"236 Annals of the South African Museum. 



terminalis, 4-6 cm. longa, circiter 1'5 cm. lata, cylindrata. Bracteae 

 6 mm. longae, 2'5 mm. latae, ellipticae, acumiuatae, apice subacutae, 

 marginatae, glabrae. Calyx 4 mm. longus, 1'5 mm. latus, apice 

 obtusus, rnargiuatus, glaber. Tabus corollae 5 mm. lougus, cyliu- 

 dratus, glaber ; limbus 8 mm. loiigus, supra 3 mm. latus, planus ; lobi 

 4, oblongi vel liueares, apice obtusi. Filamenta 1 mm. longa ; autherae 

 l - 5 mm. longae. Ovarium 1 mm. longum, glabrum ; stylus 5 mm. 

 longus, teres, glaber ; stigma miuutum. Frvctus 6 mm. longus, 1'75 

 mm. latus, apice obtusus, glaber. 



A woody shrub 15-27 in. high. Branches densely leafy, pubescent 

 in decurrent lines from the leaf-bases, otherwise glabrous. Leaves '7- 

 2'2 cm. long, 1-3 mm. broad, linear, subobtuse, narrowed at the base, 

 with the midrib sunk above, remotely serrulate in the upper halt' or 

 uppermost third, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, 4-6 cm. long, about 

 1'5 cm. in diameter, cylindric. Bracts 6 mm. long, 2'5 mm. broad, 

 elliptic, acuminate, subacute, with narrow membranous margins, 

 glabrous. Calyx 4mm. long, 1'5 mm. broad, concave, obtuse, 2-nerved, 

 with broad membranous margins, glabrous. Corolla-tube 5 mm. long, 

 cyliudric, glabrous ; limb 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad above, flattened, 

 widened above ; lobes 4 ; the two outer T5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, 

 oblong, rounded above ; the two inner 1'5 mm. long, - 5 mm. broad, 

 linear, obtuse. Stamens on the margins of the corolla limb, 2 on either 

 side; filaments 1 mm. long, glabrous; anthers 1/5 mm. long. Ovary 

 1 mm. long, '75mm. broad, oblong in outline, glabrous; style 5 mm. 

 long, terete, gradually narrowing upwards, glabrous ; stigma minute. 

 Fruit 6 mm. long, 1'75 mm. broad, oblong in outline, obtuse, 

 glabrous, subtended by the persistent bract. 



Differs from H. Sutherlandi, Rolfe, by the larger flowers, and 

 from H. fruticosa, Sims, in the leaves being serrulate and not 

 denticulate. 



Malavaneug, Leribe District. Flowers cream and reddish. A. 

 Dieterlen, 1004 



SBSUTO : Tsitoane ea setlolo. The " Tsitoane " for ointment. Mixed 

 with fat to make a perfumed ointment. Used especially by the wives 

 of chiefs. This is held in greater esteem than H. comosa as an 

 ointment. 



WALAFRIDA, E. Mey. 

 W. apiculata, Eolfe. 



Doodmau's Krans Mtn., 8500 ft., March, Galpin, 6812 ! ; summit of 

 the Wittebergeu, 7-8000 ft., Drege. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



