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148 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Psoralea. 
12. P. obliqua (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 164); shrubby, erect, much 
branched and leafy, at first villous, afterwards glabrescent ; twigs pu- 
bescent; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-oblong, aristate-mucronate, 
densely gland-dotted, the lateral ones remarkably unequal-sided ; sti- 
pules membranous, ovate, withering ; pedicels axillary, in threes (or 
one ¢rifid), much shorter than the leaves ; calyx somewhat villous, its 
carinal segment longer than the rest, ovate-acuminate, EH. & Z. 1535. 
E. Mey. Comm. p. 84. 
Has. Common near Stellenbosch and the Paarl, Dutoitskloof, &c. FE. ¢ Z. Drege! 
W.H.H., fc. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) 
A strong growing shrub, 2~4 feet high ; the numerous erecto-patent, villoso-pu- 
bescent branches densely covered with broad leaves. Petioles 2-3 lines long ; leaf- 
lets about 7-1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, bright green, very blunt at each end, the 
medial one equal sided, the lateral rather shorter and very unequal sided, rounded 
on the outer side at base: all tipped with a slender awn or excurrent midrib. The 
pedicels are either in threes, or there is a short peduncle, bearing three pedicels. The 
four superior calyx-lobes are lanceolate, 4 shorter than the lowest or carinal one, 
which is broad, with a long, tapering, acute point. 
13. P. polyphylla (Eck. & Zey.! 1536); shrubby, erect, much branched 
and leafy, pubescent or afterwards subglabrous ; twigs pubescent; leaves 
trifoliolate, subsessile, leaflets linear or linear-oblong, mucronate, immer- 
sedly-dotted, the lateral ones remarkably unequal-sided ; stipules small, 
withering, ovate-acuminate ; pedicels axillary, 2-3 together, very short ; 
calyx nigro-villous and veiny, the four upper segments *subulate, the 
carinal ovato-lanceolate, longer than the rest. 
tae Woods at Krakakamma, Uit., Z. GZ. Cape, Bowie. (Herb. Sd., Bth., D., — 
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space P. obliqua, but with narrower leaves of much darker green colour and 
denser substance, with less conspicuous glands; smaller stipules and narrower calyx 
lobes. The branches are virgate, sparingly ramulous towards the ends. Leaflets 
6-7 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, either exactly linear, or somewhat cuneate at base. 
14. P. Mundtiana (Eck. & Zey.! 1537); shrubby, erect, densely leafy, 
the twigs hairy; petioles and leaves at first pubescent, then glabrescent; 
leaves trifoliolate, leafl. broadly linear, or linear-spathulate or linear-oblong 
recurvo-mucronate, acute at base, prominent, pellucid-glanded ; stipules 
rigidly scarious, striate, ovate, pubescent; pedicels axillary, very short, 
pubescent ; calyx villoso-hirsute, its segments lanceolate, much longer 
than the tube, the carinal ovato-lanceolate. P. spathulata, E. Mey.Comm. 
p. 85. P. decumbens, Willd. Herb. 14137, fide Walp. (not Ait.) 
Has, Si net, oe bie Mundt. Dutoitskloof, Drege. (Herb. Hk., Sd., Bth.) 
A stout, rather by bush, 1-2 feet high, rigid, with very short, densely leafy, 
persistently pubescent twigs. Petioles 2 lines long ; leaflets 3-1 inch long, 14-3 lines 
wide, with large, wartlike, pellucid glands, the young ones hairy and ciliate, the 
older glabrescent. Stipules conspicuously scarious, earlike, broad and striate. Pe- 
dicels scarcely longer the petiole, 2-3 together. 
15. P. macradenia (Harv.); shrubby, erect, densely much branched, 
leafy ; twigs thinly canescent; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate ; 
leaflets cuneate-obcordate, the younger silvery-canescent, the older glabrate, 
all with many prominent, wart-like glands on the lower surface ; stipules 
minute, subulate ; flowers axillary, 2-3 together, on very short pedi- 
