139 
. ` . f 4 : 7 
Noticeable on account of the narrow lanceolate terminal leaflets and two-flowered 1 
racemes. | a 
R. amboense, Schinz.. is allied, bu: ihe flowers are smaller. at; 
R. Totta. D.C., var. namaensis, Schinz, seems intermediate between R. Totta and the 
present species. Flowers longer than in R. Totta, D.C. 
Series 26.—Leaflets lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, when young sericeous. Flowers 
8-19 min. long, in a very lax raceme. 
40. R. elegantissima, Schinz. in ‘“‘ Vierteljahrschrift Nat. Ges. Zurich,” LIT, 428 (1907). 
R. sericea, Conrath in Herb.. Kew. | 
Suffruter with flexuous, filiferm branches. Stipules longitudmally striate. Leaves 
trifoliolate, petiolate; terminal Icaflets lanceolate, 2-4 cm. long and 8-12 mm. broad ; 
terminal petiolules 2-3 mm. long : lateral leaflets slightly unequalsided ; common petiole 
8-15 mm. long. Racemes few-flowored, very lax. Flowers 8-10 mm. long. Calyx seg- 
ments acuminate, shorter ihar ihe stendard. Standard 7-9 mm. long. Pod 15-17 mm. 
long, pubescent, seeds dark coloured. 
TRANSVAAL. Rehmani No. 5545 near Pretoria. Conrath No. 258; Onderstepoort, 
A. O. D. Mogg No. 15674. 
A suffrutex with flexuous branches. The young foliage is silvery, the leaflets are 
lanceolate. | 
Series 27. -Leaflets oblong-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, tomentose. Flowers 10-12 mm. 
long, in very lax few-flowered racemes. Stems rufo-tomentose. ; 
41. R. venulosus. K. Schum. in “Just Jahrb.,”’ XXVIII, 496. 
Dolicholus venulosus, Hiern. m ` Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl...” 1, 271: R. cinnamomea, Schinz. in 
“ Vierteljahrschrift Nat. Ges. Zurich,” LIT, 429 (1907); R. remota, Conrath in “ Kew Bull.” 
(1908), 224. : 
Stem ‘ereve, densely rufo-tomentose, scandent. Stipules small. Leaves trifoliolate, 
oblong, ovate or ovate-lanceolate tomentose ; terminal leafle.s 20-35 mm. long, 10-14 mm. 
broad ; lateral leaflets base more or less oblique; common petioles 10-15 mm. long. 
Racemes axillary, very lax, 2—5-flowered ; pedicels densely pubescent, 2-3 mm. long. Calyx 
7 mm. long; segments acuminate, longer than the tube. Standard 8-11 mm. long. Pod 
oblong, pilose, about 2 em. long. : 
TRANSVAAL. Magaliesberg, A. Schlechter No. 4162 : Witpoortje. near Johannesburg, 
Conrath No. 262: Mooi River, Burke; Rustenburg. Olive Nation No. 147. | 
BECHUANALAND.—-Kuruman Hills, Burchell No. 2172. 
Kasily recognized by the terete, scandent, cinnamon-coloured, hirsute or tomentose 
stem. and very lax 2-5-flowered racemes. 
Zeyher No. 515 is this species. | 
Series 8... Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets oblong or oblong-lunceolate, or ovate. Pedwneles 
slender, longer than the leaves, 1-6-flowered at the summit. Pod stipatate. 
42. R. glandulosa, D.C., “ Prod..” Il, 388; Harvey, Le. 256. 
Glycine glandulosa, Thunberg, “ Cap..” 591: Glycine heterophylla, Thunberg, ‘ Cap.,” 
392; Copisma glandulosum. E. Mevy., “ Comm..” 183; Rhynchosia glandulosa, riparia, 
giabra, Ecklon and Zeyher; Glycine glabra, Spreng ; New Entdack, iii, 54. ees: 
Rhynchosia glabra, D.C., “ Prod.,” N. 387; Copisma glabrim, E. Mey., “ Comm.,” 134. — 
_. Prostrate. or . voluble, glabrous. or downy. Stipules ovate or sublanceolate. Leaves. 
‘rifoliolate, peiiolate; leaflets oblong or-oblong-lanceolate, or ovate; terminal leaflets 
10-30 mm. long, 3-16 mm. broad. resinous-doited and paler beneath. Peduneles slender, 
