South African Material of the Genus Gyphia, Berg. 457 



Upper Moodies, Barberton, 5000 ft., February, Galpin, 791!; hill- 

 sides Barberton, 3000 ft., March, Galpin, 852 ! ; Belfast, February, 

 Burtt-Davy, 1320!; Wouderfonteiu, Middleburg Division, 5600 ft., 

 January, Bolusl ; Volksrust, Jenkins in Trans. Mus. Hub., 9313!. 



Eastern Region. — Transkei : Hillsides among coarse grass, Willow- 

 vale, 1000 ft., April, Pegler, 1193!. Pondoland : Mount Engcobo, 

 4300 ft., February, Bolusl. East Griqualand : Near Clydesdale on 

 slopes of Malowe Mountain, 4000 ft., February, Tyson, 2152!; on 

 eastern slopes of Malowe Mountain, near Clydesdale, 3500 ft., Tyson, 

 2715 ! ; Etemeeni, between Clydesdale and Ibisi River, 3500 ft., 

 March, Tyson, 1205 ! ; Insiswa, 6800 ft., January, ScJdecJder, 6491 ! ; 

 Iuchanga, 3500 ft., September, Schlechter, 3252 !. Natal, Gueinzius ! ; 

 Inanda, Wood, 56 !. 



Eastern Mountain Region. — Natal : Van Reenen, 5000 ft., March, 

 Schlechter, 6924; higher grassy slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, 

 c. 8100 ft., January, Thode, 31 !. Basutoland : Leribe District, 

 Dieterlen, 451 !. 



var. oblongifolia, Phillips, comb. nov. 



Differs from the type in the long lax inflorescence, with the flowers 

 solitary in the axils of the bracts. 



G. oblongifolia, Harv. and Sond., in Fl. Cap., Hi, 601. 



Swaziland : Grassy place in the " High Veld " near 'Mbabane, 

 Dalriach District, c. 4-4800 ft., January, Bolus, 12,094 !, Rogers, 

 11487 !, 



G. elata, C. Gerrardi, C. oblongifolia. 



After a careful examination of the material in the Bolus Herbarium, 

 the Albany Museum, and Cape Town, I have come to the conclusion 

 that C. elata must be regarded as a very variable species. There are 

 all stages in the type of the inflorescence: (1) A very compact inflor- 

 escence with a single flower in the axil of each bract ; (2) a lax 

 inflorescence with a single flower in the axil of each bract ; (3) a lax 

 inflorescence with 2-3 flowers in the axil of each bract ; (4) a com- 

 pact inflorescence with 2-4 flowers in the axil of each bract. The first 

 type is represented by such specimens as Tyson, 2715, Schlechter, 3282, 

 6491; the second by Bolus, 12,094, and Rogers, 11,487; the third by 

 Hutton, 212, Galpin, 791 ; the fourth by Jenkins, 9313, Bolus, 10,990, 

 Rogers, 2701. All these forms are more or less linked up with one 

 another, and I propose treating them as a single species, keeping out 

 Bolus, 12,094, and Rogers, 11,487, as varieties on account of their distinct 

 habit. 



