232 Annals of the South African Museum. 



pilosumque ; sepala iuterioria 1 cm. longa, basi 4 mm. lata, ovata, 

 acumiuata, apice acuta, glabra, supra iuterdum ciliata. Corolla 3 cm. 

 longa, supra 2 cm. lata, infra 7 mm. lata, obovata, intus pilosa, ciliata ; 

 lobi 6 mm. longi, 6-7 mm. lati, subrotuudi ; tubus 7 mm. longus, 

 infra ovoideus, supra constrictus, glaber, sed pars constricta glandulosa. 

 Filamenta 8 mm. longa, subteretia, pauce glaudulosa iuterdumque 

 piloBa, aliter glabra ; antherae 5 mm. longae, 1'5 nun. late, ciliatae. 

 Ovarium 3 mm. longum, subglobosum, glabrum ; stylus 1*1 cm. longus, 

 supra subteres, infra paullo compi-essus, glaber vel supra 5-6 pilis 

 tectus. 



A plant with prostrate branches arising from an underground stem. 

 Branches up to - 5 in. long, sparsely covered with short soft hairs. 

 Leaves l-7'5 cm. long, -3-l'3 cm. broad, lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or 

 oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base into a petiole up to 1'5 cm. long, 

 glabrous, except for a few hairs on the midrib beneath, glandular. 

 Inflorescence 2-4-flowered, 3-3'5 cm. long, 2-3 - 5 cm. across. Bracts 

 2'5-3 cm. long, 1-1-2 cm. broad, obovate, acuminate, pungent, with 

 3-4 spines on either side of the margin in the upper half, 3-nerved, 

 glabrous, except for a few hairs on the prominent nerves beneath. 

 Bracteoles l'9-2 cm. long, 2 mm. broad, acuminate, acute, narrowed at 

 the base, glabrous, pinnately veined with a prominent midrib beneath. 

 Anticous sepal 2 cm. long, 5 mm. broad above, broadly linear, 2-toothed 

 at the apex, narrowing and concave at the base, prominently 2-nerved 

 beneath, with a few soft hairs on the uppermost third ; posticous sepal 

 2'3 cm. long, 5 mm. broad above, broadly linear, rounded and some- 

 what scarious at the apex, with margins partly infolded, prominently 

 3-4- veined and softly hairy beneath ; inner sepals 1 cm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad at the base, ovate, acuminate, acute, 1-nerved, glabrous, some- 

 times with long fine cilia on the margins in the uppermost third. 

 Corolla blue, 3 cm. long, 2 cm. broad above, 7 mm. broad below, 

 obovate, hairy within and with ciliated margins ; lobes 6 mm. long, 

 6-7 mm. broad, subrotuud; tube 7 mm. long, obovoid below, con- 

 stricted above and then expanded into a saucer-shaped structure, 

 glandular on the constricted portion, otherwise glabrous. Stamens 

 arising from the saucer-shaped portion; filaments 8 mm. long, sub- 

 terete, with a few minute scattered glands, and sometimes bearing a 

 few hairs, otherwise glabrous; processes of the two anticous filaments 

 curved, 1'5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse; anthers 5 mm. long, 1'5 mm. 

 broad, with a fringe of hairs along the slit. Ovary 3 mm. long, sub- 

 globose, glabrous, with two glands on the posticous face ; style I'l cm. 

 long, semi-terete above, gradually widening and compressed below, 

 glabrous, except for 5-6 hairs on the upper half. 



