194 Hans Schinz. 



c) The narrow calyx lobes several times longer in length 

 than the calyx tube. 



d) The 2 — 3 seeded, subcylindrical , glabrescent or slightly 

 strigose legumes. 



Perhaps allied to /. laxeracemom Baker fil. from Mozambique. 

 It differs especially in having fewer leaflets and shorter pods, 



J. Deflersii Bak. fil. nov. spec. 



Species I. SaUianae Steudel affinis. Gaules herbacei diffusi 

 canescentes ex speciminibus mihi obviis 4 — 10 cm longi. Folia 

 pinnatim trifoliolata. Foliola obovata vel rotundato-obovata utrinque 

 molliter cano-pubescentia saepissime 7 — 9 mm longa, 6—8 mm 

 lata, foliolis terminalibus (3 — 4 mm) petiolulatis. Racemi quam 

 folia longiores. Racemorum axes canescentes. Calyx + 1?^ iti^i 

 longus calycis lobi breves + 1 mm longi acuti. Vexillum extus 

 strigosum + 5 mm longum, + 2 mm latum oblongo-oblanceo- 

 latutn. Carina naviculariformis secus apicem pubescens obtusa 

 utrinque in calcar breve producta. Stigma terminale capitellatum. 

 Legumen haud visum. 



Arabia felix australis : Bilad Fodhli. In planitie lapidosa circa 

 Schughra, 22. Mart. 1890, A. Defiers 384. 



The distinguishing featqres of this plant are : 



a) The diffuse, prostrate, herbaceous stems 4 — 10 cm long, 

 canescent. 



b) The pinnately trifoliolate leaves with obovate, or broad obo- 

 vate, softly canescent-tomentose leaflets. 



c) The racemes of subsessile flowers distinctly longer than 

 the leaves. 



M. Deflers does not describe this plant when describing the 

 other novelties collected on bis journeys in 1889 — 1890 in Bulletin 

 Soc. Bot. France Tome XLII. 



Geraniaceae. 



Hans Schinz (Zürich). 

 Monsonia attenuata Havv, var. lanceolata Schinz nov. var. 

 Beim Typus sollen nach Harvey (Flora of South Afr., I, 255) 

 die Laubblätter „not 2 lines wide" sein, in unserem Falle aber 

 messen sie 13 mm (= 4 lines). 



