Lessertia.} LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 219 
strigose ; leaflets laxly 10-12-jugate, linear-oblong or obovate, obtuse or 
retuse, glabrous or thinly strigose beneath; stipules triangular; pedun- 
cles scarcely equalling the leaves, laxly racemose ; pedicels shorter than 
the strigillose calyx; legumes glabrous, much inflated, membranous, 
ovoid, substipitate, many-seeded. 
Has. Mooyplaa 600 f. and ! 
Country, Mins Duen? “Herb, Sd., D) Pat oy eee et Sone, tn. Drare!: Saale 
Suffruticose at base, 6-12 inches high. Petioles 24-3 inches long ; leafl. 3 lines 
long, 14 wide. Peduncles 2-24 inches long ; flowers 34-4 lines, crimson. Legumes 
1} inch long, § inch wide, very bladdery. 
16, L. depressa (Harv.); half-herbaceous, procwmbent or prostrate, 
the stem, petioles, and peduncles thinly albo-strigose or subpilose ; leaf- 
lets 3-6-jugate, oblongo-lanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse, thinly siri- 
goso-pilose beneath; stipules acuminate ; peduncles shorter than the 
leaves or scarcely longer, shortly racemose, several flowered; bracts 
broadly ovate, obtuse; pedicels shorter than the nigro-pubescent, 
bluntly lobed calyx; legume glabrous, inflated, obliquely ovoid, sub- 
stipitate, many-seeded. J. prostrata, E. § Z.! 1645, non Thunb. 
Has. Zwartkops River, Uit., #4 Z./ Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. 
Sond., Hook.) 
Near LZ. physodes and L. tenuifolia, but differing in habit. The stems in E. & Z.’s 
specimens are 18 inches long, branched only at the base, floriferous for half their 
length. Leaflets 5-6 lines long. The pubescence is generally close-pressed and stri- 
gose, but that of the stem and peduncles is sometimes looser and more copious. Le. 
gumes scarcely an inch long, 3 inch wide. 
17. L. capitata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 118); herbaceous, decumbent, 
the stem, petioles, and peduncles hoary with short, patent hairs ; leaf- 
lets closely 7-9-jugate, oblong, obtuse or retuse, patently pubescent on 
one or both sides ; stipules ovate-acute; peduncles much longer than 
the leaf, capitato-racemulose, 5-8 flowered; pedicels unequal, shorter 
than the nigro-hirsute calyx; legumes (immature) glabrous, many seeded. 
Has. Kasparskloof, Camisberge, 2000 f., Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
ney like L. comeaieals but with glabrous legumes, the exact form of which is un- 
own. 
18. L. inflata (Harv.); herbaceous, diffuse or decumbent, villoso- 
canescent with loose hairs; leaflets 8-10-jugate, short, obovate or ob- 
cordate, villoso-canescent beneath ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, laxly 
racemose, few-flowered; pedicels shorter than the villous calyx; le- 
gumes inflated, glabrous, ovate-subglobose, several seeded. L. vesicaria, 
£, Mey.! Comm. p. 119, non DC. 
Has. Steelkloof in ata 3500 f. Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd.) 
Thunberg’s Catutea ( Lessertia ) vesicaria, in Hb. Upsal and Holm., has pubescent 
legumes, and seems scarcely distinct from Z. tomentosa. Leaflets 2}—3 lines long, 
2 lines wide, mostly emarginate. Legumes 7-8 lines long. 
19, L. microcarpa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 119); herbaceous, procum- — 
bent, dwarf, villoso-canescent with loose hairs ; leaflets 6-8-jugate, short, 
obovate-oblong. or obcordate, villous beneath ; peduncles about twice as 
long as the leaf, laxly racemose, few-flowered ;. pedicels shorter than the 
villous calyx; legumes (small) inflated, glabrous, obliquely obovate, 
rather rigid, few-seeded., ghia ar. 
