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Whitjieldia SUihlmanni C. B. CI. Eabai, Mombasa; Eev, W. 

 h. fay lor. 



Dijschoriste radicans T. And. Somaliland, Gof and Elhimo ; 

 Lord Delamere. 



Micranthus lowjifolia Lindan. Tropical East Africa ; Rev. W. 

 ii. Tai/lor. 



Acanthus enmiens C. B. CI. Kikuyu ; F. J. Jackson. 



Pseudoblepharis BoiviniBiiiW. Giryama and Tsimba Mountains : 

 Rev. ]\ . E. Taylor. 



Blepharis extenuata, sp. nov. Suffrntex parvus ramosus 

 g aber, rainis patulis parum angulatis, foliis sessilibus lineari- 

 oblanceolatis apice breviter spinulosis marginibus 2-3-spinuloso- 

 serratis subcoriaceis paribus juxtapositis sub^equalibus, ramulis 

 florileris abbreviatis solitariis vel paucis (usque ad 4) aggre^atis, 

 loins florahbus auguste linearibus longe patenterque spinoso pin- 

 natifidis spims utrinque 2-3, bractea parva rigida triangulari- 

 cleltoidea sursum serrulata quam bracteolcT breviore, bracteolis 

 subulatis debihter spmuloso-acuminatis a calyce superatis, calycis 

 rigidi minutissnne pubescentis lobo postico integro vel breviter 

 tritido xobum anticum excedente, corolL^ minutissime pubescentis 

 labio 5-lobo, capsula . 



Hab. Namaqualand ; W. C. Scully, No. 243. 



Caulis usque ad 0-3 cm. diam., pallida. Kamuli brunneo- 

 rubescentes, cortice subnitenti laxe obducti, circa 0-2 cm. diam 

 ^olia 1-5-20 cm long., vix 0-3 cm. lat. Folia floralia usque ad 

 d-5 cm. long., deorsum carinata et 0-2 cm. lat. ; liarum spin^e 

 patentes 0-5-0-8 cm. long., rigid.^. Bracte* 0'3 cm. bracteolc4que 

 u-b cm. long. Galycis lobus anticus ovato-oblougus, 4-dentatus 

 U'7 cm. long ; denies intermedii laterales excedentes ; lobus posti- 

 cus panduriformis, 1-5 cm. long. ; lobi laterales ovati, acummati, 

 0-6 cm. long. Flores verisimiliter lutescentes. Corolla tota 1-8 cm 

 long. ; tubus 0-35 cm. long. ; labmm sursum 0-6 cm. lat., huius 

 lobi exteriores brevissimi, lobi intermedii fere semicirculai4s, 

 U 65 cm lat., lobus centralis late obcordatus, 0-24 cm. lat. Anther* 

 U'd cm. long. 



Apparently nearest B. XoU-me-tanyere S. Moore, this can easily 

 be distnaguished by its narrow leaves, slender floral leaves set 

 with long and thin spines, the bract much shorter than the 

 bracteoles, &c. 



Blepharis Scullyi, sp. nov. Acaulis, radice elongato valido 



sparsissime fibrilhiero, foliis sessilibus oblanceolatis apice crebroque 



marginibus spinescentibus hirsutulis membranaceis, ramulis flori- 



eris elongatis attenuatis multifloris, bracteis imbricatis late ob- 



ongo-obovatis sursum 5-lobis pubescentibus lobis 3 intermediis 



longioribus utrinque semel vel bis spinulosis lobis omnibus apice 



eleganter s'pmosis, bracteolis subulatis pubescentibus quam bractea) 



manifeste brevioribus, calycis ampli pubescentis lobo postico quam 



anticus paulo majore, coroUee labio 5-lobo, capsula 1-sperma. 



Mab. Namaqualand ; W. C. Scully, No. 249. 



Radix fere 20-0 cm. long., rectus, sursum 0-3 cm. diam. Folia 



circa 5*0 cm. long, et 1-0 cm. lat., serratur^ spinulos* usque ad 



