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9. — Contributions to the Flora of South Africa. No. I. — By E. P. 

 Phillips, M.A., F.L.S. 



CKUCIFEEAE. 



1. Hcliophila Lightfootia, Phillips, sp. now Herha 20-30 cm. 

 alta. Rami infra pubescenti, demum glabri. Folia 1-35 cm. longa ; 

 segmenta linearia, apice obtusa, pubescentia. Inflorescentia race- 

 mosa, axillaria vel terminalia. Pedicelus 0*5-1 cm. longus, teres, 

 paullo pubescens. Segmenta calyci 3 mm. longa, oblonga, apice 

 obtusa, pubescentia. Petala 6 - 5 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, obovata, 

 apice rotunda, basi angustata. Filamenta 2-2-5 mm. longa, linearia ; 

 antherae 1-5 mm. longae, oblongae. Ovarium 2-5 mm. longum, 

 glabrum ; stylus 1 mm. longus, glaber ; stigma globosum. Fructus 

 2*5-3 cm. longus, linearis, glaber. 



Van Ehynsdorp Division : Giftberg Eange 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Pliillips 7683 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berg, Giftberg, and Oliphant's River Mountains, 1911. 



A herbaceous plant 20-30 cm. high, branched from the base. 

 Steins brownish and pubescent below, otherwise glabrous. Leaves 

 1-3 '5 cm. long, simple or digitately tri-sect ; simple leaves and leaf- 

 segments linear, obtuse, pubescent. Inflorescence terminal or axil- 

 lary, racemose, 5-12 -flowered. Pedicels O'5-l cm. long, terete, scantily 

 pubescent. Buds ellipsoid, obtuse. Calyx -segments 3 mm. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, pubescent. Corolla blue, 6-5 mm. long ; petals 

 3 - 5 mm. broad, obovate, rounded above, narrowed at the base. 

 Filaments 2-2-5 long, linear ; anthers 1-5 mm. long, oblong. 

 Ovary 2-5 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; style 1 mm. long, terete, 

 glabrous ; stigma globose. Fruit 2-5-3 cm. long, linear, sometimes 

 slightly moniliform, glabrous. 



Allied to H.monticolor, Sond., but differs in the stems being 

 pubescent at the base, the calyx pubescent, and the filaments of the 

 lateral stamens not toothed. 



Named in honour of Mr. E. M. Lightfoot, of the S.A. Museum, 

 who accompanied me to the Giftberg. 



