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berg" in ditione Ceres, alt. c. 5700 ped., Oct. 1894; R. Marloth. 

 No. 1987. 



Allied to P. brachysepala Sond. and P. eriophora Berg. ; it is 

 distinguished by the larger heads and involucre. 



52. Indigofera Evansii, sp. n. Herba perennis decumbeus, 

 e basi ramosa ; ramis filiformibus elongatis, glabris, laxe foliatis ; 

 foliis graciliter petiolatis erectis vel suberectis, 3-£oliolatis, petiolo 

 late obovatis obtusis, breviter mucronulatis, basi acutiusculis, 

 breviter petiolatis, subaequalibus, 1-1*5 cm. longis, supra medium 

 0-8-1-1 cm. latis, petiolo usque ad 3 cm. longo; stipulis e basi 

 oblique lanceolata subulatis, acutissimis, 0"4-0'5 cm. longis; 

 racemis gracillimis lateralibus erectis, folia multo excedentibus, 

 laxe plurifloris ; pedunculo filiformi glaberrimo, pedicellis filiformi- 

 bus glabris, calyci fere fequilongis ; calyce late campanulato, alte 

 5-fido, vix 0-3 cm. longo strigilloso, segmentis erecto-patentibus subu- 

 latis, sinubus latis ; vexillo hama uuguiculato late obovato, apice 

 breviter exciso, basi concavo, multinervi, 0-6 cm. longo, glabro ; 

 alis haud unguiculatis, oblique subfalcato-oblongis obtusiusculis, 

 multinerviis, basi paulo angustatis, concavis, 0"6 cm. longis, medio 

 fere margine inferiore paulo ampliatis, 0-2 cm. latis, glabris; carina 

 naviculari, apiculata, glabra, basin versus angustata infra medium 

 utrinque brevicalcarata, 0-6 cm. longa; antherarum apiculo amplo; 

 ovario glaberrimo, 10-ovulato. 



In regione austro-orientali : In elivis montium Drakensbergeu 

 in ditione Polela (Nataliag), alt. 6000-7000 ped., Febr. 1896 ; M. S. 

 Evans, No. 636. 



Allied to I. procumhens L., but with much slenderer habit. The 

 entire want of unguicula to the scarlet petals is remarkable. 



53. Wahlenbergia brachycarpa, sp. n. Herba annua erecta, 

 ramosissima, 7*15 cm. alta ; ramulis filiformibus minutissime 

 puberulis, laxe foliatis ; foliis patentibus patulisve linearibus vel 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis vel subacutis, sessilibus, minute puberulis, 

 0*4-0-6 cm. longis : floribus axillaribus terminalibusque, graciliter 

 pedicellatis, pedicellis filiformibus minutissime puberulis, 0-4-0'7 cm. 

 longis ; calyce 5-angulari, alte 5-fido, c. 1*5 mm. longo, glabro, tube 

 depresso brevi, segmente erectis lineari-subfiliformibus acutis, basin 

 versus obtuse carinatis, 0"1 cm. longis vel paulo longioribus; corolla 

 pallide caerulea, campanulata, 0-6 cm. longa, glabra, segmentis 

 ovatis obtusiusculis erecto-patentibus ; antheris linearibus obtusis, 

 vix 0-2 cm. excedentibus, filamenti subfiliformibus medio ciliatis, 

 vix 0*1 cm. excedentibus ; stylo filiformi, 0-4 cm. longo, dimidio 

 superiore glanduloso-papuloso, stigmatibus 3, brevibus oblongig 

 obtusis ; capsula subturbinata depressa, 3-valvis, calycis segmentis 

 paulo ampliatis coronata, medio 0-2 cm. diametiente. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In collibus arenosis prope vil- 

 1am Clanwilliam, alt. c. 400 ped., Oct. 1896; L. C. Leipoldt, 

 No. 325. 



A very distinct species approaching W. payiiculata A. DC. in its 

 pubescence, bearing, however, very different fruits. The flowers 

 are blue. 



