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stipitatis brevibus interjectis, 4-8 mm. longo. Flores laxe racemosi, 
racemis terminalibus strictis ad 28 floris, 7-15 cm. longis ; pedicellis 
1-4 natis pateniibus vel decurvis gracilibus 7-10 mm. longis, bracteis 
deciduis subulatis minutis vel rarius ad 3 mm. longis. Calyx tubo 
obliquo 10 nervio 2 mm. longo, bilabiatus, labio superiore 4 partito, seg- 
mentes oblique oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, ciliatis, 3-4 mm. longis, inferiore 
majore integro naviculari 5-7 mm. longo. Petala obovata vel spathulata, 
flava, ad 1 cm. longa. Stamina 10 libera, filamentibus basim pilosis, 
5-8 mm. longa, alternis longioribus. Ovarium superiore 2-3 ovulatum, 
glandulis stipitatis brevibus indusiatum ; stylus filiformis ; stigma simplex. 
Legumen oblique oblongum vel lineari-oblongum, 1-2 spermum, 3 cm. 
longum et 1 cm. latum. Spermum (? immaturum) 5 mm. longum et 
3 mm. latum. 
A shrub, 1-1-5 metres tall ; the young twigs, petioles, and inflorescence 
more or less pilose with curled or plumose hairs, the branches glabrous 
and reddish-brown. The leaves are found singly or two or three together 
at the apices of short shoots, which are covered by the persistent stipules 
of former leaves. They are paripinnate and up to 1 cm. in length, with 
petiole about 2 mm. long, and with small reddish ovate-subulate stipules 
and minute fimbriate stipels. The leaflets are 3-jugate, shortly petiolulate, 
obcordate, pulverulent, grey-green in colour, and about 6 mm. long and 
broad ; the common petiole is more or less pilose with curled hairs, among 
which occur short stalked glands. The flowers are arranged, up to 28 in 
number, in a lax straight raceme 7-15 cm. long, on slender spreading or 
recurved pedicels 7-10 mm. long ; the whole inflorescence is more or less 
pilose and glandular. The deciduous bracts are minute and subulate, 
or rarely reach a length of 3 mm. The calyx is bilabiate, the upper lip 
being 4-partite, with oblong-lanceolate acute ciliate segments 3-4 mm. 
long, and the lower lip consisting of a single boat-shaped sepal 5-7 mm. 
long ; the calyx-tube is oblique, 10-nerved, and 2 mm. long. The petals 
are obovate or spathulate, yellow, and 1 cm. long. The filaments of the 
stamens are pilose at the base and 5-8 mm. long, the alternate longer. 
The ovary is superior, 2-3 ovuled, and covered with short stalked glands ; 
the style is filiform, and the stigma simple. The pod is obliquely oblong 
or linear-oblong, one or two seeded, 3 cm. long and 1 cm. broad. The 
largest seed seen (probably immature) was 5 mm. long and 3 mm. broad. 
This species differs from H. campecheanum by its shrubby habit, by its 
more or less pilose and glandular young parts and inflorescence, by its 
smaller leaves, by its longer fewer-flowered and terminal inflorescence, by 
its bilabiate calyx, and by its longer petals and stamens. 
Great Namaqualand. Among rocks near Holoog, Pearson, 4134. 
