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126 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Aspalathus. 
pilose, obliquely campanulate, the four upper teeth triangular, acute, 
the lowest lanceolate, all nearly equalling the tube; vexillum pubescent, 
equalling the arched and beaked, glabrous carina; ovary 4—ovuled ; le- 
gume obliquely rhomboid, thick, hairy. Benth. 1. c. p. 633. E.G Z. 1480. 
ao aaa and Dutoitskloof, Drege.’ Tulbagh, #.§ Z./ (Herb. Th., Bth., 
Robust, re densely branched, and leafy. Leaves scarcely equalling the inter- 
nodes, 2-23 lines long, incurved, the younger piloso-ciliate, the old glabrous and 
lossy, all flat on the upper side and keeled below; triangular. Flowers 5 lines long. 
gume woody, 4 lines long and wide. A handsome shrub, with foliage resembling 
that of rica cerinthoides. 
87. A. propingua (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 53); branches tomentose; 
leaves tufted, small, trigonous, obtuse, cano-tomentose,; flowers terminal, 
shortly pedicellate, 2-3 together; calyx softly villous, campanulate, the 
four upper teeth triangular, lowest lanceolate, all rather shorter than 
the tube; vexillum pubescent, as long as the glabrous, arched and 
beaked carina; ovary 6-ovuled; legume obliquely ovate, acute, silky- 
villous. Benth.! l. c. p. 633. 
Has. Cederberg, e erb, Benth. 
A small ar i a yreake pemox and canescent in all parts. Leaves 
about a line long, few in each fascicle. Flowers 5 lines long, in pairs (or threes) at 
the ends of the branchlets, on pedicels 1 line long. Bracteoles trifoliolate, Very 
much smaller than either of the preceding. 
9g. CARNOSE, (Sp. 88-101.) 
88. A. callosa (Linn. Sp. 1002) ; quite glabrous, or with the twigs 
tomentulose ; leaves ternate, linear, mucronate-acute, or obtuse, Jlat above, 
round-backed ; flowers spiked or capitate; calyx-lobes ovate or ovato- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rather shorter than the tube or equalling — 
it; ovary 4-5 ovuled, glabrous or subcanescent; legume obliquely lan- 
ceolate, twice as long as the calyx. Benth./l.c. p. 634. Bot. Mag. t. 
2329. £.§Z.f 1272, 1273. Thunb. / Cap. 573. 
Van. B. brevifolia; twigs tomentulose ; leaves 1-2 lines long; flowers smaller and 
fewer. A. tylodes, B.§ Z.! 1374. 
Van. y. fusca; dwarf, robust, with tomentulose twigs ; leaves 4-5 lines long ; 
flowers 2-3 together, terminal ; bracts subulate ; calyx-lo 
as the tube. A fusca, Thumb.! Oap. p. 374. Benth. lc. p. 599. 
Has. Common on Table Mountain and on the Cape Flats, &c. Hott. Holl. and 
the Western Districts. (Herb: D., Bth., Hk., 
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gular. 
green, erect, 4-6 lines long, 4 line wide. Flowers either laxly spiked or densely sub- 
capitate, mpemae! B megane the bracts ovato-lanceolate, equalling the calyx-tube ; 
> lanceolate, acute at each end. Flowers yellow, quite glabrous. Var. 7. 
(in Hb. Upsal) is much stunted, with few flowers, and rather longer and more taper- 
(89. A. erythrodes (E. & Z.! 1375); branches rufo-tomentose ; leaves 
ternate, linear, mucronate, semiterete, carnose, incurved; flowers spi- 
cate; calyx-lobes lanceolate, rather longer than the tube; ovary 7-8 
ovuled, glabrous. 
Has. Hill sides near Tul E.G Z.) erb. Sond. 
A small shrub, with sn ae Bee PR ors Be aos clothed with short, 
foxy pubescence. Leaves 4-6 lines long, sharply mucronate, shrivelling when dry, 
patent, with the points incurved. Bracts green, with purple tips, narrow lanceo- 
