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LEGUMINOS^. LV. Aspalatiius. 



TImnb. fl. cap. 584. Calyx 5-toothed. Carina longer than the 

 wings and keel. Legume pubescent, rather oblique. 



Spiny Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh, 1 to 2 ft. 



2 A. aculea'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 584.) leaves in fascicles, 

 linear, hairy; flowers capitate; buds prickly. Tj • G. A vil- 

 lous shrub, with very short branches. Prickles yellowish under 

 the fascicles of leaves. Flowers yellow, hairy. 



Prickly Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 A. acuminata (Lam. diet. L p. 287. ill- 620. f. 4. but not 

 of Thunb.) leaves in fascicles, very short, lanceolate, ending in 

 a pungent acumen, rather puberulous ; branchlets spinescent ; 



G.— Pluk. aim. t. 297. f. 6. 



Keel and 



11 A. argyu^^a (D. C. prod. 2. p. ISD.) leaves in fascicles, 



filiform, awnlcss, silky from adpressed down ; flowers axillary, 

 subterminal, solitary ; calyx 5-toothed, and is, as well as the 

 corolla, clothed with silky pubescence, 

 same as ^, dlbens^ Lin. mant. 261. 



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G. Perhaps tie 



Silvery Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 

 12 A. arma'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 577.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, silvery, mucronate ; racemes leafless ; corolla tomentose. 



Flowers white. Branches silky. Racemes terminal, 



orm, 



1?. G. 



flowers axillary, solitary. ^2 • 



Teeth of calyx spiny. Petals silky on the outside, 

 vexillum about equal in length, but longer than the wings. 



Shrub I foot. 



Armed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 

 13 A. HY sTRix (Lin. fil. suppl. 322. 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, silky, 



Thunb. fl. cap. 577.) 



flowers 



lateral, solitary ; corolla villous, 

 ill. t. 620. f 1. 



^ 



mucronate, 



G. 



stiff*; 



A cuminatcdAeaxed Aspalathus. 



4 A. simne'scens (Thunb. fl. cap. 584.) leaves in fascicles. 



Porcupine Aspalathus. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. July, 



Aug. 



Lara. diet. 1. p. 281. 

 Clt. 1824. Shrub 



flowers lateral, 



^2 . G. Calyx acutely 5-cleft. 



solitary, glabrous ; 



Corolla 



filiform, rather fleshy ; 



branches spinescent. 



4 lines long. Petals equal among themselves. Ovary glabrous. 



Spinescent Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



5 A. LARiciFOLiA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 287. but not of Thunb.) 



leaves in fascicles, filiform-subulate, glabrous ; branches and 



stipulas spinescent; flowers lateral, solitary, silky-pubescent. 



G. A. Dunirens, Thunb. prod. 129. Leaves length of those 



Wings fal- 



14 A. spica'ta (Thunb. fl. cap. 



578.) leaves in fascicles, 



terminal 



subulate, rather pilose ; flowers di:sposed in ovate, 

 spikes ; calyx hairy, with the lobes acuminated. 



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G. 



^2 . G. A. pungens, Thunb. prod. 129. 



o( Pmus l()rix. Calyx pubescent, acutely 5-cleft. 



/S'^jzZre-flowered Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



15 A. microca'rpa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 139.) leaves in fasci- 

 cles, subulate, pilose ; flowers axillary, solitary ; legume ovate, 

 pubescent, a little longer than the calyx. ^ . G. Burch, cat 

 no. 2G5 and 284. Branches rather hairy. Calyxes rather vil- 



lous, 5-cleft, with the lobes aw4-shaped. 

 cate. Carina very much curved. Legume clothed with short oblong, shorter than the smooth keel 



villi. 



Legume 1-2-seeded. 

 f. 3.? 



Leaves 1-2 lines long. 



Corolla small, ^^ings 



and silky vexillum. 



Pluk. aim. t. 413. 



Larch-leaved Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



G A. VERRi'cosA (Lin. syst. veg. 5S7, Thunb. fl. cap. 583.) 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, mucronate, incurved, fleshy, glabrous ; 

 flowers lateral ; buds warted. Fj . G. Calyx pubescent, formly-subulate, pilose ; flowers 



Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



Small-fruited A^^vi\ii\\\\\s. .. . 



16 A. THYMiroLiA (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, fin- 



■ ■ -' ' ... solitary; 



acutely 5-cleft. Vexillum pilose. Legume villous, ovate-Ian- branches incurved, hairy. Tj . G. 



lateral, pubescent 



Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. I; 



ceolatc, acuminated. 



