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D.—STEM VOLUBLE. LEAVES NARROWER. 
Series 24.—Leaves is eit bac elliptic-oblong or oblong. Peduncles 1-2 flowered, 
shorter than leaves. 7 sarah 4 
37. R. puberula, Harvey, l.c. 255. 
Copisma tottum, BE. Mey., “Comm.,” 133; Eriosema puber alae Keklon said De ee 16773. 
Hedysarum ciliatum, Thunbg. * gl. Cap., is 594: Desmodium? ciliatum, D.C., “ Prod..” aaa, 
Root woody. Stems several, spreading, prostrate or subvoluble. Seine lanceolate. 
Leaves trifoliolate, very shortly petiolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or oblong-rigid ; terminal 
leaflets 24-30 mm. long, 8-16 mm. earl Peduncles \—2-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 
Flowers 10-13 mm. long. Calyx villous, 6-7 mm. long, its segments longer than the tube, 
shorter than the petals. Standard glabrous, longer than the calyx, 10-12 mm. long; 
catina shorter than the standard. Pod sessile, very villous, 12-16 mm. long seeds. 
CAPE.—(Galeebosch, Thunberg; Albany Division, Bowie, Burchell Nos. 3498 and 4189 ; 
Visch River, Hutton near Grahamstown, P. MacOwan No. 478 : Mossel Bay DE 
Burchell No. 6210 ; Uitenhage, fcklon No. 1577; Riversdale Division, near Spiegel River, 
Burchell No. 7206; Kingwilliamstown Division, Tyson No. 853. NATAL. —-Camperdown, 
Miss Franks No. 12528. British Karrrarta.—T. Cooper No. 539. TRANSVAAL.—Magalies- 
berg, Burke. j 
Kasily recognized by the several spreading subvoluble stems, the trifoliolate leaves 
with rigid elliptic- oblong or oblong leaflets, and the few-flowered inflorescence’ shorter 
than the leaves. | 
Serves 25.--Leaves usually trifoliolate, rarely unifoliolate ; leaflets ovate, or oblong or 
lanceolate, petiolate. Peduncles \-3-flowered. 
38. R. Totta, D.C., “ Prod.,” II, 388; Harvey, Le. ii, 255. 
Glycine Totta. Thunberg, “ Flora Cap.,” 591. 
Procumbent or subvoluble Stem filiform, hispido-pubescent or slabrate. Sipules 
small, ovate-lanceolate, rigid. Leaves in ty pical form, trifoliolate, petiolate ; ; leaflets in 
typical form, ovate or ovate-oblong, reticulate, terminal leaflets 10-25 mm. long, 5-12 mm. 
broad; common petioles 5-15 mm. long; lateral leaflets somewhat unequalsided. 
Peduncles filiform, equalling the petioles or longer, 1-3-flowered. Calyx segments longer 
than the tube, put shorter than the standard. Standard glabrous, 6-9 mm. long. Pod 
oblong, sessile, pilose, pubescent. 
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Cape.—Galgebosch, Thunberg, type ; Grahamstown, MacOwan No. 462; Humansdorp 
Division, Burchell No, 4824, Burtt- -Davy No. 12088. , 
BECHUANALAND.— Burchell Nos. 9433, 2487, 2569. 
Natau.—hadysmith, Wood No. 8254; Phoenix, Schlechter No. 3027. 
The type of #. Totta in Thunberg’s Herbarium has ovate or ovate-oblong leaves, 
Copisma paniculatum, E. Mey., from Magaliesberg i in the Transvaal, and Katrivierspoort, 
has longer and narrower leaflets, but is not specifically distinct. 
Var. Fenchelii, Schinz in “ Vierteljahrschrift Nat. Ges. Zurich,” LIT, 426 OR: 
Stem ` grey puberulous. ` Leaves trifoliolate. 
GREAT NAMAQUALAND.—-Keeimanshoop, Fenchel No. 195. 
Var. namaensis, Schinz. in Herb. EE 
Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, grey puberulous: ‘ 
GREAT NAMAQUALAND.— Seeheim, ali. 4000 ft., Pearson No. 3741; Keetmanshoop, 
Fenchel. Intermediate between R. Totta, D.C., and R. longiflora, Schinz. 
