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 894 DECADES PLANTABUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRIOANARUM. In habit this species resembles P.fruticosus L'Her., but is well distinguished by its leaves and the corolla. It differs from P. laxi- florus in having purple flowers, a nearly straight corolla-tube, and subcordate leaves. 8. Plectranthus neochilus, sp. n. Fruticulus erectus, ra- mosus ; ramis obtuse quadrangularibus hirtis ; foliis carnosiusculis ovato-ellipticis basi cuneatis, dimidio superiore crenato-dentatis, obtusis vel subacutis, petiolo in genere perbrevi, utrinque hirtis vel villosis demum glabrescentibus, ad 4*5 cm. longis, medio ad 2-5 cm. latis ; inflorescentia paniculata, spicis dense multifloris elongatis ; bracteis submembranaceis suborbicularibus acuminatis, permagnis, margine ciliatis, deciduis ; verticellaris subsexfloris ; pedicellis erectis pilosis, 0*5 cm. longis; calyce tenuissime puberulo, post anthesin deflexo, valde evoluto, segmentis anticis subulatis acutis, segmento postico latissimo mucronulato ; corollas tubo subcylindrico 0'5 cm. longa dimidio anteriore subdeflexo, labio posteriore erecto subquadrato apice 4-lobulato, lobulis obtusis, exterioribus angusti- oribus, 0*4 cm. longo, labio antico porecto, subcochleari obtuso, 1*1 cm. longo ; staminibus labio antico alte adnatis, gequilongis. Habitat in regione austro-orientali : Rimero Creek prope Bar- berton (TransvaaliaB), alt. 3200 ped., Jun. 1890, E. E. Galpin, No. 968. Very unlike any described South African species. The flowers are said to be ** deep purple." 9. Euphorbia transvaalisnsis, sp. n. Herba perennis ?, gla- berrima, habitu E. erubescentis E. Mey. ; ramis teretibus remote foliatis ; foliis ellipticis obtusis vel breviter apiculatis, basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis, 4-6 cm. longis, medio l'7-2'3 cm. latis, floralibus nunc lanceolato-ellipticis mucronulatis, nunc sub- orbicularibus obtusis, reticulato-venosis, 2-4 cm. longis ; involucro singulo turbinato-campanulato, lobis erectis subquadratis ciliatis, obscure lobulatis ; glandulis loborum magnitudine bilobis ; flore ? demum involucrum excedente, ovario ovoideo glabro, stylis glabris, tertia parte basi connatis, ovario aequilongis, apice breviter bifidis ; floribus ^ pluribus ; bracteolis linearibus vel lineari-spathulatis, apice fissis vel integris pilosis. Habitat in regione austro-orientali : Barberton, prope Edwin Bray Battery (Transvaali^e), alt. c. 2000 ped., florens Nov. 1890, E. E. Galpin, No. 1198. Allied to E. erubescens E. Mey. in the section Tithymalus, but easily recognized by the leaves, fewer and larger involucres and larger glands, and very different floral leaves. 10. Eriospermum dissitiflorum, sp. n. Foliis synanthiis graciliter petiolatis, glabris, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis acutis, pro genere tenuibus 7-13 cm. longis, infra medium 4-6 cm. latis, petiolo glabro, 7-16 cm. longo ; scapo gracili 80-90 cm. alto, apice laxifloro ; floribus secundis, albidis ; perigonii foliis ovatis vel ovato- oblongis acutis vel acuminatis, glabris, erecto-patentibus, 0-5 cm. longis, medio fere 0*3 cm. latis ; staminibus petalis brevioribus filamentis petaloideis, basin versus conspicue dilatatis, ovario