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sessile viscid glands. Leaves fleshy, f-l| inch long, pinnate, the 

 median portion about 1 line wide, with about four pairs of oblong 

 pinn», which are obtuse, 3-4 lines long by 1-1^ line wide, irregu- 

 larly and very obtusely toothed. Peduncles stout, 1-1^ inch long, 

 usually with a bract about the middle, forming a rather lax corymb, 

 luvoliicral scales keeled, obtuse, membranous-edged. Anthodes 

 rayless. Corolla 5-lobed, tube considerably inflated. Achenes 

 angular, with a very short toothed pappus. 



Shore between Sea Point and Kamp's Bay. Nov., Wolley Dod, 

 3i21. 



Quite unlike any other South African species, but perhaps altered 

 from its normal characters by its maritime situation. 



Wahlenbergia depressa, sp. n. Annual, tufted, 2-J: inches 

 high, much branched, branches hispid. Leaves crowded, opposite, 

 elliptical, 6-7 lines long by li line wide, denticulate, hispid. 

 Flowers terminal, sessile. Calyx 2^-3 lines long, tube obconical, 

 hispid, strongly ribbed, lobes about 1 line long, subglabrous exter- 

 nally, hispid within, broad and rounded at the base, acuminate and 

 pungent at the apex, the margins iucrassate, subrevolute. Corolla 

 about 1 line long, cylindrical, hispid within, lobes about i line long. 

 Capsule 3-celled. 



Northern slopes of Lion's Head. Nov., Wolley Dud, 3516. 

 Somewhat resembling W. montana DC, but considerably more 

 hispid, leaves much more strongly denticulate, very diflerent calyx 

 lobes, and much smaller corolla. It also bears a strong superficial 

 resemblance to dwarf tufted states of Microcudon hispid iilum Sond., 

 but, besides the generic characters, its far shorter calyx lobes 

 readily distinguish it. 



Roella amplexicaule, sp. n. Erect, not much branched, 

 about a foot high, glabrous, densely leafy. Leaves about 3 lines 

 long, amplexicaul or subdecurrent, broadly ovate, rigid and cori- 

 aceous, strongly and sharply serrate, the teeth often hooked, apex 

 pungent. Floral leaves larger, suborbicular, thinner, more finely 

 serrate. Flowers capitate. Calyx slightly exceeding floral leaves, 

 about 6 lines long, tube rather longer than the lobes and narrowed 

 upwards, lobes lanceolate acute, densely ciliate. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, about 9 lines long, very pale blue, lobes 2|-3 lines long. 

 By the stream in Steenberg Valley, Jan., Wulley Dud, 808. 

 Simon's Bay, Dec, MacGillivray, 959. Hills above Simon's Town, 

 Dec, Miine, 154. 



Quite distinct from any other species. 



Sebsea ochroleuca, sp. n. Annual, 2-3 inches high. Leaves 

 semi-amplexicaul, broadly ovate, obtuse, 3-5 lines long. Inflor- 

 escence cymose, rather dense, cymes i-l^ inch diameter. Calyx 

 4-fid, broadly ovoid, about 1^ line long by 1 line broad, segment 

 membranous, with a broad herbaceous wing on the back, the apices 

 aciculate, squarrose. Flowers very pale yellow or white, darkening 

 m drying. Corolla 4-lobed, projectiug when closed about 1 line 

 beyond the calyx, lobes oval subacute. Stamens inserted in the 

 minuses of the corolla lobes, filaments very short, anthers with one 



