"338 A n turf* of the South African Museum. 



and beneath. Stipules 2, usually deciduous, 4 mm. long, setaceous, 

 pilose. Flower* usually arranged in 2 3-flowered corymbs at the ends 

 of the branchlets, rarely solitary. Pedicels 3 mm. long, terete, 

 stellate-pilose. Bracts 2, 4 mm. long, setaceous, pilose. Calyx-tube 

 45 mm. long, campanulate, 10-ribbed, stellate-pilose ; lobes 2 mm. 

 long, ovate, subobtuse, stellate-pilose. Corolla-segments 1/1 cm. long, 

 divided into a quadrangular glabrous lobe above, 4 mm. broad ; a 

 middle elliptic hairy portion with inrlexed margins ; and an oblong 

 glabrous channelled claw 2 mm. long. Filaments 4 mm. long, 1 mm. 

 broad, linear-oblong, 1 -nerved, glabrous, membranous ; anthers 3 mm. 

 long, oblong in outline, acuminate and diverging into 2 horns at the 

 apex, rounded at the base. Ovary 2 - 5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, obovate 

 in outline, stellate-pubescent ; style 3-25 nun. long, terete, narrowing 

 above, pilose on the lower half ; stigma capitate. 



The Director of Kew kindly reported on this rare species as follows : 

 " Appears to be conspecific with H. rfecijriens, E. Mey. The only 

 difference observed is that the indumentum is much closer." 



GERANIACEAE. 



OXALIS, Linn. 



0. Tyson ii, Phillips, sp. nov. H erba erecta, 10-22 cm. alta. Rami 

 pubescentes. Folia petiolata, 1-3 5 cm. longa ; petiolus - 6-2 - 5 cm. 

 longus, glandulosus ; foliola "5-1 cm. longa, 4-9 mm. lata, obovata, 

 apice profunde 2-lobata, basi angustata, superne glabra, inferne pilosa ; 

 margo gland ulosum pilis capitatis. Pedunculus uniflora, 33 cm. 

 longus, glandulosus capitatis pilis. Bracteae 2, 1*5 mm. longae, 

 lineares, glandulosae. Calyx 4-4 - 5 mm. longus, pubescens, glandu- 

 losus ; lobi ovati, apice obtusi. Corolla circa 1 cm. longa, glaber. 

 Stamina 10; filamenta 1-2 cm. longa; antherae "75 mm. longae, 

 oblongae. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, ovatum, glabrum ; stylus 5, liber, 

 '5 mm. longus, glaber ; stigma capitatum. 



Eastern Region : In clivis lapidosis circa Kokstad, Griqualand 

 East, 5100 ft., December, Tyson, 1334. 



An ei'ect simple caulescent herb, 10-22 cm. high. Stem pubescent. 

 Leaves petioled, 1-3*5 cm. long ; petiole "6— 2*5 cm. long, glandular 

 with capitate glands; lamina digitately 3-foliate ; leaflets -5-1 cm. 

 long, 4-9 mm. broad, obovate, deeply 2-lobed, narrowed at the base, 

 glabrous above, hairy beneath, with capitate glands on the margins. 



