NOYITATES AFRICANAE m 
Easily distinguished from the other species of Indigofera by the 
antenna-like gland which terminates the stipules, leaflets and calyx- 
segments, very similar to that of Rhynchosia antennulifera but 
smaller. 
Eriosema flemingioides, Baker, var. rhodesica, L. Bolus, a forma typica 
mdumento cano, foliolis exstipellatis vel stipellis obscuris, pedicellis 
ad 0'5 cm. longis, alis carinaque supra medium pilosis, differt. 
Tropical Africa : Rhodesia ; near Salisbury, Glen Loorne, fl. April, 
H. G. Flanagan, 3105; Chishawasha, fl. Mar., F. C. Kolbe , 4306; 
J- Ffolliott Darling (Bolus Herb. No. 11186). Plate XXII A. 
Pueraria ficifolia, L. Bolus, nov. comb. (Rhynchosia ficifolia, Benth., Harv. 
and Sond. Flor. Cap. n. 251). 
Pueraria Rogersii, L. Bolus (Leguminosae-Pajnlionaceae-Phaseoleae), P. fici- 
foliae, L. Bolus arete affinis, sed indumento sericeo tenuioreque et 
calycis segmentis brevioribus latioribusque differt. 
Caulis subrobustus, ad 1 cm. diam.,glabrescens vel tenuiter sericeus, 
internodiis 5 — 6 cm. longis ; folia P. ficifoliae, petiolis 0 - 5 cm. longis, 
petiolulis 0 3— 0 4 cm. longis, stipulis oblique ovato- vel lanceolato- 
oblongis, 1 — IT cm. longis, stipellis lineari-lanceolatis, 0'6 — 1 cm. 
longis; pedunculi ad 11 cm. longi, racemis ad 21 cm. longis, floribus 
3-natis ; bracteae mox deciduae naviculariformes, supra medium longe 
attenuatae, 0'6 — 0’7 cm. longae ; pedicelli ad 0'4 cm. longi ; calycis 
tubus 0'3 cm. longus, segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis subfalcatis, 
anteriore 0'6 cm. longo, ceteris 0'4 cm. longis, posterioribus per 
dimidium longitudinis connatis, sinubus subrotundatis ; vexilli 
lamina cordato-reniformis glabra, 0'8 cm. longa, ungue sulcato, 
03 cm. longo ; alae lamina oblonga obtusa. saccata, 0 - 8 cm. longa, 
posteriore lobata, lobo patente lineari, 0'4 cm. longo, ungue gracili, 
0'5 cm. longo ; carina obtusissima, alis aequilonga ; stamen vexillaris 
superne leviter adhaerens, basin versus liber incrassatusque ; antherae 
uniformes ; ovarium lineare villosum, 5-ovulatum, 0'7 cm. longum, 
stylo genuflexo glabro, 0'5 cm. longo, stigmate terminali subobliquo. 
Transvaal : on the Selati Railway between Komati Poort and 
Letaba R., alt. 1000 — 2000 ft., fl. Nov., F. A. Rogers, 11806. 
Yery closely allied to P. ficifolia, L. Bolus, but with silky, finer 
and much less dense indument and with shorter and broader calyx 
segments. Plate XXII B. 
Mesembrianthemum Mathewsii, L. Bolus ( Ficoideae-Mesernbryeae ), fruti- 
culosum glaberrimum, foliis alte connatis, turgide triquetris, glaucis 
politis, floribus solitariis 5-meris, petalis roseis, staminodiis stamini- 
busque collectis. 
Fruticulus ramulosus, ad 23 cm. altus, ramis patenti-adscendentibus 
