154 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Karroo : Upper western slopes of hill above Nieuwerust, 5515. 

 Namaqualand : Stony western slope North of Daunabis, 6064. 



A perennial herb, attaining 15 cm. in height, branched, the 

 branches ascending jointed, completely covered by the sheaths of 

 the leaves leaves often alternate distinct, semi-terete or some- 

 times turgidly 3quetrous, obtuse, conspicuously dilated from the 

 middle, sheathing the internodes, the sheathing portion persistent 

 membranous, l"5-3 - 5 cm. long ; flowers terminal solitary, 4- or 

 sometimes 5merous, shortly pedunculate, the peduncles altogether 

 enclosed within the uppermost pair of leaves ; calyx globose- 

 turbinate papillose, the segments very unequal, 2 foliaceous, 

 exceeding the petals, 2 broadly membranous-margined, 0-9-3 cm. 

 long ; petals 2-3 seriate acute, pale straw-coloured, up to 2 cm. 

 long ; stamens and staminodes in many rows, the filaments 

 glabrous ; ovary conical, 05 cm. diam., the styles 4-5, subulate 

 acuminate, - 5 cm. long. 



Described from living specimens which flowered in Mr. N. S. 

 Pillans' garden, Kosebank, near Cape Town. 



79. M. mitratum, Marl., in Trans. Eoy. Soc. of S.A., vol. ii., pt. 1, 

 p. 35. 



Namaqualand : Upper slopes above Daunabis, 6116. 



2. TETEAGONIA. 



1. T. microptera, Fenzl, in Fl. Cap. ii., p. 461. 

 Upper Region : River-bed at Loeriesfontein, 4845. 



2. T. nigrescens, E. and Z., Enum. 323. 



Cape : Sandy soil, Oliphant's Eiver Valley near Warm Baths, 7244. 

 Khamiesberg : Wilgehout Eavine, 6807. 



3. T. galenioides, Fenzl., in Fl. Cap., ii., p. 461. 



Cape : Upper southern slopes above Kradouw Krantz, 5325. 



4. T. fruticosa, Linn., Sp. PL, 687. 



Sand flats between Driefontein and Heeren Logement, 6784. 



5. T. arbuscicla, Fenzl., in Fl. Cap., ii., p. 467. 



Great Namaqualand : Top of hill at Schakalskuppe, 5,600 ft., 

 4251. On sandy plains South of Schakalskuppe Station, 4,700 ft., 

 4772. Dry stream-bed in sandy plains West of Ganus, 4490. Sandy 

 river-bed near Dabaigabis, 4314. 



