78 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
72. Ch. splendens, nob.—Ramis sericeo-incanis ; foliis " 
pulisque coriaceis, supra demum glabris, subtus dense seri- | l 
ceo-pilosis; stipulis obliquis, ovatis, subacutis; foliolis ob- : : 
longis v. obovatis, petiolo triplo longioribus ; pedunculis tere | 
minalibus, elongatis, apice umbellatim 2-4-floris; calycis | 
sericeo-pilosi corolla parum brevioris labio superiore 2-partito, 
inferiore longiore 3-fido ; leguminibus lanceolatis, sericeis. —— 
Ad latera montium prope Klein Rivier, Zwellendam, | 
(IV, B. b.) Dec. 1838. Krauss, n. 927. 1 
A most distinct species, of very elegant foliage, closely 1 
related to Ch. lanceolata, E. Mey. comm. p. 75, but easily | 
distinguishable, at first sight, by its much in petioles 
and not acuminate stipules. These are generally of the 
length of the petioles (3-4 limes), sometimes a little. | 
longer or much shorter; at their broadest part they 
measure 2-3 lines, they are inserted above the inferior ex- 
tremity of their inner and straight margin, their outer margin 
being strongly curved. Like the folioles of the leaves, they 
have the margins recurved, their inferior (dorsal) surface 
covered with a splendid satin-like white or pale yellow pubes- 
cence, the upper surface smooth and somewhat shining, but 
when quite young it is also more or less silky. The folioles 
vary in form and size, being now oblong-lanceolate, 1 inch 
long and 3-4 lines broad, and now obovate, 10-12 lines Eu 
and 4-7 lines broad, but often, especially at the lower part of 
the branches, they are scarcely half that size. Peduncles 1 
24 inches long; pedicels 2-3 lines long, erect, bearing two. 
linear short biseeolgk. Calyx 5-6 lines long, upper lip split 
below the middle in two lanceolate lobes, lower lip a little 
longer, its 3 lobes about 1 line long. Corolla pale yellow, 
the vexillum puberulous outside. Legumen (not ripe) 1? 
inch long, 2 lines broad, much compressed, with thick buc 
margins, not torulose. 
13. Lipozygis umbellata, E. Mae! comm. p. 7 6.— Ongnis. 
umbellata, Linn. DC. prodr. 2, p.167, n. 92.— Polylobium. 
truncatum et (?) sparsiflorum, Eckl. et Zeyh. enum. p. 181— 
In radicibus montis Tafelberg (IH, E. b.) Sept. 1838 
