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The corollas have already disappeared for the most part, and I 
was able only to find the two which have been described above. 
Anthospermum rigidum E. & Z. Bulawayo, May. No. 3388. 
Dr. Ranp’s Ruopestan ASCLEPIADEE. 
Raphionacme lanceolata Schinz var. latifolia N. E. Br. _ Bula- 
wayo, early January. No. i 
Exactly like the type except for the broader leaves. 
Xysmalobium gramineum, sp. nov 
caule gracili erecto rariramoso pubescente deinde glabro, foliis 
elongatis anguste linearibus vel linearibus acutis cito ommnino 
glabris basi in petiolum brevem desinentibus margine revolutis, 
quam caudicule paullo longioribus, glandula anguste oblonga. 
Hab No. 193 
Specimen unicum 10-0 em. alt. Folia 4:5-6°5 cm. long., 
cule Or | m. 
Distinguished by its lowly habit, narrow grass-like leaves, small 
flowers, and short corona-scales. 
hizoglossum strictissimum, sp. nov. Caule elato stric- 
coron® squamis basi ostegio adnatis necnon id paullo super- 
antibus ambitu obovato-rotundatis intus prope apicem dentibu 
inutis auctis sursum in appendicem brevem ilem ‘cuspidatam 
. 195. 
ta circa metralis. Caulis 0-2-0-3 cm. diam., basi paullulum 
incrassatus, Folia inferiora 6-0-6-5 cm. long., superiora 2-0-3°0 
cm., illa in sicco (sc. marginibus revolutis) circa 0-2 cm. lat., hee 
