460 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Corolla-segments "9-1 cm. long, linear, broadening above, acuminate, 

 subobtuse, pilose. Calyx-tube 1*5 mm. long, broadly campanulate, 

 somewhat oblique, pilose ; lobes 2*5 mm. long, lanceolate, acute, ciliate, 

 1-2-toothed near the base. Stamens slightly connate, more than \ 

 as long as the corolla ; filaments 4 mm. long, linear, slightly broadened 

 at the base, jnlose ; anthers 2 mm. long, oblong, ciliate on the back, 

 slightly tufted at the apex. Style 3*5 mm. long, linear, glabrous ; 

 stigma capitate, hairy. Fruit 7 mm. long, 7 mm. in diameter, globose, 

 prominently veined, glabrous. 



Kalahari Region. — Transvaal : Pietersburg District, Modjadjes. 

 December, Rogers, 18212 !. 



Eastern Region. — Pondoland : Near Xalanga, 4600 ft., January, 

 Bolusl ; between Gala and Elliott, -5200 ft., January, Bolus, 10,170 ! ; 

 near TJmtata, 2200 ft., February, Bolus ! ; Wildebeest or Imklu River, 

 3500 ft., January, Bolusl. East G-riqualand : Slopes of Malowe 

 Mountain, 3000 ft., November, Tyson, 3092!. Natal: Zwartkop, 

 3_40U0 ft., Wood, 10139. 



Flowers cream (ex Galpin). 



var. Baiirii, Phillips, var. nov. 



A more voluble plant than the type. Leaves 6-10 cm. long, "6-1 cm. 

 broad, linear-lanceolate, with serrated margins. Inflorescence 6-flowered. 

 This only differs from the type in habit. 



Eastern Region. — Tembuland : Bazija, 2000 ft., January, Baur, 

 576. 



9. C. assimilis (Sond., Fl. Cap., Ill, 600). 



An erect simple plant, rarely branched, 20-75 cm. high. Stems terete, 

 o-labrous. Leaves 2-10 cm. long, l-6 - 5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, 

 sometimes acuminate and subacute, glabrous, entire or remotely 

 serrated or subcrenate on the margins. Peduncle 3-22 cm. long, 

 glabrous. Inflorescence 1-35 cm. long, lax, 3-many-flowered. Flowers 

 solitary. Bract 6-8 mm. long, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute or 

 subobtuse, 2-5-toothed near the base, glabrous; bracteoles 2-1 mm. 

 lon°", lanceolate or setaceous, glabrous. Pedicel 2*5-3'5 mm. long, 

 terete, glabrous. Calyx-tube 15 mm. long, turbinate, ribbed, glabrous 

 or pubescent ; lobes 4 mm. long, linear or ovate, acuminate, subacute, 

 2_3-toothed, glabrous. Corolla-segments l - 35-P7 cm. long, linear, 

 obtuse, glabrous. Stamens subconnate, less than \ as long as the 

 corolla ; filaments 25-4 mm. long, ovate below, linear above, ciliate ; 

 anthers l - 5-2 - 5 mm. long, oblong-linear, glabrous or ciliate. Style 

 3-4 mm. long, linear, glabrous ; stigma pilose. 



