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250 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Rhynchosia. 
dately-bipinnate, paucijugate or supra-decompound, leaflets sessile, narrow- 
lanceolate or linear, acute at each end, impresso-punctate; peduncles 
elongate, 5~12-flowered near the summit ; flowers viscoso-pubescent, 
Psoralea prostrata, Linn. Galega pinnata, Thunb.! FI. Cap. p. 602. 
Polytropia ferulefolia, Presi. Symb. t. 13. LE. § Z.! 1626, and P. umbel- 
lata, E. § Z.! 1627. 
ds Has. Common on the Cape Flats and in several parts of the western districts. 
‘Herb. 
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variable in composition ; the simplest are ternately-bipinnate, with two larger, sim- 
6. R. pinnata (Harv. Thes. t. 79) ; prostrate, puberulous ; leaves sim- 
ply pinnate, bi-tri-jugate ; leaflets minutely petiolulate, rhomboid-ovate 
or elluptic-oblong, acute, puberulous, impresso-punctate ; peduncles elong- 
ate, 5—6-flowered near the summit. Polytropia pinnata, E. & Z.! 1628. 
Has. Sandy places near Saldanha Ba » Aug.—Sept. Z. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sd.) 
Very similar in general habit to BR. erulefolia, but with much less compound 
or 6 in a pedunculate e. Stipules ovate, striate, rib d 
pods as Ay Srdaflin’ : nn ek ee 
3. COPISMA. (Sp. 7-26.) 
7. BR. rotundifolia (Walp. Rep. 1, p. 787) ; prostrate, glabrous or 
downy ; leaves on long petioles, leaflets orbicular or ovate, obtuse, with 
recurved margins, netted-veined and resin-dotted ; stipules broad, ovate ; 
peduncles elongate, densely racemose near the summit ; bracts broadly- 
oe + calyx subglabrous, its segments broad, twice as long as 
the tube, half as long as the glabrous corolla. Copisma rotundifolium, E.. 
Mey.t Comm. p. 137. 
Has, Among grass. Omsamcaba, Drege / (Herb. Bth.) 
Known at once from R. adenodes by its broad, striate stipules, and broad, 
the flowering part uncial. Pedicels 1 line long. Flowers rather large, 7-8 lines long. 
Calyx-tube short, the Segments 2 lines long, the two uppermost connate: Vexillum 
broadly or orbicular. ly falcate. 
8. R. grandifolia (Harv.) ; procumbent, robust, hirsuto-pubescent ; 
petioles very short 3 leaflets broadly ovato-subrotund, hispido-pubescent 
mose beyond the middle, many-flowered - bracts ovate-oblong, acute, per- 
sistent ; calyx-segments lanceolate, the ‘uppermost semi-connate, the 
lowest subulate, all shorter than the glabrous vexillum 3 (young) legume 
hirsute. Copisma grandifolium, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 138. 
