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ad 20 cm. longis. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 1-2 mm. longi, teretiusculi ; 
foliola late cuneata, rotundata, saepissime mucronulata, petiolos aequantia 
aut paulo superantia, aequalia vel terminalia leviter longiora, supra glabra, 
subtus breviter adpresse strigillosa et medio costata, coriacea ; stipula 
unica, falcato-subulata, minuta. Flores singuli vel bini, axillares aut 
ad ramulos laterales brevissimos dispositi, perbreviter pedicellati, pallide 
sulphurei. Gttlyx 5 mm. longus, extra sericulus, ad medium fissus, laciniis 
subulatis subaequilongis. Vexillwn unguiculatum, 5 mm. altum, lamina 
ovata acuta subhastata postice sericula, ungui latiusculo fere duplo 
longiore ; alae leviter curvatae, anguste oblongae, 5-6 mm. longae, 
obtusae, truncatae ; carina fere recta, alis similis nisi latior inconspicue 
sericula, mox glabra. Ovarium stylum crescentem aequans. Legumen 
rectum, oblongum, subturgidum, 5 mm. longum, inferne parce sericeum, 
ochraceum, seminibus 8-10. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Somerset East Div. : Fields near 
Somerset East, 500 m. MacOioan, 1739 ! Eastern Ee gion. Natal : 
Boschberg, 900 m., MacOioan, 2022, partly ! 
107. L. CALYCiNA, Bentham, I.e. 610. L. tenella, var. calycina, Harvey, 
I.e. 651. L. divaricata, Ecklon and Zeyher ex Harvey, I.e. Leptis divari- 
cata, Eckl. and Zeyh. I.e. 175. L. calycinwn, Benth. in Ann. Wien Mus. II., 
(1838), 142. Lipozygis calycina, E. Meyer, 78 (in part). Leptidium calyci- 
num, Presl. Bot. Bemerk. 49 ; Polylohinm calycinwn, D. Dietr. Syn. PI. IV. 
962. 
South Africa. Coast Eegion. Stockenstroom Div. : Kat Berg, 1200- 
1500 m., Drege a! King Williamstown Div.: Sandy slopes near King 
Williamstown, 540 m., Tyson, Norm. Aust.-Afr. 852 ! In fields near 
Somerset East, MacOwan, 2022, partly ! Kalahari Eegion. Orange 
Eiver Colony : Vaal Eiver, Burke ! Thaba ITnchu, Burke, 436 ! Zeyher, 
406 ! Eastern Eegion. Natal : Hoffenthal, Upper Tugela, Wood, 3535 ! 
Gerrard, 1733, partly ! Bank of Tugela, Weenen County, Wood, 3548 ! 
Near Maritzberg, Wood, 3164 ! Mrs. K. Saunders ! 
Var. HiRSUTissiMA, Dlimmer, comb. nov. L. tenella, var. hirsittissima, 
Harvey, I.e. 
Kalahari Eegion. Transvaal : Magaliesberg, Zeyher, 407 ! Burke ! 
Pretoria, near Wonderboompoort, Behmann, 4599 ! 6215 ! Bechuana- 
land Div. : Near pass in the Kuruman Hills, Burchell, 2175 ! 
Var. ACUTA, Dlimmer, var. nov. a typo foliolis ellipticis acutatis nec 
rotundatis, floribus paulo majoribus distinguenda. 
Habit of the species, but more floriferous ; leaflets more or less elliptic, 
subacute, tapering to the base into scarcely perceptible petiolules, 5-8 mm. 
