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 DECADES PLANTARUM NOYABUM AUSTRO^AIRICANARUM. 503 Well distinguished from all its congeners by the extremely long corolla-tube. In other respects, especially in general appearance, it seems to be allied to C. linifolium Bth. from the south-western region. Mr. Galpin gives the colour of the flowers as '* mauve." 17. Selago albanensiS; sp. n. Fruticulus habitu fere -8'. /?i««i- cos(B L. ; ramis erectis vel erecto-patentibus glabris, cortice demum ebrunnescentibus, dense foliatis ; foliis erecto-patentibus linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis acutis, subplanis, utrinque glabris, 0-5-l*2 cm. longis, medio c. 0* 1-0-2 cm. latis ; floribus (fide collectoris) luride lilacinis in spica subdensa terminal!, cylindrica (omnino more 8. fruticoscB) ; bracteis erecto-patentibus linearibus vel lineari- lanceolatis acutis, glabris, basin versus tenuiter ciliatis, nunc flores aequantibus, nunc tubo aequilongis ; calyce tripartito, segmentis 2 lateralibus, lauceolatis acuminatis, margine ciliatis, segmento inter- medio ciliato subduplo majoribus vix 0-3 cm. excedentibus ; corollse tubo glabro, e basi subcylindrica, apicem versus paulo dilatata, 0-5-0-6 cm. longo, ore obliquo, segmentis subaequalibus, oblongis obtusis glabris, c. 0*3 cm. longis ; staminibus 2 brevioribus faucibus aequilongis, 2 longioribus fauces excedentibus, filamentis corollae alte adnatis filiformibus, glabris, antheris basi cordatis marginibus incurvis, submitr^eformibus ; stylo filiformi glabro, stamina supe- riora paulo superante ; ovario glabro, ovoideo-oblongo. In regione austro-orientali : in graminosis prope Port Alfred, alt. c. 200 ped., Nov. 1895, E. E. Galpin, No. 3022. Nearest allied to 8. Zeyheri Choisy, but differing in its leaves not turning black in drying, and much more virgate branches, besides other characters mentioned in the description. It seems to be rare, and is only known to me from Mr. Galpin's collection. 18. Lachnaea Marlothii, sp. n. Fruticulus humilis e basi ramosus ; ramis erecto-patentibus teretibus, glabris, dense foliatis ; foliis oppositis erectis linearibus acutis, semiteretis vel potius dorso obtuse carinatis, glabris, 0-3-0-5 cm. longis; floribus in genere inter minores, niveis, in capitulum terminalem semiglobosum pauciflorum aggregatis ; involucri foliis ovatis obtusis concavis, margine membranescentibus dense villoso- ciliatis, floribus brevi- oribus ; perigonio extus dense strigoso, tubo perbrevi, 0/1 cm. longo, segmentis ovatis acutis, erecto-patentibus, subsequalibus, vix 0-3 cm. longis, intus glabris, faucibus intus dense satis niveis sericeis barbato ; staminibus biseriatis, 4 longioribus, 4 duplo brevioribus, filamentis glabris ; coronse squamis ad fauces 8 mi- nutis, spathulatis obtusis glabris, stylo erecto subulato, coronas squamas paulo excedente, stigmate amplo subgloboso-capitato ; ovario oblongo tenuissime puberulo, receptaculo subobsoleto, dense pilis flexuosis villoso. In regione austro-occiden tali : in clivis graminosis montis Ma- troosberg, ait. 6000-6500 ped., Dec. 1895, R. Marloth, No. 2218 ; No. 2276. Differs from L. penicillata Meisn. and L. funicaulis Schinz by its larger and more hemispherical heads, and by the much shorter corolla-tube. The flowers are pure white.