Descriptions of New Plants front, the Gift Berg. 105 



LEGUMINOSAE. 



Aspalathus dianthopora, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex 1-1*5 m. altus. 

 Hamuli pubescenti vel tomentosi, tandem glabri. Folia 4-9 mm. 

 longa, teretia, apice apiculata, glabra. Pcduncidus 0*4-1 cm. longus, 

 teres, tomentosus. Bracteae 3 mm. longae, lineares. Calyx cam- 

 panulatus, glaber ; tubus 9 mm. longus ; lobi 2-5 mm. longi, apice 

 acuti. Vcxillum 9 mm. longum, 1 mm. latum, pubescens ; alae 

 7 mm. longae, oblongae, glabrae ; carina 8 mm. longa, apice obtusa, 

 glaber. Ovarium circa 5 mm. longum, basi paullo pubescens ; stylus 

 paullo compressus, apice angustatus, glaber ; stigma capitatum. 



Cape Region. Van Ehynsdorp Div. : Gift Berg Eange, 1-2,000 ft. 

 Phillips 7487 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berg, Gift Berg, and the Oliphant's Eiver Mountains, 1911. 



A bush 3-4 ft. high. Branchlets pubescent or tomentose, at 

 length becoming glabrous ; bark splitting. Leaves fascicled, 4-9 mm. 

 long, terete, acutely apiculate, glabrous, tomentose on the leaf 

 cushion. Flowers pedunculate, 2-nate, yellow. Peduncle - 4-l cm. 

 long, terete, tomentose. Bracts 3 mm. long, linear. Calyx cam- 

 panulate, glabrous ; tube 9 mm. long ; lobes 2 - 5 mm. long, triangular, 

 acute. Vcxillum 9 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, orbicular, subemarginate, 

 pubescent, with an oblong deeply and broadly channelled claw 



2 mm. long ; alae shortly clawed, 7 mm. long, rounded above, 

 glabrous ; carina 8 mm. long, obtuse, glabrous, with a linear claw 



3 mm. long. Stamens monodelphous. Ovary about 5 mm. long, 

 2-ovulate, slightly pubescent at the base on the ventral face, otherwise 

 glabrous; style somewhat compressed, narrowing upwards, glabrous ; 

 stigma terminal, capitate. 



This species differs from A. subidata, Thunb., which it very much 

 resembles, by the pubescent vexillum. 



DEOSEEACEAE. 



Drosera alba, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba acaulescens. Folia 

 inferne 0-9-1 *2 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, oblanceolata-linearia ; superne 

 45 cm. longa, 1 mm. lata, linearia, apice obtusa, basi angustata. 

 Pcduncidus 5*5 cm. longus, teres, glandulosus. Lobi calyci 3 - 5 mm. 

 longi, oblongi, apice obtusi, glandulosi. Pctala 7 mm. longa, 6 mm. 

 lata, obovata vel paullo orbiculata, apice rotunda, basi angustata, 

 glabra. Anthcrae 1*5 mm. longae. Ovarium 2 mm. longum, ellipti- 

 cum ; stylus superne divisus ; stigma capitatum. 



Cape Region. Van Ehynsdorp Div. : Gift Berg Eange, 1-2,000 ft. 

 Phillips 7565 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berg, Gift Berg and the Oliphant's Eiver Mountains, 1911. 



