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8. B. UNDULATA (Thunb., " Prodr.." p. 122). A pros- 

 trate plant. Branches dark red (Phillips), pilose becoming almost 

 glabrous. Leaves .9-2.5 cm. long, rounded and mucronate at the 

 apex, aniplexicaul at the base, pilose above and beneath, becom- 

 ing almost glabrous in old specimens, with the margins rough or 

 sometimes almost smooth. Inflorescence a 2-5-flowered 

 peduncled raceme ; peduncle pilose. Pedicels 4 mm. long, terete, 

 pilose. Bract 7 mm. long, linear, minutely toothed, long ciliate ; 

 bracteoles 4 mm. long, otherwise similar to the bracts. Calyx- 

 tube 4 mm. long, campanulate, pilose ; lobes, 5 mm. long, ovate, 

 acuminate, acute, minutely toothed, pilose. Vexilliim i mm. 

 long, I mm. broad, obovate, retuse and with a minute tooth at 

 the apex, shortly clawed, pubescent without ; alae 7 mm. long, 

 3 mm. broad, oblong, rounded above, with a linear claw 2.5 mm. 

 long; carina 6 mm. long, 4 mm. broad, plano-convex in outline, 

 with a linear claw 3 mm. long. Larger anthers i mm. long; 

 ol)long in outline ; smaller anthers .5 mm. long, orbicular in out- 

 line. Ovary 5 mm. long, i mm. broad, linear, villous ; style 

 arcuate ; stigma capitate. Fruit not seen. " Fl. Cap.," ii. 30. 



Tulbagh Div. : Sneeuwgat Valley, on the Great Winterhoek, 

 400 ft., Nov., Phillips 1731 !; near Tulbagh Waterfall, Sept. -Oct., 

 Ecklon and Zeyher 1207!; near Tulbagh, Oct., Pappe 12! Paarl 

 Div. : Du Toit's Kloof, Drege. Cape Div. : Table Mountain, Nov., 

 Zeyher \ Also one of two specimens on a sheet in Herb. Musei. 

 Austro-Afric ! 



var. ciliata, Phillips var. nov. Leaves never more than 

 I cm. long, 7-8 mm. broad, ovate, pungent, longer than the inter- 

 nodes. Flowers appear to be always solitary. B. ciliata. 

 Willd. D. C, " Prodr.," ii. 120 ex parte. 



Tulbagh Div. : Witsenberg, Dec, Zeyher 363. 



9. B.MULTIFLORA. Phillips, sp. nov. (PI. XXXVI, Fig. 

 A.) Rami paullo pilosi vel glabri. Folia .8-2.8 cm. longa, .8-2.5 

 cm. lata, ovata, apice acuta mucronataque, basi amplexicaulis, 

 glabra, margine dentato. Inflorescentia terminalia racemosa, plus 

 5-florifera. Tubusf calyci 4 mm. longus, campanulatus, villosus; 

 lobi 5 mm. longi, ovati, acuminati, apice acuti. Corolla i.i cm. 

 longa, villosa. Antherce .75-1 mm. longse. Ovarium 5 mm. 

 Icngum, compressum, pubescente ; stylus arcuatus ; stigma capi- 

 tatum. Fructus 2.2-3 cm. longus, 4.5-5 mm. latus, sub-falcatus, 

 'compressus, paullo pilosus. B. undulata, Thunb., var. multiflora. 

 Harv., " Fl. Cap.," ii. 30. 



Calvinia Div. : Jackalsfontein, Leipoldt 944 !. Clanwilliam 

 Div.: Brackfontein, Sept., Zeyher 1203!. Olifant's River, Dick- 

 son! Piquetberg^ Div. : Mountains round Piquetberg, Oct, 

 Bolus, 7516!. rocky places on eastern slopes of Pickenier's Pass, 

 Nov., Pearson in Percy Sladen Memorial Exped. 5147!. Tulbagh 

 Div. : Porterville Road, Edwards in Herb. Bolus. 



