PREFACE,

—_ie—

THIs second volume contains the remaining polypetalous Orders

of South African CALYCIFLOR&.

Since the completion of the first volume, our correspondents

in South Africa have continued to send us large and valuable

collections of dried plants, including specimens of a considerable

number of new species, and of some new genera. Such of the

novelties as fall under any of the Orders contained in Vol. L.,

as well as those belonging to, and received during the printing

of, the present volume, will be found described in the ADDENDA,

&e., at p. 583- :

These additions to the Flora Capensis, though considerable,

comprise only a portion of the new species which we have

recently received, and which will find their proper place, as

our work proceeds. But they sufficiently prove, not only the

botanical richness of the country, but also the continued and

increasing interest felt in our work by colonial botanists and

collectors of plants. — :

We have already, in the preface to Vol. I:, recorded our

obligations to a numerous list of colonial contributors of speci-

mens, to most of whom our thanks are again due for parcels

received within the last two years. We have now to express

similar indebtedness to the following new correspondents.

To W. T. GERRARD, Esq., of Natal, and to M. J. McKEn,

Esq., Curator of the Botanical Garden at D’Urban, jointly and

_ severally, for large collections (already numbering nearly nine

hundred species) made in the Natal Colony and in Zululand.

Several of Messrs. Gerrard and McKen’s discoveries will be

found in the Addenda to this volume, and others will appear — fe

in the second volume of “ THESAURUS CaPENSIs,” now in

preparation for press. ee

vi PREFACE.

To W.S. M. D’'Ursay, Esq., for a collection of plants from

British Caffraria, containing several rare species.

To Miss Extiott, daughter of the late Rev. W. ELLiort,

of the Paarl, an early collector of Cape plants, for a most

interesting parcel of the plants of Damaraland, a region as

yet but very imperfectly explored, not ordinarily accessible to

botanists, but known to possess a highly curious Flora. From

this region has recently been sent to Kew, a singular plant, the

“Tumboa” of the natives, (Welwitschia mirabilis, Hook. f.,

—a stemless conifer !*) of which we are most anxious to receive

specimens of various ages.

To the Rev. Henry WHITEHEAD, for a collection of plants

from Namaqualand, carefully dried and well selected, containing

some new and many rare species, in better condition than any

which we have previously received from that arid district.

To our friends Dr. ATHERSTONE and Henry Hutton, Esq.,

we are more especially indebted for their voluntary and zealous

exertions in making known throughout the frontier districts,

both the “Fora” and the “THESAURUS,” and kindly acting

as our agents in distributing both works, Nor can we close

this imperfect expression of thanks to our many kind friends,

without again recording the obligations we are under to the

Hon. Rawson W. Rawson, Secretary to Government, for his

' continued care in transmitting parcels of plants sent to his

office by our various correspondents. Without this aid, and

the privilege of post-transit for small parcels afforded to us by

the Colonial Government, we should suffer under many delays

and expenses which are now saved to us.

: Wed oe

Trinity College, Dublin, 1st October, 1862.

* Nat, Orv. Gnetacee.

Vii =

SEQUENCE OF ORDERS CONTAINED IN VOLUME II.

WITH BRIEF CHARACTERS.

Continuation of Sub-Class IT. Catycrrtorm. Orders XLVIIL-LXXII. se

XLVIII. LEGUMINOSAE (page 1). Calyx free, 5-cleft, unequal. Petals inserted Gem 82 of

in the base of the calyx. Stamens (except in gen. 80-82) 10, variously com-

bined. Ovary of 1 carpel, with a terminal style. Fruit a legume; seeds 1 or

several. (A vast Order, including all leguminous plants. )

XLIX. ROSACEZE (page 285). Calyx free or nearly so, equal. Petals inserted Gould os

on the margin of the calyx-tube, or none. Stamens mostly indefinite. Ovary Fos

(except in Grielum) apocarpous, of several (or rarely only 1) carpels; styles

mostly lateral. Fruit of dry achenia; rarely succulent. Albumen none. :

( Leaves alternate, compound or cut, stipulate: ) ‘ a ;

L. SAXIFRAGACEZ (page 305). Calyx 4-5-cleft or parted, adnate or free, 0,4 the

Petals 4-5, regular, marginal. Stamens as many or twice as many as the petals. ( . ~

Ovary of 2~5 connate carpels ; styles 2~5, terminal. Fruit a many-seeded capsule. ~ ~~

splitting through the middle. Seeds albuminous. (Herbs, shrubs, or trees.

