PLAXT,« ROGERSIA>'.E 5 



Hooker's Genera Plaufaruiii. For the two first items I am indebted 

 to Mr. E. (t. Bake)-. 



Polygala Ecgersiana Bak. til., sp. nov. Perennis ; ramuUs tere- 

 tibus pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-oblaiiceolatis apice 

 aciitis pubescentibus costa media subtus conspicua iiervis lateralibus 

 tenuissimis vel subobsoletis ])etiolo brevissimo pubesceiite insidentibus ; 

 Jloribiis inediocribus in racemos laterales paucitioros dispositis ; bracteis 

 persistentibus pilis vestitis ; sepalis exteriuribus Hberis concavis, alls 

 in sicco pulchre luteis apice acutis suborbicularibus ; carina alis 

 breviore apice cristata ; capsiila stipitatii birta. 



Portuguese East Africa. Villa Machado ; ii. 4505. 



Folia 15-25 mm. louga, 5-6 mm. lata, petiolo brevissimo suffulta. 

 Alae -±1 10 iiiiu. longae. Carina 6-7 nmi. longa. 



A noticeable species on account of the oblong or oblong-oblanceo- 

 late shortly petiolate pubescent leaves, and showy flowers in short 

 lateral racemes. The wing sepals are yellow, the crest carmine. 



Allied in some i-espects to P. ukambica Chodat. 



PoLlGALA MELiLOTOiupJS Chodat var. MAJOii Bak. til. Annua, 

 humilis ; foliis quam iis typi majoribus ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis 

 basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis ; racemis densis multitloris ; sepalis 

 insequalibus superiore multo majore, alis iniequilateraliter orbiculari- 

 obovatis ; carina angusta apice cristam parvam ferente ; capsulis 

 alatis ; seminibus ovoideis lucidis, carunculse lobis brevibus circa 

 tertiam partem longitudinis seminarum attingentibus. 



Belgian Congo, Elisabethville ; n. 10887. In Hower May, 

 1914. 



Folia 2'5-4'0 cm.- longa, 12-20 nnii. lata, petiolis 2-3 mm. longis. 

 Kacemi l-2'o cm. longi. Sepala ± I'o mm. longa. Abe + 3 mm. 

 longae. Capsula + 2 mm. longa, + 2'o mm. lata. 



Differs from the type by the much larger leaves, and slightly 

 larger Howers, and by the lobes of the caruncle being subequal in 

 length. 



Thespesia Roger sii, sp. nov. Bam is teretibus cinereo-tomentosis 

 deinde glabreseentibus ; foliis longiuscule petiolatis late cordatis 

 3-4 lobis (lobis brevibus rotundatis) 7-nervibus coriaccis utrinque 

 sicut petioli prsesei'tim vero pag. inf. stellato-tomentosis ; foribiis 

 pedicellis tomentosis sat validis ealyci a?quilongis fultis ; bracteolis 



; alubastris extus tomentosis ; cali/ce irrcgulariter distanterque 



undulato-dentato dense tomentoso ; coluunia sfaininea apice squamis 

 lineari-lanceolatis pncdita ; sfigiiiate o-sulcato. 



Jihodesia, Bulawayo ; n. 5839. 



Foliorum limbus 5-6'o x 5'5-7 cm., in sicco brunneo-viridia subtus 

 pallidiora ; costa? pag. sup. planas pag. inf. eminentes ; ]:)etioli 3-5 cm. 

 long. Pedunculi fei'e 1'5 cm. long. Calyx circa 1'5 em. long. 

 Petala 5 cm. long. Columna staminea 2 cm. alt., bujus squamai 

 4-6 mm. long. Stigma 5 mm. diam. 



Apparenth' conspeeitic with this is a Bulawayo plant {Eyles, 

 119G) in the British IVIuseum. This the collector notes as a tree 

 15-20 feet high with flowers varying from yellow to })urple. The 



