Rafnia.| LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) 33 
The largest and most luxuriant of the genus, 3-4 feet high, very densely leafy, 
Leaves 2-3 inches long, 1}—-2 inches broad, the lower ones much the broadest, sharply 
acuminate or cuspidate, penninerved, but not remarkably veiny. Flower 7-8 lines 
long, on axillary pedicels 7-1 inch long. 
5. RB. triflora (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 563) ; robust, branches angular 
- or two edged ; leaves roundish-obovate, elliptical or ovato-lanceolate, 
acute or mucronulate, obtuse at base ; peduncles axillary, 1-3 together, 
leafless (or branched and leaf bearing); upper calyx-teeth broadly 
falcato-cultrate, lateral acutely triangular, lowest narrow-subulate, as 
long as the rest ; keel about twice as long as the calyx-tube ; pod sti- 
pitate, with a narrow wing. Benth. l. c. p. 465, DC. Prod. 2. p. 118, 
E. & Z. No. 1181; also R. diffusa, H. & Z. 1183, and R. alpina, 
E. § Z. 1184. Steb. No. 51. 
Has. Common in sub-alpine places, near Capetown and throughout the western 
districts. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
2~4 feet high, densely leafy. Leaves 1}-3 inches long, }~2} broad, very variable 
in shape, the upper ones narrowest and most acute, the lower often obtuse. Peduncles 
nearly an inch long, from the axils of the upper leaves. Flowers 5-6 lines long. 
6. R. fastigiata (E. & Z. ! En. No. 1182); branchlets angular ; leaves 
ovate, ovato-lanceolate or oblong, cuneate or rounded at base, acute ; pe- 
duncles 1-3, axillary, leafless (or branched and leaf bearing) ; wpper and 
lateral calyx-teeth triangular-acuminate, lowest setaceo-subulate, rather 
shorter than the rest; keel thrice as long as the calyx tube; pod 
scarcely winged. Benth. l. 0. p. 466. : 
Has. High mountains near Puspas Valley, Swellendam, Z. § Z./ Burchell, 7177. 
(Herb. Sd., D.) 
Very similar to R. triflora, but with more acute, more lance-shaped leaves ; more 
isosceles-triangled upper calyx-teeth, and a longer and more rostrate vexillum. I re- 
tain the species with much doubt. Dr. Pappe (No. 58), unites it to R. trilora. 
7. RB. elliptica (Thunb. ! Prod. p. 123) ; branches angular; leaves 
broadly obovate, or elliptical, oblong, or ovato-lanceolate, acute or ob- 
tuse and mucronate ; the upper ones narrow and more lanceolate, all 
narrowed at base; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, with a pair of leafy 
bracts under the flower; calyx-segments as long as or longer than the 
tube, the two uppermost cultrate or oblong-acuminate, much broader 
than the lateral which are broadly subulate ; the lowest narrow-subu- 
late, longer than the rest; pod sessile, linear-oblong, broader at base. 
R, elliptica and R. intermedia, Benth. 1. ¢. 
Var. a. erecta ; lower leaves obovate, mucronate ; upper oblongo-lanceolate, acute ; 
calyx tube dorsally umbonate, as long as the segments ; the upper segments broadly 
cultrate. R. elliptica, Thund./ Herb. R. erecta, E. § Z.1 No. 1168. R&R. intermedia, 
Walp., Benth. l. ¢. 
Var. 8. intermedia; foliage as in var a; calyx as in 7. R. retroflexa, E. § Z.1 
En. No. 1187. Zey. 359. R. cuneifolia, litt. b. E. Mey./ Com. p. 12, non Thunb. R. 
intermedia, Walp. (partim ). 
Var. y. acuminata; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, acuminate ; calyx tube shorter 
than the segments ; the upper segments oblong-acuminate. 2. elliptica, E.GBto oe 
1185. Benth. l. c. ; 
Has. Mountain sides and grassy slopes, Northern and Eastern Districts. Lange- 
kloof, George ; Vanstaadensberg _— ——— Uitenhage, #. § Z./ Howison ’s Poort, 
Mr. Hutton. (Herb. 'Th., Bth., Sd., D.) pe 
: shrub, 1-3 feet high ; branches. 
~ A stout, leafy, erect or spreading, slightly branched 
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