468 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
Hab. a July, aah No. 573. 
Planta 16-85 cm. alt. ros ulis vix 0°1 cm. diam. Folia radicalia 
1 Fgh m: long., "$506 ¢ . lat.; caulina 2-0-3-0 em. long., 
0°15 cm. lat. (intemodia 4: 0 7-0 ¢ m. long.), sursum vero minora. 
hehe ae ultra 1°0 cm. long. Bractess modicz 0-5 em. long. 
Bracteole setacew, vix 0°3 cm. long. Calyx 0°5 em. long., hujus 
tubus vix 0:4 cm. et lobi 0:18 cm. long. Corolle 0:9 cm. lon ng. 
tubus 0:075 om. lat., limbus nec ultra 0:3 cm. diam. et revera in 
sicco modo 0:15 cm. Capsula 
Apparently Beceem Bi Welwitschii Engl., its distinguishing 
features being the somewhat different oe the larger 
bracts, and, above all, the greatly reduced flow 
Buchnera (§ Vacirtorm) rhodesiana, sp.nov. Tota planta 
hispidulo-pubescens, caule sparsim ramoso ramis_patulo-ascen- 
dentibus, foliis linearibus obtusis maxima pro parte ramulos 
abbre viatos ornantibus, floribus inferioribus distantibus superiori- 
a 
corollz tubo — ‘ede pubescente calyce longiore limbi lobis 
obovatis saturate ¢ 
Hab. Salisb 1897. No.1 
Humilis et revera vix 16: 0 cm. ne iicecas ae teres, a 
basi ramosa vel deorsum simplex. Folia 0-7-1:5 cm. long., 0-1- 
0°15 cm. lat. Spice juveniles 1:5 cm. long., maturitate eo 
metrales. ee a cag cia ovate, acute, modice 0:2-0°3 cm. 
long. Calyx in toto 0-7 cm. long. et 0°15 em. lat., soaks lobi vix 
0:2 cm. long., post Rabon divergentes. Co roll tubus — 
1:0 cm. long., pleramque vero paullo brevior ; limbus circa 0°5 cm 
diam. De fruc tu 
At first sight ‘this seems identical with a species native to 
Angola, B. Henriquesii Engl., both having the same general ap- 
pearance, and calyx-lobes divaricate after flowering is over. But 
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are seen to be quite different, those of B. Henriquesii being shorter 
‘Stri a ' Thunbergii R. Br. Salisbury, age No. 
Rhamphicarpa fistulosa Benth. Buluw o, May. Ne. 387. 
Cycnium adoense ey. Buluwa ne No. 161. 
Sopubia Dregeana Benth. Batabiiry, ‘Dee. No. 159. 
Sopubia leprosa, sp.nov. Partibus juvenilibus Sagan ex- 
emptis) arcte ac minute leproso-tomentellis, caule stricto ramuloso 
sat valido maturitate glabro, ramulis ee ne et aa crebro foliosis, 
foliis oppositis rarissime verticillatim approximatis anguste lineari- 
bus obtuse acutis integerrimis, pedicellis ee rarissime solitariis 
nunquam verticillatis folia floralia excedentibus vel ea subsequanti- 
rve limbi lobis obovato- are wins longioribus. 
Hab. Sal lisbury ; Dec. 1897. No. 1 
