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to K. stenoijlossa Schltr., described in this Journal for 1894 (p. 257) 

 under Gowphocarpus. K. carinata was first discovered by Mr. 

 Tyson on grassy places near the village of Kokstadt, in Griqualand 

 East, in 1883. During my last trip through the same regions I was 

 also lucky enough to find this species. This instance may show 

 again how local some of our South African Asclepiads are. 



25. Gomphocarpus concinnus Schltr., n. sp. Gracilis, 

 erectus, 30-35 cm. altus ; caule simplici, flexuoso, sparsim foliato, 

 piloso; foliis erectis anguste linearibus acutis, marginibus revolutis, 

 basi in petiolum brevissimum angnstatis, utrinque pilosis, 5-8 cm. 

 longis, medio 0'2-0-3 cm. latis, internodia subtequantibus vel paulo 

 superantibus ; floribus in umbellis extra-axillaribus alternantibus 

 pseudo-terminalibusve, 6-8-floris, pedunculo erecto gracili, tereti, 

 piloso, c. 1-5 cm. longo, pedicelhs filiformibus pilosis, quam pe- 

 dunculus duplo brevioribus ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis 

 pilosis, quam corolla duplo brevioribus; corolla patula, 1-2 cm. 

 diametro, lobis ovatis obtusiusculis sericeo-pilosis, marginibus 

 sericeo-villosis, 0-6 cm. longis, medio vix 0-4 cm. latis ; corona) 

 foliohs erectis cucullatis obtusis, facie interiore, margine supra 

 medium utrinque denticulo porrecto in stigma inflexo auctis, apice 

 oblique truncatis, gynostegium paulo excedentibus ; antheris o_b- 

 longis, marginibus loculorum basin versus dilatatis obtuse truncatis, 

 loculos longitudine aquautibus, appendice hyalino suborbiculari 

 rotundato apice in stigma inflexo, marginibus loculorum excisis ; 

 polliniis more generis maxime compressis oblique lanceolatis, basi 

 in caudiculam brevem basi paulo dilatata glandule infra medium 

 insertam angustatis, giandula rhomboidea obtusa pro magnitudine 

 polliniorum minima. 



In graminosis prope flumen Tina River in terra Griqualand 

 Orientalis, alt. 4000 ped., flor. Jan. 1895, R. Schlechter, No. C418 ; 

 Natalite interioris loco incerto, J. M. Wood. 



A very slender and distinct plant, very unlike anything we know 

 of the genus on the African continent. It may be sectionally allied 

 to such species of Eu-Gomphocarpm as G.fruticusus R. Br., physo- 

 carpus E. Mey., tomentosus Burch., abyssinicus Dene., sinaiciis 

 Boiss., stennphyllits Oliv., and rivuUiris Schltr.; but from all these 

 it differs by its habit, small size, and distinct corona-scales, and, if 

 this may be regarded as a character of the section, the silk-like 

 white hairs which cover the plant. All the species of my section 

 FAL-(jomphocarpus are either glabrous or farinoso-tomentose. The 

 fruits of G. concinnus are not yet known, and may prove to be quite 

 distinct from those of Eu-Gomplwcarpus. I have only seen a single 

 specimen in each of the two collections mentioned above. 



The colour of the petals is white, of the corona greenish brown. 



26. Gomphocarpus Harveyanus Schltr. Herba humilis e basi 

 ramosa, 15-20 cm. alta ; ramis subteretibus bifariam pilosis, basi 

 glabrescentibus plus minus dense foliatis ; foliis ovatis vel ovato- 

 lanceolatis acutis vel subacutis utrinque tenuiter pilosis, supra basin 

 0-7-l'3 cm. latis, 1-5-8 cm. longis, petiolis pilosis, 0-4-0-6 cm. 

 longis ; floribus in cymis umbella3-formibus terminalibus multi- 

 floris, pedunculo folia superante erecto bifariam piloso, 2-5-3'5 cm. 



