_ which it lives, but it is doubtless epiphytic as Mr. 
Piate 1940. 
DERMATOBOTRYS SAUNDERSII, Bolus. 
ScroPHULARIACER. Tribe CHELONES ? 
Dermatobotrys, Bolus (nov. gen.). Calyx herbaceus ad basin fere 
5.partitus, lobis acuminatis valvatis, fructifer vix auctus. Corolla 
tubulosa elongata, sursum gradatim ampliata, fauce non constricto ; 
lobi 5, parvi equales ovato-rotundati obtusi late imbricati (Jobo postico 
ut videtur exteriore), per anthesin erecto-patentes. Stamina 5, equalia 
summo tubo affixa inclusa, filamentis filiformibus brevissimis ; antherse 
erect ellipticee inappendiculate, loculis parallelis in longitudinem 
dehiscentibus, Viseus pulvinatus parnm conspicuus. Ovarium 2-loculare; 
stylus filiformis, corolle tubo equilongus, stigmate capitellato ; ovula 
numerosa. Dacca (ut videtur) parum succosa ovoidea acuta, peri- 
carpio crasso subcoriaceo, indehiscens. Semina numerosa subcom- 
Dermatobotrys Saundersii, Bolus (sp. unica). 
millim, crassi. . Fulia majora (cum petiolis 1-5 em. longis) ]3-15 cm. 
longa, 5-6-9 em. lata; calycis lobi 3-4 millim. longi; corolla 4 cm. 
longa, lobis 3-4 millim. longis ; bacca matura 2 em. longa 
Has. Etshowe, Zululand; flor. July-Aug., C. Saunders, Exq.; 
Natal, Gerrard (1417), J. M. Wood. 
Mr. Saunders describes this plant as a parasite, killing the trees on 
Wood states it to 
be, with a tendency to fix itself on trees already dead. Tam indebted 
for living specimens and the inspection of a characteristic drawing to 
Mrs. K. Saunders of Natal, who has already sent so many interest- 
ing novelties from that region. 
The plant had previously, however, been found by Mr. J. Medley 
Wood, the energetic curator of the Natal Botanic Gardens, as 
that gentleman has since informed me; and though his specimens 
