Aspalathus.] — LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 101 
Leaves slender, terete or subulate, pungent-mucronate, 
glabrescent : 
Lys. short (2-3 lines), Zinear, mucronate ... « (147) suffruticosa. 
Lys. longish (6-8 lines) subwlate, aristato-pungent ... (148) ulicina. f 
Leaves flat, linear or linear-lanceolate : 
Lvs. clothed with long, white hairs ... ... ... ... 142) lanata. 
Lys. ternate or tufted, thinly villous, soon glabrous = 
and glossy -.. (143) faleata, 
Lvs. solitary, glabrous ; stems angular and furrowed (144) alternifolia. - 
1. CEPHALANTHE, (Sp. 1-19.) 
1. A. undulata (E. & Z. No. 1368); branches hairy-villous; leaves 
oblongo-lanceolate, acute at each end, wndulate, squarrose, glabrous or cili- 
ate, midribbed and veiny below ; the floral leaves orbicular-acute, villoso- 
ciliate, veiny, longer than the flowers ; the four upper segments of the 
hairy calyx linear-lanceolate, the lowest longest, cymbaform, 2-3 times 
as long as the tube; vexillum silky, longer than the glabrous keel; 
ovary 4—-ovuled, glabrous; legume obliquely lanceolate, obtuse. Benth./ 
in Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. 7. p. 594. A. involucrata, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 38. 
Ononis fasciculata, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 589. 
Has. On the Winterhoeksberg, 2-3000 f. E. § Z./ Drege! (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk.) 
A rigid, robust, densely-branched, erect bush, 1-2 feet high; the branches 
densely tomentose and hairy. Leaves closely set, ternate, rigid, pale green, 4-5 
lines long, 1-2 lines wide, often recurved, with minutely calloso-denticulate edges, 
the younger ciliate, older glabrous. Floral leaves solitary, many-nerved, } inch long, 
4 lines wide, yellowish, fringed with long, woolly hairs. Calyx 4 lines long, densely 
hairy. Bracteoles linear, 4-5 lines long. Flowers pale yellow. 
2. A. suaveolens (E. & Z. No. 1369); pilose, with long hairs ; leaves 
linear-lanceolate, subfalcate, very acute, midribbed and veiny below; the» 
the floral leaves obovate, acuminate, hairy, equalling the flowers ; the 
four upper segments of the hairy calyx lanceolate, acute, thrice as long 
as the tube, the lowest longer, cymbeform ; vexillum silky, longer 
than the glabrous keel; ovary villous, 5-6 ovuled. Benth. 1. c. p. 594. 
Doan <i agi regions of the Winterhoeksberg, Worcester, EZ. § Z./ (Herb. Bth., 
A small, x Be suberect or ascending, shrubby plant, thinly covered with long, 
softish hairs. Leaves ternate, subdistant, 5-6 lines long, }—} line wide, flat, erecto- 
patent, more or less falcate. Floral leaves purplish or green, veiny, densely hirsute 
and fringed with woolly hairs. A smaller, more slender, less erect, and less densely 
branched, more hairy bush than A. undulata, with narrower leaves, and smaller 
heads and flowers. ‘ 
3. A. venosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 39); branchlets villoso-tomentose ; 
leaves oblongo-lanceolate, pungent-mucronate, rigid, thinly villous, after- 
wards glabrous, midribbed and veiny below; floral leaves small, much 
shorter than the calyx, obovate, villous ; the four upper lobes of the 
densely hirsute calyx lanceolate, equalling the tube, the lowest cymbe- 
form, longer; vexillum silky-villous, longer than the calyx and the 
silky-villous carina; alex little shorter than the carina; ovary 2—-ovuled. | 
Benth. ! l. ¢. p. 595. : gig 
Has. Among rocks on the Giftberg, Cederberg, 1500-25¢ 
(Herb. Benth. ) ss ee 
A robust, rigid, divaricately branched, subdichotomous bush, 1-2 feet high ; the 
old branches with rough, ashen bark, the twigs fulvous and densely hairy. Leaves 
