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ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLET I N 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 2] (1921 
III.—NEW OR NOTEWORTHY SOUTH AFRICAN 
PLANTS (I.). 
JosEPH Burtt-Davy. 
1. Indigofera Buchananii, Burtt-Davy [Leguminosae-Ga- 
legeae]; species 7. Guthriet, Bolus, I. gramineae, Schltr., et 
I. simplicifoliae, Lam., affinis, sed fruticulus humilis, erectus. 
vel decumbens, multiramosus, stipulis setaceis 3-6 mm. longis. 
glandulosis, foliis brevissime petiolatis linearibus angustatis longe 
acuminatis vel mucronatis facile distinctus 
Herba perennis (7). Caulis erectus, aliquanto tenuis, 2°5- 
3°5 dm. (vel ultra?) altus, valde ramosus, castaneo-brunneus. 
Rami tenues, ex axillis omnium foliorum crescentes. Stipulae 
setaceae, 3-6 mm. longae, glandulosae. Petioli circiter 1 mm. 
longi. Foliola linearia, longe acuminata vel mucronata, 5- 
5°5 em. longa, 3 mm. lata, plicata, marginibus glandulosis. 
Flores axillares; pedunculi filiformes, circiter 1 cm. lon 
1—4-flori. Calycis dentes anguste lanceolati vel subulati. Corolla 
circiter 6 mm. longa. Legumen valde tenue, circiter 2°5 cm. 
ongum. 
Soutu Arrica. Transvaal: Ermelo Dist.; Lion’s Glen near 
Amsterdam, J. B. Buchanan, T. D. A. Herb. 4779 in herb. Bolus. 
Native name: “ M’Lumo”; supposed to be poisonous to 
live stock. . 
2. Rhynchosia unifoliolata, Burtt-Davy |Leguminosae-Phase- 
oleae]; species R. Vottae, Harv. (Fl. Cap. ii. 255), affinis, sed 
foliis saepe unifoliolatis et foliolorum forma differt. 
Caules valde graciles, prostrati, ad basim ramosi. Foliola 
singula vel terna; foliolum terminale ovatum et acutum, 
1-2-1-8 cm. longum, 8-9 mm. latum, reticulatum; petiolus 
1-2 mm. longus; stipulae lanceolatae, 2-5-3 mm. longae. 
Pedunculi graciles, axillares, solitarii vel geminati, 2-5-4 cm. 
longi, floribus 1 vel 2; bracteae minutae. Flores 7-8 mm. longi; 
pedicelli valde breves, Calyx pubescens, lobis acuminatis. 
Sourn Arrica. ‘Transvaal: Ermelo Dist.; Ermelo, about 
1620 m., Burtt-Davy 17403, in herb. Bolus et Kew. Standerton 
Dist. ; Hoogeveld near Paardekopberg, Rehmann 6836. 
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