606 LEGUMINOSÆ INDIGENOUS TO 
Thunberg, although, as the A. procumbens is certainly the one so 
designated by Linnæus the son, it may have also been the one 
meant by Thunberg ; and his description of Ononis spicata (which 
I noted on seeing his specimen to be an Aspalathus) agrees better 
with this species than with any other. In which case perhaps. 
Steudel’s name might be adopted for this one, although it only 
refers to an unusual form with more elongated leaves, and is 
liable to be confounded with the A. Jinearifolia, called by 
E. Meyer (Linnea, v. 7) linifolia. In Linneus’s herbarium this 
is one of the species representing A. argentea, and from a MS. 
note of St. Hilaire’s it is the one so called by Lamarck. 
§ 2. Calli sub foliis prominentes, sepius in aculeam brevem 
integram v. trifidam abeunte, rarius in tota planta mutici. Flores 
sessiles, solitarii v. in capitulo pauci.—Argenter. 
* Ovario 4—8-ovulato, callo rarius mutico. 
33. A. tridentata (Linn. Spec. p. 1002, non aliorum) folis — 
ternis fasciculatisve brevibus lanceolatis oblongis sublinearibusve 
` acutis sericeis glabratisve, callo sub foliis sæpe aculeato, capitulis 
depresso-globosis, foliis involucrantibus bracteisve lato-lanceolatis 
acutis calyces subæquantibus, calycis villosissimi laciniis lanceo- 
latis acutissimis tubo subæquilongis, carina alis multo breviore, 
ovario sub-6-ovulato.—A. argentea, var., E. Mey.! Comm. p. 43. 
A. pilosa, Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 202 (fide Drege Linnea v. 20).— 
Frutex ramosissimus, ramulis rigidis sed sæpius tenuibus. Aculei 
callorum nunc trifidi semilineares v. usque ad lineam longi, 
nunc breves simplices v. fere evanidi. Folia nunc canescentia 
1-2 lin. longa, nunc imprimis ramulorum viridia 2-3 lin. 
imo 5-6 lin. longa. Capitula pluriflora, pilis longis molliter 
villosa. 
Cederbergen, on the Giftberg, Drègel Tulbaghskloof, and 
Vogelvalley, Zeyher, n. 423! (at least some of his specimens) 
also in Harvey's, Paterson’s, and other collections. The name of 
A. tridentata is usually given to the A. ferruginea, but Linnæus’s 
phrase distinctly refers to the inflorescence as capitate. There is 
no specimen in his herbarium. 
