466 Annals of the South African Museum. 



17. ''G. Schlechteri (Phillips, sp. nov.). 



Stirps glabra vel sparse pubescens. Folia 13-22 cm. longa, 

 2-3'5 mm. lata, linearia vel lineari-oblonga, super glabra, subtus glabra 

 vel pilosa, marginibus longo spatio crenatis, dentatis, vel subintegris. 

 Bracteae foliis similares, geueraliter floris longiores. Pediculus 

 2 - 5 mm. longus, pilosus vel subtomentosus. Tubus cahjei 1 mm. 

 longus, 1*5 mm. latus, campanulatus, dense albo-pubescens; lobi 

 2 mm. longi, - 5 mm. lati, subacumiuati, apice acuti, generaliter glabri, 

 ciliati. Segmenta corollae 9 mm. longa, apice acuta, glabra. Filimenta 

 1 cm. longa, linearia, basi sensim dilata, pilosa; antherae 2 - 5 mm. 

 longae, ciliatae. Stylus 3 mm. longus, linearis ; stigma capitatum. 



A twiner. Stem glabrous or scantily pubescent. Leaves P3-22 cm. 

 long, 2-3 - 5 mm. broad, linear or linear-oblong, distantly crenate, 

 toothed, or subentire, glabrous above, glabrous or shortly pilose 

 beneath. Flowers arranged in a racemose manner up the stems, P5-3 

 mm. apart. Bracts similar to the leaves, usually exceedingthe flowers ; 

 bracteoles 1*5 mm. long, linear, acuminate. Pedicels 2 - 5 mm. long, 

 terete, pilose or subtomentose. Calyx-tube, 1 mm. long, l - 5 mm. broad, 

 campanulate, densely albo-pubescent ; lobes 2 mm. long, - 5 mm. broad 

 at the base, ovate, subacuminate, acute, usually glabrous or with a 

 few scattered hairs, with the margins shortly ciliated. Corolla split 

 into segments 9 mm. long, lanceolate above, narrowed into a linear 

 claw below, obtuse at the apex, glabrous. Stamens more than A as 

 long as the corolla ; filaments 1 cm. long, linear, gradually widening 

 towards the base, pilose; anthers 2"5 mm. long, ciliate on the back 

 in the lower half. Style 3 mm. long, linear; stigma capitate. 



Western Region. — Among bushes between Spektakel and O'okiep 

 c. 3100 ft., September, Bolus, 9407 !. 



South-western Region. — Clanwilliam Division : Windhoek, 500 

 ft., August, Schlechtcr, 8351 !. Tulbagh Division : Near Porterville 

 Road, 400 ft., August, Schlechter, 10723 !. 



18. C. triphylla (Phillips, in Ann. S. Afr. Mus., xvi, i.). 



A twiner. Stems terete, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, divided 

 into 3, rarely more, segments to the base ; segments '5-5 cm. long, 

 ■5-1 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, entire or more rarely remotely toothed, 

 glabi'ous. Petioles 1-6 mm. long, glabrous. Injiurescence racemose, 

 distinctly marked off from the leafy stem, many-flowered. Flowers 

 usually horizontal or subpendulous. Bracts 3-5 - 5 mm. long, linear 

 or linear-ovate, acute, sometimes 2-toothed at the base, otherwise 

 entire, glabrous ; bracteoles '5 mm. long, subulate. Pedicels 2 - 5-3 mm. 



