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ricea, foliolis lineari-cuneatis acuminatis, bracteis lanceolatis caly- 
cem æquantibus, floribus umbellato-capitatis, petalis villosis, vexillo 
alas carinamque paullo excedente.—Aspalathus trichodes, E. Mey. ! 
Comm. p. 38.—Caulis diffusus, ramulis brevibus erectis. Pili 
longi, laxi, patentes.  Foliola circa 3 lin. longa. Umbellæ 4-8- 
flore. Calyces 3 lin. longi, supra ad basin gibbi. Vexillum 
calyce dimidio longius. 
Summit of the Katberg, Drege ! 
*** Stipulis inconspicuis. 
7. B. viminea (Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 47), sericeo-pilosa, caulibus 
simplicibus virgatis, foliolis oblongo-cuneatis mucronatis, bracteis 
subconformibus, floribus terminalibus spicatis v. lateralibus glome- 
ratis.— Aspalathus viminea, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 38.—Caulese - 
basi perenni 1-2-pedales. Petioli brevissimi. Foliola 4-6 lin. 
longa. Flores magnitudine B. multiflora. 
Cafferland, between the rivers Omsamcaba and Omsamwubo, 
Drège. ! 
The B. teretifolia of Eckl. and Zeyh., is a true Aspalathus, both 
in foliage and flowers, and the same as A. armata. 
XXIX. Aspararaus, Linn.— Sarcophyllum, Thunb.—Sarco- 
calyx, Walp.—Acropodium, Desv.—Pachyraphea, Plagiostigma, 
Streptosema, Psilolepus, Paraspalathus, Trineuria et Heterolathus, 
Presl. : 
This extensive genus, entirely confined to Southern Africa, and 
almost to the Cape Colony, is very natural, and one of the most 
readily recognised among Geniste@, especially if circumscribed as 
here proposed, that is, excluding the petiolate species separated by 
Ecklon and Zeyher, under the name of Buchenredera, and recalling 
the Sarcophyllum of Thunberg, again established by Vogel, under 
the name of Sarcocalyx. The generic character, indeed, is not 
easy to. define with precision, without taking into account the 
peculiar foliage, the entire absence of all petiole, notwithstanding 
an apparently compound leaf; yet in most cases the form of the 
pod and of the flower are more or less different from those of all 
other Genistee, as will appear from the following review of the 
principal modifications observable in the several species. 
