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attenuata, 0-5-0-7 cm. longa, 01 cm. lata ; pedicelli supra medium 

 bibracteolati, - 2-0'4 cm. longi ; calycis segmenta oblonga vel 

 linearia, acuta, 0-2-0-4 cm. longa, Ol cm. lata ; corolla 19-2-1 cm. 

 longa, lobis 0-3-04 cm. longis ; stamina fertilia parum dimidium 

 corollae excedentia, filamentis hispidulis, apice contortis, antheris 

 adhaerentibus, lateribus tangentibus crispulato-pilosis, apice basique 

 longe barbatis, aliter parce hispidulis, 0-4 cm. longis, staminodiis 

 0-2 cm. longis ; ovarium ovatum glabrum, 0-2 cm. longum ; capsula 

 oblongo-ovata subacuta, supra medium compressa, - 7-0*8 cm. long. 



Bushmanland: Near Wortel, 2,700 ft., 3609. Common in pass 

 near base of kopje, Wortel, 3600. 



Great Namaqualand : Kopje South of Warmbad, 4002. 



An entirely glabrous shrublet, up to 30 cm. high ; branches and 

 branchlets straight terete striate becoming somewhat spiny, distantly 

 leaved, sometimes almost nude ; leaves erect linear, obtuse or acute, 

 gradually narrowed towards the base, 0-5-0-7 cm. long, 0-1 cm. 

 wide ; pedicels bibracteolate above the middle, 0'2-0'4 cm. long ; 

 calyx segments oblong or linear, acute, 0'2-0'4 cm. long, 0-1 cm. 

 wide ; corolla 1-9-2-1 cm. long, the lobes - 3-0-4 cm. long ; fertile 

 stamens reaching a little beyond the middle of the corolla, the 

 filaments hispidulous, twisted at the apex, the anthers adhering, the 

 adjacent sides pilose with crisped hairs, bearded with long hairs at 

 the base and apex, otherwise sparingly hispidulous, - 4 cm. long, 

 the staminodes 0'2 cm. long; ovary ovate glabrous, 0-2 cm. long; 

 capsule oblong-ovate subacute, compressed above the middle, 

 0-7-0-8 cm. long. 



Nearest A. longifolia, but suffruticose glabrous with fewer and 

 smaller leaves and shorter pedicels. 



Plate VI., B, Fig. 1, sketch of a branchlet ; 2, corolla, laid open, 

 X 2 ; 3, anthers with portion of filament, front view ; 4, ditto, 

 back view, x 4 ; 5, capsule, x 2 ; 6, gynaeceum, x 2. 



4. DIASCIA. 



1. D. pachyceras, E. Mey., ex Benth., in Hook., Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 ii., p. 16. 



Cape : Sandy fiat between Driefontein and Heeren Logement, 

 common, 5840. 



2. D. tlmnbcrgiana, Spreng., Syst. Veg., ii., p. 800. 

 Khamiesberg : Under bushes at Kharkams, 6664. 



