154 . " LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Psoralea. 
much acuminate, very acute, the lowest longest and broadest. DC, 
Prod.2.p.218. Jacq. Schoenb.t.224. Bot. Mag.t.446. Lodd. Cab. t. 
1559. P.aculeata, Thunb. in Herb. Ups. 
“Var. a. vera; bracts obovate, cuspidate, as long as the calyx, whose lowest seg- 
ment is broadly ovato-cuspidate. P. bracteata, a., Curtisiana, E. Mey. Comm. p. 86. 
Var. 8. bracteolata; bracts ovato-lanceolate, much shorter than the calyx, whose 
lowest segment is lanceolate. P. bracteolata, E. § Z. 1543. P. stachyera, E. § Z. 
1549. P. cephalotes, E. § Z. 1548. P. parviflora, E. Mey. Comm. p. 86. : 
Var. y. Algoensis ; depressed or procumbent; leaflets shorter and broader ; spikes 
subglobose or oblong, often few flowered ; bracts small; calyx much less villous, 
with rather shorter segments. P. Algoensis, E. § Z. 1544. P. acuminata, E. § Z. 
1546. P. densa, E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 86. Zey. 2376. 
Has. Moist places, from Capetown to Albany and Caffirland, both on the plains 
and mountains. Var. y. near the sea coast, in George, Uitenhage and Albany. 
(Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.) 
A densely branched, leafy bush, 1-4 feet high, erect when growing in sheltered - 
places and well watered soil ; depressed or procumbent in exposed or dry places. 
Pubescence variable, but never absent. Petioles 1 line long, the stipules obliquely 
adnate to their base. Leaflets 4-} inch long, 3-5 lines wide at the end, cuneate at 
base, often nigro-punctate as well as pellucid-dotted, the older almost always gla- 
brous ; mucro short, recurved. Bracts very variable in size. None of the above 
varieties if traced through many specimens will be found true to its characters, and 
more might be enumerated showing intermediate forms. After a comparison of the 
accumulated materials of several herbaria, I am forced to regard as synonymous the 
species above named. The flowers vary from purple to blue and white. 
32. P. spicata (Linn. Mant. 264); shrubby, erect, virgate, densely 
leafy; twigs cano-pubescent ; leaves trifoliolate, subsessile, leaflets 
obovate-oblong or oblong, reflexo-mucronulate, nigro-punctate, glabrous, 
or the younger pubescent; stipules adnate, obliquely ovato-lanceolate, 
striate, membranous; spikes terminal, sessile, elongating, cylindrical, 
laxly many flowered, bracteate; bracts small, membranous; calyx vil- 
lous, its segments lanceolate, acute, subequal. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218. 
Andr. Rep. t. 411 (bad). LE. § 27.1547. 
Has. 8. Africa, Thun / Bowie! Moist places, Puspasvalley, Swell., £. § Z./ 
(Herb. Th., Hi, Bth., DY Sd.) ices . 
Nearly allied to P. bracteata, but more virgate, with narrower, longer and less 
decidedly obovate leaflets, much longer and more cylindrical spikes and smaller 
flowers. The dots on the leaves are more opaque than in P. bracteata, but are trans- 
lucent. Leaflets 3-1 inch long, 3 lines wide, cuneate at base, with a very small, 
reflexed mucro. Calyces 2 lines long, their segments less acuminate and more equal 
among themselves than in P. bracteata. Flowers blue or purplish. 
33. P. Bowieana (Harv.); suffruticose, slender, diffuse, branching ; 
twigs terete, puberulous; leaves subdistant, trifoliolate, minutely petio-— 
late ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, recurvo-mucronate, glabrescent, pellucid 
dotted; stipules subulate; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 
fasciculato-racemose ; pedicels 2-3 together, equalling the calyx; bracts 
lanceolate ; calyx subglabrous, pale, with purple strie, its lobes narrow- 
lanceolate, the lowest longest. 
Has. Cape, Bowie! (Herb. Hk.) oe 
Seemingly a spreading plant, woody at base, the stems probably 2 feet or more 
long ; the branches 6-12 inches long, filiform, flexuous. Petioles 1 line long ; leaf- 
lets 7-1 inch long, 3~34 lines wide, the younger ciliate and sparsely hispid, the older 
becoming glabrous. The glands are minute, pellucid, and not prominent. Racemes 
short or elongating, interru several flowered, Calyx segments each elegantly 
marked with 3 purple ere ie 
