Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiosporj 
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Var. MULTiFLOEA, mihi, var. nova, a typo nisi floribus subumbellatim 
2-5-dispositis vix differt. 
South Africa. Kalahari Begion. Transvaal : Plains near Barberton, 
870 m., Galpin, 1078a ! and 1078b ! Hills near Standerton, Schlechter, 
Herb. Zurich, 3458 ! Irene, near Pretoria, Conrath, 135 ! Orange Eiver 
Colony, Cooper, 2184 ! Eastern Eegion. Natal : Among grass, near 
Colenso, Wood ! Umtata, 1020 m., Schlechter, Herb. Zurich, 6325 ! 
71. L. WooDii, Bolus, in Journ. Bot. (1896), 18. L. montana and 
L. Schlechteri, Schinz, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. (1899), pp. 30, 32. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Alexander Div. : Zuurebergen, 1440 m., 
Schlechter, Herb. Zurich, 6589 ! Albany Div. : In grassy and stony 
places near Grahamstown, 600 m., MacOwan, 911 ! Queenstown Div. : 
Hanglip Mountain, 1500 m., Galpin, 1781 ! Kalahari Eegion. Harri- 
smith, 1500 m., Wood, 4788 ! Eastern Eegion. Natal : Amahwagua, 
1800-2100 m., Wood, 4603 Gerrard, 1731 ! Fakus Territory, Sutherland ! 
Central Eegion. Transvaal : Standerton, Beh}nann, Herb. Zurich, 6794 ! 
This plant exhibits the closest affinity to the preceding species, and 
may hereafter prove to be a geographical form of the Ecklon and Zeyher 
plant. It differs materially in the longer, broader, and more acute leaflets. 
Schinz's L. Schlechteri (Schlechter No. 6589) can only be regarded as a 
very southern form of this species. 
72. L. HUMiLiOE, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. macronepalae, Conrath, per- 
similis habitu humiliore, foliolis stipulis floribusque minoribus differt. 
Herba perennis, undique nisi corolla argyreo-tomentosa, e basi lignes- 
cente ramosa, caulibus ascendentibus saepissime simplicibus sinuatis per- 
paucis ad 5 cm. longis. Folia trifoliolata aut interdum unifoliolata ; 
petioli teretiusculi, 3-6 mm. longi ; foliola inaequalia, obovata, oblanceolata 
vel elliptica, apice rotundata aut utrinque attenuata, raro mucronulata, 
5-15 mm. longa, 3-5 mm. lata, lateralia breviora, subtus costa valde pro- 
minula, nervis lateralibus fere obsoletis, supra costa impressiuscula, 
coriacea ; stipula lanceolata, acuta, 2-5 mm. longa. Flores solitarii, folio 
oppositi, ochracei ; pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx profunde fissus, 8-9 mm. 
longus, extra valde sericeus, laciniis inter se subaequalibus acuminatis. 
Vexillum cum ungui 9 mm. altum, lamina late obovata aut late triangularis^ 
utrinque glaberrima nisi postice medio longitudinaliter linea pilorum 
obtecta ; alae graciliter unguiculatae, 6 mm. longae, 3 mm. latae, utrinque 
rotundatae, glaberrimae ; carina alis paulo excedens, limbo oblique navi- 
culari, basi fere truncato glabro. Stylus glaber, arcuatus, stigmate oblique 
subcapitato. Legumen rectum, compressiusculum, frontem versus paulo 
angustatum, 15 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, valde sericeum, 12-spermum. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : At the town, Lydenburg, 
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