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terminalibus 4-floris pedunculatis, pedunculis ad 1 cm. longis, bracteis 
le viter concavis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, 1-6 cm. longis, 8 — 9 mm. latis, 
pedicellis 3 — 4 mm. longis ; calyx manu extensus corollae fere aequilongus, 
1- 7 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis, longe attenuatis, ad 1*2 cm. longis, 
lateralibus cultratis, superioribus brevissime connatis, parte libera 8 mm. 
longa; petala laete lutea vel fere aurea, in siccis atrata; vexilli lamina 
rotundata basi late subcordata, apice emarginata, 1-4 cm. longa, 1*8 cm. 
lata, ungue vix 3 mm. longo; alae vexillo aequilongae, carinam inclu- 
dentes, lamina ampla, superne dilatata, apice subtruncata, ad 9 mm. 
lata, ungue incurvato, 4mm. longo; carina brevissime rostrata, alis 
parum brevior, lamina 8 mm., ungue 4 mm., longo; tubum staminale 
2 — 5 mm. longum, antheris biformibus, ovatis -75 mm., linearibus fere 
1-5 mm., longis; ovarium oblique lanceolatum, longe densissimeque 
villosum, 2-ovulatum; legumen in calyce absconditum, oblique orbi- 
culari-ovatum rostratum, rostro rigido 2 mm. longo, ad 1-4 cm. longum, 
seminibus 2-4 mm. in diam. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., Hottentots’ 
Holland Mountains, fl. Oct. 1924, T. P. StoJeoe (Bolus Herbarium, No. 
18325). 
Described from ample living and dried material collected by Mr Stokoe 
who also found it on the Kogelberg (Hottentots’ Holland) flowering in 
January. Thechief distinguishing marks are the large bracts and long calyx. 
Priestleya Schlechteri, L. Bolus (§ Anisothea). Fruticulus, ut videtur erectus, 
partibus herbaceis bre viter sericeis demum glabrescentibus, ramis adscen- 
dentibus, junioribus sat conspicue 5-angulatis, ad 23 cm. longis, 3 mm. 
diam., internodiis saepius 3 — 5 mm. longis; folia adscendentia, saepe fere 
erecta, sessilia vel petiolata, petiolis rarius ad 2 mm. longis, seniora 
subcoriacea oblongo-oblanceolata vel oblongo-obovata, minute indurate- 
que apiculata, nervo medio subtus prominente, 1-5 — 2-5 cm. longa, 
5 — 9 mm. lata; pedunculi brevissimi, umbellatim 2-fl. vel rarius 1-fL, 
pedicellis ad 6 mm. longis, bracteis linearibus, vix ad 3 mm. longis, mox 
deciduis; calyx 7 — 8 mm. longus, segmentis ovato-deltoideis, inter se 
fere aequilongis, dimidio tubi aequilongis, superioribus per tertiam partem 
connatis; vexillum 1-3 cm. longum, ungue 3 mm. longo, lamina fere 
orbiculari, profunde emarginata; alae vexillo carinaeque aequilongae, 
lamina suboblonga, apice rotundata, 9 mm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. lata; carina 
apice rotundata, lamina 9 mm. longa, 4 — 5 mm. lata; filamenta ad 1-5 cm. 
longa, fere per dimidium longitudinis connata, antheris inter se simillimis ; 
ovarium oblique lanceolatum dense sericeum, 7-ovulatum (unicum 
examinatum); legumen ignotum. 
Cape Province: Calvinia Div.; Onder Bokkeveld, Oorlogs-Kloof, fl. 
Aug. 1897, R. Schlechter, 10943. 
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