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basi bi-auriculate, carina incurva acutiuscula parum breviores; 
ovarium lineare, 4-ovulatum ; legumen oblongum valde compres- 
sum glabrum, 3-spermum, 7 centim. longum, 1'1 eentim. latum. 
(Ex exempll. plur. exsicc. No. 7615 ut infra.) 
Hab. In provincià Delagoa, haud procul a vado fluminis “ Ko- 
mati River drift” dicto, alt. circ. 160 metr., fl. Sept., anno 1886 
legi, No. 7615; Makapansberge, Strydpoort, in Republicà Trans- 
vaalensi, Rehmann, 5522; ** Gold Fields," 7. Baines. 
A very distinct species, with large and handsome bright blue 
flowers. 
CLIFFORTIA PILIFERA, Bolus, n.sp. Fruticulus gracilis, diffusus, 
debilis, 1-2-pedalis, erectus vel laxe inter frutices adscendens. 
Caulis ramique tenues, 1-1:5 millim. crassi, pilis longis mollibus 
pilosi ; foliola solitaria sessilia vel breviter petiolata, cordato-orbi- 
eularia vel cordato-ovata, tenuia, pennivenia grosse crenato-den- 
tata, dentibus marginatis longe cuspidatis sed nec rigidis, sinibus 
incisis, superne glabra, inferne tenuiter pilosa, sepius 25-4 
centim. longa, 2-2:5 lata; stipule bifide, membranaces ; achzenia 
haud suppetunt. (Ex exempll. exsicc. plur. sub No. 4032 ut 
infra.) 
Hab. In convalle “ Bain’s Kloof” dicta, haud procul a ponte 
“ Darling Bridge,” in latere orientali montium “ Drakensteen- 
bergen,” alt. circ. 350 metr., fl. Mart., anno 1879 legi; No. 4032 
in herbb. Kewensi, meo, &c. 
Stems and branches light yellowish-red colour; the thin semi- 
transparent leaves are pale green above, somewhat paler or livid 
below. Most nearly allied to C. odorata, but very distinct by its 
slender habit and different leaves. Itis softer and more herba- 
ceous than anything else in the genus. 
PHARNACEUM OBOVATUM, Bolus, n. sp. Herba annua, glabra, 
prostrata ; caules plurimi szpe dichotome ramosi, 20-30 centim. 
longi, circa l millim. diametro; folia verticillatim glomerati, 
glomerulis 8-12-foliatis, obovati seepius obtusissimi basi angustati, 
08-15 centim. longa, 4-7 millim. lata, internodiis multoties bre- 
viores, stipulis semiorbiculatis brevibus laceratis scariosis ; cymee 
terminales vel axillares multiflora, peduneulis rectis 2-4 centim. 
longis, supra ramificationem geniculato-flexuosis pedicellis in 
fructu 6-8 millim. longis, bracteis minimis; sepala oblonga ob- 
tusissima, margine lato membranaceo, demum 4 millim. longa, ad 
basin fere libera; stamina sepalis breviora, antheris rotundatis ; 
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