172 ALABASTRA DIVERSA. 
tubus villosulo-puberulus, juxta basin 0-1 cm. et medio 0°5 cm. 
long. Ovarium 0-2 cm. long., compressum, stylo 2:0 em. lon 
coronatum. Capsula 0-5 em. noe vix totidem lat. Semina atra, 
subcylindrica, minutissime rugulos 
A species with the habit of 4. punto Bth. and the flowers of 
A. elongatum Engl. I have seen specimens of almost all the species 
of this genus, of which a considerable sta So have been described 
of recent years by German authors; and, after comparin 
present plant the Somreelicane of those not represented in this 
anier have failed in finding one which will fit the former. Dr. 
Rand informs me that this is a common ap at Buluwayo. 
Rhigozum linifolium, sp. nov. Ramis sparsim foliosis tetra- 
gonis striatis spinas rectas validas hac se illac ferentibus, 
ramulis foliiferis pulvinatim congestis ex axillis spinorum oriundis 
fulvo-tomentosis, foliis pro genere comparate elongatis congestis 
integris sessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis linearibus obtusis minute 
stellato- pubescentibus, pedunculis quam calyx brevioribus, calycis 
contracta calycem subsquante parte superiori maxime ampliata, 
staminibus 5 quarum 2 altius oorke ovario sessili compresso, 
fructu ? 
Hab. Damaraland; T. G. Een, 1879 (Herb. Brit. Mus.). 
Rami glabri, 0-2 cm. diam.; internodia 1°5-2-5 em. — 
Spinarum paria inequalia vel subsqualia, 0-5-0°8 cm. long., basi 
ipsa amplificata, mox glabr ximie striata. Ramuli shone 
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totidem lat.; ejus lobi 0-1 em. long., 0°25 cm. lat. Corolla Cha 
+0 cm. long. ; tubus extus nang gions deorsum 0-4 cm. me a 
adhere sy tess 0-35 em. long. Feaciain ambitu oblongum, sur- 
sum gradatim et leviter attenuatum, 0°83 cm. long. Stylus $s com- 
planatus, sub apie parum clavatus, 2°0 cm. long.; stigmatis lobi 
ovati, 0-1 cm. | 
This is a mek orthy addition to a small South African genus. 
The lateral branches transformed into spines, together with the 
linear leaves and broad calyx, are points by which it can easily be 
recognized. 
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foliis mediocribus ovatis vel lanceolato-ovatis raro a ee 
acuminatis, pedicellis binis raro S aeie foliis multo brevioribus 
tenuibus tomentellis, corolla 4-0 em. long. a basi gradatim ampli- 
ficata coce si 
. Sogeri Region, New Guinea; H. O. Forbes, Nos. 48, 
2184, 880 (Herb. Brit. Mus.). 
