Contrihittions to the African Flora. 
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vexillum asquans ; ovarium sericeum pluri-ovulatum ; legumen lineare 
acutum tomlosum 6-spermum, 3"2 cm. longum, 0-35 cm. latum. 
Hab. : Transvaal Colony ; near Johannesburg, approx. alt. 1,800 metres, 
Dec, Winifred Tucker (in herb. Bolus, 11059 !). 
Lesseetia stricta, Bolus, n. sp. (Galegese). 
L. foliis hreviter petiolatis vel subsessilihus, foliolis superne glahris 
suhtus strigilloso-pubescentibiLs ; legumine vix inflato ohlongo glahro 8-10 
spermo. 
Fruticulus perennis ramosus ad 40 cm. altus ; caulis erectus strictus 
cum ramis subangulatus striatus pallidus glaberrimus ; rami alterni 
adscendentes, internodiis 1*5-6 cm. longis ; folia erecto-patentia alterna 
4-8-juga 2-6 cm. longa, petiolo ad 0'3 cm. longo foliolis vulgo oppositis 
rarissime alternis oblongis obtusis vel obtusissimis mucronulatis superne 
glabris subtus strigilloso-pubescentibus prominenter nervosisque 0-7-l"5cm. 
longis, 0*3-0"5 cm. latis, stipulis subulatis acuminatis ad 0*5 cm. longis; 
pedunculi subrigidi glabri 6*5-14 cm. longi, parte florifera 3*6 cm. longa ; 
flores dissiti ssepius solitarii rarius 2-3-ni c'' 0-7 cm. longi ; pedicelli patentes 
demum decurvi 0'4-0*7 cm. longi; calyx puberulus 0-3-0-4 cm. longus ; 
legumen vix inflatum oblongum apiculatum glabrum 8-10 spermum, 
2-3 cm. longum, 0-7-0-9 cm. latum. 
Hab. : Cape Colony : Griqualand East, near Clydesdale, streams and 
moist meadows, (f 800 metres, fl. Jan., Tyson, 2527 ! Natal : Weenen 
County, 1,200 metres. Wood, 3545 ! Van Eeenen, 1,500-1,800 metres, 
Jan., Wood, 8846 ! Transvaal : Crocodile K., 1,500 metres, Dec, Schlechter, 
3898 ! near Amersfoort, April, Burtt-Davy , April (in fruit), 4035 ! Scheer- 
poort, Feb. (in fruit). Miss Leendertz, 757 ! — Mr. N. E. Brown has also 
kindly communicated the following collections in the Kew herb., which I 
have not seen, as being identical with Tyson's 2527, viz. : Wood, 3546 ; 
Behmann, 7014 ; Cooper, 2218. 
Lessertia, as remarked by Harvey, is undoubtedly a difficult genus to 
deal with, the species in many cases varying considerably. Although this 
is certainly allied to L. p)erennans, yet there are decided differences which 
are based upon an examination of a number of excellent specimens of both 
species. They may be briefly stated as follows : — 
(1) The indumentum of the present species is shorter and more 
appressed (strigillose). 
(2) The flowers are more laxly racemose. 
(3) The stipules are smaller. 
(4) The legumes are larger and especially longer and with more 
numerous seeds (8-10). 
(5) The leaflets are glabrous above and strigillose only below. 
