142 LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) [ Aspalathus. 
Has. Near the Zwartkops River, Uit., E. ¢ Z., Drege, fc. (Herb. Th., Bth., 
Hk., D., Sd.) - 
An erect, virgate shrub. Leaves in dense fascicles and closely placed, slender, 
subterete, }-inch long or more. Peduncles 8 lines to 1 inch long, spreading ; bracts 
3, filiform, below the flower. Legume 8 lines long, tiearly 3 lines wide at base. 
147, A. suffruticosa (DC. Prod. 2. p. 144); diffuse, puberulous; 
leaves tufted, short, linear-terete, green, pungent-mucronulate, glabrous or 
puberulous ; peduncles 1-3 flowered ; calyx-teeth triangular, acute, 
much shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the 
carina; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, minutely and 
appressedly puberulous. Benth./ 1. c. p.655. LE. & Z. 1405. Zey.! 215, 
re 236%. 
as Has. Uitenhage District, E. § Z., gc. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) 
_. . Branches numerous, 2 feet long or more, spreading or trailing, with erect branch- 
f lets ; the young ones strigoso-pubescent. Leaves 2-3 lines long, patent or squar- 
é \ as vt, rose, slightly fleshy. Flowers 3 lines long, with a very blunt carina. Legume 7-8 
© [Ms Yines long, 14-wide at the turgid base. ‘This resembles A. divaricata, except in 
inflorescence. 
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148. A. ulicina (E. & Z.! 1407); shrubby, divaricate, with hairy 
; twigs ; leaves tufted, stellately patent, subulate, rigid, pungent-mucro- 
Beate. nate, pilose, becoming glabrous ; peduncles from the centre of the leaf- 
tuft, racemulose, 2-4 flowered; calyx puberulous, the teeth deltoid, 
needle-pointed, about equalling the tube; petals silky, vexillum longer 
than the ale, shorter than the carina ; ovary 2-ovuled; legume appress- 
edly downy, obliquely ovato-lanceolate, acute. Benth. l. c. p. 656. 
eeu G2 Has. Mountains near Tulbagh, and in Pikenierskloof, Clanw., £. g Z. Winter- 
See : hoek and Kardouw, Dr. Pappe.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
co A slender, but rigid, laxly-branched, spreading or decumbent bush, with pale foli- 
age, and pale yellow flowers. Leaves 6-8 lines long, very slender, spreading every 
way, unequal in the tuft. Penduncles 1-2 inches long, leafless, or with one or two 
distant leaves, and sometimes with a fascicle. Flowers 3~4 lines long. Except in 
its inflorescence this closely resembles A. vulnerans. 
( Doubtful Species. ) 
A. cinerascens (E. Mey. Comm. p. 54); “leaves tufted, terete, blunt, 
silky-canescent ; flowers solitary, subspicate; teeth of the pubescent 
calyx triangular ; vexillum pubescent.” Peas 
: Allied to A. camescens, but with the aspect of Lebeckia microphylla, according to 
= are. 
: Te arachnoidea (Hort. Berol.); “ shrubby, erect ; branches arched 
__ subfastigiate ; leaves tufted, subulate, mucronate, sprinkled with cob. 
webby hairs ; flowers axillary, solitary; teeth of the silky calyx distant, 
___ subulate, longer than the tube, equalling the silky corolla,” Walp. in 
Linn. 13. p. 497. Allied to A, setacea, according to Bentham. 
A. crassifolia (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 353); like J. 
with larger flowers and very nha, here ‘ana eae Adel. 
__A, nodosa (Vog. Linn. 13. > lik : : 
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