Staavia] an enumeration of the bruniace^ 29 



pilosa, petalis oblongis glabris incrassatis aequilonga vel ilia vix 

 superantia. Stamina glabra quam petalis breviora, antheris 

 anguste oblongis. Stylus glaber, stigmate obtuso vel truncato. 



Coast Kegion. — Stellenbosch Div. : Hottentot's Holland 

 Mountains. A fragment in the British Museum with an appended 

 note stating the height of the species to be 4-5 ft., but without 

 reference as to collector. A specimen in the Kew Herbarium 

 from the Liverpool Botanic Gardens. 



This interesting acquisition to the Staavias differs chiefly from 

 its congener S. Dodii Bolus in its copiously branching and larger 

 habit, more tapering leaves with a prominent dorsal midrib, 

 smaller eglutinous flower-heads, surrounded by one to three series 

 of more or less ovate, scarious, dorsally keeled pale flesh-coloured 

 bracts, which rarely exceed the flowers in length. 



No information is forthcoming which might throw light on 

 the precise origin of the specimen in the Kew Herbarium from 

 the Liverpool Botanic Gardens ; moreover, it is significant that 

 in recent years this plant has not been rediscovered, despite its 

 reputed size and its occurrence on the Hottentot's Holland Eange, 

 a locality favoured by many field-botanists, which suggests that, 

 like many other endemic types, it has suffered extinction. The 

 invaluable researches of Mr. N. E. Brown, A.L.S., in the South 

 African field of botany has led me to name this species in compli- 

 ment to him. 



5. S. RADiATA Dahl. op.cit. 15; Willd. I.e., and in Denksch. 

 Akad. Moench. 133 (1809) ; DC. Prod. 45 ; Brongn. I. c. t. 2, f. 2 ; 

 Sender, I. c. ; Colozza, op. cit. 22. Staavia innifolia Willd. in 

 Denk. /. c. t. 3, f. 2. Stavia radiata Thunb. Prod. 41 (1794). 

 Phylica radiata Linn. Cent. PL i. 8. Brunia radiata Berg. Desc. 

 PL Cap. 58 (1767) ; Linn. Mant. 209 (1771). 



Coast Eegion. — Cape Div. : Table Mountain and Devil's Peak 

 at varying elevations, Milne, 135 ! Drege, b ! Ecklon ct Zeijher, 

 partly! Fappel Ecklon, 767! Diimmer, 4! Boiuiel Behmann, 

 1240! Wolley Dod, 6291 259! Witteboom, between Wynberg and 

 Houtbay, Drege, c ! Wallich ! between Cape Flats and Stellen- 

 bosch, Burchell, 8372 ! Cape Flats, Behmann, 2026 ! 2027 ! near 

 Eondebosch, Burchell, 711! 835 ! 193 partly ! Zeyher, 726 partly ! 

 near Newlands, Wilms, 3119 e ! near Cape Town, Niven ! summit 

 of the Vlaggeberg, 2900 ft., Schlechter, 212 ! Constantiaberg, 

 Wolley Dod, 1936 ! Muizenberg, MacOiuan, 185 ! Diimmer, 1286 I 

 Fish Hoek, Wolley Dod, 705 ! Simonstown, MacGillivray, 634 ! 

 Kirk ! Wright ! Stellenbosch Div. : Between Jonker's Hoek and 

 Sir Lowry's Pass, Burchell, 8321 ! Hottentot's Holland Mountains, 

 Ecklon (0 Zeyher, 1075 ! Stellenbosch, Zeyher ! Caledon Div. : 

 Houw Hoek, 1500 ft., Bolus, 1155! Swellendam Div. : Swellen- 

 dam Mountains, Boivie ! 



Without Locality. — Palters \ Forsterl Massonl Thunherg \ 

 Wallich ! Thom, 57 ! Heih. Linnceus ! Lindley ! and Gay ! 



Var. ericetorum Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. I. c. ; Sender, I.e. 



Coast Eegion. — Cape Div. : Between Wynberg and Houtbay, 

 Drege, c, partly ! foot of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak, Ecklon 



