230 Annals of the South African 



LBNTIBULARIEAE. 



UTEICULAEIA, Linn. 



TJ. Ecklonii, Spreng. 



Water courses and springs on plateau. Flowers white. Summer. 

 4. Dieterlen, 781 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Namaqualand Minor. Tulbagh. Cape. Caledon. 

 Eiversdale. Uitenliage. Somerset East. G-raatt' Eeinet. Bechuana- 

 laud. Transvaal (Houtbosch). 



SESUTO : Tlawana sa met si. The little water plant. Use unknown. 



U. exoleta, E. Br. 



Natal, Mohlamba Eange, 5-6000 ft., Sutherland. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Uitenhage. Transvaal (Magaliesberg, Eustenburg, 

 near Crocodile Eiver, Bosch Veld). 



U. humilis, Phillips, sp. nov. (PI. II, fig. B). Herba aquatica, 1-2 cm. 

 alta, glabra. Folia 1 cm. longa, supra - 75 mm. lata, linearia, apiee 

 obtusa, basi angustata. Bracteue 1 mm. longae, lineares, apice obtusae. 

 Sejwla 2'5 mm. longa, 1'5 mm. lat.i, elliptica, apice obtusa. Corolla 

 6 mm. longa ; palatum rugosum. Filamenta 1 mm. louga ; a.ntherae 

 "5 mm. longae. Ovaritan planum, 1 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, 

 ellipticum, glabruni ; stylus '5 mm. longas ; stigma plauum, - 75 mm. 

 latum. 



Small plants 1-2 cm. high. Brandies glabrous. Leaves all radical, 

 about 1 cm. long, -75 mm. broad above, linear, obtuse, narrowing and 

 hyaline towards the base. Bracts 1 mm. long, linear, obtuse. Flowers 

 solitary, subsessile, 8 mm. long. Pedicel 1 mm. long, terete. Sejiiifs 

 2 - 5 mm. long, 15 mm. broad, elliptic, obtase, deeply concave, glabrous. 

 Corolla pink ; lower lip 4 mm. long, ovate below, slightly constricted 

 in the middle and then produced into a.n oblong portion, truncate ; 

 upper lip 6 mm. long, hooded, rounded above, produced at the base 

 into a spur 5 mm. long ; palate transversely rugose. Filaments about 

 1 mm. long ; anthers - 5 mm. long. Ovary flattened 1 mm. long, 1 mm. 

 broad, elliptic, glabrous ; style '5 mm. long, thickened ; stigma flattened, 

 1'75 mm. broad. Placenta shortly stalked, about "5 mm. long, - 5 mm. 

 broad, ovate, truncate. Ovules numerous. Fruit not seen. 



Near U. transrugosa, Stapf., but differs in the size and shape of the 

 flowers. 



Leribe plateau. November. A. Dieterlen, 925. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Tlamana sa metsi. The little water-plant. 



