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THE GENUS XYS^fALOBlUM. 363
confined to Natal, two to Angola, and two to detached mountains
of the eastern district (Winterberg and Stoekenstrom). The geiaus
may therefore have arisen from some Gonijiltocar/tas of the southern
part of the Central African table-land, and thence spread southwards
as far as Port Elizabeth, and westward as far as Angola. The
following key may be of use in distinguishing the species :
A. Leaves ovate, with revolute margins,
a. Leaves glabrous ; peduncle short.
Gynostegiura shorter than the anthers 1. paili/olium.
Gynostegium as long as the anthers . 2. con/usum.
b. Leaves sparsely hairy ; peduncle short.
Leaves twice as long as broad ... 3. parviflorum.
Loaves thrice as long as broad . . 4. (ieirardi.
c. Peduncle 3 cm. or more in length . . 5. pedunculatiun.
B. Leaves elongate-lanceolate, tapering very
gradually from a broad base, with crisped
undulate margin (except 9).
Petals bearded with long chaft'y hairs. 6. undulatum.
Petals bearded with short silvery hairs 7. Stuckemtrumense.
Petals not distinctly bearded ... 8. (jumi)hocarpuides.
Gynostegium much longer than the
anthers 9. (mgolcnse.
C. Leaves linear-lanceolate.
Margin of leaf scabrid 10. involucratum.
Margin of leaf not scabrid .... 11. Hulubii.
1. X. PADiFOLiUM. Gomiyliocarpus padi/oliiis Baker (Eefug.
Botan. t. 254). " Itshongwe," native name. Natal : Port
Natal, Gueinzlus ! Near Verulam, Wood 912 ! Gerrard 1284
Inanda, Wood 1254 ! Umhlongwe, April, 1884, Wood 3013 !
Zululand : Ungoya, alt. 1000 ft.. May 5, 1887, Wood 3924!
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Kaffraria: On hills, Bazija, alt. 2000 ft., Baur 819! Shire
Highlands :
Blantyre, Last !
2. X. confusum, n. sp. Stem stout, somewhat fleshy, and
bifariously hairy. Leaves elliptic-ovate, retuse, apiculate ; margin
denticulate and thickened. Peduncles or short. Bracts
small, subulate. Pedicels 7-15. Sepals linear-lanceolate, acute,
almost as long as the petals. Petals ovate, subacute, with reflex
margins. Corona-scales, viewed from without, broadly obovate
(the tip and sides towards their buses are really doubled inwards),
and rising to about half the height of the anthers. Anthers very
sliort, not overtopping the gynostegium. Leaves 5-15 cm. long,
2-0 cm. broad. Pedicels 1-5 cm. long. Flowers about 1 cm. long
and 8 nnn. in diameter. — Natal, Mrs. Saunders I Gerrard 1282 !
Inanda, Woad 1103 !
3. X. parviflorum Ilarv. MS. Stem sparsely and roughly
hairy. Leaves ovate or triangular-ovate, acute or acuminate,
sliortly i)etiolate, sparsely hairy, margin revolute. Peduncles
longer than pedicels (8-10-flowered). Sepals lanceolate, acute,