (intermedia) 
semi-pedalis (inferne jam deflorata, bracteis diu persistenti- 
bus, patulis, membranaceis, lanceolatis, lin. 1-14 longis obsi- 
‘ta), laterales 1-14 poll. longs, floribus superioribus dense 
contiguis, inferioribus remotiusculis. Calyx albus, nitidus. 
Staminodia antheras breviter superantia, apice acute bifida. 
Anthere 2-loculares. Stigmata 3 brevia, sessilia, revoluta. 
Utriculus circumscissus, 2-spermus. Semina lenticularia, 
nigra, nitida, testa crustacea. 
Although our plant somewhat deviates from the generic 
character assigned to Lestiboudesia (of which we have seen’ 
no other species) especially in having the capsule only two- 
seeded, we entertain little doubt of its really belonging to that 
