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OF THE GENUS ADENANDRA 
late obovato vel fere quadrato, 5 mm. lato, unguibus parce ciliolatis. 
Staminodia late filiformia, hirsutula. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., on the 
northern slope of a mountain near Houw Hoek (a solitary specimen), 
1700 ft., Oct., 1885, H. Bolus in Herb. Bolus, 7477 ! 
A peculiar variant (if a variant?), differing from typical A. biseriata 
in its slender and laxer habit, pilose leaves, long-pedicelled much 
smaller flowers, with glabrous calyx, scarcely punctate-glandular 
dorsally, and differently shaped petals with stronger claws. The two 
rows of dorsal leaf-glands assign it to A. biseriata, but its laxer habit 
and smaller flowers suggest affinities with A. serpyllacea or one of its 
allies. Perhaps a natural hybrid ! 
A. Guthriei, A. lasianthae affinis, sed foliis dorsaliter omnino eglandulosis, bre- 
vioribus latioribusque, pedunculis gracilioribus, staminodiis per totam 
longitudinem parce pubescentibus, pilis patentibus, ceterisque differt. 
Fruticulus gracilis, erectus, saepe eramosus, interdum superne 
parce verticillatim-ramosus, foliosus, 0-3 m. altus, ramuli citrini, 
parce patenter pubescentes. Folia ascendentia, imbricata vel subimbri- 
cata, elliptica, obtusiuscula, 6 — 8 mm. longa, 2-5 — 4 mm. lata, coriacea 
rigidaque, utrinque glabra, pallide ochraceo-viridia, dorso eglandulosa, 
obsolete complanato late costata, margine paullulo incrassata vix 
impresso-glandulosa. Umbellae 6 — 16-florae, 3 — 4 cm. diam., floribus 
albis purpureisque (teste Guthrie) ; pedicelli purpurei, patenter albo- 
villosi; bracteolae basilares, subulatae, albo-pubescentes, 2 mm. longae. 
Calyx 6 mm. longus, extus purpureus, albo-villosus, segmentis triangu- 
laribus, acut.is, subscariosis, dorso vix carinatis, punctato-glandulosis, 
margine ciliatis. Petala breviter unguiculata, glabra, 9 mm. longa, 
limbis obovato-cuneatis apiculatis. Stamina 1-5 mm. longa, filamentis 
parce pubescentibus, staminodia 3 mm. longa, filamentis patenter 
albo-pubescentibus, glandulis nigro-purpureis glabris. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Bredasdorp Div., rocky 
hill towards Bredasdorp (Elim), 300 ft., July, 1895, F. Guthrie, 3849! 
(in Herb. Bolus). 
Differs from A. lasiantha, Sond. (which I only know from descrip- 
tion, the specimen of Ecklon and Zeyher, so named in the S.A. Mus. 
Herb, being obviously incorrect) in the leaves being completely 
eglandular dorsally, and being relatively shorter and broader, and 
more elliptic or obovate-elliptic, in the more slender peduncles, the 
relatively smaller calyces, acute calyx-lobes, not so conspicuously 
glandular dorsally, in the relatively smaller petals, the limbs of w hich 
are more elliptic than suborbicuJar, and scarcely reddish at the back, 
and in the staminodes which are “not very hairy at the point, but 
sparingly patently pubescent throughout their entire length. 
