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1-3, nutantes. Bracteæ subulate, decidue. Calyx siccitate 
nigricans, 1-2 lin. longus. Petala glabra, unguibus breviter 
exsertis, Carina brevissime rostrata, obtusa. Legumen ju- 
nius in specimine jam valde turgidum. 
Cape Colony, Bowie ! 
L. humilis, Thunb. and L. linearis, D.C. are very doubt- 
ful, their generic characters being insufficiently described. 
XXVII. Visoreia, Thunb. 
This genus, as at present defined, is readily known by its 
short, stipitate, winged fruit, and these characters, at least 
the stipes and the wing, may be seen in the ovary as soon as 
the flower begins to fade: but the synonymy of the species 
is difficult. The genus was originally established by Thun- 
berg, but although it is tolerably clear that two at least of his 
three species belong to it as now settled, yet his character, 
taken perhaps from the third, is at variance with it. The 
“ Legumen turgidum, falcatum, acutum," refers evidently to 
that section of Lebeckia which I have called Viborgioides, 
which has precisely the same habit, and in which I have 
placed E, Meyer's V. grandiflora. All the other species of 
E Meyer are undoubted Viborgie, although perhaps too 
much multiplied. It is a mistake also to describe the fruit 
of his V, tetraptera and heteroclados as winged all round. 
All the species have a winged appendage to the vexillary 
Suture, and the lower or carinal margin thin and more or 
ess expanded, but never winged beyond the suture. 
The species all belong to the dry sandy regions of the 
Cape and neighbouring districts extending northwards to 
Gariep and eastward to the Breede River. Boxe 
l. V. flexuosa (E.. Mey.! Comm. p. 28) glaberrima, ramis 
Tacemisque | erectis elongatis laxis, foliolis lineari-cuneatis 
oblongisve glaucescentibus longiuscule petiolatis.— Legumen 
. Maturum non vidi, junius longe stipitatum, superne alatum. 
Rocks of the Kamiesbergen, Drége ! yi o = 
2. V. sericea (Thunb.? Fl. Cap. p. 560) ramis  virgatis 
Sericeis, foliolis cuneato-oblongis obtusis retusisve 
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