616 LEGUMINOSÆ INDIGENOUS TO 
tubo sublongioribus, petalis pubescentibus, vexillo ovato carinam 
superante, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique ovato acuto calyce 
breviore.—In forma normali ramuli tenues, virgati. Folia tenuia, 
2—4 lin. longa, siccitate nigricantia. Spica pilis rufis v. canescen- 
tibus molliter villosa v. subplumosa, 1-]1-pollicaris. Flores 
singuli 5 lin. longi, albi. Variat tamen ramis nunc abbreviatis 
et inflorescentia fere A. nigre (a qua floribus distinctissima est) 
habitu rigidiore, floribus minoribus ete. nec facile semper ab 
A. cephaloti distinguitur. 
Sent in almost every collection from the neighbourhood of 
Cape Town. It is in the Linnean herbarium, but included 
among the specimens marked A. araneosa. The A. cepAalotes 
B. albida of Ecklon and Zeyher, which I have seen also in Bur- 
chell’s collection, n. 5998, appears to be rather a variety of 
A. spicata than of A. cephalotes. 
. $ 2. Floribus lateralibus v. interrupte spicatis. 
55. A. ericifolia (Linn.! Spec. p. 1000) foliis fasciculatis 
brevibus muticis villosis glabratisve, floralibus calycis tubum non 
v. vix superantibus, floribus lateralibus versus apices ramulorum 
interrupte spicatis, calycis villosi laciniis lineari-subulatis muticis 
tubo duplo longioribus, vexillo ovato-oblongo carinaque alis glab- 
ris breviore villosis, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique ovato 
acuto villoso calycem subæquante.—A. ericoides, E. Mey.! Lin- 
nea, 7, p. 160.—A. multiflora, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 580 ?—A. 
varians, Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 209 fide Drège.—Species cum 
sequentibus sepe confusa, facile tamen distinguitur calycibus 
rigidulis 2-2} lin. longis folia floralia multo superantibus et 
sepius inflorescentia. Frutex est divaricato-ramosissimus. Folia 
iis A. wniflore similia, raro linea longiora. Flores vulgo ad apices 
ramulorum spicas efformant foliatas subinterruptas 1-2 poll. 
longas. Vexillum vulgo laciniis ealyeinis dimidio longius, un 
dum tamen vix eas excedit. 
Very abundant in the Cape district, whence itis sent by ad 
collectors.—1In the Linnæan herbarium, besides this species the 
A. mollis, thymifolia, and microcarpa are included under the name 
of A. ericifolia. : 
