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sericei dernum glabrescentes ; folia exstipulata, remota, rigida,. 

 appressa vel erecto-patentia, lineari-subulata, acuminata, O2-0-3 cm. 

 longa, marginibus incurvis, superne albo-sericea, subtus glabra ; 

 flores 1-3, in ramulis divaricatis brevibus, ssepius terminales, gemi- 

 natique, rarius subracemosi ; pedicelli 0'l-0*2 cm. longi ; bractea 

 subulata, colorata, aequilonga ; calyx turbinatus, externe albo- 

 sericeus, minutissime glandulosovittatus, 0*4 cm. longus, segmentis 

 binis posterioribus alte connatis, ceteris alte fissis lancolatis acumi- 

 natis, tube- 2-3-plo longioribus ; vexillum reniforme, emarginatum, 

 unguiculo brevi, 0*6 cm. longum ; alae obovatae, auriculatse, vexillum 

 paullo superantes ; carina obtusa, basi auriculata, calcarata, vexillo 

 paullo brevior ; ovarium lanceolatum albo-sericeum, 2-ovulatum. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; South-western Eegion, Bredasdorp district, 

 between Elim and Napier, amongst shrubs, flowering in October,. 

 Bolus, 6902. 



An interesting species differing from the usual generic characters 

 by its 2-ovuled ovary, and the absence of stipules. The translucent 

 glandular dots are very minute, but may be detected on the calyx. 

 It may be placed next to E. tenuissima, E. Mey., from which it is at 

 once distinguishable (besides the characters given above) by its very 

 short pedicels. 



Lichtensteinia Kolbeana, Bolus, n. sp. (Umbelliferae-Apioideae- 



Amminese). 



L. foliis circumscriptione oblongis ovato-lanceolatisve bipinnati- 

 partitis, pinnulis iterum incisis grosse dentatisve ; fructibus com- 

 presso-globosis. 



Herba perennis, glabra lJ-3J-pedalis ; radices primaries 3-4, parte 

 indivisa ad 22 decim. longa vel ultra, 0*8 cm. crassa ; caulis erectus 

 validus sulcato-striatus, infra medium ramosus, subnudus, bracteis 

 2-3, parvis, membranaceis, sursum foliaceis, pinnatipartitis, donatus ; 

 rami 3-4, subfastigiato-corymbosi, apice umbelliferi ; folia radicalia 

 4-6, procumbentia vel laxe adscendentia, 7-27 cm. longa, 4-12 cm. 

 lata, petiolis dilatatis striatis subamplexicaulibus, 2-6*4 cm. longis, 

 ad 1 cm. latis, lamina circumscriptione oblonga ovato-lanceolatave, 

 bipinnatipartita, pinnis 4-6-jugis, pinnatifidis, secundum rhachin 

 longe alato-decurrentibus incisisque, pinnulis oblongis acutis 1*5— 

 3 cm. longis, incisis grosse dentatisve basi late decurrentibus ; 

 umbellae 9-13-radiatae, pedunculis fructiferis ad 6'5 cm. longis, 

 bracteis 5-6, linearibus acuminatis 1-1*5 cm. longis ; umbellulae 

 8-15-radiatae, pedicellis fructiferis 0*8-1 cm. longis, bracteis 5-6 ; 

 petala basi unguiculata, lamina elliptica, apice arete deflexa longe 



