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longus, aes vases duo utrinque flori, eisrion lata basi, 
ngo-acuminata, scariosa, 10-13 lin. longa, 4-5 n. lata; interior 
multo Baatine, lacerata ee pedicelli erecto- acne 1 lin. longi, 
Ba a Pa um 7 lin. longum, oblongum, angustatum ad 
cem ; na 3-costata ; stamina parum breviora perianthio; 
caps ovoidea, triquetra cum obtusis angulis; semina numerosa 
in loc 
Hab? ‘Zululand: near "Nkandhla Mts., 4— te ft. alt.? Legit 
W. J. Haygarth, December, 1898 (Wood, No. 
Amongst South African species this ede a est to C. vagi- 
nee ae is more robust but not so tall, the racemes are 
lon e bracts and perianth much larger, leaves are more 
ae neibbed and firmer in texture, and the flowers different 
0. Alepidea natalensis, sp. nov. Herbacea, caulis erectus, 
12- = poll. altus; folia radicalia, integra, petiolata, elliptico- 
oblonga, — gradatim coarctantia ad planum petiolum 
argine ciliato setis, aliquando- 3 lin. longis, et 
6-7 lin. re foliolis obovoideis, mucronatis, a minoribus, 
omnibus 3-5-nervis; fructus non visus; flores 
Hab. Nat: : Karkloof peas 4- 5000 ft. aus Bein, 1894. 
Legit . Wylie (Wood, No. 624 
s plant appears to oue nearest = si longifolia EK. M., but 
differs in the following particulars :—Leaves are petiolate, not ses- 
sile, cilia of radical leaves are much more subistont, and generally 
shorter; segments of involucre are broader, obovoid, — mucronate 
not lanceolate, and flowers are pink not white. the Flora 
Capensis, A. longifolia K. M. is said to be a synon a 
tymbica K. & Z., but specimens in the Natal Government Herbert 
which have been certified at Kew, show that the two species are 
quite distinct. 
MIDDLESEX RUBI. 
By Joun Bensow, F.L.S. 
Tue following list, though = from ee will serve 
indicate the distribution of the commoner forms, and help to all 
a few of the gaps in the scanty r ssekta of ‘this Middlesex brambles. 
The numbers follow the botanical divisions - ae and Dyer’s 
Flora of the county. My thanks are due e Rev. W. Moyle 
Rogers for his kind help in naming and sites the specimens 
submitted to him. 
