Lotononis.| LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 65 
Root thick and woody ; stems 1-2 inches high, densely czespitose. Leaves crowded, 
the petioles nearly uncial, the leaflets 4 inch long. Flowers 2~3 lines. The pubes- 
cence is short, but copious, very soft, and greyish white. 
54, L. pumila (E. & Z. 1283) ; suffruticose, prostrate, much branched, 
thinly silky or silvery ; stipules small, oblong, solitary ; leaflets very 
short, obovate-orbicular or cuneate ; flowers sub-wmbellate, 2-4, on a short 
peduncle opposite the leaf ; calyx-lobes sub-equal ; vexillum sub-ciliate, 
nearly as long as the arched, obtuse, glabrous carina ; legume linear, 
sub-compressed, 2-3 times as long as the calyx, silky. Benth. l. c. p. 609. 
Lipozygis erubescens, EZ. Mey. Comm. p. 76. 
Var. 8. mierantha ; Stems longer and more slender ; leaflets cuneate or cuneate- 
oblong ; flowers 1-3, umbellate, on a short peduncle. L. micrantha, £. & Z, 1280 
(non Thunb.) 
Has. Stony places on the little Fish River, Drege / Somerset, Mrs. Barber. Near 
hy er Touts E. § Z.! . Var. B. near the Sondag River, #. ¢ Z./ (Hb. Bth., 
Root woody and thick, many stemmed from the crown ; the stems rigid, and 
spreading over the soil. Petioles }-4 inch long ; leaflets 2-3 lines long, and 14-2 
lines broad, appressedly silky on both sides. Peduncles }-§ inch long. Calyx-lobes 
narrow-triangular, acute. Fl. yellow. £8. is more slender, with narrower leaflets 
and somewhat smaller flowers. 
55. L. microphylla (Hv.); suffruticose, prostrate, very much branched ; 
stipules minute; leaves very small, on short petioles ; leaflets ternate, 
obovate, glabrous above, thinly silky below ; flowers solitary, opposite 
the leaves, sub-sessile ; calyx appressedly silky, semi-quinquetid, the 
segments lanceolate, lowest narrower ; vexillum and the blunt carina 
thinly silky ; legume . . ? 
Has. 8S. Africa, Zeyher / (Herb. Sond.) 
Mixed with L. tenella in Zeyher’s collection. Stems thick and woody, but dwarf; 
3-4 inches long, the branchlets closely crowded, }-} inch long, densely covered with 
minute leaves. Petioles 1 line long ; leaflets not longer, concave, thinly canescent 
on the lower surface. Flowers yellow, 2 lines long. Apparently a distinct species. 
56. L. tenella (Eck. & Zey. 1282); suffruticose, dwarf, either pros- 
trate, decumbent or sub-erect, patently hairy or densely hirsute ; stipules 
solitary, linear ; leaflets oblong, obovate, or linear or linear-lanceolate, 
acute or sub-obtuse ; flowers 1-3, sub-sessile ; calyx pilose, deeply cut, 
its lobes lanceolate, nearly as long as the corolla, the lowest subulate ; vex- 
illum obovate, about equalling the carina, but more or less silky or vil- 
— iF legume turgid, as long as the calyx or scarcely longer, piloso- 
spi 
Van. a. angustifolia ; leaflets narrower, oblong-linear or sub-lanceolate ; pods rather 
longer than the slightly increased calyx. L. tenella, E.§ Z. Benth. l. ¢. p. 610. 
Lipozygis tenella, y. piloso-villosa, E. M. p. 78. Zey. 408. 
Van. §. hirsutissima ; very hairy ; sub-erect ; leaflets lanceolate ; pods somewhat 
longer than the calyx. L. calycina, var. Herb. Benth. ! 
Var. ¥. calycina ; leaflets obovate or oblong, broader and shorter than in a. & B.; — 
pod not quite as long as the calyx. L. calycina, Benth. l.c. L. divaricata, E.G Ze 
1266. Lipozygis calycina, E. Mey. p. 78. : pie” 
Has. Ui and Albany, Drege! E. ¢ Z., $c. B. Magalies Burke § Zey.— 
y. Katberg and Kliplaat River, Dit iste Vane ot Vaal eet wane s 
(Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) er ag 
Certainly a very variable species. ars. a. and y. are held for species by Meyer 
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