112 Annals of the South African Museum. 



2. H. pinnatisecta, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba 10-17 cm. alta. Rami 

 sulcati, paullo pilosi. Folia - 6-2 cm.longa, pinnatisecta ; segmenta 

 0*2-1 cm. longa, linearia, apice obtusa, interdum apice mucronata et 

 recurva, pilosa. Pedicelus 1*3-1*7 cm. longus, paullo pilosus. Seg- 

 menta calyci 4 mm. longa, oblongo-linearia, pilosa. Petala 6 mm. 

 longa, 4 mm. lata, obovata, apice rotunda, basi angustata, glabra. 

 Filamenta 3 mm. longa, linearia, supra angustata, glabra ; antherae 



2 mm. longae, lineares. Ovarium 1*5 mm. longum, glabrum ; stylus 

 0*5 mm. longus ; stigma capitatum. Fructus 1-1*7 cm. longus, 

 1-5-2 mm. latus, linearis, glaber. 



Van Rhynsdorp Division : Giftberg Range, 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Phillips 7580 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berg, Giftberg, and the OliphanVs River Mountains, 1911. 



A simple or branched herb 10-17 cm. high. Stems furrowed, 

 scantily pilose. Leaves - 6-2 cm. long, pinnatisect ; segments 0-2- 

 1 cm. long, linear, obtuse or sometimes acute with a recurved mucro, 

 pilose. Inflorescence racemose, terminal or axillary, 2-6 cm. long ; 

 axis scantily pilose. Pedicels 1*3-1-7 cm. long, elongating in fruit, 

 scantily pilose. Calyx-segments 4 mm. long, oblong-linear, with a 

 hyaline wing at the apex, pilose. Petals 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, 

 obovate, rounded above, narrowed at the base, glabrous, pale blue, 

 drying purple to almost white. Stamens of equal length ; filaments 



3 mm. long, linear, narrowing above, glabrous ; anthers 2 mm. long, 

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

 long, terete ; stigma capitate. Fruit 1-1-7 cm. long, 1-5-2 mm. 

 broad, linear, beaked, glabrous. 



Near H. sessili folia, Burch, but differs in being hairy, having 

 longer pedicels and the corolla pale blue, not white or 

 yellowish. 



3. H. trichinostyla, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba 20-34 cm. alta. 

 Rami sulcati, pilosi. Folia sessilia, 3-9-2 cm. longa, 2-6 mm. lata, 

 plana, linearia, apice subobtusa, pilosa. Inflorescentia terminalia 

 vel axillaria. Pedicelus 0*5-1 cm. longus, pilosus. Segmenta calyci 



7 mm. longa, oblonga, apice obtusa sacculataque, pilosa. Petala 



8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, obovata, apice obtusa, basi angustata, 

 glabra. Filamenta 5 mm. longa, linearia, glabra ; antherae 2 mm. 

 longae, oblongae, basi sagittatae. Ovarium 4-5 mm. longum, lineare, 

 glabrum; stylus 2 mm. longus, glaber ; stigma capitatum. Fructus 

 3-6 cm. longus, 1-1*5 mm. latus, linearis, apice ovatus, sparse 

 pilosus, raro glaber, superne glandulosus. 



Van Rhynsdorp Division: Giftberg Range, 1-2,000 ft., September. 



