Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 
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crassioribus, floribus paulo minoribus, vexillo auguste oblongo glaberrimo, 
ovario baud birsuto recedit. 
Herha perennis, humifusa, caulibus divaricato-ramosis ad 10 cm. longis 
conferte foliatis primo adpresse inconspicue breviter strigillosis mox 
glabrescentibus atrobrunneis. Folia trifoliolata ; petiolus 2 mm. longus, 
mox glabrescens ; foliola saepissime conduplicata, auguste cuneata, 
rotundata, perbreviter reflexo-cuspidata vel acutata, inter se subaequalia, 
2*5-4 mm. longa, 1-2 mm. lata, supra medio canaliculata, glaberrima, 
subtus costata, adpresse breviter strigillosa, sed mox ubique glabra, 
crassiuscula ; stipula minuta, subulata. Flores axillares, solitarii aut rarius 
gemini, oppositi, brevissime pedicellati, probabiliter orangeani. Calyx 
3-3'5 mm. longus, extra parcissime breviter strigillosus, venosus ; dentes 
superiores 4, subulati, tubo triente longiores, inferiore 2 mm. longo. 
Corolla glaberrima ; vexillum unguiculatum, auguste oblongum, utrinque 
rotundatum prope medio paulo contractum, in toto 5 mm. longum ; unguis 
latus, 1-5 mm. longus ; alae fere rectae, oblongae, obtusae, basi paullulo 
sagittatae, in toto 5 mm. longae ; carina alis similis nisi paullulo latior 
longiorque. Ovarium lineare, mox glabrum, fuscum ; stylus ovarium 
aequans aut superans, paulo arcuatus. 
South Africa. Coast Region. Uitenhage Div. : Uitenhage, Pappe, 
Herb. Kew I 
Represented at Kew by a very small specimen, which has dried a dark 
brown. 
96. L. CAEiNATA, Bentham, in Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. II. (1843), 609 ; 
Harvey, I.e. 64. Lipozygis carinata, E. Meyer, I.e. 80. Polylohium 
carinattcm, Bth., in Ann. Wien Mus. II. (1838), 142. 
South Africa. Eastern Region. Natal : Between Umzimkulu River 
and Umkomanzi River, below 150 m., Drege ! 
97. L. FLOEiFERA, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. carinatae, Benth., affinis sed 
floribus paulo majoribus numerosioribus saepe umbellatim 2-5-dispositis 
recedit. 
Planta perennis, multiramosa, diffusa, ramis junioribus gracilibus 
teretibus circiter 10 cm. longis flavidis levibus adpresse pubescentibus 
senioribus lignescentibus fuscis. Folia trifoliolata, internodos aequantia, vel 
iis saepe multo breviora ; petioli 1-3 mm. longi ; stipulae gemmatae, falcato- 
lineares, 1 mm. vix longae ; foliola cuneata aut lanceolata, acutata vel 
mucronata, subaequalia aut intermedia paulo longiora, 5-10 mm. longa, 
1-2 mm. lata, dorso molliter sericea, valde costata, supra glabra, herbacea 
aut leviter coriacea. Flores axillares, solitarii vel in umbellas sessiles 2-5- 
floras dispositi, brevissime pedicellati, flavidi (teste Wood), bracteola nulla 
vel minutissima. Calyx 5-6 mm. longus, molliter flavide sericeus, ad 
