454 LBGUMINOSAE. lebbckia. 



tuieque roilrata. — Acaathobotrya ttufflfolta Eokl. el Zeyh. Enumer. I. 101 — 

 Viborgia grandiflora E. Mey. I. e. 31. — Wlpn. I. c. (RH. no. 11. — Crescil In 



Promontorio bonac spci. 



0. I.. BOWIEANA liih. l. c. — Itamis rigidis lericeo-pubeicenlibng; foliis mbges- 

 silibns Bubfaicicalatii, foliolii parvli cnnealo— oblongia obovatiave, utrinqne deme 

 caneaeenli— pnbeicenlibui; raeemia abbreviatia panciflorig; calyee laxe lubuloio 

 glaherrimo breviter qninquedenlalo; legumine sosili oblongo acuto turgido gla— 

 berrimo. ,S — Frutex ramis Bubvirgalia, ramnlis brevibna denae folialli, nonnnllii 

 dcmuni denudatia, ai vix spinescentibua. Pciioli L. fatoieviatae. Flores ad apieei 

 ramnlornm 1-3 nulantes. Bracleae subulaiac deciduae. Calyx siccilate nigricans, 

 1-2 lin. longus. Pciala glabra, unguibus breviier exaerlia. Carina breviaiime 

 roslrata obtusa. Legumen junius jam valde lurgidum. — Crescit in Promonlorio 

 bonae spei. 



6479. VIRORGIA Tlmbrg. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 135. — Wlprs. Reperl. bot. syst. I. 007.) 



1. V. CUSPIDATA Blh. in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. III. 364. — Glabra: ramis ri- 

 gidis, ramulis brcvibus flexuosis divaricatisvc, rarius subspinescenlibus ; foliolil 

 parvis obovato- vel cuncato-oblongis mucronulalis oblusisve ; racemis laxis 

 paucifloris; carina subrostrala; lcgumine slipitato angusle oblongo soblargido 

 hinc alalo, faciebus laevibus. 6 — V. oblonyntn ,-, wtpidata E. Mey. Commcnt. 

 1. 29. — Crcscit in Promontorio bonae spei. 



G480. DaTHILUS DC. 



(DC Prodr. II. 136. - Wlprs. Hepert. bot. syst. I. 608.) 

 1. D. PUSILLUS Blh. in Hook. Lond. journ. of bot. III. 354. - llamulis lenuibus 

 palenlibus; foliis floralibus plerisque oppoiilis, foliolis cunealo-oblongis; pc- 

 dunculis brevibus filiformibus 1-2— floris; calyce profunde bilabiato, deolibus 

 lanceolatis. i — Diffcrt a D. yracili foliolis anguslioribus floribusque minoribus. 

 — Cabjcolomc pusilla E. Mey. Comment. I. 113. — In Promontorio bonae spci. 



G485. MELOLOBIOI Eclrf. el Zeyh. 

 (Wlprs. Repcrt. bot. syst. I. 618.) 



1. M. CALYCINUM Blh. in Ilook. Lond. journ. of bot. III. 350. — Divaricalo-ramo- 

 sissimum spinescens, vix glandulosum: ramulis pubcsccnli-hirlis; foliolis glabri- 

 usculis; stipulis semicordatis peliolum aequanlibus; bracieis calycis tubum su- 

 perantibus; calycibus villosis corollam aequanlibus; legumine villoso. i — Rami 

 duri ficxuosi inlricalo-ramosissimi, ramulis spinescentibus numerosissimis. Sti- 

 pulae foliaceae aculissimae, pleraeque 2 lin. longac. Petioli breves. Foliola cu- 

 neato-linearia vel rarius obovata , in sicco complicala, 2-3 lin. longa, lcnuiler 

 pnnclata. Racemi basi 1-3-fiori, apice spinescenlcs nudi. Bracteae stipulacfor- 

 mes, supcriores paucac slerilcs. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei ad Sandrivcr. 



2. M. (SPHINGIL.M E. Mey. Commcnt. pl. Afr. I. 67.) CANESCENS Bth. 1. c. — Diva- 

 ricalo-ramosissimum spinescens, vix glandulosum: ramulis cancscenli-velulinis; 

 stipulis bracteisque scmicordatis minulis; lcgumine valde curvato 4-6-spmno 

 calyceque sericeis vix glandulosis. 5 — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae spei, Rhi- 

 nosterkop, Gamka river. 



3. M. PARVIFLORUM Blh. I. c. — Divaricato-ramosissimum spinescens, vix glan- 

 dulosum subglabrum: stipulis bractcisque semicordatis minutis; calyce glabrius- 

 culo viscidulo. 6 — Verosimiliter praecedenlis varielas. — Crescit in Promon- 

 torio bonae spei ad Dwaka river. 



4. M. (SPHINGIUM E. Mey. I. c.) DECUMBENS Bth. I. c. 352. - Spinosum pubes- 

 centi-hispidum glandulosum: stipulis semicordato-lanceolalis; foliolis hispidis; 

 bracteis caljcis lubum labaequantibns ; legumine sublalcato 2-3-spcrmo calyce- 

 que glanduloso-hispidis. 6 — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei, Sneeuwebergen, 

 Nieuweveldsbergen prope Graafreynet el Schiloh. 



