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capitula solitaria apice ramulornm, 3 liii. loiiga, 4-5 lin. lata; 

 squamae involacrales in pluribus seriebus, imbricate, erectae, 

 sericeffi, cum latis marginibus membianaceis ; receptaculiim con- 

 vexum, paleis onustum ; paleffi membranacefe, achenia juvenia 

 amplectentes ; radii ligulati, 3-dentati, 5-7 liu. longi, roseo-albi ; 

 disci tubulosi, 5-dentati, tubo dilatato in parte superiore, lutei ; 

 autherfe non caudatfe ; styli rami divergentes, truucati, minute 

 papillosi apice ; achenia glabra, striata ; pappus 0. 



Habitat. Natal. Summit of Drakeusberg, near Bushman's 

 Eiver Pass, 8-10,000 ped. alt., April; M. S. Evans, No. 715. 



A much-branched undershrub, assuming a rounded compact 

 form. Differs from E. Dregeana DC, the only other species of 

 the genus, in size, shape, and indument of leaves, which in this 

 species are not nearly so closely imbricated nor decussate, and in 

 its much larger flower-heads, which are always solitary. 



17. Selago monticola, sp. n. Caulis 2-3 ped. altus, lignosus, 

 erectus, ramosus, in parte superiore, teres, tenuiter pilosus ; folia 

 sessilia, variantia ex. linearibus ad lineari-oblonga, obtusa, papillosa, 

 margine tenuiter acriterque dentato, solitaria in parte inferiore 

 caulis, fasciculata in parte superiore, utroque fasciculo 4-8-foliato, 

 2-6 lin. longa, 1-2 lin. lata; iuflorescentia laxe corymbosus, cum 

 divisionibus breviter et dense floris apice ; bracteae non attingentes 

 apicem loborum calycis; flores minuti, cum bracteis ovato-oblongis, 

 obtusis, concavis, apice basique tautum ciliatis ; calyx 5-lidus, lobis 

 subaequahbus, tubo brevioribus, ciliatis ; corolla 5-fida, tubo calyci 

 subaequante, lobis subaequalibus, obtusis tam longis quam tubus ; 

 capsula ovata, paullo longiore calyce. 



Habitat. Natal. Sources of Inyasuti river, Drakensberg Mts., 

 6-7000 ped. alt., June, 1896; M. >S. Ecans, No. 655. 



Quite unlike any species represented in the Natal Government 

 Herbarium. 



18. Wahlenbergia depressa, sp. n. Planta parva in caespiti- 

 bus densis confertis in saxis hiimidis jacens ; caules tenuissimi, 

 ramosi, caespitosi, subrigidi, glabri, 2-8 poll, longi ; folia alterna, 

 ex.stipulata, sessilia, linearia, ciliata, glabra supra, 2-4 lin. longa, 

 ■| lin. lata ; intlorescentia axillaris et terminalis, solitaria, peduiiculi 

 ■|-1 lin. longi ; calyx 5-lobatns, tnbo obconico, 1 lin. h)ngo, lobis 

 subulatis, cihatis, bis vel ter longioribus tubo ; corolla 5-lobata, 

 lobis ovatis, acutis, tubo ad faucem patente, lobis calycis subaequante 

 vel paullo longiore ; stamina 5, hlameuta subulata, antherje ob- 

 longje, stylus 3-lobatus, minute pubescens, in parte superiore ; 

 ovarium semi-inferum, 3-loculare, multis ovulis ; capsulis vcrtice 

 loculicide 3-valvis ; semina multa, longitudinale costata, fusca. 



Habitat. Natal. Near Van Reenen's Pass, Drakensberg Mts., 

 5-6000 ped. alt., March ; J. M. Wood, No. 5977. 



A small plant growing in dense tufts, and unlike any other 

 species of the geuus known to us. The small flowers are pale blue. 



19. Stachys rivularis, sp. n. Caulis erectus, ramosus ex basi, 

 piloso-hispidus, 1 vel piures ped. altus ; folia oblongo-deltoidea, 

 cordata basi, obtusa apice, inferiora breviter petiolata, superiora 



