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gathered in the Eastern Provinces by Captain Carmichael about 1814, as all 
specimens obviously agreeing with his description, and observed by the 
writer, come from the Western Eegion of Cape Colony in Little 
^^amaqualand. 
17. L. BENTHAMiANA, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. digitatae, Harvey, affinis, 
sed foliolis brevius petiolatis brevioribus obtusis, carina late naviculari 
vexillum aequilonge, leguminibus recedit. 
Friiticiilus xerophyticus, ad 30 cm. altus, interdum fere aphyllus, 
ramis lateralibus patentibus saepe distiche dispositis ad 7-5 cm. longis vel 
rarissime fere abortivis laevibus inconspicue adpresse pubescentibus 
demum glabris pallide stramineis parce foliatis. Folia quinquefoliata, 
rarissime trifoliolata ; petioli 2-4 mm. longi, ubique inconspicue adpresse 
pubescentes ; foliola anguste oblanceolato-cuneata, rotundata aut recurvo- 
apiculata, superiora 3-6 mm. longa, infima ceteris paulo breviora, subtus 
parcissime adpresse pubescentia, deinde utrinque glabra, coriacea, 
viridescentia ; stipulae singulae, falcato-lanceolatae, acutae, 1-2 mm. 
longae. Baceini oppositifolii aut axillares, circiter 10 mm. longi, 
3-4-flori, rarius uniflori, floribus breviter pedicellatis pallide stramineis, 
bracteola subulata minutissima suffultis. Calyx ad 6 mm. longus, extra 
sericulus, mox glaber, dentibus superioribus anguste triangularibus 
longitudinis fere attingentibus 1 mm. longis, lobo antico deflexo subulato 
3 mm. longo. Corolla glaberrima ; vexillum in toto 10 mm. altum, lamina 
late elliptica 3*5 mm. lata utrinque paullulo angustata tunc e basi subito 
truncata, aliquando in unquem brevem attenuata ; alae conduplicatae, fere 
rectae; limbi oblongi, 8 mm. longi, obtusi, e basi truncati, vix sagittati, 
ungui 2 mm. longo; carina in toto 10-11 mm. longa, limbo late naviculare 
fere 5 mm, lato obtuso basi valde saggitato aut obtuse auriculato. Stylus 
valde prorso curvatus, ovario dimidio brevior. Legumen breviter 
stipitatum, dolabriforme, 10-11 mm. longum, compressum, sericulum, 3-4- 
spermum. L. quinata, Harvey, op. cit. 63 nec Bentham. Ononis qiiinata, 
Thunb. Prod. 130 ? 
South Africa. Western Eegion. Little Namaqualand : Near Ookiep, 
Morris ex Herb. Bolus, 5622 ! Scully^ Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 1127 ! 
Scidly, 150 ! Steinkopf, M. Schlechter ! 
Harvey erroneously associated this plant with L. quinata of Bentham, 
who founded his description upon E. Meyer's Lipozygis quinata, a wholly 
distinct plant, which is easily distinguished by its less robust habit (an 
annual occasionally), shorter and more strigillose leaflets, narrower 
flowers and legumes. I have been unable to ascertain whether Ononis 
quinata, Thunberg, is a synonym of this proposed species. 
