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obovata.’ The meagreness of these descriptions gave rise to confusion 
between the S species, and Fenzl (Denkschr. Bot. Gesellsch. Regensb. 
iii. p. 201, t. 5) figured and described as R. trichotomum the true 
i. obovatum, Bu rch., a much more widely spread plant ; and in this 
mistake he was followed by Bureau (Monogr. Bignon. t. 19), Schumann 
(in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3, B., p. 233), and other botanists. 
The accompanying figure represents Shaw’s Orange River specimen. 
It will be useful to add a in of R. obovatum. 
gest cao & a. 1-3} lin, ee iniattin ng 0 ovata vel 
Florum pore, pemper pe Calyx breviter campanula atus, 2-24 
lin. longus, lobis leviter mucronulatis, costis inconspicuis, tomentellus, 
glandulosus. Corolla campanulato-infundibuliformis, 7-8 lin. longa, 
lutea, parte cylindrica basali calycem equante, extus superne, intus 
ore et infra staminum insertionem pilosa ; lobi suborbicu lares, 4 lin 
divergentibus, 1}-2 Jin. longis. Ovarium vix 1 lin. longum. Capsula 
elliptico-oblonga, 14-2 poll. longa, a a ee . lata, rostro “5-6 lin. longo. 
Semina nucleo orbiculari, ala hyali ~25 lin lata. 
Sout Arrica: Between Si nae Fontein and the Vaal River, 
Griqualand West, Burchell, 1713; near Hamapery, Bechuanaland, 
Burchell, 2487/6. It also occurs in George, Uitenhage, Albany, 
Britis affraria, Somerset, Graaff Reinet, and ’Aliwal North.—T. A. 
SPRAGUE 
R. trichotomum, Burch. 
Fig. 1, leaves ye rae out after soaking; 2, calyx and style; 3, the same, part 
of ca lyx. removed, ing ovary and disk; 4, stamens; 5, cross-section of ovary : 
6, fruit. All aa ’ ype 6 enlarged. 
