450 ENUMERATION OF LEGUMINOS. 
secting a young flower, a portion of the disk with the tenth 
stamen adhered to the claw. The insertion of the stamens 
on the corolla has not, to my knowledge, been observed 
in any Leguminose, and if it were to happen, it is not 
probable that it would be limited to the upper stamen 
only, which belongs to the inner series of stamens.* 
* Ovario 2-A-ovulato. 
1. A. cuneifolia, (Eckl. et Zeyh. Enum. p. 167,) foliis 
obovato-orbiculatis mucronulatis obtusisve penninerviis 
utrinque ramulisque dense et appresse sericeo-incanis V. 
junioribus ferrugineis, floribus axillaribus confertis, legumine 
calyce duplo longiore oblongo-faleato acutiusculo compresso 
ferrugineo villoso 2-4-spermo.—Priestleya axillaris, E. Mey. 
Coram. p, 20 (ex descr. non DC. Epistemum ferrum 
Walp. Linnea, 13. p. 473. 
Hottentots-holland Mountains, Mundt, Bowie ! Ecklon and 
Zeyher, Burchell! n. 8162. 
2. A. densa, (Eckl. et Zeyh! Enum. p. 167), foliis obovatis 
ovatis ellipticisve acutis uninerviis penninerviisve utrinque 
: ramulisque appresse sericeis, floribus subsessilibus in axillis 
superioribus solitariis confertisve supremis subcapitatis 
calycis sericeo-villosi laciniis subulatis tubo sublongioribus, 
ovario biovulato, legumine ovato acuminato. Indigofera 
sericea, Linn. Mant. p. 271? Burbonia tormentosa, Linn! - 
herb. (forma angustifolia,) Crotalaria imbricata, Linn ! herb. 
(forma latifolia) Borbonia sericea et B. axillaris ? Lam. Dict. 
l p. 438, Priestleya sericea et P. axillaris? DC. Prodr. 2. 
= p.122. Priestleya elliptica, E. Mey. Linnea, 7. p. 150 non 
pe Priestleya Meyeri, Meissn. Lond. Journ. Bot. 2. 
Cape district from Devil’s Mountain to Hottentots-hol- 
land in most collections. 
* 
E ds some species of Adesmia, where the claw of the vexillum dnd t 
s T oe filaments, it is only to the second on each side (which 
e: leaving the uppermost of all entirely free. 
