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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AFRICAN FLORA. 

 By Harry Bolus, D.Sc., F.L.S., 



INCLUDING 



Harp agophy turn Peglerce, by Dr. O. Stapf. 

 Selago sivaziensis, by Mr. R. A. Rolfe. 



(Plate XI.) 



Lotononis swaziensis, Bolus, n. sp. (Leguminosse-Genisteae- 



Crotalariae). 



L. multiflorce proximo, seal foliolis majoribus, bracteolis orbicu- 

 laribus, floribus majoribus et in racemis paucioribus, facile clis- 

 tinguitur. 



Fruticulus 30-60 cm. altus, undique, petalis flavis exemptis, 

 argenteo-nitens ; rami ramulique graciles, erecto-patentes, inter- 

 nodiis 0'5-l'5 cm. longis ; folia alterna, exstipulata, petiolata, 

 petiolis 0'2 cm. longis, 3-foliolata, foliolis obovato-cuneatis, emargi- 

 natis, apiculatis, 0'7-l'3 cm. longis, 04-0 - 6 cm. latis ; racemi ter- 

 minates, ssepissime 3-, rarius 1-2-fl., bracteis caducis ; pedicelli 

 - 2 cm. longi, bracteolis 2, orbicularibus, valde concavis, apiculatis, 

 0'5 cm. longis et latis ; calyx inflatus 0*8 cm. longus, labio superiore 

 perbrevissirhe 4-dentato, segmento inferiore deltoideo, acuminato, 

 - 2 cm. longo ; vexillum retlexum, subrotundum, breviter unguicu- 

 latum, externe pilosum, 1*2 cm. longum 1 cm. latum ; alae obovatse, 

 apice rotundatse, lamina - 6 cm. longa et lata, ungue 0*6 cm. longo ; 

 carina acuta, lamina 0*5 cm., ungue 0-6 cm. longo ; legumen 

 sessile, oblique oblongum, subturgidum, 1/5 cm. longum, 0'4 cm. 

 latum, seminibus 5-6. 



Hab. : Swazieland ; grassy hills and valleys, Dalriach, near 

 'Mbabane, Jan., approx. alt. 1,350-1,450 meters, H. Bolus, 11766. 



Indiqofera swaziensis, Bolus, n. sp. (Leguminosae-Galegeae- 

 Indigoferse. § Productse). 



Ad I. cylindricam accedit sed indumento, pedicellis brevioribus, 

 bracteis longioribus, dijfert. 



Suffrutex ramis adscendentibus, striatis, cum petiolis, stipulis, 



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