THE GENUS BORBONIA LINN. LECLTMINOS.^S. 4OI 



Witsenberg and Schurfcieberg, Dec, Zeyhcr 437 ! Tulbagb Div. : 

 Great Winterhoek, Dec, Guthrie 4183!; Sneeuwgat Valley, 

 Great Winterhoek, c. 4,000 ft., Nov. -April, Phillips 1738! and in 

 Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 11 196! 



2. B. TRINERVIA (Thunb.. " Prodr.,"' p. 122). (PI. 

 XXXVIII, Fig. A.) Branches glabrous. Leaves 1.2-2.5 cm. 

 long, 1-3.5 "^"1- broad, lanceolate, acuminate, acute, pungent, 

 prominently 5-ribbed beneath, smooth above, glabrous, with the 

 margins remotely and minutely serrated and thickened. Flowers 

 solitary, rarely 2-nate, terminal on short axillary shoots. Pedicels 

 1.5-2.5 cm. long, slender, articulated 3 mm. below the calyx. 

 Bracts 4 mm. long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, acute. Calyx- 

 tube 4 mm. long, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 4 mm. long, 

 ovate, acuminate, acute, glabrous. Vexillum 9.5 mm. long, 8.5 

 mm. broad, obovate, rounded above, with a short claw, pube- 

 scent without ; al?e 9 . 5 mm. long, 3 . 5 mm. broad, oblong, rounded 

 above with a claw 2.5 mm. long; carina 8 mm. long, almost 

 plano-convex in outline, obtuse, with a claw 2.5 mm. long. 

 Anthers of 2 different sizes and shapes: the smaller .5 mm. 

 long, orbicular in outline; the larger .75 mm. long, oblong. 

 Ovary subsessile, 6 mm. long, i mm. broad, compressed, glab- 

 rous ; style 4 mm. long, arcuate; stigma capitate. Fruit 1.7 cm. 

 long, .4 cm. broad, lanceolate, subacute, glabrous. " Fl. Cap.," 

 ii. 28 



Ceres Div. : Koude Bokkeveld, 4,500 ft., Jan., Schlechter 

 10194 ! Swellendam Div.: Swellendam, Nov., Zeyher 12141 ; 

 subalpine places near Gauritz Hoogte, Mund 81 ! ; Ruggens near 

 River Zonder Einde, c. 600 ft., Oct., Galpin, 3912! Steinbok 

 River, 800 ft., Dec, Schlechter g77g\. Riversdale Div.: near 

 Riversdale, c. 800 ft., Nov., Schlechtler 1884! Dec, Pappe 6!- 

 Caledon Div. : Houw Hoek and Caledon. MacOzvaii 2830 ! and 

 in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric. 721 !. Mossel Bay Div. : Between 

 Zout River and Duyker River, Nov.; Burchell, 6386; between 

 Duyker River and Gauritz River, Nov., Burchell 6378. 



3. B. MONOSPERMA (D.C., "Prodr.," ii. 120). Shoots 

 erect, densely leafy, glabrous, slightly angular below the leaves. 

 Leaves 3-4 cm. long, 4-5 mm. broad, linear-lanceolate, shortly 

 acutely acuminate, broadly obtuse at the base, prominently 3- 

 nerved below, glabrous (pilose ciliate when quite young). 

 Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels i cm. long, long-pilose. 

 Calyx-tube turbinate, 2 mm. long, with a few long slender hairs ; 

 lobes subulate from a broader base, nearly as long as the tube, 

 with a few hairs. Corolla about 6 mm. long. Fruit 7 mm. 

 long, obliquely-ovate, flattened, acute, glabrous, i-seeded. " Fl. 

 Cap.," ii. 28. 



South Africa: without locality Bowie in Herb. Kew. 



4. B. LANCEOLATA (Linn. Sp. 994). (PI. XXXV. Fig. 

 B.) Branches terete or obtusely angled, glabrous. Leaves 1-3 