Leaves simple or compound, alternate or opposite, exstipulate or stipulate. )

LI. BRUNIACE/& (page 309). Flowers small, perfect, regular. Calyx 4—5-cleft, wG

adnate. Petals 4-5, epigynous. Stamens 4-5, alternating with the petals. (- / |

Ovary inferior or nearly so, 1-3-celled, with solitary, pendulous ovules. Fruit © 9). —

dry, 1-2-coccous. Seeds albuminous. (Heath-like shrubs. Leaves small, mostly

linear, entire, crowded, subsessile, exstipulate. Flowers mostly white, sessile, spiked

or capitate ; very rarely red.) : os Be

LI. HAMAMELIDEA (page 324). Flowers small, in heads or spikes. Calyx Gund : 3

3-s-cleft, or subentire, adnate." Petals 4-5, epigynous, valvate ee Se

5-10; anthers opening by a valve! Ovary 2 , with solitary, pendulous

ovules. Fruit dry, capsular or nut-like. (Shrubs with petiolate, entire, simple

_ leaves. Stipules minute, deciduous. ) ee

LITT. CRASSULACEZ: (page 327). Calyx free, 4-5—7-cleft or parted, imbricate. Jong , pe

Petals inserted in the bottom of the calyx, as many as its lobes, regular, free "

or connate in a monopetalous orgs ndboes rae coe a with the

tals, as many or twice as many. of 4-5-7 , nearly apocarpous ;

sevice eaten: subulate, terminal. Fruit of 4-7 follicles. Seeds albuminous.

(Succulent plants, with fleshy, opposite or alternate, mostly entire, exstipulate

leaves. Flowers in cymes, regular. ) aon -

LIV. PORTULACEZ (page 381). Calyzx free, 2-leaved. Petals 4-6, inserted in

the base of the calyx, dissolving. Stamens numerous. Ovary free, 1-celled,

with several (or 1) long-stalked ovules, rising from a free, central placenta ;

stigmata several. rwit capsular or nut-like. tir curved round a central

albumen. (Succulent plants, with jfles hy, entire leaves. en ingen: Readily

known by the 2-lobed calyx.) if oes

_ LV. MESEMBRYACEZ (page 386). Calyx 4-5-cleft, adnate or free. Petals Qu.

very numerous, or none. ‘Stamens definite or indefinite, perigynous. ry v

2~§~-20-celled, inferior or superior, with long-stalked ovules attached to the =

base or inner angle of the cell. Stigmata as many as the carpels. Fruit 2h

capsular or nut-like. Zmbryo curved round a central albumen. ( Succulent

plants, with fleshy, entire leaves. Flowers showy or minute. ) Se ae 9 oe

LVI. CACTEA (page 479). Flowers bisexual. Perianth many-leaved, imbricating 8)!

Vili SEQUENCE OF ORDERS.

Calyx-tube adnate. Stamens indefinite. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, with several

parietal placente. Style terminal, filiform; stigmata as many as the placentz.

Fruit succulent. (Succulent, mostly leafless plants. Only one S. African species. )

hie hy, Nott LVII. BEGONIACEA (page 480). Flowers moncecious. Male: Perianth 4-leaved.

