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 18 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. apice foliaceo utroque villoso, 1-7 cm. longa; ovarium oblongum, loculis 4 ovulatis. Hab: South-eastern Region; Natal: Weenen County, South Downs, on a rocky hill, alt. 1200-1500 met., fl. Dec, J. M. Wood (No. 4376), Orange Free State : Eland's River valley, near the Mont aux Sources, alt. about 1850 met., fl. Dec-Jan., H. G. Flanagan (No. 2004). In habit and general appearance like M. major, Linn., but some- what smaller, and not glaucous, but everywhere more or less hairy; besides some floral differences. Buchenroedera biflora, n. sp. — Fruticulus erectus ramosus pubescens, ramis adscendentibus foliosis, ad 33 cm. longis ; stipulae lanceolatse acuminatae, petiolis 6-Q mill, longis subasqui- longae ; foliola oblanceolata obtusa mucronata 1-nerva sericeo- pubescentia viridescentia, 0-9-1 '1 cm. longa ; pedunculi axillares, racemose biflori, graciles, 1'3-1'5 cm. longi, fructiferi 2*4 cm. longi, pedicellis 2-3 mill, longis bractea lineari sequilonga ; calyx turbinatus sericeus, obscure 10-nervus, 8 mill, longus, segmentis auguste subulatis acuminatis tubo brevioribus ; vexiUum sub- orbiculare unguiculatum sericeum, 1*1 cm. longum, alis oblongis auriculatis aequilongis, carina obtusa auriculata ceteris pauUo longior; legumen compressum lineari-oblongum pubescens, calyce triente longius. Hab : South-eastern Region ; Zululand, Entumeni, alt. 460 met.?, fl. April, J. M. Wood (No. 3988). Flowers purple. Greener and less silky than most of the genus, and distinct by its inflorescence. The widely separated middle lobe, with the closely set lateral pairs of the lobes of the calyx, bring this plant near to Lotononis. But the habit is rather that of Buchen- roedera. Lotononis procumbens, n. sp. — Suffruticosa procumbens, undique jqIus minus villosa; rami patentes foliati, 10-18 cm. longi ; stipulae solitariae foliaceae obovatae vel lanceolatse acutae, petiolis 4-6 jnill. longis aequilongae vel parum breviores ; foliola oblanceolata obtusa, subtus 1-nerva, tenuiter pubescentia, inter- medio 0'6-l*4 cm. longo ; pedunculi terminales, 1-3 cm. longi ; flores saepius capitati, rarius subracemosi ; capitula hemisphaerica dense 8-15-flora, 2-2*5 cm. diametro ; bracteae capitula involu- crantes, e basi lata obovataB acutae, 3-4 mill, long^ ; bracteolae 2, lineares; flores sericeo-villosi, 1-2 cm. longi; calyx turbinatus, 7-8 mill, longus, segmentis tubo brevioribus, laterahbus falcatis patentibus, intermedio paullo longiori ; vexilli limbus oblanceolatus acutus, basi minute bi-auriculatus, ungui longo filiformi ; alaB basi auriculatae vexillo aequilongas ; carina latior, l-0-l'2 cm. longa, vexillum carinamque superans obtusissima, basi auriculata ; ovarium lineare, deorsum glabrum, apice tanto villosum ; legumen ignotum. Hab : Orange Free State, lofty plateaux and mountains at Hester's Vlei, distr. Harrismith, alt. 1650-1950 meters, fl. Dec- Jan., Bolus (No. 8139). Belongs to Harvey's section Polylobium, and may be placed next