74 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [Argyrolobium. 
Stems 4-5 inches high. Petioles 1-2 lines long ; leaflets }-1 inch long, 5-7 lines 
wide, strongly veined. The pubescence on E£. ¢ Z.’s specimens is fulvous, and much 
more patent and less silky than on Drege’s. The peduncles are almost shaggy, 3-4 
inches long. 
23, A. pauciflorum (E. & Z.! 1314); small, slender, sub-erect or 
diffuse, sub-simple, densely silky and villous, with long, soft hairs ;  sti- 
pules linear-lanceolate or subulate, sub-faleate ; leaflets either obovate, 
oblong or lanceolate, silky and pilose ; peduncles 1-2 flowered, longer 
than the leaf, the lower sometimes short ; upper lip of the calyx bipar- 
tite, lower trifid ; vexillum and legume silky. <Avrgyr. strictum, Steud. 
Benth.! l. ¢. p. 346. Chasmone stricta, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 75. 
Bove 8. semiglabrum ; leaves glabrous on the upper surface. A. biflorum, E.g Z. 
0. 1317. . 
Has. Among Acacias, on the Stormberge Mts., near the source of the Key River, 
£. & Z,! Near Grahamstown and on the Caledon and Mooje R., Burke and Zey. ! 
Between Klipplaat and Black Key River, Drege, Burchell, 5035. Queenstown dis- 
aa Se te Mrs. F. W. Barber. / Var. B., Winterberg, £. § Z.! (Herb. Hk., 
a De 
3-6 inches high, branched from the base. Pubescence copious, long, somewhat 
fulvous and shining. Leaflets very variable in length and breadth, 1-11 inch long, 
2-4 lines wide. Peduncles long or short, rarely 2 flowered. Calyx nearly equalling 
the petioles ; the upper lobes lanceolate. 
24. A. barbatum (Walp. Rep. 2. p. 845); dwarf, densely leafy, the 
branches, stipules, petioles, leaflets, calyces and legumes bearded and ciliated 
unth long white, patent hairs ; stipules ovato-lanceolate, connato-ampleai- 
caul, persistent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, longer than 
the petiole ; peduncles sub-terminal, shorter than the leaf, or a little 
longer, umbellately 2—3 flowered ;_ bracts lanceolate; upper lip of the 
calyx bipartite, lower trifid ; vexillum silky. Benth. l. c. p. 345. Ohas- 
mone barbata, Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p.77. Zeyher! 2305. 
_ Has. Near the K River, Uit., Krauss. Near Salem, and at Zou h s 
Zeyher! (Herb. Sd)” at 2 
Very small, but thick and woody. Stems 3-5 inches long, diffuse or prostrate, 
not much branched, the branches short and close together, densely covered with 
leaves. Except for the long white scattered hairs, the surface is glabrous. Leaf- 
lets } inch long, 2-2} lines wide. Stipules clasping the stem and connate at the 
side opposite the leaf. Calyx nearly as long as the petals. I have not seen Meis- 
ner’s plant, but Zeyher’s specimens, here described, agree well with his diagnosis. It 
is a very well marked species. 
25. A. pumilum (E. & Z. ! No. 1308) ; dwarf, densely much branched, 
silky-villous; stipules small, from a broadish base subulate; petioles 
shorter than the obovate or obovate-oblong leaflets ; peduncles shorter or 
somewhat longer than the leaf, 1-2 flowered (the lower flowers some- 
times sub-sessile); lower lip of the silky calyx 3 toothed; vexillum 
and legumes silky-villous. Benth. / 1. ¢. p. 346. Arg. venustum, E. & Z! 
1310. Chasmone argentea, 8. pilosa, E. Mey.Comm. p.75. and C. pusilla, 
600. Galega sericea, Thunb! H. Cap. 601. 
Var. a. verum; leaflets glabrous on the upper, silky-villous on the lower side. 
Zey. 2302, 2306, 
Van. 8. pilosum ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, densely hairy on both sides. Chasmone 
argentea, B. pilosa, E. Mey. Comm. p. 75. 
