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DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO- 

 AFRICANARUM. 



AUCTORE R. SCHLECHTER. 



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31. Lotononis buchenroederoides, sp. n. Suffmtex erectu?, 

 habitus Dichili, rtimosus, pedalis et ultra; ramulis erectis teretibus 

 glabris distauter foliatis, gracilibus, subscabridis; foliis erectis nunc 

 iutevnodia baud ajquantibus, nunc vix superantibus, trifoliolatis 

 glabris, petiolo foliolis linearibus apice nunc subuucinatis, apicu- 

 latis, 0-6-1 cm. longis, ;i?quilongo; stipulis geminis foliaceis erectis, 

 foliolis similibus, petioli longitudine ; pedunculis gracilibus erectis, 

 foliis oppositis, 2-8-plo longioribus laxe 2-3-floris, bracteis linearibus 

 pedicello brevi aquilongis ; calyce glabro, vel tenuiter setulis ap- 

 pressis strigilloso, c. 0-5 cm. longo, segmentis brevibus subulatis 

 tubo brevioribus, infimo superioribus panlo longiore ; vexillo e basi 

 breviter unguiculata subreniformi apice brevissime apiculata, glaber- 

 rimo, 1-2 cm. longo, alis uuguiculatis, lamina oblonga obtusa, basi 

 breviter auriculata, vexillo paulo brevioribus, vexillo cucullato- 

 naviculari apice subincurvo obtuso, glaberrimo, unguiculis gracili- 

 bus, 1-1 cm. longo; ovario margine superiore puberulo, ca^terum 

 glabro, stylo filiformi glabro incurvo, antheras baud excedente ; 

 legumine lineari, compresso, margine superiore excepto glabra, 

 pluriovulata, 2-5-3 cm. longa, 0-5 cm. lata. 



Habitat in regione austro-orientali : " Lesseyton Neck" pone 

 Queenstown, alt. c. 4000 ped., Jan. 1896 ; E. E. Galiiin, No. 1951. 



Nearest allied to L. (jenujlexa Btb., but easily distinguished by 

 its stipules, and the want of pubescence on the branchlets and 

 leaves. The alte and vexillum are violet, according to Mr. Galpin ; 

 in drying they turn dull greenish. 



32. Rhynchosia monophylla, sp. n. Suftrutex perennis e 

 basi ramosus ; ramis decumbentibus filiformibus elongatis exsic- 

 catione subangulatis, tenuiter patenti-pilosis plus minus distanter 

 foliatis ; foliis simplicibus ovatis vel ovato-oblongis acuminatis 

 apiculatisve basi cordatis utrinque tenuiter puberulis, reticulato- 

 nervosis, 2-5-4 cm. longis, medio fere 2-2-7 cm. latis, petiolo more 

 ramosum piloso, 1-1-5 cm. longo; stipulis ovato-lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis vel acutis striato-nervosis, puberulis, petiolo duplo vel plus 

 duplo brevioribus ; tloribus in axillis foliorum bmis teruisve fascicu- 

 latis, graciUter pedicellatis ; pedicellis filiformibus pilosis, petiolo 

 fequilongis ; bracteis parvulis mox deciduis ; calyce puberulo, 

 0-6 cm. longo, segmentis linearibus acutis ; vexillo suborbiculari- 

 rhomboideo, apice brevissime apiculato, basi cuneato, 1-1 cm. 

 longo, 0-9 cm. lato, alis graciliter unguiculatis obliquis, lamina 

 semiobovata obtusissima, basi margine superiore breviter auriculata, 

 carina} paulo brevioribus, carina cucullata obtusa apice incurva, 

 glabra, vexillo subiequilonga ; ovario elliptico-ovato villoso, stylo 

 filiformi glaberrimo dimidio superiore incrassato incurvo, antheras 



