Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 155 
34. P. venusta (E. & Z.! 1553); suffruticose, flexuous ; twigs ap- 
pressedly pubescent; leaves subsessile, trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate- 
oblong, obtuse-mucronulate, pellucid-dotted, appressedly puberulent ; 
stipules subulate ; spikes terminal and axillary, cylindrical, peduncu- 
late; bracts half as long as the calyx ; calyx silky, its lobes lanceolate, 
acuminate, impunctate, midribbed, the lowest longest. - 
Has. Sand dunes, near Saldanha Bay, £. é Z.! (Herb. Sd.) Sere ny 
A single branch in Herb. Sond. is about a foot long, curved, simple, with a few 7 a 
small lateral ramuli, ending in a cylindrical spike 1} inch long, and having much Ot | G 
shorter, pedunculate spikes in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Petioles scarcely 
any ; leaflets 1 inch long, 3-34 lines wide, cuneate at base. Calyx 3 lines long, its 
lowest segment nearly equalling the petals; two uppermost shorter than the two 
lateral. 
35. P. caffra (E. & Z.! 1550); shrubby, coarsely glandular; twigs 
tomentulose ; leaves petiolate, pinnately-trifoliolate, lateral leaflets 
broadly elliptical, terminal much larger, elliptical or obovate, all round- 
topped, but mucronulate, nearly glabrous; stipules small, deltoid-acu- 
minate; spikes axillary, pedunculate, laxly many flowered, elongating; 
bracts small; calyx tomentose, nigro-punctate, its lobes lanceolate, the 
lowest acuminate ; legume pubescent. 
gens SPOT hills between the Kat and Key Rivers, Caffraria, Z. ¢ Z.! (Herb. 
Not ae branched, diffuse, 12-18 inches high ; branches curved, densely leafy, 
roughly warted with prominent glands, as are also the leaves and calyces. Tomen- 
tum wearing off in age. Common petiole half inch long or more, the pair of leaflets 
about its middle. [Leaflets 1-14 inch long, 6-10 lines wide, very obtuse, but the 
younger ones with a minute mucro, penni-nerved. Glands very copious and large. 
‘Flowers in twos and threes on the rachis, the common bract scarcely 1 line long, 
about equalling the pedicels. Calyces 2 lines long. Legumes turgid, 24 lines long. 
36. P. rotundifolia (Linn. f. suppl. p. 338); suffruticose, subsimple; 
* stems ascending, glabrous or hispidulous ; leaves shortly petiolate, uni- 
foliolate, the leaflet ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptico-lanceolate, obtuse or 
acute, mucronulate, reticulately veined, glabrous, nigro-punctate and 
~ pellucid-dotted; peduncles terminal (and axillary?) longer than the 
leaves, hirsute; spikes oblong, many flowered, bracteate ; calyx plumoso- 
hirsute with long white hairs, its segments oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, 
longer than the tube. Thunb. Cap. p. 605. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218. 
Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg ! Scholl! Drakenstein, Stellenbosch (not in fl.) W.H.H. 
(Herb. Th., Bth., D., sine fl.) 
A small subsimple suffrutex, a span high, densely leafy. Leaves on very short 
petioles ; the leaflet 14-2 inches long, 31 inch broad, the youngest ciliolate, other- 
- wise glabrous, the ribs and veins conspicuous on both sides. Stipules lanceolato- 
subulate, longer than the petiole. Spikes 14 inch long ; the calyces shaggy with 
long white patent straight hairs. 
37. P. Thomii (Harv.) ; suffruticose, subsimple; stems ascending, 
angularly winged, hispidulous ; leaves shortly petiolate, unifoliolate ; 
the leaflet ovate, elliptic-oblong, or elliptico-lanceolate, mucronulate, 
reticulately veined, the younger hairy, the older hispid or glabrescent, 
impunctate, scaberulous at the margin ; peduncles terminal and axillary, 
longer than the leaves, hirsute ; spikes oblong, many flowered, bracte- 
ate ; calyx plumoso-hirsute with long hairs, its segments narrow-lanceo- 
late, veiny, Sines than the tube. 
