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POLYPETA L AE TH A L A M 1FLO Ii A E... 
Promontorium Bonae Spei . Cape Town, Stinkwater 
1354; 
Natal : Inanda (leg. J. Wood). 
Knowltonia brevistylis nov. sp. 
Caulis erectus, glaber, laeviter striatus ; folia radi- 
calia biternata, 60 — 70 cm. lg., petiolo glabro, 
striato, 40 — 50 cm. lg., pinnae ternatae, 20 — 25 
cm. lg., petiolulis 8 — 12 cm. lg., foliolis petiolatis 
vel subsessilibus, herbaceis, ovato-lanceolatis, 8 — 12 
cm. lg., basi inaequaliter angustatis, margine mu- 
cronato-serratis ; folia caulina ternata, 8 — 10 cm. 
lg., petiolo pubescenti , alato , basi subvaginanti, 
foliolis subsessilibus, 4 — 6 cm. lg. ; folia floralia 
simplicia, 6 — 12 mm. lg., brevipetiolata vel sub- 
sessilia; inflorescentia terminalis vel lateralis, um- 
belliformis, composita, pedunculis 12 — 15 cm. lg.; 
alabastra globosa saepius bibracteolata, 2 — 3 mm. 
lg. ; flores albi (?), sepalis 5, caducissimis, ovatis, 
petalis 10, angustate-lanceolatis, integris, 10 mm. 
lg.; stamina multa, 3 mm. lg., filamentis teretibus, 
glabris, antheris multo longioribus, connectivo valde 
conspicuo, ovariis multis, glaberrimis, stylo triplo 
longioribus. 
Knowltoniae vexicatoriae proxima differt indole 
foliorum petalorumque, filamentis teretibus et stylo 
ovario multo breviori. 
Natal: Jnanda 8395. 
Knowltonia transvaalensis nov. sp. 
Scapus erectus, pubescens, basi lanatus, 40—80 
cm. lg.; folia radicalia biternata, petiolis striatis, 
lanato-pubescentibus, 7 — 13 cm. lg., basi late va- 
ginantibus; pinnae binatae vel ternatae, 7 — 12 cm. 
