LEGUMINOSAE. 455 



0486. LEPTIS E. Mey. (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 619. II. 837.) de- 

 leatnr; cf. Lotononidis sect. VIII. (p. 458.) 



6487. LOTOXOXIS DC. 



{Ononidis sect. 11. DC. Prodr. II. 166. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 619. — Dth. in 

 Hook. Lond. journ. of bot II. 594.) 



Sectio I. ADLACINTHDS. 

 Fruticuli humiles ramosissimi. Stipulae nullae vel rarius solitariae. Flores 

 parvi in racemis terminalibus laxis pedicellali. Vexillum obovatum. Carina ob— 

 tusa. Legumen breve lurgidum sutura carinali demum praesertim prope basin le- 

 viter intrusa. 



{Aulacinthus E. Mey. Comment. pl. Afric. 156.) 



1. L. (AULACINTHUS E. Mey. 1. c.) GRACILIS Bth. I. c. 597. - Fruticulosa ramo- 

 sissima sericeo-canescens: ramulis gracilibus subereclis; stipulis nullis; foliolis 

 in petiolo longo linearibus; racemis laxe 4-6-IIoris; calyce sericeo; legumine 

 adpresse puberulo, calyce vix duplo longiorc. i> — Crescit in Promontorio bonae 

 spei in montibus Roodeberg et Ezelskop. 



2. L. RIGIDA Bth. I. c. — Fruliculosa rigide ramosissima subspinescens incano- 

 sericea: slipulis minutis vel nullis; folinlis in petiolo brevi linearibus; racemis 

 brevibus; calyce piloso- hirto; legumine piloso-pubescenle calycem plus duplo 

 excedenle. 6 — Aulacinthus rigidus E. Mey. I. c. 157. — Crescit in Promontorio 

 bonae spei in Zwarteland. 



3. L. VIBORGIOIDES Bth. I. c. — Fruliculosa decumbens laxe ramosissima tenuis- 

 sime adpresseque puberula vel glabra: ramulis lenuibus hinc inde subspinescen- 

 tibus; slipulis solilariis lanceolatis; foliolis oblongo-cuneatis; racemis laxe 4-6— 

 iloris; calyce glabriusculo ; ovario glabro. 6 — Habitus fere Yiborgiae telraplerae, 

 slipulae nunc minutae, nunc petiolum subaequanles, flores praecedentis sed mi- 

 nores, calycis tubulosi laciniae superiores lanceolatae per paria fere ad mcdium 

 connalae, infima selacea brevior. — Crescit in Promontorio bonae spei. 



Sectio II. KREBSIA. 



Frutices saepe humiles ramosissimi. Foliola parva. Slipulae foliolis subsimiles 

 vel minores geminae. Flores majusculi pedicellali, pauci ad apices ramorum prima- 

 riorum racemosi, plerique tamen in pedunculis brevibus terminalibus (caule excres- 

 cente mox oppositifoliis vel ramulo brevissimo subaphyllo axillaribus) solitarii, 

 pedicello in pedunculum articulato. Vexillura amplum. Carina obtusa. Legumen 

 compressum, demum subturgidum. 



{Krebsia Eckl. el Zeyh. Enumer. pl. Afr. auslr. 179. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. 

 1. 623. — Telinae sect. 1. 2. E. Mey. Comment. 67. — Wlprs. I. c. 623. 624.) 



4. L. (TELINA E. Mey. I. c. - Wlprs. 1. c. 623. no. 1. — KREBSIA Steud. Nomencl.) 

 CYTISOIDES Bth. I. c. 598. — Fruticosa: ramis virgatis subsericeo-hirlis; foliolis 

 cuneato-oblongis obovalisve aculis obtusisve, utrinque sericeis villosisve; pedun- 

 culis unilloris brevibus axillaribus terminalibusve; vexillo amplo sericeo vel gla- 

 briusculo; legumine hirsuto. 6 — Telina {Krebsia Steud.) eriocarpa E. Mey. I. c- 



— Wlprs. 1. c. n. 2. — Krebsia slricta Eckl. et Zeyh. 1. c. 179. — Wlprs. 1. c. no. 1. 



— Crescit in Promonlorio bonae spei. 



5. *L. (TELINA E. Mey. I. c. 69. - Wlprs. 1. c. 624. no. 4. - KREBSIA Sleud. 

 Nomencl.) GENUFLEXA Bth. 1. c. 598. 



6. *h. (KREBSIA Eckl et Zeyh. I. c. no. 1287. - Wlprs. 1. c. 623. no. 4.) CARNOSA 

 Bth. 1. c. 598. — Telina {Krebsia Steud. Nomencl.) striata E. Mey. 1. c. 68. — 

 Wlprs. 1. c. no. 3. 



7. *L. (KREBSIA Eckl. el Zeyh. I. c. no. 1285. - Wlprs. I. c. 623. no. 2.) DIVARI- 

 CATA Blh. I. c. 599. 



8. L. SERICOPHYLLA Bth. I. c. — Humilis ramosissima, undique albo -sericea: 

 foliolis parvis linearibus cunealisve; stipulis parvis; pedunculis abbrevialis; ve- 



