- 80 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
121. Eriosema cordatum, E. Mey. ! comm. p. 128. In col- 
libus prope Pieter Mauritzburg, Port Natal (V.c.) Aug. 1839. 
Krauss, n. 471 (ex parte.) : 
122. E. reticulatum, E. Mey. comm. p. 129. p. canescens, 
nob. foliolis subtus incanis, racemis folium æquantibus " 
paulo longioribus. E. ambiguum, nob. olim MSS. in Hb. 
Krauss. In solo argillaceo in Zitzikamma (IV. C. b.) Febr. 
1839. Krauss, n. 926. From Meyer's plant, which we have 
not seen, ours seems only to vary in the points we have just 
indicated. With his E. Zeyheri! it agrees entirely in the 
leaves, differing only in its shorter racemes and fewer flowers; 
and E. Dregei, which we have not seen, seems scarcely more 
distinct, except in having all the petals yellow, and perhaps 
in its pubescence. We suspect, therefore, that these species 
at least the two former, ought to be united and merely distin- 
guished as varieties. D 
123. E. salignum, E. Mey. comm. p. 129. In graminosis 
ad rad. mont. Tafelberge, Port Natal (V. c.) Aug. 183% 
Krauss, n. 474 (ex parte.) b 
.. 124. E. capitatum, E. Mey! comm. p. 130. Ad sylvarum 
margines in Outeniqua (IV. C. b.) Jan. 1839. Krauss, 1 
831. In the herbarium of our friend D. Mühlenbeck, of 
Mulhouse, we have seen a specimen of this plant, cultivated 
in the Royal Botanical Garden of Berlin, under the name 9 
* Psoralea pedunculata, Ker,” which synonym De Candolle 
refers to Psoralea sericea, Poir. (Prodr. 2, p. 219, n. 36.) The 
said specimen perfectly agrees, both with the diagnoses of 
the latter, and with Meyer’s plant; whence we conclude that 
this species must be eliminated from the genus Psoralea, t0 
which at least the specimens we have seen most certainly do 
not belong. To avoid an unnecessary augmentation of syno- 
nyms, we think it more advisable, instead of strictly adhering 
to the law of priority, to retain the specific name given 9 
Meyer, in preference to Poiret’s, the more so as the latter 
much less significant. : = cs 
125. E. parviflorum, E. Mey. comm. p. 130.—In n 
bus prope Pieter Mauritzburg, Port Natal (V. c.) Aug. I 
Krauss, n. 471 (ex parte.) 
