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teeth and longer fimbria. Of the Extra- African species it is 

 perhaps most hke the Armenian D. fiorihundus. 



Subsection Gonaxostolon. 



4. D. MicROPETALus E. M. (Fl. Capensis i. 122). — Hb. Kew, 

 no. 191, IF. Nelson. Hebron, Vaal River. 



Section Caryophyllum. 



Subsection Caryophylloides. 



5. D. cRENATUS Thb. (Fl. Capensis i. 123). — Hb. Kew ex hb. 

 Bolus 1881, no. 5587. "District round Pretoria. The herbarium 

 specimen is labelled *' D. Zeyheri,'' but on close examination it 

 exactly tallies with the descriptions of Thunberg's plant. 



Subsection Sylveslres. 



6. D. Nelsoni, n. sp. — Stems 46-52 centim., branched, 

 angularly compressed. Leaves strict adpressed ; lower 38-40 mm., 

 linear, acute, 9-nerved, upper 21 mm., elongate-linear, acuminate, 

 canaliculate, 7-nerved, sheath as long as broad, subfloral scariose, 

 subulate. Flowers solitary, arranged in lax dichotomous cymes. 

 Bracts 4 (sometimes 6), \ the length of the calyx, obovate, lowest 

 pair oval-lanceolate. Calyx purple, teeth acuminate, 9-nerved, 

 edges membranous. Petals not contiguous, white, lamina obovate, 

 denticulate, = ^ unguis. — No. 554. W. Nelson. 



Hab. Near Wonderfontein. 



Of South-African species nearest to the preceding, from which 

 it differs in having multifloral stems with the white flowers 

 arranged in lax cymes, leaves longer and elongate-linear, 7-9- 

 nerved, bracts broader and mucronate, calyx-teeth with mem- 

 branous edges, lamina obovate and much smaller, and its generally 

 stricter habit. 



It most resembles the Indian D. cachemiricus, which however 

 differs from the Transvaal plant in the following points : — slightly- 

 branched paucifloral stems, the disposition of the rose-coloured 

 flowers, the lanceolate bracts reaching as far as the base of the 

 7-nerved calyx- teeth, and the lamina = | unguis. 



D. meclstocalyx is so named from its remarkably long calyx, 

 D. moviensis from the locality recorded, and D. Nelsoni from the 

 collector of the species. 



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By G. Claridge Druce, M.A., F.L.S. 



Last year's visit to Easterness was marked by a long spell of 

 hot, sunny weather, which appeared to exert special influence in 

 inducing hawkweeds and other composite plants to flower ; the 



