a4 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



racemi axillares laxe pluriflori, foliis plerique breviores rarius 

 longiores, pedunculo gracillimo, bracteis minimis persistentibus, 

 pedicellis capillaribus 3 mill, longis, floribus 5 mill, longis ; calyx 

 turbinatus pubescens 5-nervus dentibus deltoideis obtusis ; vexillum 

 suborbiculare cum alls carinaque fequilougis tenuiter pubescens ; 

 ovarium 3-ovulatum ; legumen erectum subcompressum marginatum 

 glabrum 4-5 cm. lougum. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Kaffraria, between Umzimvubu 

 and Umzimkaba Rivers, alt. 250 met., Dmje (without No. in herb. 

 Kew). Natal, Gerrard (No. 1882 !) ; Sanderson (No. 590!) ; Inanda, 

 fl. April, Wood (No. 872!) ; Murchison, in bush, ibid. (No. 3062 !). 



Not much like any South African species known to me, and 

 distinct by its large and peculiarly shaped leaflets. The stout 

 strong pod is in marked contrast with the small delicate flowers, 

 which, in Wood's 872, are noted as white. I should place it next to 

 I. viicrantha, E. Mey. 



Indigofera seticulosa, Harvey, in Flor. Cap. iii. 196, var. 

 LuxuRiANs. — Ramis rufescentibus, setis glandulosis copiosioribus, 

 2-8-plo longioribus, foliolis majoribus, 5-15 mill, longis, 1-5-3 mill, 

 latis, calycis segmentis setaceo-acuminatis tubo 3-4-plo longioribus. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Natal : Umhloti and Inanda, on 

 grassy hills, alt. 450-500 met., fi. Feb. Wood (No. 1602). 



Harvey described from a single poor specimen preserved in the 

 Kew Herbarium, marked "Armstrong," of which the origin was 

 quite uncertain. There is no doubt of the specific identity of Wood's 

 specimens, although they look at first sight so different that I have 

 thought it desirable to describe their characteristics, and to publish 

 their certain South African station. 



Indigofera Woodii, n. sp. (| Product.e). — Fruticulus erectus 

 vel decumbens sajpius e basi ramosus tenuiter strigosus ; rami 

 virgati simplices vel dichotome ramosi graciles pauce foliati vel 

 dense foliosi ; stipulas minutissimae deciduse ; folia imparipinnata, 

 0-5-2 cm. longa, 3-6-juga saepius 4-5-juga, foliolo terminali sessili 

 rarius in petiolo communi producto insidente, foliolis obovatis, 

 oblongis, obtusis, vel sa;pius lanceolato-linearibus acutis, mucronu- 

 latis superne glabris, 2-6 mill, longis ; racemi gracillimi, foliis 

 2-5-plo longiores, 2-5-5-5 cm, longi, bracteis setaceis minimis saepe 

 deciduis, pedicellis capillaribus 4-7 mill, longis ; calycis tubus 

 minimus, segmentis setaceis corolla dimidio brevioribus vel fere 

 ffiquilongis ; corolla pubescens 5-6 mill, longa ; legumen cylin- 

 dricum rectum tenuissime strigosum ad 2-1 cm. longum. 



Hab : South-eastern Region ; Cape Colony and Natal. 



Var. «. PARviFOLiA ; humilis, 12-15 cm. alta, foliis 5-7 mill, 

 longis, foliolis complicatis 2 mill, longis, terminali sessili, racemis 

 foliis lt^-2-plo longioribus. Griqualand East, summit of Mt. Currie, 

 alt. 2300 met., fl. Feb., Tyson (No. 1758). 



Var. (i. intermedia; erecta vel decumbens, ramis dense foliosis, 

 foliolis sajpe oblongis obtusis, terminali petiolato rarius sessili, 

 racemis foliis 2-2i-plo longioribus. Boschberg, near Somerset East, 

 MocOwan (No, 1523), lJoh(s (No. 1755); Griqualand East, Mts, near 



