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DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTKO-AFEICANARUM. 



from a yellowish liypothalliis, were gathered from the trunk of a 

 dead beech iu the New Forest, seven or eight feet from the ground; 

 they are more brown in colour than the Ampthill specimen, but 

 they had evidently been mature for a considerable time. The species 

 appears to be rare. 



DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO- 

 AFRIGANARUM. 



AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. 

 (Coutinuecl from vol. xxxiv. p. 504.) 



DEGAS in. 



21. Muraltia exilis, sp. n. Herba gracillima, erecta, glabra, e 

 basi parum ramosa, 15-30 cm. alta ; ramis erectis vel adscendenti- 

 bus filiformibus, pro genere distauter foliatis ; foliis erectis, lineari- 

 filiformibus, acutissimis, glabris, vel microscopice margine ciliatis, 

 dorso nervo medio incrassato subcarinatis, 1-1-7 cm. longis ; floribus 

 in axillis foliorum superiorum sessilibus, singulis, albidis ; calycis 

 foliolis erectis, fequahbus lanceolatis acutissimis, petala subexce- 

 dentibus, margine tenuiter ciliatis, O-i cm. longis ; petalis erectis 

 ad dimidium usque agglutiuatis, oblique ligulatis obtusis, margine 

 tenuiter ciliatis mtus medio fere subbarbatis, vix 0-4 cm. longis ; 

 carina petala excedente, ungue lineari, lamina cucullata obtusissima 

 intas glabra, basi obtusa (exauriculata), appendicibus petaloideis 

 complicatis obcordatis, basi cuneatis, margiuibus integris, 1-5 mm. 

 longis ; capsula subelliptica, more generis compressa, glaberrima, 

 calyci longitudine fequa, cornubns apice subdeltoideis glabris, capsula 

 3-1-plo bi-evioribus ; seminibus oblongis, pilis detlexis tenuiter 

 hispidulis. 



Habitat in regione austro occideutali : In humidis juxta rivulum 

 " Silvermiue River" in planitie mentis Steenberg prope Muizen- 

 berg, alt. c. 1500 ped., Jul. 1896. Leg. Ccqjt. Wollei/ Dod. 



From M.Jillfuniiis Thbg. our plant is distinguished by its much 

 more slender habit, the sepals, much smaller flowers, and a very 

 distinct fruit, quite unlike any other in the genus. 



The colovxr of the flowers is pale pink, almost white, with a 

 purplish carina. 



22. Coelidium humile, sp, u. Fruticulus erectus, humilis, 

 ramosissimus ; ramis ramulisque sericeo-hirtis villosisve dense 

 foliatis ; foliis erectis lineari-lanceolatis vel lineari-oblongis, acu- 

 minatis, concavis, extus cano-sericeis, 0-3-O-4 cm. longis; floribus 

 roseis ad apices ramulorum capitatis sessilibus ; bracteis minutis, 

 quam calyce duplo vel subduplo brevioribus oblongis ovatis, dense 

 sericeis ; calyce 0-4 cm. longo, sericeo ; apicibus liberis sub- 

 aequalibus, brevibus, suborbicularibus obtusis, intus puberulis ; 

 vexillo e basi graciliter unguiculato in laminam suborbicularem 

 apice escisam, utrinque glabram, Q-G cm. latam dilatato; alis 

 vexillo vix brevioribus ungue gracili, lamina oblique oblonga 



