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S.W. Africa, between Windhuk and Walfisch Bay; B. O. K. 

 Esdaile (Hb. Rogers, 15318, 15319). Stringbank ; id. (Hb. Rogers, 

 15372). 



Pax describes the inflorescence as consisting of a central $ flower 

 and 3-4 lateral d ones. Archdeacon Rogers's material does not bear 

 out this statement, for whereas an occasional inflorescence may con- 

 form to Pax's description, in most cases examined the £ flowers were 

 two or more in number and occasionally all or almost all were £ . In 

 any event the fruit is undoubtedly a compound one, and therefore the 

 plant cannot properly be considered a Tetragonia. To what extent 

 the axis forms part of the ripe fruit is uncertain, but there seems no 

 reason to doubt that the spines are really bracts enlarged and ligni- 

 fied. Study of this plant from plenty of well-preserved material 

 should yield interesting results. 



There is in the British Museum a specimen of Een's collecting 

 (comm. 1879), which, if not conspecific with this, must be a second 

 species of the genus. Except for the larger and broader leaves the 

 two agree fairly well ; but the specimen is but a small one in early 

 flower, so that a satisfactory conclusion is out of the question. 



RlJBIACEiE. 



Oldenlandia Rogersii, sp. nov. Planta humilis copiose ramosa ; 

 caule gracili rej>ente radicanteque hac atque iliac ramos ascendentes 

 abunde foliosos glabros emittente ; foliis parvis brevipetiolatis ovatis 

 obtuse acutis obscure trinervibus glabris ; stipulis a basi lata in setas 

 perpaucas exeuntibus ; fioribus 4-meris pedicellatis in cymas ter- 

 minates paucifloras subcongestas vel paullo laxiores digestis ; ovario 

 anguste campanulato uti calycis segmenta ovato-lanceolata acuta 

 quam se ipsum paullulum longiora glabro ; corollcP calycem breviter 

 excedentis tubo late cylindrico intus ore villoso quam lobi ovato- 

 lanceolati obtusiusculi paullo breviore ; antheris inclusis subsessilibus ; 

 stylo exserto sub apice puberulo ; capsula — . 



Transvaal, Grasskop, Lydenburg, 14857. 



Folia pleraque 6-10 x 5-8 mm., in sicco supra brunnea subtus 

 griseo-luteola. Stipule 2 mm. long. ; harum basis indivisa -25 mm. 

 Pedicelli 1-2 mm. long. Ovarium 125 mm.; calycis segmenta 

 1-75 mm. long. Corolla 45 mm. long. Anther* ovoideo-oblongae, 

 acuta?, aegre 1 mm. long. Stylus 5 mm. long. ; hujus rami obtusi 

 '5 mm. long. 



Much like 0. Oliveriana K. Schum., which has larger and dif- 

 ferently-shaped calyx segments, corolla with longer and relatively 

 narrower tube and larger lobes, and entirely different stamens. 



Composite. 



Felicia homochroma, sp. nov. Planta herbacea bispithamea, 

 caule erecto fere a basi ramoso ramis crebris erectis teretibus foliosis 

 longitrorsum costatis puberulis ; foliis sessilibus linearibus obtusis 

 integris vel subobsolete denticulatis leviter scabriusculis ; capifulis 

 mediocribus campanulatis ramulos breves solitatim terminailtibus ; 

 tuvolucri glabri phyllis 3-serialibus lineari-lanceolatis aeutis ihtimis 



