220 



primo erecti, demum patule recurvi. Sepala oblonga, obtusa, 

 3*5-4 mm. longa, 1-1-5 mm. lata. Petala oblongo-elliptica, basi 

 cuneata, roseo-purpurea, 6 mm. longa, 1*8 mm. lata. Siliquae 

 anguste lineares, rectae vel subrectae, utrinque breviter attenuatae, 

 pendulae vel patulae, 3*2-4'6 cm. longae, 7\5 mm. latae, valvis 

 umnerviis venis longitudinalibus delicatis nonnullis. Semina 

 l.)-20, 1-5 mm. longa. 



Natal. In meadows near Durban, Conrath, No. 736. [The 



same species is represented at Kew by the following specimens:— 



Natal, in grassy places near Durban, Wood, 146 ; Grant, I. j 



J. Sanderson, 382 ; " Eastern Province," Bowker, n. 213.— Otto 

 Stapf.) 



922. Polanisia tripyhlla,CWaM [Capparidaceae] ; affinis P. mam- 

 ma, bond., sed differt floribus minoribus, staminibus 6, quorum 



4 stenlia filamentis supeme sigmatice curvatis, 2 fertilia filamentis 

 recti s. 



Herba annua, ad 30 cm. alta, glaberrima, caule erecto supra 

 Dasm ramis nonnullis virgatis aucto sulcato. Folia approximata, 

 petiolata, tnfoholata ; foliola subfiliformia, margine asperula, 

 8-24 mm. longa, 0'5-0'75 mm. lata ; petiolus 4-14 mm. longus ; 

 tolia summa reducta, saepe simplicia. Racemi laxi, elongati ; 

 pedicelh tandem ad 8 mm. longi. Sepala lanceolata, tenuiter 

 acuminata, Z'b-3 mm. longa. Petala 2 longiora oblonga, cuneatim 

 ungmculata, 4-5 mm. longa, rosea, 2 breviora abrupte unguiculata, 

 saturatius rosea, supra unguem utrinque macula citrina ornata. 

 ztamtna b ; 4 petala aequantia, sterilia, filamentis superne sigma- 

 tice curvatis et apice incrassatis, caetera paulo longiora, fertilia, 

 niamentis rectis apice haud incrassatis. Capmla pendula, linearis, 



^!!!? Ue ^ enS - lm atfcenuata ' M-tt mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, nervoso- 

 striata. bemina transverse argute-rugosa. 



T r ansv a al. Near Pretoria, Con rath ,11. 



r^/w^v** comm I ut ^, Conrath [Malvaceae]; affinis P. 

 brev or hn • Ma8 % sed fl ? rib ™ minoribus, epicalyce calvceque 

 SS^^^^ "*«»- *™ Wstis induratis 



n^^lf^^im^ H f> ne u 8cen8 - Gaulis erectus, ramosus, teres 



nb^ceni 1 , r w qU - e V ^ brevibus e &^ndulosis vel glanduligeris 



l^^^^^^^ inferne P ilis Patulis tenuibuscon- 



spersus. Folm ambitu cordato-ovata, profunde 5-vel superiora 



mento mtermedio longiore uti caeteris utrinoue 4-2- 



segmento 



ga, 3-5 



cm 



nilrwi <,nht„o ntn ' ,r. ld,u *» mrinque praecipue m n< 



K£ sti ni, P Jfi,% n0nnuIli8 , r> 8tellatia Hdditis; petiolus 3-1 



" 1 mdo sll lf01 ™ 8, Pedkelli solitarii < petiolum aequa 



lubukta cTS ?' apiC ^ articilIati - Epica^cis phvlla 10-12, 



i uSSrfim^L I , mm ' . ° nsa ' P«bescentia pilis glanduligeris 



Z^ ! 1 J ^; ^toso-ciliata. Oaiyx 5-fid us, segment is Wan- 



S^pSSiT^SSS^ sab ^branaceusf circa 7 mm. 

 Carpella matura 5 ? 7 f aeq 1 ,wntia - Intoecentia, rubro-sulfusa. 

 bnn nea 4 mm \J£ m ' longa » acute marginata. Semina 

 striata ' ° nga ' 8ubac ^; testa tennuTssime punctate- 



