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Plate III. B. Fig. 1, branch ; 2, leaf from another branch, 

 largest seen ; 3, transverse section of same near the apex ; 4, ditto, 

 in the middle ; 5, ditto, near the base ; 6, calyx and gynoecium ; 

 7, portion of corolla and androecium — all nat. size ; 8, gynoecium 

 with glands ; 9, one of the stamens ; 10, one of the styles. 



The drawing was made partly from the dried specimens, and 

 partly (the flower of Fig. 1, and the rest of the Figs.) from those 

 which flowered in Mr. N. S. Pillans' garden at Eosebank. 



12. .V. rostratum, Linn., var. /:>, brcvibractcatum. 

 Namaqualand : Between Bitterfontein and Stinkfontein, 5562, 



5563. 



13. M. sp., ad 31. mustellino, Salm-Dyck proxime affine, sed foliis 

 griseo-pubescentibus, pedunculo calyceque fructifero pilis retrorsis 

 albis hispidis praeditis differt. Flores desunt. 



Little Bushmanland : Eenriet upper slopes, 4071. 



Very closely allied to 21. miistcll/num, Salm-Dyck, but differs in 

 having grey-pubescent leaves, and the fruiting peduncle and calyx 

 furnished with retrorse white hispid hairs. The specimens collected 

 are not in flower. 



14. 31. dii/itatum, Ait., Hort. Kew, 2, 181. (-= 31. digitiforme, 

 Thunb.) 



Karroo: Northern slopes of ridge next road 3 miles South of 

 Bakhuis, 5453. 



15. 31. macradenium, sp. nov., 31. calamifornii affine, sed floribus 

 minoribus, petalis flavis, stylis longioribus gracilioribus difl'ert. 



Caulis decumbens lignosus, ramis adscendentibus, basi vestigiis 

 foliorum delapsorum vestitis, apice 4-6foliatis ; folia subaequalia, 

 basi connata, semi-teretia, apice turgide 3quetra, obtusa vel sub- 

 acute, viridia laevia, 2-5-6 cm. longa, 0-6-0-8 cm. diam. ; flores 

 5meri pedunculati, pedunculo solitario ebracteato subcompresso, 

 foliis paullo breviore ; calyx turbinatus, segmentis foliaceis carinatis 

 lanceolatis obtusis, duobus parum longioribus, 0\8-l-3 cm. longis ; 

 petala 2seriata linearia obtusa flava, calycis segmenta vix excedentia ; 

 stamina pluriseriata, basi copiose barbata, extima petalis paullo 

 breviora ; disci glandulae maximae lunatae distinctae virides ; 



