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Scrubby slopes of Lushington Mtn., near Stockenstrom, Dec. 1884, 

 Scully 169 ! 



9. X. angolense, n. sp. Boot tuberous. Stern striate, at first very 

 pubescent, eventually almost glabrous. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, 

 subhastate at base, slightly glaucous below, margin subrevolute and 

 denticulate. Peduncles and pedicels shortly hairy. Umbel 6-16- 

 flowered. Sepals pale yellow (teste Welwitsch), lanceolate-ovate, 

 subglandular at apex. Petals pink (sordide violacei, Welwitsch), 

 shorter than the sepals, slightly bearded within, ovate, obtuse, 

 emarginate, united below to the gynostegium. Corona- scales ovate, 

 triangular, obtuse. Gynostegium much longer than the anthers 

 (which distinguishes this species from all others). Leaves 10-16 cm. 

 long, 2 cm. broad ; petiole 3 mm. Peduncles 2 cm. and pedicels 

 1-2 cm. long. Sepals 7-8 mm. Flowers 1 cm. in diameter. — 

 Huilla, 14°-16° lat. austr. : in pascuis humidis de Catumba versus 

 Ohai, Jan. Febr. 1860, Welwitsch 4171 ! freq. in paludosis juxta 

 rivulas prope Huilla et Humpata, Welwitsch 4170 ! 



10. X. involuceatum Dene, in DC. Prod. viii. 519. — Eastern 

 Districts and Natal, common. Albany, Macowan 654! Cooper 472! 

 2736! Zeyherl Riet fontein, 25 Oct. 1813, BurchelliUH Kreili's 

 Country, Bowkerl Bazija, Nov., alt. 2-2500 ft., Baur 383 ! Mrs. 

 Barber 36 ! 83 ! In graminosis clivis montis Currie, Griqualand 

 East, Dec, 5000 ft., Tyson Herb. Norm. 546! Natal, Inanda, 

 Wood 364 ! Sanderson 373 ! Gerrard 1801 ! Mooi River, alt. 4000 

 ft., 28 Dec, Wood 4063 ! 



11. X. Holubii, n. sp. Root woody, tuberous (secondary roots 

 also tuberous). Stem finally nearly glabrous, at first crisply hairy. 

 Leaves rather fleshy, subcylindrical, not scabrid at margin, linear- 

 elongate. Umbels pedunculate, 25-30 flowered. Bracts ligulate. 

 Sepals not half as long as petals, concave, eventually reflex. Petals 

 (albido lilacini, Welwitsch) reflex, lanceolate-ovate, subacute. Corona- 

 scales short, peltately affixed, circular at base, with minute alternate 

 squainelke. Gynostegium narrowest at base of anthers, subcylin- 

 drical. Capsule elongate, fusiform, glabrous. Leaves 10-20 cm. 

 long, and 3 mm. broad. Peduncles 1 cm. ; pedicels 5-6 mm. long. 

 Petals 3 mm. long. — Leshumo Valley, Holub ! Huilla, in collibus 

 dumetosis horbidisque rarior prope Lopollo, Dec. 1859, Welwitsch 

 4175! 



Excluded Species. 

 A. grandiflorum Br. = Pachypus yrandiflorus E. Mey. 



The following species are unknown to me : — 



X. HeudeloUanwn Dene, in DC. Prod. viii. p. 520. 

 X. sessile Dene., id. p. 519. 



A'. .' linguceforme Harv. MS. ; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 50. 

 X. prunelloides Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. xxi. 255 

 (1848). 



