844 DECADES PLA.NTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



developed leaves, whereas in those from the Audriesberg the leaves 

 are but few and small. By its narrow bivalved capsule, which 

 somewhat recalls Prisinatocarpuii, our plant is well distinguished 

 from the other South African Wahlenbergias. 



48. Harveya pumila, sp. n. Herba perennis pusilla, 6-9 cm. 

 alta, exsiccatione nigricans ; caule validiusculo, abbreviate, squamis 

 oppositis, rotundatis obtusis vestito, glabro ; inflorescentia corym- 

 boso-abbreviata, 2-8-flora ; floribus subsessilibus pallide roseis, 

 c. 4 cm. longis ; bracteis calyce basi adnatis erectis linearibus 

 subvillosis; calyce 2*5 cm. longo, tubo subcampanulato glabrescente 

 vel nervis puberulo, segmentis linearibus lanceolatisve subacutis 

 erectis, subvillosis ; corolla oblique campanulata, tubo dimidio 

 inferiore contracto glaberrimo, c. 0*4 cm. diametro, dimidio 

 superiore ampliato apicem versus puberulo ad basin lobulorum 

 villoso, fauce c. 1-2 cm. diametiente, lobis erecto-patentibus pro 

 maguitudiue corollte parvulis subquadrato-spatulatis, subtruncatis 

 apice minute subcrenulatis, margiuibus ciliatis, dorso glabrescenti- 

 bus intus glabris, 0-7 cm. longis, infra apicem vix 0-7 cm. latis ; 

 staminibus apicem tubi baud attingeutibus, filamentis basi barbel- 

 latis dorso puberulis, anthere subfalcatis, apice reflexa acute 

 apiculatis, basi calcaratis acutissimis, calcare incluso 0"3 cm. 

 longis ; stylo filiformi glaberrimo apice incurvo, stamina paulo 

 excedente ; stigmatis lobis subreniformibus. 



In regione austro-orientali : In saxosis in cacumine mentis 

 " Andriesberg " prope Queeustown, alt. c. G300 ped., Oct. 1896; 

 E. E. Galpiu, No. 2171. 



This appears to be allied to H. la.viflora Hiern,* from which its 

 stouter growth, the calyx, and the lobes of the corolla distinguish it 

 very well. 



[* This is an unpublished name: by Mr. Hiern's kindness we are enabled 

 to supply a description of the plant taken from his MS. of the South African 

 Scrophularincit and other orders, prepared in 187-1-5 at the request of Dr. Dyer 

 for publication in the fourth volume of the Flora Capcnsis, then sup^Josed to be 

 imminent. It may be well to point out that the plant distributed in Macowan 

 and Bolus's Herb. Norm. Austro-Africanum No. 378 as "Harveija laxijlora 

 Hiern MS. in Herb. Kew," is not the true plant, but is referred by Mr. Hiern to 

 H. 2}urjpurca Harv. ; and that the former name does not exist in the Kew 

 Herbarium, ^ye have here an instance of the mischief likely to occur from the 

 practice, prevalent in some quarters, of using MS. names, especially when this 

 is done without access to original sources. Mr. Schlechter's species seems to be 

 allied rather to H. purpurea than to H. la.viflora; he appears to have been 

 misled as to its alhance by the name in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric, No. 378. 



"Harveya laxiflora Hiern MS. (anno 1875) in Fl. Cap. iv. inecl. H. pubescens 

 7-18 cm. alta, caule simplice erecto vel adscendente brev),foliis squamiformibus 

 ovatis lanceolatisve parvis, racemo terminali laxe 1-5-fioro maximam plant;© 

 partem conficiente, bracteis linearibus lanceolatisve, pedicellis bracteatis 1-3 cm. 

 longis quam in csteris generis gracilioribus patentioribus laxioribusque, floribus 

 6-6 cm. longis, calyce pubescente 2-'2-5 cm. longo, lobis lineari-lanceolatis inter se 

 inaquilongis interdum dimidiato, corolhi fere glabra lilacina luteave tubo ai^icem 

 versus sensim dilatato plus minusve curvo limbo patente 4-5 cm. diam. lobis 

 rotundatis marginibus crenulato-undulatis, stylo corollje tubum £equante apicem 

 versus curvo glabro, stigmate capitato subgloboso. 



"Habitat in austro-occidentali : Tulbagh (Dr. Pappcl) et ad Genadenthal 

 {Kolbingiy Ed. JoL-R.N. But.] 



