54 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis. 
&c. Between Howhoek and Potrivier, Zeyher/ Var. y. near the Waterfall, Tul- 
bagh, #.g Z.! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) = : : 
Root woody, deeply descending ; stems many, filiform, trailing. Petioles varying 
much in length, }-1 inch long ; leaflets 1-3 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, mucronulate or 
emarginate, thickish, midribbed. Stipules variable in length and breadth, sometimes 
linear-subulate. Peduncles 2-4 inches long, jointed below the calyx. Calyx deeply 
parted, thinly silky, with lanceolate lobes. Legume {-% inch long, 2 lines in diame- 
ter. Flowers yellow. Of var. y. I have only seen a single small specimen, from 
which I cannot determine whether it be more than a mere variety. 
15. L. villosa (Steud.); slender, diffuse, densely hirsute with fulvous, 
patent hairs ; stipule mostly solitary, lanceolate, acute ; leaflets obovate, 
mucronulate, shorter than the petiole, densely hairy on both sides; pe- 
duncles very long, opposite the leaves, mostly one flowered ; bracts 
minute, setaceous; calyx rufous, deeply cut, nearly equalling the uni- 
formly silky vexillum ; legume hairy. Benth. l. ¢. p. 601. excl. syn. Thb. 
Telina villosa, LE. Mey.! Comm. p. 70. 
Has. Mountain thickets. Riebeck’s Kasteel, Stellenb. Drege/ (Hb. Bth., Hk., D.) 
Root perennial. Stems numerous, weak and trailing. Petioles inch long or more ; 
leaflets 4 inch long, 24 lines wide. Stipules }-} inch long. Peduncles 3-4 inches 
long. Calyx 4 lines long, densely hirsute, the segments lanceolate, longer than the 
tube. I have not seen the legume. This is by much the most hirsute of the sec- 
tion ; the hairs long, foxy or golden. 
16. L. acuminata (E. & Z. No. 1269) ; diffuse, the branches pubes- 
cent ; stipule mostly solitary, lanceolate, acute, midribbed ; leaflets obo- 
vate, acute or cuspidate, rigid, with netted veins, thinly pilose, the young 
ones silky ; peduncles elongate, terminal or opposite the leaves, 1 (rarely 
2) flowered; bracts setaceous ; calyx pubescent, deeply cut, much 
shorter than the pubescent vexillum ; legume turgid, downy. Benth./ 
lc. p. 601. \ 
Has. Fields near the Zwartkop River, Uit., Z. § Z./ Pappe! (Hb. D., Sd., Bth.) 
Root thick and woody. Stems 6-8 inches long, thickly clothed with very short 
hairs. pokolee 4-4 inch dong " are i ne. Jong, 3 lines _ — dy _ 
tin: netted, on the under side. uncles 14-3 inches long. 
pay especially 3-3 g yx 
te, 3 nerved, longer than the tube. Legume nearly 1 inch long, 1} 
lines wide, sub-terete, Sealed 
17. L. argentea (E. & Z. No. 1272); diffuse, the whole plant silky, 
with closely appressed hairs ; stipule solitary, lanceolate; leaflets obovate, 
acute or acuminate, midribbed, but veinless, densely silky on both sides ; 
peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves, one flowered ; bracts minute, 
subulate; calyx deeply cut, shorter than the silky vexillum ; legume 
(young) sericeous. Benth. 1. c. p. 601. 
Has. Barren hills between Kochmanskloof and Gauritz River, Swell., FE. ¢ Z./ 
(Herb. Sond.) 
Root thick. Stems slender, 6 inches long, decumbent or prostrate. Petioles and 
leaflets each 4 inch long. Leaflets gradually acuminate, Peduncles 3 inches long. 
Calyx lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube, not obviously ribbed. Vexillum hairy 
along the midrib and lateral nerves, glabrous between the nervures. The pubescence 
is close and glossy, but scarcely silvery, rather somewhat fulvous. 
18. L..varia (Stend.) ; diffuse or sub-erect, glabrescent or thinly pu- 
bescent, with appressed hairs; stipules in pairs, leaf-like, obliquely 
ovate or oblong, acute ; leaflets obovate or obcordate or cuneate, mu- 
cronulate, becoming glabrous; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves, 
