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Species in the possession of a conspicuous wing to the calyx- 

 segments, and is usually a stronger plant. In S. exigua, and in 

 S. filiformis to a less extent, the calyx-segments are partially 

 fused to form a campanulate cup. 



Sebaea (Pentandria) pygmaea, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 

 ser. II., vi., 1906, 740. 



It seems very probable that further investigation in the field 

 will show that this species is only a small, stunted or alpine form 

 of S. erosa* Schinz. The chief points of difference consist in the 

 smaller anthers and style, and in the absence of erose toothing to 

 the corolla lobes in S. pygmaea. In this connection it is to be 

 noticed that S. pygmaea has been collected from a considerably 

 greater altitude than S. erosa. 



Sebaea (Pentandria) conspicua, A. W. Hill [Gentianaceae- 



a 



rotundifolia 



"ill, a, qua ioins spatnuiatis segmentis caiycis curmaus aiuiiwn» 

 uniglandulosis stigmate capitato differt. 



Annua (?), erecta vel paullo repanda. Caulis 7-10 cm. altus, 

 simplex vel ramosus. Folia opposita, magis ininusve subrosulata, 

 obovato-oblonga vel spathulata, fere petiolata, 2-3*5 cm. longa, 

 •9-1-4 cm. lata, subcarnosa. FLores in cymas ramosas corymbiferas 

 multiflores dispositi ; rami -8-1-2 mm. longi, pedicelli circiter 

 1 mm. longi. Calyx 6-7 mm. longus, segmentis ellipticis acutis 

 carinatis. Corollae tubus circiter 6 mm. longus ; lobi 1-1-2 cm. 

 longi, 3-3-5 mm. lati, anguste ovati, elongati, subacuti yel apiculati. 



Filamenta 1 



* Humenia i mm. longa; antnerae 6 mm. iongae, apiue gi<»ixu U x« 

 eonspicua instructae. Sfr/Zws 6-7 mm. longus, prope basin biglan- 

 dulosus, stigmate capitato. 



Orange River Colony. Marsh 



SanJcey, 173 ! 



A pretty species, with comparatively large bright-yellow flowers 

 borne on more or less dense and many-flowered corymbose 

 inflorescences ; the leaves tend to be gathered into false radical 

 rosettes with one or two pairs of fairly large leaves on the erect 

 flowering branches. 



Sebaea (Pentandria) elongata, E. Mey., Conim., 1837, 184; Gilg 



jn Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xxvi., 96 ; Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges, 

 l^ubeck, xvii., 1903, 41. 



Sebaea cuspidata, Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Lubeck, xvii., 

 1903, 28. 



Cape Colony. Riversdale Div. : Kainpsche Berg, BurcMl, 

 J0*5 ! mountains near Riversdale, 1500 ft., Schkchter, 1840 I 

 Oudtshoorn Div.: Robinson Pass, Bolus, 12993! ^1™ ?%: 

 on a mountain near Roodemuur, between Plettenbergs Kay ana 

 Lange Kloof, 2000-2500 ft., Drege, 2827 ! Umondale Div. . 

 mountains near Avontuur, Bolus, 2402 ! 



A di 8 ti nc t species with its false rosette of closely placed I leaves 

 at the base of the tall erect flowering stems. This species i * ith 

 ^hich & cuspidata, Schinz, has been united shews a considerable 

 range of variation both in the size of the corolla and in othei ^ parts 

 of the flower, but as there is a regular gradation of forms between 



