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Finally, should a case of poisoning occur let the skilled 

 physician be called in at once, as the delay of an hour may 

 result in death. 



The third decade of " New Natal Plants " described by Mr. 

 M. S. Evans and myself was published in the " Journal of 

 Botany " for June last, and for the use of colonial readers who 

 do not see that publication I repeat the descriptions here. 



New Natal Plants. Decade 3. 



Scilla palustris, Wood & Evans, n. s.p. 



Bulb ovoid, narrowing above, f-lf inch diameter. Leaves 

 4-6, lanceolate, 6-12 inches long, ^-f inch broad. Peduncles 

 4-6 inches long. Racemes oblong, If -2 inches long, laxly many 

 flowered, pedicels slender, lower ones 5-6 lines long. Bracts 

 minute, deltoid. Perianth segments erect, 1J-2 lines long, 

 ovary stipitate. Seeds large. 



Habitat : In swamp near Newcastle, 3,900 feet alt. Decem- 

 ber, J. Medley Wood, No. 6501. 



Differs from S. polyantha, Baker, by its shorter and narrower 

 leaves, which are usually more than 4, by its shorter and denser 

 raceme, and erect not cernuous pedicels. 



Albuca affinis, Wood & Evans, n. sp. 



Bulb ovoid, ^-lf inch diameter, tunics breaking up into 

 numerous fibres at apex. Leaves 4-10, narrow-linear, deeply 

 channelled on face, 3-6 inches long, glabrous, setose, having 

 sometimes 2 peduncles to each bulb, 2-12 inches long. Raceme 

 lax, corymbose, l|-3 inches long, pedicels erect, recurved, 

 lower ones reaching to 2| inches long. Bracts broadly lanceo- 

 late, with a long acuminate point, usually clasping the pedicel 

 at the base, scarious, many veined in central portion, brownish 

 with a broad white membranous margin for half the length 

 from base, lower ones, f-1 inch long. Flowers erect, perianth 

 5-9 lines long, white with broad green central band. Stamens 

 all fertile, the three outer ones smaller and with less pollen. 

 Style prismatic, stigma conical. 



Habitat : On grassy hills, Van Reenen's Pass, Drakensberg 

 Mountains, 5-6,000 feet alt, November; J. Medley Wood, 

 No. 6503. 



This plant seems to be nearest to A. pachychlamys, Baker, a 

 plant we have not seen ; but the raceme is much shorter, bracts 

 a different shape, and stripe on the perianth is green, not 

 brown. The three outer anthers are very much smaller than 

 the inner ones, and sometimes have no pollen, never much. We 

 notice that in the Flora Capensis the stripe on the perianth 

 segments of A. Nelsoni, N.E.B.,is said to be greenish or reddish 



