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ALABASTRA DIVERSA.—Parr 'b.e 
By Spencer Le M. Moorg, B.Se., F.L.S. 
(Puare 441 A.) 
(Continued from p. 256.) 
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vel suffrutex aphyllus, ramulis in spinas { np 
formatis. Flores axillares, fasciculati, pedunculo perbrevi pulvini- 
formi insidentes. 
Amphoranthus spinosus, sp. unica. Ramis rigidis sub- 
teretibus cinereis glabratis, 0-2-0:3 em. diam., floribus breviter 
0-1 cm. long., filamentis usque ad 0-6 cm. long. et antheris 0°15 em., 
ovario oblongo glabro 0:15 em. long., ejus stipitem paullo excedente, 
stylo robusto 0:25 em. long, : 
Hab. Damaraland; 7. G. Fen (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 3 
This remarkable plant seems referable to the suborder Casalpinee, 
though I am not prepared to say in which tribe of that suborder it 
should be placed, as not one of them seems exactly suitable. it 
may be remarked that it shows some affinity with the Swartzica, 
for the flower reminds one somewhat of that of Cordyla; but Am- 
Phoranthus has a calyx certainly lobed while in the bud, and not 
entire in that state and splitting subsequently: with this exception, 
1t would only be necessary for the stamens and ovules of Cordyla to 
reduced in number and the disk greatly diminished to arrive at 
the structure of the new plant. : 
ursory inspection of the placentation might lead to the surmise 
of the ovule’s being basal, but by the aid of the compound micro- 
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Ovary to enter the style, while the other passes into the short raphe 
im @ way showing clearly the parietal nature of the placentation. 
New Acanrnacrx rrom Troprcat Arnica. 
Petalidium Gossweileri, sp. nov. Suffruticosa, caule pro- 
cumbente valido Sparsim ramoso glabro, ramis gracilibus foliosis 
i bus simpliciter piloso-pubescentibus, foliis lor- 
anthoideis lanceolatis obtusis deorsum in petiolum quam lamina 
JouRNAL or Borany.—Von, 40, [Sxpr. 1902.) Zz 
