6 xlvii. § papilionace.e (baker). [Lotononis. 



sessile, linear or oblanceolate, about J in. long, ^ in. broad, apex 

 slightly rounded mucronate. Flowers in sessile clusters of 2-5 each in 

 the axils of the leaves. Calyx 2— 2J lines long-, between tubular and 

 campanulate, the upper teeth lanceolate-acuminate, reaching about 

 half way down, the lowest setaceous. Corolla pale yellow, the keel 

 about equalling the calyx. Pod linear- oblong, turgid, about equalling 

 the calyx. — Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61 ; L. platycarpos, Viv. PI. ^Egypt. 

 dec. 4, 14 ; Leobordea lotoides, Delile, Frag. PI. Arab. 23, fig. 1 : 

 L. persica and sphoerosperma, Spach. Ann. Sc. Nat. xix. 235 ; Xero- 

 carpus abyssinicus, Schweinf. Fl. iEthiop. 21 j Leobordea abyssinica, 

 Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



A desert species, extending to Egypt, Persia, Beloochistan, and the Cape. 



3. Ii. clandestina, Benth. in Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 61. A diffuse 

 copiously di- or trichotomously branched annual with finely silky stems 

 under a foot long. Stipules foliaceous, linear or oblanceolate, 3—4 

 lines long, deciduous. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaflets oblanceolate, 

 silky, 4-8 lines long, bluntish with a faint mucro. Flowers 2-6 in 

 subsessile umbels in the axils of the leaves. Pedicels very short. 

 Calyx densely grey-silky, 4 lines long, the 4 upper teeth linear, shorter 

 than the tube, the lowest tooth deeper linear-setaceous. Corolla yel- 

 lowish, only the silky, densely villose keel distinctly exserted. Pod 

 linear, 4—4^ lines long, 1 line broad, turgid, straight, glabrescent, 

 10-12-seeded. 



Lower Guinea. Benguella in the sands of the seashore, Dr. Welwitsch I 

 South Central. In the interior near the Tropic, Chapman and Baines ! 

 Also a Cape species. 



4. L. Bainesii, Baker. Stem under a foot long, slender, procum- 

 bent, herbaceous, irregularly branched, quite glabrous. Stipules 2-2J 

 lines long, cordate-ovate acuminate, unequal-sided. Petioles \ in. 

 glabrous. Leaflets 3, sessile, linear, the central one J— f in. long, 

 J in. broad, base narrowed, point slightly rounded mucronate, glabrous. 

 Flowers in dense umbellate heads of 8-10 each on leaf-opposed glab- 

 rous peduncles an inch long. Bracts inconspicuous. Calyx subsessile, 

 infundibuliform, -J- in. deep, slightly silky, teeth very short, subdeltoid. 

 Corolla reddish, three times as long as the calyx, the keel and standard 

 subequal, the wings small and shorter. Pod not seen. 



South Central. In the interior near the Tropic of Capricorn, Chapman and 

 Baines ! 



Belongs to the section Polylobium of Harvey. Very near the Cape L. umbellata in 

 general habit, bracts, and stipules, differing by its narrower leaves, want of pubescence, 

 and very short calyx-teeth. 



5. L. angolensis, Welw. mss. A copiously-branched' glabrous 



f>erennial herb with trailing stems more than a foot long. Stipules 

 inear, 2-3 lines, moderately persistent. Petioles 3-12 lines. Leaflets 

 3, subsessile, oblanceolate, glabrous, the central one 6-12 lines long, 



