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69. L. MACULATA, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. crumaninae, Burchell, affinis 
sed habitu minus diffusa, foliolis acutatioribus, floribus semper solitariis 
paullulo majoribus dignoscitur. 
Suffruticosus parvulus, adpresse prostratus, argenteo-fulvido-sericeus, 
ramis lateralibus arcuatis ad 7 cm. longis foliatis. Folia trifoliolata ; 
petioli ad 2 cm. longi, teretes ; foliola anguste elliptica vel oblanceolata, 
acuta, 7 mm. longa, 2*5 mm. lata, inter se fere aequilonga, dorso costata, 
subcoriacea ; stipulae unicae aut binae ? minutae, mox deciduae. Flores 
solitarii, axillares aut oppositifolii, subsessiles ; bractea subulata, calycis 
tubum aequans. Calyx fere quinquefidus, 7 mm. longus, extra dense 
hirsuto-sericeus, fissis subulatis. Vexillum breviter unguiculatum, 5 mm. 
altum, lamina late triangulari, postice medio pilifera ; alae unguiculatae, 
5-6 mm. longae, glabrae, limbis anguste oblongis apicem versus attenuatis ; 
carina calyce brevior, glabra, acutata, basi auriculata ; ungues 1-5-2 mm. 
longi. Stylus gracilis, glaber, ovario duplo longior. Legtmien oblique 
ovato-orbiculare, compressum, calycem baud excedens, sericulum, 6-8- 
spermum, seminibus ocbraceo-maculatis, funiculis filiformibus albidis. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Griqualand: Griqim Town, Burchell, 
Herb. Kew, 1957 ! 
A species exhibiting affinities to L. crumanina, Burchell, but differen- 
tiated by the smaller, less diffuse habit, more acute leaflets, and invariably 
solitary, slightly larger flowers. Superficially it resembles the only specimen 
of L. mollis, Benth., which the writer has seen, but the acute carina, 
which never exceeds the calyx in length, and the included legume, serves 
to distinguish it immediately from that species. 
70. L. LAXA, Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. PI. 177. ; Harvey, I.e. 63. 
L. diver sifoiia, Bentham, I.e. 611. Grotalaria diversifolia, and var. 
unifoliata, E. Meyer, I.e. ii. 27. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Albany Div. : Stony and grassy places, 
Grahamstown, 600 m. MacOivan, 911 ! Queenstown Div. : Near Shiloh, 
1000 m., Drege c ! Queenstown, CooiJer, 1787 ! On the Klipplaat Eiver, 
1050 m., Drege b ! Hanglip Mountain, 1500 m., Galpin, 1781 ! British 
Kaffraria : Coojjer, 166 ! 327 ! Mrs. Boioker I Central Eegion. Graaff 
Eeinet Div. : On the Sneeuwbergen, near Graaff Eeinet, 1350 m. Bolus, 
609 ! Colesberg Div. : Colesberg, Shaio I Albert Div. : Cooper, 1397 ! 
Kalahari Eegion. Orange Eiver Colony : Thaba Unchu and Caledon 
Eiver, Burke ! Zeyher, 393 ! 401 ! 402 ! Cooper, 2184 ! Transvaal Div. : 
Pretoria hills. Miss B. Leendertz, 259! Between Standerton and Pretoria, 
Wilms, 270 ! Eastern Eegion. Transkei Div. : Bashee Eiver, Drege a ! 
Natal Div. : Banks of the Tugela Eiver, near Hoffenthal, Wood, 3540 ! 
Grassy hills, near Colenso, 900 m., Wood ! Schlechter, Herb. Zurich, 
6880! 
