22 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THI5 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



diam. ; alas obloiigse obtusissimaB glabijc, vexillo duplo breviores; 

 carina incurva, alis vix longior ; ovarium oblique lauceolatum 

 pilosum C-ovulatiim ; legumen (an maturum?), 2-5 cm. longum. 



Hah: South-western Eegion ; Cape Colony: on the mountain near 

 the village of Piqnetberg, alt. 250 met., 11. Oct. Bnlns (No. 7528). 



A very interesting species, remarkable amongst its congeners 

 by its broad verticillate calloso-ciliate and gland-striped leaves. It 

 has a near ally in A. lavata, E. Mey. (which was collected in the 

 same neighbourhood by Drege, in the leaves of whose specimens 

 I found also the same narrow glands), but in that the leaves are 

 linear and entire. A.falcata, Benth., b. longs to the same group, 

 but in this the calyx is veiy different. 



Indigofera Guthriei, n. sp. (§ Simplicifolle). — Fruticulus 

 humilis erectus vel dccambens ramosus, G-10 cm. altus ; rami 

 gracillimi foliati glabri ; stipulfe e basi lata setaceas, 2-2-5 mill. 

 longiB ; folia brevissime petiolata oblanceolato-linearia, utrinque 

 angustata, mucronata, internodiis longiora, juniora tenuiter stri- 

 gosa demum glahrescentia, 1-5-2-5 cm. longa, 2-2-5 mill, lata, 

 marginibus involutis, superne pallidiora ; racemi pauci recti, 

 laxe 2-5-Hori, foliis 1^-2-plo longiores, bracteis setaceis mini- 

 mis, pedicellis calyce brevioribus ; calyx turbinatus strigoso- 

 hispidulus, 3-3-5 mill, longus, segmentis acuminatis tubo 2-3-plo 

 longioribus ; corolla externe villosa 8 mill. longa, partibus sub- 

 aequilongis ; vexillum orbiculare vel ovatum acutum unguiculatum, 

 carina acuta; ovarium lineari-teres glabrum ; legumen maturum 

 hand visum. 



Hab : South-western Eegion; Cape Colony: Hottentot's-hollan.l 

 Mts., near Sir Lowry's Pass, alt. 400 met., fl. Jan. -Feb., F. (intluir; 

 Bulns (No. 7509). 



A small smooth shrublet allied to /. slinpHclfoUa, Lam. (from 

 Sierra Leone and Angola) ; but appears to differ in habit, as well 

 as by its involute leaves, longer racemes, and smaller flowers, 

 which are coloured pink. It may also be near to /. Kraussidun, 

 Meisn. (of which Harvey has omitted all mention in the Vlur. Cnji.), 

 but which has shorter and broader leaves, and an obtusely lobed 

 calyx. 



Indigofera psammotropha, n. sp. (j Unijug.e). — Annua?, 

 vel biennis'?, humilis documbens, 10 cm. alta, basi ramosa vix 

 lignosa ; rami simplices subangulati pubescentes laxe foliati, ad 

 20 cm. longi ; stipulae setaceic 2-3 mill, longae; folia heteromorpha 

 utrinque strigosa, inferiora minora petiolo communi 1 cm. longo 

 foliolis oblongis integris obtusis 1-1-2 cm. longis, superiora gra- 

 datim majora ad 7 cm. longa, petiolo communi 1-9-4 cm. longo, 

 petiolulis 1 mill, longis, foliolis oblongis lanceolato-oblongisve 

 integris inciso-dentatisve subobtusis mucronulatis, terminali ad 

 4 cm. longo, 4-6 mill, lato, lateralibus minoribus ; racemi axillares, 

 petiolis duplo breviores, 3-5-flori, pedunculis 4-6 mill, longis, pedi- 

 cellis brevissimis ; calyx turbinatus strigosus, segmentis setaceis 

 tubo suba3quilongis ; corolla glabra, 4-5 mill, longa, calycem 2-3- 

 plo superans; legumina erecto-patentia lineari-oblonga subturgida 



