326 



the larger-flowered specimens typical of the original S. elongata 

 and the smaller-flowered forms which were referred by Schinz to 

 & cuspidata, there appears to be no good reason for retaining 

 S. cuspidata, Schinz, as a distinct species. 



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



Exaceae] ; species 8. elongatae, E. Mey., et S. Conrathii, Schinz, 



proxima, a 8, elongata, foliis orbicularibus cymis paucifloribus 



antheris triglandulosis stigmate clavato differt ; a S. Conrathii foliis 



orbicularis segmentis calycis alatis floribus majoribus stigmate 

 clavato differt. 



Annua (?), erecta. Caulis civcitev 12 cm. altus, simplex. Folia 

 opposita, fere omnia sub-rosulata, orbicularia vel orbiculari-ovata, 

 obtusa, 2-5-3-5 cm. longa, 1-5-3 cm. lata. Flores in cymam termi- 

 nalem umbelliformem paucifloram dispositi ; rami -75-1-5 cm. 

 longi, pedicelli 2 mm. longi, bracteis subulatis inconspicuis. Calyx 

 b mm. longus, segmentis erectis elliptico-lanceolatis acutis alatis, 

 alae -o mm latae, medio latissimae. Corollae tubus circiter 8 mm. 

 longus ; [obi 1-2 cm. longi, 5 mm. lati, ovati, unguiculati, obtusi. 

 JtUumenta 1-5 mm. longa ; antherae 2'75 mm. longae, apice uni- basi 

 bi-ghmdulosis instructae. Stylus 8-9 mm. longus, prope basin 

 biglandulosus, stigmate clavato. 



Natal. Drakensberg, Buchanan, 31 ! 



Sebaea (Pentandria) pentandra, E. Mey., Comm. 1837, 181. 



Sebaea 9f;}epina, Gilg in Eng. Bot. Jahrb. xxvi., 1898, 90 ; 

 Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck xvii., 1903, 41. 



In E. Meyer, Comm., vol. i., fasc. ii., 1837, p. 154, four localities 



in 7 C ' V/ Te glVeU f ° r S ' P entandra collected by Drege and 



p.n 



93 and 219, a fifth 



!n„ I 7 rP '• r £ erred t0 f or S. pentandra. The localities, accord- 

 ing to Zwei Pfianzengeogr. Doc., should b 

 as in Meyer's Comment. 



) 



Wond 



Pfianzengeogr. Doc, 93) 



(c) Garip Sandhiigel am rechten Ufer des Flosses bei Ver- 

 t* ^P^m (v. Meyer, Zwci ~ " 

 {a) Zuurbergen. 



(e) Inter Gekau et Basche. 



found thJ^S'k B °\ Ja 1 hrb - XvL ' 1898 ' PP- 90 > 91 > states that he 

 taZJ h! dlffe J e ^ plants in Meyer's herbarium under S. pen- 



Gekau in f ^ ordin ? J 7 distributed them, retaining the plant from 

 species a cPl Basche (^J. under S. pentandra, and making a new 



whUst afSSSS^ 9 ^ g ' ° f the plant from near v erlept?ram (c), 

 ^vnust the third specimen from Z '*'• ~ ~ /? 



ra mostmma, Gilg. 



(d) 



■ 



specimen in Meyer's herbarium 



at LiilwV u \> n „ TTv °^P e B P ec "nen in Meyer's herbarium 



S ™S™ ^^ foimd P 08sibIe to ma ^n the species 

 % ITfl'Tl s l nc * thls specimen from Garin (c) exactlv eouals 



S nentnnd™ 7m , «yw«uen rrom wanp {c) e 



*. pentandra, E. Mey. ( a) from Nieuweveld at Ke w. 



With regard 



stricto a mittnL!: ' the Iocalltl es for S. pentandra sensu 



stricto, a mistake appears to have arisen in the Berlin herbarium, 



