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NOVI TATES AFRICANAE 
discus annularis crenulatus; ovarium convexum, stylis erectis, apice 
patentibus subulatis setaceo-acuminatis, 0-25 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; near Darling, fl. Sept., W. Peacock 
(National Botanic Gardens, No. Pf f|§ ; Malmesbury Div., near Kalabas 
Kraal, fl. Sept., L. Bolus (Bolus Herbarium, No. 15192). Cape Penin- 
sula, Lion Mountain, L. Guthrie. 
Allied to the section “Scabrida” on account of its punctate leaves 
and the general look of the flower, but differs from all the other species j 
in this section in its more slender creeping stem, semi-terete leaves, and 
solitary flowers. 
Described from living specimens which flowered freely at Kirsten- 
bosch during the spring, 1918 — 1920. 
Mesembrianthemum Watermeyeri, L. Bolus, caulescens epapulosum, glaber- 
rimum, foliis basi perbreviter connatis vel fere liberis, semiteretibus, 
apicem versus obscure carinatis, floribus saepius 3-natis, 5-meris. 
Fruticulus erectus robustus rigidus, 25 cm. altus vel ultra; rami 
teretes vel juniores subcompressi, ad 0-7 cm. diam., folia erecto-incurva, 
vel suprema patentia, acuta, 2 — 3-5 cm. longa, 0-5 — 0-6 cm. diam. 
lataque; pedunculi omnes bracteati vel rarius intermedii ebracteati, 
ad 4 cm. longi ; calyx turbinatus, segmentis inaequalibus, basi ovatis, 
apicem versus teretibus acuminatis, duobus conspicue membranaceo- 
marginatis, 1-3 — 1-6 cm. longis; petala ca. 3-seriata acuta alba, ad 
2-5 cm. longa, 0-1 — 0-2 cm. lata; stamina leviter incurva vel erecta, 
filamentis flavidis, basi barbatis, 0-6 cm. longis, antheris minutis luteis; 
discus annularis, minute crenulatus; ovarium supra convexum, stylis 
crassis ovatis setaceo-apiculatis, ad 0-35 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Upper Region; Calvinia Div., Nieuwoudtville, 
E. B. W atermeyer (National Botanic Gardens, No. -ff-). 
Caulescent epapulose, quite glabrous, the leaves very shortly con- 
nate at the base or almost free, semi-terete, obscurely keeled towards 
the apex, the flowers usually 3-nate, pentamerous. 
Described from living specimens which flowered at Kirstenbosch, 
in Oct. 
Erica plena, L. Bolus, E. campanulatae affinis, sed foliis brevioribus, bracteis 
longioribus angustioribusque, corollis longioribus et pro parte angus- 
tioribus, filamentis longioribus, antheris oblique ovatis differt. 
Fruticulus erectus ca. 40 cm. altus; rami ramulique graciles, juniores 
tenuiter tomentosi, dense foliosi; folia 4-nata, adscendentia, dense 
imbricata, anguste linearia, subobtusa glabra, praeter petiolum brevem 
ciliatum, 0-3 — 0-4 cm. longa, ca. 0-05 cm. lata; flores solitarii, ramulos 
crebros breves terminantes; pedunculi adscendentes glabri, 0-25 cm. 
longi, bracteis 3 infra medium positis, anguste linearibus, ciliatis, ad 
