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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
cata, parce pubescentia, ciliata, saepius 0-2 cm. longa; flores 4-nati, 
pedunculis glabrescentibus, vix 0-2 cm. longis; bracteae 3, infima parum 
infra, ceterae parum supra, medium positae, lineares coloratae, 0-1 cm. 
longae; sepala ovata acuta ciliata, saturate rosea, 0-1 cm. longa; corolla 
cyathiformis, faucibus baud vel vix contracta, 0-2 cm. longa, lobis erectis 
obtusis, tubi dimidio aecjuilongis; stamina inclusa, antberis aequilateraliter 
triangularibus, angulis rotundatis, circa 0-5 mm. longis, aristatis, aristis 
poroque lobi dimidio aequilongis; ovarium subglobosum glabrum, stig- 
mate manifesto capitato. 
Cape Province: Soutb-Western Region; Humansdorp Div., flats east, 
of Eiland’s River, alt. 750 ft., fi. June, W. G. Fourcade, 2999; flats, Witte 
Els Boscb, alt. 750 ft., fl. Aug., id., 829. 
E. cyathiformis, Salisb., has proved a difficult species. It has been identi- 
fied with E. laevis, Andr., but it seems probable that, when more material 
has been accumulated, the two species will be regarded as distinct. In 
the circumstances I have thought it advisable to give a fuller description 
than is usual in dealing with new varieties. 
E. truncata, L. Bolus (§ Eurystoma). E. saxicolae affinis, sed foliis sub- 
vesicularibus, floribus viscidissimis majoribusque, ovario glabro, differt. 
Humilis, erecta vel diffusa, ramis adscendentibus, saepe fere erectis, 
gracillimis pubescentibus, pilis patentibus brevibus, ad 20 cm. longis, 
internodiis 0-1 — 0-3 cm. longis; folia patentia vel rarius recurva, 3-nata 
suboblonga subvesicularia, supra convexa pohta, sulco late aperto, bre- 
viter apiculata, ad 0-4 cm. longa; flores 3-nati vel abortione 1 — 2-nati, 
ramuhs floriferis brevissimis, tantum folia non evoluta interdum ferenti- 
bus; pedunculi pubescentes, pilis patentibus brevissimis, 0-4 cm. longi; 
bracteae 3, infima medio posita, ceterae subapproximatae, oblongo- 
ovatae, 0-1 cm. longae; sepala ovata acuta scariosa viscida, 0-2 cm. longa 
vel ultra; corolla subcrateriformis, basi fere truncata, faucibus levissime 
contracta, saturate rubra, 0-3 cm. longa, segmentis erectis, late ovatis, 
obtusissimis, dimidium tubi excedentibus ; stamina inclusa, antheris sub- 
aequilateraliter triangularibus, angulis rotundatis, dilute brunneis, vix 
0-1 cm. longis, poro dimidio lobi breviore, cristato-aristatis, aristis patenti- 
bus, lobo subaequilongis; discus praecipue rnagnus; ovarium depresse 
globosum glabrum, stigmate manifesto simplici. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Hottentots- 
liolland Mountains, slope of Platteberg, near Palmiet River Mouth, ‘‘on 
rocks and among grass and herbage,” alt. 3000 ft., fl. Aug. — Dec., T. P. 
Stokoe, 926. 
Allied to E. saxicola, Guthrie & Bolus, but differs in having the leaves 
more or less inflated, the flowers very viscid and larger, and the ovary 
glabrous. Described from living specimens. The name refers to the some- 
what truncate base of the corolla. Plate I, D. 
