South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 465 



manner on the upper part of the stems, 15-3 mm. apart. Brads 

 similar to the leaves, not exceeding the corolla ; bracteoles 2"5 mm. 

 long, ovate, acuminate, acute. Pedicels 4-7 mm. long, terete, pubescent. 

 Calyx-tube 2'5 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, campanulate, subtomentose ; 

 lobes 4 mm. loner, 2 mm. broad at the base, ovate, acuminate, acute, 

 with recurved tips, pubescent. Corolla-tube 9 mm. long, 2 mm. in 

 diameter, ribbed, albo-pubescent ; lobes 3 mm. long, 1*5 mm. broad at 

 the base, ovate, acuminate, subobtuse, pappilose on the margins. 

 Stamens inserted at base of corolla-tube ; filaments 3-5 mm. long, 

 triangular-ovate, membranous, shortly pilose; anthers 25 mm. long, 

 linear in outline, pilose on back and tufted at the apex. Ovary reaching 

 to tip of calyx-lobes ; style 1 mm. long ; stigma clavate. 



Western Region. — Karree Bergen, 2000 ft,, August, Schlechter, 

 8246 !. 



16. *C. longildbata, Phillips, sp. nov. 



Slirps juvenis tenuiter sparseque pubescens, demum glabra. Folia 

 ad 6 mm. longa, linearia, apice subacuta, super pubescentia, subtus 

 pubescentia vel pilosa, marginibus paullo recurvis. Bracteae foliis 

 similares, rloris longiores. Pediculus 4-8 mm. longus, tenuis, 

 pubescens. Tubus calcyci 15 mm. longus, 3 mm. latus, campanulatus, 

 costatus, pubescens; lobi 15 mm. longi, ovati, acuminati, apice acuti, 

 pubescentes. Tubus corollae 6 mm. longus, 1-15 mm. latus, pubescens ; 

 lobi 15 cm. longi, lineares, apice subobtusi, pubescentes. Filamenta 

 2 mm. longa, basi dilata ; antherae 2"5 mm. longae, lineares, glabrae. 

 Stylus fere obsoletus ; stigma capitatum. 



A twiner. Young strut* finely and scantily pubescent, at length 

 becoming glabrous. Leaves up to 6 mm. long, linear, subacute, with 

 slightly recurved margins, pubescent above, pubescent or shortly pilose 

 below. Flowers arranged in a racemose manner up the stems, 

 2-5-3 mm. apart. Bracts similar to the leaves, exceeding the flowers ; 

 bracteoles 1-125 mm. long, subulate. Pedicels 4-8 mm. long, slender, 

 terete, pubescent. Calyx-tube 15 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, campanu- 

 late, ribbed, pubescent ; lobes 15 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, acute, 

 not recurved at the tip, pubescent. Corolla-tube 6 mm. long, 1-15 mm. 

 in diameter, pubescent ; lobes 15 cm. long, linear, narrowed into a 

 claw in the lowermost third, subobtuse, pubescent. Stamens inserted 

 at the base of the corolla-tube; filaments 2 mm. long, terete, with 

 a flattened triangular base ; anthers 2*5 mm. long, linear, glabrous. 

 Style almost obsolete ; stigma capitate. 



South-western Region. — Oudtshoorn, April, Miss Taylor in Albany 

 Museum Herbarium !. 



