SOME SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES OF COTYLEDON 21 
valido. Habitat ad Cap. B. Sp. Dom. petete Genk oe Flores 
idi. Obs.— 
C. spuriea proxima, a altior, foliis a crassioribus angusti- 
oribus magisque canaliculatis, et sine dubio incurvis, nec recurvis. 
In C. spuria, folia 4-5-uncias ieba stile desinentia, 9 lineas 
lata recurva, oe spatulato- lanceolata. Viget in regio horto Kewensi, 
sed flores non vidi.’ 
This ee is omitted by Harvey. It is placed by Haworth in 
a new section—Villosule. There is a water-colour drawing of 
caudex and leaves in Herb. Kew, but in the absence of inflorescence 
it is at pins 4 aa to determine this species. It may be 
C. grandiflora B 
C. RaMosissma “PL Succ. Hort. Dyck. p. 12 ex Haworth, 
Suppl. p. 25 (1819 ). It is not uncommon near Grahamstown, 
straggling amongst low bushes. The following notes are from a 
specimen originally brought to Cape Town b acOwan from 
the Kastern manta Calyx green, slightly viscoso- s0-puberulous on 
the outside; tube 8 mm.; lobes 8 mm. long, greatest breadth of 
bes 3-4 mm. Corolla a glabrous, tube greenish, 15 mm. long. 
Lobes lanceolate, acute, channelled or reddish, 18 mm. long. 
Filaments green below, whitish above, + 25 mm. long, free 
portion 20 mm. Anthers yellow. Carpel about 25 mm. long, 
greenish. Squame pale is greeni 
C. Woodii, sp. nov. Frutex ad es ramosissimam arcte affin 
differt floribus - semper solitariis et ambitu longit gion corollz 
lobi, &c. Caulis teres ramosissimus cortice cinereo glabro. Folia 
carnosa oblonga vel oblongo-obovata extremitates versus ramulor 
aggregata vel subageregata apice Satta vel rarius subacuta 
glaucescentia opposita 1:5 em.—2‘0 cm. longa, 5-7 mm. lata. 
Flores solitarii ad extremitatem Aen ae “dispositi, pedicellis 
tenuibus + 1 em. longis. Calycis tubus + 2mm. longus, lobi 
acuti 15 mm. longi. Corolle tubus 8-9 mm. longus, extus glau- 
cescens, lobi anguste oblongo-lanceolati subacuti + 1:2 cm. longi. 
Stamina bene evoluta petalis subeequilonga. Ovarii carpella 5 in 
stylos i ae attenuata. Squame latiores quam longe 2°5 mm. 
late, vix 1 m m. longe. 
ab. Among rocks on banks, Nahoon River, East London, 
alt. 10-15 ft, Boshy, 8 ft. high. #. E. Galpin, no. 5718. In 
flower, June 4th, 
In @. sneleiaseias tile. the leaves are broader; it is commonly 
2-flowered, and the lobes of the calyx ee ae longer, but 
C. Woodii is betrothed a close ally of this s 
C. pap s L. f. Suppl. p. 242 Areiy: T aisab: Prodr. p. 83 
(1794). This | ani was adilectan at Grant R einet in Nov. 1897, 
by Mr. G. Rattray, and by Mr. E. G. Alston in Namaqualand. nt 
has also been found in carroid places near Grahamstown. 
former locality also produced a striking variety, which is dat 
quently described, 