JVarled Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 3 ^eet* 



Bracteoles villous. Calyx villous, 5-cleft, with the tube striated, 



Corolla small, the wings very small, 



and the lobes subulate. 



7 A. capita'ta (Lin, amoen. 6. p. 92.) leaves in fascicles, and oblong. 



subulate, acute, much crowded, rather pilose ; branches hairy ; 



Pluk t. 397. f. 



flowers capitate, ternn'nal, glabrous. 

 6. Lam. ill. 620. f. 2. 



12. G. 



Thyme-leaved Aspalathus. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. Julv, Aug. Clt. 1825. 



Sh. 



_ A. glomerata, Lin. fil. suppl. 321. 17 A. eric^foua (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicHhn- 



Bracteoles 3, deciduous, the middle one concave and largest, form, rather obtuse, covered with soft hairs ; flowers alterna^ 

 Calyx villous, 5-cleft, with the lobes broad and acute. 



Ca^ii^a^e-flowered Aspalathus. 

 Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 



disposed in somethincr like racemes ; segments of the caij* 

 ^ " T2 . G.-Pluk. aim. t 



Corolla with ob- 



linear, about the length of the corolla. 



413. f. 6. A. mollis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 290. - -i] • 



long smooth wings, equal in length to the keel, which is villo 

 as well as the vexillum. A. ericaefolia, Berg. cap. 205. ti' 

 in segments of the calyx being obtuse. 



Heath-leaved Aspalathus. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. » 



8 A. ASTROiTES (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, subu- 

 late, pungent, stiffly divaricate, glabrous; branclilets hairy; 

 flowers lateral and terminal, somewhat capitate, smoothish. Ij • 

 G. — Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. 2. — Seb. thes. t. 24. f G. Bracteoles 

 spinescent. Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes subulate and spiny. Ovary 

 glabrous. 



Starry Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ^x. 



9 A. CHENopoDA (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, subu- 

 late, trigonal, ending in a pungent mucrone, stiff, pilose ; flowers G. Burch. cat. no. 3473. Calyx 5-toothed, 3 times s 

 capitate, and are, as well as the branches, hairy, ^i . G. — Breyn. 

 cent. t. 11.— Seb. thes. 1. t. 24. f. 4. Sims, hot. ma?. 2225. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t.'Sie. 



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18 A. Frankenioides (D. C. prod. 2. p. 139.) leaves m^ 



•-!__ ._ , 1 .11 • 1 1 ^^^ar\f and ^^ 



cicles, terete, pubescently-hairy ; branches canescent an< 

 vety ; flowers terminal and axillary, usually solitary, silky- 





than the corolla. Leaves hardly more than a line long 



Sltrub. 



Bracteoles subulate, villous. Calyx 5- 

 ribbed, cleft into 5 beyond the middle ; the lobes subulate and 

 villous. Wings straight, rather adnata to the keel. Legume 

 terete, with short pili at the apex. Style long, permanent. 



.6'oo5e-;/bo^ Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



10 A. a'lbens (Thunb. fl. cap. 576.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, mutic, silvery from adpressed silky down; racemes leafy. 

 Ij. G. Corolla glabrous, according to Thunberg, but in the 

 specimen examined by M, De Candolle it is obviously tomen- 

 tose. Calyx hoary from silky down. Flowers white. 



form 



with grey tomentum. 



Frankenia-lihe Aspalathus. kJirruo. • i ffr 



19 A. Hi'sriDA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579.) leaves in fascicles,^^ 

 •m, obtuse, hispid from pili ; flowers axillary ; ^^S^^j^^j^ 



the calyx shorter than the flower. Tj . G. A shrub, 



Flowers sessile. Legume ovate, vi 



Clt. 1818. Sh.|toJtt 



20 A. FLEXuosA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579.) leaves in fa^c» ^ 

 filiform, obtuse, hispid from pili ; flowers axillary ; segmen 

 the calyx longer than the flower. ^ . G. 



Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Hispid Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. 



Flexnous Aspalathus. 



of Ber?; 



7r////r-leaved Aspalathus. 

 3 to 4 feet. 



21 A. PARViFLORA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579. but >^^^ "* j^ 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, obtuse, pubescent ; flowers te ^ 



Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. tern. V^.G. Shrub pubescent 



Corolla with the helmet 



mentose. 



