126 Harry Bolus. 
Robusta, tota, petalis exceptis + pubescens; rami procumbentes 
quadrangulares, striati, foliosi, internodiis 3,5—5,5 cm longis; folia tactu 
asperula, petiolata, petiolo communi, 3—4 cm longo, internodio 1,5—2 cm 
longo, foliolis lateralibus a ramo 2—2,5 cm distantibus, circumscriptione 
obovatis, basi subcuneatis, impariter bilobis, lobis subacutis mueronulatis, 
nervis prominulis, 4—5,5 cm longis, 2,5—4 cm latis, foliolum terminale 
obovatum aequaliter 3-lobum, 6 —7,5 cm longum, 6—7 cm latum, ceteroquin 
lateralibus. conformibus; stipulae obliquae lanceolato-ovatae, acutae, ner- 
vatae ad 1 cm longae; stipellae lineares setaceo-acuminatae, 0,6 cm 
longae; pedunculi axillares ad 1,5 cm longi, bracteis lanceolatis, acutis 
0,2—0,4 em longis, 2—4-fl, pedicellis 0,4 cm longis; calyeis labio 
superiore bidentato, inferiore subaequaliter profunde 3-fido, segmentis 
lanceolatis acuminatis 0,5 cm longis, tubo subinflato 0,5 cm longo, 
0,4—0,5 cm lato; vexillum suborbiculare, basi auriculatum, 1,2 cm long 
et lat.; alae oblique oblonga obtusae, basi calcare 0,3 cm longo, instructae; 
earina oblonga obtusa leviter incurva, alas vexillumque subaequans; 
ovarium sericeo-villosum; legumen deest. N 
Transvaal Colony; on the „High Veld“, between Carolina and 
Swazieland, in grassy places, approx. alt, 1550 meters, Dec. Bolus, 
11837. 
Rather remarkable in the genus by its robustnees and large leaves, 
and by the deeply cleft lower lip of the calyx. 
18. Rhynchosia pauciflora Bolus, l. c., p. 383. 
R. foliolis longis angustisque; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, pedun- 
culatis; ealyce corollam aequante vel excedente, segmentis prominenter 
1-nervis. 
Fruticulus erectus, undique plus minusve sparse pilosus, ca. 30 cm 
altus; rami adscendentes, graciles, internodiis 2,5—3 cm longis; folia 
alterna erecta petiolata, petiolo 0,7—0,8 cm longo, foliolis linearibus, apice 
basique angustatis, mucronulatis, marginibus reflexis, superne delicate 
reti-venosis, pallidioribus, inferne nervo medio valde prominente, 6—7 cm 
longis, 0,4 —0,5 em latis; stipulae subulatae, longe acuminatae, 0,8—0,9 cm 
longae; pedunculi axillares, patentes, graciles, 5—6 em longi, apicem versus 
articulati, ad articulum bracteola setacea 0,4 cm longa ornati; calyx 
campanulatus, persistens, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, subaequalibus, 
nervo medio perspicuo, superioribus- usque ad medium connatis, in- 
ferioribus fere ad basin liberis, corollam aequantibus vel saepius exce- 
dentibus; vexillum glabrum, carina aequilongum, 1,3 cm longum; legumen 
oblique ovatum pilosum 2-spermum, stylo persistente desinens, 3 cm 
longum, 0,8—1 cm latum. 
Transvaal Colony, in grassy places, ,High Veld“, near Carolina, 
approx. alt, 1790 meters, Jan., Bolus, 11842 (in herb. Kew, my own, &c.). 
19. Metalasia pallida Bolus, l. c., p. 384. (Compositae- Inuloideae.) 
M. aduncae affinis, sed foliis nec uncinatis, capitulis 10-fl., involucri 
squamis petaloideis 2— 2-seriatis. sie 
Suffrutex erectus, totus pallidus, 25 —30 cm altus; rami adscen- 
