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KEY TO SPECIES. 
Acaulescent plants with leaves and inflorescence arising from large and 
thickened root-stocks. 
Pinnules ovate, prominently oblique at the base................ lL. obliguad. 
Pinnules linear, not or scarcely oblique at the base............ 2. Burchellir. 
Shrubs or small trees with a distinct aerial stem. 
Branckes pubescent. 
Inflorescence about 1 cm. in diameter; calyx lobes acute, as long 
telike. pinnules glabrous... 0.5... soteer d Woodu var. pubescens 
Inflorescence about 7 mm. in diameter; calyx lobes obtuse, half 
as long.as the tube; pinnules pubescent.................. 3. pubescens. 
Branches glabrous. 
Midrib more or less in the middle of the pinnule ; pinnules equal at 
(LEIS § [DEVE alec aly nee MO AD EE LE 4. Burkew. 
Midrib approaching one margin of the pinnule; pinnules oblique 
or manifestly unequal at the base. 
Pinnules with a distinct lateral vein from the base and 
marailelsvsiuh’ the marom.. Se Gets EE ete 5. Ranger. 
Pinnules with a midrib oniv. 
Leaves 5—10-jugate ; branches fluted.............. 6. Woodii. 
Leaves about 20-jugate; branches not duted...... 7. suffruticosa. 
1. E. obliqua, Burtt-Davy, in “ Kew Bulletin ” (1920). 
An acaulescent plant. Stem pubescent. Leaves bipmnate, 9-20 cm. long, 4-6 jugate ; 
petiole and rachis pubescent ; pinnae 3-8 cm. long; pinnules 0:6-1-5 cm. long, 2-6 mm. 
broad, ovate, very distinctly mucronate at the apex, very unequal at the base, glabrous, 
with the midrib prominent beneath, approaching one margin of the pinnule and excurrent 
into the mucro; lateral veins faint. Jnflorescence axillary, 4-6 mm. long, cylindric. 
Flowers pedicelled. Pedicels about 1 mm. long, glabrous, articulated at the middle. 
Calyz-tube 0-75-1-5 mm. long, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 0:5 mm. long or less, ovate, 
obtuse, or subacute (sometimes one lobe minutely apiculate). Petals sometimes slightly 
connate at the base, 3-5-4 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, oblong-lnear, cucullate, and with an 
inflexed mucro at the apex, glabrous. Filaments connate at the base, 6 mm. long, linear. 
glabrous ; anthers 1 mm. long, elliptic, with a caducoas stalked gland at the apex. Ovary 
sessile, 5 mm. long, linear in outline, glabrous : style 7 mm. long, cylindric ; stigma simple. 
opening by an apical pore. Fruit not seen. 
TRANSVAAL.— Wakkerstroom District : Volksrust, Jenkins in Herb. Transvaal Mus. 
9296. 
Var. glabra, Phillips (Pl. V, fig. 1; Pl. VD. 
Differs from the type in being perfectly glabrous and in the veining of the pinnules 
being very distinct. 
TRANSVAAL.—Middelburg District: Middelburg, Jenkins in Herb. Transvaal Mus. 
9128; Botsabelo, Eiselen in National Herb. 1229. 
2. E. Burchellii, Bth.,in Hook. “Journ. Bot.,” IV (1842) 344 (Pl. V, fig. 2; PLYD. 
An acaulescent plant. Stem glabrous. Leaves bipinnate, 5-5—22 em. long, 5—13-jugate ; 
petiole and rachis glabrous ; pinnae 2-5-11 cm. long; pinnules 0-3-1 -4 cm. long, 0:25-2 mm. 
broad, subulate, linear to linear-oblong, acute, slightly narrowed and equal at the base. 
glabrous, with the midrib distinct and approaching one margin of the leaf. Inflorescence 
arising from the woody portion of stem, also axillary, 4-11 mm. long, cylindric. Flowers 
pedicelled. Pedicels 0-5-1-5 mm. long, usually articulated at the base, sometimes at the 
middle. (alyz-tube 0-75-1-25 mm. long, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 0:5-1 mm. long, 
ovate, acute or obtuse. Petals free or slightly connate at the base, 3-4 mm. long, 1 mm. 
broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute or subacute, sometimes cucullate at the apex, 
glabrous. Filaments connate at the base, 5:5-6-5 mm. long, linear, glabrous; anthers 
0°75-1 mm. long, suborbicular or elliptic, with a caducous stalked gland at the apex. 
Ovary sessile, 3 mm. long, linear in outline, glabrous; style 4-5 mm. long, cylindric ; 
stigma simple, opening by a terminal pore. Fruit 8-20-5 cm. long, 2:6-3-8 em. broad; 
valves flat or convex.—Harv. in “ Fl. Cap.,” IT, 277. 
