Lotononis.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 63 
Densely czespitose, the stems 3-4 inches long, branched from the base. Pubes- 
cence of stem and leaves copious, silvery and close pressed ; that of the legume 
loosely but softly hairy. Leaflets variable in shape. It is nearly intermediate be- 
pee LL. laxa and L. pungens, having the pubescence of the former and the legumes 
of the latter. : 
47. L, laxa (E. & Z.! 1276); suffruticose, small, diffuse or decum-: 
bent, sedky and silvery ; stipule solitary, lanceolate ; leaflets ternate, 
rarely solitary, oblongo-lanceolate or sublinear, acute; flowers solitary, 
opposite the leaves, on short pedicels ; calyx thinly silky, its lobes sub- 
equal, nearly as long as the corolla; vexillum obovate, acuminate, silky 
on the dorsal ridge, as long as the shortly rostrate carina; legume can- 
escent, 2—3 times as long as the calyx, at length sub-turgid. JZ. diversi- 
folia, Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2.611. Crot. dwersifolia, H. Mey. ! Comm. 
P. 77: 
Has. Near Silo, on the Klipplaat River, Caffraria, Z. § Z.! Drege. Thaba 
Uncka and Caledon River, Burke § Zey. Graff Reynet, Mrs Barber. (Herb, D., 
Hk., Sd., Bth.) 
Stems very many from the crown, trailing, 6-12 inches long or more ; the whole 
plant silvery-white and shining. Leaves varying in size and shape ; stipules as long 
as the petiole or longer. Legume 4 lines long, 1 line wide. 
48. L. quinata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 608); suffruticose, prostrate, either 
glabrous or thinly silky and canescent; stipule solitary, small ; leaves 
quinate, leaflets minute, euneate-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute ; flowers 
solitary or in pairs, opposite the leaves, sub-sessile ; upper calyx-lobes 
approaching in pairs, lowest subulate, rather shorter ; vexillum obovate- 
oblong, silky on the dorsal ridge, equalling the oblong, obtuse carina ; 
legume compressed, appressedly downy, twice or thrice as long as the 
calyx. Benth. Ononis quinata, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 586. 
Var. 8. minor ; very dwarf ; the foliage minute, thinly silky ; leaflets 14-2 lines’ 
long. Lipozygis quinata, #. Mey. Comm. p. 77. 
Has. South Africa, Thunberg, var. 8, Kamiesberg, on rocks near Modderfontein, 
Drege! (Herb, Th., Bth.) 
Small but robust and woody, much branched, appressed to the soil. Stems 3-12 
inches long. Petioles 2-6 lines long ; leaflets digitate, 2-5 lines long and very nar- 
row. Flowers in a, 4—5 lines long, rufescent ; in 8, 2~24 lines long, pale yellow. 
Thunberg’s specimen is twice as large in all parts as Drege’s, and nearly glabrous ; 
otherwise the two agree. 
49, L. brachyloba (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 608); procumbent, thinly silky 
and canescent, the branches filiform ; stipules solitary, linear, small ; 
leaflets on longish petioles, cuneate-oblong or linear, the lower ones 
broader ; flowers 2—5, subsessile, opposite the leaves; bracts minute ; 
calyx-lobes of nearly equal length, half as long as the petals ; vexillum 
obovate-oblong, acuminate, scarcely silky at back, carina sub-fornicate, 
obtuse, glabrous ; legume thrice as long as the calyx, appressedly hairy, — 
at length somewhat tumid. Benth. Lipozygis brachyloba, E. Mey.{ Comm, 
p. 78. Burch, Cat. 1273. pm 
Has. S. Africa, Burchell, Karakuis, Drege / (Herb. Bth. fa 
Very dendee, Gateg. the stems 6-8 inches us a es a centre. — Peti- ae 
oles of the lowest leaves 3-1 inch long, of the upper }—} inch ; leaflets 3-4 lines 
long, 1-14 broad. The hairs of the pubescence are very short, closely appressed and 
silvery. Flowers 2-3 lines long. See ae 
