282 DECADES PLANTAEUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



37. Nivenia laxa, sp. n. Frutex erecfcus fide collectoris 5-6- 



peclalis,ramosus,ramulis erectis tenuissime strigilloso-canescentibus, 

 foliatis ; foliis erectis trifido-bipinnatis, glabris, usque ad 7 cm. 

 longis, segmentis filiforaiibus superne caualiculatis, apice sub- 

 puiigenti-mucronulatis ; spicis laxiusculis, cylindricis, usque ad 

 6 cm. longis, 8 cm. diametientibus, ad apices ramulorum in axillis 

 foliorum terminalibusve ; pedunculo et rhachi tomentoso; involucro 

 pluri- (sub 4-) foliato ; foliolis crassiusculis sericeo villosis concavis, 

 circuitu late ovatis, acuminatis, intus basi barbatis ; floribus 4-nis, 

 perigonio alte fisso, segmentis c. l-i cm. longis, e basi sublanceolata, 

 attenuato-elongatis extus sericeo-tomentosis, apice paulo dilatata 

 subacuta, extus sericeo-villosis, intus glabris ; antberis lanceolatis 

 sessilibus apice glandula obtusa apiculatis, apicem segmentorum 

 subattingentibus ; ovario subovoideo, sericeo-piloso, anulo pilorum 

 niveorum basi circumdato ; stylo erecto filiformi dimidio inferiore 

 puberulo, medio villoso, dimidio superiore paulo attenuate glabro, 

 0-9 cm. longo, stigmate stylo vix crassiore obtusiusculo, brevi. 



Habitat in regione austro-occidentali : In clivis montis " Ma- 

 troosberg," alt. c. 5000 ped., Dec. 1895 ; Dr. B. Morloth, No. 2248. 



Tlie small brancb of this species which I possess somewhat re- 

 sembles the fine N. moUissiwa R. Br., but is at once distinguished 

 by the glabrous, less cut leaves, laxer spikes, and several difterences 

 in the flowers. The segments of the perigonium seem to have been 

 pinkish ; the involucra are whitish-toineutose. 



38. Thesium abietinum, sp. n. Frutex humilis, adscendens, 

 ramosus ; ramis squarrosis glabris, dense foliatis ; foliis patentibus 

 rigidiusculis liuearibus, pungenti-mucronulatis, dorso carinatis 

 glabris, anguste cartilagiueo-marginatis, O-4-O'O cm. longis, medio 

 usque ad 1'5 ram. latis ; floribus ad apices ramulorum 3-5-uis 

 glomerulatis, bracteis foliis simillimis, bracteolis erectis, perigonii 

 tubum paulo excedentibus, dimidium loborum attingentibas ; peri- 

 gonio extus glaberrimo, 0'5 cm. longo, segmentis usque supra 

 medium connatis, apicibus liberis erectis lanceolatis acutissimis, 

 intus infra apicem margineque pilis niveis barbatis, medio fasciculo 

 pilorum ad antheras tendente donatis ; staminibus in tubo coroll<T3 

 msertis, filamentis subulatis glabris, antheris asquilongis ; stylo 

 subulato erecto autherarum apicem subattingente, stigmate simplici, 

 stylo baud crassius ; nuce (nundum evoluto) striato. 



Habitat in regione austro-orientali : In saxosis montis Andries- 

 berg pone Queenstown, alt. 6600-0800 ped., Oct. 1896; E. E. 

 Galpin, No. 2172. 



Belongs to the section Friesea; well marked by the rigid leaves, 

 and the very acute almost pungent-mucronate segments of the 

 perigonium ; in the inflorescence it is somewhat allied to T. capi- 

 tatiim, next to which I propose to place it. I have only seen very 

 young fruits, which were longitudinally nerved and linear, as most 

 of the section. 



39. Tulbaghia Galpinii, sp. n. Planta pusilla, habitu specie- 

 bus parvulis 7'. acutilobcE. Harv. similis, 10-15 cm. alta ; foliis 

 radicalibus 5-6 erecto-patentibus, angustissime linearibus obtusis, 



