182 Annals of the South African Museum. 



7. CYNANCHUM. 



1. C. orangeanum, N. E. Br., in Fl. Cap., iv., § 1, p. 745. 



Great Narnaqualand : In sand near stream-bed, on plain 12 km. 

 West of Sandverhaar, 4268. South of the railway line 20 km. West 

 of Sandverhaar, 3652. Sandy stream-bed 1st outspan North of Gabis, 

 4474. Sand on flat 12 km. West of Sandverhaar, 4452. Sandy 

 plain South of Schakalskuppe Station in river-course, 4774. 



2. C. africanum, B. Br., Frodr., 463. 

 Ehamiesberg : Namaroup, 6529. 



3. G. Mcyeri, Schltr., var. angustifolia, nov. var. Sufirutex 3-4 

 pedalis ; folia saepissime lanceolata acuta mucronata, ad 13 cm. 

 longa, 05 cm. lata, rarissime ovalia vel obovata ; flores in racemos 

 densissimos abbreviatos, simplices vel saepius 2-3 furcatos dispositi, 

 racemis extra-axillaribus, breviter pedunculatis, pedunculis crassis, 

 O2-0"3 cm. longis ; bracteae persistentes minutae, axi florifero 

 reliquis delapsorum pedicellorum conspicue notato. 



Great Narnaqualand : In sand and crevices in granite near top 

 of hill North of Eotkuppe Station, 4466. 



A shrublet 3-4 ft. high ; leaves usually lanceolate acute mucronate, 

 up to 13 cm. long, - 5 cm. broad, very rarely oval or obovate ; 

 flowers arranged in very dense abbreviated, simple or more often 

 2-3 furcate, extra-axillary, shortly pedunculate racemes, the 

 peduncles thick, 02-03 cm. long ; bracts persistent minute, the 

 flowering axis conspicuously marked by the remains of the fallen 

 pedicels. 



Elate V., Eig. 1, sketch of a branch, nat. size ; 2, an inflorescence, 

 showing the minute persistent bracts and scars of the fallen pedicels ; 

 3, one of the flowers ; 4, corolla, laid open ; 5, corona, flattened ; 

 6, gynostege ; 7, one of the stamens, separated from the staminal 

 column, anterior view — all the latter variously magnified. 



8. SAECOSTEMMA. 

 1. S. viminale, E. Br. 

 Great Narnaqualand : Akam Eiver-bed, 4426. 



