Lotononis. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) : 57 
Has. Sandy ground near the Paarl and at Groenekloof, Drege/ round Capetown, 
Thunberg. B. at Gnadendahl, Dr. Alecander Prior! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk.) 
Allied to the more glabrous forms of L. involucrata, but with longer flower-stalks, 
different calyx and legume, and rather smaller flowers. Zhwnberg’s specimen of our 
var. B, exactly agrees with Dr. Alexander Prior’s. 
25. L. angustifolia (Steud.); stems ascending or sub-erect, elongate, 
sub-simple, laxly hairy ; stipules linear-lanceolate, longer than the peti- 
ole ; leaflets Zanceolate-linear, acute, sparsely pilose ; peduncles terminal, 
elongate, umbellate or sub-racemose, several-flowered ; bracts lanceolate 
equalling or exceeding the pedicel ; calyx silky, its lobes lanceolate ; 
carina arched, obtuse, vexillum pilose on the dorsal ridge; legume 
(young) very hairy. Telina angustifolia, E.Mey. ? Herb. Drege. Polylobium 
fastigiatum, and P. Mundianum, E. & Z.! 1298, 1299. Lotononis secunda, 
Benth. l. c. p. 603, (excl. syn. Thunb.) 
Has. Cape flats, Z. ¢ Z./ W. H. H., d&e. Koeberg, Dr. Pappe, 105. Swellendam, 
Mundt.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
Many-stemmed. The stems rigid, curved, or sub-decumbent at base, then ascend- 
ing or erect, 12-14 inches long, densely clothed with narrow, erect leaves. Petioles 
4-4 inch long ; leaflets 4-3 inch, 4-line wide, acute at each end. Pubescence more 
or less copious, the hairs long and white. Peduncles 3-4 inches long, 6-12 flowered, 
the umbel sometimes breaking into ashort raceme. Flowers larger than in any, except 
L. involucrata. The habit is quite unlike that of the rest. I cannot find it in Thun- 
berg’s Herbarium. His 0. secunda is a branchy form of L. peduncularis. The speci- 
fic name here adopted, though not the oldest, is perhaps the most appropriate. 
5. OXYDIUM, (Sp. 26-31.) 
96, L. trichopoda (Benth. 1. c. p. 603) ; procumbent, effuse, glaucous 
and glabrescent or minutely canescent ; branches filiform ; stipule soli- 
tary, small, ovate, or sub-rotund ; leaflets broadly elliptical, obovate or 
obcordate; peduncles slender, elongate, umbellate, many-flowered ; bracts 
minute; calyx thinly silky, semi—5—fid, the lobes subulate ; petals gla- 
brous, on long claws; the carina acute ; legume linear, 4 
minutely with close-pressed hairs. Crotal. trichopoda, E. Mey. ! 
Comm. p. 154. Polylob. typicum and P. intermedium, E. § Z. ! 1288, 1289. 
Ononis glabra, Thunb. ! Cap. p. 588. 
Has. Uitenhage districts, from Van Staadensberg to Sondag River, Drege, E.g Z. 
gc. Algoa Bay, Dr. Alexander Prior | (Herb. Th., D., Bth., Hk., Sd.) 
Root woody ; stems spreading on the ground in a circle of 2-3 feet diameter. The 
whole plant looks glabrous and pale, but under a lens is seen to be thinly clothed 
with very minute, white, close-pressed hairs. Leaves scattered ; leaflets 4-3 inch 
‘long, 2-3 lines wide. Peduncles 3-6 inches long ; umbel {0-20 flowered. Flowers 
bright yellow. Legume j-inch long, 1-1} line wide, 3-4 times as long as the calyx. 
27. L. perplexa (E. & Z. (ex parte) ; Benth. ! 1, c. p. 605); procum- 
bent, glabrous or sprinkled with very minute appressed hairs ; branches 
filiform ; stipule solitary, small, obliquely ovato-lanceolate ; leaflets 
cuneate-oblong or obovate, those of the upper leaves narrower ; pedun-. 
cles slender, elongate; 1-2-flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx thinly silky, 
with broadly subulate teeth ; petals glabrous, on long claws, the carina 
rostrate ; ve fats oblong, turgid, about twice as long as the calyx. ‘Crotalaria a 
perplexa, E. Mey. Linn. 7. p- 151. Lotononis strigosa, Pappe! 96. _ an 
Has. Mountain-sides round Capetown, common. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) <. 
Root woody, sinking deeply. Stems trailing, 2 feet long or more, slender. “git 
cence very minute, scanty, and close-pressed, the hairs Leaves scattered, . 
