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lower half, viscid on the upper half. Perianth segments 11 cm. long, 

 •75 mm. broad, linear, villous; limb 1'5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse. 

 Style 8*5 mm. long, linear, glabrous ; stigma oblique, retuse at the 

 apex. Fruit 7 mm. long, l'l cm. broad, transversely ellipsoid, dark 

 brown in colour, glabrous. 



South-Western Region : Clanwilliam Div.l Northern slopes of 

 Oliphant's River Vallev, opposite Modderfontein, September, Pill an*, 

 1511. 



Hitherto this species was only known from the description of 

 Knight (see 'Flora Capensis,' vi, 551) which agrees well with 

 Pillans' specimen, and which I have no hesitation in regarding as a 

 rediscovery of a species, the type of which has been lost to science. 



4. L. Pillansii, Phillips, sp. nov. Bamuli badii, pubescentes. Folia $ 

 "9-2 - 7 cm. longa, 3-7 mm. lata; ? 2 - 7-4 cm. longa, 1-1 4 cm. lata; 

 omnia oblanceolata, apice rotunda vel obtusa, basi angustata, glabra 

 vel raro junioria paullo pilosa. Inflorescentia ^ 1*2 cm. longa, circa 

 1 cm. lata, solitaria, terminalia. Receptaculum 4 mm. longum, 2 mm. 

 latum. Bracteae involucri 3-seriatae, 7'5-8 mm. longae, 35 mm. latae, 

 ovatae, concavae, acuminatae, apice obtusae, ciliatae, pubescentes. 

 Bracteae Jtoreae 6"5 mm. longae, '5 mm. latae, supra lanceolatae 

 villosaeque, infra unguiculae. Tubus perianthii 6 mm. longus, cylin- 

 dratus, villosus ; segmenta 4 mm. longa, linearia, glabra ; limbus 2 mm. 

 longus, linearis. Antherae 175 mm. longae, lineares. Stylus 9 mm. 

 longus, in medio villosus; stigma 1'5 mm. longum, cylindratum. 

 Squamae hypogynae 3*5 mm. longae, lineares. Inflorescentia ? 2 cm. 

 longa, circa 2 cm. lata, globosa, solitaria, terminalia. Beceptaculum 

 1 cm. longum, 7 mm. latum. Bracteae involucri 2-seriatae, 1*6 17 cm. 

 longae, 5-6 mm. latae, oblongae, acuminatae, apice acutae, ciliatae, 

 supra albo-pubescentes. Bracteae Jtoreae 9 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, 

 concavae, apice obtusae, dense sericeo-pubescentes. Segmenta jperi- 

 anthii Id cm. longa, linearia, in medio villosa ; limbus 1*5 mm. longus, 

 linearis. Squamae hypogynae 2"5 mm. longae, lineares, apice obtusae. 

 Ovarium, 1'5 mm. longum, globosum, villosum ; stylus 9 mm. longus, 

 linearis, glaber ; stigma obliquum. Conus circa 3 cm. longus, globosus. 

 Bracteae concavae, dense tomentosus, infra villosus. Fructus 8 mm. 

 longus, supra 9 mm. latus, subglobosus, niger, glaber vel paucis 

 dispersis pilis. 



South Western Region : Picquetberg Div., August, Miss Edivards 

 in Herb. Bolus ; northern slopes of the Oliphant's River Valley, near 

 Modderfontein, September, Pillans, 1512. 



