ALABASTRA DIVERSA 811 
Hab. Open veldt northward of cieseotee thee 1122. 
Planta circa 45-0 em. alt. Folia modica 2°0-2°5 envi .) Vix 
0:1 cm. lat., marginibus saltem in in sicco revolutis, baer sup. glabra, 
pag. inf. presertim in nervo centrali crasso ferrugineo- puberula, 
Cyme inferiores 8-10-flore summe circa 5-flore. Bractew setaces, 
cm., Corolle lobi 0:25 cm. long., ambo purpurei. Corone phyll- 
orum pars inferior lata U1 em. ae et lat., pars attenuata adusque 
‘'2cm. long. Gynostegium 0:13 cm. alt. Antherarum appendix 
0:08 cm. long. Pollinia 0:06 em. long., caudicule 0:25 em 
his is much like S. Randii in habit and leaf. Its chief dis- 
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leaves andy: Aah into a van tail-like continuation inflexed 
over we —— 
neserontian propinquum, sp. n Caule stricto gracili 
tereti aibeaatee folioso sparsim pabssounte, *foliis brevibus sessilibus 
ng s obtusis margine revolutis scabridis, cymis 
lobis Se te vel patra Pa tis cones extus teeta 
vel sittin sensiyfie 8-dentatis intus carinis duabus elevatis onustis 
eligulatis, antherarum appendicibus seitaias ‘polliniis oblongis cau- 
diculas filiformes undulatas excedentibus, stigmate parum depresso, 
folliculis levibus sursum gradatim attenuatis ibique curvatis pube- 
scentibus. 
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b. Open veldt ee can near Johannesburg. Nos. 860, 1125. 
Caulis adusque 30:0 cm. alt. Folia modice 2-0-3-0 em. long., 
0°1 cm. lat., in sicco ote Bractee setacex, circa 0°3 em. long. 
Pedicelli 0-3-0 ong. Lobi calycis 0-2 em., corolle# 0-32 cm 
ong. Coroner phylla 0-22 cm. long., 0 at., tenuia, alba 
Antherarum appendices reniformes, 0°06 cm. lat. Pollinia 0-05 cm., 
caudic 5 cm. long. Folliculi 7:0 cm. long.; pars lata 
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0°3 cm. long.; + 0°5 em. lat. ; ee angustata deorsum 0-3 cm. lat., 
sursum adusque 0-1 cm. inm inuta 
Undoubtedly near S. bilamellatum pera dacn which, with pre- 
cisely similar habit and leaves, has s flowers and ‘differently 
ed corona leaves ending in an acute tip. 
“t two forms tiie of e with aie pedicels than the 
pilose outside instead of 
down the centre, and one a 
Ascle densiflora N. E. Br. No. 9 
— sa es 858, 859, aa tik 
Schlech 1 
A. cultriformis No. 
A. ~ibone aobleohiter ‘Nos. 864, 1011, 1119. 
