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almost villous indumentum. I could find no characters by which the 

 specimens could be suitably separated except for the more robust habit 

 of Evans 634 and Flanagan 2095, and as this gives them such a distinct 

 appearance from the Basutoland specimens I have thought it advisable 

 to include them in a var. robusta, and to look upon Evans 634 as a 

 silky form of the variety in the same way as Dieterlen 1020 is a silky 

 form of the type. 



ASPALATHUS, Linn. 



A. poliotes, E. & Z. 



Klein Pot River Drift, 4550 ft., March, Galpin, 6603. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Swellendam. Albany. Uitenhage. 

 Dr. Bolus identified Mr. Galpin's plant as A. frankenioides, DC. 

 The above name was given by Kew. 



BTJCHENROEDERA, E. & Z. 



B. viminea, Presl. 



Mountain slopes and plateau. 10-30 in. high, flowers mauve. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 611 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Pondoland. East Griqualaud. Natal. 



SESUTO : Mosita-tlaM. He who overcomes lightning. Mixed with 

 Dichilus strictus, E. Mey., it is used as a charm against lightning. 



B. glabriflora, N. E. Br. 



Stony places on slopes of the Mont-aux-Sources, 8850 ft., January, 

 Thode, 7 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Queenstown. 



B. lotononoides, Scott-Elliot. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft,, December, Bolus, 8142 ! ; 

 Van Reenen, 6000 ft., February, Wood, 5625. 



B. sparsiflora. Wood & Evans. 



Bushman's River Pass, 8-9000 ft., April, Evans, 716. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



MELOLOBIUM, E. & Z. 



M. microphyllum, E. & Z. 



Ravines and mountain slopes. 2-4 ft. high, flowers yellow. A. 

 Dieterlen, 163 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, flowers yellow, Phillip*, 956 ! ; near 

 Caledon River and Orange River, Zeylier, 391 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Graaff Reinet. Komgha. 



