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Legumen 8-9 lin. longum, crassum, prope basin 3-4 lin. latum, 
apiee acutum. 
Vanstaadens-river hills in Uitenhage, Æcklon and Zeyher, 
n. 378! of Zeyher’s Uitenhage collection, also Burchell! n. 4640. 
The A. echinata of E. Meyer, which Walpers refers to this species, 
is a different plant. 
64. A. vulnerans (Thunb? Fl. Cap. p. 582), foliis fasciculatis 
subulatis rigidis mucronato-pungentibus hirtellis v. demum gla- 
bratis, floribus solitariis, calycis late campanulati villosi laciniis 
setaceo-pungentibus distantibus tubo vix æquilongis, vexillo villoso 
carinam glabram superante, ovaria (3-) ovulato, legumine ob- 
lique ovato-lanceolato turgido villosissimo.—A. #irta, E. Mey. ! 
Linnea, 7, p. 156.— Frutex ulicinus, ramosissimus, dense foliatus, 
ramis tamen minus robustis quam in A. ¢ereti. Folia majora 
semipollicaria, pube sericea albida v. fulvida interdum evanida, 
nune recta et valida, nunc tenuiora et incurva. Dentes calycini 
pungentes, sed multo tenuiores quam in affinibus. Flores nunc 
6 lin., nune fere 9 lin. longi. Legumen semipollicare, crassum, 
pilis longis vestitum, 3 lin. latum. 
Swellendam mountains about Puspas valley and Kochmanskloof, 
Mundt! Ecklon and Zeyher, Zeyher’s\ coll. n. 2369 ; Giftberg, 
Drége!; also in the collections of Scholl! Bowie! and Burchell! 
n.6979. Thunberg’s plant is from Olyfants river, his description 
agrees with some, though not with the most common forms. 
65. A. Aystriz (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 377) foliis fasciculatis sub- 
ulatis teretibus rigidis mucronato-pungentibus incano-tomentosis, 
floribus solitariis folia subequantibus, calycis late campanulati 
molliter tomentosi dentibus basi dilatatis breviter setaceo-subpun- 
gentibus tubo subbrevioribus, vexillo dense tomentoso carinam 
glabram superante, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique lanceolato 
dense villoso-lanato.— Folia semper incano-tomentosa, raro semi- 
pollicaria, in speciminibus perpaucis (nec verosimiliter unquam 
in tota planta) submutica incurva et minus rigida. Flores vix 
semipollicares. Legumen 6-8 lin. longum, villis mollibus flavi- 
. cantibus densissime vestitum. . 
Dry stony hills in Onderbokkeveld and Kendo, Drege! Atta- 
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