South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 459 



House, February, Patterson, 466. Albany Division: Grahamstown, 

 Cherry, 933. 



7. *C. Bolusii (Phillips, sp. nov.). 



Planta erecta, 43 cm. alta. Slirps pubescens. Folia 3-52 cm. 

 longa, - 6-l - 3 cm. lata, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, apice subobtusa, 

 pubescentia, marginibus serratis. Peduncuhis 30 cm. longus, pubescens. 

 Inflorescentia7'5 cm. longa, circa 15-florifera. Bracteae 6 mm. longae, 

 lineares, pilosae. Pedicelus T25 mm. longus, teres, pilosus. Tubus 

 calyci 1 mm. longus, campanulatus, pilosus ; lobi 2*5 mm. longi, 

 lineares, ciliati. Segmenta corollae 5 - 25 mm. longa, ciliata. Filamenta 

 1 mm. longa, linearia, ciliata; antherae 1*5 mm. longae, oblongae, 

 sparse ciliatae. Stylus - 5 mm. longus ; stigma obliquum. 



An erect plant 43 cm high. Stem terete, furrowed, pubescent. 

 Leaves 3-5 - 2cm. long, *6-l - 3 cm. broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 subobtuse, distinctly veined beneath, pubescent, with serrate margins. 

 Peduncles 30 cm. long, naked, terete, furrowed, pubescent. Inflor- 

 escence 7'5 cm. long, about 15-flowered. Flowers solitary, subsessile. 

 Bracts 6 mm. long, linear, subacute, pilose ; bracteoles at the base of 

 the pedicels, 1*5 mm. long, subulate, with a few hairs on the margins. 

 Pedicel 1"25 mm. long, terete, pilose. Calyx-tube 1 mm. long, cam- 

 panulate, pilose ; lobes 2"5 mm. long, linear, slightly broadened at the 

 base, ciliate. Corolla-segments 5 - 25 mm. long, linear below, ovate and 

 acuminate above, ciliate. Filaments 1 mm. long, linear, ciliate ; 

 anthers l - 5 mm. long, oblong, scantily ciliated on the back. Style 

 •5 mm. long ; stigma oblique. 



Kalahari Eegion. — Swaziland : Grassy places in the " High Veld" 

 near 'Mbabane in Dalriach District, 4800 ft., January, Bolus, 12093. 



Very near C. longifolia, N.E. Br., but differs in having hairy leaves ; 

 the filaments and styles are also much shorter. 



8. C. longifolia (N.E. Br., Kew Bull., 1908, 435). 



An erect simple plant, 30-88cm. high, rarely branched (Bolus 10,179), 

 sometimes furrowed, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 2 - 5-15 cm. long, 

 l'5-8 mm. broad, long linear, rarely linear-lanceolate, acute, produced 

 at the base into a stem-ridge, venation distinct beneath, glabrous or 

 scantily pubescent. Peduncle 10-27 cm. long, simple, very rarely 

 (Bolus 10,179) branched, pubescent. Inflorescence lax, 2-20 cm. long, 

 many-flowered. Flowers solitary in the axils of the bracts. Bract 

 4 mm. long, linear, acute, ciliated ; bracteoles at base of the petiole, 

 1*5 mm. long, subulate, ciliate. Pedicel 3*5 mm. long, terete, pubescent. 



