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Inflorescentia terminalis, sessilis, umbellatim 2—3-flora, floribus per- 
breviter pedicellatis bracteolis subulatis parvulis munitis. 
4 mm. longus, extra fulvide-hirsutulus, dentibus deltoideis tubo triente 
brevioribus. Vexillum breviter unguiculatum toto 6 mm. altum, 
limbo suborbiculari postice fulvo-sericeo (sicco pallide lilacino 
margine albido) ; alae graciliter unguiculatae, glabrae, limbis oblongis 
rotundatis basi truncatis unguibus aequilongis ; carina alis paulo 
brevior, lamina naviculari 3-3°5 mm. longa, acutata basi auriculis 
parvulis ornata, extra sericea. Ovarium 2 mm, longum, valde 
-fulvo-hirtellum, stylo ovario duplo longiore glabro arcuato ; stigma 
fere simplex 
Sourn Arrica. Central Region: Somerset Div. ; on Bruintjes 
Hoogte, 1500 m., Mac Owan, 1738. 
1344. Buchenroedera uniflora, Diimmer [Leguminosae-Genisteae] ; 
B. Macowanii, Diimmer, similis, nisi habitu magis prostrato, indu- 
mento crassiore villosulo-tomentosa, floribus plerumque solitariis, 
leguminibus calyces valde excedentibus. 
Suffrutex adpresse prostratus, conferte divaricato-ramossisimus, 
dense foliatus, primo undique praeter flores fulvido-villosulo-tomen- 
tosus. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 1 mm. longi aut longiores, foliola 
petiolis duplo vel triplo longiora, saepissime conduplicata, anguste 
cuneata, acutata, inter se subaequilonga, incrassata ; stipula unica 
mox decidua, foliolis similis. Flores axillares, solitarii (raro bini), 
breviter pedicellati. Calyx circiter 4 mm. longus, extra hirtellus, 
dentibus deltoideis acutis tubo duplo brevioribus. Corolla gla- 
berrima ;_ vexillum unguiculatum, spatulatum, acutum, basi fere 
. truncatum, toto 5 mm. longum; alae leviter curvatae, obtusae, basi 
truncatae, omnino 5-6 mm. Jongae; carina alis similis sed latior 
unguibus gracilibus limbo fere aequilongis. Legumen turgido- 
compressiusculum, rectum, oblongum, ad 10 mm. longum, 3 mm. 
latum, hirtellum, 6-10 spermum. 
SoutH Arrica. Central Region: Graaff Reinet Div.; on 
the summit of Mount Koudveld, Sneeuwberg Range, 1500 m. 
Bolus, 2580. 
: The relatively long legume distinguishes this species from any of 
its nearer allies and is eminently suggestive of Lotononis, but the 
short, almost equally 5-toothed calyx emphasises its approximation 
to this genus, 
1345. Melolobium decorum, Dimmer [Leguminosae-Genisteae] ; 
M. candicanti, Eckl. et Zeyh., peraffinis sed habitu robustiore, 
foliolis majoribus, floribus plurimis majoribus, bracteis majusculis 
calyces fere aequantibus recedit, 
Frutex divaricato-ramossisimus, spinosus ad 40 cm. altus, primo 
puberulo-viscidulus, demum glabrescens, spinis gracilibus nudis aut 
_ 3-6-floris luteis ad 4 cm. longis, Folia trifoliolata; petioli ad 
3 mm. longi; foliola obovato-cuneata, vix mucronulata vel rotundata, 
inter se fere aequilonga vel lateralia paullo breviora ad 8 mm. 
longa, 2°5 mm, lata, dorso costata, coriacea mox glabrescentia, pallide 
 viridescentia ; stipulae binae, arrectae, petiolos subaequantes vel 
superantes dimidiatim ovatae vel ovato-lanceolatae, cordatae, 
acutae, lores flavidi, pedicellis circiter 1 mm. longis; bractea 
stipulis similis; bracteolae singulae aut binae, lanceolatae, acumi- 
natae, foliosae, calycem fere aequantes. Calyr extus pubescens, 
