12 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Podalyria. 
Very near P. cordata, but less shaggy ; generally with more ovate leaves, and the 
under surface always obviously and mostly strongly reticulated with veins. Leaves 
1-1} inches long; in young vigorous shoots 1} -24 inches. Pubescence of the stem, 
branches, undersides of leaves, and calyx rusty-brown, shining. 
9. P. velutina (Burch. Cat. Geogr. No. 3565 & 6984); branches 
tomentose; leaves narrow-oblong, acute or mucronate, thickish, thinly 
pubescent, with appressed hairs above, densely hairy, with a prominent 
midrib beneath; peduncles one-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calyx 
shaggy with rusty hairs, its lobes cultrate-acuminate, shorter than the 
keel. Benth. l.c. p. 437. Zeyher, 2262! ‘ 
Has. Among shrubs by banks of rivulets, Western Mts., Grahamstown, Zeyher. 
(207 in Herb. T.C.D.) ; also at Howison’s Poort; and near Sidbury, Zey. Albany, 
Burchell, 7. Williamson! H. Hutton! (Herb. D. Bth., Hk., Sd.) 
‘ An erect, virgate shrub, 2-3 feet high. Leaves 1-13 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, 
somewhat acute at base, and thus sub-langeolate-oblong, distinctly mucronate when 
young. Occasionally the nervation is partly obvious on the lower surface. Pods 
very shaggy with long, rufous hairs. Very near P, Burchellii, but with longer and 
proportionably narrower, never ovate leaves. I retain it, with considerable doubt : 
eset ag of P. Burchelli called ‘“‘lancifolia” by E. § Z., being almost exactly inter- 
m ‘ 
10. P. Burchellii (DC. Prod. 2. p. 101) ; branches tomentose; leaves 
thickish, ovate or elluptical, acute or mucronate, thinly pubescent with 
appressed hairs above, densely sericeo-villous beneath, with a prominent 
midrib; peduncles 1-2 flowered, much shorter than the leaves ; calyces 
shaggy with rusty hairs, the lobes broadly cultrate, shorter than the keel. 
Benth. l. c. p. 431. P. Burchelliiand P. lancifolia, H. § Z. 1157, 1158. 
Has. Mountain situations in Uitenhage and Albany, Burchell, EB. § Z.! Ge. 
Common. (Herb. D. Bth., Hk., Sd.) . 
2-3 feet high, with virgate branches. Leaves 3-3-1 inch long, }-3 inch broad, 
seldom exceeding twice their breadth in length, the margin often slightly revolute ; 
the veins sometimes apparent, but usually, except the midrib, concealed under the 
rusty, glossy pubescence. The peduncles are generally 1-flowered, but not always. 
11. P. lanceolata (Benth. An. Mus. Vind. 2. p- 68); twigs tomen- 
tose or pubescent; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, or elliptic-oblong, sub-acute 
or obtuse at each end, mucronulate, thinly pubescent on both surfaces, 
prominently netted-veined on the under side ; peduncles 1-flowered, 
shorter or longer than the subtending leaf; calyx tufo-villous, its lobes 
acute, equalling the keel. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p- 438. P. calyp- 
trata, 8. lanceolata, E, Mey. Comm. p. 10. 
Has. District of Swellendam, Mundt. Riv. Zonderende, Zeyher, 2272! Pappe 
(47). River side near Spaorbosch, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd. D.) 
A tall shrub, 2-4 feet high, erect and virgate. Leaves 1}-2 inches long, 4-3 
inch wide; generally obtusely lanceolate, but varying on the same bush to broadly- 
elliptical, scarcely thrice as long as broad. The veins on the under surface are 
always well marked and netted. Bracts (according to Bentham) distinct: More 
like P. calyptrata than any species of this section. 
3. CALYPTRAT, (Sp. 12.) 
12. P. calyptrata (Willd. Sp. 2. p. 504); branches thinly pube- 
scent; leaves bereiciacaaal obtuse, ESRB oo: thinly pubescent 
on both surfaces, prominently netted-veined on the underside ; calyces 
velvetty with rusty pubescence, the lobes cultrate, nearly equalling the 
keel ; bracts connate into a hood, Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 438. P. sty- 
