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siccantia fere nigrescentia ; stipulae binae? late subulatae, 1 mm. baud 
superantes. Flores folio oppositi, singuli, longe pedunculati, fiavidi ? ; 
bracteolis aperte obsoletis ; pedunculus ad 45 mm. altus aut brevior. 
Calyx ad 5 mm. longus, dentibus superioribus (4) late deltoideis 1-1-5 mm. 
longis, inferiore simili nisi paulo angustiore et longiore. Vexillum longe 
unguiculatum, in toto 12 mm. altum, lamina anguste (transverse) reni- 
formis, ungui rigidiore brevior ; alae unguiculatae, lamina ungui fere 
aequali, late oblonga, obtusa, e basi fere truncata ; carina alls similis, nisi 
paullulo longior latiorque. Ovarium 7 mm. longum, rectum, glabrum, 
stylo arcuato-geniculato brevius. Legumen ignotum. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal. At Klaste ? on the Vaal 
Eiver, Wilms, Herb. Mus. Brit. 400 ! 
L. solitudinis superficially resembles one-fiowered forms of L. prostrata, 
Benth. and L. varia, Steud., but the entire glabridity of the plant easily 
distinguishes it from either ; the stipules are also very minute, while the 
calyx is comparatively short ; its isolated inland distribution from a section, 
which is more or less geographically confined to the coastal regions, has 
suggested the specific name. Like L. macrocarpa, Eckl. and Zeyh., the 
plant dries a dark brown or black. 
28. L. MACROCAEPA, Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. PL 176, Bentbam, 
I.e. 602 ; Harvey, I.e. 55. 
South Africa. Western Region. Little Namaqualand : Modderfontein 
(Karies), 100 m. Schlechter, 7969 ! 
Coast Region. Clanwilliam Div. : Brak Eontein, Zeyher, 403 ! Piquet- 
berg Div. : Piquenier's Kloof, 255 m. Sclilechter, 4925. Malmesbury 
Div.: Vicinity of Hopefield, Bachmann, Herb. Scliinz, 1970! 
29. L. Marlothii, Engler, in Bot. Jahrbuch, X. (1888), 26. 
South Africa. Kalahari Region. Griqualand West : In sandy places 
near Kimberley, 1200 m. Marloth, Herb. Engler. Marloth, Exs. aust.- 
afr. 765 ! Christiana, Nelson, 197 ! Scott Elliot, 1243 ! 
30. L. Baeberae, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. Marlothii, Engler, valde affinis 
sed partibus omnibus majoribus, racemis 2-5-floris recedit. 
Herba perennis, multiramosa, diffusa, omnino parcissime adpresse 
strigillosa aut demum glabrescens, caulibus decumbentibus gracillimis ad 
12 cm. longis vel longioribus internodiis variantibus. Folia trifoliolata ; 
petioli patentes, 20-25 mm. rarissime ad 70 mm. longi, supra profunde 
sulcati ; foliola elliptica aut lineare-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, fere 
utrinque angustata, interdum apiculata, lateralia 5-20 mm. longa, 2-4 mm. 
lata, rarissime 40 mm. longa, terminalia paulo vel interdum duplo longiora, 
utrinque paene glabrescentia, subtus costa inferne prominente superne 
