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in arenosis supra Plalteklipp in rnonte tabulari, in vertire montis Diaboli, in are- 

 nosis planitiei Capensis ad Doonihoogde, (districlns Cap.), in lapidosis alt. 111 mon- 

 tium Hottentottshollandiae, (^Stellenbosch), in jugis montium prope Potberg, Ca- 

 ledon, (Eckion et Zeyher!) Niewekloof, inlra 1000' (Dregel herb. n. 7572); (in loco 

 speciatim haud adnotato, Lichtenstein ! in herb. Ueg. ßerol.) Floret üctobri. 



Radix perpendicularis, dura, subramosa, albida. Caulis erectus, simplex vel 

 a basi ramosissimus, h- — 2-pedalis, teres, substriatiis, glaber. Rami sparsi, teretes, 

 erecti vel adscendentes, virgali, glabri, caule tenuiores, caeterum illi similes. Folia 

 alterna, glabra, in parte caulis inferiore plerumque aggregata, 2 — 6 poll. longa, 

 erecta vel subpatentia , linearia aut fdiformia, alia integra , alia apice trifida vel 

 pinnatisecta. Rhachis folii pinnatipartiti linearis, subfiliformis i — 1 lineam lata. 

 Lobi laterales 5- — ^7, magis minusve distantes, erecto-patuli, anguste lineares vel 

 filiformes, rarius latiores, acuti^ 3 — 5 lin. longi, nonnunquam elongati, siibpollicarcs; 

 lobus terminalis laterales saepius superans. Folia superiora minora, plerumque 

 indivisa. Racemi in caule ramisque terminales, pauciflori, rarius elongati, multi- 

 llori. Pedicelli juniores subcorymbosi, dein patentes, 2 — 4 lin. longi, rigidiusculi, 

 sub flore parum incrassati, glabri. F/ores coerulei disco luleo, lilacini, lutescentes 

 vel albi. Alabastrum ovatum, glabrum, Calycis sepala glabra, plana, apicem versus 

 concaviuscula , obtusa, margine submembranacea, 2 lin. longa. Pelala obovata, 

 obtasa, integerrima, versus basin attenuata, calyce duplo longiora, et 2 — 4 - plo 

 latiora. Stamina calycem aequantia, minora basi dente subulato instructa. Anf/ierae 

 parvae, luteae. Silit/ua gracilis, erecta vel subpatens, teretiuscula vel subcompressa, 

 toruloso - moniliformis, monilibus 10 — 18 ovatis, recta vel subincurva, 1 — li poll. 

 longa, semilineam lala. Vulvae membranaceae, exlus torulosae, obsolete 1 — 3- 

 nerviae, intus foveolis exsculptae. Dissepimentum tenuissimum, papyraceum, /iguru 

 valvarum. Sfylns crassus, subconicus, cuspidatus, rarissime obtusus, ö — 1 lin. 

 longus, monile siliquae ultimum simulans, sligmale sessili, obtuso vel subacuto 

 terminatus. Semina parva, ovalia, subcompressa, rufa, margine linea elevata, con- 

 colore notata, sed non alato - marginala. Colyledonen lineares, bicrures. 



