NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
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South-West Africa: Windhuk, bush 2| ft., flowers mauve; 15 Jan. 
1916, H. H. W. Pearson (Percy Sladen Mem. Exped., 1915-16, 
No. 9772); Onanis, Belch 6. 
Olerodendron Teaguei, Hutchinson (V erbenaceae-V iticeae) \ affinis C. myri- 
coidei, var. discolore, Baker, sed foliis basi conspicue auriculatis differt. 
Caules (vel rami?) foliati, molliter laxe tomentosi, internodiis 
plerumque circiter 3 cm. longis. Folia sessilia, late ovata, sensim vel 
subabrupte acute acuminata, ad basin conspicue et late auriculatam 
attenuata, usque ad 15 cm. longa et 12 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, 
crasse et simpliciter serrata, supra scabra, infra molliter tomentella; 
nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 6, supra leviter immersi, infra elevati, 
marginem versus conjuncti et ramosissimi; venae laxae, infra promi- 
nulae. Panicula terminalis, laxe foliata, subpyramid alis, circiter 10 cm. 
longa; cymulae circiter 3-florae, foliis subtendentibus paullo longiores, 
molliter pubescentes; pedunculi ad 1-5 cm. longi, graciles; bracteae 
lineari-subulatae, 4mm. longae; pedicelli laterales 1cm. longi, terminales 
vix 3 mm. longi. Calyx late cupularis, extra appresse pubescens, 4 mm. 
longus, lobis triangularibus acutis marginibus subglabris. Corolla 
circiter 1 cm. longa, glabra. Stamina longe exserta, antheris 1-25 mm. 
longis. Stylus gracilis, bilobatus. Fructus trilobatus, niger, vix 1 cm. 
diametro, glaber. 
Tropical Africa. Southern Rhodesia: Odzani River Valley, Manica 
Distr., 1915, A. J. Teague, No. 552. 
This is a very handsome and striking species, differing from all the 
known forms of Olerodendron myricoides in its strikingly auriculate 
leaves. 
Homeria lilacina, L. Bolus ( Irideae-Moraeeae ), foliis productis 3, anguste 
linearibus, perianthio lilacino. 
Herba glabra gracilis, ad 23 cm. alta; cormus globosus, tunica 
extima rigida, segmentis linearibus acummatis, T5 cm. diam. ; folia 
subrigida, setaceo-acuminata, unico radicali, duobus caulinis, 0-2— 
0-3 cm. lata, infima 30 cm. longa, suprema 15 cm. longa; cyma laxa; 
spathae valvae exteriores submembranaceae, flavidae, setaceo-acumi- 
natae, 2-5 — 4 cm. longae; perianthium 3 — 3-5 cm. diam., segmentis 
apice rotundatis, purpureo-vittatis, laminae basi luteo-notatis, macula 
purpureo-cmcta, 2 cm. longis, exterionbus cuneatis, interionbus 
oblanceolatis ; antherae lineares, dimidio styli aequilongae; ovarium 
cvlindricum ; stylus filiformis, 1cm. longus, ramis linearibus, apicem 
versus dilatatis, breviter bilobatis, lobis obtusissimis, dense ciliatis. 
Cape Province: Karroo Region; nr. Matj esfontein, G. Beattie, 
F. Bolus (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15186). 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirsten bo l 
