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LEGUMINOS^E. LV. ASPALATHUS. 



44 A. LARI'CINA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 141.) leaves in fascicles, 

 terete, mucronate, glabrous ; flowers lateral, woolly. J? . G. 

 A. laricifolia, Thunb. 1. c. but not of Lam. A pubescent shrub, 

 with spreading leaves and yellow flowers. 



Larch-\eaved Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



45 A. GLOBO'SA (Andr. hot. rep. 510.) leaves in fascicles, 

 linear, tomentose ; flowers in terminal heads, villous ; branches 

 long, slender. Tj . G. Flowers fuscous. 



6Yo6ewe-flowered Aspalathus. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1801. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



46 A. JUNIPE'RINA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, terete, 

 mucronate, glabrous ; flowers terminal, glabrous. Jj . G. 

 Branches pubescent. Flowers solitary or twin. 



Juniper-like Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



47 A. ABIETINA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, 

 and are as well as the calyxes ending in spiny mucrones, gla- 

 brous ; flowers lateral and terminal, solitary, glabrous ; branches 

 striated. fj . G. Flowers yellow. Segments of the calyx long, 

 awl-shaped, pungent, about equal in length to the corolla. 



Fir-like Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



48 A. TRIGO'NA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, trigonal, 

 mucronate, glabrous ; flowers lateral. I? . G. Branches pu- 

 bescent. Flowers solitary, small, glabrous. 



Trigonal Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



49 A. ARANEO'SA (Lin. spec. 1001.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, acute, loose, hispid from spreading hairs; flowers capitate ; 

 calycine segments subulate, hispid from pili, about equal in 

 length to the corolla, which is silky, fj . G. Pluk. aim. t. 

 414. f. 4. Seb. dies. 1. t. 23. f. 6. Flowers yellow, but white 

 according to Sims, in bot. mag. 829. and yellow when dry. A. 

 pilosa, Sieb. pi. exsic. cap. no. 48. Anthyllis quinqueflora, Lin. 

 fil. suppl. 325. ex herb. Burm. Stamens truly monadelphous, 

 with the sheath cleft above. 



Cobwebbed Aspalathus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 795. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



50 A. COMOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 577.) leaves in fascicles, fili- 

 form, pilose ; flowers lateral, tufted. 1? . G. Corolla yellow, 

 with the vexillum tomentose outside. Branches villous. 



Tufted Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



51 A. CEPHALOTES (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves in fascicles, filiform, 

 bluntish, rather villous ; heads terminal, hairy. f; . G. Caly- 

 cine segments linear-subulate, hairy. Flowers larger than in 

 any other species of the genus ; the vexillum is oval and nearly 

 an inch long, silky on the outside. Branches hairy. Leaves 

 2-3 lines long. 



Headed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



52 A. TRI'QUETKA (Thunb. fl. cap. 578.) leaves in fascicles, 

 trigonal, obtuse, pilose, wrinkled ; heads terminal. fj . G. 

 Branches rather umbellate. Corolla yellow, glabrous. Leaves 

 hardly a line long. 



Triquetrous Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



53 A. CANE'SCENS (Lin. mant. 262.) leaves in fascicles, clothed 

 with silky tomentum, subulate, mucronulate ; flowers lateral, 

 pubescent. |j . G. Tube of calyx ventricose, rather hairy, 

 acutely 5-toothed. Petals equal in length. Vexillum clothed 

 with silky toinentum outside. Ovary villous. 



Canescent Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



54 A. VERMICULA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 288.) leaves in fascicles, 

 small, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers lateral, racemose, rather hairy. 

 5j . G. Leaves hardly half a line in length. 



Fermiculate-\ea\ed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



55 A. RU'BENS (Thunb. fl. cap. 576.) leaves in fascicles, su- 

 bulate, silky ; flowers solitary, silky. 1? . G. Branches reddish- 

 brown ; branchlets silky, spreading much. Leaves hardly half 

 a line long. 



/i/d(A7(-branched Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



56 A. CILIA'RIS (Lin. mant. 262.) leaves in fascicles or trifo- 

 liate, trigonal, acute, ciliated ; heads terminal ; calyx equal in 

 length to the corolla. Jj . G. Sims, bot. mag. 2233. Flowers 

 yellow. Corolla tomentose. This and the five following species 

 are perhaps more correctly referable to the following division, 

 with the trifoliate leaves. 



