NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Impatiens Duthieae, X. Bolus (Balsaminaceae), ab I. capensi floribus multo 
minoribus, petalis bilobis, auriculis rotundatis distinguitur. 
Herba gracilis glaberrima diffusa, ramis elougatis decumbentibus, 
saepe reptautibus, ca. 0-3 cm. ad 0-5 cm. diam. ; folia saepius patentia 
ovata, obtuse acuminata, in petiolum alatum 1 — 1-8 cm. longum angu- 
stata, crenata, crenaturis spinuliferis, nervo medio pagina superiore 
prominente, nervis primariis saepius 5-jugis, pagina inferiore prominen- 
tibus, lamina saepius 3 — 4 cm. longa; cymae 1 — 3-fl., pedunculis brevis- 
simis, pedicellis gracilibus, demum ad 5 cm. longis; sepalum dorsale 
ovatum acutum concavum, 0-6 cm. longum, calcare gracillimo, 1*2 cm. 
longo, sepalis lateralibus linearibusvellineari-lanceolatis, 0-3 cm. longis; 
petala lateralia 1-1 cm. longa, 0-7 — 0-8 cm. lata, erecta concava ungui- 
culata, lamina late obovata, inaequaliter biloba, lobo anteriorerotundato, 
posteriore multo angustioreobtuso, auricula subrotundata,0-2cm. longa; 
petalum anterius concavum, ore oblongo, minute apiculatum, 0-7 cm. 
longum, 0-3 cm. latum; stamina 0-3 cm. longa; capsula acuminata, 
1-6 cm. longa, medio 0-6 cm. diam., seminibus obovatis, 0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region ; Knysna,H. V. Duthie (Bolus 
Herbarium, No. 15191). Flowered freely during the summer months 
for the last three or four years in the National Botanic Gardens at 
Kirstenbosch, where it grows on the edge of a pool, sending out branches 
which float in masses on the surface of the water. 
Distinguished from I. capensis, Thunb. by the much smaller flowers, 
bilob ed petals with rounded auricles. 
Dolichos Peglerae, L. Bolus ( Leguminosae-Phaseoleae ), D. Lablab affinis, sed 
bracteolis minutis, mox deciduis, floribus majoribus (2-5 cm. longis), 
vexillo ovato galeato, carina haud rostrata facile distinguitur. 
Suffruticosus, caule volubili hispido, setis reflexis; foliola rhomboi- 
deo-ovata subobliqua acuta apiculata, terminalia lateralibus majora, 
3 — 7 cm. longa, 2 — 4-5 cm. lata; pedunculus subrobustus nudus, 
7 — 20 cm. longus; axis floriferus 4 — 14 cm. longus,nodulosus,nodis 5 — 7 
flores purpureos emittentibus, internodiis 0-3 — 3 cm. longis vel ultra; 
pedicelliO-2 — 0-9 cm. longi, erecti vel adscendentes, apicem versus de- 
curvati, apice articulati et bracteolis binis lineari-oblongis, ca. 0-15 cm. 
longis onusti; calyx basi subintrusus, hispidulus, ad 0-5 cm. longus; 
labium superum emarginatum, demum fere integrum, labium inferum 