\ Stamens indefinite ; anthers adnate. Female: Perianth 4-9-parted, with a

Z 3-winged tube. Ovary inferior, 3-celled, with many axile ovules. Stigmata 3,

subsessile, fleshy. Capsule 3-winged, membranous, opening by slits. (Herba-

ceous plants, with juicy stems and foliage. Nodes swollen. Leaves unequal-sided,

with membranous stipules. )

Yould 2 pee 4] LVIII. CUCURBITACE! (page 482). Flowers unisexual, Calyx 5-lobed,

i. adnate. Corolla mostly monopetalous, 5-lobed or parted, continuous with the

ths Cos. summit of the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted in the bottom of the calyx, 5-3-2,

moe free or monadelphous ; anthers extrorse, linear. Ovary inferior, unilocular,

with 6-10 prominent placente, many-ovuled. Stigma 3-5-lobed or parted.

Fruit succulent ; seeds lying in pulp. ( Herbaceous, rarely shrubby, with prostrate

or climbing stems. Leaves alternate, petioled, palmate-nerved. Tendrils. )

ia L Jpee by LIX. PASSIFLOREZ (page 498). — Flowers perfect or unisexual. Perianth

tubular, free, 3-5- (or 8-10-) lobed or parted. Stamens as many or twice as

ay.t_.) . 3/8.) mnany as the lobes of the perianth, monadelphous or free; anthers introrse.

Worn a 2 Pia Ovary superior, stipitate or subsessile, unilocular, with 3-5-parietal placenta.

Fruit succulent or capsular. _Seed-coats furrowed and ridged. ( Herbaceous

or shrubby, mostly climbing by tendrils. Leaves alternate, stipulate. )

101 LIX* TURNERACEZE (page 599). Flowers ect. Calyx tubular, 5-fid.

Spc I. Apo Roi Petals 5, twisted in xstivation, deciduous. aioe A wiseeaiga with the

; fee tals. Ovary free, unilocular, with 3-parietal placente ; styles 3, distinct ;

stigmata fimbriate. Flowers capsular. (Herbs, with alternate, exstipulate

leaves. Only one S. African species. )

Ay LX. LOASACEZ (page 502). Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx 5-lobed, adnate.

Petals epigynous, 10, in two rows, those of the outer row concave. Stamens

indefinite, polyadelphous. Ovary 3-celled. ( But one 8. African species. )

b, s G LX1. ONAGRARIEZ (page 503). Flowers perfect. Calyx adnate; its limb

8 a

4-5-lobed, valvate. Petals epigynous, 4-5 or none, Stamens 4-8 or 5-10.

mY Ovary inferior, 4-5-celled. Style filiform ; stigma 4-5-lobed. Fruit a capsule

2m Loin or berry. ( Herbaceous (or shrubby ), with exstipulate, simple leaves and axillary

flowers.)

eae Rees LXII. COMBRETACEZ (page 507). Flowers perfect or unisexual. Cal

oh. ip e/3 adnate ; its limb 4-5-lobed. Petals inserted on the summit of the cal be.

See Stamens as many or twice as man as the petals. Ovary inferior, uni .

Tem CO oo ovules few, pendulous. Style filiform. Fruit a winged or ribbed drupe.

a ee (Trees or shrubs, Leaves simple, entire, exstipulate. Flowers in spikes, racemes,

oe or heads. )

a2. Vie? LXIIL. RHIZOPHORES ( 513). Flowers perfect. Calyx adnate ; its limb

nt det 4-12-parted, valvate. P 4-12, epigynous. Stamens twice as many as the

petals, opposing them in pairs. Ovary inferior, 2-4-celled ; ovules in pairs.

Style 1. Fruit leathery, one-seeded. (Seaside shrubs and trees, with worn

branches and leaves. Mangroves.” )

Gre 6 LXIV. LYTHRARIEZ (page 514). Flowers perfect. Calyx free, tubular,

4-12-toothed, ribbed. Petals on the summit of the calyx-tube, deciduous.

