Notes on the genus Otholobium (Psoraleeae, Fabaceae). 5. Four new species from Namaqualand, South Africa

Four new species of Otholobium from Namaqualand in South Africa are described: O. arborescens C.H. Stirton, O. flexuosum C.H. Stirton, O. incanum C.H. Stirton, and O. pustulatum C.H. Stirton

Aspalathus abbottii (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae), a new species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

AbstractA new species Aspalathus abbottii C.H. Stirt. & Muasya, is described. The species is known only from Oribi Flats, KwaZulu-Natal, where it grows in grassland vegetation. The new species is characterised by its rigid spreading habit, densely and shortly villous branches, glabrous bracts and bracteoles, and 1(2) bright yellow flowers borne on short lateral shoots. It is most similar to other grassland species, A. frankenioides DC. and A. gerrardii H. Bol., all from the summer rainfall area of South Africa but differs in its rigid spreading habit, few bright yellow flowers per flowering branchlet, glabrous bracts and bracteoles, villous yellowish-green seasonal shoots, and its pale brown to tan over-seasonal branches with a blackish lattice of peeled bark