Ciliary-leaved Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1799. Sh. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



57 A. QUINQUE FOLIA (Lin. mant. 6. p. 92.) leaves in fascicles, 

 trifoliate, linear-oblong, flat, rather hairy ; heads of flowers hairy ; 

 corolla glabrous. fy . G. Pluk. aim. t. 278. f. 4. ex Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 575. The heads of flowers in D. C. specimen are large 

 and round. 



Five-leaved Aspalathus. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 3 ft. 



58 A. CA'NDICANS (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 264.) 

 leaves in fascicles, trifoliate, filiform, silky ; flowers sub-lateral 

 with the vexillum naked. Pj . G. 



Whitened Aspalathus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1774. Sh. 2 to4 ft. 



59 A. HETEROPHY'LLA (Lin. fil. suppl. 321. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 575.) leaves in fascicles or trifoliate, linear, pilose; flowers spi- 

 cate ; calyx and corolla villous. fy . G. Leaves of branches 

 in fascicles, of branchlets trifoliate. Vexillum tomentose on the 

 back. Flowers yellow. Leaves and calycine segments acu- 

 minated, rather spinose. 



Variable-leaved Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



60 A. ARGE'NTEA (Lin. spec. 1001.) leaves in fascicles, trifo- 

 liate, ovate, clothed on both surfaces with appressed silky pu- 

 bescence ; heads of flowers tomentose ; stem dichotomous. (7 . G. 

 A. sericea, Berg. cap. 212. Flowers in spicate heads. Calyx 

 and corolla clothed with rufous, velvety, soft down. 



Silvery Aspalathus. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1759. Sh. 2 feet. 



* * Leaves trifoliate, hardly in fascicles. 



61 A. VIRGA'TA (Thunb. fl. cap. 576.) leaves in fascicles, and 

 trifoliate, ovate, silky ; heads of flowers hairy ; stem twiggy. 

 Jj . G. Branches tomentose. Spikes elongated, hairy, ex. 

 Thunb. 



Twiggy Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



62 A. TRIDENTA'TA (Thunb. 1. c.) leaves trifoliate, lanceolate, 

 villous ; prickles trifid. Fj . G. Leaves glabrous. Flowers 

 capitate, ex Lin. spec. 1002. Heads terminal, globose, hairy, 

 ex Thunb. 1. c. 



Tridentate-symed Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



63 A. LOTOIDES (Thunb. fl. cap. 575.) leaves trifoliate, lan- 

 ceolate, acute, villous ; buds unarmed ; heads terminal ; branch- 

 lets and calyxes hairy; keel and vexillum silky. Tj . G. 

 Lobes of calyx acuminated. Petals about equal in length. 

 Flowers yellow. Crotalaria lunaris, Burm. cap. prod. 21.? 



Lotus-like Aspalathus. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



64 A. PILOSA (Lin. mant. 263.) leaves trifoliate, linear, clothed 

 with adpressed silky villi ; heads terminal, stalked, very pilose ; 

 petals all pubescent. Tj . G. A. villosa, Thunb. prod. 125. fl. 

 cap. 574. Branches with a few leaves at the apex. 



Pilose Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



65 A. SERICEA (Thunb. prod. 125. fl. 574. but not of Berg.) 

 leaves trifoliate, oblong, acute, silky ; racemes oblong, terminal ; 

 flowers silky-hairy. f; . G. Perhaps the species in Lin. fil. 

 suppl. 321. is the same as that of Thunb. 



Silky Aspalathus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 to 4 ft. 



66 A. CINE'REA (Thunb. prod. 125. fl. 575.) leaves trifoliate, 

 oblong, flat, acute, tomentose ; heads terminal. Tj . G. Calyx 

 and corolla hairy on the outside. 



Grey Aspalathus. Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



C7 A. LINEARIFOLIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 142.) leaves trifoliate, 

 sessile, ending in callous mucrones, equal, covered with very 

 fine pubescence ; heads terminal ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate, and 



