Amphithalea. | LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 23 
6. A. virgata (Eck. & Zey. No. 1240); branches slender, virgate or 
ramuliferous, the young twigs thinly silky ; leaves incurvo-patent or 
erect, very narrow, linear-lanceolate or terete, acute, with strongly revo- 
lute margins ; the adult glabrous and shining on the upper, silky on 
the under surface ; calyx-lobes shorter than the tube; pod ovate, with 
a long point, scarcely turgid, silky. Benth. l. c. p. 452. Amp. Kraussiana, 
Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 65. 
Has. Rocky and sandy places near the mouth of Klynrivier, Caled . 
(Herb. Bth. 8d., D.) vee orn cares pena 
A much more slender plant than A. ericefolia, with much narrower, and rather 
longer leaves, and a different pod. Many-stemmed, 6-12 inches high, chiefly 
branched from the base; the branches curved, mostly clothed with short ramuli. 
Leaves 3-5-6 lines long, not 4 line wide, the lower surface generally quite con- 
cealed by the rolling back of the margins : the young leaves thinly silky. Flowers 
smaller than in A ericafolia. 
%. A. phylicoides (E. & Z.! No. 1243); divaricately much branched, 
robust ; branches tomentose; leaves short, spreading, ovato-lanceolate, 
or sub-linear, callous-pointed or obtuse, or acute, with strongly revolute 
margins, tomentose at first, afterwards glabrescent above, densely villous 
beneath ; calyx-teeth very unequal, rather shorter than the tube. Benth. 
lc. p. 452. Zey. No, 2287. 
Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage, £.42./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
‘A coarse bush, 2-3 feet or more high, with widely-spreading, much divided 
branches; the older ones bare and rough with cicatrices, the younger canescent and 
villoso-tomentose. Leaves 2-3 lines long, y oaasiead horizontally patent; the old 
ones only glabrescent. Flowers solitary in the upper axils, two lines long. 
8. A. Williamsoni (Harv.); branches virgate, pubescent ; leaves 
ovate or ovato-lanceolate, callous-pointed, nearly flat, with slightly mvo- 
lute margins, the adult glabrous above, thinly appresso-pubescent be- 
neath, somewhat 3-nerved; calyx silky, its teeth ovate, acute, shorter 
than the tube. . 
Has. Albany, 7. Williamson ! (Herb. T.C.D.) 
Of this apparently very distinct species, I have seen but a few fragments, and 
know not to what sized bush they may belong. The margins of the leaves are m- 
flexed, not reflexed, as in most others of the genus. This led me at first to refer it to 
Celidium ; but the upper stamen is quite free. Leaves § lines long, 2-3 lines broad, 
at length glabrescent on both surfaces ; the nerves then plainly visible, and even re- 
ticulate veins obscurely so. Flowers axillary, scattered, or two together, 24 lines 
long. Calyx-teeth very short. Found by Thomas Williamson, a soldier in the 72nd 
pig Oe formerly employed by me to collect plants in Albany and at Port Natal, 
and whose intelligence Ff diligence deserve honourable commemoration. 
9. A. micrantha (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 471) ; densely much branched, 
branchlets viscoso-pubescent ; leaves broadly ovate or cordato-ovate, acute, 
flat, slightly concave, glabrous and shining above, villous or glabrous 
beneath, one-nerved; calyx glabrous, its teeth short, very obtuse. . 
lc. p. 452. Ingenhoussia micrantha, E. Mey.! com. p. 21. Cryphiantha, 
imbricata, E. d Z.! No. 1247. : 
Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage, Z.& Z/ Zwarteberg, Drege! Also gathered 
by Bowie. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) : a at ale 
Powe anched small shrub, 1-2 feet high ; the lesser branches with a thick’ 
short coat of viscid hair, mixed with long soft white hairs. Leaves 4 lines lon » 3k 
lines wide, erecto-vatent, imbricating, minutely dotted, the under side #¢ 
