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More robust in all its parts than L. lei:)toloha, Bolus, the leaflets often 
subacute, and when young, strigiilose, the flowers blue and longer 
pedicellate, the calyces and legumes hirtellous. 
86. L. PUMiLA, Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. PI. 178 ; Benth. I.e. 609, 
and var. micrantha, Harvey, I.e. 65. L. micrantha, Eckl. and Zeyh. 
I.e. Lipozygis erubescens v. microphylla and macrophylla, E. Mey. 
I.e. 76 and 77. Polylohium erubescens, D. Dietr. Syn. PI. iv. 962. Leptis 
eritbescens J^Bth., in Ann. Mus. Wien, ii. (1838), 142. Laptidium erubescens, 
Presl. loc. cit. 49. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Eiversdale Div. : Gauritz Eiver, Ecklon 
and Zeyher, 1283. Uitenhage Div. : Grass ridge, Ecklon and Zeyher, 
1280. Central Eegion. Willowmore Div. : Zwanepoels Poort, 600 m., 
Drege^bJ Somerset Div. : Near Little Eish and Great Eish Elvers, 600- 
900 m., Drege a I Somerset, ikfrs. Boiuker ! Graafl" Eeinet Div. : On hills 
near Graff Eeinet, 840 m., MacOwan, 599 ! 
87. L. KARA, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. pumilae, Eckl. et Zeyh., peraffinis 
sed foliolis anguste ellipticis longioribus pallide viridescentibus supra mox 
glabris difi'ert. 
Planta perennis ? parva, e basi verticillatim ramosa, caulibus prostratis 
paucis [][paene simplicibus nunc ad 6 cm. longis ubique adpresse 
strigillosis viridescentibus. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 4-20 mm. loDgi ; 
foliola perbreviter petiolulata, obovato-cuneata vel elliptica, rotundato- 
mucronata vel utrinque angustata, terminalia 5-20 mm. longa, 1*5-4 mm. 
lata, lateralia breviora, supra parcissime adpresse strigillosa, mox glabra, 
fere enervata, subtus valde adpresse strigillosa, coriacea, laete viridia; 
stipula solitaria, falcato-lanceolata, acuta, ad 3 mm. longa. Flores folio 
oppositi, solitarii, flavidi ; pedicelli fere 2 mm. longi ut calyce strigillosi. 
Calyx 2-2"5 mm. longus, ad medium fissus, lobis subulatis inter se 
aequalibus. Vexilli lamina ungui longior, oblonga vel ovata, obtusa aut 
acutata, basi fere cordata vel truncata, postice medio pilis deciduis 
longitudinaliter instructa ; alae fere rectae, in toto 5-6 mm. longae, limbis 
oblongis obtusis basi obtuse sagittatis ; ungues gracillimi, limbis triente 
longiores ; carina alls similis nisi latior aut apice rotundata. Ovarium 
ubique valde hirsutulum, stylo glabro ovario dimidio breviore fere 
genuflexo, stigmate oblique subcapitato. Legumen ignotum. 
South Africa. Central Eegion. Graaff Eeinet Div. : In a plain near 
Graaff Eeinet, 780 m.. Bolus, 710 ! 
88. L. TENUIS, Baker, in OHver's El. Trop. Afr. II. 5. 
Tropical Africa. Lower Guinea. Angola; Mossamedes, in sandy 
ground by the Eiver Beco, Wehuitsch, Herb. Brit. Mus. and Keiu ! 
