DECADES PLANTARUM NOVAKUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 283 



basi dilatata membrauascente amplectentibus, glabris, scapo paulo 

 brevioribus vel jtquilongis ; scapo gracili debili, glaberrimo, apice 

 paucifloro (in speciminibus duobus visis bifloro, an semper '?), 

 bracteis angustissimis emarcidis subhyalinis, pedicellum paulo 

 excedentibus; pedicellis inpequilongis, filiformibus, 0-3-0-8 cm. 

 longis ; perigonio bete piirpureo, tubo ovoideo, 0*5 cm. lougo, 

 basi rotundato, c. 0-3 cm. diametiente, apicem versus angustato vix 

 0-2 cm. diametro, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, tubo fequi- 

 longis, gbibris ; coronte staminere squamulis usque ad basin liberis 

 subulatis carnosis, 0-3 cm. longis ; antberis late ovatis apice breviter 

 apiculatis ; ovario subgloboso glaberrimo, stylo glaberrimo, per- 

 brevi, 0-1 cm. longo ; stigmate subcapitato. 



Habitat in regione austro-orieutali : In clivis montis "Andries- 

 berg," pone Queenstown, alt. c. GOOO pcd., Oct. 1896; E. E. Gal- 

 pin, No. 2179. 



From all forms of T. violacea Bkr. tbe present species differs by 

 tbe proportionately shorter, ovoid towards tbe point, distinctly 

 narrowed perigonium-tube, and tbe more purplish flowers. In habit 

 it resembles more T. acutiloba Harv., from which, however, it must 

 be kept distinct on account of tbe separate corona-scales. 



40. Eriospermum ophioglossoides, sp. n. Tubere subgloboso 

 apice paulo depresso, 1-1-5 cm. diametiente; caule basi vaginis 

 mox emarcescentibus tecto, flexuoso glabro, usque ad cm. alto, 

 apice unifoliato ; folio sessili nunc lanceolato, nunc ovato interdum 

 suborbiculari, acuminate, utrinque glaberrimo, textura subcoriaceo, 

 1-5-2 cm. longo, medio 0-7-l'4 cm. lato ; iuflorescentia ad apicem 

 caulis abbreviata folium vix excedente, subumbellato-corymbosa, 

 2-7-flora ; pedicellis filiformibus glabris, perigonio nunc asquilongis 

 nunc longioribus; floribiis illis E. Benjiani Schult. paulo majoribus ; 

 bracteis minutis, perigonio flavo, segmentis exterioribus dorso linea 

 erubescente longitudinaliter vittatis, oblongis obtusis, 0-5 cm. longis, 

 vix 0-3 cm. latis, segmentis interioribus requalibus a?quilongisque ; 

 staminibus erecto-patentibus, filamentis dimidio inferiore, petalis 

 adn-atis lineari-lanceolatis, apicem versus attenuatis, glabris, antberis 

 oblongis obtusis, filamentis subduplo brevioribus ; ovario ovoideo 

 glabro, stylo subulato glabro, antherarum apicem subexcedente. 



Habitat in regione austro-occidentali : In clivis montis Andries- 

 berg pone Queenstown, alt. 6000-6800 ped., Dec. 1896; E. E. 

 Gal pin, No. 2221. 



A very distinct little species, somewhat resembling E. BcKjianum 

 Schult., but having a broad leaf at the top of tbe stem, which in 

 E. Beriiianntn is radical and subulate. The flowers of our species 

 are yellow, whereas in E. B>cr<jianum they are white. I have 'not 

 seen any capsules of this species, but the cells of the ovary appear 

 to be ovuled. 



