62 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis. 
43. L. crumanina (Burch. Cat. 2445); procumbent, slender, silky 
and somewhat silvery ; stipules solitary, lanceolate, much shorter than 
the petioles; leaflets cuneate-oblong ; flowers 3-4—together in small, sub- 
sessile heads opposite the leaves; calyx very deeply cleft, densely silky, 
its narrow-lanceolate sub-equal segments longer than the corolla; the 
oblong vexillum and the acute carina glabrous, legume obliquely ovate, 
silky, at length somewhat turgid, scarcely as long as the calyx. Benth. 
lc. p. 612. 
__ Has. South Africa, Burchell. Caledon River, branch of the Gariep, Burke and 
Zeyher ! (Herb. Bth., Hk.) 
Root woody ; stems several, 6-8 inches long, slender, branched near the base, 
trailing. Petioles an inch or more in length ; leaflets about 4-inch long, 1-14 lines 
wide. Heads of flowers mostly sessile, occasionally on a very short peduncle. 
44. L, lenticula (Benth. 1. c. p. 611); prostrate, dwarf, silky ;  sti- 
pules solitary, small; leaflets small, obovate or cuneate-oblong ; flowers 
solitary, opposite the leaves, subsessile; calyx silky, the lobes acute, 
the lowest smaller ; vexillum oblong, acuminate, pubescent on the dor- 
sal ridge, rather shorter than the narrow, rostrate carina ; legume turgid, 
slightly curved, silky, 13 to twice as long as the calyx. Crotalaria 
lenticula, E. Mey.! Herb. Drege. Zey. 410. 
Var. 8. brachycarpa; legume oblong, densely silky, not much longer than the 
calyx. Zey. 411. 
Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, 1455. In the Sneeuwbergen, on the flat between Rivertje 
and Kieuwkerkshoogte, Drege/ Bitterfontein, Zeyher, B. S ringbokkeel, Zeyher. 
(Herb. Hook., Bth. D.) ue 7 
Very small; the stems 1-3 in long. Petioles 4-3 inch long; leaflets 2-3 
lines. Flowers small ; the taper-pointed carina very conspicuous. 
45. L. pungens (E. & Z. ! 1277); slender, suberect, or diffuse, silky 
and wllous ; stipule solitary, linear-lanceolate ; leaflets ternate, linear- 
lanceolate, acute, subpungent ; flowers solitary, pedicellate, opposite 
the leaves ; calyx deeply divided, silky, its lobes subequal, subulate, 
shorter than the corolla; vexillum obovate, acuminate, rather shorter 
than the broad, falcate, glabrous carina ; legume villoso-pilose, twice as 
long as the calyx, at length turgid. Also L. afin, E. § Z, ! 1279, 
and L. decidua, E. § Z.! 1281. 
Has. On barren hills, at Koonabshoogde, Ceded Territory ; also between Bosjes- 
man’s and Karrega Rivers, Albany, and near Gauritz R., Swell., £. ¢ Z. (Hb. Sd.) 
Very similar to L.laxa, but the leaflets are narrower, more lanceolate, and sharper ; 
the pubescence is not silvery but villous, or inclining to pilose, the calyx is more 
deeply divided and the lobes much narrower ; and the corolla is larger and more 
exserted. The three Ecklonian species here united, differ chiefly in the more or less 
abundant villosity ; the character of the pubescence is the same in all. Stems 6-12 
inches long. Leaflets } inch long, not a line wide. 
46. L. depressa (E. & Z.! 1278); suffruticose, small, diffuse, silky 
and silvery; stipule solitary, linear or cuneate, leaflike ; leaflets ternate, 
linear, or cuneate, or sublanceolate, silvery ; flowers solitary, opposite 
the leaves, on very short pedicels; calyx deeply cut, silvery, its lobes 
subequal, lanceolate, shorter than the corolla ; vexillum subciliate, 
equalling the broadly falcate glabrous carina ; legume densely pilloso- 
nllous, twice as long as the calyx, subturgid. 
Has. Between the Gauritz River and the Langekloof, Zé Z./ (Herb. Sd: D.) 
