* 
Priestleya.] LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 17 
late, hairy ; calyx hairy, the upper segments lanceolate or deltoid- 
acuminate, the lowest cuspidate, 14 as long as the rest. Benth. Lond.° 
Journ. 2. p. 444. P. umbellifera, H.M. Comm. p. 17. P. levigata, 
see Z. No. 1221. (non Benth.) Borbonia villosa, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 
500. 
Has. Hott. Holland and Klynriverberg, F. § Z./ Capetown range, W.HH. 
(Hb. Thb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) ; a = 
A small shrub, 10-12 inches high, erect or ascending, chiefly branched from the 
base. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 1-2 lines wide, sometimes with obscure lateral nerves. 
Flowers 6-10, in a globose cluster.—Resembles P. graminifolia in aspect, but is 
more hairy, with a different calyx. Pods softly villous. 
8. P. teres (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); much branched, branches glab- 
rous; leaves narrow lanceolate-linear, narrowed at base, rigid, acute, 
obscurely one-nerved, glabrous; flowers on downy pedicels, somewhat 
exceeding the downy ovato-lanceolate, deciduous bracts ; calyx downy, 
its segments ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or mucronulate. P. laevigata, 
DC. Mem. t. 30. DC. Prod. 2. p. 121 (excl. syn. Thunb. ) Benth. 1.¢. 
p. 445. Liparia teres, Thunb.! Cap. p. 566. 
Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg! Swellendam, Dr. Thom! (Hb. Thb., Hk., Bth.) 
An erect, much branched shrub, 14-2 feet high, glabrous except on the inflores- 
cence, which is downy, with very short, soft, patent hairs. ‘Leaves 1-1} inch long, 
1-11 lines wide, scattered, more dense toward the ends of the erect, virgate branches. 
Bracts falling away soon after the flowers open : the lowest flower only from the 
axil of a persistent leaf, or leaf-like glabrous “ bract,” longer than the pedicel. I 
have compared Thunberg’s original specimen with that of Dr. Thom, 
4. P. umbellifera (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122) ; much branched, branches 
softly hairy ; leaves narrow-oblong or lanceolate-linear, rigid, acute, 
concave, obscurely one-nerved, appressedly silky on both surfaces, the 
older ones becoming sub-glabrous ; pedicels densely silky, shorter than 
the broadly ovate, concave, mucronate, hairy bracts ; calyx densely 
hairy, its lobes obliquely ovate, obtuse, of nearly equal length. P. 
cephalotes, E. Mey! Comm. p. 18. excl. syn. Benth. l. c. p. 445. Laparia 
umbellifera, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 568. : 
Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg! Mountains of Stellenbosch ; also Piquetberg, and 
Cedarberg, Clanwilliam, Drege/ (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk., D-) 
12-18 inches high, erect, corymbosely-branched ; all the younger parts softly 
silky, with long, appressed hairs. Leaves about } inch long, t—2 lines wide, between 
oblong and lanceolate, acute but scarcely pungent. Flowers 4-6, on very short, 
hairy pedicels, subcapitate. Calyx segments remarkably broad and blunt. Thun- 
berg’s original specimen in Herb. Upsal. quite agrees with those from Drege. 
5. P. capitata ste Prod. 2. p. 121) ; much branched, glabrous (or 
thinly villous); leaves linear or oblongo-linear, rigid, acute, thick, 
channelled, nerveless, glabrous; bracts broadly ovate, concave, obtuse 
or mucronulate ; flowers capitate, subsessile ; calyx rigidly hirsute, the 
four upper segments oblong, obtuse, the lowest acute, longer than the 
others, glabrous and shining near the point. Benth! Lond. Journ. 2. 
p. 445. P. levigata, E. Mey. (non DC.) Liparia capitata, Thunb! Fl. 
Cap. p. 566. : See es 
_ Var. B. pilosa (E. Mey.); branches and leayes more or less clothed with soft, 
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