20 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



nitentia, dense imbricata, 2-2*5 mill, longa ; floras terminales 

 sessiles, 6 mill, longi, extus plus minus sericeo-nitentes ; calyx 

 campanulatus, 3 mill, longus, laciniis oblongis obovatisve acutis 

 approximatis, tubo subsequilongis ; vexillum obovatum, alse ob- 

 longse, carina obtusa, omnibus inter se suba3quilongis, gracillime 

 unguiculatis ; ovarium oblique lanceolatum sericeum, 2-ovnlatum. 



Hab : Cape Colony, South-western Region, on the rocky ridges 

 of the Skurfdebergen near the Gydouw, alt. about 1G50 met., fl. 

 Dec, Prof. A. Bodkin (No. 7574 of my herb.). 



Flowers yellow. A tufted stunted rigid plant, evidently growing 

 between rocks in a bleak situation. A little like A, arf/yrella, 

 MacOw., but with leaves much smaller, more closely white-silky, 

 and shining, and with a very different calyx. Like that, it has 

 more resemblance to a Lotononis than an Aspalathus. Very distinct 

 in the section. 



Aspalathus Gerrardi, n. sp. (§ Laterales). — Rami validi 

 virgati dense foliosi, 25-30 cm. longi, cum foliis dense villosi ; 

 folia dense fasciculata linearia gracilia erecto-patentia 0-9-l"2 cm. 

 longa ; flores solitarii laterales sessiles, circa 6 mill, longi ; calyx 

 obconicus villosus, segmentis linearibus falcato-patentibus tubo 

 longioribus, corolla) subfequilongis ; vexillum suborbiculare ungui- 

 culatum, dorso sericeum, carina majuscula glabra vix longius ; 

 alae carina angustiores brevioresque ; ovarium oblique triangulare 

 dense villosum, 2-ovulatmn. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Natal : near Murchison, Alfred 

 County, alt. about 600 meters, fl. May, J". M. Wood (No. 3023) ; 

 also Natal, Gerrard (No. 1852), Jide N. E. Brown. 



Allied to A. criophyUa, Walp., and much resembling it, but the 

 leaves and flowers are much smaller, the former less silky, the 

 calyx-segments much longer proportionately to the tube, and 

 the vexillum not oboval, but nearly orbicular. 



Aspalathus Iseta, n. sp. (§ Carnos^). — Fruticulus subpro- 

 stratus dense ramosus, ramis ramulisque rigidis tomentosis, dense 

 foliatis, ad 10 cm. lougis; folia fasciculata linearia longe puugeuti- 

 acuminata glabrescentia, 3-7 mill, longa ; flores 1-2, terminales 

 sessiles ; calycis tubus obconicus sericeo-pilosus, segmentis duobus 

 superioribus lanceolatis inferioribus subulatis, longe pungenti-acu- 

 minatis, tubo vix 1^-plo longioribus, totus 7 mill, longus ; vexillum 

 ovatum subcarnosum, dorso sericeum, 1 cm. longum, aire oblongae 

 glabra carina sequilongae, carina incurva obtusissima vexillo paullo 

 brevior ; ovarium lineare glabrum, margine ventrali barbata, 2- 

 ovulatum. 



Hab : South-western Region ; Cape Colony : on the rocky 

 ridges of the Skurfdebergen Mts., near the Gydouw, alt. about 

 1660 met., fl. Dec, coll. A. Bodkin (No. 7573 of herb. Bolus). 



A densely-tufted rigid little plant. The flowers are like 

 those of some forms of A. arida, E. Mey., and the species is 

 no doubt allied to that, but is distinct by its very taper-pointed 

 pungent leaves and calyx-segments ; the branches also are not 

 spinous. The prevailing colour of the flowers is bright yellow, 



