DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. ZO 



exeavato ; capsula obcordato-oblonga, alis paulo breviore, vix latiore ; 

 seminibus dense sericeis. 



In regione anstro-occident:di : In lapidosis pone " Castle Rock," 

 prope Capetown, 31 Jan. 1896 ; Capt. Wulley DocJ, No. 813. 



Qaite different from any described South African species ; 

 perhaps nearest to F. puhifloya Burch., from Riversdale, and 

 P. hispida Burch., from George and the south-eastern region, 

 yet very distinct in its floral characters. The flowers resemble 

 somewhat those of P. Gaycinl DC. The alse are whitish, the 

 petals purplish, the appendage of the carina white. 



64. Agathosma alpina, sp. n. Fruticulus erectus, ramosus, 

 30-40 cm. altus ; ramulis erectis vel suberectis, subteretibus, 

 glabris, pallidis, foliatis ; foliis subsessilibus, coriaceis, oblongis 

 obtusis apice pilis nonnullis, flexuosis ciliatis, ceterum glabris, 

 glandulis impressis, pellucidis punctatis, superne lucidis, 0*5- 

 0*7 cm. longis, medio fere 2-2*5 mm. latis, 1-nerviis ; floribus ad 

 apices ramulorum in caput semiglobosum agglomeratis, breviter 

 pedicellatis, vel subsessilibus ; bracteis late ovatis acuminatis 

 erubescentibus, ciliatis; calyce c. 0*2 cm. longo, campanulato, 

 segmentis oblongis obtusis margine ciliatis, tubo longioribus; petalis 

 erecto-patentibus, calycem duplo vel plus duplo superantibus, ungue 

 gracillimo glabro, lamina obovato-oblonga obtusa utrinque glabra, 

 ungui breviore ; staminibus sterilibus erectis, linearibus obtusis, 

 basin versus angustatis, dimidio inferiore pilosis, apice glandula 

 coronatis, calycem paulo excedentibus; staminibus fertilibus erectis, 

 filamentis filiformibus, glabris, antheris parvulis rotundato-oblongis ; 

 stylo filiformi villoso, apice glabrato ; ovarii cornubus pilosis. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In saxosis montis " Matroosberg," 

 in ditione Worcester, alt. c. 7000 ped., Dec. 1895 ; Dr. R. Marloth, 

 No. 2259. 



The capitate inflorescence brings our plant near to A. lancifoUa 

 E. & Z. The leaves and floral characters at once distinguish it from 

 that species. In the dried specimens the colour of the flowers is pink. 



65. Berardia velutina, sp. n. Fruticulus gracilis, erectus, 

 ramosus, 30-40 cm. altus; ramis velutinis teretibus, dense foliatis; 

 foliis lanceolatis acutis, sessilibus erectis, dorso margineque molliter 

 villosis, intus glabris, 0-4-0-6 cm. longis, infra medium 1-5-2 mm. 

 latis ; floribus in capitulis globosis, plurifloribus, terminalibus, 

 0*5 cm. diametientibus ; bracteis lineari-lanceolatis calloso-apicu- 

 latis, villosis, flori vulgo aequilongis ; bracteolis bracteis valde 

 similibus ; calyce dense villoso, c. 1*5 cm. longo, segmentis 

 linearibus calloso-apiculatis, plumoso- villosis, acutis, intus glabris, 

 tubo ffiquilongis ; petalis oblongis obtusis, segmentis calycis aequi- 

 longis, dorso medio villosis, intus glabris ; filamentis subulatis 

 brevibus ad basin segmentorum insertis, antheris oblongis obtusis, 

 baud exsertis, petalorum dimidium paulo excedentibus ; stylis 

 glabris, erecto-patentibus filiformibus, 0*1 cm. longis; ovario vil- 

 loso, loculis 2-ovulatis. 



In regione austro-occidentali: In paludibus montis "Matroos- 

 berg," in ditione Worcester, alt. c. 5000 ped., Dec. 1895 ; Dr. R. 

 Marloth, No. 2255. 



