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DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO- 

 AFRICANARUM. 



AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. 



1. Muraltia alticola, sp. n. Suffrutex subglaber, raraosus ; 

 ramis divaricatis, decumbentibus, patentibusve, 10-18 cm. longis, 

 teretibas, foliosis, apicem versus subinconspicue puberulis, domuni 

 glabris ; foliis subsessilibus, setaceo-filiformibus obtusis vel breviter 

 apiculatis plus minusve recurvato-arcuatis, 0-4-0'7 cm. longis, 

 glaberrimis ; floribus axillaribus sparsis sessilibus, 0'5 cm. longis ; 

 sepalis erectis ovato-oblongis, interioribus mucronulatis, exterioribus 

 obtusis, fcquilongis, petalis lateralibus, duplo brevioribus ; petalis 

 lateralibus e basi angustata linearibus subacutis, intus sparsim 

 pilosis, medio arete coalitis, 0-5 cm. longis; carina propria O'l cm. 

 longa, ungue lineari, lamina cucullata obtusissima, basi pilosa, 

 appendicibus petaloideis cuneato flabellatis margine superiore 

 creuulatis, 0*2 cm. longis ; capsula suborbiculari, glabra, vel sub- 

 glabra, cornubus filiformibus capsulae fequilongis sparsim pilosulis ; 

 seminibus sparsissime retrorsim liispidulis. 



In regione austro-orientali : in clivis montis Hangklip, prope 

 Queenstown, alt. 6000 ped.. Mart. 1893, E. E. Galpin, No. 1509. 



The present species differs from M. tenuifolia DC, from the 

 south-western region, by its flowers and fruits, as well as in its 

 more shrubby and rigid habit. The lateral petals and carina are 

 rose-coloured, the two appendages of the carina almost white. 



2. Oxalis Galpinii, sp. n. Herba perenuis, bulbosa, acauhs, 

 9-12 cm. alta; foliis erectis graciliter petiolatis glaberrimis, tri- 

 foliatis, foliolis obcordatis, apice profunde excisis, 0-8-1 cm. longis, 

 infra apicem 1-1*1 cm. latis, serie una glandularum nigrum maro-i- 

 natis, utrinque cellulosis, petiolo ad 7 cm. longo, pedunculo gracili, 

 unifloro, glaberrimo, folia excedente, supra medium bracteolis 

 2 minutis donato ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis obtusis, glabris, 

 vel subglabris, apice glandulis 2 oblongis badiis ornatis, 0-6 cm. 

 longis, corolL'B tubo dimidio brevioribus ; petalis roseis ungue 

 albido-flavescentibus, obtusis, 1-8 cm. longis; stylis dense hispidis; 

 capsula calycem paulo excedente, oblonga obtusa, glabra. 



In regione austro-orientali : in monte Hangklip, prope Queens- 

 town, alt. c. 6500 ped., Novemb. 1893, E. E. Gulpin, No. 1680. 



The nearest allies to O. Galpinii are O. psilopoda Turcz. and O. 

 imhicata E. Z., from both of which our plant is at once distinguished 

 by its perfectly glabrous leaves. It possesses a slight resemblance 

 to 0. semiluba Sond., but differs from it by the single-flowered 

 scapes. According to Mr. Galpin's statement, the flowers are pink. 



3. Buchenroedera pauciflora, sp. n. Suffrutex humilis 

 erectus, e basi ramosus, 10-15 cm. altus ; ramulis teretibus, 

 puberulis, demum glabrescentibus, dense foliatis ; stipulis foliaceis 

 lineari-subulatis, petiolum vix excedentibus, glabrescentibus, c. 0-5 

 cm. longis ; foliolis lineari-subulatis acutis, glabrescentibus, petiolo 



