Synopsis of the Species of Lotononis and Pleiospora. 335 
Planta ut videtur scandens (perennis) undique corollis exceptis adpresse 
hirsuta. Caules compressiusculi, internodiis circiter 2-5 cm. longis. Folia 
magna, trifoliolata ; petioli 5-20 mm. longi ; foliola late elliptica aut obovata, 
apice rotundata, breviter cuspidata vel mucronata, inferne a medio sensim 
angustata, 20-55 mm. longa, 20-30 mm. lata, coriacea, subtus costa 
nervisque lateralibus prominulis, supra costato-impressa ; stipulae binae, 
fere persistentes, ascendentes vel demum deflexae, oblique lanceolatae aut 
late obovatae, longe vel breviter cuspidatae, basi rotundatae vel sub- 
cordatae, 4-7 mm. longae. Racemi terminales, secundi, 6-9-fiori ; flores 
patentes, laxe dispositi vel congesti, pedicellis 3-4 mm. longis sulfulti ; 
bracteolae 3, calycis basin fere amplectrantiae, late ovatae, fere orbiculares 
aut transverse ellipticae, oblique abrupte cuspidatae, basi rotundatae, 
6-10 mm. longae, extra birsutae, intra mox glabrescentes. Calyx 15 mm. 
longus, segmentis superioribus 4, in unum bilobum marginibus irregu- 
lariter dentatis connatis, segmento inferiore anguste deltoideo circ. 6 mm. 
longo, extra valde fulvido pubescens, intra inferne glabrescens sed superne 
parce pubescens, coriaceus. Vexillum perbreviter unguiculatum, lamina 
late oblonga, utrinque rotundata, apice fimbriata, 20 mm. alta, fere 10 mm. 
lata, postice superne parce adpresse fulvo sericea sed basin versus glaber- 
rima ; alae 14 mm. longae apicem versus valde curvatae ampliataeque, basin 
versus in unques brevos sensim augustatae, extra ad marginum infernem 
fulvido sericeae ; carina longe unguiculata, recta, lamina 7 mm. longa, 
2*5 mm. lata, glaberrima. Pistillum stylo recto excepto fulvo-hirsutum. 
Kalahari Eegion, Transvaal : Spitzkop, Gold-mine near Lydenburg, 
Wilms, 392 ! Near Lydenberg, Ather stone ! Elandspruit Berg, 2250 m., 
Schlechter, Herb, Zilrich, 3838! 
