268 CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH AFRICAN ASCLEPIADOLOGY. 



extra-axillaribus alteruantibus plurifloris, subcapitatis ; pedicellis 

 brevibus teretibus velutino-pubcrulis, 0-3 cm. longis ; floribus pro 

 genere miuoribus ; calycis segmeutis lanceolatis acutis puberulis, 

 quam corolla subduplo brevioribus ; corolla lobis ovatooblongis 

 obtusis utrinque puberulis, 0-2 cm. longis, 0-1 cm. latis ; coionaj 

 foliolis erectis e basi ovato-oblonga in ligulam erectam linearem 

 obtusam, gynostegium subduplo superantem, attenuatis, intus e basi 

 medio appendice ligulato dorso alte adnato apice libero tricuspidato 

 ornatis, dentibus lateralibus tviangularibus miuoribus acutis, inter- 

 medio duplo majore ; antheris oblongis appendice hyaliuo transverse 

 obtusissimo, apice in stigma inflexo, marginibus loculorum rotun- 

 dato-emarginatis ; polliuiis pyriformibus obtusis, caudiculis fili- 

 formibus divaricatis, glandule basi insertis, glandula anguste 

 oblonga apice obtusa, quam pollinia paalo breviore, tamen multo 

 augustiore ; stigmate generis depresso. 



In loco orientali iucerto coloniae Capensis, probabiliter Kaffrarife, 

 Mrs. Barber. 



I propose to put this interesting plant next to S. carmatum 

 Scliltr., with which it agrees fairly well in general appearance, 

 although the flowers in our plant are more shortly pedicellate, and, 

 on account of this, look more capitate. The inner ligula of the 

 corona- scales is very distinctly trifurcate at the apex ; the pollinia, 

 and especially the gland, differ also from those of S. carmatum. 

 I have only seen a few plants of this evidently rare species, which 

 were collected by Mrs. Barber, and are now to be found partly iu 

 the collections of the Grahamstown Museum in the Cape Colony, 

 partly in my own herbarium, but unfortunately, like many of Mrs. 

 Barber's plants, without any details of locality or of the colour of 

 the flowers. 



23. Schizoglossum Wallacei Schltr., n. sp. Planta humilis, 

 e basi parum ramosa ; ramis erectis subteretibus deusius foliatis 

 unifariam villosis basin versus glabresceutibus ; foliis linearibus vel 

 lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, basi subhastato-truncatis, marginibus 

 revolutis, superne scabre pilosis, subtus glabris, 1-8-2-5 cm. longis, 

 supra basin 0-4-0'8 cm. latis, iuternodia excedentibus ; floribus in 

 umbellis extra-axillaribus alternantibus paucifloris, folia exce- 

 dentibus, pedunculo erecto tereti piloso, foliis ffiquilongo, pedicellis 

 intequilongis pilosis filiformibus quam flores 3-4-plo longioribus ; 

 calycis segmeutis erecto-patentibus lanceolatis acutis pilosis quam 

 coroUfe lobi duplo brevioribus ; corollfc lobis erecto-patentibus ovato- 

 oblongis obtusis utrinque glabris marginibus reflexis, 0'6 cm. longis, 

 medio 03 cm. latis ; corona3 foliolis erectis ovatis, apice tridentatis, 

 dentibus lateralibus quam intermedins multo niajoribus erectis, 

 intermedio minuto subinconspicuo, intus medio supra basin ligula 

 alte bifida, partitionibus erectis obtusis folioli dentes laterales liaud 

 excedentibus ornatis ; antheris oblongis, marginibus cartilagineis 

 pro genere satis latis, loculos longitudine aquantibus, appendice 

 hyalino-ovato obtusissimo in stigma inflexo, marginibus loculorum 

 rotundato-emarginatis ; polliniis ovoideis, caudiculis brevibus di- 

 varicatis medio aftixis, parte superiore angustatis, glandula oblonga 

 obtusa caudiculis basi adheerentibus. 



