SIX NEW SPECIES AND A KEY 
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Plant villoso-canescent. 
6. perennans, DC. 
var. polystachya. 
More or less herbaceous, decumbent or trailing. 
Raceme elongating ; legume suborbicular. 
26. diffusa , R. Br. 
Raceme not elongating ; (legume unknown). 
23. capitata, E. Mey. ■, 
Ovary and legume pubescent. 
Style bearded ventrally for half its length. 
Leaflets complicate with involute margins, appearing terete and 
furrowed above ; calyx-segments much shorter than 
tube. 34. carnosa, E. and Z. 
Leaflets not as above ; calyx-segments equalling or longer than tube. 
2 if Dylcei , L. Bolus. 
Style bearded round base of stigma. 
Peduncle spinescent ; legume spotted with purple. 
7. macrostachya, DC. var. atomaria. 
Peduncle and legume not as above. 
Racemes longer than the leaf. 
Flowers distant (.) — lb in. apart); terminal leaflet much larger 
than lateral. 7. macrostachya, DC. 
Flowers and terminal leaflet not as above. 
Legume inflated ; carina shorter than alae. 
28. tomentosa, DC. 
Legume + compressed; carina about as long as alae. 
Herbaceous ; pedicels about as long as the calyx. 
Legume elliptic-oblong, 1 in. or more long; silvery pu- 
bescence copious. 32. argentea, Harv. 
Legume obliquely broad-obovate, < 1 in. long; pubescence 
scanty. 33. Thodei, L. Bolus. ■ 
Frutescent ; pedicels much longer than calyx. 
6. perennans, DC. var. sericea. 
Racemes shorter than leaf. 
Shrubby, erect, villoso-canescent. 8. Candida, E. Mey 
Herbaceous, procumbent, sparingly-hispid. 30. prostrata, DC. 
Legume linear or oblong, usually > twice as long as broad. 
Ovary and legume glabrous or the sutures ciliate with silky hairs. 
Vexillum 0 - 9 cm. long. 40. stipulata, Bak. 1. 
Vexillum 1'6 cm. long. 18. Pappeana, Harv. 
Ovary densely silky. 
Stipules and bracts up to 1 cm. long. 39. Kensitii, L. Bolus. 
Stipules and bracts up to 0’5 cm. long. 
