NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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Philippia Stokoei, L. Guthrie. Fruticulus erectus, ut videtur circa 15 cm. 
altus, ramis adscendentibus pubescentibus, pilis patentibus vel reversis, 
minutis albis; folia erecta 3-nata liueari-lanceolata, supra leviter convexa, 
infra late sulcata, glabra glanduloso-ciliata, 2 — 3 mm. longa; fiores sae- 
pius 3-nati, ramulos terminantes, pedunculis glanduloso-pubescentibus, 
0-5 mm. longis; calycis segmenta apice foliacea, glanduloso-ciliata, 
maxima 2 mm., cetera 1-5 mm., longa; corolla campanulata, calycis lobis 
brevioribus aequilonga, segmentis erectis obtusis, 0-5 mm. longis; stamina 
subexserta, filamentis inter se liberis, 1 mm. longis, antheris fere ad basin 
bifidis, 1 mm. longis, poro dimidio lobi aequilongo; ovarium globosum 
4-sulcatum glabrum multi-ovulatum, 0-5 mm. longum diametroque; 
stylus exsertus, 3 mm. longus; stigma peltatum, subquadrangularis, pro- 
cessibus e medio radiantibus onustum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Hottentots- 
holland Mountains, fl. Oct. 1922, T. P.Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17678). 
A distinct species, somewhat resembling P. Chamissonis, Kl., in outward 
appearance but differing in having the filaments and anthers free, and the 
style much exserted. 
Blaeria oppositifolia, L. Guthrie. Fruticulus humilis gracillimus, copiose 
ramosus, 7 — 14 cm. altus, ramis adscendentibus glabris; folia erecta 
imbricata opposita, breviter petiolata, oblonga obtusa, supra concava, 
infra convexa, anguste sulcata, crassa glabra, marginibus minute scabridis 
hyalinisque, 1 — 1-5 mm. longa, 0-5 mm. lata; fiores 1 — 2-nati terminales; 
pedunculi glabri 3-bracteati, 1 mm. longi; bracteae 2 medianae, circa 
0-5 mm. longae, tertia basi posita, parum major, interdum foliacea; calyx 
fere ad basin 4-partitus, 0-7 mm. longus, lobis apicem versus foliaceis, 
obtusis, minute glanduloso-ciliatis, intus viscidulis; corolla tubulato- 
campanulata, obtuse 4-angulata, glabra rosea, 2 mm. longa, apice 1 mm. 
lata, lobis erectis vel leviter patentibus, longitudine quintam partem tubi 
aequantibus; stamina 4, 3 mm. longa; antherae exsertae, 1 mm. longae, 
ad medium bifidae, lobis superne leviter divergentibus, lineares, apicem 
versus leviter angustatae, obtusae, basi obliquae, scabridae atro-brunneae 
deciduae, poro minuto; ovarium 4-loculatum vel abortione 3-loculatum, 
4-angulatum, loculis saepius 2-ovulatis; stylus stigma versus leviter dila- 
tatus, 2-3 mm. longus; stigma simplex, leviter dilatatum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Hottentots- 
holland Mountains, fl. Jan. 1924, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 
17674). 
Allied to B. dumosa, Wendl., from which it differs by having opposite 
leaves and binate flowers. 
Thoracosperma rosaceum, L. Guthrie. Erectum, ad 45 cm. altum, copiose 
ramosum, ramis adscendentibus, junioribus pubescentibus pilis brevibus, 
patentibus vel reflexis; foha erecta 3-nata linearia obtusa, infra convexa, 
