Argyrolobium. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 69 
Has. North-east of Colony, and Caffraria. Katberg and between Zandplaat and 
Coega, Drege/ Winterberg, £. § Z.! Magaliesbe 
Sanderson! (Herb. D., Bik, HL, Sd.) ee ee 
_ Stem 1-2 feet high, sharply angular, not much branched. Leaves very variable 
in shape and size, turning dark in drying, rigid, 2 inches long, from } to 1} inch in 
breadth, the uppermost always narrowest. Stipules 3-1 inch long. Racemes 4-6 
inches long, many-flowered ; the rachis, pedicels, leaves and calyces appressedly 
. Flowers greenish yellow, with purple strie. Pods 24~3 inches long, narrow- 
3. A. baptisioides (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 306) ; thinly and softly hairy; 
stem ascending, branched, angular ; stipules linear or subulate, the upper 
ones shorter than the petiole ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, narrow ; raceme 
lax, terminal ; lower lip of the calyx shortly 3-toothed ; legume q 
Benth. / 1. ¢. p. 341. Chasmone baptisioides, E. Mey. p. 71. 
Has. Katberg, Drege! Winterberg, E. § Z.! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
Similar in habit to A. speciosum, but much more hairy, with narrower leaves and 
smaller stipules, &c. Stems 1~2 feet high, sub-erect, patently hairy. Leaflets 1-1} 
inch long, seldom half inch wide, mucronulate. Calyces and petals covered with 
fulvous, shining, appressed hairs. 
4, A. longifolium (Walp. Repert. 2. p. 844); silky-villous ; stem 
erect ; branches slender, round, and striate; stipules setaceous, about 
equalling the short petiole ; leaflets very long, linear-lanceolate, racemes 
pedunculate, remotely few flowered; pedicels very short ; lower lip of 
the calyx longer than the upper, incurved, 3-toothed ; legume thickly 
hairy. Benth. l.c. p. 34.1. Chasmone longifolia, Meisn! Lond. Journ, 2. p. 74. 
dene — of the Tafelberg, Port Natal, Krauss/ 214, Gueinzius. (Herb. D., 
Sion to Bees high, branching. Petioles not } inch long ; leaflets 2-2} inches 
long, 1-3 lines wide, acute at each end, infolding. Peduncles 3-4 inches long, 
bearing 4-5 sub-distant flowers. aioe 
5, A, tuberosum — & Z.! 1322); glabrescent or minutely silky ; stem 
erect, slender, slightly branched, 3-cornered near the top ; stipules lan- 
ceolate-setaceous, much shorter than the petiole (or rarely longer) ; leaflets 
linear-lanceolate, the lowest ones sometimes obovate-cuneate; racemes 
pedunculate, laxly few-flowered ; the lips of the silky calyx about equal, 
the lower 3~toothed, the teeth acuminate ; legume minutely appressedly 
puberulous, at length glabrescent. Benth. l.c. p. 341. Chasmone tuberosa, 
Meisn! Zeyher, No. 384. Argyr. angustifolium, H. § Z.! 1321. 
- Has. Krakakamma and Winterberg, Z.¢Z./ Howison’s Poort, Mr. Hutton! 
Magaliesberg, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., Sd.) 
Root tuberous. Stems 2-3 feet high, very slender, straggling, often simple. Pe- 
tioles 1-2, or sometimes 3 inches long ; those of the upper leaves much shorter, leaf- 
lets 1-2 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. The pubescence is always scanty and very 
closely appressed, the hairs scareely visible but with a pocket lens. Flowers pube- 
scent, dark yellow, turning brown in drying. Pods 2 inches long, straight or slightly 
curved, 1 line wide. Allied to A. jiliforme, No. 19. 
6. A. | agilal bee (Eck. & Zey.! 1302); thinly silky, with short 
hairs, leafy, much branched ; stipules Janceolate-setaceous ; leaflets cuneate- 
oblong or obovate, mucronulate ; lower lip of the silky cal 3-toothed ; 
vexillum silky ; legume densely silky. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 342. Chamevet cuner- 
folia, BE, Mey.! Comm. p. 71. ale sce 
