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C. tenuipedicellata, sp. Annua. C. glabre affinis. 
Caulis gracilis filiformis jokes ramosus. Folia pee plana 
oblonga vel oblongo-ovata ve oblongo-oblanceolata, 8-11 mm. 
nt in cym 
laxam et paniculatam dispo ositi, pedunculis pedicellisque gr acilibus, 
filiformibus, bracteis foliis similibus sed multo m inoribus. Calycis lobi 
obovato-spathulati basi fore ice minute papillosi, 1:5 mm. longi. 
Petala ovata subacuminata, cr. 1 mm. longa. Carpella 1-2- ovulata, 
dorso papillosa, stylis tenuibus jae Squame magne clavati- 
ormes. 
Hab. On the hills near.Arakup, Western Region, alt. 2800 ft. 
In flower and fruit 14 Sept. 1897, A. Schlechter, no. 247. 
A small dichotomously branched annual allied to C. glabra, with 
small pentamerous flowers in lax paniculate cymes. Sepals obovate, 
spathulate, obtuse, minutely papillose at the apex, a pote longer 
than the petals. Petals ovate, subacuminate, + 1 long. 
Carpels 1-2-ovuled, narrowing rather abruptly at the ae ints the 
par style. The squame are rather large, and club-shaped in 
outline. 
s plant is also allied to ee. =a of the section 
Bulliarda, but differs in being pentamero 
C. minutiflora, sp.n anta eens gracilis, + 5°5 cm 
alta. Caulis filiformis Fiche ramosus, habitu C. tenuipedicellgte 
Schénld. & Bak. fil. Folia opposita ovata plana sessilia, 2°0-2° : 
longa, er. 2-0 n mm. lata. Flores breviter pedicellati numerosl; ad 
apicem ramulorum aggregati, pentameri minutissimi. Pedicelli 
mm. longi. Calycis lobi ovati vel oblongo-ovati, cire. ‘7 mm. 
longi, apice subobtusi. Petala calyce subequilongia, in sicco pallide 
lutea. Stamina quam petala breviora, filamentis gracillimis, @n- 
theris in sicco flavis rotundatis. Carpella circ. *5 mm. longa, stylo 
brevi a longitudine carpelle pluries brevio 
Namaqualand, Steinkopf, on hills, alt. 2900 ft. 2. 
Schlechter, no. 11496, 2 Oct 
OF. 
Cyt tenuipedicellata Schanld. 2 a fil. and C. minutiflora both | 
wer to Harvey’s section Glom 
ender branching little ce allied to C. tenuipedicellata 
Schéuld. & Bak. fil. Stem filiform, trichotomously branched, an 
rooting at lowest nodes. Leaves saree, ° ovate. Flowers small 
and rather nu 
pedicellate ; pedicels circ. 1°5 mm. long. foots reddish external’) ’ 
the 
Carpels oblong or ee aie .. long, the len 
ong. 
. (Butiarpa) eeee ane sp.nov. Annua. Caulis gracilis 
filiformis ramosus, 6-7 cm. altus, ad B. trichotomam EB. Z. acee cedens- 
Folia caulinia linearia a lineari-lanceolata, 6-8 mm. long® + 
‘5 mm. lata, sepissime patentia, internodiis 9 mm.—1°3 cm. longis- 
