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I. B. VILLOSA (Harv., " Fl. Cap.," ii. 28). (PI. XXXIV,. 

 Fig. A.) A prostrate creeper. Branches terete, villous. Leaves 

 1 . 2-2 cm. long, 3-5 mm. broad, lanceolate, more rarely elliptic,, 

 acute, su'bacuminate, with smooth margins, distinctly 3-nerved,, 

 villous. Flowers usually solitary on short axillary shoots, some- 

 times 2-nate. Pedicels .6-1.7 mm. long, villous, articulated 

 about the middle. Calyx-tube 2 . 5 mm. long, campanulate, 

 loosely villous ; lobes 5 mm. long, ovate, long acuminate, acute, 

 villous without ; alae 7 mm. long, 2 . 5 mm. broad, oblong, rounded 

 above, shortly stalked; carina 8 mm. long, 3.5 mm. broad, plano- 

 convex in outline, shortly stalked. Anthers of 2 sizes ; 5 a.m- 

 . 5 mm. long, orbicular in outline ; 5 are i mm. long, oblong in- 

 outline. Ovary stalked, 3 mm. long, gradually passing into the 

 arcuate style, villous ; stalk i . 5 mm. long ; stigma capitate. 

 Fruit up to 1.5 cm. long, somewhat falcate, 2-4-seeded, villous. 



Clanwilliam Division : Cedarberg Mountains, at Krakadouw 

 Pass, c. 3,000 ft., October, Bolus 8967 ! Ceres Division : Gydouw- 

 berg, Cold Bokkeveld, 5,800 ft., Jan., Schlechter 10043 '.. I'^^a^" 

 Klyn Vlei, Cold Bokkeveld, 4,500 ft., Jan., Schlechter 10197!;-, 



