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glanduloso-puberulis, O2-0 - 4 cm. longis ; calyx campanulatus, extus 

 glandulis pellucidis conspersus, 05-0 - 6 cm. longus, segmentis 

 patentibus, demum recurvis, subinaequalibus, lanceolato-linearibus 

 acutis, minutissime glanduloso-ciliatis, 0-4-0*5 cm. longis ; corolla 

 rosea, tubo infundibuliformi glabro, 0*6 cm. longo, basi 0-2 cm. 

 diam., lobis patentibus suboblongis, apice rotundatis, 0-4 cm. longis, 

 0*3 cm. latis ; filamenta inaequalia, corollae apicem attingentia vel 

 breviora, tubi medio adnata, basin versus pilosa ; bacca immatv.ra 

 ovata subacuta. 



Upper : Eavine at Loeriesfontein, 4836. 



Much-branched suffrutex, up to 12 met. high ; branches and 

 branchlets spinescent, the ultimate ones 0*5-3 cm. long, the bark 

 at first pruinose grey, finally smooth and shining, prune-coloured ; 

 leaves 5-7 in the fascicle, spathulate or spathulate-obova.te, gradu- 

 ally narrowed into the 0-15 petiole, obtuse or more rarely subacute, 

 sprinkled on each side with pellucid glands, 07-1 cm. long, 0-15-0-3 

 cm. wide; flowers solitary pedicellate, the pedicels glandular- 

 puberulous, 0-2-0-4 cm. long ; calyx campanulate, sprinkled on 

 the outer surface with pellucid glands, 0-5-0-6 cm. long, the 

 segments spreading, finally recurved, somewhat unequal, lanceolate- 

 linear acute, very minutely glandular-ciliate, 0-4-0 - 5 cm. long; corolla 

 pink, the tube infundibuliform glabrous, 0-6 cm. long, 0-2 cm. diam. 

 at the base, the segments spreading suboblong, rounded at the 

 apex, - 4 cm. long, 0*3 cm. wide; filaments unequal, the longest 

 one reaching to the tip of the corolla, the rest shorter, adnate to 

 about the middle of the corolla-tube, pilose towards the base; im- 

 mature berry ovate subacute. 



Allied to L. tenue, but differs by being more robust in habit, with 

 broader glandular leaves, longer calyx with acute segments, and 

 less exserted stamens. 



Plate VIII., C, Fig. 1, sketch of a branchlet, nat. size ; 2, calyx, 

 the segments straightened ; 3, ditto, laid open ; 4, corolla, laid open, 

 X 2 ; 5, gynaeceum, x 3. 



Erratum. 



Vol. IX., p. 40, line 26. Instead of "2. M. rigida," read 

 MUEALTIA. M. rigida." 



