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W. Kraussii, Bkr. 



Summit of the Mont-aux-Sources, 9500 ft., January, 

 2027 ! ; Natal, Van Reenen, 5-6000 ft,, February, flowers greenish- 

 white. Wood, 9617! 



DISTRIBUTION : Tembuland. Pondolaud. East Griqualand. 



W. pusilla, Phillips, sp. nov. Plant* pusilla, ad 8 cm. alta. Folia 2, 

 2-4' 1 cm. longa, 3-8 mm. lata, ovata vel linearia, acuminata, glabra. 

 Inflorescentia spicata, 2-4-florifera, 1-5-2 cm. longa. Tubus perianthii 

 7-5-8 mm. longus, 2-2' 5 mm. latus, glaber ; lobi 7 '5-8 mm. lougi, 

 1*75 mm. lati, lineari-lanceolati, apice obtusi. Filamenta 3 mm. longa, 

 glabra; antherae 1 mm. lougae, oblongae. Ovariuin 4'5 mm. longum, 

 2-5 mm. latum, oblongum, glabrum ; stylus 5'5 mm. longus, basi 

 '75-1 mm. latus, apice subulatus ; stigma miuutum. 



A small plaut up to 8 cm. long. Conn not seen. Produced leaves 

 2, 2-4'l cm. long, 3-8 nun. broad, ovate or linear, acuminate, clasping 

 the stem, glabrous; leaf-sheath 7-9 mm. long in the lower leaf, T8-2 

 cm. long in the upper. Inflorescence spicate, 2-4-flowered, 1-5-2 cm. 

 long. Tube of the perianth 7'5-8 mm. long, 2-2'5 mm. broad, glabrous ; 

 lobes 7'5-8 mm. long, 1"75 mm. broad, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, with 

 two dark glandular swellings 2 mm. from the base, glabrous. Stamens 

 inserted at the base of the perianth-segments ; filaments 3 mm. long, 

 linear glabrous ; anthers 1 mm. long, oblong. Ovary 4'5 mm. long, 

 2'5 mm. broad, oblong in outline, glabrous ; styles 3, 5'5 mm. long, 

 75-1 mm. broad at the base, tapering gradually to a subulate apex ; 

 stigmas minute. 



Mont-aux-Sources, 10000 ft., October, flowers pale, A. Bolus in / 

 Herb. Guthrie, 4937. 



Differs from W. capensis, Thunb., in the dwarf habit and the short 

 1-4-flowered inflorescence, sheathed in the upper leaf. 



LITTONIA, Hook. 

 L. modesta, Hook. 



Damp places at Bt-ster's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5300 ft., Decem- 

 ber, Bolus, 8265 ! ; Nelson's Kop, Cooper, 880. 



DISTRIBUTION : Poudoland. Natal. Transvaal (Barberton, Lyden- 

 burg, Belfast). 



XYRIDEAE. 



XYRIS, Linn. 

 X. capensis, Thunb. 



Marshy places at Leribe, A. Dleterlen, 602!; damp ground near 

 stream on plateau, flowers yellow, Phillips, 718 ! 



