64 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis. 
50. L. falcata (Benth. !1.¢. p. 608); diffuse, thinly sprinkled with 
minute, close-pressed, white hairs ; stipule solitary, small ; leaflets 
cuneate-oblong or linear, obtuse ; flowers solitary or in pairs, subsessile, 
opposite the leaves ; calyx teeth acutely triangular, subequal; petals 
glabrous, 14 as long as the calyx ; vexillum oblong, acute, scarcely as 
long as the oblong, subfalcate, obtuse carina ; legume several times as 
long as the calyx, falcate, appressedly canescent. Lipozygis falcata, L. 
Mey.! Comm. p. 78. Zeyher, 390. 
Has. On the Gariep, near Verleptpram, and hills near Ebenezer, Drege. Bitter- 
fontein, Bosjesland, Zeyher/ (Herb. D., Bth., Sd., Hk.) 
Drege’s original specimens are prostrate, branched from the base, the stems 4—5 
inches long ; Zeyher’s are erect, but diffusely much branched, stiff and wiry, some- 
what dichotomous, with distant nodes, and are 10-12 inches high. In the characters 
of leaf, flower and fruit, the two forms nearly agree. The legumes are 3-1 inch 
long, t line wide. Flowers 2-24 lines long. 
51. L. carinata (Benth. ! 1. ¢. p. 609); procumbent, glabrous, or 
microscopically puberulous ; branches filiform, ascending, elongate ; 
stipules in pairs, linear, unequal, rarely solitary ; leaflets on very short 
petioles, cuneate-oblong or linear ; flowers subsessile, 1-3 together op- 
posite the leaves ; calyx-lobes from a broad base, subulate ; the obovate- 
oblong vexillum, and the obtuse carina silky; legumes . .% ILnpozygis 
carinata, LE. Mey.! Comm. p. 80. 
Has. Caffraria, between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Bth.) 
A very slender and nearly glabrous plant ; the pubescence, where it exists, is ex- 
tremely minute, thin, and closely appressed. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 2-3 
times as long as their petiole, acute or mucronulate, 5—6 lines long. 
52. L. humifusa (Burch. Cat. 3927); branches slender, prostrate, 
pubescent ; stipules solitary, small, oblong or subulate ; leaflets obovate 
or obcordate, longer or shorter than the petiole, glabrous above, thinly 
puberulous beneath ; flowers shortly pedunculate, opposite the leaves ; 
calyx tubular, thinly and appressedly pubescent, its segments shorter 
than the tube ; the obovate, acute vexillum and the obtuse carina mi- 
nutely puberulous (or sub-glabrous). Benth. l. c.p. 609. Lipozygis humi- 
usa, E, Mey.! Comm. p. 77. 
Var. B. Radula ; stems more rigid ; petioles lo: ; flowers i ; 
Lisengis tadaid 3 May! Coton 9. “a aos sear Aeelra a 
Has. 8. Africa, Burchell. Foot of the Witberg, i we NG 
Vata jai (Herb. Sond.) berg, near Shiloh, Drege! 8., Nieuwe 
_ A very small plant. Stems 2-3 inches long, depressed, branching. Leaflets 3-4 
lines long, 1-2 lines wide, nearly glabrous. Peduncles equalling the petioles or a 
little longer. 8. is larger in all its parts, with somewhat longer petioles and ped- 
uncles, but is otherwise so similar, that I hesitate to keep it apart. 
53. L. mollis (Benth.! 1. c. p. 609) ; suffruticulose, very dwarf, softl. 
silky and canescent ; branchlets short, eae siircles Gilt aia! 
petioles long ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, blunt; flowers 1-4, terminal or 
opposite the leaves, pedicellate ; lowest segment of the puberulent calyx 
setaceous, shorter than the rest ; the orbicular vexillum, and the obtuse, 
equally long carina softly villous. Lipozygis villosa, HE. Mey. Comm. 
p. 79. Leptis mollis, Steud. 
Has. Liliefontein, Kamiesberg, Drege. (Herb. Bth.) 
