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Inflorescence a compact spike, sessile, terminal, 1 cm. long, 1 cm. 

 broad, globose. Bracts 3 mm. long, linear, obtuse, channelled above, 

 villous; bracteoles similar but smaller. Calyx-tube 3 mm. long, 

 obconical, villous above, glabrous below ; lobes 2 - 5 mm. long, ovate, 

 acuminate, trigonus, subacute, villous outside, glabrous within. 

 Corolla wanting. Filaments 075 mm. long, filiform, glabrous ; 

 anthers 1 mm. long, oblong, curved. Ovary 1 mm. long, glabrous ; 

 style simple, faintly 3-lobed at the apex. Fruit not seen. 



Eesembles in habit P. stipularis, Linn., but differs by the absence 

 of stipules. Allied to P. montana, Sond., but differs in having pilose 

 branches ; leaves not tomentose beneath ; the calyx villous not 

 tomentose, and the petals wanting. 



ANACABDIACEAE. 



Bhus Tysoni, Phillips., sp. nov. Bavii pubescenti. Folia petiolata, 

 2-2-5 cm. longa, petiolus 08-l"2 cm. longus, pubescens. Foli<tl<t 

 0'8-l'7 cm. longa, 06-P3 cm. lata, obovata, obovato-cuneata, elliptica 

 vel obovato-elliptica, mucronata, pubescentia. Lobi calyci 1 mm. 

 longi, ovati, apice obtusi, pubescentes. Fructus 4 mm. latus, 

 globosus, glaber, rogosus. 



Griqualand East: In rupestribus apud " Sibis Kraal" pr. 

 Matatiele, Jan., 1884, 5,200 ft. Tyson 1628. 



Branches terete, pubescent. Leaves petiolate, 2-2-5 cm. long, 

 3-foliate. Petiole 0-8-1-2 cm. long, terete, pubescent. Medianleaflet 

 1-1'7 cm. long, 0'7-l'3 cm. broad, obovate or obovate-cuneate, 

 mucronate, acute at the base, pubescent above and beneath ; lateral 

 leaflets 0'8-l - l cm. long, 6-8 mm. broad, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 

 mucronate, not narrowed so much at the base as the median leaflet, 

 pubescent above and beneath. Inflorescence racemose, terminal or 

 axillary. Peduncles terete, pubescent. Pedicels 3 mm. long, almost 

 glabrous. Calyx-lobes 1 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, pubescent. 

 Corolla and stamens not seen. Fruit 4 mm. in diameter, globose, 

 glabrous, wrinkled when dry. 



Near B. glauca, Desf., from which it differs in having pubescent 

 leaves. 



LEGUMINOSAE. 



Podalyria Pearsonii, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutcx - 3-l m. altus. 

 Hamuli pubescenti, demum glabri. Folia subsessilia, 0'9-2 - 5 cm. 

 longa, 2-7 mm. lata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice 

 mucronata recurvaque, raro obovata et apice obtusa, supra glabra, 



