Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 131 
one is the present species ; another, on the same sheet, is A. recwva, and the third, 
marked B. is A. pachyloba, 
104, A, pinguis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580, non Benth.) ; branches 
.tomentulose ; leaves tufted, minute, fleshy, ovoid or oblong, obtuse, gla- 
brate ; flowers lateral, subsessile, solitary ; calyx obliquely campanulate, 
glabrous, its teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube ; petals glabrous, 
vexillum with a callus at base; ovary glabrous, several-ovuled ; legume 
obliquely lanceolate. A. afinis, H. Mey.! Comm. p.60. Benth. i. c. p. 
640, non Thunb. A. minutifolia, Vog. 
Has. On dry hills. Aasvogelsberg and Kendo, Drege / Also found by Thunberg / 
Mundt., §c. (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.) 
A large, stout, much-branched, ramulose shrub, nearly related to A. afinis, from 
which it chiefly differs in the very short, ovoid or subrotund leaves, which are 4—1 
line long. Flowers yellow, chiefly toward the ends of the branches, 23 lines long. 
This is the true ‘ A. pinguis’ of Herb. Thunb. ! Z 
105. A. costulata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 641); branches tomentulose; leaves 
tufted, short, fleshy, terete, obtuse, at length glabrous ; flowers lateral, 
solitary, sessile ; calyx campanulate, glabrescent, cts teeth triangular- 
acute, shorter than the 15-ribbed tube; petals glabrous; verllum naked 
at base; ovary glabrescent, 4—ovuled ; legume obliquely rhomboid-ovate, 
downy. Benth. /1. ¢. p. 641. 
Has. Cape Colony, Schol/! (Herb. Benth.) 
A much-branched, ramuliferous bush, resembling A. afinis, and also A. pachyloba 
and A. pallescens ; from each of which however it differs in characters of detail. I 
have only seen the specimen in Herb. Benth., above quoted. 
106. A sanguinea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580); branches tomentu- 
lose ; leaves tufted, ait short, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers lateral, 
subsolitary, pedicellate ; calyx turbinate, glabrous, its lobes linear or 
subtriangular, pointless, shorter than the tube ; petals glabrous, ale 
much shorter than the incurved carina ; ovary hairy at base, 4-6 ovuled. 
Benth. 11. ¢. p. 641. 
Has. South Africa, Thunberg / Bowie! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth.) 
A densely much-branched bush, with minute, fieshy-terete leaves and purple-red 
» small flowers. Pedicels 1-14 lines i : flowers of same length. Leaves 1 line long, 
the floral ones shorter than the pedicel. : 
107. A. adelphea (E. & Z.! 1442); branches tomentulose ; leaves 
tufted, linear-terete, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers solitary or in pairs, 
shortly pedicellate; calyx glabrous, with very short, obtuse teeth ; petals 
glabrous, the ale shorter than the arched carina; ovary 2-ovuled ; 
legume obliquely lanceolate, glabrous, several times as long as the calyx. — 
Benth.! 1. c. p.641. A. iniqua, E. § Z.! 1443. A. subtingens, B. g ZI 
1441, and A, rubescens, E. & Z.! 1444. Zey.! 755 235% 2351, 2353+. a 
Has. Hills and dry ground. Uitenhage District, in several places, £. ¢ Z.1 Bowie, (ha Lae 
Burchell, §e. (Herb. D., Hik., Bth., Sd.) BSS saa oimeg 
A densely-branched, ramuliferous, leafy bush ; the upper branches studded with / “oes te 
small, reddish-yellow or rufescent flowers, of about the same size as in 4, sanguinea, CS ae 
’ but on shorter pedicels. Leaves 14-3 lines long, closely set, spreading. 6 E 
4 lines long. Pe ce 
108. A. microdon (Benth.! L. c. p. 642); branches puberulent leaves 
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