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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
purpurea, 1'5 cm. longa; antherae supra medium dorsifixae, 0'3 cm. 
longae; ovarium acute 5-angulatum, 0'3 cm. longum, stylis liberis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; nr. Hopefield, fl. Dec., 
R. Pattison (Bolus Hei’b., No. 13254). 
Easily distinguished from all the other Cape species by .the 
branches being leafy throughout, and by the unbranched few-flowered 
spikes. The calyx is very like that of S. rosea, Sm. Plate XXIII A. 
Stapelia Rogersii, L. Bolus ( Asclepiadaceae-Stapelieae ), caulibus glabris, 
corollae disco dense papillato, segmentis replicatis, basin versus pilis 
pellucidis apice globose inflatis, coronae squamis interioribus gra- 
cillimis elongatis bene distinguitur. 
Caules ascendentes vel erecti, 4-angulati, inter angulos rotundatos 
sulcati, glabri, dilute virides. ad 10 cm. alti, sine dentibus 0'8cm.diam., 
dentibus suberectis vel patentibus subulatis acutissime acuminatis, 
1 — 1'8 cm. longis, basi ad O' 5 cm. diam. ; flores in 3 — 4 fasciculos per 
caulem dispositi, saepius duo in fasciculo siniul aperti, pedicellati, 
pedicellis glabris 1/3— 1 ‘5 cm. longis, 0'15cm. diam.; sepala lanceolata 
acuminata glabra, 0‘3 — 0’4 cm. longa ; corolla pallida subflavida, ex- 
tensa 3 — 3'5 cm. diam., disco 0’5 cm. diam., papillis brevibus globosis 
pellucidis dense vestito, segmentis ascendentibus incurvis, rarius 
patentibus, linearibus acutis, supra medium replicatis, superne minutis- 
sime papillatis, dorso glabris, infra medium ad basin pilis introflexis 
multicellularibus pellucidis, apice globose inflatis, O'l cm. longis ciliatis ; 
coronae squamae exteriores e basi patente sursum curvatae, oblongae, 
supra canaliculatae, apice 3-dentatae, vix 0 - 3 cm. longae, interiores 
erectae, fere ad basin 2-partitae, segmento dorsali filiformi integro, 
0‘5 cm. longo, segmento interiore ad antheram 3-partito, partibus simil- 
limis filiformibus attenuatis, apice tortis intertextisque, 0 - 8 cm. longis. 
Tropical Africa : Bechuanaland Protectorate, Mahalapye, fl. Mar., 
F. A. Rogers, 6298. Flowered in National Botanic Gardens, Mar. 
1915. No. - 6 t 5 J, 
A very distinct species having glabrous stems, corolla-disk densely 
papillose, segments replicate, ciliate towards the base with pellucid 
hairs globosely swollen at the apex, and the inner coronal scales very 
slender and elongated. 
Duvalia transvaalensis, Schltr., var. parviflora, L. Bolus, nov. var., corollae 
annulo minute scaberulo, lobis eciliatis maculatis, 0’8 cm. longis. 
Transvaal : Kalahari Region ; in shrubberies on farm “ Seringa,” 
nr. Naboomspruit, alt. 3750 ft., E, E. Galpin, 8467. Flowered in 
Garden at Queenstown, March, 1914. 
Described from living material and flowers preserved in formalin 
by Mr Galpin who notes that “ it does not seem to open more than 
