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3. $. inopinatum, Hutchinson, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex superne ramosus, usque ad 3 dm. altus (vel. ultra’); 
caulis erectus, costatus, glaber. Folia inferiora imbricata, line- 
aria, acuta, 4-5 em. onga, 1-2 mm. lata, coriacea, prominenter 
l-nervia, glabra, superiora breviora. Capitula ad apices 
ramorum solitaria, corymbosa, pauca, late campanulata, circiter 
13 cm. diametro. Involucrum 1 cm. ongum; bracteae circiter 
3-seriatae, exteriores herbaceae, lineares acutae, carinatae, 
lineari-lanceolati, subobtusi, 1-25 mm. longi, glabri. _Achaenia 
exteriora fertilia, 45-5 mm. longa, costata, nigrescentia, glabra, 
interiora vacua, anguste cylindrica, arcte costulata, glabra. 
Soutn Arrica.—South Western Region: Swellendam; in the 
mountains near Swellendam, Kennedy 198. 
his is a very distinct species and evidently very rare, for the 
collector found only a solitary specimen. 
. §. oocephalum, DC. Prodr. vi, 93 (1837); Harv. in Harv: 
et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 187, 
Soutn Arrtca.—South Western Region: Swellendam; on dry 
hills near the Breede River, Jan., Burchell 7462. Caledon; 
Attaquas Kloof, Zeyher 2822. 
XXXII.—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE : LXVIII. 
1591. Salacia Gerrardii, Harv. ex Sprague [Hippocrateaceae] ; 
affinis S, Kraussii, Hochst., a qua ¢ iti 
hervis lateralibus patulis venulis magis conspicuis differt. 
Folia opposita, elliptico-oblonga vel ovata, basi rotundata vel 
obtusa, apice saepius conspicue sat abrupte cuspidata, 5-7'5 cm. 
longa, 2°8-4 em. lata, o 
Sepala transverse oblonga, cili 
17-2 mm. lata, tria teri 
Petala patentia, suborbicularia flavo-viridia (Wood) explanata 
5-5'5 m diametro, 
crenulata. Discus crassus, pallide viridis, 1°3 mm. altus, inferne 
Stamina intra discum inserta; filamenta 
0-4 > 1-7 mm. longa, basi vix ultra 1 mm. lata, apice 
08 mm. lata; antherae trian ulari-reniformes, 0°6 mm. longae, 
; Soeniis inferne tertia parte liberae. 
altum ; stylus circiter 1 mm. longus; 
oculo 2, Superposita. Bacca (an matura) circiter 
