BOTANY. 405 



puberulous, with elliptical lobes, corolla -tube cylindrical, i\ inch long, 

 and limb 3 inches in diameter. I am, however, unable to identify 

 it, and suspect it is undescribed, though the specimen is not 

 sufficient to base a satisfactory description upon. Omitted in former 

 edition. 



39. EVOLVULUS ALSINOIDES, Linn. 



Matabele Land. 



Order SOLANACE.E. 



40. Solanum PANDUR^EFORME, E. Mey. 

 Matabele Land. 



Two specimens gathered by Mr. Oates I am unable to distinguish 

 from this South African species, which I suspect will ultimately have 

 to be understood in a somewhat extended sense. It was previously 

 known as ranging from Kaffraria to the Transvaal. S. subexarmatum, 

 Dunal, to which Mr. Oates's specimens were doubtfully referred in the 

 former edition, is quite distinct. 



Order SCROPHULARIACE^. 



41. Diclis reptans, Benth. 



Between Pietermaritzburg and the Crocodile River. 



42. Lyperia Burkeana, Benth. 

 Matabele Land. 



43. Crateristigma plantagineum, Hochst. 

 Matabele Land. 



Omitted from the former edition of this work, not having been 

 previously identified. 



44. LlMOSELLA TENUIFOLIA, Nutt. 



Between Pietermaritzburg and the Crocodile River. 



Order ACANTHACE^. 



45. DlCLIPTERA MELLERI, n. sp. 



Branches glabrous. Upper leaves subsessile, oblanceolate-oblong, 

 subobtuse, glabrous, i-i| inch long, 4-6 lines broad, nerves very 

 oblique. Panicles congested, terminal. Flowering -bracts subulate, 

 acute, strongly ciliate, J inch long. Involucres i-flowered, with two 

 outer, very slightly connate, and four inner supernumerary bracts ; lower 

 outermost bract narrowly lanceolate -linear, very acute, 5 lines long ; 

 upper one oblanceolate, subacute ; both strongly ciliate ; inner bracts 

 narrowly subulate, very acute, ciliate, and, like the upper one, a line 

 shorter than the lower outermost bract. Calyx 5 -parted, hyaline, J 



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