longer than the leaves, 1-6-flowered. at the summit. Calyx tube shorter than the lanceo- 
late segments. Standard glabrous. Pod stipulate, glabrous or doway, 16-18 mm. long, 
tapering at base into a stipe 2-4 mm. long. 
CapE.—Common on stony hills from Capetown to Uitenhage and Albany. 
Series 29.—Leaflets linear, below resinous-punctate. Pedicels axillary one-flowered. 
43. R. rigidula, D.C., “Prod..” TE, 388. 
Stem erect, retrorsely cano-pubescent. Leaflets linear, mucronate, pubescent, below 
resinous-punciate. Pedicels axillary, one-flowered, at the middle inflexed, then deflexed. 
the length of the petiole. Pod subvillose, one-seeded, oblong. 
CAPE.—Burchell No. 2587. 
This is only known to me from De Candolle’s description, of which the above is a trans- 
lation. I think there is some error in the number. as this number belongs to a plant of 
another family. 
E.—STEMS RIGID OR SUBRIGID, USUALLY ERECT. 
Series 30.—Leaves trifoliolate, subsessile or shortly petiolate, terminal leaflets elliptic- 
oblong or lanceolate-oblong. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, closely few-flowered in var. 
densiflora. mostly terminal and more densely flowered. 
44. R. Orthodanum, Benth., er Harvey, |.c. 257: Wood, “ Natal Plants,” t. 220. 
Orthodanum latifolium, sordidum, and argenteum, KH. Mey., “ Comm.,” 131-2; 
Eriosema sericeum, Ecklon and Zeyher, “ Enum.,” 256. 
Erect suffruiicose, silky-villous or glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate. Leaves tmfoliolate, 
subsessile, or shortly petiolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, or oblanceolate, 
20-60 mm. long, 5-20 mm. broad. Peduncles shorter than the leaves, closely few-flowered. 
Calyx 8-10 mm. long: lobes lanceolate-acuminate, much longer than the tube, either 
shorter or longer than the standard. Standard glabrous, suborbicular-obovate ; ` keel 
boat-shaped. Pod 12-16 mm. long, silky. sometimes glabrescent. 
Cape._—Winterberg, apove Philipstown, Kai River. Heklon and Zeyher; Kentani, 
Miss Pegler. | 
NATAL.—Port Natal. Drége, Krauss No. 374; in open ground all over the Colony, 
fide Wood. dt 
British KAFFRARITA.—T. Cooper No. 294. 
TRANSVAAL.—Near Crocodile River. R. Schlechter No. 3921; Johannesburg, Dr. Rand 
No. 951. 
Var. Muhlenbeckii, Harvey, |.c. 257. 
Orthodanum Muhlenbeckii and O. glabratum, Meisner in Hook, “ Lond. Journ.,” I1, 91-2. 
Siems dwarf. Leaves ard flowers smaller, terminal; leaflets generally 10-15 mm. 
long, 3-7 mm. broad. 
 (apg.—Near Kromme River, Uitenhage; Albany Division: Uitenhage. Bowie; 
(Queenstown. E. Galpin No. 1958. 
Var, nov. densiftora. 
Pedunculi saspissine terminale copiose floriferi. 
NaTaL.—District Alexandra, H. Ridatis No. 1349. 
This species is variable in size and shape of Jeaflets. It occurs as far north as Gaza- 
land. where it was collected near-Chipete by C. F. MW. Swynnerton. ok 
Series 31.-Terminal leaflets broad: cinereous-tomentose, Racemes few-flowered. Flowers 
16-17 mm. long. 
