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capsule should sometimes have six seeds, although I did not succeed 

 in finding such. 



Petalidium damarense, sp. nov. Pruticulosum ramis ramu- 

 lisque subtetragonis his bene Miosis ut novelli arete minutissimeque 

 tomentosis pilis omnibus simplicibus, foliis homomorphis petiolatis 

 oblongis vel anguste oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis non- 

 nunquam emarginatis minute tomentosis deinde glabrescentibus, 

 floribus in axillis solitariis subsessilibus, bracteolis ovato- oblongis 

 obtusiusculis membranaceis dilute viridibus vel fere decoloribus 

 eleganter nervosis extus minute sed dense griseo-pubescentibus 

 intus dimidio abaxiali appresse pubescentibus, calycis minute 

 pubescentis lobis anticis lanceolato-oblongis fere omnino coalitis 

 lobo postico antico simili apice obtuso lobis lateralibus reliquos fere 

 sequantibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla tubo bracteolas 

 excedente recto superne leviter ampliato ubi pubescente ceterum 

 glabro intus in faucibus sericeo limbo bilabiato lobis obovatis 

 obtusissimis, staminibus subinclusis filamentis inferne piioso- 

 puberulis antherarum loculis basi aristulatis, ovario glabro, stylo 

 pubescente infra apicem glabro, stigmatis lobis insequalibus, capsula 

 ovoidea disperma. 



Folia solemniter 1-5-2-0 cm. long., 0'5-l § 2 cm. lat., in sicco 

 viridi-lutescentia, juniora griseo-viridescentes ; petioli srepissime 

 0-2-06 cm. long., tomentosi. Bracteolae circa 1-0 X 0-6 cm. 

 Calycis tubus 0-15 cm., lobi laterales 0-5 cm., reliqui 0-65 cm. 

 long. Corolhe tubus 1-4 cm. long., inferne vix 0*3 cm., faucibus 

 0-4 cm. diam, ; lobi 0*5 x 0-4 cm. Filamenta 0-3-0-4 cm. long. ; 

 antherse 0-22 cm. Ovarium 0-16 x 0-16 cm.; stylus 1-0 cm. long.; 

 stigmatis lobus alter 0*15 cm., alter 0-075 cm. long. Capsula 

 1*0 cm. long., pallida, nitidula. 



The material consists of two small specimens, respectively 

 6 cm. and 8 cm. high, which appear to have been removed at their 

 point of emergence from the soil, though certainty on the point is 

 not possible. The only species they at all resemble is P. physaloides 

 S. Moore, which, on account of its stellate hairs, is placed in a 

 different position in the genus. Other points of difference are the 

 narrower, greener, closely- pubescent bracteoles, the obtuse not 

 acuminate hinder lobe of the calyx, and the longer tube of the 

 corolla, &c. 



P. halimoides S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1880, 228. 



This is the true plant (== Barleria halimoides Nees), and not 

 P. loranthifolium S. Moore, which Mr. Clarke unites with the above, 

 I cannot but think with insufficient warrant. 



Petalidium Eenii, sp. nov. Fruticulosum, humile, caule 

 e radice elongato lignoso ascendente cito ramoso ramis minute sed 

 dense pubescentibus crebro foliosis novellis pilis simplicibus 

 brevissimis arete albo-tomentosis, foliis lineari-oblongis apice 

 obtusis necnon pungentibus basin versus in petiolum sat longum 

 gradatim extenuatis minute griseo-tomentellis, floribus in cymis 

 paucifloris glomeratis digestis ramulorum fertilium foliis anguste 

 linearibus acutis patule hispide ciliatis, bracteolis ovato-lanceolatis 



