Plate 2526. 



STILBE MUCRONATA, A\ E. Brown. 



Verbenace^. 



S. mucronata, N. E. Brown (sp. nov ) ; S. phylicoidi affinis, sed 

 foliis reflexis subtus tomentosis facile distinsruitur. 



Frutex 1-2 ped. altus,erectus,ramosus, ramis dense villoso-tomentosis. 



Folia eonferta verticillata, 4-5 -na, reflexa vel paten tia, rarissirae sub- 



erecta, 2-4 lin. longa, f lin. lata, linearia vel anguste deltoideo- 

 attenuata, brevissime mucronata, juniora sericeo-tomentosa, mox supra 

 glabra, subtus tomentosa, margine revoluta. Capitula subglobosa, alba, 

 circa 6 lin. diam. Bractece anguste lanceolate vel oblanceolatxe, acutse, 

 jjalyci subsequilonga?, vel interdum late lanceolate, apice plus minusve 

 foliiferae mucronata* quam calyx longiores, dorso marginibusque dense 

 villoso-barbatae, li-2| lin. longse, £-f lin. late. Calyx infundibuli- 

 formis, 1^- If lin. longus, ultra medium 5-lobus, lobis lanceolatis acutis, 

 intus marginibusque dense villoso-barbatis dorso infra apicem glabris. 

 Corol/re tubus inf u ndibuliformis, 1^—1^ lin. longus, utrinque glaber, lobi 

 quinque, 1 lin. longi, in basi i lin. lati, erecti, lineari-attenuati, acuti, 

 intra dense villoso-barbati. Stamina 4, e sinibus corolle enata, 1^ lin. 

 longa. Ovarium glabruni, uniloculare ; stylus fere 2 lin. longus, 

 glaber. Owl a 2, e basi ovarii erectR—Phyh'ra mucronaiOy E. Mey. in 

 Drege Zwei Pfl. Docum. p. 84, nomen tantum. 



South Africa : Lowrys Pass, Stellenbosrh Division, at 1,000-2,000 

 feet, BurcheJK 8221 ; Drege. Houwhoek Mountains, Caledon Division, 

 at 1,400 feet, April, 1895, Bolus, 8409 ; between Palmier River and 

 Lowrys Pass, Burchfll, 8172. — N. E. Browx. 



Fig. 1, leaf, seen from beneath; 2, flower and bracts; 3, bract; 4, corolla laid 

 open; panther; 6. pistil; 7, longitudinal section of ovary. All enlarged. 



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