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medio bractearum pare instructus, glaber. Bracteae folia reducta 
simulantes, 1°5-1°8 cm. longae, suberectae, basi connatae. lores 
sessiles, in capitula vel cymas capituliformes 1°2-1°5 cm. diametro 
dense conferti ; couias: inferiora pedunculata, superiora sessilia 
vel subsessilia. Sepala 2 mm. longa, oblonga, obtusa, dorso valde 
convexa, glabra, Pia, atrovirentia. Petala conniventi-erecta, 
3 mm. longa, 1‘6-1°7 mm. lata, basi connata, obovata, obtusa, dorso 
pone apicem apiculo conico obtuso crasse-carnoso instructa, glabra, 
. alba. Stamina inclusa, glabra; filamenta alba; antherae luteae. 
Glandulae hypogynae subquadrangulares, truncatae, aurantiacae. 
Carpella in stylum brevissimum attenuata ; stigma magnum, viride. 
Soutm Arrica. Collected during the Percy Sladen be eae 
tion to the Orange River in 1910 by Prof. Pearson, No. 548 
Described from a living plant which flowered at Kew in on 
1912, 
1375. Cotyledon procurva, VN. E. Brown [Crassulaceae]; affinis 
C. triflorae, Haw., sed foliis longe cuneatis multo angustioribus et 
floribus procurvis facile distinguitnr, » 
Herba nana, succulenta, perennis, glabra. Folia alterna, laxa, 
adscendentia, 3-5 em. longa, apice 1°5—2°2 cm. lata, 7-8 mm. crassa, 
anguste cuneata, apice subtruncata et deinde in petiolum ‘teretem 
5-15 mm. longum cuneato-attenuata, laevia, epunctata, olivaceo- 
viridia vel sie dee aay glauca, Pedunculus terminalis, 2-3 cm. 
longus, 2 mm. crassus, simplex, inferne nudus, snperne laxe spicatus, 
sordide purpureus, glaucus. Flores alterni, solitarii vel bini vel terni, 
subsessiles, minutissime bracteati. Calyx 2°5 mm. longus, minute et 
acute 5-dentatus, viridis, glaucus. Corolla procurva, in gemma 
1 
iets ; tubus cm, longus, cylindricus, sordide purpureus ; 
bi 4—4°5 mm, longi, patentes vel recurvi, lanceolati, acuti, pallide 
eee 
Soutn Arrica, Locality and collector unknown. Described 
from a ee plant which flowered at Kew, August 30th, 1911. 
1376. Callitriche compressa, NV. EF. Brown [Haloragaceae] ; affinis 
C. deflecae, A, Br., sed caulibus ancipitibus et carinis fructus non 
productis differt. | 
Herba aquatica, submersa, glabra. Caulis valde compressus, 
anceps. Folia uniformia, 4-10 mm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, obovato- 
spathulata, obtusa. Fructus minutus, 0°70-0°75 mm. mg et latus, 
subquadrato-orbicularis, angulis subacute carinatis, sulco dorsali 
acuto. Stzgmata quam fructus duplo breviora, deflexa, persistentia. 
Sourn Arrica. Natal; in a stagnant pool at Umbilo, Miss 
Franks in Herb, Wood, 11943. 
1377. Eugenia pusilla, NV. E. Brown [Myrtaceae-Myrteae] ; 
affinis E. albanensi, Sond., ei habitu simillima, sed foliis anguste 
lineari-lanceolatis facile distinguitur. 
erba perennis, 10-15 em. alta. Caules annui, fasciculati, pens 
graciles, 0°6—-0°7 mm. crassi, glabri. Folia opposita vel alterna 
eniercota vel leviter patula, brevissime petiolata, 2-3°5 cm . longa, 
mm. lata, anguste lineari-lanceolata, acuta, basi attenuata, uni- 
nervia, pellucido-punctata, marginibus revolutis, glabra. Flores 
solitarii, ex axillis foliorum inferiorum enati, omnino elabri. Pedi- 
celli 1-2 cm. longi, graciles, apice bibracteati. Bracteae 2 mm. 
