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which it differs in the following points :— Leaves pubescent on both 

 surfaces and margin, flowers intermediate in size between those of the 

 other two species and ovary covered with long stiff hairs sprineine 

 from shield-like bases. ° 



13. V. suaveolens, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramosus, 4-6 pedalis, rami's basibus foliorum vetustorum 

 tectis ; foliis rigidis, lineari-acuminatis, marginibns glabris, in facie 

 superne pubescentibus, inferne glabris, pedunculis quam folia brevi- 

 onbus, unifloris, rigidis, gracilibus, superne echinatis ; jloribus inter 

 majores ; perigonii segmentis lanceolatis, exterioribus dorso carinatis ; 

 antheris linearibus, sessilibus, quam perigonii segmenta plus duplo 

 minoribus ; ovario cylindrica dense echinato. 



Shrub 12-18 dcms. high, 10-15 cms. in diameter at the base of 

 the trunk, irregularly branched and clothed throughout with stiff 

 fibrous leaf-bases, and giving off leaves and flowers from the same 

 apex ; leaves about 22 g cms. long and 5--6 cms. broad, rigid, linear, 

 tapering to an acute apex and having a distinct midrib and entire 

 smooth margin, inner surface rough and hairy, outer surface very 

 smooth, peduncles slender, stiff, 10-13 cms. 'long, the upper part 

 covered with hair-like out-growths similar to those on the ovary ; 

 flowers appearing before leaves are fully developed, white or pale 

 lavender, large and graceful, strongly scented, very numerous and 

 often appearing on lateral branches, very attractive to bees ; segments 

 5-5-0 cms. long, lanceolate, outer ones keeled but neither" hairy 

 nor glandular; stamens 2 cms. long, with long linear sessile anthers'; 

 ovary cylindrical and tapering at base, 1 -2-1-6 cms. long, covered 

 with stiff stellate hairs; ripening and splitting three weeks after 

 flowering. 



Type-locality : Rhodesia ; Bernheim Hill, Mazoe. 

 Monro 2174 ! Eyles 439 ! Herb. Brit. Mus. 



This species is closely allied to V. Eylesii and to V. Wentzeliana, 

 from which it differs in the following points : — Leaves p-labrous on 

 the outer surface and margin, flowers larger and ovary covered with 

 stellate hairs. 



14. V. capillaris Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 411 (1898). 

 Xeropliyta capillaris Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc ser 2 

 (Bot.), i. 204. t. 30. fig. 1 (1878); Durand & Schinz in Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. v. 271 (1895) ; Rendle in Welw. Cat, ii 1, 35 (1899). Bar- 

 bacenia capillaris Pax in Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 171 (1892). 



Lower Guinea ; Angola ; Huilla, Welwitsch 1558 ! Gossweiler 

 3S30! Pearson 110! 



15. V. HUMILIS Baker in J. Bot. xxvii. 4 (1889) : Fl Cap vi 

 246 (1897) ; Fl. Trop. Afr. vii. 409 (1898). 



Kalahari Region: Transvaal; Bosch Veldt, Behmann 5138! 

 A pies River, Burke 122. Pilgrim's Rest, GreenstocJc ! Zeyher 1.671 ! 

 Mozamb. Dist. : British Cent. Africa ; Matabeleland, Elliot ! Por- 

 tuguese Fast Africa : Lower Zambesi, Kirk ! British East Africa : 

 Lake Rudolf to Gondokor, Donaldson-Smith ! Rhodesia, Exiles 157 ' 

 517 ! 964 ! Monro 1881 ! Band 226 ! 



16. V. rosea Baker in Vierteliahr. Naturforsch. Zurich, xlix 177 

 (1904). 



Kalahari Region : Transvaal ; Shiluvane. Junod 969 



