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LEGUMINOS^:. LV. ASPALATHUS. 



Thunb. fl. cap. 584. Calyx 5-toothed. Carina longer than the 

 wings and keel. Legume pubescent, rather oblique. 



Spin;/ Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 A. ACULEA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 584.) leaves in fascicles, 

 linear, hairy ; flowers capitate ; buds prickly. Ij . G. A vil- 

 lous shrub, with very short branches. Prickles yellowish under 

 the fascicles of leaves. Flowers yellow, hairy. 



Prickly Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 A. ACUMINA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 287. ill. 020. f. 4. but not 

 of Thunb.) leaves in fascicles, very short, lanceolate, ending in 

 a pungent acumen, rather puberulous ; branchlcts spinescent ; 

 flowers axillary, solitary. (7. G. Pluk. aim. t. 297. f. G. 

 Teeth of calyx spiny. Petals silky on the outside. Keel and 

 vexillum about equal in length, but longer than the wings. 



Acuminated-\ea\eA Aspalathus. Shrub 1 foot. 



4 A. SPINE'SCENS (Thunb. fl. cap. 584.) leaves in fascicles, 

 filiform, rather fleshy ; flowers lateral, solitary, glabrous ; 

 branches spinescent. fj . G. Calyx acutely 5-cleft. Corolla 

 4 lines long. Petals equal among themselves. Ovary glabrous. 



Spinescent Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



5 A. LARICIFOLIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 287. but not of Thunb.) 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform-subulate, glabrous ; branches and 

 stipulas spinescent ; flowers lateral, solitary, silky-pubescent. 

 17 . G. A. pungens, Thunb. prod. 129. Leaves length of those 

 of Pintis larix. Calyx pubescent, acutely 5-cleft. Wings fal- 

 cate. Carina very much curved. Legume clothed with short 

 villi. 



Larch-leaved Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



6 A. VERRUCOSA (Lin. syst. veg. 537. Thunb. fl. cap. 583.) 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, mucronate, incurved, fleshy, glabrous ; 

 flowers lateral ; buds warted. ^ . G. Calyx pubescent, 

 acutely 5-cleft. Vexillum pilose. Legume villous, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated. 



Warted Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



7 A. CAPITA'TA (Lin. amoen. 6. p. 92.) leaves in fascicles, 

 subulate, acute, much crowded, rather pilose ; branches hairy ; 

 flowers capitate, terminal, glabrous. Tj . G. Pluk t. 397. f. 

 6. Lam. ill. C20. f. 2. A. glomerata, Lin. fil. suppl. 321. 

 Bracteoles 3, deciduous, the middle one concave and largest. 

 Calyx villous, 5-cleft, with the lobes broad and acute. 



Capitate-flon-ered Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Sh. 2 to 4 feet. 



8 A. ASTROITES (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, subu- 

 late, pungent, stiffly divaricate, glabrous; branchlets hairy; 

 flowers lateral and terminal, somewhat capitate, smoothish. (7 . 



G Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. 2. Seb. thes. t. 24. f. C. Bracteoles 



spinescent. Calyx 5-cleft, the lobes subulate and spiny. Ovary 

 glabrous. 



Starry Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



9 A. CHENOPODA (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, subu- 

 late, trigonal, ending in a pungent mucrone, stiff, pilose ; flowers 

 capitate, and are, as well as the branches, hairy. I? . G. Breyn. 

 cent. t. 11. Seb. thes. 1. t. 24. f. 4. Sims, bot. mag. 2225. 

 Lodd. bot. cab. t. 316. Bracteoles subulate, villous. Calyx 5- 

 ribbed, cleft into 5 beyond the middle ; the lobes subulate and 

 villous. Wings straight, rather adnate to the keel. Legume 

 terete, with short pili at the apex. Style long, permanent. 



Goose-foot Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. Shrub 



2 to 4 feet. 



10 A. A'LBENS (Thunb. fl. cap. 576.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, mutic, silvery from adpressed silky down ; racemes leafy. 



I? . G. Corolla glabrous, according to Thunberg, but in the 

 specimen examined by M. De Candolle it is obviously tomen- 

 tose. Calyx hoary from silky down. Flowers white. 



