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long, 5*5 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 4 ; filaments 2 mm. 

 long, spirally coiled near the base, glabrous. Ovary 1-5 mm. long, ovate 

 in outline, glabrous ; style 05 mm. long ; stigma truncate. Fruit 

 6 mm. long, 7 - 5 mm. broad, ovate in outline, almost truncate above, 

 with the persistent style situated in a depression, scantily glandular. 



This pretty little plant was found growing on bare patches. The 

 corolla is a claret colour outside, blue inside with a dark blotch on 

 the anterior lip. 



Var. /3, albifiora. The corolla is pinkish outside, white inside, 

 with a dark blotch on the lip, otherwise as in the type. Only a 

 single specimen of the variety was found, though the locality was 

 well searched for further specimens. 



In the same collection was a single plant {Phillips 7368) with 

 unopened flowers. In the field I took this to be different to my 

 No. 7358, and noted "corolla reddish brown, lip dark blue. Bare." 

 But it is probably = No. 7358 with unopened flowers, as suggested 

 by Mr. N. E. Brown. 



Manulea glanclulosa, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba acaulescens. Folia 

 3-6 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, linearia, apice obtusa, basi attenuata, 

 glandulosa. Pedunculus 40-60 cm. longus, teres, basi glandulosus, 

 demum glaber. Infloresccntia 2-16 mm. longa. Bracteae 2 mm. 

 longae, lineares, apice obtusae, glabrae. Tubus calyci 1 mm. longus, 

 5-costatus ; lobi 1*5 mm. longi, lineares, apice obtusi. Tubus 

 corollae 1 cm. longus, cylindricus, glandulosus ; lobi 5 mm. longi, 

 1-1*5 mm. lati, lineares, apice obtusi, supra glabri, infra glandu- 

 losi. Ovarium 1 mm. longum, ellipticum, glabrum ; stylus 3 - 5 mm. 

 longus, glaber. Fructus 5 mm. longus, ellipticus, apice acutus, 

 glaber. 



Van Bhynsdorp Division : Giftberg Bange, 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Phillips 7357, 7366 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the 

 Khamiesberg, Giftberg, and the Oliphant's River Mountains, 1911. 



An acaulescent herb, with an underground woody rootstock. 

 Leaves radicle, 3-6 cm. long, 2-5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, long 

 attenuated at the base, entire or more or less toothed in the upper 

 half, glandular. Peduncles 40-60 cm. long, terete, naked or with 

 2-3 subulate bracts, glandular near the base or otherwise glabrous. 

 Inflorescence a thyrsoid panicle, 2-16 cm. long. Flowers solitary or 

 in clusters of 2-5. Bracts 2 mm. long, linear, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Calyx subcampanulate, glabrous ; tube 1 mm. long, prominently 

 5-ribbed ; lobes 1*5 mm. long, linear, obtuse. Corolla orange- 

 coloured ; tube 1 cm. long, cylindric, slightly swollen above, 

 glandular; lobes 5 mm. long, 1-1-5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, 



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