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M. linophylla, Eckl. et Zeyh. enum. p. 27. (ex pl. Un. itin. 
hue citata.) an Burch.? 
M. sprengelioides, DC. which is said to be quite glabrous, 
and to have subpedicellate flowers, is perhaps not essentially 
distinct from our plant. Leaves generally slightly recurved, 
4-5 lines long, and 4 line broad, the distance between the fasci- 
cles varying between 2 and 4 lines; theaxillary leaves, which 
usually occur only towards the summit, are but two in 
number, and scarcely exceed one line in length. Flowers 
often erowded into rather thick spikes, and as large as those 
of M. Heisteria ; calyx membranaceous, 2-lines long, almost 
White; sepals somewhat unequal, merely acuminated into a 
stiff point (not abruptly mucronate. Corolla of a pale 
incarnate colour, with a dark purple spot at the top of the 
carina. Our specimens are not in fruit. 
32. M. linophylla, Burch. DC.1. c. n. 17 ?—In solo argil- 
laceo inter flum. Gauritz et Brakrivier, distr. George (IV. 
C, b.) Jan. 1839. Krauss n. 806.—Precedenti affinis, sed 
distincta foliis paulo brevioribus, rectiusculis, basi margineque 
puberulis, vix unquam subfasciculatis, floribus paulo mino- 
ribus, sepalis ovatis apice purpureis. 
33. M. virgata, Burch. DC. l. c. n. 16.—In arenosis plani- 
tiei Capensis (III. E, b.) Nov. 1838. Krauss n. 810 (Un. 
itin. n. 83 .—Except that in our specimens the younger 
leaves are distinctly ciliated, and the sepals not remark- 
ably acuminated, but merely oblong-lanceolate, they agree 
well with De Candolle’s diagnose. The 4 styles arc a little 
longer than the capsule. 
34. M. cliffortiefolia, Eckl. et Zeyh. enum. p. 25, n. 188.— 
In solo argillaceo inter flum. Gauritz et Brakrivier (IV. C, b.) 
Jan. 1839. Krauss n. 935. (M. epacridea, nob. olim in 
Herb. Krauss. 
A fine and most distinct species, more resembling in foliage 
some species of Epacris (for instance E. grandiflora) than 
any of the present genus. Although we have not seen 
Ecklon's plant (which was also found near the Gauritz 
Rivier) we have little doubt that ours belong to the same 
