126 
NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
Described from several dried specimens. Differs from P. elliptica, 
DC. chiefly in the shape of the leaves and the broader carina. 
Priestleya Guthriei, L. Bolus (§ Anisothea). Fruticulus nanus, ad 17 cm. altus, 
caule basi ad 5 mm. diam., ramis adscendentibus vel patentibus, pilosis, 
pilis patentibus canis, senioribus inferne glabrescentibus, superne dense 
foliatis ; folia fere erecta vel late patentia subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata vel 
lanceolata vel anguste elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, basi leviter angustata, 
acuta, juniora copiose pilosa praecipue marginibus, pilis laxis patentibus, 
nervo medio evidente, marginibus planis vel saepius levissime revolutis, 
luteo-viridia, ad 2-5 cm., saepius 2 cm., longa, 4 — 9 mm. lata; flores in 
genere inter minimos, apice ramulorum aggregati, inter folia absconditi; 
pedicelli 1-5 — 3 mm. longi, pilosi, bracteis anguste linearibus, ad 3-5 mm. 
longis; calyx 6 mm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis acuminatis, inferiore 
ceteris parum latiore, tubo aequilongis, superioribus ultra medium con- 
natis; vexillum 9 mm. longum, lamina ovato-orbiculari, 6 mm. longa, ad 
5 mm. lata; alae vexillo aequilongae, lamina lineari, apice rotundata, 
6 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. lata; carina apice rotundata, 7 mm. longa, lamina 
4 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata; filamenta infra medium connata, antheris 
inter se simillimis; ovarium oblique lanceolatum, stylo demum disarti- 
culato; legumen immaturum oblique subovatum rostratum, styli basi 
indurato onustum, seminibus 2, sat magnis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; hills near Elim, alt. 250 ft., 
F. Guthrie, 3866. 
Described from dried specimens of which the petals of most of the 
flowers had fallen. Professor Guthrie noted that the “flowers are solitary 
or in pairs, deeply immersed among the leaves so as almost to escape 
notice.” Nearest P. sericea, E. Mey., but differs in the more robust habit 
and spreading indument; leaves slightly narrowed at the base (in P. 
sericea the leaf is rounded, or sometimes with a tendency to be cordate, 
at base); smaller flowers with calyx-segments equalling the tube, alae 
and carina with no tendency to be falcate, and ovary 2-ovuled in several 
flowers examined : in P. sericea the number appears to be six. 
Ruschia decumbens, L. Bolus. Sat robusta glabra, ramis decumbentibus, 
ramulis dense 4 — 6-foliatis, inferne foliis 2 — 4 induratis onustis; folia 
hornotina fere erecta, leviter diversa, 2 infima breviora crassioraque, 
1 — 1-4 cm. longa, secunda ad 1-8 cm. longa, ad 6 mm. lata diametroque, 
obtuse carinata, lateribus convexis, supra fere plana, lateraliter visa 
apice fere rotundata, glauca purpurascentia, sat aspera, praecipue 
marginibus, punctis viridibus levissime elevatis, vagina 3 — 4 mm. longa; 
flores solitarii diurni, ca. 3-5 cm. diam. ; pedunculus 8 mm. longus, foliis 
supremis multo brevior, basi bracteatus, bracteis 5 mm. longis ; recepta- 
culum turbinatum; sepala 5, inter se fere aequilonga, 3 membranaceo- 
