222 DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



Distinguished from S. nigricans Bth. by the indumentum, the 

 leaves shorter, villous flowers, and shorter growth. The flowers 

 are white. 



29. Thesium Galpinii, sp.n. Frutex erectus (fide coUectoris), 

 8-pedalis, laxus, ramosus, ramis gracilibus illis T. amjulusi A. DC. 

 tenuioribus, angulatis, subaphyllis ; foliis depauperatis, squanife- 

 formibus valde dissitis, lanceolatis acutis glabris, erectis; floribus 

 plerumque laxe spicatis, interdum subpaniculatis ; bracteis line- 

 aribus acutis foliaceis, flore brevioribus, bracteolis 2 minutis ad 

 apicem pedicelli brevis ; perianthio alte 5-fido, segmentis lanceo- 

 latis extus glabris, intus margine subincurvo ciliatis, apice sub- 

 uncinato-incurvo velutinis, intus medio fascicule pilorum ad antheras 

 tendente pra^ditis, 0*5 cm. longis ; staminibus ad basin loborum 

 insertis, filamentis subulatis antheras longitudine a^quantibus, an- 

 theris perigonio brevioribus ; stylo subulato antherarum apicem vix 

 attingente, stigmate simplici truneato ; nuce ovoideo c. O-o cm. longa, 

 lineis 10 longitudiualiter ornata, quarum 5 bene conspicuis, 5 basi 

 nucis tantum visis, perigonio deflorato nuci vix fequilongo, stipite 

 carnosiusculo corallino. 



Habitat in regione austro-orientali : In cacumine montium prope 

 Queenstown, alt. 4500 ped., Nov. 1893 ; E. E. Galpin, No. 1654. 



A very distinct species, somewhat resembling T. anffulosum 

 A. DC, but with a different habit and a different style. The best 

 mark of the species lies in the coral-red stipes of the ripe fruit, 

 which I have never noticed before in any other South African 

 species. Mr. Galpin writes that it is a shrub 8 ft. high ; that is to 

 say, it would be amongst the tallest of the genus. 



-SO. Watsonia gladioloides, sp.n. Foliis radicalibus pluribus 

 ensiformibus, more specierum nonnullarum Gladioli basi obliquis, 

 nervosis, cartilagineo-marginatis, 40-50 cm. longis, medio fere 

 l-3-l"8 cm. latis ; scapo stricto, valido, vaginis acutissimis, sen- 

 sim in bracteas decrescentibus laxe vestito, folia excedente ; spica 

 subsecunda elongata, pro genere subdensa ; spathis siccis erectis, 

 exterioribus ovato-lanceolatis valde acutis, 3-3-5 cm. longis, interi- 

 oribus apice breviter bifidis exterioribus paulo brevioribus ; perianthio 

 purpureo, c. 7 cm. longo, tubo arcuato e basi constricta dimidio 

 superiore subcylindrico, c. 0*4 cm. diametiente, lobis erecto- 

 patentibus, lanceolatis vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis, c. 1*5 cm. 

 longis, medio fere 0*4-0-5 cm. latis, lobo infimo deflexo vel patulo ; 

 staminibus perianthii tubum excedentibus, filamentis filiformibus 

 glabris, antheris linearibus multo longioribus ; stylo filiformi 

 glabro ; antheras excedente, brachiis c. 0-0 cm. longis, dimidio 

 fere bifidis. 



Habitat in regione austro-orientali : In clivis montis "Hanglip 

 Mtn.," Jan. 1894 ; E. E. Galpin, No. 1784. 



A remarkable plant, with the tube of AntJioh/ia nervosa rather, 

 but the style-branches and stamens of IVatsonia, with which it 

 aerrees too in habit. 



