352 NEW NATAL PLANTS. 



Habitat. — Natal. In a shady valley near De Beers Pass, 

 Drakensberg Mts., 5-6000 ped. alt., March; J. Medley Wood, 

 No. 6978. 



Chsenostoma neglectum Wood & Evans, n. sp. Herba erecta, 

 parce ramosa, pluribus caulibus ex radice lignea, teres, tenniter 

 Bed dense pubescens pilis siibfuscis. Folia opposita, sessilia, sub- 

 amplexicaulia,lineari-obloDga, obtusa, remote et infiequaliter dentata, 

 vena media infra prominente lateralibus obscuris, coriacea, utrinque 

 tenuiter pubescentia, prtesertim subtus in vena media, 3— li poll, 

 lono-a, l-h poll. lata. Flores in racemis axillaribus termiualibusqne, 

 simplicibus vel compositis dispositi. Pedimculi ^-2^ poll, longi. 

 Bractea uua basi utriusque pedunculi, subulata. Calyx ganio- 

 sepalus, 5-partitus, tubo subgloboso, limbo 5-lobato, lobislinearibus, 

 erectis, tenuiter hispidis, 2-3 lin. longis, H lin. latis. Corolla hypo- 

 crateriformis, tubo brevi, limbo 5-dentato, lobis fequalibus, integris, 

 diffusis, calyce dimidio vel ultra longiore, roseo, fauce lutea. Stamina 

 quatuor in corolhie fauce, inclusa, subdidynama. Anthera similes, 

 1-loculares, reniformes margine membranaceo. Ovarium superius, 

 2-loculare, ovoideum, hispidum. Stylus filiformis, hispidus. Stigma 

 obtusum. Fructus capsularis. Semina numerosa. 



Habitat. — Natal: near Charlestown, January, 5-6000 ped. alt. ; 

 J. Med lei/ Wand, No. 5241. De Beers Pass, Drakensberg Mts., 

 5-6000 ped., March ; J. Medley Wood, No. 6032. Orange Free 

 State: near Harrismith, 5-6000 ped. alt., March; J. Medley Wood, 

 No. 4817. 



This plant is so very common in the localities above named, 

 that it seems strange that it has been for so long undescribed. It 

 appears to prefer the vicinity of cultivated ground, though often 

 times found far from it. 



Moraea glauca Wood & Evans, n. sp. Cormus globosus, 

 |-1 poll, diam., plerumque pluribus minoribus natu parvisque 

 undique collectis. Tunicje chartacea^ venis prominentibus longi- 

 tudiualibus, cum venulis obliquissimis transversis, lamina coloris 

 melini, venis venulisque obscure rubro-fuscis, acuminatis. Caulis 

 brevis. Folium basale 6 ped. longum, basi f poll, latum, gradatim an- 

 gustatum ad apicem, saspe forsan semper flaccidum deorsum 1-3 ped., 

 glabrum, subglaucum, basi numerosas bulbillas parvas includente, 

 1 vel 2 utroque nodo. Valvfe spathas 3-5 poll, lougte, cylindraceae, 

 hi- vel multi-floris, interior longissima, exterior connata, basi plus 

 dimidia longitudiue, longe acuminata, virides cum apicibus flaccidis. 

 Perianthium luteum, cum maculis fuscis basi cujusque lobi, vena 

 media conspicua. Segmenta diffundentia, 1-1 :^ poll. longa, ipoU. lata, 

 oblonga, exteriora mucronulata apice, interiora similia sed angustiora, 

 et longitudine subrequale. Filamenta connata f longitudiue. An- 

 therte sagittatii?, lineari-oblongre, extrorsfe, cum counectivo producto. 

 Pollen luteum. Styli spathulati, tenuiter ciliati in margine superiore, 

 cristis lanceolatis, marginibus liberis interioribus in basin stylorum 

 petaloideorum currentibus. Ovarium 3-loculare, obtuse 3-angulatum, 

 ovulis 1 vel 2-seriatis, superpositis, numerosis. Capsula non visa. 



Habitat. — Natal. Moot River district ; J. Medley JVood, No. 4035. 



This plant belongs to the subgenus Eumoma and to the section 



