NOVITATES AFEICANAE 
193 
Described from living material which flowered in the National 
Botanic Gardens, Kirstenbosch, April, 1915. Plate XXIII E. 
Wahlenbergia Guthriei, L. Bolus ( Campanulaceae-Campanuleae ), W. robustae 
(e descr.) affinis, sed foliis sessilibus, basi ampliatis, saepius lobatis, 
corollae tubo segmentis 2— 3-plo longiore, et calycis segmentis cap- 
sulae valvas interdum multo excedentibus differt. 
Fruticulus ramosus, ramis suberectis vel patentibus virgatis 
subangulatis, pilis patentibus vel crispulatis brevissimisque pube- 
scentibus, demum glabris, rubido-brunneis, internodiis saepius 0'4 cm. 
longis ; folia fasciculata erecta, vel recurva, lanceolata vel linearia, 
acuta, marginibus revolutis vel incrassatis, saepius basin versus rigide 
ciliata, aliter glabra, primaria basi utrinque lobata, lobis obscuris vel 
bene evolutis, sursum falcato-curvatis, 0'5 — 1 cm. longa, basi ad 
0'2 cm. lata ; flores solitarii, in fascicidis subsessilibus ; calycis tubus 
subglobosus, 0'15 cm. longus, segmentis erectis lineari-lanceolatis acutis 
ciliatis, 0'3 — 0'4 cm. longis; corollae tubus cylindricus, 1 — 16 cm. 
longus, 0 - l cm. diam., apice parum dilatatus, segmentis patentibus 
lanceolatis, O' 5 — 0'6 cm. longis ; stamina corollae tubo parum breviora, 
filamentis basi non dilatatis, antheris linearibus 0 25 cm. longis ; cap- 
sula trilocularis, 0'2 cm. diam., valvis brevibus obtusis. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Mossel Bay Div., upper 
slopes of Langebei’gen, fl. April, J. Muir, 1330. George Div., near 
George, alt. 600 ft., fl. Jan., F. Guthrie, 4340 ; Montagu Pass, alt. 
2100 ft., fl. Jan., H. Bolus, 8666. 
Allied to W. robusta, Sond., according to the description, but 
differs in having sessile leaves widened at the base and usually 
lobed, the corolla-tube 2—3 times as long as the segments, and 
the calyx-segments sometimes much longer than the valves of 
the capsule. The corolla is a deep blue and very fugitive (fide 
Dr J. Muir). 
Statice capensis, L. Bolus {P lumbuginecie-Stuticeue'). Ceteris speciebus 
capensibus facile distinguitur ramis per totam longitudinem foliosis, 
et spicis simplicibus paucifloris. 
Herba rigida humilis, e basi ramosa, ramis ad flores foliosis, ad 
9 cm. longis, 0'2 cm. diam. ; folia erecta vel suberecta obovato- 
spathulata mucronata glauca, ad 1'8 cm. longa, 0'3— 04 cm. lata; 
flores erecti, in spicas flexuosas equilaterales dispositi, speciosi ; brac- 
teae late oblongae, cum bracteolis conspicue membranaceo-margmatae, 
0-4 0'5 cm. longae ; bracteolae superiores late obovatae, sine flore 
altero in axillo, 1'2 cm. longae ; calyx 1'9 cm. longus, tubo infra 
medium patenti-piloso, limbo roseo purpureo-vittato, 1'7 cm. diam, 
10-lobato, lobis subaequilongis rotundatis; petala libera spathulata 
j 
