» aah LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lessertia, 
Racemes subumbellate ; leafi. 5—6-jugate ; sti- 
nee ag a Se 
’ Racemes subcorymbose ; leaflets 6-14 pair ; 
stipules ovato-lanceolate ... ... 1... ... 
Stems and foliage thinly pubescent, racemes long, 
many flowered ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ... (13) Pappeana, 
Legume glabrous, inflated ; pubescence rigid, appressed, strigose : 
or ascending ; leafl. 4-6-jugate ; peduncles 
(11) subumbellata. 
(12) pulchra. ¥ 
long, subcorymbose ea as “aay ae. (Ey plipwodion. 
Hrect or ascending ; leafl. 10-12-jugate ; pedunc. ee 
short, laxly racemose... .. (15) tenuifolia. 
Procumbent or prostrate ; leafi. 3-6-jugate ; ped- 
uncles short, racemose... ... ... .,. ... (16) depressa. 
Legume glabrous ; pubescence copious, of short, spreading hairs ; 
Racemes subcapitate, not elongating, 5-8 flowered (17) capitata. 
Racemes elongating, few or many flowered : 
Peduncles shorter than leaf ; pod inflated ... (11) inflata. 
Pedune. longer than the leaf ; pod inflated, rigid (19) microcarpa. 
_ Pedune. long ; pod subcompressed or compressed : 
Raceme dense ; pod roundish-elliptical (20) diffusa. * 
Raceme lax ; almost half-moon shaped (21) excisa. 
Legume pubescent : 
_» Pubescence spreading ; pedunc. long, 8-12 flowered (22) tomentosa. 
Pub. spreading ; pedunc. short, 2-3 flowered... (23) prostrata. + 
Pub. appressed, strigose ; peduncles long, several 
MWe ae oe is oe ++. (24) argentea, 
Pub. scanty ; leaflets semi-terete, rigid, furrowed (25) carnosa. 
2. Stenolobe. Legume compressed, linear, straight or faleate. (Sp. 26-30). 
cil hee A peduncles much shorter than the leaves : 
icels much longer than the calyx ... ... ... (28 brachystachya. 
Pedicels shorter than the calyx ; stem dwarf ; le- = 
gume mostly straight, hispidulous ... .., ... (27) pauciflora, 
Pedicels shorter than the calyx ; stem shrubby ; 
legume falcate, mostly glabrous ves see aes (26) faleiformis. 
Stem herbaceous (root perhaps annual?) peduncles long or longish : 
Legumes nearly straight, 4 times as long as broad (29) stenoloba, 
Legumes much arched or annular ee oe (30) annularis, 
1. PLATYLOBE (Sp. 1+25.) oo: 
1. L. brachypus (Harv.) ; shrubby, the branches, petioles and ped- 
uncles mintitely albo-puberulous ; leaflets 4-5-jugate, elliptico-obovate, _ 
mucronate, glabrous above, sparsely puberulous beneath ; stipules tri- 
angular ; peduncles much shorter than the leaf, 6-8 flowered ; pedicels 
longer than the puberulous calyx ; legume glabrous, Stacnee 
subturgid ?) obliquely ovate-oblong, 4-6 seeded. LL. faleiformis, (. gla- 
brata, E. Mey. Comm. Pp. 119g. 
ai. DB) Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Esq. __ Koussie and Zilverfontein, Drege. (Herb. 
: The petioles are 2-24 inches long ; the leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-21 wide, thick- 
ish. The peduncles 4? inch long. _ Flowers 4-5 lines long. The nouns on Mr. 
Wyley’s specimen, though but half ripe, are sufficiently advanced to indicate form. 
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2, L. spinescens (E.Mey. ! Comm. P- 115); shrubby, erect, divari- 
cately branched, rigid, thinly Eine ean or ghabeous ; "Teaflets 
5~8-jugate, lanceolate or linear, acute or obtuse, glabrous, or thinly vil- 
lous beneath ; stipules subulate ; peduncles shorter than the leaf or 
scarcely longer, laxly racemose, rigid, at length spinescent ; pedicels 
pubescent, longer than the puberulous calyx; legume glabrous, sub- 
