DESCRIPTION:--A bush about 1 m. high. _Branches_ greyish tomentellous above, becoming glabrous. _Leaves_ 4·5 to 6·5 cm. long, 2·5 to 3·5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse to subacute with a callous point attenuated at the base, margins recurved; youngest leaves finely villous at the base. _Head_ sessile, 2·5 cm. long, about 2·5 cm. in diam., globose; receptacle convex. _Involucral-bracts_ 10-11-seriate; outer ovate, obtuse, glabrous or the lowest very finely pubescent, with membranous ciliate margins; inner oblong-spathulate, obtuse, brick-red, recurved above, glabrous or minutely pubescent, not equalling the styles. _Perianth-sheath_ 1·5 cm. long, 0·75 mm. broad, dilated above, 3-keeled and 3-nerved below, glabrous or hirsute at the apex; lip 4 mm. long, 3-toothed, rufously setulose, glabrescent on the back; teeth subequal, 0·25 mm. long, the middle one smaller. _Stamens_ all fertile, subsessile; anthers linear, 3 mm. long; apical glands 0·25 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, swollen on the inner face. _Ovary_ 2 mm. long, oblong-obovate in outline, covered with long brown hairs; hypogynous scales 1 mm. long, 0·25 to 0·5 mm. broad, oblong, obtuse; style 2 cm. long, falcate, arching over the centre of the head, terete above, flattened and hollow below, glabrous; stigma 2·25 mm. long, linear, obtuse, grooved, passing into the style. (_Fl. Cap._--National Herb., Pretoria, No. 2916.) PLATE 192.--Fig. 1, single flower; Fig. 2, posterior perianth lobe; Fig. 3, pistil; Fig. 4, receptacle. F.P.S.A., 1925. [Illustration: 193.] PLATE 193. SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS. _Cape Province, Orange Free State, Natal, Transvaal._ LEGUMINOSAE. Tribe GALEGEAE. SUTHERLANDIA, _R.Br._; _Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant._ vol. i. p. 503. * * * * * =Sutherlandia frutescens=, _R.Br. Hort. Kew_. ed. 2, p. 327; _Fl. Cap._ vol. ii. p. 212. * * * * * This plant was named by the great English botanist in honour of James Sutherland, one of the earliest superintendents of the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens. The genus has only one species, which is widely distributed throughout South Africa, and is probably the most handsome native plant in the family _Leguminosae_. According to the _Botanical Magazine_, in which the plant was figured (Plate 181), _Sutherlandia frutescens_ was known in cultivation as early as 1683, and later became generally known in European gardens. _Sutherlandia frutescens_ forms a small bush, but may grow to 3-4 ft. high, and is found usually in fairly dry places. It is known under several local names, but probably the most common is “Kanker bos” (cancer-bush), as it is reputed to be a cure for cancer. As the plant is easily raised from seed, and the flowers are particularly beautiful, it should be more generally cultivated. We are indebted to Mr. C. A. Smith, B.Sc., for the specimens which he collected at Fauresmith in the Orange Free State.