Atidoiihiia] an enumeration of the bruniace^i: 33 



Without precise Locality. — Forbes ! Muncl ! Zeyher, 2653 ! 

 Bogers ! Masson ! and in Herb. Hooker ! 



A monotypic genus of a subsocial nature, confined to the 

 southern extremity of the Cape Peninsula and Hanghp, the latter 

 a promontory visible on a fine day from the Simonstown Moun- 

 tains across False Bay. The species marked simulation to certain 

 Ericas has been the subject of comment by various writers. 



XII. LONCHOSTOMA 



Wickstr. in Akad. Vet. Handl. ii. 350 (1818); DC. Prod, 

 xiii. i. 580 (1852) ; Bonder, oj). cit. 316 ; Hooker, op. cit., 673 ; 

 Niedenzu, ojj. cit. 135. Ptijxostoma'''' Vahl in Danske, Nat. Selsk. 

 Skriv. vi. 95 (1810) ; 0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. iii. ii. 86. Gravens- 

 horstia Nees-Esenb. in Lindl. Intr. 439 (1836). Peliotus and 

 Peliotis E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Doc. 80, 210, nomina. 

 Erasma E. Brown in Clarke Abel, Narr. Journ. China, 374 

 (1816/1817), nomen. 



Key to Species. 



Style one ; anthers hairy. Leaves more or less convex. 



Corolla 5-lobed ; stamens 5 (1) monostylis. 



Corolla 4-lobed ; stamens 4 (4) quadrifidum. 



Styles two; anthers glabrous. Leaves flattened. 



Leaves ovate, subacute ; styles longer than the corolla- 

 tube ; corolla about 1 cm. long (3) acutiflorum. 



Leaves elliptic, tipped by a prominent black apiculus ; 

 styles much shorter than the corolla-tube ; 

 corolla about ^ cm. long (2) ohtusifioriun. 



1. L. MONOSTYLIS Sondcr, I. c. 317. L. monostyle Niedenzu, 

 op. cit. 132, f. 75, L-N. L. acutiflorum Eck. & Zeyh. op. cit. 142 ; 

 Schnizl, Icon. t. 148, 17-18 ; Colozza, op. cit. pp. 26, 32 (not 

 Wickst.). Ptyxostoma monocjyna Vahl, op. cit. 96. Gravenhorstia 

 fastigiata Nees-Esenb. /. c. Peliotus detrita and Peliotis detritct 

 E. Meyer, op. cit. pp. 80, 210. 



Coast Eegion.— Worcester Div. : Dutoit's Kloof, 2000-4000 ft., 

 Drege ! Breede Eiver, Coll. ? on humid rocks, Sneeuwkop, about 

 5600 ft., Marloth, 658 ! Stellenbosch Div. : near Stellenbosch, 

 Zeyher \ Zeyher, 3475! Hottentot's Holland Mountains, Pajj^jc ! 

 Caledon Div. : Marshy places near Palmiet Eiver, Ecklon lO 

 Zeyher, 1084 ! 



Without Locality. — Masson, Herb. Brit. Miis. ! 



2. L. obtusiflorum Wickst. op. cit. 352, t. 10 ; DC. Prod. ii. 

 581 ; Sonder, I. c. Passerina pentanclra Thunb. Prod. 76 (1794). 

 Gnidia pentanclra Thunb. Diss, fruct. 191 (1801). 



Coast Eegion. — Bredasdorp Div. : Bokkeveld, near Eland's 

 Kloof, Masson, Herb. Brit. Mus. ! Central Eegion. — Ceres Div. : 

 Cold Bokkeveld, Klein Vlei, 5500 ft., Schlechter, 10,057 ! 



* cy. Verh. Int. Bot. Kongr. Wien, 2i2 (190(;), where Plijxostoiiui, despite 

 its priority, is rejected. 



