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NEW NATAL PLANTS. 



DECADE II. 



By J. Medley Wood, A.L.S., and Maurice S. Evans. 

 (Continued from p. 353.) 



11. Hypericum natalensis, sp. n. Caules multi ex radice 

 lignosa, 6-15 poll, alti, erecti, teretes, glabri ; folia ovata, obovata 

 vel oblonga, obtnsa apice, basi rotundata, subsessilia, glabra, plana, 

 pellucidopuuctata, venosa, 3-8 lin. longa, 1^—1 lin. lata; cymfe 

 dichotomai ; sepala oblonga, Integra, pellucido-punctata, sub- 

 mucronata, 3 lin. longa ; petala ovato-oblonga, non nigro-punc- 

 tata, sepalis longiora ; styli 5, liberi usque ad basin ; flores lutei. 



Habitat. Natal. Near bank of Mooi River, 4-5000 ped. alt., 

 October ; J. Medley Wood, No. 4034. 



A much-branched undershrub, usually growing in dense clumps 

 from a perennial root (?). Only known to us from the upper 

 districts of the colony, and having much the appearance of H. crthi- 

 opiciiiii Thunb., for which species it has doubtless been mistaken; 

 but it differs in having more numerous stems from the root, thus 

 forming larger clumps ; leaves which are subsessile and not amplexi- 

 caul, flat not re volute edges, sepals which are not lanceolate nor 

 acute ; in the absence of black dots from sepals, petals, and anthers, 

 and by its live styles and 5-celled capsule. 



12. BuchenrcEdera sparsifiora, sp. n. Suffruticosa, infra 

 6 poll, alta, multo ramosa ; rami divaricati, juvenes sericei ; folia 

 conferta in parte superiore ramorum, 1^ lin. longa, petiolo foliolis 

 subffiquaute ; foliola cuneata, mucronulata, confertim denseque 

 sericea ; stipula) lineari-oblonga?, acutae, petiolo subsequantes; flores 

 solitaiii, axillares terminalesque ; pedunculi 1-1^ lin. longi ; calyx 

 3 lin. longus, sericeus foliis similis, lobis deltoideis tubo brevioribus ; 

 bracteaB lineares, calyce breviores ; vexillum sericeum externe, alls 

 carinaque longius ; legumen pilosum, bis vel ter lougius calyce ; 

 flores atro-purpurei. 



Habitat. Natal. Summit of Bushmans Eiver Pass, 8-9000 

 ped. alt., April; M. S. Evans, No. 716. 



Differs from B. temtifolia E. & Z. in inflorescence, and probably 

 in relative length of vexillum, also in indument ; from B. tricltodes 

 Presl in indument, shape of leaflets, length of bracts and vexillum, 

 and also in inflorescence. 



13. Crotalaria dura, sp. n. Herbacea, erecta, parce ramosa, 

 pubesceus ; folia trifoliolata, petiolata, foliolis variantibus ex ob- 

 lanceolatis ad lineari-oblonga, mucronulatis, minute spisseqne 

 pnnctatis superne, subtus pubescentibus, terminalibus 7-9 lin. 

 longis, lateralibus 6-7 lin. longis ; petioli 3-6 lin. longi, petioluli 

 ^-^ lin. lougi ; stipuhc ; inflorcscentia termiualis in caulibus 

 ramisque ; racemi laxe pauciflori ; tubus calycis turbinatus, 1-1^ 

 lin. longis, lobis subulatis, tubo longioribus ; bracteae lineares tarn 

 longae quam pedicelli ; vexillum suborbiculatum, alaj angusto- 



