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longa, glabra. Ovarium 6 mm. longum, lineare, dense villosum ; 

 stylus 4 mm. longus ; stigma capitatum. Fructus 3*2 cm. longus, 

 05 cm. latus, linearis, brsve mucronatus, basi subacutus, pilosus. 



Griqualand East : Ad laterum montis Malowe, November, 1885. 

 4,000 ft. Tyson in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric, 1259. 



A small shrub about 15 cm. bigh. Branches terete, villous. 

 Leaves shortly petioled, 3-foliate. Petioles 3-4 mm. long, villous. 

 Leaflets - 9-2 - 3 cm. long, 0"5-l'7 cm. broad, elliptic, very shortly 

 acuminate, acute, acute at the base, strigose above and beneath, 

 villous on the margins. Stipules - 9-l cm. long, lanceolate, 

 acuminate, acute, strigose. Peduncles 1-flowered, terminal or 

 axillary, 2-5 - 5 cm. long, terete, villous. Bracts 3, 5-8 mm. long, 

 linear, acute. Calyx 1*4 cm. long; segments lanceolate, acute, 

 membranous, pilose with stiff hairs. Vexillum 1"3 cm. long, 1*5 cm. 

 broad, ovate-orbicular, obtuse, shortly clawed, strigose, ciliate ; 

 alae 1*1 cm. long, 6 mm. broad, obovate, obtuse, shortly clawed, 

 glabrous ; carina 9 mm. long, 5-5 mm. broad, plano-convex in 

 outline, glabrous. Stamens 9 mm. long, curved above, glabrous. 

 Ovary 6 mm. long, linear, densely villous; style 4 mm. long, 

 curved ; stigma capitate. Fruit 32 cm. long, - 5 cm. broad, linear, 

 shortly mucronate, subacute at the base, pilose, 4-5-seeded. 



Near A. stipulaccum, E. and Z., but differs in the much smaller 

 stipules which are not leaf-like. 



CAMPANULACEAE. 



Lobelia Giftbcrgcnsis, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba 10-20 cm. alta, 

 minutefpubescens. Folia 0"8-3 cm. longa, 0'2-l cm. lata, obovato- 

 spathulata, apice obtusa, basi angustata, dentata, glabra. Lobi 

 calyci 2 - 5 mm. longi, lineares, glabri. Tubus corollae 6 mm. longus; 

 lobi 3-4 mm. longi, elliptici vel lineares, obtusi vel subacuti, glabri. 

 Stamina 5 mm. longa. Ovarium 4 mm. longum, oblongum ; stylus 

 6 mm. longus, linearis ; stigma 0"5 mm. longum, ellipticum. 



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

 Phillips 7599 in Percy S laden Memorial Expedition to the 

 Khainiesbenj , Giftberg, and the Oliphant's Bivcr Mountains, 1911. 



A herb 10-20 cm. high, with a simple stem or more rarely 

 branched at the base. Stems, as seen under a lens, minutely pubes- 

 cent. Leaves 0-8-3 cm. long, - 2-l cm. broad, obovate-spathulate, 

 obtuse, attenuate at the base, dentate, glabrous. Inflorescence a lax 

 raceme of 6-12 flowers. Floral-leaves 8 cm. long, linear, obtuse, 

 dentate. Pedicels 0'8-2 cm. long, filiform-terete, glabrous. Calyx- 



