222 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Lessertia. 
virgate, thinly strigoso-canescent ; petioles elongate, leaflets distantly 
6-9-jugate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-linear, or obovate, obtuse or re- 
tuse, albo-strigose on one or both sides; stipules subulate ; peduncles 
much shorter than the leaves, shortly racemose near the summit, seve- 
ral flowered ; pedicels shorter than the puberulous calyx ; legumes 
glabrous or sparsely setulose, broadly linear-faleate, compressed, 6-8 
seeded. L. faleiformis, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 120, exel. var. B. 
VaR. 8B? Thunbergii ; legumes nearly straight, setulose. Galega humilis, Thunb. 
Cap. 601, fide Herb. Upsal. 
Has. Little and Great N. amaqualand. Zilverfontein, Koussie, Kaus and near 
Verleptpram, N.W., Drege/ Bitterfontein, Zeyher! 470. Gariep, Wyley! (Herb. 
Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) é 
A virgate suffrutex, becoming shrubby in age, more or less canescent. _ Petioles 
on the young plant 6 inches, on the older 2-3 inches long ; leaflets 3-8 lines long, 
2-4 wide. Peduncles about an inch long, several flowered. Legumes 14 inch long, 
3-5 lines wide, glabrous or with a very few setz. In var. 8. the legumes are nearly 
straight, and as closely setulous as in Z. brachystachya, to which, but for the short 
pedicels, I should have referred Thunberg’s specimens. This is the largest and most 
woody of all the linear-fruited Lessertie. : 
27. L. pauciflora (Harv.) ; many stemmed, herbaceous or suffruti- 
cose, suberect or prostrate, dwarf, variably strigoso-pubescent or canes- 
cent; leaflets distantly 8-12-jugate, oblong, obtuse or retuse, with in- 
volute margins ; stipules subulate or ovato-lanceolate ; peduncles much 
shorter than the leaves, mostly 2-flowered (rarely subumbellately 4-6 - 
flowered); pedicels shorter than the pilose calyx ; legumes linear, obtuse, 
mucronate, straight or somewhat falcate, 3-4 times as long as broad, 
thinly strigose, 10-12 seeded. 
Var. a. erecta; stems erect ; leaflets glabrescent. Zey./ 461. 
Var. 8. prona; stems quite prostrate; leaflets glabrescent or albo-pilose. 
Van. y. diffusa; stems diffuse, much branched ; legumes often faleate ; leaflets 
albo-pilose. 
Var. 5. canescens; leafl. canescent on both sides ; peduncles 2-6 flowered ; leg. 
straight or falcate. Zey. 471. . 
Has. Var. a, Thaba Uncka, Burke ¢ Zeyher! B. Valleys of Queenstown ; also 
in Cradock and on the Winterberg, blossoming throughout the summer, Mrs. F. W. 
Barber / §4- _y. Bassoutosland, v. Schlicht! 8, N: amaqualand, Wyley! Bitterfon- 
tein, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) 
A very variable plant, intermediate between L. brachystachya and L. faleiformis, 
having usually straight legumes, but varying to curved or even falcate ones. Flowers 
dull-purple and white, with the vexillum striped. Petioles 1 4-2} inches long ; leafl. 
3-4 lines long. Peduncle 4-1 inch long. Var. 8. may perhaps be a species ; yet its 
distinctive marks are not constant. : eRe 
_ 28. L. brachystachya (DC. 1. ¢. 272); suffruticose, diffuse or ascend- 
ing, thinly albo-strigose; leaflets 7-10-jugate, linear-oblong, glabrous 
above, thinly strigose beneath ; stipules triangular; peduncles shorter 
than the leaves, densely few-flowered ; pedicels much longer than the ca- a 
lyx ; ovary canescent ; legumes linear, obtuse or acute, mucronate, 4-5 
times longer than broad, nearly straight, thinly strigose, distantly 7-8 
seeded. #. § Z. 1635. H. Mey.! Comm.p. 121. Burch. Cat. 3453+ 
Var. 8, acutiloba; legumes taper-pointed ; slightly falcate. ! 2400. 
Has. Cape, Bowie! Burchell. p Ror nee Dit, 2 d in Ualttoria, E. § Z. 
Mouth of Gauritz R. and near Enon, Drege. 8. Zoutpanshoogdte, Zeyher, (Herb. 
Hk., Bth,, Sd.) 
