TO THE SECOND VOLUME. _ 595 
Has. Near Pieter Maritzberg, 2-3,000 ft., Dr. Sutherland / (Herb. Hk. D.) 
Nearly intermediate between A. speciosum and baptisioides ; having the stipules, 
calyx and petals of the former, and the pubescence and general aspect of the latter. 
The inflorescence is more dense than in any of this group. 
Page 74, after Argyrolobium molle, E. & Z., introduce : 
22.* A. lotoides (Harv.); slender, erect, branching, glabrescent ; 
stems substrigillose ; stipules broadly ovate or subrotund, shorter than 
the long petiole ; leaflets broadly obovate, mucronulate, veinless, ciliate 
along the margin and midrib; peduncles longer than the leaves, 
umbellately 5-7 flowered ; lower lip of the nearly glabrous calyx 
deeply trifid ; corolla glabrous. 
_Has. Tyomo River, Kaffraria, H. Bowker, No. 366 (Herb. D.) 
A small herbaceous plant, 5-6 inches high, with the aspect of Lotus corniculatus, 
nearly glabrous, except for a few scattered hairs and appressed bristles. Petioles 
4-1 inch long. Stipules 3 lines long, 2 lines wide. Leaflets 4 lines long, 24 wide. 
Peduncles 1-2 inches long. Vexillum equalling the carina. Legume unknown, 
Page 184, after Indigofera corniculata, E. M., introduce : 
54.* I. Gerrardiana (Harv.); suffruticose, ascending or suberect, 
branched, tomentose and canescent ; branches curved, angular ; leaves 
short-petioled, 5—6-jugate, the common petiole recurved, glandless ; 
leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronulate, tomentose, the terminal sessile ; 
stipules small, subulate; racemes laxly many-flowered, elongate, on 
peduncles (at first) equalling the leaves ; calyces albo-tomentose, their 
segments lanceolate ; petals silky with fulvous hairs; legumes adbo- 
tomentose, cylindrical, many-seeded, spreading. 
Has. Bushman’s River, Natal, Gerrard and McKen/ 431. (Herb. D.) 
Two feet or more high ; the stem, foliage and calyces covered with short, whitish 
curled pubescence. Common petiole 1-14 inches long, the leaf-pairs 2-3 lines 
= apart, without gland-stipells. Leaflets 5-6 lines long, 1 line wide, pubescent on 
both sides. Stipules almost setaceous. Peduncle 14-2 inches long, having a 
raceme which lengthens to 2-24 inches additional ; pedicels 2-3 lineslong. Flowers 
purple, the vexillum and keel tawny without. Legume an inch long, acute, 
Page 239, after Canavalia Bonariensis, Lindl., introduce : 
3. C. gladiata (DC. Prodr. 2, 404); stem voluble, glabrous or 
downy ; leaflets broadly ovate, mostly acuminate, rigidly membranous, 
glabrous or pubescent underneath ; upper lip of the calyx bilobed, 
shorter than the lobe, lower trifid ; carina not beaked. Benth lim 
Mart. Fl. Braz. p. 178. Wight, Ic. t. 753. Can. Braziliensis, Mart.— 
Dolichos gladiatus, Linn. Jacq. Ie. Rar. t. 560. D. acinaciformis, 
Jacq. Le. t. 559. eed: ‘ : 
MeKen! (Herb. D. 
Pe dnt oer ‘ite, iniie and % America. Stem extensively 
climbing, the younger parts pubescent. Petioles 4-6 inches long. Leaflets 4-5 
inches long, 2-3-4 inches wide, acute or acuminate, green, prominently nerved and 
veined beneath ; our specimens pubescent underneath, the nerves on sides 
hairy. Peduncles 8-12 inches long, several flowered beyond the middle ; nodes 
tubercular. Ovary densely and appressedly hirsute. Legume 4-12 inches long, 
1} inch wide. P 
Page 241, under Vigna triloba, Walp., insert 
equal-sided, with 
Var. y. acutifolia; leaflets ovate-hastate, acute, the | nedi 
obsolete faecal lobes, the lateral leaflets dimidiate-ha ate, the outer lobe — 
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