32 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Rafnia. 
Erect, slender : leaves obovate, narrowed at base ... (20) retroflexa. 
Procumbent, slender ; lower leaves obovate, upper 
BONNER MOROOUIAEN = oe. es a es: 82) GE. 
Tt Leaves linear-lanceolate, very acute... ... ... ... (22) spicata. 
1. VASCOA (Sp. 1-3). 
1. RB. (Vascoa) virens (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 11); leaves orbicular or 
reniform, cordato-amplexicaul, very obtuse ; four upper calyx-teeth del- 
tordeo-cuspidate, as long as or longer than the tube, not very dissimilar. 
Benth. Lond, Journ. 2. p. 464. 
Has. Rocky places, Dutoit’s-kloof, Drege! (Herb. Benth.) 
A tall shrub. Leaves 14 inch long, 2 inches wide, densely crowded, membrana- 
ceous, reticulately veined. Flowers terminal, concealed between two oblate bracts ; 
pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx 2} lines long, with a wide sinus between the upper 
and lateral segments. Very similar to the more luxuriant forms of R. amplezicaulis, 
from which this is merely distinguished by the different proportions of the calyx- 
teeth : I fear a variable character. 
2. R. (Vascoa) amplexicaulis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 563); leaves or- 
bicular or reniform, cordato-amplexicaul, very obtuse ; four upper calyx- 
teeth deltoid-acute, shorter than the tube, not very dissimilar. Vascoa 
amplexicaulis, DO. 2. 119. E. & Z. 1200. 
| Has. Mountains of Cape and Stellenbosch districts ; Paarlberg, Cederberg and 
Giftberg, Drege! Tulbagh, Z. § Z.! Witsenberg, Zey. 36. Pappe (55). Caledon, 
Dr. Prior! (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., D., Hk.) 
A much branched, densely leafy shrub, 2-4 feet high. Leaves 3-14 inch long, 
broader than their length, glaucous, thinly membranous, reticulated : rarely mucro- 
nate or sub-apiculate. Flowers concealed between two leafy bracts. Calyx 2 lines 
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it is known from all varieties of the following. 
3. BR. (Vascoa) perfoliata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 12); leaves rigid, ovate 
or orbicular, cordato-amplexicaul, acute or scarcely obtuse; two upper 
calyx-teeth broadly falcato-cultrate, broader than the triangular-acute 
lateral ones ; all nearly equalling the tube in length. Benth. 1. c. p. 
464. Vascoa perfoliata, DC. Prod. 2. p.119. Borbonia perfoliata, Thunb.! 
LE. & Z. 1202 ; also V. acuminata, E. Mey.! E. & Z. 1201. Zeyher, 2283 ! 
Has. Rocky hills in the Western Districts. Kochmanskloof, Mundt. Tulbagh 
and Hott. Holl. Z. & Z./ Dutoit’s-kloof, &e. Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
Smaller, more slender and diffuse than R. amplexicaulis, with much thicker, more 
rigid, and more evidently netted leaves. The leaves vary greatly in size and shape, 
sometimes they are stom as orbicular and obtuse as in &. amplexicaulis ; but more 
commonly they are longer than their breadth, decidedly cordate-ovate or cordate- 
oblong and acute or acuminate, 4}, rarely 1 inch long. Flowers smaller than in 
the preceding, similarly placed on short pedicels, and hidden between a pair of leafy 
bracts. The sinus separating the upper from the lateral calyx-teeth is sharp and 
narrow ; and the lateral teeth are narrow (acute-angled) triangular, not deltoid 
2. EU-RAFNIA (Sp. 4-15). 
4. R. ovata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 12); robust, branches roundish ; 
leaves broadly elliptic-ovate, sharply acuminate, sub-petiolate ; upper 
leaves more lanceolate, peduncles axillary, leafless; four upper calyx- 
teeth triangular-acuminate, as long as the tube, lowest narrow-subulate, 
: of equal length to the rest ; pod stipitate, with a broad wing, Benth. / 
 ., . . « Le p. 465. RB. cordata, EB. & Z. 1180. 
Ror itadbas \ow~Hap. Alpine, rocky Epox of the Western Districts. Cederbergen, Drege / 
— ody ' Klapsmuts, Z. § Z.! Hott. Holland, Pappe/ (59). Witsenberg, Zeyher! 356. 
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(Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
