NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Mural tia Muirii, Bol. f. (Polygalaceae-Poly galeae § Eumuraltia), M. pilosae 
affinis, seel foliis angustionbus, floribus minoribus, sepalis minus acutis, 
petalis truncatis, cornibus dimidio capsulae brevioribus differt. 
Fruticulus, 14 — 20 cm. altus, basi valde ramosus, ramis virgatis, 
adscendentibus, plerumque simplicibus, dense pubescentibus vel 
pilosis; folia 5 — 13-fasciculata, saepissime internodia excedentia, 
suberecta vel squarrosa, linearia, ad mucronem pungentem attenuata, 
plana, supra glabra, infra praecipue per medium nervium prominentem 
pilosa, plus minusve dense ciliata, ad 0'85 cm. longa, 04 cm. lata ; 
flores sessiles, 04 cm. longi, sepalis obtusis, ciliatis, marginibus 
delicatule hyalinis, minute mucronulatis, exterioribus obovatis, 0'2 cm. 
longis, interioribus oblongis, 015 cm. longis, petalis lateralibus 
linearibus, ad apicem parum dilatatis, truncatis, valde inconspicue 
emarginatis, 0'3 cm. longis ; crista rubicunda, 0 - 4 cm. lata, segmentis 
obscure bilobis, carina 04 cm. longa, staminibus 7, filamentis fere ad 
apicem connatis, ovario dense piloso, inconspicue 4 tuberculato, 04 cm. 
longo, capsula valde obliqua, late oblonga,. apice truncata, cornuta, 
leviter pilosa, 0‘3 cm. longa, 0'2 cm. lata, cornibus 04 cm. longis. 
Cape Province : South-Western Region ; Mossel Bay Div., in 
the Langebergen, J. Muir, 1307. 
Allied to M. pilosa, DC., but differs in having narrower leaves, 
smaller dowers, less acute sepals, truncate petals and horns less than 
half as long as the capsule. Plate XXIII B. 
Aspalathus ciliatistyla, L. Bolus ( Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Genisteae 
§ Laterales ), affinis A. Burchellianae, sed foliis saepius 2 — 3-natis 
linearibus mucronatis, calyce petalisque extus glabris, legumine 
glabrescente differt. 
Fruticulus adscendens vel decumbens, ad 42 cm. altus, e basi 
ramosus, ramis ad 0'3 cm. diam., virgatis foliosis, dense pubescentibus 
pilis brevibus crispulatis, partibus vetustioribus tuberculis lanigeiis 
persistentibus notatis ; folia e basi patente erecta vel subfalcate 
incurva, saepius 3- rarius 4-nata, linearia acuta mucronata (ut videtui 
carnosa, dorso convexa), glabra, ad 1 cm. longa, 015 cm. lata, Hoies 
1 — 2-nati pedicellati, pedicellis sparse pubescentibus, 0'2— 0 3 cm. 
