Rhynchosia. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 251 
Has. Hills near Kat River, Drege! Creeping among grass at the foot of the 
bhp eager | and on hills above Waterkloof and Kaalneck, Mrs. F. W. Barber? 
(Herb. D.) 
Sent by Mrs. Barber among specimens of R. hirsuta, from which this is distin- 
guished by its larger size, dense inflorescence, with erect, short pedicelled flowers, and 
especially by the large stipules and persistent bracts. Stem rigid, terete. Petioles 
4 inch long. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long, 14 inch broad, rigid and roughly pubes- 
cent. Stipules 6-8 lines long, 4-5 lines wide. Peduncles 5-6 inches long, hairy. 
Flowers 6-7 lines long ; vexillum brown and striped at back, yellow within ; ale 
bright yellow, much shorter than the brown-tipped carina. The flowers resemble 
those of Fagelia bituminosa. 
9. R. simplicifolia (E. Mey. Comm. p. 138) ; same as R. grandifolia, 
but “the leaves are simple; stipules cordate-ovate, acuminate; bracts 
ovato-lanceolate.” 
Has. Omtata, on grassy hills, Drege. ‘ 
10. R. ficifolia (Benth. !); prostrate, roughly hairy and subvillous ; 
stem and branches compressed, angular; petioles short, leaflets (large) 
cuneate-obovate, 3-nerved, mostly 3—5-lobed, reticulate above, with pro- 
minent ribs and veins beneath ; stipules lanceolate ; peduncles elongate, 
- yacemose beyond the middle; calyx very villous, its segments longer 
than the tube, scarcely shorter than the glabrous vexillum. Zey./ 520. 
(in Hb. Sond. 519.) 
* EpmeeD River, Mooje R., and Magaliesberg, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., 
? — 
Readily known from other Cape species b the lobed leaflets, resembling those of 
a fig. Stems 2 or more feet ro trailing, yobaen; compressed and sharply angled 
and striate. Lateral leaflets near the base of the common petiole, terminal remote, 
an inch apart. Leaflets 23-4 inches long, 2-24 broad, cuneate at base, the lateral 
oblique, all rather rigid, softly pubescent, and _pale-green, more or less deepl 
cleft, the lateral lobes short, acute, or cuspidate. | 3-4 inches long, « 
flowered. Ovary villous. Legume unknown. S 
11. R. sigmodes (Benth. !); prostrate, softly villous ; stem 3-4-angled ; 
leaves subsessile ; leaflets cordate-ovate or suborbicular, rugose, thick, 
velvetty ; stipules broadly-triangular, acute; peduncles elongate, densely 
racemose beyond the middle; bracts lanceolate ; calyx villous, its seg- 
ments longer than the tube, half as long as the glabrous vexillum ; 
legume falcate, hairy. Sigmodostyles villosa, Meisn.! in Hook. Lond, Journ, 
2, P. 93+ G ‘ ; 
Has. Sides of Bosjesmansrand Mt., near P. Maritzburg, Natal, 2500f., Krauss / 
246. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.) ied 
Stems robust, 2 or more feet long, sharpl. angled and softly hairy. Common peti- 
ole uncial, the lateral leaflets near its base, the terminal remote. Terminal leaflet 
2-3 inches long, 2-24 broad, the lateral smaller and unequal sided, the young ones 
i and glossy, the older more velvetty-villous and green. Stipules 4-5 lines 
long, 2-3 broad at base, acute. Peduncles 6 inches long. Bracts narrow, 3-4 lines 
long, deciduous. © Flowers deflexed, subsessile, 5-6 lines long. Calyx-segments nar- 
row, the two upper connate nearly to the point. Vexillum broad, 2-callous over the 
claw. Ale narrow. — Legume 10-12 lines long, 3-4 broad, sessile, obtuse, hairy. 
1g "x. secunda (E. & Z.! Enum. No. 1665) ; prostrate, softly pubes- 
cent or velvety ; branches flexuous; leaves petiolate ; leaflets orbicular- 
rhomboid, obtuse, veiny beneath; stipules broadly ovate, tomentose ; 
