NOVITATES AFRICAN AE 
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0'° cm - longi; bractea solitaria pubescens, pilis longioribus ajhcem 
versus, calyci adpressa et aequilonga; calyx pubescens, 0-13 cm. longus, 
0'1 cm - diam., lobis lanceolatis, inter se aequalibus, tubo aequilongis; 
corolla glabra obliqua, basin versus tetragona, sivperne ampliata, faucibus 
le viter vel vix constricta, 0-32 cm. longa, ad 0-15 cm. diam., lobis erectis 
obtusis, 0-05 cm. longis, 0-1 cm. latis; stamina exserta, filamentis fili- 
formibus, 0-33 cm. longis, antheris basifixis, lobis ad basin distinctis, 
0-1 cm. longis, aristatis, aristis basalibus brevibus; ovarium ovatum 
glabrum, immaturum 3 — 4-angulare, saepius 4-loculare, vel abortione 
loculis paucioribus, semper 1-ovulatis, stylo gracillimo, 0-5 cm. longo, 
stigmate simplice, atro-purpureo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., prostrate 
over exposed rocks on summit of hills at Kanka, fl. April, Dr J. Muir, 
848. 
Allied to T. interruptum, N.E.Br., but differs by its prostrate habit 
of growth, imbricate leaves, and the usually 4-celled ovary. 
Thoracosperma radicans, L. Guthrie, T. Muirii affine, sed viscidum et ramis 
saepe radicantibus, bractea spathidata, corolla regulari, ceterisque differt. 
Fruticulus diffusus procumbens, ramis gracilibus, saepe radi- 
cantibus, ad 30 cm. longis, ad 0-2 cm. diam., ramulis pubescentibus, folia 
erecta vel patentia, 4-nata vel rarius 3-nata, saepius internodiis aequi- 
longa, oblonga obtusa crassa glabra, minute glanduloso-ciliata, sulcata, 
0-2 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; pedunculi pubescentes, 0-05 cm. longi; 
bractea solitaria spathulata glabra, minute glanduloso-ciliata, calycem 
aequans vel parum excedens; flores solitarii vel plures, apicibus ramu- 
lorum dispositi; calyx obtuse quadrangularis, 0-15 cm. longus, 0-1 cm. 
diam., lobis ovatis, marginibus revolutis puberulis, nervo medio sat 
conspicuo, corollae adhaerentibus ob glandulas viscidas, tubo aequilongis ; 
corolla quadrangularis tubiformis purpurea, 0-25 cm. longa, ad 0-1 cm. 
diam., lobis erectis obtusis brevissimis; stamina exserta, filamentis 
0-3 cm. longis, antheris basifixis, 0-12 cm. longis, 0-05 cm. latis, minute 
aristatis, lobis fere ad basin distinctis; ovarium cylindricum, immaturum 
quadrangulare, 4-loculare glabrum, 0-08 cm. longum, 04)4 cm. diam., 
stylo 0-45 cm. longo, stigmate simplice. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., alt. 100 ft. 
fl. April, Dr J. Muir, 2405. 
Allied to T. Muirii, L. Guthrie, but differs by being viscid and in 
having rooting branches, spathulate bracts, regular corollas, and in other 
ways. 
Gladiolus Muirii, L. Bolus. Cormus elongatus, anguste pyriformis, tunicis 
exterioribus in permulta capillacea segmenta divisis, interioribus kite i 
dum crassis, reliquis foliorum veterum conspicue coronatus, ad 3 5 r nr. 
