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Hab. Grassy field beyond Camtoos Eiver, near Galgeboscb, 

 and elsewbere, Thunherq. Zwartkops and Vanstandens River, and 

 Adow Ait, Ecklon d Zcijher. Zuurebergen, alt. 1200-2000 ft., 

 Dre<je ! Zwartkops River, Drc<je ! Slaay Kraal, Bwke d- Zeyher. 

 Soutb Africa, sine loc, Masson ! Van Stadensberg, alt, 800 ft., 

 MacOwan, No. 475 ! Brookbuizens Poort, MacOwan ! Burchell, 

 Nos. 5262! 4042! 4155! 4002! 4573! Natal, T. Gerrardl Kaffir- 

 land, Br. Gill I 



Leaves wbite beneatb, 1^-2 in. long, ^ to ratber over f in. broad. 



Var. /j. ACUMINATUM. E. squarrosxun var. acuminatum (E. & Z.) 

 Harv. I. c. 2G6. 



Hab. Wiuterberg, E. d Z. ; Bowie. 



Var. Dregei = E. Bregel E. Mey. Com.. 129. E. sguarrosum 

 var. y. Dregei (Bentb.) Harv. I. c. 



Hab. Omsamculo, Drege. Port Natal, Gueinzius. 



Var. LATiFOLiuM (Bentli.). E. squarrosxun var. ^. latifulium 

 Bentb. ; Harv. I. c. 



Hab. Natal, Gueinzius ! J. il/. Wood, No. 3139 ! Gerrard, No. 

 559! Zululand, Mrs. MacKenzie\ Pondoland, alt. 1000 ft., W. 

 Tyson, No. 2834 ! 



*** Calyx longissimus 4-6 lin. 

 -.- Foliola ad apicem acuta vel apiculata. 



19. E. shirense Bak.fil. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Ser. 2, iv. 11, c. tab. 

 Hab. Mt. Zomba, A. Whyte, No. 31 ! Nyassaland, J. Buchanan, 



Nos. 312, 1350 (1891) ! Mt. Milanji, Scott Elliot, No. 8614 ! 



Leaflets concolorous, 3^-4 in. long, f in. or ratber more broad. 



20. E. BuRKEi Bentb. in Fl. Capensis, ii. 260. 



Hab. Magaliesburg, Burke d Zeyher ! Transvaal, Pretoria, 

 colles supra Aapes river, liehmann, No. 4372 ! Wouderboompoort, 

 No. 4609 ! 



Tbe stems of tbis plant are covered witb a rusty pubescence. 



E. reticulatum E. Meyer, Com. 129, I do not know; it is possibly 

 allied to tbe above. 



21. E. sALiGNUM E. Mey. Com. 129; Harv. I.e. 261. 



Hab. Magaliesburg, Burke d Zeyher ! Kokstadt, Griqualand 

 East, W. Tyson, Herb. Normale, No. 520 ! Near Grabamstown, 

 alt. 2000 ft.', MacOwan, No. 270! Barbertou, E. E. Galpin, No. 

 1140! Natal, Sanderson; Krauss, No. 474! T. Williamson; W. T. 

 Gerrardl Inanda, IFoof/, No. 452 ! Durban, W. Molyneicxl Hill 

 near Botbas, alt. 2200 ft.. Wood, No. 5016 ! British Kafiraria, T. 

 Cooper, No. 293 ! Zululand, Mrs. MacKenzie ! 



Leaflets silky white beneath. 



Var. /3. coNcoLOR Harv. /. c. 



Hab. Natal, Sanderson ! 



A specimen gathered by W. T. Gerrard in Zululand, No. 1097, 

 is also probably this species. 



"XL Foliola ad apicem obtusa vel rotundata vel subacuta. 



22. E. oBLONGUM Benth. in Fl. Cap. ii. 259. 



Hab. Aapjes River, B^irke d Zeyher ! Barberton, banks of 



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