280 DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



excedente ; legumine oblique ovato-elliptico, valde compresso, basi 

 acuto, apice acumiuato, 2-ovulato, 1"1 cm. lougo, 0*5-0-6 cm. lato. 



In regione austro-orientali : In collibus pone Barberton (Trans- 

 vaalia^), alt. c. 4000 ped., Sept. 1889 ; E. E. Galpin, No. 489. 



Differing from li. shnplicifnlia E. Mey., the only South African 

 species with undivided leaves, by its bracts and inflorescence. 



83. Brunia Marlothii, sp. n. Fratex erectus ramosus fide 

 collectoris 5-0-pedalis ; ramis erectis cano tomentosis, dense 

 foliatis ; foliis imbricatis erectis linearibus acutis cauo-tomentosis 

 margine villoso ciliatis apice incurva glabrescentibus, 1-1-3 cm. 

 longis, vix 0*2 cm. latis ; floribus dense capitatis ; capite c. 4 cm. 

 diametiente, subgloboso ; bracteis foliis similibus basi attenuatis, 

 apice penicillato-ciliatis ; bracteolis minoribus ; calyce villoso, seg- 

 mentis villosis, erectis, linearibus dimidio superiore subdilatatis, 

 petalis plus duplo brevioribus ; petalis anguste linearibus apicem 

 versus paulo ampliatis, margiuibus cochleari-incurvis, glabris, 

 0-8 cm. longis ; staminibus erectis, petala demum paulo superan- 

 tibus, filamentis filiformibus glabris, antberis linearibus, 0-2 cm. 

 longis ; ovario subcylindrico, 10-striato, glabro, apice tantum 

 villoso-barbato, 2-loculari, loculis 2-ovulatis, placenta crassa ; stylis 

 filiformibus erectis glabris, petalorum longitudine. 



Habitat in regione austro-occidentali : In convalle montis 

 Matroosberg, alt. c. 4500 ped., Oct. 1893 (nonduni deflorata) ; Th\ 

 Marloth, No. 2012; eadem loco, Jan. 1897; Dr. II. Maiioth, 2353. 



For some time I hesitated in describing this species, fearing it 

 might prove to be identical with B. macron'phala Willd., a plant of 

 which the flowers are unknown. A comparison with the description 

 showed several points of difference, which justify the publication of 

 the above plant as new. 



34. Aizoon asbestinum, sp. n. Fruticulus subacaulis, e basi 

 ramosus ; ramis valde abbreviatis dense foliatis ; foliis oppositis 

 erectis rigidis subulatis pungenti mucronatis, teretibus sui^erne 

 nervo medio canaliculatis, dense squamcUis piliformibus deflexis 

 niveis vestitis, basi dilata sessilibus, usque ad 1-7 cm. longis, 

 c. 0-1 cm. diametientibus ; floribus in axillis foliorum sessilibus, 

 singulis ; perigouio 5-fido, 1 cm. longo, extus sericeo-hispido, intus 

 glabro, segmentis tubo dimidio longioribus lanceolatis acutis, erecto- 

 patentibus, O'G cm. longis; staminibus numerosis, erectis, filamentis 

 subfiliformibus apicem versus attenuatis, antheris circuitu oblongis 

 obtusis, vix O'l cm. longis, dimidium segmentorum vix excedeutibus ; 

 ovario glaberrimo obtuse 5-angulato, apice truncato, stylis erectis, 

 5-filiformibus, 0-2 cm. longis ; capsula apice truucata, 5-loculari, 

 seminibus pallide brunneis, oblique ovoideis dense tuberculatis. 



Habitat in regione Kalabarica : In lapidosis montium "Asbestos 

 Mountains" apellatorum, in ditione " Griqualand West," alt. c. 

 3800 ped., Dec. 1894; Dr. II. Marloth, No. 2075. 



Very distinct from any other South African species. It belongs to 

 the species with opposite leaves, and, owing to its needle-shaped foliage, 

 should perhaps best be placed next to A. sanuentoswu L. f., a plant 

 very" different in habit and floral characters from the present species. 



