SIX NEW SPECIES AND A KEY 
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brevi, 06 cm. longa ; carina obtusa, 07 cm. longa ; ovarium lineari- 
oblongum subobliquum multiovulatum glabrum, vix 0'4 cm. longum, 
stylo circum stigma barbato ; legumen ignotum. 
Cape Province : South-eastern Region ; grassy hill nr. Komgha, 
alt. 2000 ft., fl. Sept., H. G. Flanagan, 791. 
Allied to L. depressa, but differs in having the leaflets setaceo- 
acuminate, the peduncles longer, and the carina much shorter than 
the alae. Plate XII, B. 
L. Dykei, n. sp., affinis L. tomentosae, sed stylo intus per longitudinis dimidium 
barbato, legumine oblique obovato-oblongo, differt. 
Herba subdiffusa, cano-pubescens brevibus patentibus pilis ; rami 
angulati, ad 15 cm. longi, internodiis 1 — 2 cm. longis ; stipulae ovato- 
lanceolatae acuminatae, 0'2 — 0'3 cm. longae ; folia adscendentia vel 
patentia, ad 5 cm. longa, petiolis 1 — 1'5 cm. longis, foliolis 3 — 9-jugis 
oblongis, apice integris vel excisis, supra glabris, 0'6 — 12 cm. longis, 
0 - 2 — 0 - 4 cm. latis ; pedunculi foliis aequilongi vel paullo breviores, 
apicem versus 4 — 7 -flori, floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae ovato- 
lanceolatae acuminatae, 0'2— 0‘3 cm. longae ; pedicelli 0'3 — 0 4 cm. 
longi; calyx 0’5 cm. longus, segmentis lanceolatis attenuatis, tubo 
paullo longioribus ; vexillum late obovatum, 0'9 cm. longum ; alae 
0'8 cm. longae, lamina oblonga obtusa, lobo posteriore patente oblongo 
obtuso, ungue 0'25 cm. longo ; carina obtusa, alis aequilonga, ungue 
0‘3 cm. longo ; ovarium anguste semi-ellipticum, dense sericeum, pluri- 
ovulatum, stipite 0'1 cm. longo excluso, 0’4 cm. longum, stylo intus 
per longitudinis dimidium barbato ; legumen inflatum, oblique 
obovato-oblongum, pubescens, circa 2 cm. longum, 1 cm. latum. 
Natal: Eastern Mountain Province Region; slopes of Mont-aux- 
Sources, alt. circa 8000 ft., fl. Dec., H. G. Flanagan (Bolus, No. 8152). 
Ibid., fl. April, E. Dyke (Marloth, No. 5445). 
Allied to L. tomentosa, DC., but differs in having the style bearded 
within for half its length, and the legume obliquely obovate-oblong. 
Plate XI, B. 
L. globosa, n. sp., affinis L. prostratae, sed indumento adpresso, pedunculis 
foliis multo brevioribus, legumine majore, globose inflato, glabrescente 
differt. 
Herba diffusa, ramis striatis, parcissimo adpresso-pubescentibus, 
ad 50 cm. longis, internodiis 1'5 — 2 cm. longis; stipulae subulatae, 
vix 0'2 cm. longae; folia adscendentia, ad 12 cm. longa, petiolo 
15 — 2'5 cm. longo, foliolis 4 — 9-jugis, oblongo-obovatis vel obovatis, 
apice excisis, basi subcuneatis, supra glabrescentibus, infra adpresso- 
pubescentibus, 0’8 — 1'8 cm. longis, 0'5 — 0'7 cm. latis; pedunculi 
suberecti, foliis multo breviores, 1 — 2 cm. longi, apice 3 4-floii, 
