646 LEGUMINOSÆ INDIGENOUS TO 
$ 1. Foliis subfascieulatis glaberrimis, floribus ad apices ramu- 
lorum brevium v. viz evolutorum solitariis subgeminisve. 
137. A. filifolia (E. Mey.! Linnea, 7. p. 158), foliis subulatis 
mucronatis, calycis laciniis setaceo-acuminatis tubo plus duplo 
longioribus,vexillo carinaque arcuata recte et longiuscule rostrata 
alas subduplo superantibus, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique 
lanceolato glabro calyce longiore.—A. retroflexa, Eckl. Zeyh.! 
Enum. p. 204, non Linn.—Paraspalathus crocea, Presl. Bot. Bem. 
p- 134.—Fruticulus laxe ramosus, glaberrimus, ramis sæpe ruben- 
tibus. Folia 1-5-na, valde inæqualia, longiora sepe semipollica- 
ria. Inflorescentia irregularis. Flores 4-5 lin. longi, etiam sic- 
citate crocei v. aurantiaci forma carine et alis brevibus insignes. —— 
Legumen 5 lin. longum, fere erectum. “ae 
Table mountain, Cape district, Ecklon and Zeyher! Zeyher, - 
n. 418! Wallich! Harvey ! 
138. A. fornicata, sp. n., foliis subulati$ carinatis v. margine 
recurvis mucronatis, calycis laciniis setaceo-acuminatis tubo sub- 
longioribus, vexillo earinaque fornieata valde incurva subrostrata 
alas superantibus, ovario biovulato, legumine oblique lanceolato 
glabro calyce longiore.— Similis quidem A. filifolia, sed ob carinæ 
formam vix cum ea jungenda. Rami vulgo rigidiores, folia cras- 
siora, dentes calycini breviores. 
Table mountain, Mundt! Thom! The form of the keel is 
usually so constant in Leguminose, that I have always considered 
it as a good specific character; I have, however, some doubts 
whether it may not be occasionally variable in Aspalathus. 
§ 2. Foliis fasciculatis glabris sericeisve, floribus intra folia 
summa sessilibus solitariis geminisve. : 
139. A. retroflexa (Linn. Spec. p. 1001), diffusa, foliis fascicu- 
latis subulatis acutis glabriusculis, floralibus calyce multo breviori- 
bus, floribus subgeminis sessilibus, calycis puberuli laciniis her- 
baceis acutis tubo longioribus, corolla brevioribus petalis glabris, 
ovario villoso biovulato, legumine lanceolato sericeo-pubescente 
calyce duplo longiore.—A. ga/ioides, Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 210, E. 
Mey. in Dr. ! pl. exs. ex parte. —Rami elongati, ramulis numerosi 
brevibus. Foliorum fasciculi presertim in ramulis floralibus 
