488 NEW NATAL PLANTS. 



oblongfe, carina late falcata ; stylus falcatus, pubescens in dimidio 

 saperiove ; legumen obliquo-oblongnm, vel elliptico-oblougum, 

 cum reliquis styli persistentis, villobum, valvis duris cornieisque ; 

 semina 4 ? ; flores lutei. 



Habitat. Natal. Amongst grass on bill-side, Noodsberg, 

 2-3000 ped. alt., Nov.; J. M. Wood, No. 385. Same locality, 

 J. M. Wood, No. 4134; 5278, April; without locality, W. T. Gcr- 

 rard, No. 172 ? 



Amongst South African species this appears to be nearest to 

 C. glohifera, but differs from it in indument, shape and size of 

 leaves, number of flowers, shape, texture and indument of legume, 

 which is much more oblique than that of C. (ilohiferd. 



14. Printzia densifolia, sp. n. Caulis ?, rami teretes, fur- 

 furosi ; folia alterna, uumerosissima versus superiorem partem 

 caulis, ovata, acuminata, rotandata basi, acriter profunde et dis- 

 tanter serrata, breviter petiolata, auriculata, glabra supra, minute 

 pubescentia in venis infra, 1-3 poll, longa, f-2 poll, lata, auriculo 

 folioso, subrotundo ex basi lata, serrato folio simili, 4-5 lin. diam. ; 

 infloresceutia axillaris terminalisque in brevibus racemis pauci- 

 floris ; capitula 6 lin. longa; squamae iuvolucrales imbricatse in 

 4-5 seriebus, exteriores breviores, omnes lanceolatfe, longis pilis 

 lanatis fimbriate praesertim apice, radii 4-5 lin. longi ; pappus 

 albus ; fl. albi. 



Habitat. Natal. Blinkwater, near York, 3-4000 ped. alt., 

 April, 1890; J. M. Wood, No. 4331. 



This is a species quite distinct in general appearance from any 

 other known to us. As in P. auriculata, the leaves are amply 

 auricled, but in shape and indument they are quite different. 

 From P. f>!/rifolia it differs in shape and size of leaves, conspicuous 

 auricles, and total absence of tomentum on under side of the leaves. 



15. Heteromma simplicifolia, sp. n. Caulis herbaceus, 

 striatus, pilosus, 2-2|- ped. altus, 1-2 lin. diam., ramis diffusis ; 

 folia pauca alterna, inferiora decurrentia, angusto-oblongo, mucro- 

 nata, gradatim coarctantia petiolo alato, margine acriter dentato, 

 dentibus paucis, 1-2 poll, iutervallis, 2-4 poll, longa, petiolum 

 includentia, |-J poll, lata, superiora lineari-oblonga, sessilia et 

 subamplexicaulia, omnia pilosa, subscabra, tenuiter ciliata, et di- 

 minuentia versus apicem caulis ramorumque ; corymbus laxe 

 paniculatus ; capitula 20-30-flora ; squanife involucrales pilosae ; 

 achenia juvenia minute pubescentia; flores lutei. 



Habitat. Natal. Drakensberg Mts. near Polela river, 6-7000 

 ped. alt., February, 189G ; J\[. S. Evajis, No. (348. 



This genus, as far as known to us, consists of two species only ; 

 H. decurreus, which inhabits the mountainous parts of Cape Colony, 

 and the present species, which differs in shape and cutting of leaves, 

 looseness of corymb, and number of florets in the head. 



10. Eumorphia sericea, sp. u. Suffrntex erectus, ramosus, 

 18 poll. -2 ped. altus ; rami lignosi, teretes, arachnoidei, veteriores 

 subglabri ; folia fasciculata, fasciculis oppositis, utroque fasciculo 

 5-10 folia linearia, Integra, sericea coiitinente, 2-6 lin. longa; 



