6 XLVII. § PAPILIONACEH (BAKER). [ Lotononis. 
sessile, linear or oblanceolate, about $ in. long, § in. broad, nee 
slightly rounded mucronate. Flowers in sessile clusters of 2-5 each in 
the axils of the leaves. Calyx 2-24 lines long, between tubular and 
campanulate, the upper teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching ie 
half way down, the lowest setaceous. Corolla pale yellow, the 
about equalling the calyx. Pod linear-oblong, turgid, about equalling 
the calyx.—Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61; Z. platycarpos, Viv. Pl. Hgypt. 
dec. 4, 14; Leobordea lotoides, Delile, Frag. Pl. Arab. 23, fig. ae 
L. persica and spherosperma, Spach. Ann, Sc. Nat. xix. 285; Xero- 
carpus abyssinicus, Schweinf. Fl. AEthiop. 21; Leobordea abyssinica, 
Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 
A desert species, extending to Egypt, Persia, Beloochistan, and the Cape. 
3. L. clandestina, Benth. in Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61. A diffuse 
copiously di- or trichotomously branched annual with finely silky stems 
under a foot long. Stipules foliaceous, linear or oblanceolate, 3-4 
lines long, deciduous. Petioles 8-6 lines long. Leaflets oblanceolate, 
silky, 4-8 lines long, bluntish with a faint mucro. Flowers 2-6 in 
subsessile umbels in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels very short. 
Calyx densely grey-silky, 4 lines long, the 4 upper teeth linear, shorter 
than the tube, the lowest tooth deeper linear-setaceous. Corolla yel- 
lowish, only the silky, densely villose keel distinctly exserted. Pod 
linear, 4-44 lines long, 1 line broad, turgid, straight, glabrescent, 
10—12-seeded. 
Lower Guinea. Benguella in the sands of the seashore, Dr. Welwitsch ! 
South Central. In the interior near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines ! 
Also a Cape species. 
4. L. Bainesii, Baker. Stem under a foot long, slender, procum- 
bent, herbaceous, irregularly branched, quite glabrous. Stipules 2-24 
lines long, cordate-ovate acuminate, unequal-sided. Petioles 4 in. 
glabrous. Leaflets 3, sessile, linear, the central one }$~§ in. long, 
4 in. broad, base narrowed, point slightly rounded mucronate, glabrous. 
Flowers in dense umbellate heads of 8-10 each on leaf-opposed glab- 
rous peduncles an inch long. Bracts inconspicuous. Calyx subsessile, 
infundibuliform, } in. deep, slightly silky, teeth very short, subdeltoid. 
Corolla reddish, three times as long as the calyx, the keel and standard 
subequal, the wings small and shorter. Pod not seen. 
South Central. In the interior near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and 
Baines ! 
Belongs to the section Polylobium of Harvey. Very near the Cape L. wmbellata in 
general habit, bracts, and stipules, differing by its narrower leaves, want of pubescence, 
and very short calyx-teeth. 
5. I. angolensis, Welw. mss. A copiously-branched glabrous 
perennial herb with trailing stems more than a foot long. Stipules 
Fier, 2-3 lines, moderately persistent. Petioles 3-12 lines. Leaflets 
3, subsessile, oblanceolate, glabrous, the central one 6~12 lines long, 
