MR. P. MACOWAN ON NEW CAPE PLANTS. 385 
New Care PrawTs, chiefly from those distributed by Messrs. 
MacOwan and Bolus. By P. MacOWan, F.L.S., Director 
of the Botanic Garden, Capetown. 
[Read 21st March, 1889.] 
Most of the new species here described have been distributed in 
the “ Herbarium Normale Austro-Africanum,” issued at intervals 
since 1884, by Mr. Bolus and myself. It is necessary to state 
that the collation of original types, whenever obtainable, and 
the correction of some errors in published descriptions, are due 
to the liberal cooperation of the authorities of the Royal Her- 
barium of Kew, without whose assistance these sets of Cape 
plants would have had but slender claim to authentic nomen- 
clature. 
POLYGALA GYMNOCLADA, MacOwan, n. sp.—Suffruticosa, caule 
virgato, glabro, sursum 2—3-chotomo, sparsim foliaceo, deor- 
sum nudo; foliis sessilibus, subdistantibus, glabris; racemis 
terminalibus plurifloribus subsecundis; pedicellis floribus æqui- 
longis; bracteis subulatis, minutis, cito deciduis ; sepalis ovato- 
eymbifurmibus, margine membranaceis, alis suborbiculatis, basi 
obliquis, obtusis, carinam squantibus; petalis lateralibus cultri- 
formibus ad medium auriculatis, basi pubescentibus. 
Hab. In graminosis cirea Kokstad, in ditione Griqualand East, 
alt. 4800 ped., Dec. 1883, Tyson, no. 1120 ; Herb. Norm. Austr.- 
Afr. no. 884. Bazija, transflum. Bashee, Baur, no. 63, 243. 
Somerset East, MacOwan, no. 1693. Cooper, no. 927. 
A slender virgate suffrutex, generally quite nude and un- 
branched below, with the aspect of P. hottentotta, Presl. Leaves 
6-9 lines long, 4-1 line broad. Ale 2 lines long, purplish 
pink. 
Poty@ata conrusa, MacOwan, n. sp.— Basi suffruticosa, caule 
ramoso, ramis tenuibus, laxis, patentibus, pubescentibus; foliis 
alternis aut rarius oppositis, breviter petiolatis, subdistantibus, 
ovatis, glabris vel pubescentibus; racemis plerumque lateralibus, 
laxis; bracteis minutis, persistentibus ; peduneulis flore longio- 
ribus, deflexis; alis ovato-orbicularibus, valde obliquis, venosis, 
petalis lateralibus sigmoideis, margine superiore incurvata; cap- 
sula obeordata ; seminibus nigris, exalatis, pubescentibus. 
