bclanische Bemerkungen. 559 
Psilolepus pedunculatus (Aspalathus pedunculata L'herit., sed bracteolae dicunlur mi- 
niniae, quae in spcciniinibus Dregeanis tri- quadrilincales), P. bracteatus (Aspalathus bracteata 
Thunb., A. pedunculata Sieb. il. cap. п. 46)^ P. lanatus (Aspalathus lanata E. Mevcr). 
VII. PARASPAi.ATHUS. Caljx cauipanulatus aut obconico - campanulatus decemnervius, la- 
ciniis tubo brevioribus aequilongis longioribusve. Corolla papilionacea : vexillum divaricatum 
obovatum obcordatum orbiculatumve, alis carina biloba recta aut curvata brevioribus. Stamina 
nionadelpha, tubo superne longitudinaliter fisso. Ovarium sessile, ellipticum, utrinque acutum, 
compressum, biovulatum. Stylus fiiiformis, rectus, persistans. Stigma terminale capilellatum. 
Legumen calyce brevius aut aequilongum, sessile, ellipticum, utrinque acutum, compressum, 
monospermum. Semen reniforme compressum. — Fruticuli capenses ut plurimum inermes, 
rarius glabri, plerumque pilosi aut scriceo-aut argenteo-pubescentes; folia ternata aut fasciculata, 
aut plana praeter costam mediam pinnatonervia aul teretia aut triquctra enervia et ecostala; 
flores terminales capilati involucrati vel nudi aut spicati aut axillares solitarii sessiles; petala 
unguiculata flava, rarius purpurea, alis discoque vexilli saepe jacobaeis; stylus erectus legumine 
saepe duplo longior; legumen calyce obtectum, in P. sericea in stylům angustatum. — Species 
plurimae, habitům diversum praeseferentes. DiiTert hoc genus ab Aspalatlio genuino prae- 
sertim ovario, stvlo et legumine, praeter habitům in Aspalathis genuinis numquam obvenientem. 
1. Flores capitati aut umbellato - capitati saepe foliis supremis congestis involucrati. 
Folia trifoliolata plana praeter costam mediam subtus prominulam pinnatonervia. Calvx sub- 
campanulatus. Petala coriacca. 
Paraspalathus stellaris (Aspalathus stellaris Eckl. Zeyh. n. 1360), P. psoraloides (Aspa- 
lathus cytisoides Eckl. Zeyh. n. 1367), P. cytisoides (Asp. cytisoides Lam., ramulis teretibus tomen- 
tosis, foliohs lanceolatis subobliquis acutis mucronatis pubendis, bracteolis setaceis calycis tubo 
brevioribus, calycis villosi laciniis lanceolatotriangularibus aculissimis tubo longionbus, petalis 
extus tomentosis), P. cinerea (Aspalathus cinerea Thunb., ramulis teretibus tomentosis, foliolis 
lanceolatis subobliquis acutis mucronatis cinereotomentosis, bracteolis setaceis calycis tubo 
longioribus, calycis villosissimi laciniis auguste lanceolatis acutissimis apice ustulatis tubum 
aequantibus, petalis extus tomentosis), P. spatulata (Aspalathus spatulata Eckl. et Zeyh. n. 
1364, Asp. securifolia Eckl. Zeyh. n. 1363), P. Pluckenetiana (Asp. Pluckenetiena Eckl. Zeyh. 
n. 1371), P. stenophylla (Asp. stenophylla Eckl, Zeyh. n. 1361). 
2. Flores aut capitati aut spicati aut axillares, numquam involucrati. Folia trifoliolata 
rarius quinquefoliolata, plana, praeter costam mediam subtus plus minus prominulam enervia, 
subinde evolutione gemmae axillaris fasciculata, subinde in ramulis novellis simplicia. Petala 
ut pluriumm extus sericeopilosa, corollina. 
Paraspalathus purpurascens (Aspalathus purpurascens E. Meyer, A. tridentata Eckl. 
Zevh. n. 1378), P. elongata (Asp. elongata Eckl. Zeyh. n. 1387), P, ascendens (Asp. ascen- 
dens E. IMever), P. procumbens (Asp. prociunbens E. Meyer com., Asp. stachyera Eckl. Zeyh. 
n. 1386), P. Scholliana, P. humifusa (Asp. procumbens Eckl. Zeyh. n. 1384), P. jacobaea 
(Asp. jacobaea E. Meyer), P. heterophylla (Asp. hetcrophylla Tlumb.), P. virgata (Asp. vir- 
gata Thunb.) P, pilosa (Asp. pilosa Lin.), P. argentea (Asp. argenlea Lin.), P. villosa (Asp. 
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