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NOTES ON LESSERTIA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 
1‘5 — 3‘5 cm. longa, petiolo 0 - 2 — 0 - 5 cm. longo, foliolis 2 — 5-jugis, 
ellipticis vel obovato-oblongis, apiculatis, supra glabris, infra parce 
adpresso-pubescentibus, OR — l - 3 cm. longis, 0 - 2 — 0'6 cm. latis, termi- 
nali lateralibus saepius majore ; pedunculi foliis aequilongi vel duplo 
longiores, apicem versus laxe 2 — 3-flori, floribus cernuis ; bracteae 
lineari-lanceolatae, pedicellis 0’3 cm. longis parum brevioribus ; calyx 
parce adpresso-pubescens, 0’4 — O' 5 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis 
acuminatis, tubo paullo longioribus ; vexillum 0'6 cm. longum, lamina 
subreniformi, vix retusa, ungue fere 0‘2 cm. longo ; alae vexillo paullo 
breviores, lamina oblonga obtusissima, anteriore basi obscure lobata, 
lobo posteriore brevi obtuso ; carina vexillo aequilonga, ungue lamina 
duplo breviore; ovarium semi-ellipticum glabrum pluri-ovulatum, 
0'4 cm. longum, stylo breviore, circum stigma barbato ; legumen 
subinflatum, oblique ellipticum, in stylum persistentem induratum 
desinens, ad 2'5 cm. longum, IT cm. latum. L. biflora, Harv. MSS. 
Cape Province : South-eastern Region ; Albany Div., damp places, 
Bothasberg, alt. 2200 ft., MacOwan, 488. Zuurbergen, alt. 4800 ft., 
fl. Feb., R. Schlechter, 6574. Pirie, nr. King William’s Town, alt. 
2000 ft., fl. Nov., H. G. Flanagan, 2143. Fort Cunynghame, fl. Nov., 
T. R. Sim, 2764. Transkei, Kentani, alt. 1000 ft., fl. Nov., A. Pegler, 
1281. Between Nkwamakwe and Engcobo, alt. 3000 ft., fl. Jan., 
Bolus, 8880. Griqualand East, stony places at the foot of Mt. Currie 
alt. 5000 ft., fl. Feb., W. Tyson, 1803. 
Very closely allied to L. stricta, Bolus, but may be distinguished 
by having fewer leaflets and flowers, pedicels shorter than the calyx 
and rather broader legumes. Plate X, A. 
L. Flanaganii, n. sp., affinis L. depressae sed foliolis setaceo-acuminatis, 
pedunculis longioribus, carina alis multo breviore, differt. 
Herba perennis nana, compacta vel subdiffusa, parcissime adpresso- 
puberula vel fere glabra, ad 10 cm. alta, caudice lignoso, ad 0'6 cm. 
diam. ; rami adscendentes densi breves vel demurn patentes sub- 
elongati, angulares, internodiis 0’8 — T3 cm. longis ; stipulae lanceolatae 
vel oblique ovato-lanceolatae, setaceo-acuminatae, 0'5 — 0'6 cm. longae ; 
folia adscendentia, 2 — 3 cm. longa, petiolis 0'4 — 0'8 cm. longis, foliolis 
3 — 6-jugis, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, setaceo-acuminatis, mar- 
ginibus subinvolutis, 0‘6 — 0‘9 cm. longis ; pedunculi saepius foliis 
duplo longiores vel ultra, rarius eis aequantes, apicem versus densius 
3 — 5-flori ; bracteae lanceolatae acuminatae, pedicellos 0‘3 — 0'4 cm. 
longos aequantes vel excedentes ; calyx parce adpresso-pubescens, 
0’5 cm. longus, segmentis acuminatis ciliolatis, tubo aequantibus; 
vexillum late obovatum, ad 1 cm. longum, ungue perbrevi, 0'15 cm. 
longo ; alae vexillo aequilongae, lamina oblonga obtusa, lobo posteriore 
