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THE FLORA OF THE GREAT KARASBERG 
Indigofera spinosa, Forsk. Eastern Karasberg. Sandy plains north-east of 
Narudas Slid, 8149. 
Psoralea obtusifolia, DC. Central Karasberg. River bed, Krai Kluft Ravine, 
8280. 
Melolobium karasbergense, L. Bolus, n. sp. M. adenodei proxime accedit sed 
habitu graciliore, floribm paucioribus minoribus, bracteis minutis, 
calycis tubo multo brevioribus, differt. 
Fruticulus inermis gracilis erectus, e basi ramosus, ad 40 cm. altus; 
rami ramulique adscendentes glandulosi, glandulis stipitatis, virides, 
0T — 0’4 cm. diam. ; folia erecto-patentia, fere glabra, subviscidula, 
laete viridia, foliolis lineari-oblongis vel rarius obovatis, basi cuneatis, 
0'8 — 1*2 cm. longis, stipulis semi-cordatis acuminatis, saepius inae- 
qualiter 21obis vel 2partitis, 0'2 — 0’4 cm. longis ; pedunculi laxissime 
pauciflori (saepius 2 — 3fl.), 0 - 6 — 0’8 cm. longi, parte florifero To — 
2'5 cm. longo, floribus patentibus, 0'6 — 0’7 cm. longis; calyx glandulosus, 
0'6 cm. longus ; vexilli lamina ovato-oblonga ; carina obtusa ; legumen 
immaturum strictum, inter 2 — 4 semines constrictum, ad 1*3 cm. 
longum. 
Western and Central Karasberg. Sandy dry river bed in high 
plain between Krai Kluft and Wasserfall. 
An unarmed slender erect shrublet, branched from the base, up to 
40 cm. high ; branches and branchlets ascending glandular with 
stipitate glands, green, 0T — 0’4 cm. in diam.; leaves erect-spreading, 
almost glabrous, somewhat viscidulous, bright green, the leaflets 
linear-oblong or more rarely obovate, cuneate at base, 0‘8 — T2 cm. 
long, the stipules semi-cordate acuminate, usually unequally 21obed 
or 2partite, 02 — 04 cm. long; peduncles very laxly few-flowered 
(usually 2 — 3fl.), 0 - 6— 0 - 8 cm. long, the flower-bearing portion l - 5 — 
2’5 cm. long, the flowers spreading, 0'6 — 0'7 cm. long ; calyx glandular, 
0 - 6 cm. long ; lamina of the vexillum ovate-oblong ; carina obtuse ; 
immature legume straight, constricted between the 2 — 4 seeds, up to 
13 cm. long. 
Nearest M. adenodes but differs in the more slender habit, fewer 
and smaller flowers, and minute bracts much smaller than the calyx 
tube. 
Hoffmanseggia Pearsonii, Phillips. Western and Eastern Karasberg. Sandy 
bank of dry shallow water course on high plateau 5 miles south-east 
of Wasserfall; stony slopes west of Baviaanspforte and Narudas Slid, 
7888, 8160, 8230. 
