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subcorymbosas dispositis ; bractege lineari-oblongae, obtusae, subin- 

 curvae, ciliatae, 0-3-0*4 cm. longae ; calyx campanulatus, 04 cm. 

 longus, puberulus, breviter quinquelobus, lobis deltoideo-oblongis, 

 obtusis, 0*2 cm. loDgis ; corollae tubus oblongus, 08 cm. longus, lobis 

 oblongis, subsequalibus, 0-15-0-2 cm. longis. 



Hab. : Swazieland ; grassy hills near Dalriach, 'Mbabane, approx. 

 alt. 1,450 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 12226 ! . " Mores albi." (In herb. 

 Kew, Brit. Mus., Berlin, &c). 



Allied to S. Muddii Bolfe, but having rather larger, less numerous 

 leaves, heads more disposed in lax panicles, and in the details of the 

 flowers. The plant shows a tendency to turn black in drying, in this 

 respect resembling S. monticola Wood & Evans, which is a much 

 taller, less decumbent plant. 



Protea chionantha, Bolus, n. sp. (Proteaceae-Proteeae). § I. Acro- 



cephalse. 2. Subacaules). 



P. Scolopendrium valde affinis sed omnibus partibus multo majori- 

 bus et squamis involucri undique dense griseo-tomentosis differt. 



Caulis abbreviatus ; folia sparsa, erecta, oblanceolata, acutiuscula, 

 longe petiolata, marginibus involutis, rigidissima, coriacea, promin- 

 enter venosa, glaberrima, 34 cm. longa, 4-5 cm. lata, petiolis 13 cm. 

 longis ; capitulum sessile, erectum, circa 15 cm. longum, 14 cm. 

 latum; iovolucri squamae pluri-seriatae, imbricatae, lanceolatae, longe 

 acuminatae, denso tomento griseo undique tectae, 5-10 cm. longae ; 

 calyx 8 cm. longus, tubo extus glabro, intus marginibus tantum linea 

 albo-tomentosa bene definita ornato, segmentis dense barbatis ) 

 ovarium dense albo-pilosum, 1-2 cm. longum ; stylus basi lateraliter 

 compressus, 6 - 7 cm. longus ; stigma filiforme, sulcatum, glabrum, 

 0-7 cm. longum. 



Hab.: Cape Colony; Clanwilliam Div., summit of Sneeuwkop, 

 in rocky places, approx. alt. 1,940 meters, A. A. Bodkin, No. 867 6 of 

 herb. Bolus (in herb. Kew). 



I am informed by Mr. C. L. Leipoldt, who knows the locality 

 well, that this species occurs not infrequently on the Sneeuwkop, 

 where it is called the " Sneeuw-bloem," either from its general white 

 appearance or from the fact of the snow often lying for some time on 

 the broad-topped heads. 



Gnidia Francisci, Bolus, n. sp. (Thymelaeaceae-Eugnidia. § Invo- 



lucratae (Gilg). 



G. floribus ^-meris, capitulis involucratis 5-floris, petalis bipartitis 

 majuscidis. 



Fruticulus humilis a basi parce ramosus, ad 20 cm. alt. ; rami vel 



