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perpaucisve ; calyce minute puberulo tubo cylindrico quain segiiienfci 

 lineari-subulata acuminata paulluluui longiore; corollce extus glandu- 

 loso-puberulsB tubo ex calyce bene eminente anguste tubuloso sub 

 limbo dilatato limbo optima bilabiato tubo breviore labii antici lobis 

 quam'postici longioribus ; «?i^7jerts breviter exsertis loculis inperspicue 

 calcaratis ; stylo pubescente. 



Transvaal'; n. 12876. 



Folia summum fere 1 cm. long, pleraque vero ±6 mm., 8-4 mm. 

 lat. Pedicelli perbreves, raro 2 mm. attingentes. Bracteolse circa 

 2 mm. long. Calyx 9 mm. long ; segmenta sola 4 mm. Corolla; 

 tubus 1*5 cm. long., inferne 1 mm. sub limbo 4 mm. lat. ; limbus 

 1 cm. long. ; lobi omnes oblongo-obovati obtusissimi, antici 6"5 mm., 

 postici 5 mm. long. Filamentorum pars libera vix 4 mm. long. ; 

 antherse apice mucronulatse, 2 mm. long. Ovarium glabrum 4 mm., 

 stylus 21 mm. long. 



Nearest D. Hildehrandtii S. Moore, bvit without the glandular 

 indumentum of that species and smaller in leaf and flower. 



Blepharis caloneura, sp. nov. Hamis ramulisque teretibus his- 

 pidis ; foliontm pseudoverticillis solemniter 4-nis foliis per paria 

 manifesto insequalibus omnibus sessilibus anguste lineari-lanceolatis 

 obtusis vel obtuse acutis margine distanter denticulatis tenuiter 

 coriaceis utrinque hispido-scabridis ; Jlorihus in spicas subglobosas 

 plurifloras ordinatis ; foliis Jloralibiis lanceolatis apice spinoso- 

 acuminatis margine paucidentatis dentibus spinosis pilis strigosis 

 scabridis glandulosisque copiose aspersis ; hractea slerili foliis flor- 

 alibus subsimili nisi multo majore dorso costa centrali insigniter 

 prominente percursa costisque lateralibus optime perspicuis signata ; 

 bracfeolis lanceolato-oblongis spinoso-acuminatis sursum margine 

 dentatis ; calyce glanduloso-pubescente bracteolas superante segmentis 

 anticis quam posticum paullulum brevioribus 2-dentatis dentibus 

 breviter spinoso-acuminatis margine sub apice utrinque 2-dentatis 

 segmento postico spinoso-acuminato margine utrinque 1-dentato 

 segmentis lateralibus ceteris pauUo brevioribus lineari-lanceolatis 

 acuminatis ; corollce cserulese limbo 3-lobo extus glanduloso-pubescente 

 intus sparsim scabriusculo lobis lateralibus late ovatis obtusissimis 

 quam intermedivis ovato-oblongus obtusus majoribus ; capsula ovoidea 

 obtusa 2-sperraa. 



Chome ; n. 8006. Victoria Falls ; n. 13172. Also at Kew, 

 N.W. Rhodesia ; n. 8757. Victoria Falls ; n. 13154. 



Folia pleraque 4-8 cm. long., 5-8 mm. lat., in sicco griseolo- 

 viridia. Folia Horalia + 1 cm. long. Bractea sterilis uscpie ad 

 4'5 X 1 cm., sie])issime vero brevior sc. +2'5 cm. long. Braeteolaj 

 15 mm. long. Calycis segmentum posticum 22 mm., antici 19 mm. 

 long. ; segmenta lateralia 16 mm. long. CoroUae tubus 9 nun. long. ; 

 limbiis 15 mm. long., sub apice 9'5 mm. lat. ; lol)i laterales yegre 

 4 mm. lat., lobus intermedins 2 mm. Capsula dilute liadia. 



Affinity with li. sol Clai'ke and IB. Wehfitschii S. Moore. 



Blepharis cataractae, sp. nov. Ramulis ti-nuibus j)ilis decurvis 

 hispidvdis delude glal)ris ; foliis per ])aria iniequalia pseudoverticillatis 

 lincarihus breviter spinuloso-acuminatis integris linne membranareis 

 ])ilis paucis hispidis jjneditis necnon margine rigide ciliolalis; siiicis 