Capsule inclosed in the base of the calyx-tube. (Herbs or shrubs, seth Ha,

3 No ato LXV. MELASTOMACE (page 517). Flowers perfect. Calyx-

the ovary and partly adnate to it ; limb -6-parted, or subenti

on the summit of the calyx-tube, with twisted zestivation. — inserted with

the petals, twice their number ; anthers opening by terminal pores ! Ovary

plurilocular, many-ovuled. Style simple. Fruit capsular or fleshy. (Shrubs

or herbs, with opposite, 3-5-ribbed, exstipulate leaves. ) -

SEQUENCE OF ORDERS. 1X

OLINIE (page 519). Flowers perfect. Calyx tubular, its base adnate /)) ,

with the ovary ; limb §-toothed. Petals 5, on the summit of the calyx-tube, pel

with 5 alternating scales. Stamens 5, opposite the scales ; anthers splitting. |= —

Ovary inferior, 4-5-celled ; cells with 3 pendulous ovules. Style simple.

Drupe 3-4-celled. (A tree, with opposite, petioled, penninerved, entire, shining

leaves, and densely cymose, panicled, white flowers. ) tos

LXVL MYRTACEM (page 520). Flowers perfect. Calyx adnate ; its limb Cad a

4-5-parted. Petals 4-5, epigynous. Stamens indefinite, epigynous. ee ye

inferior, 2 or many-celled, with several axile ovules. Style filiform. Fruita; O),,

capsule or berry. (Trees or shrubs, with mostly opposite, entire, penninerved, = |

pellucid-dotted leaves. ) ae

LXVII. UMBELLIFER4 (page 524). Flowers perfect, small, inumbels. Calyx Gun BS, pe

adnate. Petals 5, epigynous. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Ovary a 2

inferior, 2-celled, with solitary, pendulous ovules. Styles 2, divergent. Fruit

dry, separating into 2 one-seeded pieces. Albumen copious. (Mostly herbaceous. —

Leaves alternate, with sheathing petioles, mostly cut or lobed. )

LXVIII. ARALIACE (page 568). Flowers nearly as in the last Order ; but Dyce 6

fruit fleshy, with a crustaceous or bony endocarp. (Mostly shrubs or trees. Pe ie

Only one 8. African genus. )

its limb 4-toothed. Petals 4, epigynous, valvate. Stamens 4, alternate with

the petals. Ovary inferior, 2-4-celled ; ovules solitary, pendulous. Style

single. Fruit fleshy, 2-4-celled. (T'rees and shrubs. Only one S. African genus. )

LXX. HALORAGEZ (page 571). Flowers minute, often unisexual. Calyx —P/ Gg

adnate; its limb 2-4-toothed. Petals 2-4, epigynous, valvate. Stamens as 3

many or twice as many as the petals. Ovary inferior, 1-4-celled ; ovdlas

pendulous, few. Styles as many as the carpels, short ; stigmata long, feathery. he

Fruit nut-like. (Herbaceous, often marsh or water plants, with minute flowers.) —

LXXI BALANOPHOREZ (page 572). Flowers unisexual, in dense spikes or Fe Tee!

icled-heads. Perianth 3-parted, valvate. Stamens opposite the segments

of the perianth. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Frwt dry or wcanulens aR |o-

(Fleshy, leafless or scaly, coloured, root-parasites. ) O ae .

LXXIL. LORANTHACEZ (page 574). Calyx adnate ; its limb obsolete. - Petals i gi

4-8, separate or cohering, epigynous, with valvate eestivation. Stamens opposite Gud + fe

the petals. Ovary inferior, r-celled, with 1-3 pendulous ovules. Fruit succu-

lent. (Parasitical shrubs. Leaves entire, coriaceous, exstipulate, or none.

Inflorescence various. )

Tobe

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non he

FLORA CAPENSIS.

Orprr XLVIIL LEGUMINOSA, Juss.

(By W. H. Harvey).

Calyx free, 5-toothed, cleft or parted, equal or unequal, the odd seg-

ment in front. Petals 5 (some or all occasionally wanting), usually

unequal. Stamens definite or indefinite, variously combined. Ovary

simple (formed of one carpel), with one or many ovules, attached by

cords to the ventral suture ; style proceeding from the upper margin,

i.e. continuous with the ventral suture ; stigma simple. Fruzta legume,

rarely drupaceous. Seeds one or many, without albumen ; embryo

either straight, or with the embryo bent back on the cotyledons.

