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subulatis acuminatis, tubo aequilongis, sinubus latis subtruncatis 
piloso-ciliatis ; vexillum a ceteris petalis remotum, erectum, e 
dimidio laminae abrupte patens, apice vero sursum curvatum, 
lamina rhomboideo-orbiculari, apicem versus attenuata, intus basi 
pilosa, aliter glabra, 0'3 cm. longa, ungue oblongo, basi parum 
dilatato, 0'2 cm. longo ; alae lamina oblonga obtusa subtorta, 0 - 25 cm. 
longa, ungue gracili, laminam aequante ; carina obtusa, profunde 
saccata, vix 0‘5 cm. longa, ungue lamina paullo breviore ; ovarium 
breviter stipitatum, oblique ovatum villosum, 2-ovulatum ; legumen 
ignotum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; hills near Mier Kraal, 
between Elim and Cape Agulhas, fl. April, R. Schlechter, 10497. 
Riversdale Div., nr. Albertinia, fl. June, J. Muir , 1385, 943. 
Allied to A. incurvifolia, Walp., but differs in having shorter 
leaves, calyx-segments as long as the tube, and the lamina of the 
vexillum narrowed towards the apex. Plate XXI B. 
Indigofera antennulifera, L. Bolus ( Leguminosae-Papilionaceae-Indigofereae 
§ Productae ), ab omnibus ceteris speciebus stipulis, foliolis, calycis 
segmentis in glandulam (ad modum Rhynchosiae antennidiferae sed 
minorem) desinentibus facile distinguitur. 
Fruticulus gracillimus diffusus vel suberectus, omnibus partibus 
pilis laxe patentibus vel appressis, multicellularibus pellucidis dense 
vel tenuiter vestitus ; rami teretes pallidi, ad 25 cm. longi, inter- 
nodiis 1 — 1‘5 cm. longis; stipulae erectae foliaceae, oblique lanceolato- 
ovatae acuminatae, cum glandula fere O'l cm. longa ad 0'8 cm. 
longae ; folia ascendentia vel patentia, petiolo communi OR — 1 cm. 
longo, foliolis 2-jugatis oppositis vel suboppositis, strigillosis, infimis 
0 - 2 cm. supra basin positis, ad glandulas 0'2 — 0 - 3 cm. longas reductis, 
superioribus lineari-lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis, OR — 1 cm. longis, 
terminali multo majore, saepe sursum flexo, obovato vel obovato- 
cuneato, ad l - 7 cm. longo ; racemi 2-flori, foliis multo breviores, 
pedunculis capillaceis, saepius 0'2 cm. longis, bracteis bracteolisque 
non visis, pedicellis perbrevibus ; calyx fere ad basin partitus, 
segmentis linearibus attenuatis, longe piloso-ciliatis, 0'4 cm. longis; 
vexillum calycem paullo excedens, lamina dorso tenuiter pilosa, 
0‘4 cm. longa lataque, ungue perbrevi ; alae carinaque glabrae, vexillo 
aequilongae ; ovarium pilosum; legumen oblongo- teres, parce pilosum, 
2 — 3-seminatum, inter semines septuliferum, OR cm. longum, 0'2 cm. 
diam. 
Tropical Africa : Rhodesia ; Victoria Falls, fl. April, H. G. 
Flanagan, 3089. Livingstone, in sand, alt. 3000 ft., fl. Aug., F. A. 
Rogers, 7206. 
