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muticis, floribus solitariis brevissime pedicellatis, calycis dentibus 
tubo suo brevioribus, vexillo ovali apice vix pubescente alas cari- - 
namque glabras subeequante, ovario biovulato, legumine sericeo- 
pubescente acuminato calyce 2—3-plo longiore.—Frutex divaricato- 
ramosus, foliis vulgo circa 3 lin. longis tenuibus, Fasciculi vulgo 
ramulum abortivum fovent spinescentem nunc brevem aphyllum 
nunc elongatum foliatum apice spinescentem ; rarius spine om- 
nino desunt. Flores 3-3, lin. longi, rarius 4 lin. Legumen 
3-4 lin. longum, plus minus pubescens. Variat preterea foliis 
brevioribus longioribusve, tenuibus v. incrassato-carnosis v. hinc 
inde dilatatis subplanis. 
8. flavispina, glabrior, folis tenuioribus, dentibus calycinis 
brevissimis, vexillo breviore, legumine paullo longiore glabriore. 
—A. spinosa, litt. c. E. Mey. in Dr. Pl. exs. et Comm. p. 59.— 
A. flavispina, Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 126, absque char. 
y? inermis, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 59. 
8? horrida, foliis crassis subdilatatis, legumine breviore villo- 
siore.—A. horrida, Eckl. Zeyh.! Enum. p. 221. 
À very common species, having the widest range of any of the 
genus, from the neighbourhood of Cape town, whence it is sent in 
most collections, through almost every district to Port Natal, 
Drège! Krauss.! n. 166. 
136. A. glauca (Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 221), from Swellendam 
district, may possibly be one of the numerous forms of A. spinose. 
Serres X. TERMINALES. Folia fasciculata, teretia v. trigona 
rarius solitaria v. terna, non v. vix carnosa. Flores ad apices 
ramulorum solitarii gemini v. racemulosi. Petala sericea v. gla- 
bra. Calyx turbinatus v. rarius latiuscule campanulatus. Legu- 
men oblique lanceolatum, glabrum v. sericeum nec turgidum.— 
Series fere ab omnibus inflorescentia differt, a Carnosis nonnullis 
tamen potius habitu quam characteribus distingueres. Flores 
vulgo parvi, in speciebus paucis mediocres v. etiam in A. astrovą 
majuseuli. Carina valde arcuata. Species nonnullas anomalas 
hic enumeravi quas nullibi melius collocare potui. In A. 4yard- 
hiana scil. folia plana et ovula plurima ; in $ 5 folia sæpe solitaria, 
et in § 6 inflorescentia inter terminales laterales subintermedia. 
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