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considerably in outline ; sometimes they are nearly round, some- 
times wie are very broadly ovate, contracting suddenly to a cuneate 
base of n a em. in length. The margin is crenate-serrate. 
Sepals pawn ovate, blunt, rounded on the back, connate at base, 
lobes about 1:25 mm. long. Petals broad, subpanduriform, acute, 
about 3 mm. long, 2°5 mm. broad. Connective of stamens broad. 
Carpels with a much longer style than in C. Promontorii. Squame 
perfectly strap-shaped, rounded at the apex, a point which alone 
would make this enh? 
argyrophylla Diels MS. Perennans. Caulis brevis dense 
foliatus. Folia obovata scien inequilateralia plana con nfertim 
utrinque albo-cinereo-hirta, internodiis multoties longiora, margine 
undulata vel subundulata, 3:0-3:2 cm. longa, 9-0-2°2 cm. lata, 
ym nie : 
subferrugineo pubescens, bracteis oppositis lanceolatis. Calycis 
lobi oblongi obtusi, extrinsecus cinereo- -pubescentes, quam petala 
breviores. Petala ovato-lanceolata concava, post apicem breviter 
obtuse een ata, 25 mm. longa. Carpella sursum attenuata. 
Squam Palani: -obeuneater, apice leviter emarginate longiores 
quam :1ate. 
Hab. Braamfontein, near Johannesberg, alt. 6000 ft., Jan 
Feb. 1899, D. F. Gilfillan, Herb. Galpin, no. cea te 
District Lydenberg, Dr. F'. Wilms, no. 527. Jun 1888. 
Pedunele erect, 7:0-10-0 cm. long or rather a cinereous or 
ested pubescent. Flowers in a corymbose cyme; bracts opposite, 
lanceolate, Bicicus pubescent. Sepals oblong cinereous, pu 
ssent, obtuse. Petals longer than sepals, ovate- are e, concave 
with a short bluntish mucro just behind the apex, 2°5 mm. long. 
Stamens distinctly shorter than the petals, iociat ye same length 
as the carpels. Carpels gradually tapering above. Squame oblong- 
sire oe apex slightly emarginate, rather longer than broad, 
under 1 mm. long. 
se Rattrayi, sp.nov. Perennans, + 9 cm: 
brevis simplex dense foliatus. Folia sabradicalia sub- 
t in congeneribus proximis, u ad 8 onga ¢ 
12 mm. lata, ideoque sub ee ae longiora quam lata Pedunculus 
seapiformis minute ns, bracteis oppositis b 4 
pubese parvis, bas 
natis. Cymule superiores sessiles vel subsessiles, inferiores Pe 
dunculate paucifloree. Calyx extrinsecus minute pu ubescens, calycls 
lobi oblongi obtusi, margine ciliati concava. Petala alba, + mm 
longa, quam sepala longiors erecta oblonga, ad apicem globulum 
carnosum ferentia ut in reliquis sectionis Globule. Carpella quam 
petala distincte breviora sursum attenuata. Squame subobeuneat® 
ore brabige eee circa ‘5 mm. Cent longiores quam Jate. 
inet, G. Rattray 0. 
Leaves pibrosalate, spathulate of Bblatiootlate, greatest breadth 
about one-third from the apex, obtuse, glabrous on n both surfaces 
and on the margins, not rigid as in allied species. Pedunele scaP 
form, tiesace opposite, connate, small. Calyx just over 2, mm. long: 
