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rotundatae, 1 cm. longae, 5-6 mm. latae ; ungues brevissim1 ; 
carina navicularis, obtusa, basi auriculata, 6 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. 
Ovarium hirsutulum, stylo arcuato ovarium fere aequante. 
. Soutra Arrica. Kalahari Region: Transvaal; summit of 
Mount MacMac, Mudd. 
1366. Argyrolobium natalense, Diimmer [ Leguminosae-Genisteae] ; 
A. longifolio, Walpers, peraffine, sed glabrescens et racemis gracili- 
ori 
Frutex gracilis, circiter metralis, laxe distiche ramosus, in sicco 
nigrescens, ramis lateralibus ascendentibus teretibus _ sulcatis 
superne laxe foliatis mox glabris. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli circiter 
ongi ; foliola saepissime conduplicata, lineari-lanceolata, acu- 
minata aut acutata, terminalia ad 4°5 cm. longa, 4—5 mm. lata, later- 
alia caeteris paullo breviora, fere glabra, subcoriacea ; stipulae soli- 
tariae, subulatae, 2 mm, vix excedentes, deciduae. Racemi terminales, 
plurimi, ascendentes, interdum secundi, graciliter 5-12-flori, floribus 
patentibus brevissime pedicellatis flavidis ; bracteae subulatae, pedi- 
cellos aequantes ; bracteolae subulatae, ad 2 mm. longae. Calyx 
extra subsericeus, mox glaber, 5-7 mm. longus. Vezxillum 8-9 mm. 
longum, 7-8 mm. latum, rotundatum, emarginatum, a medio in unguem 
sensim angustatum, postice circa costam fulvido-sericeum ; alae 
brevissime unguiculatae, 8 mm. longae, fere glabrae, limbis subob- 
longis rotundatis basin versus paullulo angustatis auriculatis ; carinae 
lamina navicularis, acutata, 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, glabra ; ungues 
ongi. gumen lineari-oblongum, fere rectum, complanatum, 
5-6 em. longum, 3 mm. latum, subsericeum, 12—15-spermum, semini- 
bus brunneis. 
Souta Arrica. Eastern Region: Natal; Itafamasi, Inanda, 
Wood, 861. 
A species with the facies of A. longifolia, Walpers, but easily 
distinguished by its glabrescent character and more slender racemes. 
specimen collected by Wood (3847) near Northdene agrees with 
A, longifolia, Walpers. 
1367. Argyrolobium nigrescens, Diimmer [Leguminosae-Genis- 
teae]; A. tuberoso, Ecklon et Zeyher, remote affinis, sed foliolis 
brevioribus, floribus oppositifoliis solitariis recedit. 
Herba rhizomate lignescente perennans, sicco nigrescens, caulibus 
annuis florentibus decumbentibus aut strictis gracilibus parce foliatis 
12 cm, vix excedentibus sericeis inferne nudis. Folia erecta, trifolio- 
8 mm, longus, extra villosulus. Vezillum brevissime unguiculatum, 
lamina orbiculari a em. diametro dorso superne subsericea ; 
alae suboblongae, rotundatae, vix auriculatae, in toto 8 mm. longae, 
3 mm. latae ; ungues perbreves ; carinae lamina oblique navicularis, 
obtusa, basi truncata, 6 mm. longa, 3-4 mm. lata, glabra ; ungues 
2mm. longi. Ovarium ad suturam ventralem et apicem versus 
hirsutulum, stylo erecto glabro, stigmate capitato. — 
