Sutherlandia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 213 
Var. 8. tomentosa; thickly canescent-tomentose ; leaflets short and broad, obo- 
vate or obcordate, silvery white on both surfaces ; ovaries and legumes hispid. S. 
tomentosa, E. § Z.! 1659. 8. frutescens, B. E. Mey.! 1. c. 
Var. y? microphylla; thinly pubescent ; leaflets oblong-linear, glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2-3 flowered. DC. Prod. 2. p. 273. Deless. Ic. 3. t. 
71. S. frutescens, y. B. Mey. tc. : 
Has. Dry hills and mountain sides throughout the colony. Var. 8. Seashore 
near Wagenhuisgrotte and Cape L’Agulhas, Mundt/ Simonsbay, Me Gillivray ! 
Green Point, Dr. Pappe/ (Herb. Hk., Sd., D., &c.) 
_ Very variable in the size of the bush, the copiousness of pubescence, and the sha: 
of the leaves ; varying also ‘in a less degree in the proportions and colours of the pa 4 
Var. 8. in its extreme form, as collected by Mundt, looks to be very distinct ; but 
intermediate states connect it with a: it seems to be merely a sea-side condition, 
growing probably in loose sands and exposed to the sea breezes. Var. y., judging 
by Delessert’s figure, is a starved, weak growing state of a. 
XXXVI. LESSERTIA, DC. 
Calyx campanulate, shortly and subequally 5-toothed. Veaillum ob- 
ovate, emarginate, expanded, longer than the obtuse carina. Stamens 
diadelphous. Ovary substipitate, several ovuled; style filiform, ascend- 
ing, bearded in front below the apex ; stigma terminal. Legume scari- 
ous, compressed or inflated, unequal sided or linear, at length opening 
at the apex, several seeded. DC. Prod. 2,p. 271. Endl. Gen. 6563. 
Suffrutices or herbs, rarely annual, natives of South Africa. Leaves impari-pin- 
nate, multi-jugate ; leaflets frequently alternate and albo-pubescent, rarely glabrous. 
Stipules small. Racemes axillary, on long or short peduncles. Flowers pink or 
crimson, rarely white. The species are very difficult to define, and probably too 
many have been established. The best characters are to be found in the shape and 
pubescence of the legume, the length of the pedicels with reference to the calyx, the 
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y villous, with soft, white, loose hairs ee 
“Thin ly silky, with soft, appressed, whitish hairs (6) perennans. 
cme peek: peduncles very long ... (8) macrostachya. 
Legume pubescent ; pedunc. short ; leaflets lanceolate, Z 
(b.) Herbaceous ; or scarcely suffruticose, and then procumbent or diffuse : 
glabrous, compressed ; pubescence none or scanty. 
Stems and foliage glabrous or nearly so : : 
Racemes laxly many flowered ; root annual ; . 
Weal NAITOW ig nk ee linearis. 
