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DECADES PLANTARUM NO VARUM AUSTRO- 

 AFRICANARUM. 



AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. 

 (Continued from p. 28.) 



DEGAS VIII. 



71. Heliophila Dodii, sp. n. Herba annua, erecta, parnm 

 ramosa, 20-30 cm. alta ; caule sparsissime scabrido-hispidulo, 

 basin versus demum glabrato, distanter foliato ; foliis erecto- 

 patentibus subglabris, 3-5 cm. longis pinnatifidis, segmentis 

 patentibus anguste linearibus acutis ; racemo laxe plurifloro 

 nudo ; pedicellis erecto-patentibus demum refractis, filiformibus 

 minute scabrido-hispidulis, floris lequilongis lougioribusve ; sepalis 

 oblongis obtusis subglabris, margine submembranaceo-marginatis, 

 0*5 cm. longis ; petalis roseis obovatis obtusis, 0-6-0-7 cm. longis ; 

 staminibus erectis, filameutis anguste linearibus, glabris, nudis ; 

 antheris lineari-oblongis apice glandula minuta apiculatis, basi 

 sagittatis, 0-2 cm. longis ; ovario fcenuissime puberulo ; stylo 

 filiformi glabro ; siliqua lineari vel linear! oblonga monilformi, 

 glabra, 1-2 cm. longa, stylo subulato incrassato acutiusculo 

 coronata, articulis ovatis ; seminibus pallide brunneis suborbicu- 

 laribus immargiuatis. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In clivis graminosis Montis 

 Diaboli prope Capetown, Nov. 1895 ; Capt. Wolleij Bod, No. 465. 



Somewhat allied to H. Eckloniana Sond. and H. afjinis Sond., 

 from both of which it is distinguished by the thickened style and 

 the pinnatipartite leaves. According to the collector, the plant 

 seems rare, as only a single specimen was found growing in 

 company with the next species, with which it has several points in 

 common. 



72. Heliophila scabrida, sp. n. Herba annua erecta, ramosa, 

 25-40 cm. alta ; caule scabrido dimidio inferiore distanter foliato, 

 basin versus demum glabrato ; foliis erecto-patentibus subglabris, 

 3-5 cm. longis, superioribus linearibus, inferioribus pinnatifidis, 

 segmentis patentibus linearibus acutis ; racemis laxe plurifloris ; 

 pedicellis erecto-patentibus scabridis, filiformibus 0-7-1 cm. longis ; 

 sepalis oblongis obtusis minute scabridis, margine submembranaceo- 

 marginatis, 0-5 cm. longis ; petalis roseis obovatis obtusis, 0*7 cm. 

 longis ; staminibus erectis, filamentis filiformibus glabris, omnibus 

 nudis, antheris linearibus, glandula minuta apiculatis, basi sagit- 

 tatis, c. 1-5 mm. longis; ovario puberulo, stylo subfiliformi glabro; 

 siliqua lineari, 1-5-3 cm. longa, c. 0*3 cm. lata, glabra, stylo in- 

 crassato obtusiusculo coronata; seminibus suborbicularibus, im- 

 margiuatis, pallide brunneis. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In clivis graminosis Montis 

 Diaboli prope Capetown, Nov. 1895 ; Capt. Wolley Dod, No. 464. 



Although, as said above, in several points agreeing with U. 

 Dodii, the present species belongs to the section Orthoselis, where it 



