460 ENUMERATION OF LEGUMINOS, 
longe unguiculata. Legumen stipitatum, ovatum v. rarius 
oblongum, indehiscens, sutura superiore alata, inferiore tenul. 
Species omnes Austro-Africane. 
* 
*3** Folia palmatim composita, sepius petiolo subnullo folia 
simplicia fasciculata mentientia. 
Aspalathus. Calyx 5-dentatus v. 5-fidus. Carina incurva v. 
rostrata vexillo brevior. Legumen obliquum, compressum, 
acutum, sepius vix latitudine longius, rarius oblique lanceo- 
latum. Species omnes Austro-Africane. 
X. Borsonia, Linn. 
This genus remains untouched, as limited by Willdenow 
and De Candolle, for Sprengel’s association with it of De 
Candolle's Requienia, is too absurd for discussion. It isa 
very natural group, readily known by the many-nerved 
leaves, independently of the characters derived from the 
flowers. 
* Carina brevius rostrata aleque villose. 
1. B. barbata (Lam.—DC. Prodr. 2. p. 120.) caule humili 
glabro v. vix piloso, foliis lanceolatis basi dilatatis subcordatis 
multinerviis barbato-ciliatis, pedunculis 1-2-floris brevis- 
simis.—Nervi foliorum 7-15. 
Table mountain, Harvey ! and others. 
2. B. lanceolata (Linn! Spec. p. 994.) glabra, foliis lanceo- 
latis linearibusve sub 5-nerviis, pedunculis 1-2-floris calyce 
brevioribus.—B. angustifolia, Lam. Dict. 1. p. 436. B. 
trinervia, Auct. recent. non. Linn. B. decipiens E. Mey. ! 
. Comm. p. 15.— Nervi foliorum seepissime 5 rarius 7 raris- 
sime 3 tantum vidii—The B. trinervia of Linnæus, which 
has been supposed to refer to some of the narrower leaved 
forms of this variable species, was in fact described from an 
imperfect specimen of Cliffortia ruscifolia, as noted by 
Dryander, in the Cliffortian herbarium, from an observation 
made many years since by Brown. 
