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NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
near Montagu Baths, fl. Aug. 1918, Mary M. Page (Bolus Herbarium, 
No. 15608). 
Described from several dried specimens. Readily distinguished from 
all the other species in the genus by the very scant foliage. 
Specimens collected by Dr R. Marloth, No. 2809, in the same locality 
and in fruit only, seem to belong here. The pubescent legume is somewhat 
turgid, oblong, 1 cm. long, 5 mm. diam. 
Coelidium ciliare, Vog. var. brevifolium, L. Bolus, nov. var. Fruticulus erectus, 
30 cm. altus, ramis ramulisque adpresse pilosis, demum glabris, 0-5 — 
2 mm. diam., internodiis foliis aequilongis vel saepius brevioribus; folia 
adpressa vel fere erecta, ovata (manu expansa) acuta, subtus transverse 
rugosa, minute tuberculata, glabra vel basin versus adpresse pilosa, 
juniora plus minusve pilosa, nervo medio demum haud evidente, saepius 
4 — 5 mm., rarius ad 6 mm., longa; flores erecti, 1 — 3 aggregati apice vel 
prope apicem ramulorum, foliis subtendentibus dense ciliatis, ceteris 
parum brevioribus latioribusque, petalis luteis; calyx tenuiter pilosus, 
pallidus, 6 mm. longus, tubo fere aequilongo segmentis lanceolatis 
aeuminatis ciliatis, anterioribus ad medium connatis; vexillum 9 mm. 
longum, lamina ovato-elliptica, 7 mm. longa, ad 5 mm. lata; alae 9 mm. 
longae, ad 2 mm. latae, apice breviter inaequaliterque 2-lobae; carina 
apice rotundata, 1 cm. longa, ungue 3 mm. longo; stamina carinae fere 
aequilonga, tubo 2 mm. longo; ovarium adpresse pilosum, stylo glabro. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Mossel Bay Div., mountain 
sides at Cloete’s Pass, fl. Sept. 1913, Dr John Muir, 1072. 
Described from dried specimens. These were compared with Zeyher 1241 
by Mrs R. Wordsworth and the following differences noted: 
1. Leaves ovate acute, rugose and tubercvdate on the lower surface. 
2. Subulate acute, not setaceous, calyx-segments. 
3. Alae broader and longer-spurred. 
4. Carina broader, with shorter claw and longer limb. 
5. Shorter stamina] tube. 
6. Stouter gynaecium. 
Amphithalea Pocockiae, L. Bolus (Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Liparieae). 
Fruticulus ad 20 cm. altus, caule basi ad 5 mm. diam., ramis ramulisque 
adscendentibus vel fere erectis, teretibus pubescentibus, pilis brevibus 
crispulatis cum longioribus pluri-cellularibus intermixtis; folia saepius 
adscendentia, rarius patentia, ovata acuminata apiculata, apiculo cum 
aetate indurato, marginibus subplanis, saepius involutis vel subinvolutis, 
supra glabra, subtus plus minusve, marginibus dense, pubescentia pilis 
longis, luteo-viridia, saepius 8 — 9 mm. longa, 5 — 6 mm. lata, petiolis 
brevissimis crassis tomentosis; flores sessiles in axillis foliorum, bractea 
1 mm. longa; calyx subcoriaceus, breviter 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis, 
