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floribus adscendentibus ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 0'2 cm. longae ; 
calyx pedicellum nigro-pubescentem aequans, intus glaber, extus 
nigro-pubescens, 0'3 — 0'4 cm. longus, segmentis inter se latitudine 
valde inaequalibus, anterioribus lanceolatis, ceteris ovatis, acutis, tubo 
aequilongis; vexillum 0'6 cm. longum, lamina reniformi, 0'4 cm. longa; 
alae vexillo aequilongae, lamina obtusa, anteriore basi obscure lobata, 
lobo posteriore patente rotundato, 0'4 cm. longa ; carina obtusa, 0‘5 cm. 
longa, ungue fere laminam aequante ; ovarium anguste semi-ellipticum, 
adpresso-pubescens pluriovulatum, stylo circum stigma barbato ; legu- 
men globose inflatum glabrescens, ad 2 5 cm. diam., seminibus 3 — 5. 
Cape Province : South-western Region ; Malmesbury Div., in 
grassy places nr. Groene Kloof (Mamre), alt. 300 ft., fl. Oct., 
Bolus, 4274. 
Near L. prostrata, DC., but differs in having adpressed indument, 
peduncles much shorter than the leaves, larger, globosely inflated, 
glabrescent legume. Plate X, B. 
L. Thodei, n. sp., L. argenteae proxima, sed calycis segmentis longioribus, 
legumine oblique late obovato brevioreque distinguitur. 
Herba diffusa, ramis elongatis pallidis, novellis albido-hispidis, 
aliter glabris, ad 25 cm. longis, internodiis 1‘5 — 2’5 cm. longis ; 
stipulae oblique ovatae acuminatae, 0'4 cm. longae ; folia adscendentia, 
3 — 4 cm. longa, petiolis 0’5 — 1 cm. longis, foliolis 6— 9-jugis obovato- 
oblongis obtusis, 0’5 — OR cm. longis, 02 — 0'3 cm. latis; pedunculi 
foliis saepius duplo longiores, hispiduli, supra medium 5 — 7-flori, 
floribus adscendentibus vel patentibus ; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, 
pedicellis duplo breviores ; pedicelli albido-hispidi, 0'5 — 0'6 cm. longi ; 
calyx pedicellis subaequilongus, hispidus, segmentis acutis, intus 
tomentosis, tubo aequilongis; vexillum 0'9 cm. longum; alae sub- 
falcatae obtusae, lobo posteriore rotundato, 0'8 cm. longae ; carina alis 
aequilonga obtusa, ungue fere laminam aequante ; ovarium sericeo- 
villosum pluriovulatum, stylo circum stigma barbato ; legumen 
subcompressum, oblique late obovatum, parcissime hispidulum, stipite 
incluso, 1'8 — 1*9 cm. longum, l'l cm. latum. 
Natal : Eastern Mountain Province Region ; summit of Mont-aux- 
Sources, alt. 9800 ft., fl. Jan., H. G. Flanagan, 1939 ; same locality, 
fl. Jan., J. Tliode, 12. 
Near L. argentea, Harv., but differs in having longer calyx-seg- 
ments, an obliquely broadly obovate and shorter legume and in being 
glabrescent. Plate XI, A. 
L. Kensitii, n. sp., L. stenolobae, proxime accedit sed stipulis majoribus, 
racemis elongatis, bracteis foliaceis multo majoribus differt. 
Herba perennis(?) diffusa, parce appresseque hispida, ramis 
