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revolute, glabrous above, glandular beneath. Stamens didynamous, 

 the lower pair situated on the broadened portion of the corolla ; 

 filaments - 75 mm. long ; anthers about 1 mm. long, oblong. Ovary 

 1 mm. long, elliptic in outline, glabrous ; style 3 - 5 mm. long, terete, 

 glabrous ; stigma terminal. Fruit 5 mm. long, ellipsoid, acute, 

 glabrous. 



Kew reports as " near M. leiostachys, Benth.," but is distinguished 

 from that species by the glandular leaves, calyx, and corolla. 



SELAGINEAE. 



1. Hebenstreitia glandulosa, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba 6-16 cm. 

 alta. Rami glanduloso-pubescenti. Folia sessilia, 1*4 cm. longa, 

 1-4 mm. lata, linearia, apice obtusa, glabra vel sparse glandulosa. 

 Inflorescentia spicata, terminalia, 2-5 cm. longa. Bracteae 8 mm. 

 longae, ovatae, acuminatae, apice obtusae, glanduloso-villosae. 

 Segmcnta calyci 35 mm. longa, linearia, ciliata. Corolla 9-11 mm. 

 longa, glabra ; tubus cylindricus ; lobi T5 mm. longi, oblongi, apice 

 obtusi. Filanicnta G"75 mm. longa, glabra ; antherae 1*5 mm. 

 longae, lineares. Ovarium 1 mm. longum, oblongum, glabrum ; 

 stylus 5 mm. longus, teres, glaber. Fructus 2 mm. longus, 

 oblongus, truncatus, glaber. 



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

 Phillips 7355 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 bcrg, Giftberg, and the Oliphaut's Biver Mountains, 1911. Clan- 

 william Division : In arvenosi Sandkop et in mte. Eamskop. 

 June-August. G. Ij. Leipoldt 557. 



Simple or branched herbs, 6-16 cm. high. Stems terete, glandular- 

 pubescent. Leaves sessile, 1-4 cm. long, 1-4 mm. broad, linear, 

 rarely broadening above, obtuse, glabrous or with a few scattered 

 glandular hairs, entire or rarely with 1-3 small teeth. Inflorescence 

 spicate, terminal, 2-5 cm. long, many-flowered. Bracts 8 mm. long, 

 ovate, long acuminate, obtuse, villous with glandular hairs. Calyx 

 segments 2, 3*5 mm. long, linear, ciliate. Corolla white, - 9-l*l mm. 

 long, split down to below the middle, glabrous; tube cylindric ; 

 lobes 1*5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, the 2 middle lobes narrower 

 than the lateral. Stamens 4, didynamous ; filaments 0'75 mm. long, 

 glabrous ; anthers 1"5 mm. long, linear, versatile. Ovary 1 mm. 

 long, oblong, glabrous; style 5 mm. long, terete, glabrous; stigma 

 minute, terminal. Fruit 2 mm. long, oblong, truncate, glabrous. 



Near H. pubescens, Eolfe, but differing by its very much smaller 

 flowers. 



