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NOYITATES AFRICANAE 
lata; flores 1 — 5, apicibus brevium lateralium ramulorum dispositi; 
pedunculi puberuli, 0-1 cm. longi; bracteae 3, glabrae ciliolatae, infima 
approximata, superiores calyci adpressae et eo breviores, 0-05 cm. longae; 
calyx 4-partitus, segmentis ovatis acutis ciliolatis pallidis, 0-1 cm. longis, 
ad 0-07 cm. latis; corolla urceolato-tubiformis, obtuse 4-angularis, 
glabra, 0-37 cm. longa, 0*14 cm. diam., 4-loba, lobis erectis obtusis, 
0-05 cm. longis ; stamina 4, exserta, filamentis 0-35 cm. longis, antheris 
atro-brunneis scaberulis, infra medium bipartitis, basin versus angustatis, 
aristatis, aristis divergentibus brevissimis; ovarium ovatum obtusum 
4-lobum pubescens, 0-04 cm. longum, 0-02 cm. diam., loculis 1 — 3-ovu- 
latis, stylo 0-55 cm. longo, stigmate simplici. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Mossel Bay Div., foot of 
Goliath’s Berg, alt. 1000 ft., fl. May, Dr John Muir, 2174. 
Allied to B.dumosa, Wendl.,but maybe distinguished by its puberulous 
branches, connivent corolla-lobes, and pubescent ovary. It is also a 
larger and more robust shrub. 
Philippia pallida, L. Guthrie. Fruticulus erectus, ca. 38 cm. altus, ramis 
adscendentibus numerosissimis, dense albo-pubescentibus, pilis patenti- 
bus vel reflexis; folia erecta 3-nata, oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa 
sulcata crassa glabra, minute ciliata, 0-1 — 0-2 cm. longa, 0-05 — 0-08 cm. 
lata; flores saepius 3-nati terminales; pedunculi dense albo-pubescentes, 
0-1 cm. longi; sepala erecta, late ovata, minute ciliata, alba viridi-cari- 
nata, 0-1 cm. longa lataque, duo ceteris parum majora; corolla globosa 
glabra alba, 0-2 cm. longa diametroque, lobis incurvis obtusis, 0-05 cm. 
longis, 0-1 cm. latis; filamenta libera curvata, antheris aequilonga, 
antheris inclusis, prope basin dorsifixis, muticis, lobis connatis fere ad 
apicem, scabridis, albis, demum aureo-brunneis, 0-08 cm. longis, 0-05 cm. 
latis, poro dimidio lobi aequilongo; ovarium globosum pubescens, 
0- 05 cm. longum, basin versus 0-07 cm. latum, stylo flexuoso, 0-08 cm. 
longo, stigmate peltato-crateriformi, 0-08 cm. diam., albo, demum 
brunneo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., Kampsche 
Berg, alt. 1200 ft., fl. Jan., Dr J . Muir, 2542. 
Most nearly allied to P. tristis, Bolus. The whiteness of its closely 
massed flowers gives it a distinct appearance. 
Thoracosperma Muirii, L. Guthrie, T. interrupto affine, sed ramis prostratis, 
foliis imbricatis, ovario saepius 4-loculare, ceterisque distinguitur. 
Fruticulus humilis, ramis prostratis, ad 20 cm. longis, ad 0-4 cm. 
diam., ramulis adscendentibus griseo-pubescentibus, ultimis floriferis 
1— 2 cm. longis; folia erecta vel patentia, 4-nata imbricata obtusa, pro- 
funde sulcata, juniora griseo-pubescentia, seniora scaberula; flores 
solitarii vel plures, apicibus ramidorum dispositi; pedunculi pubescentes, 
