Amphithalea] LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 21 
V. AMPHITHALEA, F. & Z. 
Calyx subequally 5—cleft. Vexillum roundish, shortly stipitate, re- 
flexed; ale oblong ; carina straightish, obtuse, spurred on each side. 
Stamens diadelphous (9 & 1). Ovary 1-4 ovuled. Legume ovate, 1-2 
_ seeded, rarely oblong, 3-4 seeded. Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2. 
p. 449. Endl. 6465. Ingenhoussie, sp. EH. Mey. Cryphiantha, LH. § Z. 
Epistemmum, Walp. 
Small, heathlike South African shrubs, with alternate, simple, entire, sessile, ex- 
stipulate leaves, frequently with revolute margins, Flowers purple or rosy, with 
the carina darkly tinted, axillary and subsessile, or crowded in aleafy spike. Name 
from auibadrns, flowering round the branch. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
; es ely with 2-4 ovules. Leaves ovate or obovate, silky and silvery, flat. 
- (Sp. 1-2). 
Leaves mucronate or obtuse ; pod 5-6 lines long, falcate (1) euneifolia, 
Leaves acute ; pod ovate, acuminate, 3-4 lines long ... (2) densa. . 
2. Ovary with a solitary ovule. (Sp. 3-9). 
Divaricately branched ; legume tomentose (3) violacea. 
Virgate ; legume a Cds pane eee i i 
& a A pprspece above ; margin slightly in-. 
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Pubescence of the branches viscid ; calyx glabrous (9) micrantha, 
Leaves with strongly revolute margins : 
Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate ; pod turgid... (5) ericsefolia. 2 
Leaves very narrow linear-terete ; branches virgate ; 
pod not turgid... 50. ee ee ee se  ) Vi 
Leaves short, spreading, ovato-lanceolate, tomentose (7) phylicoides. 
* Ovary 2-4 ovuled. (Sp. 1-2). 
1. A. cuneifolia (Eck. & Zey. En. No. 1231) ; leaves broadly obo- 
vate, calloso-mucronulate or obtuse, flat, penninerved, densely clothed on 
both surfaces with silky, closepressed, silvery or fulvous hairs ; flowers 
axillary, crowded, sessile; pod twice as long as the calyx, oblong-falcate, 
subacute, compressed, with foxy pubescence, 2-4 seeded. Benth. Lond. 
Journ. 2. p. 450. Priestleya awillaris, E. Mey. p.20. Epistemum ferru-— 
gineum, Walp. Linn. 13. p. 473. 
Has. Hottentots’ Holland, Mundt. / Bowie, E. & Z./ Burchell (8162). Baby- 
lonisch Toornberg, Zeyher / 2285. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
_ A robust shrub, 2-3 feet high, with virgate, tomentose branches. Leaves 5-7 
lines long, 4-5 lines broad, imbricated, thickish, satiny to the touch. Flowers 5 
lines long, bright purple ; the calyx softly villous; a small, subulate bract. Pods 
5-6 lines long, curved. Flowers twice as large as in the following ; leaves suddenly’ 
mucronulate, not gradually acute. 
2. A. densa (Eck. & Zey.! No. 1232) ; leaves ovate, elliptical or ob- 
ovate, acute, fiat, one-nerved, or obscurely penninerved, densely 
clothed on both surfaces with silky, close-pressed, silvery or fulvous 
hairs ; flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or crowded ; calyx silky, its 
teeth subulate, rather longer than the tube ; ovary 2—ovuled ; pod ovate, — 
acuminate. Benth.l.c.p. 450. Indigofera sericea? L. Borbonia tomentosa, 
L. Crotalaria imbricata, L. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 571. Priestleya sericet 
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