A vast Order, found in all parts of the globe, and including huge trees, shrubs,

and small or minute herbaceous plants of extremely different aspect. Leaves mostly

alternate, and generally compound ; sometimes with pellucid dots ; sometimes resin-

dotted. Stipules 2 or 1 at the base of the petiole ; and often 2 stipellee at the base

of each leaflet. Pedicels commonly jointed and bibracteate below the flower. The

three Sub-Orders, as characterised below, are readily distinguished from each other

by the estivation of the corolla, or the mode in which its petals are folded together in

the bud. In the rst Sub-Order, which comprises by far the largest number of the

S. African genera, the corolla is “ papilionaceous,” that is, shaped like the blossom

of the common garden pea. In such a corolla the uppermost or back petal, which

is usually turned or rolled backwards, equal sided, and broader than the others, is

called the vexillwm or standard ; the two lateral petals are the ale or wings ; and

the two front petals, whose lamine are often partly or completely connate into a

boat-shaped piece, together make up the carina or keel. :

The distribution into Tribes, here adopted, is that proposed by Mr. Bentham,-~who

has studied this most natural Order more successfully than any living botanist, and

whose admirable papers on the South African Leguminose, published in Hooker's

London Journal of Botany, I have taken as the groundwork of my descriptions ;

verifying every description, however, when p with authentically named

specimens. An examination of Toanburgy Levaiseoue , preserved at Upsal and

Stockholm, has enabled me to correct several names, and clear up some doubtful

species of early writers ; and even to add some species, collected but not described

by Thunberg, and which have escaped the notice of subsequené travellers. The

student, in using the following Table of Genera, will pay particular attention in ex-

amining Papilionacee, to the combination of the stamens (diadelphous, monadelphous,

or free) ; to the nature of the foliage ; and the condition, whether twining or not, of

the stem. Thus, if the stamens be free, the plant must belong either to Podalyriee

or to Sophoree. If the stamens be united, and the leaves simple, without stipules, it

will fall either under Lipariee or the first three genera of Genistee : if the leaves be

imple, and stipulate, other characters must be looked to. Psoralece (with solitary

po , and Indigofera (with apiculate anthers) include every variety of foliage.

Palmately 3~s5-foliolate, stipulate leaves chiefly characterize Genistee (with mona-

delphous stamens) and Trifoliee (with diadelphous stamens). Pinnato-trifoliolate

leaves and tzvining stems are characteristic of Phaseolee. Pinnate-plurijugate leaves

characterise Galegee, Astragalee, and Dalbergiec, which all differ in their legumes ;

and occur also in Abrus, among Phaseolee, and in some Hedysaree. Pinnate-tendril

tipped leaves are peculiar to Viciew. Hedysarec are only to be known by their more

or less perfectly jointed or lomentaceous pods ; but several of the genera have one-

seeded (and of course inarticulate) pods. On the whole, in the absence of absolute

distinctive characters to the Tribes, the student will do well, if in doubt, to try un-

der more than one, if unsuccessful in his first guess. The Tribes and genera are all

natural groups, and not difficult to learn, when the eye has become accustomed to

their ‘‘ habit,” or external characters. as

VOL, Il.

2 LEGUMINOS (Harv.)

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

Sub-Order 1. Paprmionacea. (Gen. 1-68).

