118 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus. 
5. LATERALES (Sp. 58~74). , 
58. A. teres (E. & Z.! No. 1460); branches tomentose; leaves 
tufted, tereti-subulate, rigid, pungent-mucronate, the adult glabrous ; 
flowers solitary; calyx widely campanulate, tomentose, truncate, its 
lobes distant, lincar-subulate, pungent, longer than the tube ; veaxillum 
villous, scarcely equalling the pubescent carina ; ovary 4-ovuled ; legume 
obliquely ovato-lanceolate, falcate-acuminate, turgid, silky. Benth. /l.c. 
p- 620. Zey./ 2368. Burch. 4640. 
Has. Vanstaadensberg Mts., Uit., F. & Z./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) 
A large, strong shrub, 8-15 feet high. Branches long, ramuliferous, pubescent. 
Leaves densely tufted, straight, spreading, § inch long, green. Flowers few, scattered, 
7-8 lines long, on pedicels 1-13 lines long. Vexillum subfalcate. Calyx teeth 
rigid, like the leaves, 3 lines long. Legume 8-9 lines long, 3-4 lines wide near the 
turgid base, compressed toward the narrowed point. 
59. A. hirta (E. Mey. ! Linn. 7. p. 156) ; branches villoso-tomentose ; 
leaves tufted, narrow-subulate, rigid, pungent-mucronate, pubescent, 
afterwards glabrous ; flowers lateral, solitary ; calyx widely campanu- 
late, densely villous, its lobes distant, setaceo-pungent, rather shorter 
than the tube; vewxillum silky villous, longer than the glabrous carina ; 
ovary 2-3 ovuled ; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, turgid, very vil- 
lous. A. wulnerans. Benth.!1.c.p. 621. non Thunb. LE. & Z.! No. 1458. 
A, hirta, H. Mey. Inn. 7. p. 156. E. & Z. 1457. 
Has. Swellendam Mts., at Puspasvalley and Kochmanskloof, Mundt., E. § Z.! 
Voormansbosch, Zeyher, 2369! Gmnadendahl, Alexander Prior, Pappe! Giftberg, 
Drege. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
A large, strong, furzelike bush, with an abundance of softly hairy, yellow flowers 
and pale green foliage. Leaves 3 inch long, more slender than in A. ¢eres, at first 
covered with whitish, silky hairs, afterwards glabrous and shining. Calyx teeth 
acicular. Flowers 6-9 lines long. Legume 4 inch long, covered with long white 
hairs. This plant does not exist in Herb. Thunberg: his A. mulnerans is a very 
different plant. 
60. A. hystrix (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 377); densely tomentose and 
canescent ; leaves tufted, subulate, terete, rigid, pungent-mucronate, 
albo-tomentose ; flowers solitary, equalling the leaves ; calyx widely 
campanulate, softly villoso-tomentose, its teeth from broad deltoid bases 
shortly acicular, shorter than the tube ; vexillum densely tomentose, 
longer than the glabrous carina; ovary 2—-ovuled ; legume obliquely 
lanceolate, densely woolly. Benth.!l.c.p,621. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 51. 
non E. & Z. 
Has. hills in Onderbokkeveld and Kendo, , Gill! also 
Phnatoe! Wiemot (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.) el ig oa 
A large bush with white or silvery, copious pubescence. Leaves about 4 inch 
long, spreading, sometimes curved, needle-pointed, rarely bluntish. Flowers § lines 
long, yellow. Legume 6-8 lines long, woolly, Tubercles under the leaves bearded. 
61. A. rigescens (E. Mey ! Comm. p. 52) ; cinereo-pubescent ; leaves 
tufted, terete, subulate, rigid, fosomane g ed sro crte pubescent ; 
flowers solitary, mostly shorter than the leaves ; calyx widely campanu- 
late, pubescent, ats lobes linear-lanceolate, mucronate, rather longer than the 
tube and nearly equalling the corolla ; vexillum villous, longer than the 
pubescent carina ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, ap- 
pressedly villous. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 622. 
