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latum, 4-6-ovulatum. (Ex exempll. 2 exsice. No. 6569 wt 
infra.) 
Hab. In arenosis prope Klipfontein in prov. Namaqualand 
Minor, alt. cire. 900 metr., flor. Sept., legi; No. 6569 in herbb. 
Kewensi et meo. 
This has the habit and external appearance of L. lenticula, 
Benth. It differs by its more silky pubescence, by its usually 
alternate branches, and by its much smaller pod. 
ASPALATHUS LEPTOPTERA, Bolus, n. sp. Fruticulus rigidus, ra- 
mosus, humifusus ; ramuli dense foliosi, pubescentes ; folia teretia 
apice acuminato-pungentia glabra vel interdum basi pulvinulis 
albo-pilosis instructa, 2 millim. longa ; flores ad apices ramulo- 
rum terminales solitarii subsessili, 7-8 millim. longi, bracteis 
aculeiformibus ; calyx obconicus, basi acutus, sericeo-pubescens, 
corolla duplo brevior, laciniis lanceolatis in aculeis desinentibus 
sinibus acutis, tubo parum brevioribus; vexillum ovatum acutum 
breve unguiculatum, dorso sericeum ; ale oblongs obtuse, carina 
duplo breviore; carina porrecta incurva subobtusa; ovarium 2- 
ovulatum; legumen ovatum inflatum sericeum, l-spermum, 4 
millim. longum. (Ex exempll. plur. exsicc. No. 7313 ut infra.) 
Hab. In arenosis ad pedes montium prope pagum Ceres, 
Colonia Capensi, alt. cire. 460 metr., flor. Jan., anno 1888 legi; 
No. 7313 in herbb. Kewensi, meo, dc. 
Habit and general appearance very like A. divaricata, Thunb., 
but different by its generally solitary flowers and the very 
short ale. 
ASPALATHUS HUMILIS, Bolus,n.sp. Fruticulus humifusus, basi 
ramosus; ramuli sepius simplices, villosi, foliosi, prostrati, 6-15 
centim. longi; folia fasciculata, carnoso-teretia, acuta, calloso- 
apiculata, glabra, leviter incurva, 2-3 millim. longa; flores 4-6 in 
capitulis terminalibus subsphericis 1-1-3 centim. diametro, pedi- 
cellis 1-15 millim. longis, bractea lata ovata, bracteole anguste 
oblanceolate concave calyce breviores bracteam excedentes ; 
calyx campanulatus, laciniis faleato-subulatis, tubo villoso sub- 
zquilongis, sinibus angustis acutis; vexillum subrotundum 
emarginatum, breviter unguiculatum sspe reflexum ; al: falcato- 
oblonge obtuse, carinam subequantes ; carina apice late rotun- 
data, alis parum longior; ovarium oblongum glabrum, 6-ovulatum. 
(Ex exempll. plur. exsicc. No. 3728 ut infra.) 
Hab. In saxosis in summo monte Tabulari, alt. circ. 1100 
