Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) : 97 
Flowers lateral, or interruptedly subspicate : 
Diffuse or prostrate, much branched : 
Leaf-tubercles neither prominent nor spiniferous : 
Leaves densely imbricated, straight : 
Pubescent ; fi. lvs. not much longer than 
calyx-tube ; cal. lobes twice as long as 
Gia tne = ces Gat 
Softly pilose; fl. leaves much longer 
than calyx-tube; cal.-lobes twice as 
long asthe tube ...  -- se se 
Pubescent or subglabrous; fi. lvs. very 
short; calyx lobes not longer than 
the tube: .... 2s ye ee 
Villoso-canescent; fl. lvs. short; cal.- 
lobes equalling the villous tube 
Leaves very slender, patent, incurved, 5-6 
nes long... 
: as eke ai eee (53) asparagoides. 
Leaf-tubercles prominent and armed with shortspurs : 
Cal.-lobes subulate; vexillum ovate, acute, 
hinky SKY ee, ts wee te see (54) calearata. 
Cal.-lobes broadly lanceolate ; vex. obcordate, 
Gitky-villoud a5 ee UBB) Pappeana. 
Erect shrubs, virgate or ramulous : 
Densely covered with silky-white hairs; calyx- 
teeth short cates uh Eg nel nese omer ed, AGO) A 
Roughly hairy or pilose, with dark hairs ; cal.- 
lobes long... ... + = a. we es (87) Tubrofusca. 
5. Laterales. Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile, lateral. 
Ovary 2-4 ovuled. Legume villous, exserted, obliquely ovate or lanceolate, commonly 
turgid, at length horizontally patent or deflexed. (Sp. §8-74-) 
Leaf-tufts not spine-bearing : : 
Leaves straight and rigid, pungent-mucronate (rarely 
pointless), scarcely more than half inch long : 
‘Adult leaves glabrous ; cal--lobes subulate; soe 
(58) teres. 
ovary 4—-ovul CO nee as 
Cinereo-pubescent; calyx-lobes lanceolate ; 
ovary 2-ovuled... ... 0 se. see (61) rigescens. 
Carina glabrous 
2 : 
Calyx-lobes setaceo-pungent or needleshaped : 
‘Adult leaves glabrous ; flowers 6- 
Hines long 2... ee sees oe (59) hirta. 
Leaves albo-tomentose; flowers 5 lines : 
WOR ne 5 osc et cee ee (60) hystrix. 
Cal.-lobes broadly lanceolate, ribbed, longer 
‘han the tub@. <0 5s, oss ae es cat (62) opaca. 
Leaves scarcely pungent, more than 4 inch long; ovary 
2—ovuled : os : 
Leaves glabrous (the young pubescent). 
Calyx-teeth lanceolate-falcate, mucronate, : 
longer than the tube gtr eee a. 103) acanthes. e 
Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube ... (64) Burchelliana. . 
t tose; cal truncate, with Pee | 
Leaves silky tomen yx te, Sie = a 
short, setaccous teeth ar ae - 
Leaves silky and silvery; cal.-teeth very short; ti ie 
a vcillum with a long claw wee (66) longifolia, 
subulate, Se 
Leaves silky and silvery; calyx-teeth 
equalling the tube... srs ret ge 
Leaves not pangs, rarely more than 4 lines long: 
Leaves rous or very thinly puberulous, 3-4 _ 
VOL. O. Z wt — zo 
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