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The distinction between C, pulchella proper and 3 obtusata, ea 
does not depend upon the form of the leaf-blade, which may b 
obtuse or acute in either variety, but upon the absence Oe 
( obtusata of the minute warts which characterise the twigs, 
petioles and leaves of C. pulchella proper. So different are these 
third variety, y ovalis, which, now that more ample material is 
available, proves to be a distinct and valid species. 
We now find it necessary to add in turn a new variety, y Frank- 
siae, which agrees with (5 obtusata in the absence of verrucosity and 
from both (3 obtusata and true C. pulchella in the character of its 
indumentum. But the position allocated to this plant is tentative 
only ; it is as yet incompletely known and it is by no means 
improbable that, when more fully represented, it too wil be found 
to be a distinct species. 
iy Cpa “epee Sond. in Linnaea, xxiii, 126 (1850) Mill. Arg. 
in DC. Prodr, xv. 2, 1050, var. B inclus. (1866) ; Pax wm Engl. 
Pflanzenr. se Mephor8: ‘Cluyt. 76, var. (3 inclus. (1911). C. hirsuta, 
Eckl, et Zeyh. ex Sond. \.c. (1850) ; nec EL, Mey. CC. pubescens, 
Ech. et Zeyh. partim, ex Sond. |.c. (1850); nec TAS nee Willd. 
C. Lag ate ey Baill. Adansonia, iii. - eee 2). ea retusa, 
. MSS. in herb. Thunb. propr. ; nee 
Coast Regis Stellenbosch, Sela, Gace. Humansdorp, 
Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth, Albany, Bedford, Stockenstroom, 
Queenstown, King Williamstown, East "London and Komgha Divs., 
and in British Kaffrari 
Se ri Region : Fane Pietersburg and Lydenburg 
ts. 
awe Region: Transkei; Natal (Alexandra County), and 
A very distinct species, known first to Thunberg who supposed it 
to be possibly the C. retusa of Linnaeus—an Indian plant not now 
included in Cluytia. Like many other species of Cluytia, C. affinis 
has the leaves on its lateral (floriferous) twigs eather different in 
appearance from those on its stems and main-branches. 
