118 Alhamj Museum Records. 



II. var. — Petals yellow, isepals not quite so broad as in the type ami 

 slightly longer. 



BokkeveUl Kan-oo, alt. .SOO ra., Dr. R. Marloth. No. :^2;iS, 



Oct. nn»"i. 



Craxsnlft (§ Sjiliaerifis) reinota, Schfinl. n. wp, — A small 

 shrublet, about 17 cm. high. Stem much branched, woody at the 

 base. Okfer branches efoliate, ultimate branches with 4-5 closely 

 set pairs of leaves. Leaves glaucous, connate, subovate, subacute^ 

 rather thick, convex on the back, almost flat above, slightly 

 scabrous, minutely serrulate at the margin, ciliate at the base» 

 lower about H mm. long, gradually getting smaller higher up. 

 Inflorescence tei-minnl, subcapitate, pedunculate : peduncle slightly 

 scabrous, provided with 2-.*i pairs of lanceolate acute empty bracts, 

 about 2.5 cm. long. Flowei-s shortly pedicellate, bracts similar to 

 the sepals. Sepals c. 2 mm. long, almost free, lanceolate, bluntish, 

 carinate on the back, glabrous, but with ciliate margin. Petals 

 pale yellow, connate at the base, carinate at the back, pandurifoi-m, 

 towards tlie apex gradually conti-acted, canaliculate, ^ longer than 

 the sepals. Stamens c. 1.5 mm. long, attached to the petals, fila- 

 ments subulate, anthers oblong. Carpels a little smaller than the 

 st^amens, styles very small, ovaries obliquely subovate, squamae 

 nearly ^ the length of the carpels, subcuneate, c. 0'6 mm. long, 

 c. 0-4: mm. broad above. 



Naauwpoort, T. R. Sim, No. 4, Dec. 11)01. 



This is the most Eastern species of the subgenus Sjjhao'itis 

 with which I am acquainted. At first sight it looks as if it was 

 related to Cr.fruticulsa (L ?) Harv. and Cr. Harvey i, Britt. et. 

 Bak. fil. (Cr. alpestn's, Harv, [non Thunb]), but the structure of 

 its flower leaves no doubt of its real affinities. 



Cotyledon cuneaia, Thunb.— It seems to me doubtful whether 

 the plant referred by Harvey (Flora Capensis, II, p. 373) to this 

 species, is Thunberg's plant. The following is Thunberg's descrip- 

 tion (Thunberg's Flora Capensis, ed. Schultes, 1823, p. 395) : 

 " C. (cuneata) foliis cuneatis carnosis, hirtis; floribus paniculatis, 

 hirsutis. Folia radicalia, carnosa, cuneiformia, integra, margine 

 purpurea, pollicaria. Caulis herbaceus, teres, erectus, pubescens, 

 viscidus, spithamaeus. Flores lutescentes, viscidi. panicula com- 

 posita, cernua, pedunculi et pedicelli villosi, glutinosi. Calyx et 

 corollae extus hirsutae.'" 



I was inclined to refer a plant received from Dr. R. Marloth 

 (No. 3240, Laingsl>urg, Oct. 1903) to G. cuneata, Thunb., but as it 



