644 LEGUMINOSÆ INDIGENOUS TO 
lineari-teretibus obtusis glabris pallidis, floribus lateralibus soli- 
taris geminisve breviter pedicellatis, calycis puberuli dentibus 
triangularibus acutis tubo multo brevioribus, petalis sericeo-pu- 
bentibus, vexillo suborbiculato carma longiore, ovario pubescente 
biovulato.—Rami elongati. Folia 1-2 lin. longa, crassiuscula, 
carnosula, in fasciculis dissitis pauca subcanescentia at non ut in 
sequente sericea. Flores fere A. spinosa, 3 lin. longi, pedicello 
1 lin. longo. Species hinc A. éncomte, hinc A. spinosa, valde 
affinis. 
Sandy hills, about Piquetberg, Drège! 
133. A. argyrea (DC. Prod. 2. p. 139) tota tomento brevissimo 
incano-sericea, foliis fasciculatis lineari-teretibus muticis, floribus 
sessilibus solitariis lateralibus, calycis turbinati dentibus tubo bre- 
vioribus, petalis pubescentibus, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique 
ovato-lanceolato acuto sericeo.—Species tomento sericeo ei A. 
niveæ simili inter affinibus facile distincta, ab hae specie differt 
imprimis pedicellis calyce brevioribus (nec pluries longioribus). 
Folia 2-3 lin. longa. Flores magnitudine A. spinose. Legumen 
6 lin. longum, 2-24 lin. latum, forma ei A. spinose similis, sed 
dense sericeo-pubescens. : 
Uitenhage district, Heklon and Zeyher | Alexander! Langekloof, 
Drège, also in Thom’s' collection. 
$ 3. Spinescentes. 
134. A. spinescens (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 584), ramulis spines- 
centibus, foliis brevissimis obtusis carnosis subglabris, floribus 
solitariis lateralibus breviter pedicellatis, calycis dentibus brevis- - 
simis obtusis, vexillo carinaque puberulis alas superantibus, ovario 
glabro biovulato.— Folia A. affinis, a qua distinguitur spinis et 
ovario. Flores vix 3 lin. longi, pedicello lineam longo folia 
floralia fere semper superante. 
Sandy hills of Grœnekloof, Cape district, Drége! 1 have fol- 
lowed E. Meyer in considering this plant as Thunberg's A. spi- 
nescens, the one so called by De Candolle appears to be rather the 
A. arida. 
135. A. spinosa (Linn.! Spec. p. 1000), glabra v. tenuissime - 
canescens, ramulis spinescentibus, foliis fasciculatis lineari-teretibus 
