248 Annals of the South African Museum. 



Herba perennis, undique, petalis exceptis, appresse pubescens 

 quasi strigosa, ad 10 cm. alta ; rami adscendentes graciles, inter- 

 nodiis 0"3-0'8 cm. longis ; folia erecta vel patentia, petiolo 

 0-3-09 cm. longo, exstipulata, foliolis 3, spatbulato-linearibus vel 

 oblanceolatis, saepius mucronatis, marginibus involutis, supra 

 glabra, 0-5-1-2 cm. longis ; pedunculi terminates teretes, 07-2-3 

 cm. longi, 2 flori, floribus suberectis umbellatis ; bracteae lineares 

 vel lanceolatae, 0-2-0-3 cm. longae, pedicellis ad 4 cm. longis; 

 calyx 1-1 cm. longus, segmento antico lanceolato acuminato, 

 0*6 cm. longo, lateralibus ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, 0'3 cm. 

 longis; vexillum 1*6 cm. longum, lamina late ovata, acuta sub- 

 cordata, infra, apicem versus, nervo medio parcissime pubescente, 

 1*2 cm. longa; alae 1*3 cm. longae, lamina oblonga obtusa, basi 

 postice auriculata, antice fere truncata, 09 cm. longa ; carina 

 obtusa saccata, vexillo aequilonga ; ovarium lineare, apicem versus 

 tenuiter pilosum, multiovulatum ; legumen ignotum. 



Cape : On slopes, Hottentots' Kloof, 4902. 



A perennial herb, all parts, the petals excepted, pubescent with 

 adpressed strigose-looking hairs, up to 10 cm. high ; branches 

 ascending slender, the internodes 03-0-8 cm. long ; leaves erect 

 or spreading, the petiole 0-3-0-9 cm. long, exstipulate, the leaflets 

 3, spathulate-linear or oblanceolate, usually mucronate, the margins 

 involute, glabrous above, 05-1-2 cm. long; peduncles terminal 

 terete, 0*7-2-3 cm. long, 2 flowered, flowers somewhat erect um- 

 bellate; bracts linear or lanceolate, 02-0-3 cm. long, the pedicels 

 up to - 4 cm. long; calyx l'l cm. long, the anticous segment 

 lanceolate acuminate, 0'6 cm. long, the lateral ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate, - 3 cm. long; vexillum 1'6 cm. long, the lamina broadly 

 ovate, acute subcordate, below, towards the apex, on the medial 

 nerve very sparingly pubescent, l - 2 cm. long; alae 1'3 cm. long, 

 the lamina oblong obtuse, posticously auriculate at the base, 

 anticously almost truncate, 0-9 cm. long ; carina obtuse saccate, 

 as long as the vexillum; ovary linear, thinly pilose towards the 

 apex, many-ovuled, - 9 cm. long; legume unknown. 



Allied to L. august i folia but differs by the adpressed indument, 

 the exstipulate leaves with involute margins, the shorter 2-flowered 

 peduncles and by other characters. 



Plate VII., A, Fig. 1, sketch of a branch ; 2, leaf, upper side, 

 nat. size; 3, calyx; 4, ditto, laid open; 5, vexillum, lower side; 

 6, ala ; 7, carina — all the latter x 2 ; 8, androecium, x 3 ; 9. 

 gynaeceum, x 2 ; 10, ovary, one side removed, x 3. 



