220 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lessertia, 
Has. Modderfonteinsberg, 4000 f., Drege! (Herb., Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
Very like L. inflata, but smaller in all parts, with longer peduncles. Leaflets 2-3 
lines long, 1-2 wide, often infolded. Peduncles 2-3 inches long. Legume 5-6 lines 
long, 4 lines wide. Flowers white ? 
20. L, diffusa (R. Br. Hort. Kew.); perennial, diffuse or procum- 
bent, the stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short, 
patent hairs; leaves closely 8-12-jugate, leaflets (often alternate) elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or emarginate, albo-pilose on one or both sides ; racemes 
on long peduncles, densely many-flowered, elongating ; pedicels scarcely 
equalling the albo-pilose calyx; ovary few or several ovuled, glabrous; 
legumes subcompressed, glabrous, elliptic-oblong, both margins convex 
and not very unequally. 2, Mey./ Comm. p.118. DC. Prod. 2, p. 271, 
Galega dubia, Jacq. Ie. Rar. 576. ; 
Has. Kasparskloof, near Koussie, Zilverfontein and little Namaqualand ; and in 
the Nieuweveld, Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) 
eas Whole plant hoary with short white, patent hairs, Leaflets 2-4 lines long, 14-2 
lines wide, sometimes well covered with hairs above, and sometimes nearly bare, 
except at the edges. Racemes 5-6 inches long, on peduncles of equal length. 
Flowers purple, 3 lines long. Legumes scarcely uncial ; sometimes semi-uncial, 
nearly orbicular and 1-2 seeded, but more commonly 6-8 seeded. Near ZL. excisa, 
but differing in the legumes. 
21, L. excisa (DC. 1. c. 272); perennial, diffuse or procumbent, the 
stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short, patent hairs; 
leaves closely 8-12-jugate, leaflets (often alternate) cuneate-oblong, 
truncate or emarginate, glabrous above, thinly albo-pilose beneath ; ra- 
cemes on long peduncles, laxly several or many flowered; pedicels 
equalling the nigro-puberulous calyx or shorter ; ovary several ovuled, 
glabrous; legumes compressed, glabrous, at first subfaleate-ovate (the 
ventral margin concave), then obliquely semi-elliptical, the ventral margin 
straightish, the dorsal arcuate. EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 119. L. perennans, 
LE. § Z.! 1652. L. diffusa, E.§ Z.! 1654. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Lion’s Mt., E. § Z./ Pappe! Camps Bay, W.H.H. 
Paarlberg, Drege! Near Tulbagh, Pappe/ Brackfontein, Clanw., £. § Z.! Klip- 
fontein, Zey.! 469. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Many stemmed, trailing or partly ascending, branched from the base. Pubescence 
patent. Petioles 2~3 inches long , leaflets 2-6 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, sometimes 
obcordate, sometimes elliptical, but usually abruptly cuneate. Racemes 2~3 inches 
: long or more, on peduncles 3-5 inches long, which become rigid in fruit. Legumes 
: commonly }—1 inch long, 6-8 lines wide, when ripe nearly half-moon shaped ; some- 
times 14 inch long, 9-10 lines wide. 
22. L. tomentosa (DC. 1. c. p. 272); perennial, diffuse or procumbent,. 
the stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short, patent 
hairs ; leaflets closely 8-12-jugate, cuneate-oblong, obtuse or emargi- 
nate, glabrous above, albo-pilose beneath ; racemes on long peduncles, 
subcapitate or shortly several flowered ; bracts deltoid ; pedicels shorter 
than the nigro-hirsute calyx ; ovary few-ovuled, hoary ; legume inflated, 
Z ovoid, albo-hirsute, shortly stipitate. Colutea tomentosa, and C. vesicaria, 
Th.! Fl. Cap. p. 604. L. eacisa, BE. & Z.1 1653. 
Has. South Africa, Th: ! Carmichael! N - 
rivier, Z. § Z. (Herb. Th, De HE Sd.) See ee — 
Many stemmed ; stems subsimple, trailing, 12-14 inches long, hoary with short, 
white hairs. Petioles 2-3 inches long ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 wide, open or in- 