White-leaved Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1774. Sh. 



3 to 4 feet. 



11 A. ARGYIUE'A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 139.) leaves in fascicles, 

 filiform, avvnless, silky from adpressed down ; flowers axillary, 

 subterminal, solitary ; calyx 5-toothed, and is, as well as the 

 corolla, clothed with silky pubescence. Ij . G. Perhaps the 

 same as A. dlbens, Lin. mant. 2G1. 



Silvery Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



12 A. ARMA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 577.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, silvery, mucronate ; racemes leafless : corolla tomentose. 



J? . G. Flowers white. Branches silky. Racemes terminal. 



Armed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



It! A. HYSTRIX (Lin. fil. suppl. 322. Thunb. fl. cap. 577.) 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, silky, mucronate, stiff; flowers 

 lateral, solitary ; corolla villous. Jj . G. Lam. diet. 1. p. 287. 

 ill. t. 620. f. 1. 



Porcupine Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Shrub 

 2 to 4 feet. 



14 A. SPICA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 578.) leaves in fascicles, 

 subulate, rather pilose ; flowers disposed in ovate, terminal 

 spikes ; calyx hairy, with the lobes acuminated. Jj . G. 



(Sp'Ae-flowered Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



15 A. MICROCA'RPA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 139.) leaves in fasci- 

 cles, subulate, pilose ; flowers axillary, solitary ; legume ovate, 

 pubescent, a little longer than the calyx. T? . G. Burch. cat. 

 no. 265 and 284. Branches rather hairy. Calyxes rather vil- 

 lous, 5-cleft, with the lobes awl-shaped. Corolla small. Wings 

 oblong, shorter than the smooth keel and silky vexillum. 

 Legume 1-2-seeded. Leaves 1-2 lines long Pluk. aim. t. 413. 

 f. 3. ? 



Small-fruited Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



16 A. THYMIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 forrnly-subulate, pilose ; flowers lateral, pubescent, solitary ; 

 branches incurved, hairy. T? . G. Pluk. aim. t. 413. f. 1. 

 Bracteoles villous. Calyx villous, 5-cleft, witli the tube striated, 

 and the lobes subulate. Corolla small, the wings very small, 

 and oblong. 



Thyme-leaved Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1825. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



17 A. ERICJEFOLIA (Lin. spec. 1000.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, rather obtuse, covered with soft hairs ; flowers alternate, 

 disposed in something like racemes ; segments of the calyx 

 linear, about the length of the corolla. Jj . G. Pluk. aim. t. 

 413. f. 6. A. mollis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 290. Corolla with ob- 

 long smooth wings, equal in length to the keel, which is villous, 

 as well as the vexillum. A. ericaefolia, Berg. cap. 205. differs 

 in segments of the calyx being obtuse. 



Heath-leaced Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1789. Sh. 

 2 to 4 feet. 



18 A. FRANKENIOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 139.) leaves in fas- 

 cicles, terete, pubescently-hairy ; branches canescent and vel- 

 vety ; flowers terminal and axillary, usually solitary, silky. fj . 

 G. Burch. cat. no. 3473. Calyx 5-toothed, 3 times shorter 

 than the corolla. Leaves hardly more than a line long. 



Frankenia-like Aspalathus. Shrub. 



19 A. HI'SPIDA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, obtuse, hispid from pili ; flowers axillary ; segments of 

 the calyx shorter than the flower. Jj . G. A shrub, clothed 

 with grey tomentum. Flowers sessile. Legume ovate, villous. 



Hispid Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



20 A. FLEXUOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579.) leaves in fascicles, 

 filiform, obtuse, hispid from pili ; flowers axillary ; segments of 

 the calyx longer than the flower. ^ . G. 



I'i'exuous Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



21 A. PARVIFLORA (Thunb. fl. cap. 579. but not of Berg.) 

 leaves in fascicles, filiform, obtuse, pubescent ; flowers terminal, 

 tern. (7 . G. Shrub pubescent. Corolla with the helmet to- 

 mentose. 





