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ceolatis integerrimis, floribus masculis axillaribus sessili- 
bus subsolitaris v. in pedunculo brevissimo paucis glo- 
meratis. 
In collibus arenosis littoralibus terre Zitzikamma, distr. 
George (IV..C. b.) Mart. 1839. Krauss, n. 1191. (Foemina 
latet). 
Stems scarcely 5 inches long, extremely thin and weak. 
Leaves 3-4 lines long, 3-1 line broad; stipules acute, 3-1 line 
long. Flowers minute, yellow. Opposite to, or in the ax- 
ils of the leaves, especially of the superior ones, there are 
generally seen a few sterile pedicels in the shape of minute 
filiform bodies terminated by a round brownish gland, exactly 
like those we observe in the axils of the bracts on the male 
inflorescence of M. perennis. 
2. M. bupleuroides, n. sp.; glaberrima, basi suffrutescens, 
caulibus erectis, strictiusculis, ramosis, superne acute angu- 
lato-costatis; foliis alternis, subpetiolatis, lanceolatis, acutis, 
leviter et remotiuscule dentatis, triplinerviis, superioribus 
linearibus sepius subintegerrimis; stipulis herbaceis, lanceo- - 
latis, subintegris v. basi inciso-serratis; floribus masculis 
axillaribus paucis aggregatis, brevissime pedicellatis (feemineis 
ignotis). 
In graminosis circa Port Natal (V. c.) Oct. 1839. Krauss, 
n. 1169. (Drége, n. 1867 ! and perhaps also his n. 1868 and 
8293 ?). 
This comes very near the beds nd species, from which, 
however, it is sufficiently distinct by the characters above 
indicated. The leaves are often 10-12 lines long, 2-3 lines 
broad, their teeth short, scarcely acute, and from 1 to 2 lines 
distant from each other. The stipules attain the length of 
2 lines, and generally bear two or three longish teeth on the 
margin near the base. The flowers are mingled with similar 
sterile pedicels as in M. tenella. 
3. M. serrata, n. sp.; glaberrima ; caule debili, diffuso, 
ramoso, basi Mi müsdente? superne obsolete marginato- 
angulato ; ; foliis alternis, petiolatis, acute serratis, inferioribus 
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