Exiosema. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 259 
Petioles rather long : 
Leafl. 2-3-uncial, oblong-lanceol., acute, rugose, 
Br has Aes beneath .. asic: cies 
Leaf. 2 es ellipt. -oblong, ‘obtuse, vais 
silky ben (5) 
Peduncles bearing sre for & their length, ‘or more (9) cajanoides. 
ik. populifolium (Benth. !); dwarf, ascending, every where densely 
clothed with long, soft, silky, white hairs; leaflets solitary (large), on 
longish petioles, cordate, subacute, penninerved; stipules broadly lan- 
ceolate, equalling the petiole, striate; peduncles rather shorter than the 
leaf, densely many flowered near the summit; calyx pilose, its lobes 
about equalling the tube; vexillum pilose. 
Has. Trans Vaal, Natal, Mr. Sanderson! (Herb. Hk.) 
Stems 6-12 ? inches high, simple? compressed or angular. Petioles uncial. Leaves 
4 inches long, 3 inches wide, exactly heart-shaped. ‘Stipules inch long, 3—4 lines 
wide, silky, scarious. Peduncles 3-4 inches long, bearing flowers for an inch below 
the end. Pedicels 2 lines long, subtended by lanceolate, deciduous bracts. Flowers 
8 lines long. Calyx laxly pilose, its two upper segments connate nearly to the bifid 
summit, 3 lower lanceolate. Legume unknown. 
2. E. cordatum (E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 128); the decumbent stem, 
petioles, peduncles and calyx roughly pilose with spreading, red hairs ; 
leaves subsessile, either solitary, roundish-cordate, obtuse, or pinnato-tri- 
foliolate, the leaflets elliptic-ovate, all membranous, rufo-pilose on both 
sides, somewhat bullate, penninerved and veiny beneath ; stipules free, 
broad, ovate-acuminate; peduncles shorter or longer than the leaves, 
densely spicato-racemose above the mas, the flowers paoxed: 
imbricate, 
Var. 8. Gueinzii; less densel: ars it 0! leaflets ae 
bransocous, elliptic-oblong, aoa fp ES on much lo: fe me 
racemose. £. Gueinzit, Sond. Linn. 23, p- a Ww. CUM : 
3. ‘diag aE.) ies erect or ascending, the stems, 
petioles and peduncles roughly hairy with rusty hairs ; petioles very 
- short, leaflets 3, oblong, obtuse, rugose, hispid above, rufo-tomentose and 
penninerved beneath; stipules oblong-acute; peduncles elongate, shortly 
and closely ‘several-flowered near the summit; calyx hairy, ts 
longer than The tube, much shorter than the villous ree . 
Aapjes River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) 
Stems 6-8 inches high. Common petiole 3-4 ‘lines long. Leaflets 1 I 
4-} inch wide, at length subglabrous above, always densely and 
beneath. Stipules equalling the petiole. Peduncles 4-6 inches 
flowered raceme 1-1} inch long. Bracts nibiine nce 
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