392 DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



paulo brevioribus; floribus purpureis, singulis vel geminis termi- 

 nalibus axillaribus, pedunculo tenui strigilloso, folia paulo excedente, 

 pedicello brevi ; calycis segraentis subnsqualibus subdeltoideis, acu- 

 minatis, brevissimis, glabris ; vexillo subreniformi, apice breviter 

 excisa, glabro, ungue lineari, 0-9 cm. longo, 1-2 cm. lato ; alls 

 graciliter unguiculatis, lamina oblique oblonga obtusa, basi auricu- 

 lata, 0-9 cm. longis ; carinjc petalis alis simillimis paulo majoribus 

 lamina latiore, 1"2 cm. longis, obtusis ; legumine lineari, glabro, 

 apice stylo coronata. 



In regione austro-orientali : in monte Hangklip, prope Queens- 

 town, alt. 5500 ped., Novembr. 1893, E. K. (ialpin, No. 1608. 



In habit resembling B. tenuifolia E. Z., next to which I propose 

 to place our plant. B. paiccijioya is the first species in the genus 

 with almost glabrous leaves. In many respects it resembles Loto- 

 nonis, but the calyx-lobes are nearly equal. The two genera 

 Lotononis (especially the section Krebsia) and Buchenrcedera are so 

 nearly allied that it is nearly impossible to separate them. 



4. Cliflfortia repens, sp. n. Fruticulus e basi ramosus, 

 decumbens, ramis teretibus elongatis, cortice bruneo, dense foliatis, 

 glabris ; tbliis lineari-setaceis mucronatis, dorso subcarinatis, sim- 

 plicibus, tenuissime pilosulis, 0-8-l'5 cm. longis ; stipulis setaceis 

 glabris, minutis ; ovaris subcylindrico, glaberrimo, subecostato ; 

 calycis segmentis ovatis vel ovato-triangulis acutis, patentibus ; 

 stylo sanguineo valde plumoso, calycem plus duplo excedente. 



In regione austro-orientali : in saxosi summi montis Drakens- 

 bergen, ad pontes fluminis Polela, alt. c. 6000-7000 ped., Febr. 

 1896, M. S. Evans, No. 614. 



On account of its simple leaves, this species should be placed 

 next to C. punr/ens Presl, from the Gnadendal and the Winterhoek 

 Mountains. The distinction between these two species lies in the 

 habit and the leaves, which are in C. jmngens much more rigid and 

 thicker, besides being rounded on the back and quite glabrous. The 

 stigma in C. repens is very plumose and more cut than I have ever 

 noticed it to be in any other species. I am sorry to say that there 

 are no fruits or male flowers in the specimens before me, but only 

 female flowers, in which the ovaries are almost cylindrical and 

 quite smooth, with the exception of two nerves on one side. From 

 C. juniperina L., which our plant resembles at first sight, it is dis- 

 tinguished by habit and the simple minutely pilose leaves. 



5. Wahlenbergia polytrichifolia, sp. n. Herba perennis 



tenerrima, e basi ramosa, 5-7 cm. alta ; ramis adscendentibus 

 erectisve, foliis setaceo-subulatis, glabris, alternantibus, 1-1"5 cm. 

 longis, tectis ; inflorescentia terminali laxe 2-5-flora ; pedicelhs 

 brevibus ; calycis tubo hemisphnsrico, glabro, segmentis subulatis, 

 margine sparsim ciliatis erecto-patentibus, glabris, tubo paulo 

 longioribus, 0-3-0*4 cm. longis; corolla) tubo subcylindrico, calycis 

 lobis ffiquilongo, lobis erecto-patentibus lanceolatis subacutis, 

 0-3 cm. longis ; capsula ovoidea, glabra, 3-valvata ; stylo filiformi, 

 corollse tubum conspicue excedente, glabro. 



In regione austro-orientali : in saxosis in monte Hangklip, 



