NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Diosma Bolusii, Glover ( Rutaceae-Diosmeae ). D. cupressinae, affinis sed foliis 
carina glandulosis, petalis minoribus, omnibus apicibus adhaerentibus 
simulque deciduis, lobis disci glandula sessili munitis, ovario pubes- 
cente, distinguitur. 
Fruticulus intertexte ramosus, circa 30 cm. altus; rami abbreviate 
crebre bifurcati, puberuli ; folia erecto-adpressa vel patentia, imbricata, 
opposita, decussata, ovato-oblonga, triquetra, integra, acuta vel obtusa, 
ciliata, supra glaberrima, con cava, infra pubescentia carinata, carinis 
parce glandulosis, ad 0'3 cm. longa, 0'1 cm. lata ; bores saepissime 
solitarii, terminales vel axillares, inconspicui ; bracteae foliaceae ; sepala 
late ovata vel subrotunda, acuta vel obtusa, ciliata, utrinque pubes- 
centia, infra carinata, circa 0'2 cm. longa, 0'15 cm. lata; petala 
inconspicua, apicibus adhaerentia, cito decidua, subacuta, unguibus 
brevibus, O' 5 cm. longis, laminis ovatis, basi subcordatis, ciliatis, glabris, 
0 - 15 cm. longis; discus quinquelobatus, lobis sessili glandula munitis; 
stamina disco adnata, blamentis subulatis, O' I cm. longis, antheris 
glandula sessili munitis ; staminodia 0 ; stylus subulatus ; capsella 
5-cocca, cornubus obtusis, ad 0'6 cm. longa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; on rocky slopes of the 
Zwartberg Mts. in the Zwartberg Pass, Prince Albert Div., H. Bolus, 
11,460. 
Nearest to D. cupressina, Linn, but to be distinguished from that 
species by having a few glands on the keels of the leaves, petals 
cohering at the apex and early deciduous, the lobes of the disc 
furnished with a sessile gland and the ovary pubescent. Plate XV, C. 
Diosma Guthriei, Glover {Rutaceae-Diosmeae). D. succulentae affinis sed sepalis 
longioribus, obtusioribusque, petalis glabris, minoribus, eciliatis, lobis 
disci glandula sessili munitis, cornubus capsellae longioribus, dis- 
tinguitur. 
Fruticulus ramosus, circa 30 cm. altus ; rami dense foliosi, teretes, 
glabri, cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum conspicue notati, ramulis 
ultimis 1 cm. longis ; folia patentia, opposita, decussata, sessilia, ovata, 
acuta, integra glabra, marginibus hyalinis, minute denticulatis, supra 
concava, infra carinata, glandulis paucis sparsis, 0'3 — 0'5 cm. longa, 
