Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 
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23. L. viLLOSA, Steud. ex Bentham in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. II. 601 ; 
Harvey, I.e. 54 ; Telina villosa, E. Meyer, I.e.; Lipozytjis cillosa Bth. I.e. 
609. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Malmesbury Div. : Kiebeck's Castle 
below 300 m., Drege ! 
24. L. ACUMINATA, Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. PI. 176; Harvey, I.e. 
South Africa. Uitenhage Div. : On the fields by the Zwartkops Eiver, 
Zeyher, 868 ! Ecklon and Zeyher, 2309 ! Albany Div. : Albany, Boiuie ! 
Port Elizabeth Div. : Along the Bakens Eiver near Port Elizabeth, 
Burchell, 4361 ! 
25. L. AJRGENTEA, Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. PI. 176 ; Harvey, I.e. 54. 
Leptis argentea, Walp. Eepert. ii. 837. Lipozygis argentea, Meisn. ex 
Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii (1843), 80. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Eobertson Div. : Barren hills betv^een 
Kokmanskloof and the Gauritz Eiver, Ecklon and Zeyher, 1272. 
A small specimen collected by Burchell (Nr. 4463) near Uitenhage 
may probably belong here, but the material is insufficient to be absolutely 
conclusive. 
26. L. VARiA, Steud. Nom. Ed. II. ii. 73 ; Bentham, I.e. ; Harvey, I.e. 
L. stipularis, Schlechter in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900), 147. 
Telina varia, E. Meyer, I.e. Polylobium variwn, Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 135. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Paarl Div. : Drakenstein Mountains, 
600-900 m., Drege h ! French Hoek, 960 m., Schlechter, 9237 ! Cape 
Div. : Table Mountain, 300-600 m., Drege a ! Cape Tow^n, Alexander ! 
Stellenbosch Div. : On slopes, Schongezigt, near Stellenbosch, J. X. M. 
Herb. Bolus, 6495 ! Caledon Div. : Near Palmiet Eiver, Guthrie, 
Herb. MacOioan ! Grisbrook, Herb. Bolus, 4743 ! Swellendam Div. : On 
the plains near Sv^ellendam an(^ Uitenhage, Boioie ! Near Breede Eiver, 
Bowie ! 
Without locahty, Thoin, 724 ! 
Schlechter' s specimens are identical with those of Drege' s upon which 
the species w^as founded, hence his name cannot be maintained. 
27. L. soLiTUDiNis, Diimmer. L. prostratae valde affinis sed paene 
toto glabra, stipulis minutis, foliolis late subobcordatis aut fere rotundatis, 
calyce breviore, facile distinguenda. 
Herba perennis, habitu L. prostratae, Benth., similis sed paene ubique 
glabra et minus diffusa. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli ad 6 mm. aut saepissime 
breviores, complanati, supra pauUulo sulcati ; foliola late subobcordata aut 
fere rotundata, terminalia sessiha, 6 mm. longa vel breviora, lateraHa 
perbreviter petiolulata, terminahbus duplo minora, vix nervata, subcoriacea, 
