NEW SPECIES OF CKASSULA. 369 



In Herb. Bolus there are two specimens, the largest of which is 

 about 45 cm. long, but both are only portions of a plaint or plants 

 which, even if only shghtly larger, must belong to a very hand- 

 some and striking species. One of these specimens is branched 

 16 cm. below the top, the other is simple except that one of the 

 uppermost nodes bears a small inflorescence. The habit of the 

 plant as preserved in these specimens is somewhat similar to that 

 of C. vaginata and C. rubicnnda. 



C. scalaris, sp. nov. Perennis. Caulis erectus, simplex, ad 

 basin dense foliosus, teres, + 20 cm. altus, pubescens, crassitie 

 quam penna minor. Folia radicalia cuneatim obovata, vel late 

 obovata, basi in petiolum attenuata, apice rotundata, praesertim 

 subtus hirsuta, margine ciliata, cum petiolis + 3 cm. longa, 

 2-2-5 cm. lata ; caulniorum duo infima obovata sessilia, foliis 

 radicalibus cousimilia, superiora oblonga, basi connata. Cymuli 

 ad nodos sessiles. Sepala lanceolata, hirsuta et ciliata, petalis 

 multo breviora. Petala circiter 4 mm. longa, inferne coalita, 

 superne in apicem longam et canaliculatam attenuata. Carpella 

 oblique obovata, squamis cuneatis, apice emarginatis. 



Hab. Bullhoek, alt. 700 ft. ; B. Schlechter, No. 8382. 



This plant is allied to C. tomentosa Thunberg, C. interrupta 

 E. Meyer, and C. (jlahrifolia Harv., and therefore belongs to 

 Sph(Eritis. Stem densely leafy at the base, with distant leaf-pairs 

 above. The radical leaves are cuneate, obovate, hairy, and ciliate, 

 while those of tomentosa are described by Thunberg as lanceolate. 

 The cauline leaves vary in shape according to their position on the 

 stem — the lowest are very similar to the radical leaves, those higher 

 up are oblong or oblanceolate, and shorter than the internodes. 

 The cymules of flowers are capitate and sessile, or subsessile, at the 

 nodes, forming an interrupted spiked thyrsus or spike. The clusters 

 of flowers are 1*2-1 -8 cm. apart. The thyrsus in the specimen 

 before us consists of eight verticillasters. C. interrupta E. Meyer 

 seems quite distinct, though certainly allied ; it is a smaller, hoary 

 species with much shorter leaves. As has been previously stated, 

 it is somewhat doubtful whether the plants in Harvey's Her- 

 barium under C. tomentosa are Thunberg' s species (see Journ. Bot 

 1897, 481). 



C. leucantha, sp. nov. Perennis ramis foliatis virgatis 

 glabris basi lignosis, internodiis inferioribus c. 4 mm. longis, 

 superioribus sensim longioribus ad 15 mm. longis ; folia oblonga 

 vel oblongo-obovata sparse pubescentia vel glabra, margine 

 breviter cartilagineo-ciliata breviter connato-vaginata, inferiora 

 c. 25 mm. longa, superiora sensim minora. Inflorescentia termi- 

 nalis capitata vel subcorymbosa breviter pedunculata floribus 

 breviter pedicellatis bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis margine 

 cartilagineo-ciliatis ; sepala oblongo-linearia basi connata lobis c. 

 2 mm. longis dorso carinatis margine minute cartilagineo ciliatis ; 

 petala alba basi ovata versus apicem subulata canaliculata c. 4 mm. 

 longa, stamina carpellseque brevia antheris ovatis, ovariis oblique 

 ovatis styhs brevioribus, squamis subrectangularibus truncatis, apice 

 leviter dilatatis. 



