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From the description, this seems to come near to //. divaricata, 

 Herb. Banks, which I have never seen, and which was founded on 

 a plant of Masson's, collected about 1775, but without pods. 



Xylosma Flanagani, n. sp. — Arbuscula glabra inermis, 

 ramulis dense foliatis ; folia imbricantia, brevissime petiolata 

 lanceolata subacuta, basi subcuneata, serrulata coriacea, utrinque 

 reticulato-venosa, supra lasvia quasi vernicata, 2-2-5 cm. longa, 

 6-12 mill, lata ; flores hermaphroditi, vel interdum polygami, 

 in axillis solitarii vel rarius fasciculati, brevissime pedicellati ; 

 sepala 5, abbreviata rotundata ciliata ; stamina 10-20, annulo 

 glanduloso cincta ; ovarium cylindricum 2-ovulatum, stylo cylin- 

 drico valido subfequilongo, stigmate obscure 2-3-lobato ; bacca 

 ovalis, cimi pedicello accreto et stylo persistente (an matura ?) 

 1-2 cm. longa. 



Hab: Cape Colony, South-eastern Eegion, near Komgha, in 

 woods, alt. about 600 meters, fl. March, H. G. Flanagan (No. 682). 



Very different-looking from A', monospora Harv., hitherto our 

 only known species, by its much smaller leaves and its apparently 

 constantly biovulate ovary. 



Muraltia Flanagani, n. sp. — Fruticulus ramosus glaber ; 

 rami divaricati, 10-20 cm. longi, inferne pulvinulis foliorum delap- 

 sorum vestiti, ultimi foliosi subangulati, minute verrucosuli ; folia 

 e pulvinula persistente brevissime petiolata oblonga obtusa, subtua 

 1-nerva, rigida, marginibus scabridis Sfepius reflexis, adscendentia 

 vel squarrosa, 3-5 mill, longa ; flores pedicellati, pedicellis 2 mill, 

 longis ; sepala elliptica vel oblonga, lateralibus multo majoribus 

 scariosis obtusissimis, 3 mill, longis ; petala oblonga obtusissima 

 unguiculata, carina 5 mill, longa paullo breviora ; ovarium glabrum 

 muticum. 



Hab : Orange Free State, summit of the " Mont aux Sources," 

 alt. about 2950 meters, fl. Dec-Jan., H. G. Flanagan (No. 2020). 



Flowers pink. Allied to JSI. crassifolia, Harv., from which it 

 differs by its oblong blunter and thinner leaves, and its shorter 

 broader and blunter petals ; also to M. rigida, E. Mey., from which 

 it is distinguished by the cushions below the leaves, and by its 

 shorter very obtuse and broader petals ; the leaves much resemble 

 those of the latter species. 



Melianthus villosus, n. sp. — Suffrutex robustus erectug 

 ramosus undique plus minus villosus, pilis aliis rectis stellatim 

 fasciculatis aliis mollibus laxe curvis stepe intermixtis vestitus ; 

 stipuhe liberie lanceolate acuminatte, 1"6 cm. longte ; folia breviter 

 petiolata, 20-27 cm. longa, rachide sursum alata, foliolis 4-8 ovato- 

 lanceolatis acutis, grosse dentatis, subtus villosis superne pilis 

 stelloideis tenuiter vestitis, 5-10 cm. longis, 2-4 cm. latis ; racemi 

 terminales stricti erecti multiflori, 80-40 cm. longi, pedunculo 

 valido purpureo ; flores sparsi vel subverticillati, pedicellis gracili- 

 bus 1*7 cm. longis, bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis subfequilongis ; 

 calycis segmenta posteriora elliptica, 2*6 cm. longa, lateralia lineari- 

 falcata, anticum e basi lata gibbosa subito angustatum subulatum 

 1-5 cm. longum ; petala 4, linearia decurva purpurea dorso villosa, 



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