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medium fissus, lobis superioribus subulatis, lobo inferiore paulo breviore. 
Vexillimi cum ungui 9 mm. longum, limbo subreflexo ovato obtusiusculo, 
basi rotundato aut subtruncato extra valde sericeo-hirsutulo; unguis 2-2*5 
mm. longus, glaber ; alae 8 mm. longae, limbis auguste oblongis rotundatis 
basi obtuse sagittatis extra inferne prope marginem sericulis, unguiJbus 
gracillimis glabris ; carinae limbus 5-6 mm. longus, 2*5 mm. latus, fronte 
paene rotundatus, basi leviter obtuse auriculatus, extra valde sericeo- 
hirsutulus ; ungues angustissimi, glabri, 3-4 mm. longi. Stylus arcuatus, 
glaber, ovario subaequilongus. Lcgumen suboblongum, rectum, compressi- 
usculum, 10 mm. longum, 3 mm. latum, sericulum, 6-spermum, spermis 
orangeani. 
South Africa. Eastern Eegion. Zululand : N'Tondweni, Wood, Herb. 
Keiv, 9284 ! 
98. L. ARiDA, Dlimnier, sp. nov. L. mucronatae, Conrath, affinis partibus 
junioribus albo-tomentellis, floribus paulo brevioribus orangeanis, carina 
curvatiore distinguitur. 
Planta perennis, ditfuse-prostrata, multiramosa, ubique foliata, ramis 
gracilibus ad 15 cm. longis, junioribus albo-tomentellis. Folia trif oliolata ; 
petioli 3-5 mm. longi, sulcati, primo albo-tomentelli ; foliola perbreviter 
petiolulata, anguste cuneata, acutata, terminalia 3-4 mm. longa, lateralia 
paulo breviora, juventute albo-tomentella, mox glaberrima, subcoriacea, 
viridescentia ; stipula unica, interdum falcata, lineare, acuta, 1 mm. longa. 
Flores axillares, singuli vel raro gemmati, perbreviter pedicellati, orangeani. 
Calyx 2-5-3 mm. longus, extra albo-sericeus, segmentis superioribus 
anguste deltoideis circiter 1 mm. longis, inferiore superioribus acuminatiore 
duplo longiore. Vexillum in toto 5-6 mm. altum, limbo ovato apice late 
triangulare basi subhastato ungui fere duplo longiore postice apicem versus 
paullulo pubescente ; alae anguste oblongae, 4-5 mm. longae, obtusae, 
obtuse sagittatae, glaberrimae ; carina subcurvata, 3-5 mm. longa, 1-5 mm. 
lata, obtusa, angustissime sagittata, frontem versus parcissime pubescens ; 
ungues gracillimi, 1*5 mm. longi. Ovarium tenuiter sericeum, stylo duplo 
longiore fere recto glabro, stigmate oblique subcapitato. 
South Africa. Central Region. Aliwal North Div. : Ou dry stony flat 
ground on mountain-tops. Eland's Hoek, 1500 m. near Aliwal North, 
Bolus, Herb. Kew, 10559 ! 
99. L. pusiLLA, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. aridae, Diimmer, affinis sed habitu 
caespitosa, caulibus brevissimis nec albo-tomentellis, foliolis obovato- 
cuneatis, floribus pallide citrineis, vexillo postice fere omnino sericeo 
distat. 
Hej'ba caespitosa, basi lignosa ; radix verticaliter descendens, fusiformis, 
vix fibrosa, 2*5 mm. crassa ; caules plurimi, conferti, adpresse prostrati, ad 
