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Expedition- 7023! Tulbagh Div. : Steendal. Oct., Pappe 8!; 

 Winterhoek, Ecklon and Zcyhcr, 1209!. Worcester Div.: Dal 

 Josaphat. 600 ft., Jan., Tyson 866!. Caledon Div.: Caledon, 

 MacOwan\; mountains round Houw Hoek, c. 1,200 ft., Nov., 

 Galpin 3914!; Donker Hoek Mountains, Bavian's Kloof, near 

 Genadendal, Febr., Burchell 7818. Burchell 7990. Stellenbosch 

 Div.: near Gordon's Bay, c. 800 ft., Dec. Bolus 9822 I ; Marloth, 

 4502b ! ; Sir Dowry's Pass, 800 ft., Jan., Schlcchtcr 72^2, !, March, 

 Burchell 8205. Paarl Div. : Paarlberg-, 700 ft., Oct., Bolus 

 2748!; Du Toit's Kloof, Drege; near French Hoek Pass, 1,500 

 ft., Oct., Phillips 1099!. Cape Div.: Table Mountain, 250 ft.. 

 Oct., MacOivan in Herb. Norm. Aiistro-Afric. 720!: Devil's 

 Peak, Jan., Wolley Dod, 587! 725; Table Mountain. Oct., Ecklon 

 and Zeyher 1208!. MacOivan 2349! 2349b.!, Bolus, 2y^y\, 

 Burchell.. 36, 468, Alexander, Sieher 158, Thorn 687, Harvey, 

 Pappe; Lion's Head, Oct., Zeyher\; Signal Hill, Nov., Marloth, 

 7237!, 7237b!; Simon's Town, Wright; Paardeberg, Ecklon and 

 Zeyher ! 



12. B. LEIANTHA Phillips. Rami angulati. glabri. Folia 

 1. 3-1. 5 cm. longa, .5-1 cm. lata, ovata. apice acuta, glabra, 

 margine scabro. Infloresccntia terminalia. Pcdicelus 1.5 mm. 

 longus. Tubus calyci 4.5 mm. long, campanulatus ; lobi 4.5 mm. 

 longi. ovato-lanceolati, acuminati, apice acuti. Corolla 8 mm. 

 longa, glabra. Ovarium 4 mm. longum, 1.25 mm. latum, glabrum ; 

 stylus 3.5 mm. longus, arcuatus ; stigma capitatum. 



Caledon Div. : In monte Zwarteberg pone Caledon, Oct., 

 MctcOwan! 



Branches glabrous, angular. Leaves 1.3-1.5 cm. long, 

 .5-1 cm. broad, ovate, acute, pungent, cordate or sub-cordate 

 at the base, glabrous, with 6-7 prominent nerves beneath, and 

 with rough margins. Inflorescence terminal, umbellate, 3-4- 

 flowered ; the flowers somewhat hidden by the upper few leaves. 

 Pedicels 1.5 mm. long, glabrous. Calyx-tube 4.5 cm. long, more 

 or less campanulate, narrowed at the base, glabrous; lobes 4.5 cm. 

 long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, acute. Vexillum- 8.5 mm. long, 

 obovate, rounded above, glabrous, with a channelled claw 2 mm. 

 long ; alae 6 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse, with a linear 

 claw 2.5 mm. long ; carina 4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, more or less 

 plano-convex in outline, obtuse, with a linear claw 3 mm., long. 

 Larger stamens i mm. long; smaller .5 mm. long. Ovary sessile, 

 4 mm. long, 1.25 mm. broad, ovate-lanceolate in outline, gradually 

 narrowing into the arcuate style, glabrous, stigma capitate. Fruit 

 not seen. 



This is the only species in the genus with a perfectly glabrous 

 corolla. 



13. B. ALPESTRIS (Benth. in Loud. Journ., ii. 461). A 

 small shrub with twiggy branchlets. Branchlets laxy leafy, not 

 angular, glabrous. Leaves, ovate, slightly cordate at the base, 



