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above and below. Calyx-lobes oblong-obovate, blunt, rounded at 

 the back with obtuse interspaces. Petals oblong-ovate, white, 

 strongly 8-nerved above, filaments and carpels white, pollen pale 

 yellow. Stamens and carpels almost the length of the petals; 

 filaments subulate, attenuated ; anthers ovate ; styles subulate, 

 nearly size of ovary ; squamae rectangular, apex emarginate. 



DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO- 

 AFRICANARUM. 



AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. 



(Continued from p. 318.) 



DEGAS IX. 



81. Hermannia asbestina, sp. n. Fruticulus humihs 1-2- 

 pedalis, ramosus, rigidus ; ramulis erecto-patentibus primum dense 

 stellato-pubescentibus demum lignescentibus glabratis ; foliis par- 

 vulis obovato-ellipticis, basi in petiolum brevem angustatis dimidio 

 superiore 5-7-dentatis, utrinque dense pilis stellatis miuutis ob- 

 tectis, 0-5-0-8 cm. longis, medio fere 0-3-0-5 cm. latis ; stipulis 

 minutis deciduis ; floribus axillaribus singulis, nutantibus, roseis ; 

 pedicello filiform! stellato-pubescente, 1-1-2 cm. longo ; calyce 

 campanulato late aperto, 0-6 cm. longo, stellato puberulo mox 

 membranescente, reticulato-nervoso, segmentis tubo fere asqiii- 

 longis, lanceolatis acutis, erecto-patentibus ; petalis oblanceolato- 

 spathulatis obtusis, utrinque glaberrimis, calyci fere duplo longiori- 

 bus ; filamentis e basi lineari-cuneata planis, setis sparsis margine 

 ciliatis, valde acuminatis, 0-4 cm. longis, antheris angustis, elongatis, 

 apice bifidis, margine ciliatis filamentorum longitudine ; stylo fili- 

 formi acuto, dimidio inferiore hispidulo, dimidio superiore glaber- 

 rimo, 0-5 cm. longo ; ovario stipitato, granuloso-punctato, 10- 

 cornuto, cornubus obtusis subbarbatis. 



In regione Kalaharica : In lapidosis montium "Asbestos Bergen," 

 Dec. 1894 ; Dr. R. Marloth, No. 2057. 



A near ally to H. spinosa E. Mey., from the Niewe Veld, but 

 with less rigid habit, pedicels not transformed into divergent spines, 

 a stellate calyx, filaments of the same length as the anthers, and a 

 glabrescent ovary which is covered with scale-like grains and bears 

 ten barbate horns. The highly-stipitate ovary is remarkable. I do 

 not know whether this is so or not in H. spinosa. 



82. Lotononis macra, sp. n. Suffrutex pereunis adscendens, 

 20-25 cm. alta ; caule simplici vel subsimphci filiformi, gracili, 

 tereti, piloso, laxe foliato, apice nudo ; foliis 3-foliolatis, erecto- 

 patentibus, foliolis linearibus acutis, pilosis, 1*5-2 cm. longis, 

 lateralibus subfalcatis, petiolo piloso, 1 cm. longo ; stipulis bmis 

 erectis, linearibus acutis, pilosis, petiolo paulo longioribus ; pedun- 

 culo (si licet appellare) terminali filiformi piloso, 4-5-6 cm. longo, 

 umbellatim pauci(l-3)-floro bracteis stipulis omnino conformibus, 



