636 LEGUMINOSZ INDIGENOUS TO 
107. A. sarcantha (Vog. ex Walp. Linnea 13. p. 689) ramis 
strictis puberulis, foliis fasciculatis teretiusculis carnosis glabris v. 
summis puberulis, capitulis terminalibus paucifloris, bractea sub- 
tendente latissima ovata lateralibus lanceolato-acuminatis calycem 
subæquantibus, calycis laciniis tubum æquantibus ovali-acumi- 
natis corolla subcarnosa brevioribus.—A. carnosa Linn! Mant. 
p. 261. non Berg.—Folia 2-4 lin. longa. Flores gemini, terni 
v. plures. Calyx sæpe roseus, florens 4-5 lin. longus, fructifer 
ampliatus usque ad semipollicaris. Corolla 6-8 lin. longa. Legu- 
men 8 lin. longum, forma A. carnose. 
Cape district, Mundt, Wallich! and others; Simon’s Bay, 
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108. A. capitata (Linn. Amon. Acad. 6. p. 92 et Auct. 
plur. non Berg.), ramis villosis, foliis dense fasciculatis lineari- 
triquetris subcarnosis mucronulatis incurvis, floribus capitatis, 
calycis late campanulati subvillosi laciniis late ovatis acutis tubo 
sublongioribus, petalis glabris, carina arcuato-subrostrata, ovario 
postice ciliato biovulato.—Lam. Ill. t. 620. f. 2.—A. glomerata 
Linn. fil! Suppl. p. 321.—Rami longiores et densius foliati quam 
in A. carnosa. Folia 3-5 lin. longa. Flores semipollicares, in Ca- 
pitulum densum vulgo multiflorum conferti. Carina valde arcuata, 
intus margine barbata. 
Table mountain, Cape District, in many collections. The plant 
described under the same name by Bergius is certainly different, 
possibly A. spicata or A. cephalotes. Plukenet’s figure quoted by — 
him is so bad as to be no guide. 
§ 2. Floribus capitatis solitariisve, foliis mucronato-pungentibus. — 
109. A. floribunda, sp. n., foliis subfasciculatis trigonis rigidis 
mucronato-pungentibus submuticisque glabris, floribus laxe capi- 
tatis, calycis glabri subcarnosi laciniis lanceolatis carinatis acutis- — 
simis tubo subæquilongis, petalis glabris subæquilongis, carina — 
arcuato-subrostrata, ovario 4-ovulato.— Rami flexuoso-ramosissim —— 
breves, rigidi, novelli tomentelli. Folia in fasciculis dissitis 
sæpius pauca, 2 lin. v. paullo longiora, pleraque mucrone brevi — : 
rigido terminata, summa sub floribus majora et sæpe colorata. : : 
