Lotononis.] LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) 5] 
virgate, softly hairy or silky ; leaflets euneate-oblong or obovate, acute or 
acuminate or obtuse, silky and villous on both sides ; stipules oblong, 
leafy ; peduncles axillary or terminal, short, one flowered ; calyx-teeth 
acute, equalling the tube ; vexillum ample, silky or glabrescent ; legume 
pubescent or hairy. Telina cytisoides § T. eriocarpa, E. Mey ! Krebsia 
stricta, H. Z. 1284. 
Has. Mountains of Uitenhage, #. § Z.! Drege, and extending through Caffer- 
land to near Natal. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
A stout shrub, 2-3 feet high, with rod-like branches 12-16 inches long. Leaflets 
very variable in size, and sometimes fascicled, 1-2 to 6-8 lines long; the petiole 
as variable. Stipules in pairs, resembling the leaflets and varying like them. Flow- 
ers mostly axillary ; the peduncle scarcely longer than the calyx. Pods compressed, 
# inch long, acute. The habit is nearly that of an Aspalathus. 
5. L. carnosa (Benth. 1. c. p. 598); minutely and appressedly puber- 
ulous; branches slender, virgate ; leaflets and leafy stipules narrow- 
linear, fleshy, glabrescent ; raceme terminal, laxly several flowered, and 
short 1-2 flowered peduncles opposite the leaves ; calyx teeth shorter 
than the tube ; legume nearly glabrous. rebsia carnosa, L. & Z./ 1287. 
Telina striata, E. M, Comm. p. 68 een | Pea 
Has. “Caffrland, near Silo, E. Pde silt wom ‘Omsamwubo, Drege! 
(Herb. Bth.,, D., Hk., 8d.) B. Tiauilbi Conulty 
Slender, erect, not much branched, 12-18 inches high ; the pubescence very scanty. 
Leaves, including petiole, about 4 inch long ; leaflets commonly hooked at the point, 
of ms. a and veinless. Calyx teeth subulate, widely separated. Legume 
2 in ng. 
6. L. genuflexa (Benth. 1. c.); thinly canescent, with short, silky, 
close pressed hairs ; branches slender, filiform ; leaflets Anear-cuneate, 
or narrow-oblong ; stipules solitary, narrow-oblong; peduncles one 
flowered, jointed and bent beyond the middle, opposite the leaves and 
longer than them, or two or three in a terminal raceme; calyx lobes 
much acuminate; legume minutely and appressedly silky. Telina 
genuflena, E, Mey. Comm. p. 69. 
Has. spots, between the Kliplatt and Key Rivers, Caffraria, and dry hills 
near Gaatje, Drege! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.) 
A slender, upright suffrutex, 14-2 feet high ; branches erect, scattered, 6-8 inches 
long. Leaves, including petiole, about 4 inchlong. Peduncles nearly an inch long, 
angularly bent ; calyx lobes subulate from a broad base. Pods an inch long. 
7. L. divaricata (Benth. l. c. p. 599); shrubby, divaricately much 
branched, somewhat spiny, thinly canescent with short closely pressed 
hairs ; stipule solitary, shorter than the petiole ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, 
appressedly puberulous; peduncles one flowered, jointed and bent be- 
yond the middle, opposite the leaves, or terminal; calyx lobes much 
acuminate ; legume appressedly pubescent or nearly smooth. Arebsia 
divaricata, E. §& Z. 1285. 
Has. Caffirland, near Silo, on the Kliplaat River, Z. ¢ Z. Zuureberge, Burke. — 
Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Hk., Sd., Bth., D.) care 
A seraggy, woody, densely branched dwarf bush, different in aspect from Z.genu- 
flera, but so nearly allied in essential characters, that I euspect it to be a mere — ae 
variety ; and the more so as they come from the same part of the country. B 
specimens are much more woody than Ecklon’s, and may be different. a 
8. L. sericophylla (Benth.! 1. c. p. 599); dwarf, diffusely much 
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