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calyce 2-3-plo longioribus ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis aeutis 

 pilosis, 0-6 cm. longis ; corolho campanulattc lobis ovatis obtusis 

 extus pilosis apice pilis longis sericeis vil barl . intus mar- 

 ginibus exceptis glabris, 1-2 cm. longis, medio 0*6 cm. latis; 

 coronae foliolis erectis planis, oblongis apice truncato-obtusatis sub- 

 emarginatis, gynostegium superantibus, c. 0-6 cm. longis ; medio 

 0-4 cm. latis, intus ima basi ligulis 2 approximatis, dimklnito- 

 ellipticis, vix 0-2 cm. longis, ornatis ; antberis subquadratis brevibus 

 marginibus cartilagineis incrassatis basin versus paulo dilatatis, 

 obtusatis, appendice hyalino e basi ovato lacerato-fimbriato, in 

 stigma inflexo; marginibus loculorum profunde excisis; polliniis 

 compressis oblique lanceolatis, apicem versus dilatatis, truncatis, 

 caudiculis brevibus divaricatis basi valde ampliatis, glandula ob- 

 longa obtusiuscula infra medium affixis. 



In clivis montis Malowe prope Clydesdale, in terra Griqualand 

 Orientalis, alt. c. 4000 ped., Nov. 1885 ; W. Tyson, No. 2720 (Herb. 

 Norm. Austr.-Afr. No. 897). Prope Baziya, in terra Transkei, alt. 

 2500 ped., Nov. ; R. Baur, No. 553. Prope Tbomas River, in 

 ditione Catbcart, alt. 2600 ped., Jan. 1893; H. G. Flanagan, 

 No. 1685. 



Tbis is undoubtedly one of the prettiest South African Ascle- 

 piads, and well worth describing, Harvey having only diagnosed the 

 genus. Very remarkable are the lacerate appendages of the anthers, 

 which are in that respect quite different from any other South Afrcian 

 Aselepiads known to me. The corona-scales resemble some Schizo- 

 glossums in their structure, but the two scale-like ligulae are adnate 

 to them at the very base, and seem to adhere to each other at the 

 top. The pollinia are not different from those of many Goutphu- 

 carpi; they are very much compressed from the sides, and very 

 much widened towards their truncate base. The anthers are 

 rather short and widened towards the base, but not otherwise 

 peculiar, except as to their appendages mentioned above. The 

 whole plant is more or less covered with silky hairs, especially the 

 flowers. The colour of the flowers is white, with a little pink out- 

 side ; the corona-scales are dark brownish purple. 



10. Dichgelia pygmsea, n. sp. Pusilla, velutina, e basi ramosa ; 

 ramis erectis adscendentibusve dense foliatis, velutinis ; foliis 

 patentibus spathulato-linearibus vel spathulato-ovatis breve acutis 

 m petiolum brevem angustatis, costis margineque sparsim pilosis, 

 0-6-1 cm. longis; floribus in axillis foliorum singulis binisve 

 gracile pedicellatis, pedicellis velutinis filiformibus, foliis paulo 

 brevionbus ; calycis segmentis anguste lanceolatis acutis pilosis, 

 0-1 cm longis, corolla 0-5 cm. longa, tubo brevissimo, lobis erectis 

 lmeari-filiformibus, apice cohaerentibus, extus glabris intus villosis, 

 coronae foliolis exterioribus in tubum brevissimum connatis, apicibus 

 liberis brevibus late ovatis, medio breve emarginato-excisis, pilis 

 niveis barbatis, foliolis interionbus linearibus obtusis glabris, 

 antheras superantibus in stigma inflexis ; polliniis oblique ovatis 

 obtusis, caudiculis brevibus. 



In regionibus orientalibus Colonic Capensis, verisimiliter Kaff- 

 rariS3, legit Mrs. Barber. 



