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Phyllopodium linearifolium, Bolus, n. sp. (Scrophulariaceae). 



P. habitu fruticuloso, foliis linearibus. 



Suffrutex exsiccatione haud nigricans, 20 cm. altus ; rami fastigiati, 

 pubescentia in lineis longitudinaliter disposita vestiti ; folia sessilia 

 axillis saepe gemmiferis, linearia, acuta, subcarnosa, glabra, sensim 

 in bracteas abeuntia, 1-2*5 cm. longa, 0-1-015 cm. lata ; spicae nunc 

 sphericae nunc ovatas, 1-1-5 cm. longae, 1-4-1-5 cm. latae ; bracteas 

 lanceolatse, acuminatae, longe ciliatae 0"5 cm. longae ; calyx sub- 

 aequaliter 5-fidus, tubo 0-1 cm. longo, segmentis lanceolatis, acumi- 

 natis longe ciliatis, 03 cm. longis ; corolla 0'6 cm. longa, ore parce 

 barbata, fiava, lobis oblongis, obtusis, 0-1-0-2 cm. longis ; antherae 

 manifestae ; stylus puberulus corollam aequans ; ovarium glabrum. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; at the foot of the northern slopes of the 

 Zwartebergen, near Prince Albert, approx. alt. 850 meters, Dec, 

 H. Bolus, 12189 (in herb. Kew, Brit. Mus., Berlin, &c). 



Harpagophytum Pegler^:, Stapf. (Pedaliaceae). 



H. procumbenti DC. affinis sed fructu ad margines cresta duplica 

 spinoso-lobata instructo dijfert. 



Herba procumbens aspera vel novellis exceptis subglabra, undique 

 glandulis mucilaginiferis aspersa ; folia elliptica repanda vel pinnati- 

 lobata, lobis grosse repando-dentatis, obtusa basi breviter subcuneata, 

 4-7 cm. longa, 3-4*5 cm. lata ; petiolus 1-2 cm. longus ; flores 

 solitarii vel in cymis axillaribus sessilibus 2- raro 3-floris ; pedicelli 

 sub anthesi 0-5-0*8 cm. longi ; calyx ad 0*9 cm. longus, asperulus, 

 segmentis e basi lanceolata subulatis ; corolla 4-6 cm. longa, tubus 

 inferne ad 1 cm. anguste cylindricus, abhinc dilatatus, ore 1 cm. 

 diametro, pallidus vel purpureo suffusus ; limbus 3 cm. diam., pur- 

 pureus vel albidus, lobis suborbicularibus ; capsula ambitu elliptica, 

 4*5 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata ; prominenter nervosa, cresta duplica 

 indurata lobata, lobis spinoso-dentatis circumdata, dorso et facie 

 spinis binis brevibus conicis validis rigidissimis instructis. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony ; in sandy loam near Eustenburg, Miss 

 Alice Pegler, 1027 ! Waterberg district, near Warm Bath, in the 

 " Bosch Veld," approx. alt. 1,100 meters, Jan., Bolus, 12199 ! (in 

 herb. Kew, Bolus, &c). 



Selago swaziensis, Bolfe, n. sp. (Selaginaceae). 



Fruticulus nanus, diffusus ; caules teretes, pubescentes, ramosi ; 



folia brevissime petiolata, late elliptica, subobtusa, saepissime plus 



minusve crenata, pubescentia, 0-5-1-5 cm. longa, 0'2-0 - 8 cm. lata; 



flores subsessiles, capitulata, capitulis numerosis in paniculas laxas 



