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long; calyx about half the length of the corolla, its inferior 
lobe a little shorter than the rest. Petals yellow, unguicu- 
late; vexillum obsoletely pointed, slightly veined, reddish or 
purplish outside. Anthers all equal and uniformly oval. 
Style longer than the villose (2-seeded) ovary, filiform to 
about the middle, and then swelling into a falcate white and 
shining process attenuated upwards; stigma terminal, punc- 
tiform. Legumen 1 inch long, 4 lines broad, much com- 
pressed, pilose, 2-seeded, upper margin straight, lower curved. 
(Seeds not yet ripe.) 
139. Chrysoscias grandiflora, E. Mey.! comm. p. 139. Ad 
sylvarum margines in Outeniqua (IV. c. b.) Jan. 1839. En- 
twining Eriosema capitatum. An imperfect specimen. 
140. Dolichos gibbosus, Thunb. DC. prodr. 2, p. 400, n. 
46, E. Mey. comm. p. 141. Prope Uitenhage (IV. C. c.) 
Apr. 1839. Krauss, n. 860 (ex parte.) 
141. D. Benthamii, nob.—Volubilis, glabriusculus; foliis 
3-foliolatis petiolulatis late ovato-triangularibus ciliatis, 
terminali basi subtruncato 3-nervio, lateralibus inzequilateris ; 
racemis axillaribus folio longioribus, pedunculis rigidis apice 
puberulis ; calycis glabri dentibus brevissimis ciliolatis, supe- 
rioribus 2 alte connatis rotundatis, infimo angusto acuto; 
stylo apice superne barbato; legumine acinaciformi, substi- 
pitato, glabro. 
In planitie Capensi (III. E. b.) Sept. 1838. Krauss, n. 
861. JD. hastefolius, E. Mey. comm. p. 142, the only pones 
with which our plant may be compared, abundantly differs 
from it in the hispid stem and quite differently shaped folioles. 
Our plant has the leaves glabrous, except a few thin scattered 
hairs on both surfaces, especially along the nerves. Pedicels 
filiform, one or two in the axil of the small bracts, twice as 
long as the calyx. Flowers white or pale pink, the end of 
the bifid carina purple. Legumen marked with oblique slen- 
der veins. 
142. D. decumbens, Thunb. DC. l. c. n. 47, E. Mey. © 
comm. p. 143. uH dear 
B. longipedunculatus, nob.—Caule glabro, foliolis ciliolatis, 
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