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longa, mox praeter sulcam glabra. Flores epiinrige pedicellati, soli- 
tari vel in capitula terminalia 2-6-flora congesti; bracteae 
parvulae, pubescentes. Calyx extra pubescens, lobis triangularibus 
obtusis tubum aequantibus. Corolla gia i vexillum cuneatum, 
rotundatum, 8 mm. altum, 4°5 mm. latum; alae graciliter ungui- 
culatae, 6- 7 om. ats limbis faboblotgis rotundatis basi trun- 
catis ; carina alis similis, auriculis ornata. Ovarium ean as 
ea olceaiaay stylo recto glabro longiusculo ; stigma simple 
uTH ArFrRica. Coast Region: Clansillians Div. ; on 
Gaanthes Range near Clanwilliam, Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 8966. 
_ The specific name implies the loos resemblance this species bears 
to Rae, ericoides, Diimmer. 
Argyrolobium aciculare, Dimmer [ Leguminosae-Genisteae] ; 
A, pine Kceklon et Zeyher, affinis sed glabrior et floribus duplo 
minoribus. 
Radix tuberosa (fide Bolus); caules annui, florentes stricti aut 
subflexuosi, interdum simplices, gracillimi, laxe foliati, teretes, 
ad 15 cm. alti. Folia ascendentia, trifoliolata ; petioli teretiusculi, 
ad 7 mm. longi; foliola fesrae Cociepitee ria, pungentia, supra pro- 
minae, e 
Inflorescentia axillaris vel ee uniflora vel saepius umbel- 
latim 3-5-flora, pedunculis nudis ad 1°3 cm. longis ; bracteae bracteo- 
laeque arrectae, subulatae, 2°5-3 mm. longae. Calyx cum pedicello 
circiter 1 cm. longus, argenteo-sericeus.  Vexillum late sub- 
cuneatum, rotundatum, inferne margine involutum, 8 mm. longum, 
5 mm — postice superne subsericeum ; ; unguis fere obsoletus ; 
paullulo brevior et magis curvata, Sean Ovarium ad suturam ven- — 
tralem et apicem versus pacers stylo valde arcuato glabro ovario 
duplo breviore, stigmate subeapitato, 
SourH Arrica. Coast Rezion Caledon mat As - the slopes 
of a mountain at Houw Hoek, 300-690 m., Bolus, 
1365. Argyrolobium Muddii, L/iimmer Hoeganh Be ids el]; 
a A. transvaalensi, Schinz, foliolis ellipticis, floribus majusculis 
distinguitur. 
Horta lignosa, ad 40 cm. alta, parce ramosa, ramis subfastigiatis 
laxe foliatis teretiusculis fusco-sericeis. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 
2-4 mm. longi ; foliola internodiis aequilonga vel duplo breviora, 
5 Jorge apiculata aut obtusa, supra mox fere glabra, subtus fusco- 
sericea et costa prominula, subcoriacea, inter se aequilonga m7 
terminalia caeteris paullo longiora, circiter 2°5 cm. longa, 0°8-1-2 ¢ 
lata ; stipulae binae, arrectae, subulatae, petiolos fere aocfbeatiok 
Racemi terminales, pauci, recti, 5—7-flori, pedunculis inferne fere nudis 
ad 9 cm. longis; bracteae subulatae, pedicellos fere aequantes aut 
iis breviores ; bracteolae nullae vel minutissimae. Flores aurantiaci 
(fide Mudd), pedicellis ad 8 mm. longis et cum calycibus fulvo- 
sericeis. Calycis labium inferius circiter 1 cm. longum. Corolla 
labra ; Drea brevissime unguiculatum, lamina ampla reflexa 
fere orbiculari 1°3-1°5 cm. diametro ; alae oblique late-oblongae, 
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