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178 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) (Indigofera. 
the petiole ; racemes sessile, few-flowered, equalling the leaves; calyx 
pilose, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals hairy ; legumes 2-4 seeded, 
turgid, tomentose. E. § Z./ 1589. Hb. Un. it. No. 428. I. nivea, L. Mey. 
Comm. p. 96, an Willd. 
Has. Tops of Hott. Holl., in exposed places ; also Potberg and Klynriviersberg, 
E. § Z.! Bowie! WHowhoek, Dr. Pappe! Table Mountain Summit, W.H.H. About 
Simonsbay, C. Wright! 561, 565. Grietgesgat, Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth.) 
A small, woody, dwarf, spreading shrub, 6-12 inches long, hoary with long hairs, 
which fall off from the older leaves. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 
2 lines wide, with a sharp, brown mucro. Stipules much acuminate, twice as long 
as the petiole or longer. Racemes 3-5 flowered, woolly. Flowers small. Legumes 
3-4 lines long, very woolly. Sometimes confounded with J. coriacea, var. hirta, and 
sometimes with J. sarmentosa, but very distinct from either. 
4. DIGITATZE. (Sp. 33-41.) 
33. I. filicaulis (E. & Z.! 1594) ; suffruticose, very slender, diffuse or 
procumbent, subglabrous ; branches filiform ; leaves subsessile, digitately 
3-7-9 foliolate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, with involute margins, — 
sparsely strigose ; stipules obsolete ; peduncles capillary, much longer 
than the leaves, 3-4 flowered; flowers pedicellate, bracts minute, per- 
sistent; calyx-segments setaceo-subulate; petals glabrous, legume stipi- 
tate, compressed, with prominent sutures, glabrous, oblong, 2—3 seeded. 
I. subtilis, B. Mey. Comm. p. 98. 
Has, Moist, grassy places near Tulbagh Waterfall, Z..§2Z./ Draakensteenberg, - 
ae aD) ountain Summit, W.H.H./ Near Simonstown, C. Wright! 548. 
erp. ay LU. 
“ very slender, wiry plant, drying dark. Leaflets rising from a tubercular petiole, 
petiolulate, 4-6 lines long, } line wide, tapering to each end. Peduncles hairlike, 
13 inch long, bearing a minute raceme of 2-4 small flowers. Legumes 2-3 lines 
long, on a longish stipe. 
34, I. dillwynioides (Benth.! in Herb.) ; suffruticose, slender, as- 
cending-suberect, subglabrous ; branches angular; leaves subsessile, 
digitately 5~7 foliolate ; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate, acute, with involute 
margins, sparsely strigose, glaucous ; stipules obsolete ; peduncles seta- 
ceous, much longer than the leaves, 6-8 flowered; flowers pedicellate, 
bracts persistent ; calyx-segments lanceolate; petals silky; legume . . ? 
Has. Klipfontein, Zeyher! No. 494. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
Very like J. filicaulis, but more robust, more erect in growth, more densely leafy, 
with larger flowers and more of them in the raceme ; and (judging by the ovary) 
bably with a different 1 e. Root fibrous. Stems ligneous, much branched 
m the base; the ieee outed. simple, suberect, imbricated with leaves 
. Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, more or less involute. Pedun- 
preedian thick as hog’s bristle, 2 A ap oe oe the a 
often in on slender i sessile, linear, 
= Sten pedicels. nearly 3 lines long. Ovary ey 
‘35. IL pentaphylla (Burch.! Cat. 7366); suffruticose, diffuse, very 
slender, subglabrous ; stems filiform ; leaves on short, setaceous petioles, 
digitately 5-7 foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, with involute margins, 
concolorous, glabrate ; stipules minute; peduncles setaceous, much 
longer than the leaves, 1 (-3 1) flowered; calyx canescent, its segments 
ovate-acute ; petals silky. 
