tal 
Var. pilosa, Harvey; Le. ii, 256, pro species. 
Copisma pilosum, KE. Mey., “Comm.,” 133. 
Stem patently prone Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets of lower leaves ovate-oblong of the 
upper linear. et 
PORT NATAL @ welmenus Zumreberg and between the Omtendo and Omsamculo, 
Drege. 
This is hardly specifically distinct from R. Totta, D.C. 
Var. unifoliolata, Burtt-Davy, in “ Kew Bull.,” 1921, 49, pro species. 
Leaves unifoliolate or trifoliolate, leaflets ovate, common petiole short, 1-2 mm. 
Flowers 7-8 mm. long. 
TRANSVAAL. —Ermelo, Burtt-Davy No. 17408. HOOGBVELD.—Rehmamn No. 6836. 
Va ar: brevipetiolata, Bales il. 
Caules flexuosi, pilosi vel tomentosi. Stipulae lanceolatae, striatae. Folia trifoliolata, 
anguste oblonga vel elliptica, foliolis terminalibus 15-23 mm. longis, 5~12 mm. latis, apice 
acutis, petiolo communi brevi, 2-4 mm. longo suffulta. Flores 8 mm. longi, pedunculati, 
saepissime 'solitarri rarius ini. Calyx 6-7 mm. longus, pilosus. Legumen 10-15 mm. 
longum, pilosum. 
TRANSVAAL.—Johannesburg, Teeecioan Ridge, Gilfillan Nos. 22 and 65; Nat. Herb., 
Pretoria, Nos. 6103 and 6104. 
Ally of R. Totta, D.C., var. pilosa, Harvey. The noticeable features are the pilose or 
tomentose stems, the short petioles. It was distributed as R. puberula, Harvey. 
Var. graciliflora (R. graciliflora Harms) in Herb. Mus. Brit. 
Stems flexuous, filiform, pubescent or nearly glabrous. Strpules lanceolate, longi- 
tudinally striate, 4-5 mm. long. Leaves irifoliolate, petiolate ; terminal leaflets linear- 
lanceolate, glabrous above with a few scattered hairs below, 3-4-5 cm. long, 3-5 mm. 
broad ; terminal petiolules 4 mm. long; lateral leaflets slightly unequalsided at base ; 
common petioles 15-25 mm. long. Peduncles slender, generally one-flowered. Calyx 
hairy ; segments lanceolate, longer than the tube, but shorter than the corolla. Standard 
glabrous, “7-9 mm. long. Pod about 16 mm. long, hairy outside, seeds reddish brown. 
Care.—Queenstown, EL. Galpin No. 1547. Navat.—Mooi River, J. Webb No. 7011. 
East (GRIGUALAND.—Kokstad, Tyson No. ‘1336. BASUTOLAND.—Leribe, Mrs. Dieterlen 
No. 6839. OBANGE Free STATE.—Bethlehem, 7. Potgieter No. 59. 
TRANSVAAL.—Lydenberg, Wilms No. 367; Modderfontem, Conrath No. 259; near 
Pretoria, Bolus No. 7750; Ermelo, G. McCall No. 7592; Davel, W. J. Wayland, sine no. ; 
near Pretoria, Pole-Evans No. 51. . 
A plant from Camperdown, Franks (Com. Medley Wood No. 11826), is a form of this 
species. 
Differs from the type of R. Totta in Thunberg’s Herbarium by the linear lanceolate 
leaves. 
29. R. longiflora, Schinz in “ Bot. Verh. Brand.” XXX, 168 (1889). 
Stems slender, voluble, pilose. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate ; terminal leaflets narrow, 
lanceolate, acute, mucronate, 13-30 mm. long, 2:5-5 mm. broad; terminal petiolules 
2 mm.; lateral leaflets unequalsided ; common petiole reaching 8 mm. long. Pedwneles 
axillary, two-flowered. Calyx bilabiate ; segments as long as or a little longer than the 
tube. Standard glabrous, 22 mm. long; keel about the same length; wings shorter, 
about 13 mm. long. Pod pilose, sessile, about 23 mm. long and 7 mm. broad. 
GREAT NAMAQUALAND.—Osis. 
