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sessiles vel brevissime pedlcellati. SepaJa 1 mm. louga, lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, minute peberula. Corolla 2-5 mm. diametro, glabra; 

 tubus 0-5 mm. longus; lobi 1-5 mm. longi, lanceolati, acuti,' 

 adscendentes, apice patuli. Corona campanulata, ad medium 

 5-loba; lobi ovati, acuti, intra basin bicarinati. Stylus ad apicem 

 obtuse conicus, antberis multo longlor. 



South Africa. Great Namaqualand : in sand and crevices in 

 granite near hilltop north of Eotkuppe station, Pearson 4466. 



1476. Microloma rotkuppense, N. E. Broiv?i [Asclepiadaceae- 



Cynancbeae] ; affinis M, BurchelUi, N. E. Br., sed ramis cras- 

 sioribus et floribus duplo majoribus facile distinguitur. 



Frutex compactus, ramosissimus, 30-60 cm. altus, sub- 

 aplijllus. Rami 2-3 mm., crassi, glabri. Folia celeriter 

 decidua, brevissime petiolata, 4-5 mm. longa, 1-1-3 mm. lata, 

 lineari-oblono'a^ obtusa, basi rotundata vel subcordata, minutis- 

 sime puberula. Flores fasciculati. Peclicelli 1 mm. longi, 

 minute puberuli. Sepala 4 mm. longa, linearia, acuta, minute 

 puberula. Corolla tubulosa, apice conico-acuta, baud dilatata, 

 5-angularis, extra minutissime puberula, intra superne glabra, 

 mferne fasciculis quinque pilorum instructa; tubus 6 mm. 

 longus; lobi 2 mm. longi, connivento-erecti, compresso-ovati, 

 acuminati, concavi. Corona nulla. F olliculi solitarii (semper?), 

 3-5 cm. longi, fusiformi, acuminati, glabri. Semina 5-6 mm. 

 longa, ovata, plano-convexa, rugosa, rubescentia. 



SoiTTH Afeica Great Namaqualand: mountains near Eot- 

 kuppe, Pearson 4192, 4462. 



1477. Microloma viridiflorum, N. E. Brown [Asclepiadaceae- 



Cynancbeae] ; affinis M. Massoni, Schltr., sed foliis longioribus, 

 floribus subduplo longioribus et corolla apice rotundata nee 

 truncata facile distinguitur. 



Frutex circa 30 cm. altus, ramosus. Rami 1-5-2 mm. crassi, 

 velutini. Folia brevissime petiolata, 6-8 mm. longa, oblonga 

 vel deltoideo-oblonga, acuta vel obtusa et apiculata, velutina. 



Flores fasciculati. 



mm 



Sepala 



tubo corollae aequilonga vel subduplo breviore, 2 5-4-5 mm. 

 longa, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, velutina. Corolla 

 suberceolata, apice dilatata, obtuse rotundata, vix apiculata, 

 5-anguIaris, extra minutissime puberula, intra superne sparsis- 

 sime puberula, inferne fasciculis quinque pilorum instructa, 

 yiridis; tubus 3-5-4 mm. longus; lobi 1-3 mm. lon^i, connivento- 

 incurvi, compresso-cucullati, acuti, minute ciliati. Corona 

 nulla. 



South Africa. Great Namaqualand; sandy plains about 

 11 miles west of Aus, Pearson 4205. 



1478. Schoenoxiphium Basutorum, Turrill [Cyperaceae-Cari- 



coideael; affinis S. lanceo, Kuken., sed foliis angustioribus, 

 rbacbillis masculis in spiculis unisexualibus longioribus 



distinguitur. 



Culmus 4-7 dm. longus, gracilis, laevis. Folia angustissime 

 linearia, apice acute attenuata, usque ad 2-5 dm. longa et 1 mna. 

 lata, margine tenuiter scabrido excepto glabra, In/lorescentta 



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