14 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Liparia. 
Suberect or decumbent, 1-3 feet high ; silky in all parts. Leaves 3—1 inch— 
rarely 14 inches long, $—- inch wide, very variable in form, often rusty or fulvous. 
Pubescence of the calyx close-pressed, very unlike that of P. argentea. 
16. P. cuneifolia (Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 99. non E. & Z.); branches 
silky ; leaves obcordatey obovate or cuneate-oblong, acute at base, retuse 
or recurvo-mucronulate, silky on both surfaces.; peduncles mostly one- 
flowered and shorter than the leaf, (rarely 2 fl. somewhat longer) ; caly- 
ces appressedly pubescent, its lobes deltoid-acuminate, half as long as the 
carina ; pod villous (not shaggy). Benth. l.c. p. 440. DC. Prod.2. p-I0t. 
P. pallens, albens, hamata, splendens, and patens, B. & Z.! 1172, 1173, 
1175, 1178, 1179. 
| Has. A common species from Capetown through Swellendam and George to | 
porte Uitenhage ; also in Worcester and Stellenbosch, &c. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Waar Erect or procumbent, varying much in habit, in the form of leaves, hairiness and 
| | v, colour of flower. It is more silky and shining than the preceding species, but much 
ue $4 less so than the following, for which it is often mistaken. 
17. P. sericea (R. Br. in Hort. Kew, Ed. 2. vol. 3, p. 6.); branches 
silky ; leaves obovate or cuneate-oblong, acute at base, recurvo-mucro- 
nulate, sky and shining on both surfaces ; peduncles r flowered, shorter 
than the leaves ; calyces silky, their lobes subulate, acute, as long as 
| the carina ; pod silky. Benth. l. c.p. 440. DC. Prod. 2. p. 101. E. & Z. 
2 , No. 1176, and P. canescens, E. & Z.1177. P. anomala, Lehm. — 
tas Perk e Hap. Cape flats and Table Mountain, £, § Z.! Drege, fc. Saldanha Bay, E. § Z.! 
sacl, Wor) 4. Bret or procumbent ; the whole plant with a satiny or silvery lustre, sometimes 
= ' \,"Tfulvous. It much resembles the preceding species, from which it is known by its 
= <a. ae and elongate calyx lobes, and (when they can be seen) by its narrower 
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Ill. LIPARIA, Linn. 
Calya indented at base, with a short tube, 5-lobed ; the four upper 
lobes lanceolate, acute, the lowest very large and broad, petaloid. Corolla 
glabrous ; vexillum oval-oblong ; the ale oblong, one infolding the other 
in wstivation ; carina straight, acute, narrow. Stamens 9 & 1. Ovary 
sessile, few-ovuled. Legume ovate, few-seeded. DO. Prod. 2. Po 121, 
Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 413. ; ivan 
South African shrubs, with alternate, lanceolate, rigid, pun ent, i 
Flowers bright vai ie terminal heads. Name Pisa Nwtanee ities pele 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
Branches glabrous : 4 
Calyx glabrous, its upper segments alone lanato-ciliate ... (1) spherica, * 
Calyx ev: hi iry, all th ts hai ithim ... i: ii 
noe aoe wei ase? < e segments h ry within (3) Burchellii. 
Branches thinly villous, soon glabrous ; leaves imbricated Bs comantha, 
Branches densely villous ; leaves spreading or reflexed ais S parva, t 
1. L. spherica (Linn. Mant. 268) ; branches glabrous ; leaves erect, 
lanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, pungent, 3— 5-7 nerved ; bracts glabrous, 
not ciliate ; calyx glabrous, its upper segments alone fringed with woolly 
hairs. DC. Prod, 2.p. 121, Benth. Lond. Journ, 2. Pp. 443. #.¢Z. En. No. 
ae 1215. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 121. Andr. Bot, Rep. t 68, et . 
| Lod. Cab. t. 642. 3 ‘ Hap $5 7 Mag. t. 1241 © 
