NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Aspalathus Stokoei, L. Bolus (Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Genisteae). Fruti- 
culus ad 1-25 met. altus ; rami, ut videtur, ad 30 cm. longi, ad 5 mm. diarn., 
pilosi, densissime foliati; folia fere erecta, dense imbricata, tuberculo 
parvo inermi piloso, 3-foliolata, foliolis anguste linearibus, acuminatis, 
breviter setaceo-apiculatis, subtus le viter con vexis, piloso-ciliatis, pilis albis 
longis, saepe densis, 3-5 — 4 cm. longis, vix ad 2 mm. latis; flores inter 
maximos in genere, umbellati, umbellis 5 — 8-fl., supremis foliis involu- 
cratis, pedicellis sericeo-pilosis, 7 mm. longis, bracteis lanceolato-lineari- 
bus, longe attenuatis, 2-5 cm. longis, bracteolis 2, angustissime linearibus, 
2 cm. longis; calyx 2-5 — 2-8 cm. longus, tubo sericeo-piloso intus extusque, 
5 — 7 mm. longo, segmentis linearidanceolatis, longe attenuatis, anteriore 
carinam superante ; corolla aurea, cum aetate atrata, vexillo 2-5 cm. longo, 
1-8 cm. lato, ungue 5 mm. longo, lamina basi dorso tomentosa, aliter 
glabra, alis 2-5 cm., ungue 8 mm., longis, lamina oblonga, apice inae- 
qualiter 2-lobulata, 9 mm. lata; carina alas aequans, breviter obtuseque 
rostrata; tubum staminale 1-7 cm. longum, antheris biformibus, longiori- 
bus ad 3 mm. longis; ovarium oblique ovatum, inferne pilosum, 5 — 7-ovu- 
latum, stigmate capitato. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., along 
stream-side, Spinnykop-Nest Kloof, near Kogelberg, Hottentots’ Holland 
Mountains, alt. 3500 ft., fl. Oct. 1927, T. P. StoJcoe. 
Described from several living specimens. A distinct species which 
seems best placed in § Grandijlorae where it may be easily recognized by 
the very long and densely imbricate leaves, umbels 5 — 8-fl., very large 
flowers with a remarkably long calyx. 
Aspalathus pileata, L. Bolus (§ Leptanthe). Frutex inermis 2-4 met. altus ; 
rami elongati, sat graciles, ut videtur ad 45 cm. longi, juniores tomentosi, 
dense foliati; folia fere erecta, 3-foliolata, foliolis subteretibus subacutis, 
basi piloso-ciliatis, sordide viridibus vel atratis, 4 — 5 mm. longis, 0-5 mm. 
latis; flores in spicas terminales globosas, 1-5 — 2 cm. diam., 14-20-fL, 
dispositi, spicis foliis trifidis vel tripartitis, integris lanceolatis intermixtis, 
involucratis ; pedicelli subnulli, bracteis bracteolisque angustissimis, 
inferne attenuatis, longe pilosis, 8 — 9 mm. longis; calyx densissime 
fusco-pilosus, 5 mm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis, 2 mm. 
longis, corolla saturate brunnea, petalis, praecipue carina, externe densis- 
sime pilosis, vexillo 9 mm. longo, lamina oblonga, apice rotundata, 6 mm. 
longa, 4 mm. lata, alis 9 mm. longis, lamina 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, 
carina obtusa, 7 mm. longa, ungue 4 mm. longo ; tubum staminale 6 mm. 
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