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A. myriocladus, n. sp. — Main stem woody, terete, suberect, 

 many-ribbed ; prickles slender, pungent, deflexed ; branchlets 

 short, crowded, very slender, strongly angled, simple, ascending. 

 Phyllocladia 3-8-nate, linear, rigid, mucronate, Jin. long. Kacemes 

 lax, about an inch long, produced from the woody main stems ; 

 pedicels l-12th to l-8th in. long, articulated at the middle; bracts 

 ovate-lanceolate. Perianth l-12th in. long ; segments obtuse. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers minute, globose. 



Hab. Natal ; Inanda, Wood 355 ! Near A. (BtJiiopicus. 



Aloine^e. 



Kniphofia Northiae, n. sp. — Stem produced above the surface 

 of the ground, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 30-40 in a dense rosette, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, glaucous, broadly channelled down the face, 

 not acutely ribbed on the back, the outer 4-5 ft. long, 5-6 in. broad 

 at the base, tapering gradually to a long point, distinctly serrulate 

 on the margin, the inner leaves of the rosette growing gradually 

 narrower and shorter. Peduncle elongated, above an inch thick. 

 Eaceme very dense, above a foot long, 3-4 in. diam. ; bracts ovate, 

 scariose, those just below the base of the raceme ^-^ in. long; 

 pedicels short ; all the lower flowers pale yellow, only the upper 

 flushed towards the tip with red. Perianth cylindrical, an inch 

 long; segments small, ovate. Stamens about as long as the 

 perianth. Style a little exserted. 



Hab. Grahamstown. Described from a drawing in the North 

 gallery, and a living plant in the Cactus-house at Kew, presented by 

 Miss North, which has not yet flowered. We are informed by Mr. 

 Tidmarsh that it was discovered by Mr. W. Dugmore. Of the spe- 

 cies already known it is most like K. caulescens Baker (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 5946), but the leaves are much broader, the perianth much larger, 

 and the stamens not exserted. 



K. modesta, n. sp. — Leaves linear, rigid, li ft. long, l-12th to 

 l-8th in. broad, acutely keeled on the back. Peduncle slender, as 

 long as the leaves ; empty bracts lanceolate. Eaceme dense, sub- 

 spicate, subsecund, 3-6 in. long ; pedicels very short ; bracts 

 lanceolate, ^-^ in. long. Perianth cylindrical, yellow, ^ in. long ; 

 segments ovate. Anthers oblong, finally just exserted. 



Hab. Griqua-land east ; sides of Mount Currie, at Koksted, 

 alt. 6000 ft., Tyson 1418 ! Near K. hrevifiora Harv. 



K. Tysoni, n. sp. — Leaves linear, 3-4 ft. long, f in. broad at 

 the base, tapering gradually to a long point, acutely keeled on the 

 back. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Eaceme very dense, i ft. 

 long, 2|- in. diam. including the stamens ; pedicels very short ; 

 bracts oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long. Perianth red-yellow, f in. long, 

 ^ in. diam. at the throat; segments semiorbicular. Stamens 

 exserted, |— ^ in. 



Hab. East Griqua-land, on the Zuurberg, alt. 4000 ft., Tyson 

 1709 ! Between K. pumila and sarmentosa. 



Gasteria radulosa, n. sp. — Acaulescent. Leafy stem l-lf in. 

 long. Leaves about 6, distichous, lorate-ensiform, 6-8 m. long, 

 1\ in. broad, flexible in texture, flat on the face, dull green, ^ in. 



