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eribed from plants cultivated in My De pei Gardens, Kew, that 
were y¥éebived from Professor MacOwan, F.L.S., ape Town, who 
states that it is one of the species kii à yt Baroi?” The succulent 
tubers ure eaten after being roasted in the ashes of the fires made b 
travellers when outspanned, but have little to recommend them to an 
Hia This species is -— allied to C. sylvatica, Eckl., which is 
as the ** Bosch  Barroe," but is distinguished by its leaves, and 
broad aioi dcos: dháffod, ee tube. 
99. Gymnostachyum decurrens, Stapf [Acanthaceae] ; herba basi 
parce ramosa ramis brevibus foliisque congestis solo suba adpres ressis, foliis 
ovatis basi abrupte contractis secundum petiolum late decurrentibus 
subobtusis obscure crenulatis utrinque 4—6—nerviis erassiusculis nervis 
subtus pilosulis exceptis glabris supra albido-variegatis, spicis gracilibus 
multifloris secundis in panieula e basi pauciramosa terminali dispositis 
vel solitariis ut flores subdistichis minute patuleque glanduloso-pubescen- 
tibus, braeteis bracteolisque lineari-subulatis calyce multo —— 
calyeis segmentis lanceolato-linearibus, postico hangin excepto su 
zequalibus, coroll tubo calyce duplo longiore superne leviter ii 
albo violaceo-lineato, limbo bilabiato, l abio superiore brevissime bilobo 
albo inferiore indiviso apice trilobulato basi bigibboso gibbis albis vio- 
laceo-punctatis ose violaceo, filamentis inferne pilosulis, antheris basi 
mueronatis dorso medio affixis, stylo sparse pilosulo, capsula rhachi 
adpressa quads pilaf -cylindrica, seminibus 9-30 in utroque loculo. 
Habitat.—Tahan River, Pahang. Raised at Kew from seeds sent by 
Mr. H. N. Ridley 
fiat rs lamina 2-4 poll. longa, in Eom lata ; ind 4-2 poll. 
pice ad 8 poll. lo ere Calyx 2-2} lin. longus. Corolla 
ey - longa. Capsula $ poll. longa. 
s species has the habit of è, m Benth., a plant hitherto 
Eni only from Mangalore in the Deccan eninsula ; but the flowers 
are much smaller, solitary (not fascicled), and a rranged in two lateral 
The decurrent slowly tapering portion of the lamina of the 
leaves is oad and reaches the base of the petiole. It is generally 
distinctly wavy. The colour of the leaves is a dull green with a broad 
y dark purplish midrib. The whole 
The rhachis is dark ‘violet or almost black, from which the white 
flowers, tinged with violet, show well u G mnostachyum decurrens 
is also niic probably more elosely, to G. leptostachyum, Nees, from 
Tavo roy) to two ilippine species, G. cumingianum, and 
= th described by Nees, and to a Javanese species which 
was s collected by Horsfield and distributed under the erroneous name o of 
G. leptostachyum. 'The last also has decurrent leaves. 
. Hypoxis floccosa, Baker. [Amaryllides—Hypoxides] ; vec 
parvo oblongo, foliis radicalibus 5-6 linearibus pilis brevibus patenti 
mollibus ubique vestitis, pedunculo 1-2-floro foliis breviore, eet teis 
parvis risers pedicellis is pilosis flore longioribus, ovario clavato piloso, 
perianthii se — parvis oblongo-lanceolatis vitrum dorso 
RD Colony, hills near Swellendam, alt. 5,000 feet, 
Bolus 1469. 
