Lotononis.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 55 
subumbellate or interruptedly racemose, several flowered ; bracts linear- 
spathulate, nearly as long as the pedicel ; calyx ebracteolate, the lanceo- 
late segments longer than the tube; legume . . .% Telina varia, E. 
Mey. Comm. p. 70. 
Has. 8, Africa, Thom. Drakenstein Hills, Drege! Near Capetown, Dr. Alexander 
Prior! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.) 
Many stemmed, ascending, more erect than most others of this section. Stem 
6-8 inches long, pubescent when young, flexuous. Petioles } inch long ; leaflets as 
long or somewhat longer, 2-3 lines wide, frequently emarginate, with a minute 
mucro. Calyx deeply cut, the lowest segment subulate, the four upper broader, 
connate below, lanceolate above. The legume may afford further characters to dis- 
tinguish it from Z. macrocarpa, from which at present it is most easily known by 
the calyx. 
19, L. macrocarpa (E. & Z.! 1271); diffuse, thinly silky or glab- 
rescent ; stipules in pairs, lanceolate or oblong or obovate, acute ; leaf- 
lets broadly obovate, mucronulate, nearly glabrous, the younger puberu- 
lous beneath; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves, swb-wmbellately 
2-4 flowered ; bracts like the stipules ; calyx bibracteolate, the deltoid 
teeth shorter than the tube; corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx ; 
legume much compressed, glabrous and veiny, widening upwards, acute. 
Benth. l.c. p. 601. Zey. 403. 
Has. Near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, FE. @ Z./ Kalebasskraal, Zeyher! Pappe? 
(Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) 
Stems 6-12 inches long, decumbent or prostrate, the young ones clothed with short, 
appressed hairs, as are also the young leaves. Afterwards the hairs frequently dis- 
appear. Petioles } inch long ; feaflets 4 inch long; 3-33 lines broad, with a very 
small mucro. Calyx campanulate, with very short, triangular teeth, minutely pu- 
bescent. Legume an inch long, 2} lines wide near the point, narrowing to 1} near 
the base. In drying it becomes dark. . 
4. POLYLOBIUM (Sp. 20-25). 
20. L. umbellata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 602); sche siren te ap- 
pressedly pubescent or sub-glabrous ; stipule mostly solitary, oblong or 
lanceolate, shorter than the petiole ; leaflets obovate ; umbels (or um- 
bellate-racemes) on long peduncles, many-flowered; bracts minute; 
flowers cernuous ; legume sub-falcate, compressed, nearly glabrous. 
Ononis umbellata, Linn.? (non Thunb.) O.strigosa, Thunb.! Cop 5 0. 
anthylloides, DC. Prod. 2.p.168. Lipozygis umbellata, EL. Mey.! Comm. p. 
76. Polylobium truncatum, E. & Z. 1292, and P. filiforme, LE. § Z.! 1291. 
Has. Moist places on the Capetown and Stellenbosch hills, and to River Zonder- 
ende, E.§Z.! Drege, Pappe, W.H.H., ge. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.) 
Root thick and woody. Stems many from one crown, spreading 1-2 feet in all 
directions. Leaves an inch apart, patent ; petioles }-} inch long ; leaflets rather 
longer, 2—23 lines wide, very obtuse, puberulous on the underside. Peduncles ter- 
minal, becoming lateral and opposite the leaf, 8-12 flowered ; umbels sometimes 
dislocated, and passing into short, dense racemes. Calyx thinly silky, deeply cut, 
2 segments broadly lanceolate. Legumes an inch long, slightly curved, 14 line 
wide, 
21. L. debilis (Benth.!1. c. p. 604); procumbent and slender, patently 
pubescent ; stipule oblongo-lanceolate, sub-faleate ; leaflets elliptical or 
obovate, glabrescent above, pilose beneath, ciliate ; peduncles longer than 
the leaf, umbellately 4-6 flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx silky ; carina 
short and very blunt; ovary linear, pubescent. Polylobium debile, Le. de Z. / 
1290, css eceacll 
