182 Annals of tl/f South Africm/ Mmwttm. 



l'5-5 mm. broad, elliptic, obovate, spathulate or subrotund, obtuse, 

 attenuated at the base into a flat petiole, entire, with rounded and 

 thickened margins, sometimes pilose, otherwise glabrous. Flown-n 

 terminal, solitary. Pedicels up to 3'5 mm. long, pilose, sometimes 

 almost absent. Ca1yx-tnl>t j 3 mm. long, 4 mm. in diameter above, 

 obconical, pilose; lobes 4'5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad at the base, 

 triangular-ovate, acute, with rounded and thickened margins, scantily 

 pilose. Corolla pale blue, scantily pilose ; tube 8 mm. long, 5 mm. in 

 diameter above, campanulate ; lobes 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, elliptic, 

 bluntly mucrouate at the apex and ciliate with a few hairs. Stamens 

 inserted at the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments 3 mm. long, linear- 

 acuminate ; anthers 2'5 mm. long, linear. Ovary 3-celled, 2 mm. long, 

 about 2mm. broad, subglobose ; style 8 mm. long, terete, minutely 

 pubescent 011 the lower half, truncate and 3-lobed at the apex ; lobes 

 5 mm. long, linear, terete. Fruit enclosed in the persistent calyx, 

 3 mm. long, '2 mm. broad below, conical; seeds '75 mm. long, - 5 mm. 

 broad, ellipsoid ; testa reddish-brown. 



Very closely allied to W. montana, DC., from which it is easily 

 distinguished by the smaller and differently shaped leaves which are 

 narrowed at the base into a flat petiole. I can find no material 

 difference in the floral structure. At first I thought this plant should 

 be regarded as a form of W. montana, DC. .but as Madame Dieterlen's 

 specimens are so utterly different from, and can so easily be dis- 

 tinguished from this species, I decided to keep them specifically 

 distinct. 



W. pinifolia, N. E. Br. 



Natal, on damp rocks, 5-6000 ft., February, Evans, 348. 

 DISTBIBITTION : Endemic. 



W. Galpinii, Phillips, sp. nov. Planta pusilla, 7-10 cm. alta. Rami 

 minute pubescentes. Folia - 3-l'l cm. louga, -5-2 mm. lata, linearia 

 vel spathulato-linearia, apice obtusa, basi augustata, glabra. Flores 

 solitarii, terminales vel axillares. Pedicelliis circiter 2 mm. longus, 

 glaber vel minute pubesceus. Tubus calycis 1*5 mm. longus, glaber ; 

 lobi 3 mm. longi, ovato-lineares, apice obtusi, glabri. Tubus corollae 

 3 mm. longus, glaber; lobi 2'5 mm. longi, 1'75 mm. lati, acuminati. 

 Filamenta 1'5 mm. longa, oblonga, basi - 5 mm. lata minute ciliataque, 

 supra linearia; antherae 1'25 mm. longae, oblongo-lineares. Ovarium 

 triloculare ; stylus 2 mm. longus, teres, glaber ; lobi 3. 



Wittebergen, Ben McDhui, Barkly East Division, 9300-9500 ft., 

 March, Galpin, 6761. 



A dwarf plant 7-10 cm. high. Branches terete, minutely pubescent. 



