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major, calycis tubum aequans ; bracteolae ad calycis basem, binae, 
lanceolatae, acutae. Calyx 6-7 mm. longus, segmentis binis 
superioribus deltoideis tubo aequilongis, dentibus ternis infimis 
1-1'5 mm, longis. Corolla in calyce fere inclusa, glabra ; vexillum 
spatulatum, lamina concava obovata in unguem brevem attenuata ; 
a unguiculatae, 6 mm. longae, limbis apicem versus angustatis 
basi vix auriculatis; carina alis similis nisi latior, apice magis 
rotundata, Legumen immaturum? complanatum, oblongum, rectum, 
10 mm. longum, canescens, 2-spermum. M. cernuum, Benth. in 
Hook. Lond. Jour. Bott. iii, 1844, 362 (in part), 
Soutn Arrica. Kalahari Region: Griqualand West ; between 
Klip Fontein and Knegt’s Fontein, Burchell, 2169. Bechuanaland; 
pins south of Takun (between Pintado Fountain and Thermometer 
ountain), Burchell, 2224. 
German Souta-West Arrica. Hereroland, Okahandya, 
00 m., Dinter. 
Var. longifolia, Dimmer, typo similis nisi foliis longioribus. 
Petioli ad 7 mm. longi; foliola saepe conduplicata, lineari- 
oblonga, obtusiuscula, terminalia ad 20 mm. longa, lateralia paullo 
breviora, supra glabrescentia, subtus pubescentia, margine incrassata. 
Sourn Arrica. Central Region: Carnavon Div.; at Buffel’s 
Bout, Burchell, 1610. 
A species distantly related to M. cernuum, Eckl. and Zeyh., but 
differing principally in the more robust canescent habit, the flowers, 
which are appressed to the axis and the large calyces. Burchell’s 
specimens were referred by Bentham to the former species, but 
the characters cited, in conjunction with the more north-central 
distribution of the species here described, does not support this 
identification. 
1348. Melolobium mixtum, Dimmer [Leguminosae-Genisteae] ; 
M. glandulifero, Diimmer, affine, sed magis divaricato-ramosa, 
petiolis foliola aequantibus aut superantibus, floribus minoribus, 
cealycis labio inferiore superius valde superante recedit. 
Sufrutex xerophyticus, divaricato-spinescenti-ramosus, prostratus 
vel decumbens, undique corollis exceptis valde patentim pubescens 
et stipitatim glandulosus; spinae ultimae 1-4-florae plerumque 
simplices, a em. longae. Folia trifoliolata; petioli foliola 
aequantes aut superantes ; foliola saepius conduplicata, oblanceolato- 
cuneata vel lanceolata, acutata vel obtusa, inter se subaequilonga, 
ad 6 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, dorso prominenter costata, laete viridia ; 
stipulae binae, arrectae, foliosae, semicordato-lanceolatae vel 
