Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 
287 
Seeds brick-red. Legume flattened, 
exceeding the calyx (107) calycina. 
Seeds pale brown. Legume turgid, 
8 mm. long, usually included within 
the calyx (93) orthorrliiza. 
Twigs and calyces sericeous. Pod tur- 
gescent, included within the calyx, 
5-6 mm. long (106) amhigua. 
wCalyx much shorter than the carina. 
Calyx patently pubescent. Carina 1 cm. 
long (103) Rehmmmii. 
Calyx sericeous, 
f Carina 5-6 mm. long. 
*Twigs white-tomentellous. Limb 
of the vexillum slightly sericeous 
above on the dorsal side. 
Calyx 2-3 mm. long (98) arida. 
**Twigs sericeous. Limb of the 
vexillum entirely sparingly seri- 
ceous posticously. Calyx 4-5 mm. 
long. 
Carina reflexed (99) pusilla. 
Carina not reflexed (108) Dreg^ana. 
ft Carina 7-10 mm. long. 
Plant silvery. Flowers small, pale 
cream. Limb of the vexillum with 
a median longitudinal posticous 
line of hairs (105) microphylla. 
Plant seemingly glabrescent. 
Flowers large, ochreous. Limb of 
the vexillum entirely pubescent 
dor sally (102) hmuifusa. 
Carina densely sericeous all over. 
Flowers solitary, few. Branches subsimple, 
prostrate or decumbent. Leaflet-margin 
thickened (96) carinata. 
Flowers invariably in fascicles of 2's to 6's. 
Divaricately-branched, diffuse. Leaflet- 
margin unthickened (97) florifera. 
§ 1. AULACINTHUS. 
1. L. GRACILIS, Bentham in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. II. 597 ; Harvey in 
Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. II. 50. Aulacinthus gracilis, E. Meyer, I.e. 156. 
Bucheiiroedera Meyeri, Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 49. 
South Africa. Western Eegion. Little Namaqualand : Eoode Berg, 
750-1050 m., Drege a I Ezelsfontein and Eoode Berg, 1050-1200 m., 
Drege h ! Little Namaqualand, Scully, 167 ! Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. 
1125! Coast Eegion. Clanwilliam Div. : On the Koudeberg, Cederbergen 
near Wupperthal, 720 m., Bolus, 8971 ! 
