152 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Psoralea. 
25. P. racemosa (Thunb. Cap. p. 607); suffruticose, flexuous; twigs 
pubescent ; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate, leaflets cuneate-oblong, 
flat, obtuse, mucronulate, coriaceous, nigro-punctate, glabrous; stipules 
minute, subulate ; spikes terminal, sessile, interrupted, the rachis flex- 
uous, laxly many flowered; bracts small; calyx hispidulous, nigro- 
punctate, its lobes lanceolate, subequal. P. hilaris, HE. §Z./ 1552. 
i ae oe sides in grassy places. Langekloof, George, E.G Z./ (Herb. 
A denies slightly branched, ascending suffrutex ; the branches incurved and 
more or less zig-zag, the principal stems and lateral branches ending in sparsely 
flowered, flexuous spikes. Petioles 1-2 lines long; leaflets 1 inch long, 2-3 lines 
wide, cuneate at base, the medial rather longer. Bracts equalling the pedicels. 
Flowers in threes, 2-3 lines long, the corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx, 
(white?) carina deeply coloured. 
26. P. hamata (Harv.) ; fruticulose, erect, twigs appressedly subca- 
nescent; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, compli- 
cate, recurvo-arcuate, mucronate, glabrous, nigro-punctate; stipules 
subulate; spikes terminal, sessile, interrupted, laxly many flowered ; 
flowers subternate, rachis straight; bracts small; calyx appressedly pu- 
berulous, punctate, its lobes lanceolate, subequal. P. racemosa, EL. Mey. 
Comm. p. 87, non Thunb. ~ 
Has. Roodeberg, 3800f., Drege! (Herb., Hk., Bth.) 
A small shrub, with slender twigs, thinly clothed with very minute whitish hairs, 
rather densely leafy. Petioles 1 line long; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3 lines wide, folded 
together, the midrib arched backwards and hispidulous; a few minute hairs also on 
the lower surface, otherwise glabrous. Dots conspicuous. Racemes 2-4 inches long, 
the fascicles of flowers 4 of an inch apart. Much more ligneous than P. racemosa, 
with closer, shorter, and differently shaped leaflets, and virgate not flexuous branches, 
The pubescence also differs. 
27, P. stachydis (Linn. f. Sup. 335); shrubby, divaricately branched, 
rigid, roughly hirsute with patent, rusty hairs; leaves shortly petiolate, 
pinnato-trifoliolate, leaflets elliptico-obovate, obtuse or acute, recurvo-mu- 
cronulate, hirsute ; stipules adnate, subulate ; flowers 3—5 together in an 
interrupted, flexuous, terminal, pedunculate spike; bracts minute; ra- 
chis and calyx fulvo-hirsute, shaggy, the calyx-lobes sublanceolate, 
acute, the lowest broadest. DC. Prod.2.p.218,. P.stachyos, Thunb. ! 
Cap. p. 608. ak 
Has. Near Piquetberg, Thunberg! (Herb. U Holm. 
Near P. rg ig os ee atest ack at mi cuneate leaflets and a 
much coarser and more patent, dark coloured pubescence. Leaflets 3-1 inch long, 
4 inch wide, minutely pellucid-dotted, often strongly recurved. Peduncles 2 inches 
long to the first cluster of flowers. Calyx 2 lines long. This seems to be a rare spe- 
cies. I have only seen the specimens above referred to. 
__ 28. P. hirta (Linn. Ameen. 6. Afr. 35); shrubby, divaricately much 
branched, rigid, cano-pubescent; leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate, 
leaflets broadly cuneate-obovute or obcordate, recurvo-mucronulate, mi- 
nutely appresso-pubescent, nigro-punctate; stipules small, subulate; 
flowers ternate, sessile, either axillary or in an interrupted, leafless, 
flexuous, terminal, pedunculate spike ; bracts minute; calyx cano-hir- 
sute, its lobes ovate-acuminate, the lowest broadest. DC. Prod. 2. p. 
217. Jacq. Schoenb. t. 228. H. Mey.! Comm. p. 87 (non Thunb. nec E. § Z.) 
P. Stachyos, FE. & Z.! 1555. : 
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