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T. junceum^ Bemh., var. mammosa, A, TI\ 11111"; a typo gibbn 



carnosula magna iiiira periantliii segmenta 

 instriictiiin differt. 



Port Elizabeth Div. ; near Port Eliza- 

 beth, Walnier, Mrs, Patcr.^on 80G ! 



Tbi>! platit is remnrlvable for the white, 

 egg-shaped protuberanoos on the inner faces 



of the perianth segments. 



The branches 



are rather weak and flexible, but plantain 

 vegetal tive character agrees generally with 

 7\ junceum. 



T. junceum, Bemh., var. plantaginea, A. IF. HUl, a typo spicia 



densis more Planiago distincta. 



Transkei; Kentani, 305 m., Pegler 878 partly; near Zolora 



Month, Pegler 1302. 



!• Junodi, A. Vv - llilL; species ^peciebns ilonbus m racemos sim- 

 plioes dispositis affinis, sed habitu tenue foliis angnsto linearibua 

 curvatisj glandnlis externis conspicuis distinguenda. 



Caiiles e basi ramosl; rami ascendentes, graciles, acute angulati 

 vel fere alati, inter angnlos sulcati^ glabri. Folia linearia, 

 acntissima^ 0'6-l-3 cm. longa, infra carinata, snpra subplana et 

 prominenter 1-nervia, glabra. Flores solitarii, in bracteae et 

 bracteolarum duarum axim subsessiles; bractea pednnculo brevis- 

 simo pauluni adnata, foliis slmilis; bracteolae florem circiter 

 aequantes, angnste lineares, acutae. 



Ion 



um 



PerianiJiium 2*75 mm. 

 glandnlis externis conspicuis instrnctum ; segmenta 



lanceolata, subacnta, 1-75 mm, louga, cucuilata, apice barbata. 



Antlierae e perianthii tubo exsertae, 0*65 mm. longa 



Stylus 



1'5~1'75 mm, longus, ad antlierarum medium vel apiceni attingeng. 

 Fructus elongato-ellipsoiden?, periantliio persistente circiter 

 5 mm. longus, subconspicue costatus et reticnlatus. 



South Africa. Transvaal; Shilouvane, Jtinod 1301! (Herb- 

 Boiss. and Herb. Zuricli) without precise locality, Wahlbergl 

 (Herb. 3Ius. Stockh.). 



lacinulatum 



j-\ 



H 



ed 



T. Tfoido, Sender, quoad habituni similis ramis et floribns minute 



puberulis segmei 



Namaqualand. 



distincta 



H, //. W 



Herl 



The full description of this interesting plant collected by Prof. 

 Pearson on his recent journey to the Great Knrasberg, etc., under 

 the auspices of the Percy Sladen Trust, will be published in the 



~ " ~~ ' ariuiu along with the descriptions of 

 other plnnts collected during the expedition. The clothing of 

 minute hairs over the whole 2)lant including the outside of the 

 perianth segments and the receptacle covering the ovary distin- 

 c^uishes this spinous species from all its allies. It is further 

 peculiar and unique in having a large membranous flap or lacinula 

 on either margin of the perianth segments in addition to and 



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