Corolla papilionaceous ; petals imbricated in zestivation ; the upper-petal (vexil/wm) :

exterior, folding over the lateral-petals (al@) and the anterior (carina). Stamens 10; 3

either diadelphous, monadelphous, or free. a

Tribe 1. Popatyrmz. Filaments free: Legume continuous. Shrubs. Leaves

— either simple or palmately compound. (Gen. 1-2),

i wes. fi Cyclopia.— Legume strongly compressed. Leaves sessile, 3-foliolate. Fl. yellow. 6 5

| © S) IE Podalyria,—Legume turgid, woolly. Leaves simple, petiolate. FJ. purple. g a ae

; Tribe 2. Lrpartmex. Stamens diadelphous (except in Coelidium and Walpersia). ’

. Legume continuous, bivalve. Ovary 1 or pluri-ovulate.-—Shrubs or suffrutices.

ee Leaves simple, without stipules. (Gen. 3-8).

* Stamens diadelphous. : ’

IIT. Liparia.— Flowers yellow. Lowest calyx-segment very large, petaloid, coloured, Ih

es IV. Priestleya.—F/. yellow. Lowest calyx-segment equal to the rest,

or scarcely y

: longer. Corolla conspicuous. Ovary several ovuled. IS &

. ~ ~ V. Amphithalea.— Flowers purple or purplish-white, the carina dark coloured. 5

> VI. Lathriogyne.— Fi. yellow, inconspicuous, the corolla searcely exceeding the

calyx. Legume 1 seeded, hidden in the calyx. s93 i}

- ** Stamens united at base into a short tube, or nearly free.

v4 VII. Coelidium.— Flowers purplish ; the petals not adhering to the staminal tube.

= a Leaves sessile, with involute margins. 8

fotiverso. VIII. Walpersia.— Flowers yellow ; the petals adnate at Se tae to the staminal

: tube. Leaves petiolate, with reflexed margins. doll Gey

: : Ts Tribe 3. GENIsTER. Stamens completely monadelphous. Ovary 2 or several

____ ovuled.—Shrubs, suffrutices, or herbs. Leaves either simple, or palmately 3~ or

_-—_—_— pluri-foliolate. (Gen. 9-24),

pe Ci: TX... ia.— Calyx equally 5-fid, the segments Pp nt. Vexillum villous.

i] or

j edlinae

: 7 x Rafnia.— Calyx 5-fid, the lowest segment much narrower than th saat s “

_Corolla (and the whole plant) glabrous. Legume lanceolate or linear. Cyt se ae

XI. Euchlora.—Calyz and corolla of Rafnia. Legume ovate, id. Plant :

densely hairy. nal, iffesteane Se ff (scaly 3 OP ivll baht aS

_7* Leaves stipulate, either simple or palmately compound, a OClande Ufalic ae

TESST otra ea etn emt ga

XIIL._Pleiospora.— Vevillum erect, straight, + carina straight. Style short,

©) xv. ote ola. Vardtinia Selecedl; atin. tolesid "“Gikaas Gigs

. Listia.—Corolla of

or rostrate, Sg .

Legume subcompressed or subturgid, straight or falcate. deh ‘

—Coro Lotononis. linear, folded and twistedfrom. (tt

wuake Legume repeatatlly 0. Biasiege 4 7

tt Calyx distinctly dilabiate, the upper lip bifid, the lower tridentate, trif

‘iddnctine: Legume linear, compressed. { ae ee ee

- XVII. Dichilus.—Calyx of Argyrolobium. Cari

- Carina ob rather lo; n th

, aie ee + ig apa oe oe. crc x nger than the

@-) XVIII. Melolobium.— Cai r, shortly bilabiate. ‘

OD oe bun Mien ortly bilabiate. Corolla Carina

rerit | een glandular or viscoso-pubescent. Mrazh3

yx campanulate, hollow or intruse at ilabiate.

_ Glabrous shrubs or suffrutices, ren any Sa oe :

LEGUMINOS (Harv.)

‘ fie XIX. Hypocalyptus.— Vevillum nick longer ae the carina. Legume linear.

