186 Hans Schinz. 



The leaves are not albo-canescent as in /. adenocarpa E. Meyer 

 and they are of a different shape to those of /. Pechuelü Kuntze. 

 Fenchel 191 from Keetmanshoop is an allied plant — the leaflets 

 are longer and more canescent. 

 I. hilaris JEch'lon & Zeyher var. dval^enshergensis JBak. 



fll. tiov. var. 



Caules angulati cano-strigosi. Folia saepissime 4 juga cum 

 impari sessili. Foliola utrinque cano-strigosa erecta vel suberecta 

 oblonga vel oblanceolata apice mucronata, petiolo communi erecto- 

 patenti 7 — 10 mm longo, lamina saepissime 6 — 7 mm longa, pe- 

 tiolulis brevissimis. Stipulae lineares. Racemi breves pauciflori 

 folio subaequilongi vel quam folia breviores. Pedicelli sicut calyx 

 extus cano-strigosi. Calyx + 4,5 mm longus. Calycis tubus bre- 

 vissimus lobi + 3 mm angusti lanceolati acuminati quam tubus 

 duplo longiores. Vexillum carinae subaequilongum quam alae paulo 

 longior suborbiculare 6 — 6,5 mm longum extus puberulum. Alae 

 + 5,5 mm longae brevissime unguiculatae. Carina naviculariformis 

 utrinque in calcar + 2 mm longum et acutum producta. Ovarium 

 lineare pluriovulatum. Legumen haud visum. 



Südafrika: Oranjeflusskolonie, Hochebene westl. von Van 

 Reenen's Pass, A. Schenck 725. 



The distinguishing characteristics of this plant are: 



a) The suffruticose habit with several subsimple, suberect, 

 compressed and angular stems, Coming from a common 

 rootstock, as in the type of /. hilaris E. Z. 



b) The narrow linear strigose stipules. 



c) The erecto-patent common petioles with generally 4 pairs 

 of leaflets — the leaflets generally involute, erect and 

 mucronate. 



d) The few flowered rather short racemes. 



e) The calyx with narrow, lanceolate, acuminate lobes + 3 mm 

 long. 



f) The suborbicular Standard 6 — 6,5 mm long about the same 

 length as the keel. 



I have compared this plant with Eckion & Zeyher 1605 in Herb. 

 Harvey — the type of I. hilaris E. Z. 



a) The common petioles in I. hilaris are not so distinctly 

 erecto-patent. 



