120 Annals of the South African Museum. 



infra dense pubescentia. Stipulac 2 mm. longae, subulatae. 

 Flores singuli, terminales vel axillares. Pedunculus 1 cm. longus, 

 pubescens. Tubus calyci 2 mm. longus, villosus ; lobi 5 mm. longi, 

 villosi. Vexillum 12 cm. longum, 1-8 mm. latum, obovatum, 

 glabrum ; alae 1*4 cm. longae, 7 mm. latae, oblongo-ovatae, glabrae ; 

 carina l'l cm. longa, 4-5 mm. lata, glabra. Filamenta 1 cm. longa, 

 linearia, supra angustata, glabra ; antherae 1 mm. longae, oblongae. 

 Ovarium 5 mm. longum, dense villosum ; stylus 5 mm. longus, 

 teres, superne angustatus ; stigma capitatum. 



Van Ebynsdorp Division : Giftberg Eange, 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Phillips 7486 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Kamics- 

 berg, Giftberg, and OliphanVs Purer Mountains, 1911. 



Bush O'3-l m. bigh. Branch-lets terete, densely pubescent, at 

 lengtb becoming glabrous. Leaves subsessile, - 9-2'5 cm. long, 

 2-7 mm. broad, lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, with a recurved 

 mucro, rarely obovate and obtuse, glabrous above, densely silky 

 beneath, the midrib prominent beneath, sunken above. Stipules 

 2 mm. long, subulate. Floivers solitary, terminal, or axillary. Buch 

 - 8-l cm. long, ovate or elliptic, subobtuse, villous. Peduncle 1 cm 

 long, terete, pubescent. Calyx-tube 2 mm. long, 8 mm. wide 

 villous ; lobes 5 mm. long, tapering from the base to the apex 

 villous. Corolla pink. Vexillum 2-lobed, 1-2 cm. long, 1-8 cm 

 broad, obovate, shortly clawed, glabrous; alae 1"4 cm. long, 7 mm 

 broad, oblong-obovate, rounded above, shortly clawed and oblique at 

 the base, glabrous ; carina 1 - 1 cm. long, 4*5 mm. broad, plano-convex 

 in outline, oblique and clawed at the base, glabrous. Filaments 

 1 cm. long, linear, narrowing to the apex, glabrous ; anthers 1 mm. 

 long, oblong. Ovary 5 mm. long, densely villous, many ovulate ; 

 style curved, 5 mm. long, terete, narrowing above, villous below ; 

 stigma capitate. Fruit not seen. 



Near P. glauca, DC, from which it differs in its more virgate 

 habit and shorter peduncles. 



Named in honour of Dr. H. H. W. Pearson. 



Argyrolobiwn humile, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex circa 15 cm. altus. 

 Bami villosi. Petiolus 3-4 mm. longus, villosus. Foliala 09-2-3 cm. 

 longa, 0'5-l'7 cm. lata, elliptica, apice acuta, basi acuta, supra 

 infraque strigulosa, marginibus villosis. Stipulac - 9-l cm. longae, 

 lanceolatae, acuminatae, apice acutae, strigulosae. Segmenta calyci 

 lanceolata, apice acuta, membranacea, pilosa. Vexillum 1*3 cm. 

 longum, 1*5 cm. latum, ovato-orbiculatum, apice obtusum, strigulosum, 

 ciliatum ; alae l'l cm. longae, 6 mm. latae, obovatae, apice obtusae, 

 glabrae ; carina 9 mm. longa, 5 - 5 mm. lata, glabra. Stamina 9 mm. 



