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phyllose, with pellucid cells, the margins less toothed, often almost entire, 
but variable ; the capsule, especially when dry and empty, tapers con- 
spicuously into a rather marked distinct neck. The lid is convex with a 
somewhat high apiculus, but scarcely rostellate, and this appears to separate 
it from F. transvaaliensis CM., which is described as having an obliquely 
rostellate lid. F. Rehmannii C. M. differs from both in having the leaves 
almost entire, and the capsule subglobose, almost without trace of lid. 
The following records are given, however, with some degree of 
uncertainty : 
Fahronia angolensis Welw. & Duby. Moorddrift, Waterberg District, 
Northern Transvaal ; coll. H. A. W. (No. 401), c. fr. ; Hout Bay, near Cape 
Town, 1916 ; coll. H. A. W. (No. 602), c. fr. 
Fahronia Behmannii C. M. George, CP., 1916 ; coll. H. A. W. 
(No. 561), c. fr. This agrees quite well with Rehmann's plant. 
F. abyssinica C M. (syn. F. ScJiweinfurtJiii C M., F. vallis-gratiae 
Hampe). Moorddrift, Waterberg District, Transvaal, 1915 ; coll. H. A. W. 
(Nos. 400,405),c.fr. ; Pretoria, 1915; coll. H.A.W. (No. la), c. fr. ; earth 
between rock and tree, 4900 ft., Salisbury, Ehodesia, 1917 ; coll. Fred. Eyles 
(No. 684a), Herb. Mus. Brit., c. fr. 
These plants agree well with Schimper's specimens of F. abyssinica at Kew. 
I have also carefully compared original specimens of the two species cited 
above as synonyms, and can find no difference of any value. C Mueller 
lays stress on the winged column of the capsule in F. Schweinfiirthii, but this 
is very inconstant, and appears to me a question of the capsule drying in a 
certain particular condition. The vegetative characters he gives I cannot 
verify on the original specimens. F. vallis-gratiae appears to me a slightly 
more slender form, with the capsules somewhat narrower because gathered 
at an earlier stage. 
F. pilifera Hornsch. Nottingham Eoad, Natal, 4500 ft., 1917 ; coll. 
Dr. P. van der Bijl, comm. Sim (No. 8695), c. fr. 
F. perciliata C M. Pretoria, and Eietfontein, Transvaal ; coll. H. A. W. 
(Nos. 284, 282) ; Ciant's Castle, 7000 ft., 1915; coll. E. E. Symons, comm. 
Sim (No. 8694) ; trees, Bulawayo, 1900 ; coll. E. Sadler, comm. C Webster 
(No. 417); rock, Woodbush, Transvaal, 1910; coll. T. Jenkins, comm. 
W. Ingham (No. 3). All c. fr. 
I have some hesitation about these plants, not having been able to see 
authentic specimens of F. perciliata for comparison. They appear to agree 
with the description, but on the other hand they come very near to 
F. abyssinica, differing principally, if not entirely, in the denser foliation and 
more strongly toothed leaves. The degree of toothing varies very greatly on 
different stems of the same plant. 
F. Wageri Dixon. I have received several fruiting specimens of this 
from Prof. Wager, all from Cape Town (Nos. 92, 362, 366). 
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