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meiita ext. 17"o mm. long., antica summimi 7 mm., po.sticum mm. 

 lat. ; lateralia 7 mm. long. CoroU* tubus 8'o x l'7o mm. ; lobi a;gre 

 1 cm. long. Filanienta interne dilatata, 8 mm. long., antheraj 3 mm. 

 long., staminoclia 1 mm. long, horum antherje '-i: mm. Ovarium 

 glabrum, 3 mm. long., stylus glaber, 11 mm. long. 



The. foliage of both species being virtually identical, this might be 

 taken for Ji. taitensis S. Moore which has quite different tlowers. 



Selago Polygala, sp. nov. Perennis ; ramis verisimiliter decum- 

 bentibus sursmu ramulosis crebro foliosis minute pubescentibus ; foliis 

 fasciculatis sessilibus lineari-oblongis obtusis basi angustatis mem- 

 branaceis uti bracteae cal^^cesque uiicroscopice puberulis ; cymis 

 brevibus racemosis ad apicem rami paniculam foliatam referentibus ; 

 hracteis oblongis .obtusis calycem excedentibus ; cali/ce campanulato 

 medium usque diviso lobis oblongo-ovatis obtusis inter se fere 

 sequalibus ; corollcs tubo infundibulari-cylindrico lobis oblongo-ovatis 

 obtusis vel obtusissimis anticis quam postici majoribus intermedio 

 quam laterales longiore ; staminibus exsertis ; stamiiiodio nullo ; 

 ovario ovoideo-oblongo glabro ; stylo exserto. 



Cape, Worcester division, between Osplaats and Tunnel sidings ; 

 n. 16733. 



Folia 1-2 cm. long., 2-3"5 mm. lat. Ramuli cymigeri circa 

 3 cm. long., deorsum foliosi. Bractea; ±4-5 mm. long., pedicelli 

 circa 1 mm. Calyx 3 mm. long., lobi 1-5 mm. Corolla? tubus 

 5 mm. long., deorsum 2 mm. sub limbo 2*5 mm. lat. ; lobi postici 

 Vo mm., laterales 3 mm., anticus 4 mm. long. Ovarium 1 mm., 

 stylus 8 mm. long. 



Affinity with S. hermannioides E. Mey., but diverse in indu- 

 mentum, larger fascicled leaves, laxer cymes and larger flowers. 



Plectranthus {Qermania) Thorncroftii, sp. nov. Caule ascen- 

 dente sat valido superne ramoso glabro ; ramulis sparsim foliosis 

 pubescentibus ; foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-obovatis apicem 

 versus perpaucidentatis firme membranaceis sparsim pubescentibus ; 

 verticillastris solemniter 2-tloris inter se distantibus circa o mm ; 

 pediceUis calyce longioribus uti calyx glanduloso-pubescentibus ; 

 calycis florescentis campanulati tubo limbum adajquante lobo postico 

 late ovato acuto lobis lateralibus triangulari-lanceolatis quam antici 

 lineari-subulati paullukmi brevioribus ; corollce extus glandulis lucen- 

 tibus sparsim insperste tubo postice gibboso inde cylindrico labio 

 postico 3-lobo lobo intermedio suborbiculari alte emarginato quaiu 

 laterales ovato-oblongi obtusissimi longiore labio antico cvmbiformi 

 longit. posticum leviter superante ; yenifalihus exsertis. 



Transvaal, Barberton ; J. Thorncroft (Ilfj. Hoyrrs, 10987). 



Planta verisiuiiliter vix spithamea. Caulis usque -1 mm. diam., 

 laxe corticatus. Folia 20 x 7 mm. attingentia, sed sa'pius minora, in 

 sicco brunnea. S])icastra 5-8 cm. long. Bracteie diutule ])ersistentes, 

 lineares vel lineari-oblongai, 2-5 nun. long. Pedicelli 5-G mm. long. 

 Calyx Horesccns 3'5 mm. long ; labium posticum 2 mm. long. ; 

 labii antici lobi laterales 1"5 mm., lobus anticus vix 2 mm. lono-. 

 CaljTC fructescens 6 mm. long. ; labium posticum 4 mm. lobi ceteri 

 2'5 mm. long. Corolhu tubus 4'5 x 2 mm. ; labii ixtstici lobus inter- 



