Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 
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5 cm. longi, undique adpresse breviter strigillosi, demum glabrati, fusci. 
Folia trifoliolata; petiolus gracilis, foliolis aequalis ; foliola perbreviter 
petiolulata, obovato-cuneata, rotundata, emarginata aut recurvo-mucronata, 
2-5 mm. longa, 1-5-2 mm. lata, subtus parce adpresse breviter strigillosa, 
basin versus costa prominente, supra glaberrima, costa impressiuscula, 
coriacea ; stipula unica, oblique lanceolata, acuta, 1 mm. longa. Flores 
axillares, solitarii, subsessiles aut breviter pedicellati, pallide citrinei. 
Calyx 4-5-5 mm. longus, ultra medium 5-fidus, extra adpresse strigillosus, 
lobis subaequalibus anguste triangularibus. Vexillum breviter unguicu- 
latum, circiter 6 mm. altum, lamina late oblonga subrotundata basi 
subhastata extra sericula ; alae anguste subfalcato-oblongae, 6 mm. longae, 
rotundatae, basi sagittatae, fere glabrae, unguibus limbo triente brevioribus ; 
carina alls similis sed latior curvatiorque, obtusa, frontem versus parce 
sericea. Ovarium lineare, fere glabrescens, stylo paene geniculato ovario 
duplo longiore stigmate oblique subcapitato. 
South Africa. Central Eegion. Aliwal North Div. : Slopes of mountains, 
Eland's Hoek, Aliwal North, 1970 m.. Bolus, Herb. Kew, 10535 ! 
100. L. MUCRONATA, Conrath, in Kew Bull. (1908), 222. 
South Africa. Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : Modderfontein, Conrath, 
Herb. Keio, 124 ! Johannesburg, Band, Herb. Brit. Mus. 675 ! 
With the general facies of L. Gerrardii, Diimmer, but with more acute 
leaflets, slightly longer flowers, and larger legumes. 
101. L. Gerhardii, Diimmer, sp. nov. L. mucronatae, Conrath, affinis 
sed habitu laxiuscule diffusiore, ramulis junioribus baud albo-pilosis, foliolis 
paulo latioribus obovato-cuneatis rotundatis glaberrimis, corollis glaber- 
rimis, leguminibus brevioribus recedit. 
Herba perennis, laxe humifusa, basi lignescente, caulibus filiformibus 
multiramosis circiter 20 cm. longis, lateralibus duplo brevioribus, incon- 
spicue adpresse breviter strigillosis deinde glabris ochraceis aut atro- 
brunneis. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli filiformes, foliola et internodiis fere 
subaequantes ; foliola obovato-cuneata, rotundata, interdum mucronulata, 
rarissime emarginata, intermedia 4-7 mm. longa, 1* 5-2-5 mm. lata, 
lateralia terminalibus paulo breviora aut raro longiora, supra medio canal- 
iculata, utrinque glaberrima, carunculata, vix coriacea, margine incrassata ; 
stipulae singulae, oblique lanceolatae, acutae, 1-2 mm. longae. Flores 
solitarii (raro gemini), folio oppositi aut interdum terminales, fere glabri, 
pauci, flavidi ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, bracteola minuta. Calyx circiter 
5 mm. longus, inferne medio fissus, laciniis superioribus subu- 
latis, inferne superioribus paulo longiore lineare-subulata. Vexilluvi 
spatulatum cum ungui 7 mm. longum, lamina oblonga, acutata, basi 
hastata ; alae breviter unguiculatae, vexillo fere aequilongae, limbis 
