NOVITATES CAPENSES, 69 
1888, Bolus 6528! (Herb. Norm. Anatr. Afr. 447!). Ookiegs, 
Namaqualand, rie W. CU. Scully, 81 
ONONIS ERIANT var. noy. opovata.—Leaflets obovate, 
searcely apiculate, fin ally ‘glab rous above, thinly silky below.— 
Baur 560! 623! Dr. altherstone! Wood 
chenreedera esa oes eee sp. — Undershrub song 
margins He 9 _ a4 
densely hairy (surface finally almost slalicae stipules linear, 
shorter than the petiole. Flowers purple, racemose at the ends of 
the branches; pedicels very short; bracts lanceolate, as long as 
the calyx-tube; tube of the calyx as long as its teeth, Vexillum 
subcordate, with a ae si gd hay on the back; carina 
emarginate. Pod turgid, densely hairy when young. Leaflets 
4-8 lines long and 2-4 lines broad ; petiole gt 2-3 lines long; 
calyx 4 lines long; vexillum about 4 lin 
ihe ie Currie, near Kokstad, Bast Griqualand, alt. 6500 ft., 
Feb. W. Tyson 1852! Nelson’s Ko op, Orange Free State, 
1862, T fain 870! also 1074! 2191 i 
is species is nearest B. viminea Presl, but it has also a 
distinct affinity with Lotanonis cor iti t 
Crass ani, n. sp.—Herbaceous. Stem woody at 
the base, covered with white glistening bark. Leaves connate- 
perfoliate, rather distant, cylindrical, fleshy, acute. Peduncles 
elongate, dichotomous at apex ; flowers subcorymbose, not crowded, 
very shortly pedicellate; bracts small, ovate. Cualyx-tube short; 
teeth ase ribet Petals hag ovate, obtuse, twice as long as 
the Scales very sma. eaves 3-8 lines om and 2 lines 
broad ; Tibcmmiotte es 3-8 lines peduncles a 
Banks of the Little Fish iver, near fepacek "East, alt. c. 
2400 ft., Scott Elliot 529! 
Near C. expansa, but ee erlnage te. by the flowers. 
Chiro densiflora, n —Stem glabrous, striated. Leaves 
almost all radical (cauline, 1 ie more my ea 3 pairs), oblanceolate, 
tapering gradually to the base, obtuse, since glabrous. Bracts 
ulate. Peduncles and pedicels short; flowers pink, Sepals 
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Anthers twisted. Filaments filiform. Stigmatic lips 
broad, spogge reyes apes: Stem 14-8 ft.; leaves 4-10 in. lo 
and 4-4 in ; peduncle 4-1} in.; pedicels under 4 in. long; 
flower omy 8 ee long and 6 lines in dian 
oodsbery, May, J. Medley Wood 121! Natal, Sanderson 4461 
Near Bedford, Mrs. Hutton! Marshy enn Lushington Hill, 
ees doting W. C. Scully 165 
Dias sp.—Ste nt elongate, ee —— 
glabrous ak * Sexidged pees pe ova at 
shortly petiolate, acute; margin ais ae toothed, actos, 
coriaceous in texture. Racemes rather long ; icels ‘orm ; 
bracts ovate, cordate, acute. os ' and pedicels glandular, hairy ; 
sepals lanceolate, acute. Saccations of petal short and roundel. 
Filaments glabrous. Capsule ala lenger than the 
