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M. Bowieana, sp. nov. Suffrutpx caulibus volubilibus tereti- 

 bus rigidis glabris striatis ; foliis sessilibiis crassiusculis linearibus 

 mticronulatis, siccis sa3piiis plicatis, in facie saperiore pilosnlis, 

 iiifei-iorc glabresceiitibus ; fioribas s^epiiis solitariis, interdum di- 

 cbasialibus, pcdunculis caule siinilibus, sed ))arce pilosulis, folia 

 sub^eqiiantibus; bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis; pedicello calycem baud 

 aequaute. ferrugine piiosulo ; sepalis late ellipticis ad late obovatis, 

 cbartaceis, dorso ferrugine pilosnlis, binis eKternis ties ioteriores 

 excedentibiis ; corolla calycem vix diiplo excedente, e tubo brevi 

 iniundibuliforme, areis mesopetalis dorso dense et ferrugine pilosis ; 

 staminibiis inclusis, filamentis tenuibus superne attenuatis, an- 

 theris linearibus basi sagittatis, polline ellipsoideo, granuloso ; 

 stigmate parvo globoso, ovario glabro ; fructu . . . 



Stem slender, wiry, 1-25 mm. in diameter. Leaves 3-4 cm. long, 

 2'5-4 mm. broad, a few of the upper shorter and broader and 

 irregularly shaped (spathulate, or lanceolate and obscurely 3- 

 dentate). Peduncles 2-5-4-5 cm. long ; bracteoles 7-8 mm. long 

 by 2 mm. broad ; pedicels 1 cm. long or less. Sepals 13-10 mm. 

 long, 10 mm. or less in breadth ; corolla 2-5 cm. long, tube scarcely 

 8 mm. long, 3 mm. broad, mouth apparently about 1*5 cm. broad. 

 Style in withered flowers 1*5 cm. long, the terminal globose; stigma 

 less than 1 mm. in diameter. 



A very distinct species, nearest to ill. anijmtifolid, but dis- 

 tinguished by its stouter rigid wiry stem, thick stiffish linear 

 leaves, and larger flowers, especially the conspicuous calyx. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; on roadsides in the districts of Zwellendam 

 and George, Bowie . 



M. malvsefolia, sp. nov. Suf!"rutex caulibus elongatis, sub- 

 flexuosis, asceudentibus, e specimine simplicibus ut tota planta 

 minute hispidulis, siccis compressis ; foliis inter minores reni- 

 formibus, trilobatis, lobis basalibus bilobulatis, nervis principibus 

 3 palmatis, velut nervulis prominulis, petiolis quam folia brevi- 

 oribus ; pedunculis valde elongatis, folia pluries superantibus, 

 curvatis, unifloris ; bracteolis parvis, pauUo inter se discretis, 

 anguste oblanceolatis ; sepalis ellipticis, obtusis, subcoriaceis, 

 subasqualibus, dorso sparse hispidulis ; corolla (lutea ?) calycem 

 2^-plo excedente, late infundibulifornie, areis mesopetalis colore 

 et nervis 5 (? semper) distinctis dorso pilosulis ; antheris sagit- 

 tatis tortis, filamentis subgequalibus subulatis ; polHne ellipsoideo, 

 espinuloso, superticie granuloso, cum areis tribus depressis vix 

 granulosis longitudinalibus ; stigmatibus globosis. 



The specimen consists of a single slender shoot nearly 1 metre 

 long, springing from a slender woody base ; it scarcely reaches 

 1-5 mm. in breadth, and, like the whole plant, bears a barely 

 perceptible ash coloured hispidulous covering. Leaves l-5-2'5 cm. 

 long, 2-5-3-5 cm. broad, 3-lobed to the middle, the lateral lobes 

 more shortly and unequally 2-lobed ; hispidulous chiefly on the 

 veins of the lower surface. Petioles 1-2 cm. long. Peduncles 

 about 10 cm. long ; bracteoles 5-6 mm. long by 2 mm. broad 

 above the middle. Sepals 10-12 mm. long by about 5 mm. broad. 

 Corolla 2*5 cm. long. 



