408 THE GENUS BORBONIA LINN. LEGUMINOS^. 



with an acuminate pungent point, about i cm. long, and 4-5 mm. 

 broad, with about 7 prominent nerves on the lower side, smooth 

 above, glabrous. Peduncles 2-3-flowered, about 5 mm. long, 

 glabrous ; bracteoles subulate, 4 mm. long. Flowers not seen. 

 *' Calyx-tube 3 mm. long, with narrow setaceous pungent seg- 

 ments as long as the tube " (Bentham). Pod 2.5 cm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad, acuminate, glabrous. 



Robertson Div. : Subalpine bushy places near Kogman's 

 Kloof, 1,000-1,800 ft., Nov., Mund. 



14. B. COMPLICATA (Bent, in Loud. Journ., ii. ^62). 

 Branchlets rather densely leafy, subterete, glabrous. Leaves 

 semiamplexicaul, sessile, rounded-ovate, very sharply spinous, 

 acuminate, cordate at the base, i . 5-2 . 5 cm. long, thinly coriaceous, 

 rather weakly S-io-nen^ed on each side, finely reticulated between 

 the nerves, probably glaucous when fresh, glabrous. Racemes 

 several-flowered, terminal, scarcely longer than the subtending 

 leaf, a little curved with the flowers all to one side. Pedicels 

 about 3.5 mm. long, very thinly and delicately pilose. Calyx-tube 

 2.5 mm. long, nervose, glabrous; teeth subulate, nearly as long 

 as the tube. Corolla not seen in a perfect state. Young fruHs 

 glabrous, about i cm. long. 



Piquetberg Div. : Piciuetberg, Drcge (named " B. parviflora," 

 Linn, in Herb. Drege). 



15. B. CORD AT A (Linn. Sp., p. 994). (PL XXXVI, Fig. 

 B.) Branches villous. Leaves imbricate, 1-2.4 ^^i""- lo^ig, .4-1.4 

 cm. broad, acuminate, acute, pungent, cordate at the base, pro- 

 minently io-14-nerved beneath, distinctly nerved above, with the 

 margins smooth and thickened. Flowers sub-capitate, partly 

 hidden by the upper leaves. Calyx-tube 5 mm. long, campanu- 

 late. ribbed, villous ; lobes 7 mm. long, ovate, acuminate, acute, 

 pungent, 3-nerved. Vexillum i . 5 cm. long, 7 mm. broad above, 

 obovate, densely pubescent without, with a curved channelled 

 claw 5 mm. long ; alae i . 5 cm. long, oblong, pubescent without, 

 with a linear claw 5 mm. long; carina i . i cm. long, plano-convex 

 in outline, villous, with a linear claw 5 mm. long. Larger anthers 

 I mm. long; shorter .5 mm. long. Ovary 3 mm. long; style 

 compressed, arcuate ; stigma capitate. Fruit not seen. " Fl. 

 Cap.." ii. 27, 



South Africa: Without locality Pappe, Sieber 157, Harvey 

 yyi. Piquetberg Div.: Mountains near Piquetberg, Oct., Bodkin 

 in Herb. Bolus 13534!. Malmesbury Div.: Riebeek's Kastell, 

 hills below i.ooo "ft.. Nov., Drcge. Tulbagh Div.: Tulbagh 

 Waterfall, Nov.. Zeyhcr\. Cape Div.: Table Mountain, Orange 

 Kloof, Leipoldt in Herb. Bolus 2747!, c. 1,000 ft., Sept., Mac- 

 Owan in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric. 536!; Jan. Zeyher 1210!; 

 above Camps Bay, c. 800 ft., Nov., Gaipin 3915!, c. 100 ft., Jan., 

 Rogers 3003!; Lion's Head, Jan., Zeyher l; Devil's Peak, Dec, 



