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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
anguste sulcata, glabra, primum scabrido-ciliata, internodiis aequilonga, 
2 mm. longa; flores numerosi, 2 — 6-nati, terminantes ramulos breves 
apicem versus ramorum dispositos; pedunculi puberuli rubescentes 2 — 3- 
bracteati, 1 mm. longi; bracteae puberulae, nunc amines approximatae, 
plus minusve calyci adpressae, nunc unica mediana foliaceaque vel 
deficiens; calyx fere ad basin 4-lobatus, lobis ovatis subacutis, apice 
carinatis, ad basin parce puberulis, ciliatis, 1 mm. longis, latitudine inter 
se variantibus; corolla tubulata, leviter inflata, interdum obtuse 4-angu- 
lata, rosea, 3 mm. longa, lobis erectis, demum conniventibus, obtusis, 
circa 0-6 mm. longis latisque; stamina 4, 4 mm. longa; antherae exsertae, 
fere ad basin parti tae, lobis primum baud divergentibus, atro-brunneae 
scabridae, 1 mm. longae, aristatae, aristis minutis liberis, poro tertiam 
partem lobi aequante; discus conspicuus, purpureus; ovarium sub- 
globosum obtuse 4-angulatum, 4-loculatum, loculis 1-ovulatis, puberulum, 
0-5 mm. longum diametroque, stylo 4 mm. longo, stigmate simplici. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale Div., hills at Muis- 
kraal, alt. 1500 ft., fl. Aug., Dr John Muir , 2697. 
Nearest T. Marlothii, N. E. Br., but differs in having less imbricate 
leaves, calyx-segments larger and connate only near the base, ovary 
puberulous, awns not decurrent on the filament. 
T. viscidum, L. Guthrie. Erectum, copiose ramosum, circa 36 cm. altum, 
ramulis pubescentibus ; folia paten ti-incurva, rarius reflexa, 4-nata, supra 
convexa glabra, infra convexa scabrido-pubescentia, late sulcata, cum 
petiolo 3 mm. longa, internodiis aequilonga; flores numerosi, breves 
laterales ramulos terminantes, viscidi purpureo-rubentes ; pedunculi 
puberuli, 1- — 1-5 mm. longi, prope apicem unicam bracteam ferentes, 
rarius 1 — 2 bracteis minimis, calyci adpressis, additis; calyx fere ad basin 
aequaliter 4-lobus, 1 mm. longus, lobis corollae arete adpressis, lanceo- 
latis, late sulcatis, ciliatis, 0-7 mm. longis; corolla ovata, obtuse 4-angu- 
lata glabra, 3-5 mm. longa, prope basin 2 mm. diam., lobis erectis, demum 
conniventibus, longi tudine quartam partem tubi aequantibus; stamina 
exserta, filamentis 4 mm. longis, antheris lineari-oblongis, lobis haud 
divergentibus, deciduis, 1*5 mm. longis, minute aristatis; ovarium stipi- 
tatum, 2 — 3-loculatum, compressum vel triangulate, loculis 1-ovulatis, 
stylo filiformi, 6 mm. longo, stigmate simplici. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; probably Ceres Div., exact 
locality unknown, obtained at the Wild-Flower Show, Cape Town, Oct. 
1920 (Bolus Herbarium, No. 16779). 
Allied to T. interruptum, N. E. Br., but differs in having larger viscid 
flowers, and leaves as long as the internodes, usually spreading. 
Acrostemon Fourcadei, L. Guthrie. Erectus, copiose ramosus, ramulis erectis 
albido-tomentosis ; folia erecta 3-nata lanceolata obtusa, supra plana, nervo 
medio saepe prominente, infra convexa, anguste sulcata, glabra, margini- 
