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basi connatae, bilabiatae ; labium inferius fere ad basin tripartitum ; 
segmenta ciliata, pilosa vel glabra. Calyx, 4-lobus, ad $—} tubulosus ; 
tubus quadrangulus, pubescens vel glaber ; lobi aequales, spathulato- 
lineares, barbigeri et villosi. Stamina 43; antherae —— 
ellipticae, apice glandibus minutis instructae. Ovarium obovat 
vel obovato-oblongum, hirsutum vel villosum, aliquando winnaie 
cellatum. Stylus filiformis, raro attenuatus, supra rectus vel cur- 
vus, saepe eblique ovario ie glaber. Stigma conicum vel 
clavatum, rectum Squamae hypogynae 4, lineares. 
i ig obovatus val eakeeua fere  Gentocllaine, hirsutus vel 
gla 
Frutex parvus. Folia filiformia vel teretia, acuta, mucronata, 
supra unisulcata, pilosa vel glabra. 
Species 5, Capenses. 
CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 
Folia 4-9 mm. longa. 
Folia mucrone obtuso. 
Folia pilosa ; stigma conicum we 1. S. ericaefolia. 
Folia glabra ; stigma clavatum ie 2. S. confusa. 
Folia mucrone acuto _... ca he 3. S. caudaeflora 
Folia 1-2 em. longa. 
olia 1-1°5 cm. longa ; bracteae glabrae 4, S. caudata, 
Folia 1-5-2 cm. longa ; bracteae pilosae 5, S. propinqua. 
1. 8S. ericaefolia, gle a fami glabri, demum pubescentes. Folia 
4-6 mm. longa, recta, apice paullo incurya, linearia, apice 
obiusa, minute punctata, infra convexa, supra — pilosa, 
demum glabra. Capitula 3-4-flora 
in spicis terminalibus solitersis vel 
adnatis 1°2-2°5 cm. longis. Bracteae 
6 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, acu- 
minatae, apice acutae, ciliatae, pilosae. 
Involuerum 4 mm. longum, _bila- 
biatum, pilosum ; labium inferum tri- 
partitum ; segmenta lateralia 3 mm. 
longa, ovata, acuminata, arene — 
“saan } Segmen ntu um mediu 3 
lon apice 
‘ebaree ciliatum. Tubus cafes 3 mm. 
longus, superne pubescens, basi glaber; 
laminae 4 mm, longae, spathulato- 
raticteng villosae, apice dilatato 0°7 mm. 
longo elli Iptico obtuso nee vil- 
loso. Stamina 7 mm. longa. Stylus 
5 1. longus, filiformis, oblique 
ovario one Stigma ; 
ongum, conicu Ovarium 2 mm. 
longum, obovatum, hirsutum, Sguamae 
hypogynae 15 mm, longae, lineares, acuminatae, apice acutae. 
ructus 3 mm. longus, ~. pilosus, 
eestelia ericaefolia, Knight, Prot. 75. 
OUTH AFRICA. Verhoode Valle Nise without precise 
locality, Masson ; 3 no collector in Herd, “Fors syth, : 
