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§ 5. LIPOZYGIS. 
46. L. PENTAPHYLLA, Bentham, in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. II. 605. 
Harvey, I.e. 59. Lipozygis pentaphylla, E. Meyer, I.e. 79. 
South Africa. Western Eegion. Little Namaqualand. Little 
Karakuls, Drege ! Scully, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr. 1126 ! Scully, Herb. 
Brit. Mils. 135 ! On hills, Eenkokerboom, 280 m., Schlechter, 11067 ! 
Without locality. Masson and Niven, Herb. Brit. Mus. 30 ! 
47. L. ROSEA, Diimmer, sp. nov., a L. pentaphylla, Benth., eaulibus 
longioribus fere glabrescentibus laxe foliatis, foliolis longioribus anguste 
euneatis, inflorescentiis paulo majoribus, floribus majoribus pallide roseis 
recedit. 
Planta annua ? ; radix fusiformis, eaulibus deeumbentibus graeilibus 
paene simplieibus eireiter 20 em. longis teretiuseulis laevibus hirtellis 
aut mox glabreseentibus pallide oehraceis. Folia rosulata vel ad caules 
laterales paree disposita, quinquefoliolata, rarissime trifoliolata ; petioli 
filiformes, 10-40 mm, longi, paree hirtelli; foliola anguste cuneata 
oblanceolatave, apiee rotundata aut paene truncata, inaequalia, terminalia 
8-20 mm. longa, lateralia 5-18 mm. longa, utrinque sparse adpresse 
pilosula, subtus costa prominula ; stipula foliacea, lanceolata, ad 10 mm. 
alta. Capitula oppositifolia, sessilia, foliis breviora, fere globosa, densa, 
eireiter 20 mm. diametro ; flores brevissime pedieellati, pallide rosei, 
braeteola lineari - lanceolata, subulata, ealyeem fere aequante. Calyx 
profunde fissus, 12 mm. longus, extra valde hirtellus, laeiniis superioribus 
subulatis 8 mm. longis, inferiore paullulo breviore. Corolla paree sericea. 
Vexillum ad 10 mm. altum, limbo anguste ovato aut cordato rotundato 
basin versus in unguem brevem attenuato ; alae anguste oblongae, in toto 
10-12 mm. longae, obtusae, basi auriculatae ; ungues 2-3 mm. longi ; 
carina paulo curvata, 7 mm. longa, medio 1-1-5 mm. lata, obtusiuscula, 
basi auriculata aut subsagittata, unguibus graeilibus limbo brevioribus. 
Ovarium dimidio ellipticum, 4-5 mm. longum, valde utrinque hirsutulum ; 
stylus filiformis, ovario duplo longior, inferne rectus, paree hirsutulus, 
superne mox eurvatus, glaber, stigmate subcapitato. Legumen baud 
visum. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Clanwilliam Div. ; Clanwilliam, 
Mader, 207! 
48. L. POLYCEPHALA, Bentham, I.e. 605; Harvey, I.e. 59. Lipozygis 
polycephala, E. Meyer, I.e. Polylobium polycephalum, D. Dietr., Syn. PI. 
IV. 962. 
South Africa. Western Region. Little Namaqualand, between 
Pedros Kloof and Lily Fontein, 900-1200 m., Drege, Herb. Keio ! 
