Mitteilungen aus dem botan. Museum der Universität Zürich (LXXVI). 619 
Muraltia uneinata Chod. nov. spec. 
Annua vel biennis, basi lignescens; caules plures 10—20 cm 
longi, indurati, pilis mollibus longiusculis patentibus hirsutuli, adulti 
calvati. Folia dimorpha, apicum ramorum sat conferta, tenuia 
breviter mucronata, mucrone recurvo, dense, margine dorsoque longe 
Ar 5 ; ; i 
albo-ciliata, sublanata, - mm, .cetera ramealia angustiora et magis 
recurva, uncinata, 8—9 mm longa, 1—2 mm lata, minus dense ciliata, 
dorso carinata subplicata, supra concava, versus apicem conspiceue 
hamato-recurva, uncinato-mucronata, internodiis duplo triplove lon- 
giora, subpatentia fasciculis axillaribus carentia vel foliis perpaueis 
(2) angustioribus praedita. Flores 4 mm longi, axillares. Sepala 
oblongo-lanceolata, apiculata, apice subserrata, glabra, tubum corollae 
aequantia. Carinae unguiculum cucullo oblongo brevius. Flabellum 
ceucullo longius, inaequilaterale ambitu rotundatum. Petala superiora 
quam carina breviora, lineari-lanceolata leviter curvata, subacuta. 
Ovarium vix pilosum appendiculatum. Stylus basi tenuis ad apicem 
incrassatus. Stigma inferius obsoletum, superius patens, subtus papil- 
losum. Capsula ovata cornubus setaceis longior. 
Afr. austr.: ad Muizenberg pr. Cape Town, Wil. 3033. 
Var. calvata Chod. nov. var. 
Basi lignoso-indurata, fructicosa, ramis crassis tuberculatis, 
ramulis dense corymbosis, foliis uneinato curvatis glabratis. Sepala 
tubum corollae aequantia, mucronata. Petala superiora subspathulata 
vel linearia apice retusa vel subretusa haud acuta. Flabellum 
cucullo aequilongum, triangulare parum inciso-repandum. Ovarium 
ellipticum breviter appendiculatum glabratum. ee et stigma ut 
in var. praeced. 
Afr. austr.: (Oranjestate-Colony) Ihabe Unchu, J. Cooper 828. 
Species habitu simillima M. saxicolae Chod. eivi transvaalensi. 
Muraltia arachnoidea Chod. nov. spec. 
Radix simplex perpendieularis pauciramosa. Caules e caudice 
orti basi lignescentes, rubescentes, simplices vel iterum ramosi, 1,5 mm 
crassi, juniores foliis fascieulatis confertis obtecti, ut folia pilis niveis 
longis hirsuto-tomentosis. Folia superiora subtus profunde bisulcata, 
nervo medio exsculpto in acumen acerosum refractum prolongato, 
supra canaliculata, longe albo-pilosa, omnia uncinata. Folia inferiora 
angustiora, linearia vel ovato-lanceolata, 4—5 mm longa, acumine 
