Argyrolobium. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 71 
Has. South Africa. (Herb. Thunb.!) 
A woody shrub, densely branched and leafy, 1-2 feet high ; twigs flexuous, silky. 
Stipules scarcely a line long, clasping the stem and somewhat perfoliate, triangular. 
Petiole equalling the stipules ; leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-1} wide, bluntish, the rolled 
back margins nearly closing over the under surface. Flowers subumbellate at the 
ends of the branches. Calyx 2 lines long, widely campanulate, two-lipped ; upper 
and lower lips both very short, with a wide, rounded sinus between, bluntly and 
minutely toothed. Vexillum and carina silky. The calyx, though formed on a two- 
lipped type, is very different from that of any other species. 
11. A. candicans (E. & Z.! 1312) ; suffruticose ; stems short, erect, 
branching, densely silky-villous; stipules ovate or ovato-lanceolate, 
leaf-like, equalling the leaflets or smaller ; petiole short; leaflets obo- 
vate-cuneate, densely silky-villous on both sides, veinless; flowers solitary, 
sub-sessile; vexillum and legume densely silky-villous. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 343. 
Chasmone sessiliflora, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 72. 
Has. Winterberg, Z. § Z./ Windvogel-ber; ittberg and at M Drege 
(Herb. Bth., Sd.) othe a ae . 
‘Taller, more woody, and stiffer and more branched than A. stipulaceum, with 
much smaller, thicker, and more densely hairy leaves, &c. Pubescence fulvous or 
whitish. Leaflets } inch long, shorter or somewhat longer than the leaf-like stipules. 
Flowers yellow. 
12. A. stipulaceum (Eck. & Zey.! 1318) ; suffruticose; stem short, 
erect, sub-simple, densely silky-villous; stipules leaf-like, broadly ovate 
or ovato-lanceolate, equalling the leaflets and much longer than the very 
short petiole; leaflets elliptic-oblong or cuneate, thinly or densely silky- 
villous, indistinctly veiny ; peduncles short, subumbellately 1-5 flowered ; 
lower lip of the si/ky calyx 3-toothed; vexillum densely silky. Benth.! 
i. c. p. 343. Chasmone verticillata, E. Mey! Comm. p. 72. 
Has. Winterberg, near Philipstown, E.<Z.! Mrs. F. W. Barber. Katberg and 
between the Kei and Basch, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Stems 3-6 inches high. Stipules uncial, 4-5 lines wide, broader than the leaflets. 
The pubescence is sometimes v copious and silky, sometimes rather scant on the 
upper surface of the leaves ; in former case the venation is in a great measure 
concealed. Flowers dull yellow. 
13. A. pilosum (Harv.) ; suffruticose ; stem short, erect, sub-simple, 
patently albo-pilose; stipules leaf-like, broadly ovate, equalling or ex- 
ceeding the elliptic-oblong, albo-pilose, membranaceous, green, veiny leaf- 
lets ; peduncles short, shortly sub-racemose, 7-9 flowered ; lower lip of 
the green albo-pilose calyx 3-toothed ; vexillum silky. 
Has. Trans Kei Country, H. Bowker, Esq. (106). (Herb. D.) : 
Very like A. stipulaceum, except in pubescence. In this the surface is glabrous, 
except for scattered, long, white, patent hairs ; in A. stipulaceum there is a more or less 
dense undercoat of appressed, short, silky hairs. The flowers are more numerous 
and smaller. 
14. A. velutinum (FE. & Z.! 1313); erect, branched, everywhere 
densely silky-tomentose; stipules ovate or ovato-lanceolate, much shorter 
than the petrole ; leaflets obovate, oblong, or oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse 
or acute, thick; flowers in pairs or solitary, sub-sessile ; lower lip of 
the calyx tridentate ; vexillum villous ; legume densely silky-villous. 
Benth. tl. c. p. 344. Zeyher, 386, 387. Be ae 
Han. Sides of Table Mountain, Capetown, Mundt, Near Simonstown, E. § Z./ 
Paalen, Brandenberg, and Doornhoogde, Zeyher ? (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
