NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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minute ciliatis, anterioribus fere ad apicem connatis, 2 — 3 mm. longus; 
vexillum suborbiculare, profunde emarginatum, basi auriculatum, album, 
7 mm. longum, ungue 1-5 mm. longo; lamina alae oblonga, superne 
parum ampliata, apice subtruncata, basi anteriore saccata, alba, ad 2 mm. 
lata, cum ungue 2 mm. longo, ala ad 7 mm. longa; carina purpurea, 
lamina suboblonga obtusa, prope basin calcarata, alis parum brevior, 
6 mm. longa, ungue 2-5 mm. longo; stamina alte connata, filamento 
posteriore longissimo, eis utrinque sensim parum brevioribus; ovarium 
pilosum, pilis erectis, arete adpressis, 1-ovulatum, stylo piloso, superne 
glabrescente, stigmate parvo. 
Cape Province: Prince Albert Division; Swartberg, alt. 5000 ft., fl. May, 
Mary A. Pocock, S. 32. 
Described from several dried specimens. Distinguished from the species 
whose leaves have revolute margins by the flat, or more often involute, 
margins; and from the flat-leaved species by the indument as well as other 
differences. 
Amphithalea oppositifolia, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus, ad 48 cm. altus, 
caule ad 3 mm. diam., ramis virgatis gracilibus, 1 — 1-5 mm. diam., 
glabris sive parte cano-pilosa foliis opposita excepta; folia erecta, saepius 
adpressa, opposita sessilia linearia subacuta, apice indurata, marginibus 
involutis, supra pilosa, subtus convexa, glabra vel juniora apice penicillata, 
nervis haud evidentibus, 3 — 7 mm., saepius 5 mm., longa, 0-5 mm., rarius 
manu explanata ad 1 mm., lata; flores subsessiles, 2 — 8 aggregad apice, 
vel prope apicem, ramulorum, bractea lineari-lanceolata, 3 mm. longa; 
calyx sericeo-pilosus, 4 — 5 mm. longus, segmentis tubo parum longioribus, 
lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis anterioribus ad medium connatis; vexillum 
6-5 mm. longum, lamina elliptico-obovata, 3 mm. lata, ungue 1-5 mm. 
longa; alae 6 mm. longae, lamina e medio parum ampliata, apice obliqua; 
carina 4-5 mm. longa, ungue laminae aequilongo; stamina carinae fere 
aequilonga; ovarium adpresse pilosum, 2-ovulatum, stylo superne glabro. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., mountains near 
Kleinmond, Sept. 1923, T. P. Stokoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 17480). 
Described from dried specimens. The opposite leaves with involute 
margins readily distinguish this from the rest of the genus. The pilose 
areas on the branches exactly covered by the leaves are noteworthy. 
Amphithalea Stokoei, L. Bolus. Fruticulus erectus, 30 cm. altus, caule 3 mm. 
diam., partibus herbaceis laxe molliterque pubescentibus, pilis sat longis 
cano-griseis ; rami ramulique virgati teretes graciles, dense foliati, saepius 
10 — 20 cm. longi; folia fere erecta, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acuta 
apiculata, apiculo indurato, marginibus revolutis, 5 — 8 mm. longa; 
flores pauci, 1 — 3 aggregati apice ramulorum brevium, petalis roseis. 
bractea lineari, 1-5 mm. longa; calyx 5 mm. longus, tubo 3 mm. longo, 
