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longum, antheris fere uniformibus ; ovarium oblique ova turn, apicem 
versus longe pilosum, quasi pileatum, 1 — 2-ovulatum, stigmate minuto; 
legumen semi-rhomboideum, superne pilosum, 7 mm. longum, 5 mm. 
latum, seminibus magnis, 3 mm. diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., kloof on left 
bank of Palmiet River Mouth, alt. 2000 ft., fl. Aug. 1924, T. P. Stokoe, 948. 
Described from ample material collected “in moist ground in lush 
vegetation and in an unfired part of the kloof.” The indument on the 
keel as well as on the ovary is somewhat in the form of a shaggy cap or 
pileus and suggested the specific name, pileata. 
Aspalathus Fourcadei, L. Bolus. Frutex rigidus; ramus unicus visus tomen- 
tosus, 30 cm. longus, ad 4 mm. diam., ramulis patentibus, dense foliatis, 
saepius 3 — 5 cm. longis; folia patentia 3-foliolata, foliolis teretibus ut 
videtur in siccis, pungentibus glabris, saepe 1 — 1-2 cm. longis, tuberculo 
tomentoso inermi; flores in ramulis lateralibus 2 — 4, vel apice rami 
10 — 12, pedunculis brevissimis, bracteolis vix ad 2 mm. longis; calyx 
6 — 7 mm. longus diametroque, intus pilosus, extus sat dense tomentosus, 
segmentis subdeltoideis pungentibus, 2 mm. longis; petala lutea vel in 
siccis saepe saturate brunnea, vexillo 1-4 cm. longo, lamina orbiculari- 
cuneata, supra glabrescente vel tenuiter pilosa, subtus sat dense sericea, 
1-2 cm. longa, ad 1-3 cm. lata, alis anteriore pilosis, 1-4 cm. longis, lamina 
oblonga, apice oblique rotundata, 1-1 cm. longa ad 5 mm. lata; carina alis 
subaequilonga, breviter rostrata, subobtusa, dense pilosa; antherae 
biformes; ovarium oblique ovato-lanceolatum, omnino pilosum, 2-ovu- 
latum. 
Cape Province: Humansdorp Div., kloof on north slopes of Zuuromys 
hills, south of de Jager’s farm, alt. 1400 ft., fl. Sept. 1925, H, G. Fourcade, 
3057. 
Described from one dried branch. Closely allied to A. hystrix, Thunb., 
from which it differs in having glabrous leaves, shorter calyx-segments, 
and a pilose carina. From A. rigescens, E. Mey. it may be readily dis- 
tinguished by the much shorter calyx-segments. 
Priestleya calycina, L. Bolus (§ Isothea) (Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Lipa- 
rieae). Frutex robustus, 1 met. altus vel ultra, ramis virgatis teretibus, 
ad 1-2 cm. diam., ramulis multo gracilioribus, cum omnibus partibus 
herbaceis densissime hirsutis, pilis erectis appressis argenteis, cum aetate 
atrato-cinereis ; folia saepius fere erecta, dense imbricata, sessilia, ovato- 
lanceolata vel medio vel parum supra medium latissima, inferne leviter 
angustata, superne attenuata, acuta vel acuminata, sat rigide apiculata, 
undique copiose piloso-hirsuta vel supra indumento tenuiore, marginibus 
planis vel in siccis leviter involutis, nervis omnino occultis, ad 2-8 cm., 
saepius 1*8 — 2*2 cm., longa, 8 — 14 mm. lata; flores umbellati, umbellis 
