18 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



apice foliaceo utroque villoso, 1*7 cm. longa ; ovarium oblongum, 

 loculis 4 ovulatis. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Natal : Weenen County, South 

 Downs, on a rocky hill, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Dec, J. M. Wood 

 (No. 4376), Orange Free State: Eland's River valley, near the 

 Mont aux Sources, alt. about 1850 met., fl. Dec. -Jan., H. G. 

 Plana f/an (No. 2004). 



In habit and general appearance like M. major, Linn., but some- 

 what smaller, and not glaucous, but everywhere more or less hairy; 

 besides some floral dift'erences. 



Buchenroedera bifiora, n. sp. — Fruticulus erectus ramosus 

 pubescens, ramis adscendentibus foliosis, ad 33 cm. longis ; 

 stipulte lanceolatfe acuminata, petiolis 5-6 mill, longis subfequi- 

 longffi ; foliola oblanceolata obtusa mucronata 1-nerva sericeo- 

 pubescentia viridescentia, O-9-l'l cm. longa ; pedunculi axillares, 

 racemose biflori, graciles, 1-3-1-5 cm. longi, fructiferi 2*4 cm. 

 longi, pedicellis 2-3 mill, longis bractea lineari fequilonga ; calyx 

 turbinatus sericeus, obscure 10-nervus, 8 mill, longus, segmentis 

 anguste subulatis acuminatis tubo brevioribus ; vexillum sub- 

 orbiculare unguiculatum sericeum, 1*1 cm. longum, alis oblongis 

 auriculatis pequilongis, carina obtusa auriculata ceteris paullo 

 longior ; legumen compressum lineari-oblongum pubescens, calyce 

 triente longius. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Zululand, Entumeni, alt. 460 

 met.?, fl. April, J. M. Wood (No. 3988). 



Flowers purple. Greener and less silky than most of the genus, 

 and distinct by its inflorescence. The widely separated middle lobe, 

 with the closely set lateral pairs of the lobes of the calyx, bring this 

 plant near to Lotononis. But the habit is rather that of Buchen- 

 roedera. 



Lotononis procumbens, n. sp. — Suffruticosa procumbens, 

 undique plus minus villosa ; rami patentes foliati, 10-18 cm. 

 longi ; stipulte solitarire foliacea3 obovatfe vel lanceolata? acuta}, 

 petiolis 4-6 mill, longis requilongge vel parum breviores ; foliola 

 oblanceolata obtusa, subtus 1-nerva, tenuiter pubescentia, inter- 

 medio 0-6-l'4 cm. longo ; pedunculi terminales, 1-3 cm. longi; 

 flores sfepius capitati, rarius subracemosi ; capitula hemisphferica 

 dense 8-15-flora, 2-2-5 cm. diametro ; bracteae capitula involu- 

 crantes, e basi lata obovatre acutfe, 3-4 mill, longae ; bracteolfe 2, 

 lineares ; flores sericeo-villosi, 1-2 cm. longi; calyx turbinatus, 

 7-8 mill, longus, segmentis tubo brevioribus, lateralibus falcatis 

 patentibus, intermedio paullo longiori ; vexilli limbus oblanceolatus 

 acutus, basi minute bi-auriculatus, ungui longo filiformi ; alas basi 

 auiiculatsB vexillo requilongae ; carina latior, 1-0-1 -2 cm. longa, 

 vexillum carinamque superans obtusissima, basi auriculata; ovarium 

 lineare, deorsum glabrum, apice tanto villosum ; legumen ignotum. 

 Hab : Orange Free State, lofty plateaux and mountains at 

 Bester's Vlei, distr. Harrismith, alt. 1650-1950 meters, fl. Dec- 

 Jan., Bolus (No. 8139). 



Belongs to Harvey's section Polylobhm, and may be placed next 



