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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
A nthosper mum littoreum, L. Bolus ( Rubiaceae — Anthospermeae), A. hispidulo 
affine sed foliis obovato-spathulatis glabris, fructu pilis pellucidis 
vestito, calycis dentibus deficient.ibus differt. 
Herbaceum vel fruticulosum, ramis elongatis decumbentibus pu- 
bescentibus, pilis crispulatis brevibus, 30 cm. longis vel ultra, 0-3 cm. 
diam., internodiis 0-5 — 3 cm. longis; folia patentia vel saepius reflexa, 
spathulata vel obovato-spathulata, obtusa, marginibus revolutis, nervo 
medio solo apparente, praecipue subtus, 0-8 — 1-6 cm. longa, 0-3 — 
0-5 cm. lata, stipulis simplicibus ± 0-2 cm. longis ; fiores dioecii 4-meri ; 
bracteolae minutae lineares-acuminatae, demum, in fructu, accre- 
scentes indurescentesque, ad 0-2 cm. longae; calycis (fl. d) tubus 
0-1 cm. longus, segmentis minutissimis vel obsoletis ; corollae tubus 
0- 1 cm. longus, segmentis oblongis acutis, 0-2 cm. longis; stamina 
corollam aequantia vel parum excedentia, antheris 0-18 cm. longis; 
fiores $ 0-2 cm. longi, stylis 0-5 cm. longis ; fructus subimmaturus 
oblongus, pilis patentibus albis pellucidis vestitus, 0-2 — 0-3 cm. longus. 
Cape Province: South-Eastern Region 1 ; East London, coast, 
almost in water, fl. March, T. R. Sim, 1483, fl. April, G. Rattray, 38. 
Kentani Div., near Black Rock Cove, fl. March, common, Alice Pegler, 
2139. Pondoland, Port St John’s, on seashore, alt. 20 ft., fl. April, 
E. E. Galpin, 2850. 
Allied to A. hispidulum, E. Mey., but differs in having obovate- 
spathulate glabrous leaves, and fruit clothed with pellucid hairs and 
destitute of calyx-teeth. 
Scabiosa Tysonii, L. Bolus ( Dipsaceae ), ramis uniformiter foliatis, foliis radi- 
calibus nullis, calycis setis vix evolutis vel ad 0-1 cm. longis. 
Herbacea erecta ramosa, ad 80 cm. alta ; rami elongati, superne 
pedunculoidei, teretes pubescentes, pilis saepius reflexis, crispulatis 
brevibus, internodiis 3 — 6 cm. longis ; folia radicalia nulla, caulina 
adscendentia, breviter connata, interdum in petiolum attenuata, 
pinnatipartita, lobis 2 — 3-jugatis, irregulariter lobata-dentatis, ter- 
minali multo majore, obovato vel oblongo, basi cune'ato, 2-5 — 4-5 cm. 
longo, 1-5 — 3 cm. lato, lateralibus infimis dentiformibus vel ad 1-5 cm. 
longis, molliter pubescentia vel glabrescentia, ad 5-5 cm. longa ; pedun- 
culi solitarii, 6 — 17cm. longi; capitula 1-5 — 2cm. diam.; involucri 
folia 1- vel imperfecte 2-seriata, floribus aequilonga vel longiora, ad 
1- 5 cm. longa; receptaculum oblongum, bracteis rhomboideo-spathu- 
latis, 0-3 — 0*4 cm. longis; fiores albi vel lilacini, 0-9 — 1-4 cm. longi; 
involucellum 0-2 cm. longum ; fructus non visus. 
South-Eastern Region : Cape Province ; Transkei, Kentani, grassy 
slopes, alt. 1000 ft., fl. summer, Alice Pegler, 715 (“not common here”). 
Griqualand East, Fort Donald, margins of woods, alt. 5000 ft, fl. Jan., 
