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ovata apice obtusa vel mucronulata subplana carnosa viridia margine 
rubra, intus versus margines punctis brunneo-rubridis ornata ad margines 
pilis albis retrorse ciliata, inferiora c. 25 mm. longa c. 20 mm. lata, superiora 
gradatim decrescentia. Infiorescentia terminalis laxe thyrsiodea multiflora 
subcorymbosa pedunculo brevissimo nudo vel bracteis 2 vacuis munito c. 
4 cm. longo, thyrso c. 7 cm. longo, bracteis foliis similibus sed gradatim 
valde minoribus, superioribus minutis acutis c. 1 mm. longis. Flores 
breviter pedicellati. Sepala basi connata 1*5 mm. longa lobis ovatis c. 1 mm. 
longis. Petala alba basi connata ovata erecto-patentia apice recurvata 
2 mm. longa. Stamina petalis pauUo minora, filamentis albis subulatis 
antheris rubro-brunneis late oblongis; ovaria oblique ovata c. 1'2 mm. 
longa stylis rubridis subulatis c. 0"75 mm. longis. Squamae minutae 
cuneatse apice rotundatse pallide lutese. 
Cradock place near Port Elizabeth, Mr. E. E. Galpin, May, 1902 ; 
Bethelsdorp, Mrs. T. V. Paterson (No. 664), June, 1909. 
Although I have known this species since the year 1902, I have 
hitherto abstained from describing it, as in Mr. Galpin's specimen the 
inflorescence had evidently been injured. It is very closely allied to 
Cr. perfoliata, Linn, f., from which it can be distinguished at a glance by 
its shorter and much looser inflorescence which almost resembles a corymb. 
Cr. perfoliata has, further, a much shorter calyx, yellowish submucronulate 
petals, rather broader squamae and exibits other minor differences. 
Laurentia radicans, Schonl., n. sp. 
Herba perennis caespitosa ramosissima ramis 2-3 cm. longis fili- 
formibus reptantibus ad nodos radicantibus internodiis 1-3 mm. longis. 
Folia petiolata, petiolo applanato c. 4 mm. longo, lamina plana textura 
subcarnosa ovato-lanceolata acuta basi cuneata c. 6 mm. longa dorso 
medio leviter canaliculata, supra leviter carinata utrinque minutissime 
puberula. Flores versus apicem ramulorum axillares pedicillati, pedicellis 
tenuibus 3 mm. longis; calycis lobi 0'75 mm. longi ovato-Janceolati 
dorso convexi ; corolla subregularis indistincte bilabialis, petalis patentibus 
deinde reflexis subliberis pallide roseis lanceolatis 1'5 mm. longis ; stamina 
1-25 mm. longa petalis basi adnata filamentis albis applanatis basi inter se 
liberis apicem versus connatis, antheris brunneis 0*6 mm. longis, 2 
posticis seta una munitis, tubus antherarum obliqe ovatus ; ovarium 
subhemisphaericum dimerum multi-ovulatum, c. 0'5 mm. longum ; 
stigmata 2 brevissima subreniformia ; capsula apice bivalvata sub- 
hemisphaerica c. 1 mm. longa. 
On damp clayey ground near Port Elizabeth; Mr. I. L. Drege, June, 1909. 
This is evidently the smallest species oi Laurentiaknoyvu, and although 
the other species vary considerably it seems to be quite distinct. Its 
entire leaves and its almost free petals characterise it sufficiently. 
