120 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Aspalathus. 
gent-mucronate, rigid, si/ky-tomentose ; flowers lateral, glomerato-race- 
mose, much shorter than the leaves; calyx widely campanulate, tomen- 
tose, truncate, with setaceous teeth much shorter than the tube ; vexillum 
broadly ovate, villous, scarcely longer than the glabrous carina ; legume 
obliquely ovato-lanceolate, woolly.” —Benth. l. c. 
Has. From Burchell’s coll. No. 5786. : 
‘¢ Branches thickish, softly pubescent. Leaf-tufts distant, or crowded at the ends 
of the branchlets. “Leaves very numerous in each cluster, the larger an inch long. 
Flowering branch often lengthening a little from the fasciculus, bearing 4-12 flow- 
ers, separately or 2-3 together, subtended by 1-3 leaves ; pedicels often a line long. 
Calyx 1 line long. Corolla 4 lines. Legume less deflexed than in neighbouring 
species, but not mature in the specimen examined.” Benth. l.c. 
66. A. longifolia (Benth.! 1. c. p. 624); leaves densely tufted, 
elongate, subulate, subincurved, mucronulate, silky and silvery ; flowers 
solitary or glomerate, much shorter than the leaves; calyx widely cam- 
panulate, softly villous, with very short, acute teeth ; vexillum broadly 
orbicular, on a long claw, villous, longer than the glabrous carina; le- 
gume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, very villous, Benth./ 1. c. 
Has. From Scholl’s collection. (Herb, Bth., Vind.) 
Only to be known from the following, which it greatly resembles, by its very 
short calyx lobes, stipitate vexillum and longer (1~14 inch) leaves. 
67. A. eriophylla (Walp.! Linn. 13. p. 499) ; leaves densely tufted, 
elongate, subulate, incurved, mucronate, silky and silvery ; fi. solitary 
or glomerate, as long as the leaves ; calyx villoso-sericeous, with subulate- 
acuminate teeth, nearly as long as the tube ; vexillum oboval, villous, nar- 
rowed into a short claw, longer than the glabrous carina; legume ob- 
liquely ovato-lanceolate, turgid, silky and very villous, Benth./l.c. p. 
624. Zey./ 2321. 
Has. Near Grahamstown, Zeyher! Krebs, 892. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A large, strong growing shrub, not much branched, with long, subsimple, densely 
leafy branches ; every part densely clothed with soft, glossy, white or silvery pubes- 
cence. Leaves 8-10 lines or an inch long. Flowers nestling among the leaves, 
yellow. Vexillum 6 lines long, 3 lines wide. Legume 5-6 lines long. 
68. A. laricifolia (Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 204. non Lam.) ; leaves densely ~ 
tufted, short, terete-subulate, mucronate, glabrescent ; flowers solitary, 
lateral ; calyx widely campanulate, villous, with subulate-acuminate 
teeth, shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the 
glabrous or villous carina ; legume obliquely lanceolate, subacute, tur- 
gid, very villous. Benth./l.c.p.625. H.d Z.! No. 1452. A. laricina, 
DC. Prod. 2. p. 141. A. genistoides, EB. § Z.! No. 1453. Zey.! 2358. 
Var. §. sericantha ; calyx teeth nearly equalling the tube; carina villous. A. 
sericantha, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 49. Benth.! l. c. p. 625. Burch. 3485. A. hilaris, 
E. & Z.! 1451. ; 
Has. Hills near Capetown, and throughout the western districts, common. Var. 
8. in the eastern districts, Caffraria and Port Natal. (Herb. Bth., Th., H., D., Sd.) 
A much branched, ramuliferous, spreading bush ; branchlets 3-12 inches long, 
shortly tomentose. Leaves 3—4 lines long, glabrous or minutely downy, especially the 
younger. Flowers yellow, very numerous, toward the ends of the branches. This 
plant is only known from A. canescens by its green, not canescent leaves. I venture 
to reduce Meyer's A. sericantha, which differs by a very inconstant character: gla- 
brous and pubescent carine occur indifferently in many species, 
