NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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Described from living material which flowered in the National 
Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Dec. — Jan., 1914 15. 
Mesembrianthemum ebracteatum, L. Bolus, perenne suberectum ramosnm, 
folns basi connatis semiteretibus, minute papillosis, pedunculis 
ebiacteatis, floribus 3-natis 4-meris, petalis purpureis. 
Herba subrigida glabra, ad 15 cm. alta; rami teretes rubescentes ; 
folia patentia subacuta, l - 8 — 2'6 cm. longa, 0 - 4 — 0'5 cm. diam. ; 
pedunculi subcompressi, 0'5 — 1‘5 cm. longi ; calyx turbinatus, scg- 
mentis valde inaequalibus, duo foliaceis, 1 — 2 cm. longis ; petala 
pluriseriata, anguste linearia, acuta, l - 6 — 1 - 8 cm. longa; stamina 
plurima, in stylos incurvata ; ovarium convexum, 0'4 cm. diam. ; stylis 
erecto-patentibus setaceo-acuminatis, 0'3 cm. longis. 
Locality unknown. 
A perennial, rather rigid, branched herb, with the leaves connate 
at the base, semi-terete, minutely papillose, all the peduncles ebrac- 
teate, the flowers 3-nate 4-merous and the petals purple. 
Described from a living plant which flowered in Mr N. S. Pillans’ 
garden from Oct. — Dec., 1908. The larger measurements given were 
taken from the plant as it was in Oct., the smaller as it was during 
the summer months. 
Relhania Steyniae, L. Bolus ( Compositae-Inuloideae ), foliis erectis vel erecto- 
patentibus, apice strictis, dense imbricatis, subcomplicatis, dorso can- 
natis, capitulis 4 — 5 aggregatis sessilibus, facile distinguitur. 
Fruticulus ad 15 cm. altus, ramis adscendentibus glabris vel 
junioribus araneosis, dense foliosis; folia sessilia quadriseriata, saepis- 
sirne arete adpressa, lineari-lanceolata acuminata pungenti-mucronata 
subaraneosa, mox glabrescentia, 0‘8 — 1'8 cm. longa, 0'2 — 0’4 cm. lata; 
involucrum oblongum, 0 - 8 — 1 cm. longum, apice 0'5 cm. diam., squamis 
circa 6-seriatis, ovatis vel oblongis obtusis scariosis brunneis, mar- 
ginibus hyalinis ; receptaculum supra planum, 0'25 cm. diam. ; paleae 
lineares, 0'7 cm. longae ; disci corolla cylindrici, supra medium parum 
ampliata, 05 cm. longa, segmentis acutis, vix 0'1 cm. longis ; ovarium 
glabrum, 0'2 cm. longum ; pappus e squamis pluribus hyalinis fere 
liberis, 0'75 mm. longis compositus. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., Stille Bay, 
fl. July, Mrs J. G. Steyn (E. E. Galpin, 5438); fl. Jan., J. Muir , 18(55. 
Easily distinguished by the erect or erect-spreading leaves, straight 
at the apex, densely imbricate, rather complicate, and keeled doisalh , 
and the sessile heads, 4 — 5 in a cluster. Plate XXIII C. 
Relhania Patersoniae, L. Bolus, R. centauroidi (e descr.) affinis, sed foliis 
oppositis, capitulis obconicis majoribusque, involucri squamis omnibus 
membranaceo-marginatis differt. 
A. B. H. 
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