102 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus, 
subdistant, very rigid, 4-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, subrecurved ; the floral leaves 
much shorter, smaller and of thinner substance than the cauline. Calyx 34-4 lines 
long, as well as the orange flowers, thickly villous. 
4. A. polycephala (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 39) ; densely villoso-hirsute ; 
leaves obovate or oblong, recurvo-mucronate, pungent, squarrose, sub- 
canescent ; floral rather shorter than the calyx ; four upper calyx-lobes 
lanceolate, acuminate, thrice as long as the tube, the lowest broadly-obo- 
vate-cymbzform ; vexillum villous, as long as the calyx and longer 
than the villous carina ; ale very small ; ovary hairy, 2-ovuled. Benth.! 
l. ec. DP. 595: : 
Has. On the Blaauberg and Kaudeberg, 3-4000 f., Drege. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. 
Bth., D., Hk.) 
A rigid, spreading, divaricately branched, very hairy bush. Leaves 2-3 lines 
long, 1-14 line broad, ternate, patent or reflexed, pale green. Heads of flowers 
very numerous, terminating short branchlets. Floral leaves yellowish, larger than 
the cauline, but shorter than the flowers, very hairy. Calyx § lines long, the lowest 
segment much broader and longer than the rest. Flowers yellow. 
5. A. orbiculata (Benth. Lond. Journ. 7. p. 595); twigs tomentose ; 
leaves orbicular, cuneate at base, thick, concave, glabrous ; flowers capi- 
tate; calyx thinly villous, its lobes subequal, lanceolate, acute, as long 
as the tube ; petals silky, the vexillum orbicular, scarcely longer than 
the carina ; ovary pubescent, 8-ovuled. Benth.!1.c. 
Has. South Africa, Scholl’ (Herb., Vind., Benth.) 
A robust, rigid, erect shrub, 2-3 feet high, with suberect branches. Leaves 3-4 
lines long, equally wide or wider, mucronulate, pale green, shining, obscurely ribbed 
and veiny below, tapering at base into an imperfect petiole. Floral leaves small, 
spathulate. Calyx 2} lines long. Vexillum twice as long as the calyx, on a longish 
claw, densely villous; the other petals thinly silky. Flowers yellow. ‘ 
6. A. securifolia (E. & Z.! No. 1 363) ; twigs tomentose; leaves obo- 
vate, orbicular, or suboblong, cuneate at base, thick, concave, the lateral 
oblique, glabrous or minutely puberulous, acute or mucronulate ; flowers 
capitate, the floral leaves very small, linear; calyx puberulous, its lobes 
lanceolate-subulate, scarcely equalling the tube; petals pubescent, vexillum 
broadly ovate, slightly longer than the carina 3 ovary villous, 4-5 
ovuled; legume obliquely ovate. Benth. Ll. c. 
Var. 8. spathulata; . i 
- cuhdiae B Pes pity broader, less acute ; calyx larger and more hairy. 
Has. Rocky hills on the Zonderende R., Swell., Z. § Z./ — Var. 8. on Babylon’s 
Toorensberg, Caledon, E. § Z./ Mundt. and Maire?! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A robust, rigid, diffusely branched shrub, 1-2 feet high. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 
1-23-3 wide, shining, pale green, crowded, the young ones microscopically downy, 
the older punctate. Heads of flowers ve- short, the floral leaves very small ; the 
bracts setaceous. Calyx 2 lines long. Petals twice as long, pale yellow. Near 
A. orbiculata, but the flowers are smaller, the tals inutely d the cal 
lobes narrower, and the ovules fewer. : = scenery ieee es fe 
7. A. exigua (E. & Z.! No. 1 365); branches rufo-tomentose ; leaves 
cuneato-spathulate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate, puberulous, at length 
glabrous, shining ; flowers capitate, the Jl. leaves linear and bracteoles seta- 
ceous ; calyx pubescent, its lobes subequal, lanceolate-subulate, acute, 
longer than the tube ; petals silky, the vexillum broadly ovate, longer 
