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about 12-flowered. Pedicels 6 mm. long, terete, glabrous. Calyx 

 1-5 mm. long; lobes 1 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Petals 

 3-5 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse, narrowed 

 at the base, glabrous. Sterile filaments 2 mm. long, linear, obtuse, 

 broadened below, ciliate. Filaments of fertile stamens 4 mm. long, 

 terete, glabrous ; anthers 0-5 mm. long, globose. Disc cup-shaped, 

 adnate to the calyx. Ovary 1 mm. long, obtusely 3-angled, each cell 

 produced into a blunt fleshy horn, glabrous; style 3 mm. long, 

 terete, glabrous ; stigma simple. Fruit not seen. 



Near A. microphylla, G. F. Mey, from which it differs by having 

 glabrous pedicels. 



2. A. Muirii, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex circa 1 m. altus. Ramuh 

 minute pubescenti. Folia breve petiolata; petiolus 0-75 mm. longus, 

 glaber vel sparse pilosus; lamina 25 mm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, ovata, 

 apice obtusa, basi subcordata, infra glandulosa, glabra. Inflores- 

 centia terminalia, umbellata. Pedicelus 35 mm. longus. Segmenta 

 calyci 1-5 mm. longa, 0-75 mm. lata, oblonga, apice obtusa, cihata. 

 Petala 3" 5 mm. longa, obovata, apice obtusa, infra pilosa. Stamina 

 4 mm. longa; staminodia 3 mm. longa, villosa, apice globosis glan- 

 dulis instructa. Ovarium 1 mm. longum, subglobosum, glabrum ; 

 stylus 2 mm. longus, glaber. 



Eiversdale Division : Hills above Still Bay. Shrub up to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers handsome. Dr. J. Muir 635. 



A shrub up to 1 m. high. Branches terete, puberulus. Leaves 

 shortly petiolate ; petiole 075 mm. long, glabrous or with a few 

 scattered hairs ; lamina 2-5 mm. long, 2"5 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, 

 subcordate at the base, glandular below, glabrous. Inflorescence ter- 

 minal, umbellate, many-flowered. Pedicels 3-5 mm. long, terete, 

 glandular?. Sepals 1-5 mm. long, 0-75 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, 

 ciliate. Petals 3-5 mm. long, obovate, obtuse, clawed ; claw pilose. 

 Fertile stamens 4 mm. long; filaments terete, glabrous, except for 

 a few hairs near the base ; anthers oblong ; sterile stamens 3 mm. 

 long; filaments linear, villous; anthers abortive, represented by a 

 globose gland. Disc cupular, the rim inturned and 5-fid. Ovary 

 1 mm. long, subglobose, 3-celled, with 2 ovules in each cell, 

 glabrous; style 2 mm. long, terete, glabrous; stigma simple. 

 Near A. glandulosa, Sond., but differs in having a glabrous style 



and ovary. 



3. A. rotundipetala, Phillips, sp. nov. Hamuli glabri. Folia sub- 

 sessilia, 4-5 mm. longa, supra plana vel sulcata, infra convexa 

 vel carinata, apice subobtusa, glabra. Pedicelus 3 mm. longus, 

 glaber. Segmenta calyci 1*5 mm. longa, elliptica, apice obtusa, 