MY orattn XX. Loddigesia.— Vexillum much shorter than na and ale. as ovato- ,

lanceolate. = Sut » yl . sree e

ss ttt t Calyx oblique, 5-toothed or 5—fid. fy Maven. i

~~) XXI. Lebeckia.— Carina longer than the ale, mosgly iesergs vex, ;

linear, flat, terete, or turgid, several seeded. mn un

) XXII. Viborgia.— Petals with long claws. Legume ssufeine

indehiscent, one seeded, winged on the upper side., Shwa

+++t+ Calyx subequally 5-toothed or 5-fid. wight ng Wile

XXIII. Buchenroedera.— Leaves petiolate, 3-foliolate,

XXIV. Aspalathus.—Leaves sesst/e; leaflets as if fascicled aves without 8

Tribe 4. PsoraLiza. Stamens diadelphous (or the vexillary filament coh

in the middle). Ovary 1-ovuled. Leaves never stipellate, - ncn comp

very generally sprinkled with resinous, glandular dots. Infl. selene ter —

£24 .% XXV. Psoralea. St) udu Aw f adrohe 5

Tribe 5. TRIFOLIER. Stamens diadelphous, Ovary 2 or preseeN cleks: if ee

erect or trailing, but not twining or climbing. Herbaceous, or suffruticose. Pac

3-foliolate, very rarely 5-foliolate, never stipellate. (Gen. 26-30). fet F

XXVI. Lotus.—Carina very aig me cylindrical, many seeded. Flowers

: P umbellate. & hives neon

) © XXVII. Trifolium.—Carina obtuse, oe to the ale; persistent. Legume cml,

concealed in the calyx. Flowers in dense spikes or heads. Simla aduak

. XXVIII. Melilotus.— Carina obtuse, free, deciduous. , Legume'small, but Ae 2 eh

than the calyx. Flowers in lax racemes. Stipes al ole Werte, lmde dpieete ff

XXIX. Trigonella.— Carina obtuse, free, very short. Legume linear, sli

curved, many seeded, much longer than the calyx. Flowers in very short (

ee umbellate) racemes. whs atlaole rae

4 XXX. Medicago.—Carina obtuse, free. Legume much incurved or spir: h

- often bordered with spinous teeth. Flowers racemose or ‘sub-solitary.

Tribe 6. INDIGOFERER. Stamens diadelphous ; the connective of the anthers apicu-

late. Ovary 2 or several ovuled. Stem never twining or climbing. Leawes\ :

compound, rarely simple. Pubesence very frequently strigose. ce

. » XXXI. Indigofera.—Vexillwm roundish, reflexed. Carina sighs a 8)

a minence at each side, near the base. bei teh A erste ce |

Tribe 7. GALEGER, Stamens mot 10US Or diadelphous. © Ovary

ovuled. Legume bivalve, one celled. ‘Stem never twining.

unifoliate, sometimes stipellate. Flowers racemose. (Gen. oo

* Legume coriaceous or rigid, not membranous.

XXXII. Tephrosia.—_Legume linear, compressed, coriaceous. ‘Small shrubs, su,

| aes, or herbs. Flowers pup _ or white. — 4 ey a

é Saree. oy ras cathooes ee

- 'yoo"\ XXXV. Sutherlandia—Leaves pinnate. Verillum shorter than the aa carina.

; racemose.

XXXVI. Lessertia.— Leaves pinnate. Vexillum expanded, longer t

carina. Style bearded in front. Flowers vend 3 le, pink, oF A e!

II. Sylitra.—Leaves simple. Flowers , minute.

‘Tribe 8. ASTRAGALER. Stamens diadelpho ios Fie

pug ese = by the inteelienes of ee

ata Astragalus.—Legume with its lower (carinal) suture int ole

‘Tribe 9. HEDYSARER. Legume more or less completely jointed, ars

: “at maturity into indehiscent, one seeded articulations : sometimes

: articulus. Leaves ——— compound, or xituple.” (Gen.

vou. I,

Ahm

Wao "-LEGUMINOS® (Harv.)

eee yey _* Leaflets 2-4, from the apex of @ common petiole (pellucid dotted ),

Cdahvolse MLXXXTX. Zornia,

ey 4

_ _* Leaves pinnate ; leaflets in two or many pairs.

