Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS2 ( Harv.) 145 
hairy within. P. pinnata, EF. § Z. 1515, excl. var. B. E. Mey.! Comm. Drege. p. 82. 
P. levigata, E. & Z. 1518. P. tenuifolia, E. § Z./ 1519. 
Van. B. speciosa; twigs and leaves villoso-pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the 
leaves ; calyx glabrescent or sparsely villous externally, the lanceolate-acuminate, 
ciliate lobes longer than the tube, the lowest longest and incurved. P. speciosa, E. § 2. 
15178 
Var. y. subglabra; twigs and leaves pubescent or glabrous ; pedicels nearly as 
long as the leaves ; calyx nigro-hirsute externally, its lobes short, broad and blunt. 
P. pinnata, B. subglabra, E. § Z. ; also P, afinis, E. § Z.1 516. 
*8, glabra; nearly or quite glabrous ; leaflets linear or lanceolate-linear ; 
pedicels either short or long ; calyx glabrous or sparsely hispid and ciliate, its lobes 
either broad and blunt, or subacute or acute! P. glabra, 2, Mey.! Comm. p. 83. 
Zey. 2380, and 2381 (calyx-lobes acute !) : 
Var. e. latifolia; subglabrous ; leaflets linéar-lanceolate, flat, obviously mid- 
ribbed ; pedicels long, calyx subglabrous, or nigro-hirsute, its lobes acute. P. arborea, 
Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2090. E. § Z. 1514. E. Mey. Comm. p. 82. DC. Prod. l. c. 
Has. Common throughout the Colony, extending to Caffraria and Port Natal. 
(Herb. Th., D., &c., &c.) 
Arborescent or shrubby, 6-12 feet high, densely branched and leafy ; very varia- 
ble in pubescence, sometimes densely hairy, sometimes quite glabrous, different spe- 
cimens showing various intermediate states. Leaflets commonly 10-15 lines long, 
4 line wide ; but in var. e. 1-2 lines wide, and evidently lanceolate. A garden speci- 
men, in Herb. Hooker, shows very instructively the little value, in this species, of the 
form of leaflets ; part of the same branch producing filiform, almost setaceous leaflets, 
and part linear-lanceolate leaflets, flat, midribbed and 1 line wide ; thus altogether 
uniting var. a. and e. The length of pedicels is also most variable ; sometimes the 
flowers are subsessile, sometimes on stalks 1-2 inches long. Nor are the calycine 
characters more constant, as seen in the above mentioned varieties. Other minor 
varieties might be noticed ; thus, different specimens of var. 6. glabra, have obtuse, 
subacute and very acute calyx-lobes, passing from broadly-ovate to almost lanceo- 
late! The most singular calyx occurs in var. B., but by no other character does it 
differ from @., and in general aspect the two are identical. After a careful ex- 
amination of many specimens of all the abeve named varieties, I cannot but regard 
them as local forms of one variable species. 
3. P. Gueinzii (Harv.) ; suffruticose, diffuse, much branched, leafy, 
variably pubescent, the young parts villous ; leaves subsessile, unifolio- 
late, leaflets Zanceolate, acuminate, complicate ; stipules ovato-cuspidate, 
striate ; pedicels axillary, very short, bibracteolate ; calyx-lobes lanceo- 
late, acuminate. Hallia lanceolata, Thunb.! Herb. Ups. 
Has. Cape District ? Thunberg / Dr. Gueinzius! No. 58. (Herb. 8d.) 
1-2 feet high, the lower parts woody, the upper branches half herbaceous. Branches 
numerous and close-set, flexuous or arching, closely set with leaves. Leaflets 3-1 
inch long, 2 lines wide, the sides folded together and closely applied when dry, the 
point very acute, almost pungent. Calyces 24 lines long, rather than the 
icel. “This is near P. aphylla, but differs in the broadly lanceolate-acuminate, 
olded leaflets, and in habit. It is also less woody. | 
4. P. aphylla (Linn. Mant. 450); erect, or drooping, twiggy, variably 
pubescent ; twigs virgate, very erect, either leafless (having a subulate — 
scale instead of a leaf) or sparsely leafy, the leaves wnifoliolate or rarely 
3-foliolate ; leaflets narrow-linear, semi-terete, acute ; stipules small 
(or none) deltoid, acute ; pedicels axillary, not longer than the calyx, — 
bibracteolate below the middle ; calyx-lobes acute, ovate or lanceolate. 
DC. Prod. 2. p.217. Jacq. Schoenb. t.223. Bot. Mag. t. 1727. Lo . Cab. 
t.221. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 605. H.§Z.1530. H. Mey. ae 
Jacquiniana, E. & Z. 1531. P. decidua, Berg. p. 220, non - 
