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A climbing sufirutex with voluble stem, and the younger parts clothed with tawny 
or yellowish hairs. Stipules broad. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, thinly pubescent above, 
tomentose or villose below; terminal leaflets oblong-lanceolate with revolute margins 
3-5-5 cm. long, 8-15 mm. broad ; petioles 5-15 mm. long. Peduncles bearing 8-4 flowers 
at the summit. Calyx 15-18 mm. long; tube short; segments lanceolate ; the two upper 
somewhat connate at the base. Pod not much longer than the calyx, pilose. 
Cape.—Districts George and Knysna, Plettensbergs Bay, Zeyher No. 1690. 
Chrysoscias media, E. Mey., from Kaymans Gat, is a close ally. 
Series 2.—Calyzx silky-silvery, 15-20 mm. long, upper lobes connate to or beyond the middle. 
Underside of leaf white tomentose. 
5. R. leucoscias Benth., ex Harvey, |.c. II, 249. 
Cylista argentea, Ecklon and Zeyher, 1688 ; Cylista angustifolia, K. Mey., in “ Linnaea,’’ 
VII, 171; Chrysoscias calycina, ¥. Mey. “Comm.,’ 140. 
Suffruticose voluble, albo-villose. Stipules broadly oblong, site or subacute. Leaves 
trifoliolate, very shortly petiolate ; terminal leaflets with revolute margins, oblong-lanceolate 
or linear, white tomentose below, 4-5-5 cm. long, 5-7 mm. broad in the middle ; common 
petioles 2-4 mm. long. Peduncles umbelliferous. Calyx silky-silvery ; tube very short; 
segments lanceolate, leafy, silky and silvery. Corolla two uppermost segments connate 
to or beyond the middle, glabrous ; standard 14-16 mm. long. Pod not seen. 
CAPE.—Van Stadensberg, Ecklon and Zeyher. 
Var. angustifolia, Harvey, l.c. 249. 
Leaflets narrower, narrow-linear. Flowers sub-solitary. 
Cape.—Caledon Div., River Zondereinde, Zeyher No. 2410. 
Distinguished from R. chrysoscias, Benth., by 1ts much whiter and woolly tomentum 
and the connate upper calyx lobes. 
Series 3.—Calyx cano-pubescent. 6-9 mm. long; upper lobes connate to middle. Umbels 
4—8-flowered. 
6. R. microscias, Benth., er Harvey, l.c. 249 
Chrysoscias parviflora, E. Mey., “ Comm.,” 139. 
Suffruticose voluble, silky-canescent. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm. long. Leaves 
trifoliolate, on very short petioles; terminal leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear, 3-4 cm. 
long, 4-7 mm. broad, canescent and tomentulose beneath; common petioles 2-4 mm. 
long; lateral leaflets slightly unequalsided at the base. Peduncles bearing umbels of 4-8 
flowers. Flowers much smaller than in R leucoscias, Benth. Calyx tube very short; 
segments lanceolate, cano-pubescent, shorter than the standard. Standard 10-12 mm. long, 
glabrous ; carina glabrous, obtuse. Pod pilose, 15-20 mm. long, mucronate. 
Cape.—Mountain sides, near George, Drége: Knysna, Tyson, Bowie; Humansdorp 
Div., Zitzikama, FE. Galpin No. 3989. 
Known at once from the preceding by the smaller flowers and shorter indumentum. 
Serves 4.—Flowers solitary. 
7. R. angustifolia, D.C., * Prod.,” II, 388. 
R. uniflora, Harvey. lc. II, 249; Glycine angustifolia, Jacq., ‘Hort. Schoenb.,” II, 
t. 231; Cylista angustifolia, Ecklon and Zeyher No. 1689. 
Stem voluble, silky-canescent. Stipules ovate, subacute. Leaves trifoliolate, very 
shortly petiolate ; leaflets lanceolate or linear, with revolute margins, whitish or tomentose — 
below ; terminal leaflets 15-25 mm. long and about 2-3 mm. broad; terminal petiole, * 
silky canescent, 2-3 mm. long; lateral leaflets shorter than terminal. Flowers as 
