18 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



I. Randii, sp. nov. Snffrutex ferrugine hirsutiilus, caulibus 

 validis prostratis, subtriangularibus ; foliis ovatis apice rotimdatis, 

 basi truncatis, petiolatis, lamina petiolum quadruple excedeute, 

 venis conspicuis ; floribus inter majores, solitariis, pedicellatis, 

 pedicellis quam folia triplo brevioribus ; bracteolis sub calyce, an- 

 guste lineari-lanceolatis ; sepalis acuminatis, exterioribus ovatis, 

 interioribus lanceolatis, dorso dense ferrugine hirsutulis ; corolla 

 pupurea, calycem plus duplo excedente, fasciis mesopetalis cum nervo 

 distincto utrinque limitatis, dorso superne hirsutulis ; fructu .... 



The strong horizontal shoots are about 3 mm. broad, and bear, 

 like the leaf-stalks and pedicels, numerous short stiffish reddish 

 brown hairs, internodes 2-4 cm. long. Petioles 1*5-2 cm. long ; 

 blades 7-8 cm. long by 4-4-5 cm. broad just above the base, bear- 

 ing numerous short appressed pale brownish or ferruginous stiffish 

 hairs on each side, and a dense marginal covering. Peduncles 

 2-4 cm. long, bracteoles about 1-5 cm. long, 2-2-5 mm. broad, and, 

 like the sepals, densely hirsutulous on the back ; sepals about 

 2 cm. long, scarcely 5-7 mm. broad, diminishing in breadth from 

 the outer to the inner; corolla (withered) scarcely 5-5 cm. long, 

 presumably infundibuliform. 



Near 1. eloiujata E. Meyer, but distinguished by the much larger 

 leaves, the ferruginous hair-covering, and the larger densely hairy 

 sepals. 



Hah. Rhodesia; Bulawayo, Dr. Rand, no. 271, December, 1897. 



I. Robertsiana, sp. nov. Sufi'ratex hirsutulus caulibus prostratis; 

 foliis parvis, lineari-lanceolatis, breviter petiolatis ; floribus soli- 

 tariis, pedunculis folia ^quantibus, majoribus, bracteolis 2, anguste 

 linearibus, ad calycem approximatis ; sepalis lanceolatis ad ovatis, 

 acuminatis, hirsutulis, interioribus latioribus ; corolla puri)urea, 

 late infundibuliforme glabra, fasciis mesopetalis cum nervis 3 dis- 

 tinctis lineatis ; staminibus valde inclusis ; stigmate subgloboso ; 

 fructu .... 



The long spreading shoots have a somewhat sparse covering of 

 short stiffish white hairs, which are present also on the leaf -stalks, 

 the margin and backs of the leaves, the flower-stalks, bracteoles, 

 and the backs of the sepals ; the upper leaf-surfaces are glabrous, 

 and the leaves are often folded on the midrib. Leaves on well- 

 developed shoots about 3 cm. long by -5 cm. broad, with a petiole 

 of 2-3 mm. Flower-peduncles 2-3-5 cm. long, bracteoles 1 cm. or 

 a little less ; sepals scarcely 1*5 cm. long by 3-5-5 mm. broad ; 

 expanded corolla 5 cm. long by nearly as broad. 



Near I. elongata E. Meyer, but distinguished at once by its 

 linear-lanceolate shortly stalked leaves, and longer flower-stalks. 

 Recalls I. argyreioides Chois. (I. cana E. Mey.) in habit and leaf- 

 form, but the smaller leaves and general hairiness of the whole 

 plant distinguish it. 



Hab. Transvaal ; Pilgrim's Rest, Rev. W. Greenstock, 1879. 



I. Scotellii Rendle, sp.nov. Suffrutex humilis hirsutulus cauli- 

 bus tenuibus brevibus, e basi lignosa flexuose difl'usis ; foliis trun- 

 cato-cordatis, apice rotundatis interdum subemarginatis, petiolos 



