RHODESIAN POLYPETALA. 425 
medium vel infra in lacinias triangulari- vel ovati- — diviso; 
corolla 2-24-plo calycem superante in statu sicco sulphurea; cap- 
sula acuta, seminibus non gossypinis. H. articulato Foslas. "valde 
a ch 
Hab. Buluwayo, in flower and fruit, Dec., No. 
Differs from H. articulatus Hochst. in its itniler calyx-lobes 
without _ bi median nerve, and in the veining and serration 
of the leav 
Stem seas herbaceous, flexuous, especially towards the summit 
pilose. Leaves deeply 3-5- - ed, when 5-lobed middle lobes are 
longest (middle lobe 6-7 cm. long), lobes serrate, ee or subacute, 
m le 
towards the summit more or less congested. Lowest peduncle on 
specimen 5:3 cm. long, articulated about 5 mm. from apex. 
Bracts of involucre 7 or 8, narrow, about 3 mm. long. epals 
sepals. Seeds publ 
H. ternatus Mas 
Hab. Balooane spe ., No. 69. 
Domserya ROTUNDIFOLIA eS forma. 
Hab. Salisbury, J uly, N 
**A tree 20 ft. or so in eight, collected near the grand stand of 
the aug 4 racecourse.’ 
n the Flora Capensis, 1. p. "921, D. rotundifolia is described as a 
divaricately barube rigid shrub. 
Mexuanta prostrata Burch. forma LaTiroL 
Hab. Buluwayo, Dec., No. 24; ean: as Kew with Burchell 
No. 2153. Wilms No. Se is very similar ; it comes from the Trans- 
vaal, District Lyden 
Leaves broader har in the type. 
Melhania Randii, sp.nov. Caules breves breviter canescentes 
vel  Rimmaey tomentosi ; foliis petiolatis oblongis basi rotundatis 
catis vel trifurcatis et 2-3-floris quam foliis longioribus vel breviori- 
bus; involucri foliolis lanceolato-linearibus quam sepalis brevioribus; 
sepalis lanceolatis ; ee subglobosa hirsuta et punctato-tubercu- 
lata, loculis + 5-6-spe 
H Balidbaey in : ewes and fruit, Aug., No. 439. 
Stems 6-10 cm. long, covered with a close  flavescent or canescent 
tomentum. Leaves oblong, petiolate, base rounded, apex rounded 
and mucronate or submucronate, covered with a inca — or 
canescent tomentum, lamina 2-3°2 cm. long, 7 mm em. broad, 
petiole 2-5 mm. long. Stipules narrow, fears = a about 
mm. long. Bagrer 2-3-flowered, shorter or longer than the 
Sepals. Sepals eee olate-acuminate, about 8-9 mm. = 
Petals slightly longer than the sepals. vag hairy. Sterile stamens 
