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in the latter it is nearly upright and the segments are only slightly 
recurved at the apex ; in P. pygmcBa the three longer stamens nearly 
equal the segments, in P. ensifolia they are one-third shorter ; moreover, 
in the latter the stamens are more decidedly biseriate. 
Macrostylis (?) PATBRSONi^, Schonl., n. sp. 
Fruticulus ramosissimus caule ramisque sub-teretibus. Eamuli 
squarrosi grisei densissime foliati. Folia alternantia erecto-adpressa 
dense imbricata brevissime petiolata acicularia subtrigona breviter 
mucronata dorso convexa carinata supra leviter concava ad margines 
minute ciliata caeterum glabra punctis glandulosis biseriatis ornata 
5-7 mm. longa. Flores solitarii terminales breviter pedicellati involucrati, 
foliis involucri 4-5 sepalis similibus sed brevioribus. Sepala membranacea 
ovata subnavicularia dorso carinata ad margines minutissime ciliata 6 mm. 
longa persistentia. Petala spathulata mucronata 10 mm. longa lilacina 
erecto-patentia basi ad margines ciliata facie infra medium transversaliter 
puberula. Filamenta subulata 2 mm. longa antherse oblongae mucronatae, 
stamina sterilia 0. Discus hypogynus urceolatus integerrimus supra 
ovarium connivens stylo perforatus. Ovarium 5-lobum lobis obtusis 
rotundatis; stylus brevissimus post anthesin elongatus, deinde 2 mm. 
longus ; stigma capitatum. Cocci oblique obovati intus versus apicem 
oblique truncati apice bicorniculati. 
Eed House, Mrs. T. V. Paterson (No. 322)— Nov., 1908. 
This species is obviously closely allied to both Macrostylis, Bartl. and 
Wendl. and Euchcetis, Wendl, and if I put it under the former I do so 
chiefly because the style elongates after the flower has opened. On the 
other hand, it has a capitate stigma which is more characteristic for 
EuchcBtis. Then it has also the short stamens of Ettchcetis, but on the 
other hand, the discus overtops the ovary as in Macrostylis. A future 
monographer of the Butacece may perhaps have to make it the type of a 
new genus. To show more clearly how difficult it is to place this species 
into either of the above genera, I append the remarks on Macrostylis by 
Bartling and Wendland (Beitrage zur Botanik, 1. Heft, Gottingen, 1824, 
p. 193) by which they try to emphasise the distinctions between them : 
" Genus et notis essentialibus et habitu facile distinguendum, solummodu 
Euchsetidi affine, qua3 vero staminibus brevissimis, stylo brevi post 
anthesin immutato, stigmate capitato, disci hypogyni margine vix libero nec 
germen occultante, foliis margine impunctatis et floribus non fastigiatis 
abunde differt." 
Crassula patersonize, Schonl., n. sp. 
Fruticulosa ramis erectis carnosis dense foliatus glabris teretibus 
internodiis 5-7 mm. longis. Folia decussata connata perfoliata late 
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