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when laid open, glabrous ; upper lobes 6*5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, 

 obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base; lower lobes 3 mm. long, obovate, 

 bluntly apiculate, narrowed at the base. Staminal column 6 mm. high ; 

 tilameuts linear, glabrous ; anthers 2 mm. long, the 2 shortest bearded 

 at the apex. Ovary 1-3 mm. long, glabrous ; style 4 mm. long, terete, 

 glabrous ; lobes, "5 mm. long, oblong, with a circle of hairs at the base. 

 Fruit 8 mm. long, 3' 5 mm. broad, 2-celled, 5-ribbed, glabrous. 

 Approaches L. cypliioides, Harv., from which it differs in having 

 glabrous leaves, longer pedicels, and the calyx-tube being longer than 

 the lobes. 



GYPHIA, Ber.j. 

 C. corylifolia, Harv. 



Natal, Van Keeuen, 5-600U ft., February, Wood, 9203. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



C. elata, Harv. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 12-25 in. high, flowers pale mauve. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 451 ; higher grassy slopes of the Mont-aux- 

 Sources, c. 8100 ft., January, Thode, 31. 



SESUTO : Lenkoto. 



C. triphylla, Phillips, sp. nov. Scandens, '5-1 in. longus. R&mi 

 glabri. Folia subsessilia, trifoliolata. Petiolus 1 mm. lougus, linearis : 

 foliola 1-3 cm. loiiga, '5-1 mm. lata, linearia, apice obtusa, glabra. 

 Injlorescentia terminalis, 7-20 cm. longa. Pedicellus 2 mm. longus, 

 teres, glaber. Tubus calycis 1 mm. longus, campauulatus, glaber ; 

 lobi 1'5 mm. longi, lineares, apice acuti, marginati. Seymenta corollae 

 6-7 mm. longa, lanceolata lineariaque. Filamenta 3'5 mm. longa, supra 

 angustata, basi paullo plana, glabra : antherae 1'5 mm. longae, lineares, 

 glabrae. Ovarium 2 - 5 mm. lougum, ovatum, glabrum ; stylus 1'5 mm. 

 longus, teres ; stigma capitatum, ciliatum. 



Slopes at Malavaneng, Leribe District. Summer (February). A. 

 Dieterlen, 945. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Lekotoana- la meMaka. The small " Lekoto " of the 

 marshes. Mararana oa mehlaka. The small creeper of the marshes. 



A twining plant, '5-1 in. long. Stems glabrous. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, trifoliate. Petiole 1 mm. long, linear; leaflets 1-3 cm. long, 

 5-1 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, 

 7-20 cm. long, leafless. Pedicels 2 mm. long, slender, terete, glabrous. 

 Calyx-tube 1 mm. long, campanulate, glabrous; lobes 1*5 mm. long, 

 linear, acute, with narrow membranous wings. Corolla-segments 

 6-7 mm. long ; the lower lanceolate, attenuate at the base ; the upper 



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