Lotononis. } LEGUMINOSZ ( Harv.) 53 
3. TELINA (Sp. 12-19). 
12. L. bracteata (Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 600); decumbent, suf- 
fruticose, silky-pubescent; stipules in pairs, small, linear, acute; leaflets 
linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute, longer than the petiole; peduncles 
scarcely as long as the leaf, one flowered ; bracts and bracteoles obovate, 
truncate, erect, deciduous; calyx swb-inflated ; legume linear, sub-com- 
pressed, silky. Zeyher, 385. 
Has. Mooije River, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
The whole plant pallid, thinly clothed with short, closepressed hairs. Stems trail- 
ing, 6-12 inches long, the points ascending. Petioles 3-4 inch long ; leaflets }-s 
inch long, 1-2 lines wide, thickish, often incurved, midribbed, sometimes mucronate. 
Peduncles 3-3 inch long, jointed and bracteate near the summit, with two bracteoles 
also under the calyx; bracts and bracteoles 1-1} line long, membranous, the two 
upper segments curved, connate with the lateral lanceolate ones, the lowest deeply 
divided, subulate. Corolla pubescent, not much exceeding the calyx. Legume 1 
inch long, 1 line wide. 
13. L. azurea (Benth. ! 1. c¢. p. 600); decumbent, suffruticose, glab- 
rescent or villoso-pilose; stipules in pairs, obliquely ovate or lanceolate ; 
leaflets cuneate-oblong, sub-glabrous or silky, thickish, longer than the 
petiole ; peduncles much longer than the leaves and opposite them, one 
flowered ; bracts minute, setaceous ; vexillum densely pubescent ; legume 
turgid, patently hairy. Crotalaria azurea, E. & Z.! 1262. Zey./ 2297. 
Telina heterophylla, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 69. excl. syn. 
Var. B. lanceolata; densely hairy ; leaflets and stipules linear-lanceolate, acute ; 
calyx more deeply divided, with narrower, lanceolate segments. Ononis villosa, 
Thunb. ! Herb. ; Fl. Cap. p. 585. 
Has. Sandy hills. Krakakamma and Port Elizabeth, £. ¢ Z./ Between Eschen- 
bosch and the Gamtoos River, Drege/ (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) 
Nearly glabrous, or thinly or thickly clothed with long soft hairs. Stems 6-12 
inches long, spreading on the ground. Petiole 4-4 inch long, channelled ; leaflets 
4-3 inch long, tapering at base, broader upwards, blunt or mucronate, midribbed. 
Stipules nearly as long as the petioles, sometimes but one, lanceolate. Peduncles 2-4 
inches long, articulate and bracteate below the flower. Calyx 3 lines long, softly vil- 
lous, deeply cut, the lowest segment subulate, the rest lanceolate, connate beyond the 
middle. Vexillum densely hairy ; the keel shorter than the wings. Legume 1 inch 
long, 2% lines wide, the ventral suture elevated and often tuberculate. Drege’s spe- 
cimens are much less hairy than £. ¢ Z.’s. Var. 8. chiefly differs in the narrower 
and more acute leaflets and longer calyx lobes. 
14. L. prostrata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 600); diffuse or prostrate, silky- 
pubescent ; stipule mostly solitary, ovate or lanceolate, much shorter 
than the petiole ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, glabrous above, silky be- 
neath; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaf, 1 (rarely 2-3) flowered ; 
bracts minute, setaceous ; vexillum very ample, si/ky along the midrib, 
otherwise glabrous ; legume turgid, thinly and minutely pubescent. Ononis 
prostrata, Linn. Thunb.! Cap. p. 586. Ononis heterophylla, Thunb.! and 
O. elongata, Thunb. Telina prostrata, E. Mey. Comm. p. 69. Crot. vewillata, 
E. Mey.! Lin. 7. p.153. Lot. vewillata, E.G Z.1 1270. Zey. 2312. 
Var. f. glabrior ; peduncles sometimes 2-3 flowered ; plant glabrescent ; legume 
smaller. Tel. excisa, E. M.! acne 
Var. y. heterophylla ; leaflets of the lower leaves obovate ; 0 yper lanceo- 
late inc long, and thinly silky on both sides. L. heterophylla, E. § ZF a3, mom : 
Has. Mountains round Capetown, Thunberg/ E. § Z./ Pappe, Drege, W.H-H» 
