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the back of the vexillum and the upper part of the carina 

 reddish-purple. 



Aspalathus desertorum, n. sp. (§ Terminales). — Fruticuhis 

 humihs ramosissimus ; rami divaricati rigidi pubescenti-hirti ; 

 foha pulvinulis breviter spiniferis fascicuhita subteretia incurva 

 pubesceutia doinum glabrescentia, 2-3 mill, longa ; tlores terminales 

 mediocres, 1 cm. longi, 2-3 ad apices ramulorum, pedunculis 2-3 

 mill, longis ; bractea3 2-lineares sub calyce approximata) ; calyx 

 turbinatus fusco-tomentosus, laciniis subulatis glabrescentibus tube 

 brevioribus ; vexillum suborbiculare dorso fusco-sericeum, alaj ob- 

 lougaj vexillo breviores, carina incurva subfalcata vexillo nsquilonga; 

 ovarium oblique ovato-lanceolatum, pilis rectis sericeis vestitum, 

 G-ovulatum. 



Hab : Cape Colony, in dry karroid places at Hottentot's Kloof, 

 between Ceres and Karoo Poort, alt. about 600 meters, fl. Oct., 

 Bolus (No. 2608). 



A stunted scrubby bush with a general ashy hue. The flowers 

 are somewhat like those of A. laricifolia or A. canescens; the tube 

 of the calyx about 1| times the length of the segments ; most dis- 

 tinct in the section by its 6-ovuled ovary. 



Aspalathus Simii, n. sp. (§ Terminales?). — Fruticulus erectus 

 ramosus pedalis vel ultra ; rami adscendentes cano-tomentosi ; 

 folia e pulvinulis prominulis tomentosis fasciculata lineari-teretia 

 mucronata subpungentia pubescentia.demum glabrescentia, patentia, 

 ad 4 mill, longa ; flores terminales 3-5, saepius 3, vel rarius sub- 

 racemosi, circa 6 mill, longi, pedicellis cano-pubescentibus 2 mill, 

 longis ; calyx campanulatus pubescens, 3-5 mill, longus, lobis 

 subulatis tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus, sinubus latis rotundatis ; vex- 

 illum ovatum subacutum, basi intus minute sericeum, aliE oblongse 

 vexillo breviores, carina obtusa leviter incurva, vexillo subajqui- 

 longo ; ovarium lanceolato-subulatum, basi sericeum, 2-ovulatum. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony : Mount Coke, Kaf- 

 fraria, alt. 600 meters, fl. Nov., T. IL Sim (No. 1428). 



This has the appearance and habit of A. costulnta Benth., 

 § Pingues. But the yellow flowers, which are numerous at the end 

 of short lateral branchlets, are much smaller, and the tips of the 

 alas appear to be spreading, and of a paler colour than the rest of 

 the flower. It seems a doubtful member of the section Terminales, 

 but I do not know where else to place it. 



Aspalathus latifolia, n. sp. (§ Pedunculares). — Fruticulus 

 diffusus ramosus, 3-4-pedalis, inter frutices suffultus, totus, coroUis 

 exceptis, pilis longis mollibus vestitus ; rami divaricati foliosi ; 

 folia 3na verticillata lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, longe acumi- 

 nata, calloso-ciliata 3-5-nerva glanduloso-vittata undulata tortaque, 

 1-2 cm. longa, 3-7 mill, lata ; flores laterales in pedunculis gra- 

 cilibus 1-floris, 1-3 cm. longis, foliis stepius 1^-2-plo longioribus, 

 bracteis sub flore approximatis foliaceis linearibus acuminatis 10-12 

 mill, longis ; calycis tubus obconicus, 3 mill, longus, segmentis 

 linearibus acuminatissimis falcato-incurvis tubo 3-4 plo longioribus ; 

 vexillum suborbiculare dorso dense albo-sericeum, circa 1-3 cm. 



