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10 - LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Podalyria. 
Pedunceles shorter or scarcely longer than the leaves : 
Calyx shaggy with curled, rusty hairs ... ... 1... 
4 Calyx silky; its lobes deltoid-acute, much shorter than : 
SNP ORR > in tie a Somme, 
-- Calyx silky ; its lobes subulate, as long as the carina (.... 17) sericea, 
1. NITIDE (Sp. 1-6.) 
1. P. speciosa (Eck. & Zey.! No. 1164); leaves glabrous and shin- 
ing above, densely silky beneath, veiniess, the lower ones elliptic-oblong 
or sub-lanceolate, flattish, upper linear-elongate, with strongly revolute 
margins, retuse; peduncles much shorter than the leaves; calyces and 
pods densely rufo-villous. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2, P- 435. 
Has. Summits of Hott. Holl. Mts. ; near Palmiet River and Klynriversberg, and 
near ‘‘Hemel and Aarde.” £. § Z./ Pappe 41. (Herb. Bth., Sd., D.) 
Stem 14-2 feet high, erect, with virgate branches, appressedly pubescent. Leaves 
2-3 inches long, the lower ones 4-1 inch broad, with slightly rolled margins, the 
upper 1-2 lines wide, perfectly linear, the revolute margins nearly concealing the 
whole under surface. Pubescence of the under surface generally ferruginous, 
coarsely silky, close-pressed. Flowers in pseudo-racemes towards the ends of the 
branches. Pods very hirsute. 
(13) myrtillifolia, 
2. P. glauca (DC. Prod. 2. p. 102) ; leaves glabrous and shining 
above, silky beneath, veinless, either elliptical, obovate, oblong, or lan- 
ceolate, obtuse, mucronulate, with slightly reflexed margins; peduncles 
generally much longer than the leaves ; calyces rufo-sericeous, the lateral 
segments about as long as the carina; pods softly villous. Benth. 1. ¢. 
P. 495. P. buaifolia, Lam. Dic, 2. t. 327. f.4. E. Mey.Com.p.7. P. Mun- 
diana, E.§ Z.! 1162. P. sparsiflora, E. § Z.11166. P. racemulosa, E.§ Z.! 
1165. Zeyher, No. 2268. Burch. Cat, 5118. 
“Has. Mountains of Swellendam and George, Drege! Mundt.t Bowie, Burchell. 
Zwarteberg at Klynriver ; and in the Langekloof, F. & Z.! (Herb. Bth., Sd., Hk., D.) 
_ Sub-erect or decumbent, 1-2 feet high, not much branched. Leaves $-% inch, 
seldom exceeding an inch long, 4-4 inch wide, the silky hairs of the lower surface 
either rufous or pale. Peduncles 2-6 times as long as the leaves, 1-2 flowered, 
_8. P. buxifolia (Willd.? Sp. 2. p. 505, ex parte, DC, Prod. 2, p. 102); 
“leaves broadly ovate or obovate, flattish, shining above, densely sericeo- 
lanose beneath, veinless; peduncles as long as the leaves or longer, 
villous, 1-2 flowered ; calyces rufo-villous, the lateral segments cul 
much shorter than the carina.” Benth. 1. ¢. P. 436. P. glauca, 8. biflora, 
E. § Z.! 1167.in Herb. Benth.! : 
Has. Between Swellendam and Kochman’s Kloof, EF. & Z.! (Herb. Benth.) 
Of this I have only seen a single specimen. The upper surfaces of th. 
leaves are thinly sprinkled with hairs; the older glabrous and glossy. ‘This woeckes 
requires further examination, with better specimens, 
4. P. orbicularis (E. Mey.! Com. p. 8, non E. & Z.); leaves (becom- 
ing) glabrous and shining above, densely ferrugineo-villous beneath, 
veinless, orbicular, with revolute margins, very obtuse or mucronulate ; 
peduncles 1-2 fl, as long as the leaves or longer; calyces rufo-hirsute, 
the lateral segments much shorter than the keel. Benth. l. ¢. p. 436, 
EL. § Z. No. 1159! 
Has. Stony mountain sides near £. & Z. ians’ 
Kloof, Kens (Herb. Bth. Sd.) igiiialigeitias dagen 
The subrotund leaves are 3-1 inch long, and nearly as wide ; the young ones 
