South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 463 



below, ovoid, obtuse, prominently veined on the lower half and partly 

 enclosed by the persistent calyx, glabrous. 



Kalahari Region. — Transvaal (Pietersburg District) : In stony 

 mountains at Houtbosch, c. 5200 ft., February, Bolus, 10,989 ! . 



12. *C. corylifolia (Harv., Thes. Cap. ii, 39, PI. 161). 



A twiner. Stem sometimes furrowed, glabrous or minutely pubescent. 

 Leaves petioled, 1-5-5-5 cm. long, -2-2'2 cm. broad, ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, the youngest leaves lanceolate-linear, acuminate, acute, 

 distinctly veined beneath, glabrous, with serrated margins ; inter- 

 nodes 2-5-5-7 cm. long. Flowers umbellate in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, very rarely solitary. Peduncles -6-3 cm. long, terete, minutely 

 pubescent or subglabrous. Pedicels 2-5 mm. long, terete, pubescent 

 or subglabrous. Bracteoles 1 mm. long, subulate. Calyx-tube 15 mm. 

 long, turbinate, prominently ribbed ; lobes 4 mm. long, linear, acute, 

 glabrous. Corolla-segments 7 mm. long, linear, broadening at the 

 base, obtuse, channelled, scantily pilose. Stamens more than \ as 

 long as the corolla ; filaments 3-5 mm. long, linear, widened at the 

 base, pilose; anthers 1'5 mm. long, elliptic, pilose on the back. Style 

 3 mm. long, subterete, glabrous ; stigma capitate, terminal Sond., in 

 Harv. and Sond,., Fl. Cap., Hi, G01. 



Kalahari Region. — Transvaal, Mokapano Poort, 4700 ft., Januai'y, 

 Schlechter, 4332 ! ? 



Eastern Region. — Natal, Karkloof, 5500 ft., February, Schlechter, 

 6834!. 



13. *C. maculosa (Phillips, sp. nov.). 



Stirps glabra. Folia paullo petiolata, Go cm. longa, -15-1-1 cm. 

 lata, lanceolata, apice basique acuta, glabra, marginibus integris vel 

 remote subcrenatis ; petiolus circa 2 mm. longus. Flores solitares vel 

 2-3-nati. Pediculus 1 cm. longus, glaber. Tubus calyci 1 mm. longus, 

 campanualtus, glaber ; lobi 3 mm. longi, ovati, acuminati, apice acuti, 

 2-3-dentati, glabri. Segmenta corollae 1'3 cm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, 

 linearia, subacuminata, apice obtusa. Stamina basi connata ; filamenta 

 5 mm. longa, basi dilata, pilosa ; antherae 2 - 5 mm. longae, ciliatae. 

 Stylus 4 mm. longus, teres, glaber; stigma capitatum. 



A twiner. Stems terete, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, 6'3 cm. 

 long, -15— 11 cm. broad, lanceolate, the younger leaves sometimes 

 linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex and base, with a distinct midrib, 

 glabrous, with entire or sometimes remotely subcrenate margins ; 

 petiole about 2 mm. long. Flowers solitary or sometimes 2-3-nate in 



