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■ vix 0-05 cm. lata; flores solitarii adscendentes vel patentes; pedicelli 
glabri, 0-15 cm. longi; bracteae 3, subapproximatae linearidanceolatae, 
0-2 cm. longae; sepala erecta ovata acuminata scariosa, apice foliacea, 
ciliolata, fere 0-3 cm. longa; corolla obconica pilosa, 0-9 — 1-3 cm. longa, 
segmentis erectis rotundatis, circa 0-2 cm. longis; antberae inclusae 
ovatae obtusae muticae, poro dimidio cellae aequilongo; stigma mani- 
festum capitellatum ; ovarium 8-loculare globosum glabrum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; bought fresh in Cape Town, 
Oct., H. Bolus, 13407. 
Like E. perspicua, Wendl., in every respect except that the corolla 
is obconic and shorter. Plate X D. 
E. gallorum, L. Bolus (§ Pleurocallis) , E. longifoliae affinis, sed foliis 5 : natis, 
corolla obconica breviore differt. 
Fruticulus robustus, ramis erectis vel adscendentibus, ad 45 cm. 
longis, 0-5 cm. diam., junioribus capillis simplicibus pubescentibus; 
folia 5-nata, dense imbricata, adscendentia incurvata, petiolo 0-2 cm. 
longo, linearia acuta plana, infra obscure sulcata, glabra, 1-4 — 1-6 cm. 
longa, 0-1 cm. lata; flores pseudo-axillares patentes, demum cernui; 
pedicelli pilosi, pilis paten tibus brevissimis; bracteae foliaceae 
lineares, duae subapproximatae, tertia mediana, 0-45 cm. longae; 
sepala erecta subulato-linearia acuminata, 0-55 cm. longa; corolla 
obliqua obconica, ad 1-2 cm. longa, tubo papillato pilosoque, 12-nervato, 
infra medium satis abrupto dilatato, basi 0-3 cm., apice 0-9 cm. diam., 
segmentis patentibus, demum recurvatis, oblongis obtusissimis, irregu- 
lariter crenulatis, 0-4 cm. longis, sinubus rotundatis; stamina inclusa, 
filamentis fere strictis, antheris oblongis obtusis, basi obliquis, muticis, 
poro dimidio cellae aequilongo, saturate brunneis, 0-15 cm. longis; 
stigma manifestum vel exsertum, capitatum; ovarium 4-loculare 
subobconicum, profunde 8-lobatum, sericeo-villosum, basi glabrum, 
0-25 cm. longum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; French Hoek, fl. Oct. 
(Bolus Herbarium, No. 14029). 
Closely allied to E. longifolia, Ait., but differs in having 5-nate 
leaves, and a shorter obconic corolla. Plate XI A. 
E. excavata, L. Bolus (§ Eurystegia), E. GrisbrooJcii affinis, sed foliis 4-natis, 
pedicellis pilosis longioribus, floribus minoribus, corollae sinubus ex- 
cavatis, antberae cristis angustioribus subintegris di Ifert. 
Fruticulus robustus, ramis erectis vel adscendentibus, circa, 30 cm. 
longis, ad 0-3 cm. diam., junioribus pubescentibus capillis simplicibus, 
folia 4-nata erecto-adscendentia, imbricata vel internodiis subaequi 
longa, subulata attenuata glabra, saepe ciliata, obscuie sulcata, 1 14 
cm. longa, ad 0-25 cm. lata, petiolo 0-2 cm. longo; flores pseudo-axil- 
