252 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Rhynchosia. 
peduncles shorter or scarcely longer than the leaves, laxly 2-4-flowered ; 
calyx-segments longer than the tube, shorter than the glabrous vexillum ; 
legume sessile, falcate, tomentose. Burch. Cat. No. 2457. 
_ Has. Woods at Ado and Bushman’s River, Uitenhage and Chumiberg, Caffr., 
£.§Z.! Small Deel, Zeyher ! 514, Burke! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk.) 
NS) ing on the ground, 1-2 feet long, branching. Stems slender, terete. Petioles 
3-1 inch long. Leaflets 6-14 lines long, as wide, the terminal somewhat cuneate 
at base, the lateral very oblique, all round-topped and submucronulate. Peduncles 
3-1} inch long in small leaved, 3 inches long in more vigorous specimens. This has 
the flowers of R. Totta and the leaves of R. adenodes, but differs from both (besides 
other marks) in its broad stipules. 
13, R. viscidula (Steud. Nom. Bot.) ; stem prostrate or voluble, slen- 
der, flexuous, striate, thinly viscoso-pubescent ; leaves on longish peti- 
oles ; leaflets ovato-rhomboid or subrotund, obtuse, viscoso-pubescent 
on both sides, thickly gland-dotted beneath ; stipules small, ovate or 
ovato-lanceolate, acute; peduncles longer than the leaves, laxly 2-3- 
flowered ; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx, whose linear-lanceolate 
lobes are much longer than the tube, but shorter than the glabrous, 
striate vexillum ; legumes sessile, oblong, viscoso-pubescent. Fagelia 
pubescens and F. viscida, EB. § Z.! 1680, 1681. Copisma viscidulum, E. 
Mey.! Comm. p. 134. :. 
Has. Summit of Table Mt. and at the Waterf. Tulb: . § Z! Kaspar f 
and between Koussie and the Gariep, Drege / (Herb. Sa Bie ees 
Stem- weak, about 2 feet long. Petioles 1-1} inch long, the terminal leaflet dis- 
tant. Leaflets 4-3 inch in diameter, scarcely longer than broad, the lateral ones very 
oblique. Peduncles 3-5 inches long. Flowers § lines long, the vexillum and tip of 
carina purple-lined. Legume 8-9 lines long, 3 lines wide. 
14. R. hirsuta (E. & Z.! 1676); procumbent or twining; branches 
and longish petioles patently hairy ; leaflets broadly ovate-suborbicular, 
rigid, hispido-pubescent ; stipules ovate, acute ; peduncles elongate, laxly 
several-flowered ; calyx-segments longer than the tube, shorter than the 
pubescent vexillum; legume sessile, villous. Copisma diversifolium, E. Mey.! 
Comm. p. 135. Burch. Cat. 4163. Zey.! 502. 
Var. 8. angustifolia; upper leaflets oblong, lower ovate. Benth. 
“Has, ee on Abe Winterberg, Kat Ba E.§Z.! Buffelsriver and Coane 
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Stems widely spreading, 2-3 feet long, flexuous, rigid, striate, hirsute. Pubes- 
cence less copious, and often ppd on the leaves. Stipules 2-3 lines long. Petioles 
inches long, and nearly as wide, very blunt at each 
end, the lateral oblique, strongly nerved, seabrescent above. Peduncles 6-8 inches 
long, above the middle distan: y-flowered. Calyx 3 lines long, the tube t line. Vex- 
illum more or less densely pu ines long, i a 
lines wide, faloate or straghtate n> oz eee 2-10 lees 4 
15. RB. crassifolia (Benth. !) ; stem procumbent, branch tioles, 
and leaves densely velvetty ; leaflets allintst-ovute, ak thick, softly 
velvetty ; stipules oblong-ovate, subobtuse, silky ; peduncles elongate, 
laxly several-flowered ; calyx silky-villous, the segments longer than the 
a, shorter than the pubescent vexillum; legume sessile, villous, 
ey.! 505. : 
