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§ 3. TELINA. 
18. L. BRACTEATA, Bentham in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. II. 600. 
Harvey, I.e. 53. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal. Mooi Eiver, Burke and 
Zeyher, Herb. Keiu, 385 ! 
19. L. AZUREA, Bentham, I.e. 600 ; Harvey, I.e. 53. Telina lietero- 
phylla, E. Meyer, I.e. 69, exel. syn. Crotalaria azurea, Ecklon and 
Zeyher, I.e. 174. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Humansdorp Div. : Between the 
Kabeljouw and the Gamtoos Eiver, Drege ! Uitenhage Div. : Near 
Uitenhage, Zeyher, 922! Vanstadens Eiver, 75 m., Schlechter, 6072! 
Boioie I Port Elizabeth Div. : Krakakamma and Port Elizabeth, Ecklon 
and Zeyher, 1262 ! Near Port Elizabeth, Pa^jpc I Burchell, 4528 ! In 
sandy plaees near Algoa Bay, MacOioan, 1127 ! Mrs. T. V. Paterson, 
Herb. Zurich, 179 ! 
Var. LANCEOLATA, Harvey, I.e. Ononis villosa, Thunb. Prod. 129. 
Coast Eegion. Oudtshoorn Div. : On hills at the Moerass Eiver, 
between Oudtshoorn and Eobinson's Pass, 480 m., Bolus, 11767 ! 
20. L. MINOR, Diimmer et Jennings. L. azureae, Bentham, similis 
nisi partibus omnibus minor. 
Herba perennis, parvula, prostrata aut decumbens, magisminusve 
pareissime breviter adpresse strigillosa, eaulibus brevissimis eonferte 
folia,tis. Folia trifoliolata, unistipulata ; petioli ad 4 mm. longi, inerassati, 
supra sulcati ; foliola anguste oblaneeolata aut cuneata, aeutata vel 
rotundata, aequilonga, 3-7 mm. longa, 1-2*5 mm. lata, basi paullulo 
barbata, vix nervata, coriacea, glaueeseentia ; stipula refiexa, oblaneeolata, 
foliolis similis, petiolo aequalis vel eo longior. Flores oppositifolii, singuli, 
pedunculati, violaeeo — purpurei (fide Galpin) ; pedunculus areuato-graeilis, 
ad 2 em. longus, braeteola uniea, subulata, 3 mm. vix exeendente. 
Calyx circiter 5 mm. longus, extra paree adpresse strigillosus, mox glaber, 
lobis aequilongis subulatis tubum aequantibus vel eo longioribus ciliatis. 
Vexillum unguieulatum , toto 10-12 mm. altum, lamina suborbieulari 
postice superne serieula, ungui glabro fere aequali ; alae unguieulatae, in 
toto 6 mm. longae, limbis eurvato-oblongis rotundatis glaberrimis, carina 
alis similis sed paullulo loDgior. Ovarium ad margines hirsutulum, stylo 
valde prorso arcuato glabro, stigmate oblique subcapitato. Legumen 
anguste oblongum, rectum, vix turgidum, 10 mm. longum, suturis 
strigillosis basi calyee persistent! instruetum. 
South Africa. Eastern Eegion. Mount Fletcher Div. : Doodman's 
Krans Mountain, 2700 m. Galpin, 6602, Herb. Keio ! 
L. azurea in miniature. 
