Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 299 
evanida, supra laevia, herbacea, pallide viridescentia ; stipulae singulae 
aut binae ? minutae, ovato-acutae vel subulatae, Bacemi axillares, paene 
secundi, 2-5-flori, pedunculo gracillimo paullulo arcuato 20-40 mm. longo 
glabro. Flores patentes, perbreviter pedicellati, undique glabri, bracteola 
lineari minutissima. Calyx 2-5-3 mm. longus, dentibiis subulatis tubo 
paene aequilongis. Vexillwn 5-6 mm. altum, membranaceum, limbo 
orbiculare ungui paulo longiore ; alae anguste oblongae, 6 mm. longae, 
basi subsagittatae ; carinae limbus late navicularis, obtusus, basi hastatus. 
Ovarium 3 mm. longum, suturis fronteque hirsutulum, stylo arcuato glabro 
fere longius, stigmate oblique subcapitato. Legimien anguste oblongum, 
subfalcatum, 7-8 mm. longum, 8-spermum, glabrescens. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Orange Eiver Colony : Without 
precise locality, Mrs. Barber ! 
Differs from L. MarlotJiii in its more luxuriant habit and 2-5-fiowered, 
almost secund racemes, and though bearing a striking resemblance to forms 
of Listia heterophylla, its legumes are essentially those of a Lotononis. 
31. L. MAGNiSTiPULATA, Diimmer, ab L. Marlothii, fere omnino patentim 
hirsutula, foliolis brevius petiolatis majoribus ciliatis floribusque recedit. 
Herba perennis, diffusa aut prostrata, distiche ramosa, ramulis gracilibus 
ad 7'5 cm. longis teretibus patentim hirsutis aut adpresse strigillosis. Folia 
bistipulata, trifoliolata ; petioli ad 5 mm. longi ; foliola obovata vel elliptica, 
breviter acuta sed saepe utrinque angustata, inter se aequalia, ad 10 mm. 
longa, 5 mm. lata, subcoriacea, subtus obscure costata, adpresse pilosula, 
supra costa impressa, demum glabra, ciliata ; stipulae foliolis simulantes, 
saepissime aequimagnae, acutae aut cuspidatae. Inflorescentia terminalis 
vel axillaris, 2-flora, rarissime uniflora ; flores umbellato-dispositi, flavidi, 
pedunculo ebracteato gracili ad 25 mm. longo adpresse strigilloso ; bracteola 
subulata, calyce brevior. Calyx 6 mm. longus, infra medium fissus, par- 
cissime adpresse pilosus aut demum glaber, laciniis anguste triangularibus 
subaequilongis. Vexillum 8 mm. altum, membranaceum, limbo orbiculare 
posteriore ad costam marginemque apicem versus adpresse hirsutulum, 
ungui parvulo glabro ; alae breviter unguiculatae, late oblongae, fronte 
rotundatae, basi superne subauriculatae, glabrae, limbis 5 mm. longis 
unguibus tertio longioribus ; carina alis simulans nisi latior. Ovarium 
rectum, valde adpresse hirsutum, 5 mm. longum, stylo curvato duplo 
brevicre, stigmate obhque subcapitato. 
South Africa. Eastern Eegion. Natal : Fakus Territory, Sutkerlancly 
Herb. Kew ! 
§ 4. POLYLOBIUM. 
32. L. UMBELLATA, Beutham, I.e. 602; Harvey, I.e. 55. Lipozygis 
umbcllata, E. Meyer, I.e. 76. Polylobium filiforme and P. trimcatum, 
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