NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Priestleya Stokoei, L. Bolus (§ Anisothea) (Leguminosae-Papilionaceae- 
Liparieae). Fruticulus suberectus, 36 cm. altus, partibus herbaceis laxe 
molliterque pilosis, ramis elongatis subflexuosis, 2 — 3 mm. diam., dense 
foliatis; folia fere erecta subsessilia, plana, elliptica, breviter apiculata, 
nervis inconspicuis, 1-5 — 1-8 cm. longa, 1-1 — 1-4 cm. lata; flores in racemas 
sessiles, 2 — 2-5 cm. longas, dispositi, pedicellis dense pilosis, 2 mm. longis, 
bracteis ad 4 mm. longis; calyx 7 — 9 mm. longus, segmentis tubo parum 
longioribus, acuminatis, anterioribus ad medium connatis, posteriore ab 
ceteris distante; vexillum 1-5 cm. longum, lamina suborbiculare, 1-2 cm. 
lata; alae 1-5 cm. longae, lamina oblonga, ad 5 mm. lata, ungue 5 mm. 
longo; carina obtusa, 1-1 cm. longa, ungue 5 mm. longo; stamina carinae 
aequilonga; ovarium dense cano-villosum, 8-ovulatum, stylo superne 
glabro. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., foot-hills 
of mountains near Lourensford, Somerset West, fl. Sept. 1926, T. P. 
Stokoe, 1375. 
Closely allied to, and perhaps only a broad-leaved form of, P. tecta, 
DC. ( Liparia tecta, Thunb.), excluding P. rotundif olia, Walp. 
Coelidium Pageae, L. Bolus (Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Liparieae). Fruti- 
culus erectus, 30 cm. altu's vel ultra, ramis virgatis rigidis angulatis, 
angulis subincrassatis, inter angulos canaliculatis, glabris, axillis pilosis 
exceptis, parcissime foliatis, ad 25 cm. longis, ad 2 mm. diam. ; folia arete 
adpressa vel fere erecta, sessilia, ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, acumi- 
nata, marginibus involutis, subtus nervo medio inferne sat prominente, 
supra dense pilosa, subtus saepissime glabra, 3 — 5 mm. longa; flores pa- 
tentes vel adscendentes, solitarii vel geminati in axillis foliorum parvorum 
superiorum, saepe 4 — 6 aggregati prope apicem ramulorum; pedunculus 
2 — 3 mm. longus, apice 1-bracteatus, bractea ad 3 mm. longa; calyx 
adpresse pilosus, 7 mm. longus, tubo 3 — 5 mm. longo, segmentis acumin- 
atis, posteriore lanceolato, ab ceteris distante, 4 mm. longo, lateralibus 
subfalcatis, anterioribus ad dimidium vel ultra connatis; vexillum album, 
1-3 cm. longum, lamina parte superiore late elliptica, parte inferiore 
suboblonga, ungue vero brevissimo latoque; alae lineari-oblongae, apice 
rotundatae, albae, 1-2 cm. longae, ad 3 mm. latae, ungue gracillimo, fere 
3 mm. longo; carina obtusa vel fere truncata, 1-2 cm. longa; stamina ad 
apicem carinae attingentia, filamentis brevissime connatis; ovarium 
adpresse pilosum, stylo superne glabro, stigmate minuto. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Robertson Div., among rocks 
