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 391 DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO- AFRIOANARUM. AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. DECAS I. 1. Muraltia alticola, sp.n. Suffrutex subglaber, ramosus ; ramis divaricatis, decumbentibus, patentibusve, 10-18 cm. longis, teretibas, foliosis, apicem versus subinconspicue puberulis, demum glabris ; foliis subsessilibus, setaceo-filiformibus obtusis vel breviter apiculatis plus minusve recurvato-arcuatis, 0-4-0-7 cm. longis, glaberrimis ; floribus axillaribus sparsis sessilibus, 0*5 cm. longis ; sepalis erectis ovato-oblongis, interioribus mucronulatis, exterioribus obtusis, aequilongis, petalis lateralibus, duplo brevioribus ; petalis lateralibus e basi angustata linearibus subacutis, intus sparsim pilosis, medio arete coalitis, 0*5 cm. longis; carina propria 0*4 cm. longa, ungue lineari, lamina cucullata obtusissima, basi pilosa, appendicibus petaloideis cuneato flabellatis margine superiore crenulatis, 0*2 cm. longis ; capsula suborbiculari, glabra, vel sub- glabra, cornubus filiformibus capsulae aequilongis sparsim pilosulis ; seminibus sparsissime retrorsim hispidulis. In regione austro-orientali : in clivis montis Hangklip, prope Queenstown, alt. 6000 ped., Mart. 1893, E. E. Galpin, No. 1509. The present species differs from M. tenuifolia DC, from the south-western region, by its flowers and fruits, as well as in its more shrubby and rigid habit. The lateral petals and carina are rose-coloured, the two appendages of the carina almost white. 2. Oxalis Galpinii, sp. n. Herba perennis, bulbosa, acaulis, 9-12 cm. alta; foliis erectis graciliter petiolatis glaberrimis, tri- foliatis, foliolis obcordatis, apice profunde excisis, 0*8-1 cm. longis, infra apicem 1-1-1 cm. latis, serie una glandularum nigrum margi- natis, utrinque cellulosis, petiolo ad 7 cm. longo, pedunculo gracih, unifloro, glaberrimo, folia excedente, supra medium bracteolis 2 minutis donato ; calycis segmentis lanceolatis obtusis, glabris, vel subglabris, apice glandulis 2 oblongis badiis omatis, 0*6 cm. longis, corollae tubo dimidio brevioribus ; petalis roseis' ungue albido-flavescentibus, obtusis, 1*8 cm. longis; stylis dense hispidis; capsula calycem paulo excedente, oblonga obtusa, glabra. In regione austro-orientali : in monte Hangklip, prope Queens- town, alt. c. 6500 ped., Novemb. 1893, E. E. Galpin, No. 1630. The nearest allies to 0. Galpinii are 0. psilopoda Turcz. and 0. imhncata E. Z., from both of which our plant is at once distinguished by its perfectly glabrous leaves. It possesses a slight resemblance to 0. semiloba Sond., but differs from it by the single-flowered scapes. According to Mr. Galpin's statement, the flowers are pink. 3. Buchenroedera pauciflora, sp. n. Suffrutex humilis erectus, e basi ramosus, 10-15 cm. altus ; ramulis teretibus, puberulis, demum glabrescentibus, dense foliatis ; stipulis foliaceis lineari- subulatis, petiolum vix excedentibus, glabrescentibus, c. 0*5 cm. longis ; foliolis lineari- subulatis acutis, glabrescentibus, petiolo