26 cal pprt. The pedicels also of OctopOiiia are shorter and stouter 

 than those of typical Leipoldtia , and apparently tv;o-edged. "-tie 

 habit of the two genera is also different. 



Key to the ■Species. 



1, Plant ^-4 inches high; leaves Ig-^i lines long, smooth, 



glabrous; the larger calyx lobes 5-6 lines long (ex 1^, 

 Bolus.); expanding-keels of fruit awned at the tips. 



1, octojuge. 



Plant 6-1?. inches high; leaves slightly velvety to the 



touch from being covered with microscopic points, 2 



2. Leaves 1-3 lines long, perhaps longer under cultivation, 



deltoid-ovate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, edges 



quite toothless; corolla apparently 6-8 lines long 



\9ai2 lines, ex L^ i^olus), in diameter; expanding-keels 



of fruit rvvTied at the °pex; internodes of stem mostly 



1-21 lines long. 2. inclusum. 



Leaves 3-6 lines long, trigonous, sub-obtuse, minutely 

 toothed on the edges; corolla apparently about 12 lines 

 in diameter; expanding-keels of fruit av/nless; internodes 

 of stems mostly 6 lines or more long, 3. abruptum 



1, 0, octo juge , N.E.Br, — A very small, bushy shrublet, 2-4 

 inches high, much branches. Stems erect, terete, t-li line thick, 

 with internodes 1-6 lines long, glabrous, at first green, then grey- 

 ish, finally brown. Leaves spreading or ascending-spreading, uni- 

 ted at the base for about li- line, only 1-2 pairs alive on a. brench 

 at the same time, the other withered, .l^-Sj^ lines long, l^-l^ line 

 (2i lines ex L. Bolus) broad and l^-li line thick, flat on the face, 

 slightly keeld on the back, and convex on the sides, obtuse, the 

 edges and keel at the arical part with a fev; minute prickle-like 

 noints, othervdse smooth, glabrous, rather light green, not at all 

 glaucous, pellucid-dotted, often vith young brenchlets in their axils. 

 Flowers solitsry. Pedicels of fruit 1-3 lines long, partly enclosed 

 in the united bases of the leaves v/hen in flower. G^iyx obconic be** 

 lo' , unenuelly 4-lobed, the two larger lobes 5-6 lines long, leafy. 

 Corolla about 1-li inch in diameter; petals in 2-3 series, the outer 

 5-6 lines long, i-i lines broad, the inner shorter. Stamens erect 



in a cylindric mass surrounded by staminodes 3 lines long; filsraents 

 not bearded, white; anthers r>ale ^'■ellow. Cprisule 3|-4 lines in diam- 

 eter, obconic, expanding-k^els diverging above, ending in fine awns 

 that are pressed close upon the valve and scarcely noticeable, dingy 

 honey-brown; ce] Is somewhat acutely roofed v/ith flexible subfuscuous 

 cell-v.'ings and v/ith a large, pallid placental tubercle, on each side 

 of v/hich the outer v;all is marked with a large dark spot, 



I'eserabryanthemToin octojuge, L. BqI., in Ann. ^ol. Herb., Vol, 

 IV, p. 771 



Riversdale Division: Klein ^eroo, i'-uir 3,9573, 969, 



2. 0, inclusijun, N.E.Bj., — A. rigid, woody shrublet, 6-12 

 inches high, densely much-branches, the old stems 3-3|- lines thick, 

 fuscous; internodes of main branches 2-5 lines long and 1-1-|- line 

 thick, those on the leterel brenchlets often undeveloped and bearing 

 several lid and densely crowded leaf -pairs; young branchlets some- 



