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Planta modo 10:0 cm. alt. Caulis basi 1:0 cm. diam., subito 
angulati. Folia 0-5-0-7 cm. long., nec ultra 0:2 cm. lat. ; petioli 
0-12 cm. lat. Pollinia 0-07 cm., caudicule 0-03 cm. long. 
Kasily distinguished by its habit, tiny leaves, small cymes, and 
linguiform corona-scales inappendiculate within and somewhat ex- 
ceeding the gynostege. 
Brachystelma prelongum, sp.nov. Humilis caule deorsum 
crasso sursum attenuato et mox ramoso, ramis gracilibus compressl- 
scentis lobis lanceolatis acuminatis erectis, cor anulato- 
tra m bee tubo extus puberulo lobis lineari- 
lanceolatis obtusis maxime ne squ m 
flexis, co amis in tu sa 
alte connatis quaque apice breviter 8-loba lobo intermedio lanccolato 
quam laterales oblongos longiore, polliniis subspheroideis, caudi- 
culis brevissimis glandule subrhomboidali affixis. 
ab. Orange River Colony, near Vredefort Road; Capt. Barrett- 
Hamilton. 
Planta modo 8:0 cm. alt. Caulis pars crassa 3:0 em. alt., pars 
tenuior 03 em. Ramuli ascendentes, 0-05-0°1 cm. diam. li 
0°5-0-7 cm. long., cirea 0-1-0-2 cm. lat. Pedunculi 2-0-4'5 cm. 
long. Flores modo 0-5 em. diam. Calycis lobi vix 0°3 em. long. 
Corolle pars indivisa verisimiliter lutea, circa 0-25 cm. long.; lobi 
circa 65 em. long., in sicco olivacei, utrinque pilosi. Corone 
squamarum lobi laterales 0-03 em., lobus intermedius circa 01 em. 
25cm. long. Corolla about 3:0 cm. diam, The leaves are decidedly 
larger than usually obtains (4:0 cm. long, and 0-8 em. broad near 
the middle). — Transvaal, Pivaan’s Poort; Lieut. Pateshall Thomas. 
Sebea linearifolia Schinz. Capt. Barrett-Hamilton. 
Cynoglossum enerve Turez. H. T’. Ommanney, No. 86. 
Chetacanthus costatus Nees. H. T. Ommanney, No. 16. 
Chetacanthus hispidus, sp. nov. Herba parvula, sparsim 
ramosa, deorsum efoliata, foliis abbreviatis sessilibus obovato- 
oblongis obtusissimis basin versus cuneatim angustatis mox breviter 
ciliatis, spicis brevibus paucifloris, bracteis anguste obovato-oblong!s 
obtusis vel obtuse acutig pauci-glandulosis extus pilis hispidis ob- 
mentis evanidis, ovario oblongo, stylo puberulo, 
