ENUMERATION OF LEGUMINOS&. 461 
Common from the neighbourhood of Cape-Town to the 
Uitenhage district eastward, and to thé Camiesbergen north- 
ward. Drege! Ecklon and Zeyher! Harvey! Burchell! n. 
495 and 4478, eté. 
3. B. cordata, (Linn.! Spec. p. 994:) caule humili villo- 
sissimo, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminato-pungentibus multi- 
nerviis glabris, floribus subsessilibus, calycibus basi villosis. 
Mountains near Cape-Town, Drege / Sieber! m. 157, 
Burchell ! n. 37,285, and 8281, and many others. 
*** Carina longius rostrata aleque glabre. 
4. B. monosperma, (DC. Prodr. 2. p. 120) foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis trinerviis cauleque glabris v. vix pilosis, pedun- 
culis unifloris floré parvo longioribus calycibusque pilosis, 
legumine ovato-oblongo acuto 1-2-spermo.—Folia supra 
enervia, Subtus in haé sola specie constanter trinervia ob- 
servavi, nervis inter se distantibus. Ovarium biovulatum. 
Cape Colony, Bowie ! 
5. B. pungens, (Mundt. in Herb. Hook.) folis lineari- 
lanceolatis 3-5-nerviis, pedunculis filiformibus folia sub- 
zequantibus glabris sub flore parvo 2-3-bracteolatis, legumine 
oblongo-lineari acuto pleiospermo.— B. monosperma, E. Mey! 
Comm. p. 15, non DC.—Folia sæpius trinervia, nervis ap- 
proximatis. 
Mountains of the lower Southern Region, Drége/ in 
grassy subalpine places near Gauritz Htela Mundt ! also in 
Bowie’s collection. 
6. B. alpestris (sp. n.), glabra, ramulis vix angulatis, ‘Ris 
ovato-cordatis muctonato-püngentibus integerrimis multi- 
nerviis, peduneulis 2-3-floris calyce longioribus.—Fruticulus 
divaricato-ramosus, ramulis brevibus tenuibus. Folia 4 lin. 
v. rarius 6 lin. longa, 2 lin. lata, supra enervia, subtus 7-9- 
nervia, inter nervos avenia. Flores non vidi. Pedunculi 
fructiferi 3-4 lin longi, tenues, versus apicem in pedicellos 
2-3 breves divisi. Bracteole sub calyce striate. Calycis 
tubus l lin. longus, lacinie anguste, setaceo-pungentes, 
tubo equilonge. Legumén fere pollicare, 2 lin. latum, 
acutum, glabrum. 
