Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 333 
4. P. HOLOSERiCEA, Schinz, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. YII. 29. 
Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal: Lydenburg, Wilms, \ 264:a ! Hout- 
bosch, Behmann, 6270 ! Makapansberge, Streydpoort, Rehmann, 5552 ! 
Allied to P. cajmiifolia, Harv., but distinguished by the denser foxy 
indumentum, and more compact inflorescences. The numbers quoted are 
both at Kew and Ziirich. 
5. P. BoLusii, Diimmer, sp. nov. P. liolosericecB, Schinz affinis nisi 
foliolis oblanceolato-ovatis subtus prominente retibus, floribus paullulo 
majoribus, vexillo superne glabro differt. 
Frutex unimetralis altus ? ubique corollis exceptis fulvido crasse 
hirsuto-sericeus, ramis angulatis superne dense foliatis. Folia trif oliolata ; 
petioli ad 20 mm. iongi, fere 2 mm. crassi ; foliola oblanceolato-ovata, 
rotundata, saepissime mucronata, terminalia perbreviter petiolulata, 6 cm. 
longa, 2 cm. lata, lateralia sessilia, paullulo breviora, subtus valde promi- 
nente reticulata, supra laevia, fusciora, valde coriacea ; stipulae binae, 
erectiusculae, filiformi-subulatae, 6 mm. longae. Flores perbreviter 
pedicellati, umbellatim congest!, ramulos terminales vel laterales termi- 
nantes ; bractea filiformi-subulata, 4 mm. longa ; bracteolae gemmatae, 
similes nisi breviores. Calyx 8 mm. longus, extra stramineo-hirsutulus, 
ultra medium fissus, lobis superioribus deltoideo-acuminatis, lobo inferiore 
paullulo longiore. Vexillmn in toto 12 mm. altum, lamina late oblonga, 
rotundata aut truncata, postice medio ut ungui cuneato sericula ; alae 
unguiculatae, glaberrimae, limbis conduplicatis oblique oblongis rotundatis 
7-8 mm. longis ; carina fere recta, toto 10 mm. longa, glabra, limbo 
anguste oblongo unguibus gracilibus aequilongo. Ovarium vsilde hirsutum, 
apicem versus in stylum perbrevem angustatum, toto 8 mm. altum, 
stigmate horizontaliter subcapitato. 
Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : Eocky mountains, Houtbosch, Pieters- 
burg District, 1740 m., Bolus, 10995 ! 
6. P. OBOVATA, Schinz, I.e. 29. 
Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : Houtbosch, Behmann, Herb. Zurich 
and Keio, 6249 ! 
Var. BREVEPEDUNCULATA, Dummcr, nov. var. a typo foliolis cras- 
sioribus, petiolis et pedunculis brevioribus, spicis hemisphericis aut 
late cylindricis distinguenda. 
Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : Boe ex Jlerb. Bolus and Kew, 2639 ! 
MacMac, Ather stone ! 
Petioles 1-3 mm. long. Peduncles 0*5-3 cm. long. Spikes hemispheric 
or broadly cylindric, 2-2-5 cm. in diameter. 
