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GESNERACEAE. 



STREPTOCARPUS, Lindl. 

 S. pusilla, Harv. 



Slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, 8000 ft., January, Flanaynt. 

 2099 ! ; Natal, Drakensberg, near De Beer's Pass, 5-6000 ft,, March, 

 flowers light blue, Wood, 6021 ! ; stony places on the Drakensbergen, 

 5-6000 ft., November, flowers white and pink, Wood, 6275 ! 



DISTRIBUTION: East Griqualand. Transvaal (Carolina). 



S. Rexii, Lindl. 



Orange Free State, Drakensbergen, flowers blue and white, Cooper, 

 1031 ! ; Natal, Van Reenen, 5500 ft., January, flowers lilac, Wood, 

 10724. 



DISTRIBUTION: Somerset East. Stutterheim. East Griqualand. 

 Transvaal (Kaffir Creek). 



ACANTHACEAE. 



CHAETACANTHUS, Ness. 

 C. Burchellii, Ness. 



Natal, Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft., November, flowers white, Wood, 

 9722 ! ; Tli.-tba Unchu, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : East Griqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Trigard's 

 Fontein. near Lydenburg. MacMac, Standerton, Barbertnu). 



BLEPHARIS, J-U88. 



B. subvolubilis, C. B. Cl. 



Thaba Unchu, Burke. 



DISTRIBUTION : Transvaal ( Barberton). 



B. espinosa, Phillips, sp. nov. (PL II, fig. A). Planta prostrata. 

 Kami strictis pilis teeti. Folia l-7'5 cm. louga, - 3-L3 cm. luta. 

 lanceolata, elliptico-oblonga vel oblonga, apice obtusa, basi attenuate, 

 glabra, glaudulosa, Inflorescentia 2-4-florifera, 3-3'5 cm. longa, 

 2-3'5 cm. lata. Bracteae 2'5-3 cm. longae, 1-1 -2 cm. latae, obovatae, 

 acuniinatae, spiuosae, glabrae. Bracteolae L9-2 cm. longae, 2 mm. 

 latae, acuniinatae, apice acutae, basi angustatae, glabrae, subtus uni- 

 costatae. Sepalum anticum 2 cm. longum, supra 5 mm. latum, liueare, 

 apice bideiitatum, basi augustatum concavunique, subtus 2-costatum, 

 supra paucis pilis tectum ; sepalum posticum 2'3 cm. longum, supra 

 5 mm. latum, lineare, apice obtusum, scariosumque, subtus 3-4-costatum 



