V iborgia. | '- LEGUMINOSH (Harv.) 91 
the ventral margin, the sides delicately netted-veined. Benth./ 1. c. p. 
364. V. oblongata, HE. Mey. ! Comm. p. 29. excl. var. 8. V.incurvata, E. 
Mey. Comm. p. 30. Pterocarpus peltaria, DC. Leg. Mem. p. 394. t. 57. f. 2- 
Var. 8. microphylla; petioles very short ; leaflets much smaller. V. ifoli 
& Mecest 3 pe ry sho’ mu er, V. parvifolia, 
ean weg) of prisons? cna Between Groenekloof and Saldanha Bay, 
an ween Zilverfontein an aus, Namaqualand, Drege/ Bp. N Breede 
River, Swell., Mundt. ! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk.) Drogn a. 
More densely leafy, and much more glabrous than W. obcordata, with very differ- 
ent — Racemes 3~4 inches long, dense, the rachis rather rigid, but scarcely 
spinous, Leaves turn dark or black in drying. inch d near] 
broad, very thin and flat, the wing 14-2 este ee Z ee 
4. V. cuspidata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 364); glabrous; branches rigid, 
twigs short, flexuous or divarieate, rarely spinescent ; leaflets small, ob- 
ovate or cuneate-oblong, mucronulate or obtuse; racemes lax, few 
flowered ; carina subrostrate ; legume stipitate, narrow-oblong, subturgid, 
winged on one margin, the sides quite smooth. V. oblongata, é cuspidata, 
E. Mey.! Comm. p. 29. 
Hap. Between Uitkomst and Geelbekskraal, 2000-3000f, Drege! (Herb. Bth. Hk.) 
A rigid, stunted or depressed, robust, densely ramulose bush ; the twigs intricate 
and much divided. Leaves on short petioles ; leaflets 2-3 lines long. I have only 
seen immature legumes. 
5. V. sericea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 560) ; densely silky-canescent in 
all parts ; branches and twigs spreading, rigid, at length spinescent ; 
leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely silky ; racemes short, 
many flowered; calyx widely campanulate, pubescent ;_ carina subob- 
tuse; legume stipitate, broadly winged at one side, the wing truncate 
below the style, the sides delicately netted-veined. 4H, Mey. Comm. litt. 
a &b? V. lanceolata, H. Mey! Comm. p. 29- Benth. 1. c. p. 365. Acantho- 
Ce ae Sorted a of Mierenkasteel and Kasparskl 
mountains 
er ee Picpatian Drege! ee an uae: ea eT Clk 
., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) : : 
Robust, densely ramulous, and everywhere silky or silvery, with copious appressed 
pubescence. Leaves closely set, on longish petioles ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, usually 
blunt, sometimes emarginate, drying pale. Flowers 3 lines long, yellow. 
6. V. armata (Harv.); glabrous, or nearly so; branches and twigs 
; j leaflets cuneate-oblong or obovate, 
flowered ; calyx teeth acumin- 
ate ; carina rostrate ; legume com, , winged on one edge, the sides 
rmata, Thunb.! Fi. Cap. p. 562. Acanthobotrya armata, E. & Z.! No. 
thas "Ac. disticha, E. t Z.1 1341. Aspalathus mucronata, Thunb.! Fi. 
Cap. p. 573+ 3 
Van. A. puberula; leaflets and calyces minutely and appressedly pubescent. . 
monoptera, E. Mey.! l. ¢- p. 3°. ee 
Has. Kochman’s Kloof, Mundt.! 24 Rivers, Drege. ! Near Groenekloof, £. ¢ Z-! 
. Ki : amaqualand, V, Schlicht! Tulbaghskloof, Zey. 379: 
Pappe! “—0 tein, Zey. 382. N 
(Heb. Th., “y Hk., D., Sd.) 
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