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Natal. Eastern slopes of the Drakensberg, Tsitsa Footpath, 2355 m., 
Galpin, 6601! 
12. L. DiCHiLOiDEs, Sonder in Linnaea, XXIII. 1850, 28 ; Harvey, I.e. 
Wood, Natal Plants, VI. t. 509. 
South Africa. Eastern Eegion. Natal : Near Durban, Gueinzius, 25 
and 632. Inanda, Wood, 958 ! Gerrard, 1084 ! Mrs. K. Saunders ! 
Mount Moreland, 120 m., and grassy flats, Umhlali, 150 m. Hay garth ex 
Herb. Wood, 740 ! 
13. L. HiRSUTA, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. (1899), 33. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal: Houtbosch, BehmaJin, 
6265 ! Makapansberge, Streydpoort, Behmann, 5532 ! On the mountains 
about Houtbosch, 1350-1470 m. Bolus, 10947! Modderfontein, 126! 
126a ! 
Distinguished from the preceding by the dwarfer, more hirsute habit, 
shorter, more acuminate leaflets, and smaller rose-coloured flowers. 
14. L. TRANSVx\ALENsis, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. hirsutae, Schinz, 
affinis, sed laxe foliata, pilis brevibus arete adpressis baud patentibus 
instructa, foliolis longioribus angustioribus, floribus paucioribus recedit. 
Herha perennis e basi lignescente ramosa, undique foliorum pagina 
superiore excepta adpresse breviter strigillosa, caulibus a^cendentibus 
perpaucis fere simplicibus gracillimis teretibus ad 20 cm. altis laxe 
foliatis pallide brunneis aut citrinis, internodiis ad 3-5 cm. longis. 
FoUa trifoliolata ; petioli plerumque 5 mm. longi, supra canaliculata ; 
foliola recta vel interdum paullulo falcata, anguste oblanceolata, acutata, 
7-13 mm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, inter se aequalia aut interdum terminalia 
lateralibus paulo longiora, sabtus adpresse breviter strigillosa, medio 
costata, supra glaberrima costa immersa, subcoriacea, virescentia, margine 
incrassata ; stipulae binae, foliolis similes, sed duplo aut triente breviores 
et angustiores. Flores bini vel interdum usque ad 5 in axillis foliorum 
superiorum aut oppositifolii umbellatim congesti aut rarissime in racemos 
lateralos secundos brevissimos dispositi, pedicellis ad 1'5 mm. longis 
sufi'ulti. Calyx 5-6 mm. longus, subquinquefidus, extra stramineo- 
sericeus, laciniis subulatis. Vexillum ad 9 mm. altum ; lamina ovata, 
acutata, e basi rotundata, ungui lato duplo saltem longior, intra glabra, 
rubida, extra undique sericea ; alae breviter unguiculatae, in toto 6-7 mm. 
longae, laminis rectis anguste oblongis obtusis e basi auriculatis, ad 
marginem infimum breviter ciliatis ; carina alls similis nisi latior et extra 
undique sericea, frontem versus rubescens. Ovarium circiter 5 mm. 
longum, stylo leviter curvato superne glabro ovario aequialto. Legumen 
inmaturum ?, oblongum, rectum, compressiusculum, 7 mm. longum, 
2 '5 mm. latum, parce sericeum. 
