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bus puberulis ; floribus mediocribus sessilibus ad apicem pedunculi 

 puberuli folia louge excedentis binis (nonntinquam solitariis) ; sepalis 

 lanceolatis vel lanceolato-linearibus acutis illis 3- his 1-nervibus nervis 

 dorso prominentibus omnibus dorso scabridis ; fetalis 4 spathulatis 

 obtusissimis posticis quam reliqui longioribus latioribusque ; sta minibus 

 fertilibus 5 ; ovario scabriusculo. 



Cape, French Hoek, 17519. 



Folia inferiora usque 15-2 cm. long., sicca circa 1 cm. humec- 

 tata 1*5 cm. lat. ; superiora +5 mm. long.; illorum lobi summum 

 7x7 mm., saepissmie vero minores ; petioh ± 5 mm. Ions;-., foil, 

 summorum modo 1-1-5 mm., omnes subtiliter pubescentes. Stipulse 

 laxse, brunneee, 2-4 mm. long. Pedunculi plus minus patentes, 2 5- 

 3 cm. long. Braeteae stipulis similes, circa 3 mm. long. Calcar 

 circa 4 mm. long. Sepala 7-8 mm. long. Petala alba, roseo-lineata, 

 postica 12 mm., reliqua 10 mm. long. Antherae 15 mm., ovarium 

 5 mm., stylus 3 mm. long. 



The affinity would seem to be with P. myrrhifolium Ait, Of the 

 flowers opened none was seen with more than 4 anthers, though the 

 long filaments were always 5. 



Anacardiace,e. 



Rhus tumulicola, sp. nov. Planta ramulis sat validis lenticelli- 

 feris glabrescentibus novellis piloso-pubescentibus ; foliis petiolatis 

 trifoliolatis (petiolis foliolis lateralibus subasquilongis supra com- 

 planatis leviterque excavatis vix alatis) piloso-puberulis cito glabres- 

 centibus foliolis sessilibus obovatis vel obovato-oblongis obtusissimis 

 apice mucronatis basi cuneatis margine integris raro undulato-crenatis 

 papyraceis utrobique glabris supra nitidis necnon prominenter reti- 

 culatis subtus pall idiori bus ; fasciculis paucifloris quam folia brevi- 

 oribus glabris ; pedicellis liliformibus quam drupae brevionbus ; 

 calycis glabri segmentis triangulari-oblongis aeutiusculis quam petala 

 ovato-oblonga obtusa paullo brevioribus ; drupis subglobosis glabris. 



Transvaal, "The Downs,' Pietersberg Division, 22033. 



Foliola lateralia 2-3 X 15-25 cm., fol. terminale 35xl - 5- 

 3-3 cm. ; petioli plerique 15-25 cm. long. Paniculae + 2 cm. long., 

 nonnumquam usque 5-10 mm. reductae. Bracteolae filiformes, circa 

 1 mm. long. Calycis segmenta -75 mm., petala aegre 1 mm. long. 

 Drupa sicca 3 mm. humectata 4 mm. diam. 



To be inserted next R. pyroides Burch., which has, inter alia, 

 relatively narrower hairy leaflets without the prominent reticulation, 

 much longer panicles, and hairy flowers. 



COMBRETACEJC. 



Combretum (§ Anyustimarginatai) griseiflorum, sp. nov. Veri- 

 similiter fi'utex, foliis oppositis suboppositis vel sparsis breviter 

 petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis oblongisve obtusis basi cuneatis papv- 

 raceis utrobique sed praesertim pag. inf. argenteo-lepidotis costis 

 lateralibus utrinque 7-8 sub margine arcuatis uti costa centralis pag. 

 sup. planis inf. optime eminentibus ; spicis sublaxe plurifloris foliis 

 brevioribus rhachi puberula ; brncteis parvulis anguste linearibus 

 diutule persistentibus ; ovario sessili subcvlindrico dense griseo- 



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