130 -- LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [ Aspalathus. 
acute, nearly as long as the tube or shorter; vexrllum hairy at base 
behind, scarcely longer than the glabrous, obtuse carina ; ovary 2—-ovuled, 
ciliated at back; legume obliquely rhomboid, very thick, glabrous. 
Benth.! A. carnosa, E, & Z.! 1492, non Thunb. 
Has. Mountains of Swellendam and near Plettenberg’s Bay, Mundt. Voormans- 
bosch, Swell., Zeyher, 2354. Gmadenthal, Alexander Prior. (Herb. Th., Bth., 
Hk., Sd.) 
A strong bush, 2-4 feet high, erect, with thick, erect and densely tomentose 
branches. Leaves crowded, 1-2 lines long, passing from very obtuse to acute or mu- 
cronate. The calyx also varies in the length and breadth of its lobes, and its pu- 
bescence; the lobes are sometimes strongly keeled. In Thunberg’s Herbarium are 
three specimens marked A. afinis; one of them belongs to the present species ; one 
to A. recurva, Benth., and the other to ‘A. pinguis,’ E. Mey.! non Thunb. £.&2Z.’s 
‘A. carnosw’ is a variety with mucronulate leaves. 
101. A. pallescens (E. & Z.! 1476); branches tomentulose; leaves 
tufted, carnose, linear-terete, obtuse, incurved, minutely cano-puberu- 
lous; flowers solitary, lateral, sessile; calyx carnose, thinly puberulous, 
ribbed, its segments oblong, subacute, midribbed, equalling the tube ; 
petals ... %3; ovary puberulent, 2-ovuled ; legume ovate, acute, not 
twice as long as the calyx, pubescent. Benth. 1. c. p. 639. 
Has. Mountain sides near Plettenberg’s Bay, Mundt. (Herb. Sond.) 
A bush intermediate in aspect and character between A. pachyloba and A. costu- 
lata, but with longer leaves and broader calyx-lobes than either. I have only seen 
an imperfect specimen without petals, The foliage is microscopically canescent ; 
the leaves 3 lines long, closely set, imbricating, patent, but curving inwards. 
10. PINGUES. (Sp. 102-117.) 
102. A. verrucosa (Linn.! Sp. p. roor); branches tomentulose ; 
leaves tufted, elongate, linear-terete, acute or mucronate, fleshy, glabrous ; 
flowers lateral, shortly pedicellate, solitary, shorter than the leaves ; calyx 
nearly glabrous, its teeth acute, much shorter than the tube ; petals 
glabrous ; ovary 4-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, sparsely 
puberulous. Benth./ 1. c. p. 638. A. succulenta, H. Mey. ! Linn. 7. pe 159. 
H. & Z.! 1491. A. Mundtiana, FE. & 2.1 1490. Zey.! 2360? 
Haz. Mountains near Caledon and Hott. Holl., #. &. Z.! Drege! Wallich! Masson: 
- Near Swellendam (with sharper or mucronate leaves) Mundt.! Sel Th. Hk. D. Sd.) — 
A stout bush, 2~3 feet high or more, much-branched, the older branches bare of 
leaves and warted with hemispherical leaf-tubercles, Leaves 4 inch or more in length, 
spreading and closely approximated ; their point varying from subobtuse to sharply 
mucronate. Flowers small, 3 lines long, hidden among the leaves, yellow ; pedicels 
2 lines long. Legume recurved, 4 inch long. r 
103. A, affinis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580, non Benth.) ; branches 
tomentulose ; leaves tufted, short, subacute or mucronulate, linear-terete, 
fleshy, glabrous ; flowers lateral, subsessile, longer than the leaves; calyx _ 
glabrous, obliquely campanulate, its teeth acute, much shorter than the — 
tube; petals glabrous, vexillum with a basal callus ; ovary ciliate behind, 
6-ovuled ; legume obliquely and broadly lanceolate. A. pinguis, H. Mey. ! 
Comm. p. 60. Benth.! 1. ¢.p. 640, non Thunb. Zeyher, 439. 
Has. Piquetberg and Gnadendahl, Drege / Oliphant’s R., Zeyher! Kamanaasie 
Hills, Alecander Prior } (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd.) 
A spreading bush ; its older and naked branches warted, the younger closely leafy. 
Leaves 1-2, rarely 3 lines long, spreading. Flowers 3-3} lines long, yellow, cernuous, 
Legume 5-6 lines long. In Thunberg’s Herbarium are three plants marked ‘afinis ; 
