﻿tino, sparsim foliato ; foliis erectis, linearibus vel lineari-filiformi- 

 bus acutis, marginibus revolutis, supra pilosis, subtus glabris, sub- 



subaequilongis vel longioribus, 1-5-3 cm. longis'; oymis umbellatis 

 extra-a xillaribus alternantibus, paucifloris, pedunculo brevi velutino, 



dine ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis pilosis, corolla subduplo 

 brevioribus ; corollas lobis erecto-patentibus ovatis obtusiusculis, 

 extus sparsim pilosis, intus glabris, 0-3 cm. longis, medio vix 

 0-2 cm. latis ; coronas foliolis erectis gynostegio aaquilongis, ovato- 

 lanceolatis obtusis, medio intus e basi ligula dorso foliolis alte 

 adnata, lineari acuta, in stigma inflexa, donatis; antberis oblongis, 

 marginibus cartilagineis angustis obtusis, basin versus baud ampli- 

 atis, loculorum longitudine, appendice hyalino brevi, transverso 

 obtusissimo apice in stigma inflexo, polliniis angustis subfalcato- 

 oblongis, caudiculis brevibus divaricatis, glandula angusta obtusa 

 ima basi insertis. 



In clivis montium prope Queenstown, alt. 4000 ped., flor. Nov. 

 1893, E. E. Galpin, No. 1600. 



This tiny species is, I think, for the present best placed next to 

 S. jUin>lii{) l i"^ehltr., with which it also agrees fairly well in habit. 

 The corona- scales, however, distinguish both species very well. 

 According to a note from Mr. E. E. Galpin, the flowers are 

 ••greenish brown," as they are also in >'. fit [folium. " The dis- 

 tinctly pedunculate umbel also distinguishes this species. 



15. Sehizoglossum pygmseum, n. sp. E basi ramosum, ad 



foliis patentibus subsessilibus lineari-filiformibus acutis marginibus 

 reflexis, pilosis, 2-5-4 cm. longis ; cymis umbellatis extra-axillari- 

 bus alternantibus, plurifloris, peduncula gracili foliis breviore vel 

 subaaquilongo velutino-piloso, pedicellis viUosis filiformibus inaequi- 

 longis ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis acutis pilosis, c. 0*1 cm. 

 longis ; corolla subrotata vix 0-5 cm. diametro, lobis ovatis obtusi- 

 usculis glabris, 0 2 cm. longis, vix 0-1 cm. latis ; coronaa foliolis e 

 basi ovata apice trilobis, lobulis lateralibus brevibus oblique ovatis 

 acutiusculis, intermedio duplo longiore lineari vel lineari-lanceolato 

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donatio; antheris oblongis, marginibus cartilagineis basin versus 

 paulo dilatatis rotundatis, loculorum longitudine, appendice hyalino 

 brevi oblongo rotundato, apice in stigma inflexo, marginibus locu- 

 lorum rotundato-emarginatis ; polliniis basi oblique pyriformibus 

 apicem versus angustatis in caudiculam abeuntibus; caudiculis 

 brevibus, glandula anguste oblonga apicem versus angustata ima 



In graminosis lapidosis prope Somerset East, alt. 2500 ped., fl. 

 Nov., P. MaeOwan, Nos. 906, 1654. In Kaffraria, Mrs. Barber. 

 In graminosis pr. King-Williamstown, alt. 1200 ped., flor. Nov. 

 1893, H. Q. Flanagan, No. 2171. 



A remarkable little plant, quite unlike any other species in 

 habit, but doubtless congeneric. In structural characters it is nearly 

 allied to S. Aschersunianum Schltr. and N. tumaUomm Sehltr., with 

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