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Dolichos robustus, Bolus, n. sp. (Leguminosae-Phaseolese- 



Eu-phaseolese). 



D. foliis majoribus, labio inferiors calycis profunde 3-fido, segmentis 

 elongatis. 



Bobusta, tota, petalis exceptis + pubescens ; rami procumbentes 

 quadrangulares, striati, foliosi, internodiis 3*5-5*5 cm. longis ; folia 

 tactu asperula, petiolata, petiolo communi,.3-4 cm. longo, internodio 

 1-5-2 cm. longo, foliolis lateralibus a ramo 2-2*5 cm. distantibus, 

 circumscriptione obovatis, basi subcuneatis, impariter bilobis, lobis 

 subacutis mucronulatis, nervis prominulis, 4-5*5 cm. longis, 2*5-4 cm. 

 latis, foliolum terminale obovatum aequaliter 3-lobum, 6-7*5 cm. 

 longum, 6-7 cm. latum, ceteroquin lateralibus conformibus ; stipulae 

 obliquae lanceolato-ovatse, acutse, nervatse ad 1 cm. longse ; stipellae 

 lineares setaceo-acuminatae, 0*6 cm. longee ; pedunculi axillares ad 

 1*5 cm. longi, bracteis lanceolatis, acutis 0*2-0*4 cm. longis, 2-4-fl., 

 pedicellis 0*4 cm. longis ; calycis labio superiore bidentato, inferiore 

 subaequaliter profunde 3-fido, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis 

 0*5 cm. longis, tubo subinflato . 0*5 cm. longo, 0*4-0*5 cm. lato ; 

 vexillum suborbiculare, basi auriculatum, 1*2 cm. long et lat. ; alee 

 oblique oblongse obtusse, basi calcare 0*3 cm. longo, instructs ; 

 carina oblonga obtusa leviter incurva, alas vexillumque subsequans ; 

 ovarium sericeo-villosum ; legumen deest. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony ; on the " High Veld " between Carolina 

 and Swazieland, in grassy places, approx. alt., 1,550 meters, Dec, 

 Bolus, 11837. 



Eather remarkable in the genus by its robustness and large leaves; 

 and by the deeply cleft lower lip of the calyx. 



Dolichos falcatus, Klein. 



This plant, a native of India, does not yet appear to have been 

 recorded from South Africa, nor is it mentioned by Oliver and 

 Hiern in the Flora of Tropical Africa. The following collections 

 may be cited : Cape Colony : Komgha, Flanagan, 1141 ! Trans- 

 vaal : Barberton, Galpin, 753 ! Lydenburg, Wilms, 412 ! Pretoria, 

 Bolus, 11840 ! Warm Bath, id., 11839 ! 



Rhynchosia paucifloea, Bolus, n. sp. 



B. foliolis longis angustisgue ; floribus solitariis, axillaribus, 

 pedunculatis ; calyce corollam cequante vel excedente, segmentis 

 'prominenter 1-nervis. 



Fruticulus erectus, undique plus minusve sparse pilosus, ca. 

 30 cm. altus ; rami adscendentes, graciles, internodiis 2*5-3 cm. 