- KL. Eschynomene.—Leaves multi-jugate. Stamens 10, connate in two 5—androus

= SS rare _ Legume many jointed. 3

Ls _ XLI. Arachis.—Leaves bijugate. Stamens monadelphous. Pod subterraneous,

fs ~ ndehiguent; = << 1% 4

ls _ *** Leaves pinnatély trifoliolate,

fe /~ ~~ XLII. Stylosanthes.— Calyx tube very long ; the corolla inserted in its throat. S¢.

oe ...» ..monadelphous. Legume short, of one or two joints, 227

leew fol <—t- X EITM. ium.—(Calya 2-lipped, the corolla inserted in its base. St. dia- -

lke delphous. Legume many jointed. Ae

XLIV. Anarthrosyne.— Flower of Desmodium. Legume compressed, linear-subfal-

cate, imperfectly trarticulate, not Spontaneously separating. /. panicled. 2% f

» **** Leaves simple or unifoliolate.

XLV. Alysicarpus,—Suffruticose or herbaceous. Legume terete, separating into

~ numerous joints,

XLVI. Requienia._ A suffrutex with obcordate leaves, and minute, axillary flowers.

Legume oval, compressed, one-seeded, hook-pointed. oe }

XLVII. Hallia.—Suffrutices, with cordate or lanceolate leaves, and adnate stipules. 4

Flowers axillary, violet-coloured, small. Legume compressed, one-seeded. | Sones |

L.# XLVHL Alhagi.—Spinous shrubs. Flowers red, racemose. Legume stipitate,

ne Seay irregularly constricted, not perfectly jointed, indehiscent. 233

Tribe ro. Victna. Stamens either diadelphous or monadelphous in the middle.

Herbaceous plants, with abruptly pinnate leaves, the common petiole produced into a

tendrit or excurrent point. Flowers axillary. s

- -XLIX. Vicia. | ae 2

‘Tribe 11. Puasrorem. Stamens either diadelphous, or monadelphous in the

_ middle. Legume bivalve. Stem frequently twining, prostrate or diffuse. Leaves

usually pinnately-trifoliotate, sometimes unifoliate (in Abrus pinnate-multi-jugate),

stipellate. (Gen. 50-60).

134—Ot

etait 24 2

- Upper lip very large, mh : roun ded lobes, . :

wv Vigna.—Calyx subequally 4-5 fid, Twiner: lower

Stigma terminal.

Vexitlum bi-callous within. Style a

on one side, with a hooked point and an oblique stigma,

A LVI. Dolichos.—Calyz bilabiate 3 upper lip bifid or subentire, lower trifid. Veril-

~~ _ lum bi-callous within. Style channelled or terete, with a straight point

- s. 1

. the seeds. (d viscidly-hairy

Tes » = ‘

pee short hilum, tral seed cord. ytlaw- wk i¢ be

.. LIX. Eriosema,— y very hairy. Seeds o} i

_~ seed-cord attached at one end of a linear hilum. FL

"Leaves pinnate, multijugate. Ovary many-ovuled.

eto a

icant ate Saeed

LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) : 5

LX. Abrus.—Leaves abruptly pinnate. Seeds globose, scarlet and black. ae

Tribe 12. DALBERGIER. Stamens monadelphous or variously connate, Legume —*

either perfectly indchiscent, or rarely splitting eventually into rigid-ligneous valves.

Stem woody, either arborescent, shrubby, or twining. Leaves pinnate, 5 or many

‘ _ foliolate, or unifoliolate. (Gen. 61-63). oe.

Oabtrane LXI. Lonchocarpus.— Leaflets opposite. 263

| Jad cg Oo XL. Pterocarpus.—Leajlets alternate. Anthers versatile. Legume orbicular. 264

eee s II. Dalbergia.—Leajlets alternate. Anthers small, terminal ; loculi erect or

VUGAS. divergent. Legume oblong or linear. %

Tribe 13. SopHOREs. Stamens free. Stem woody, arborescent, shrubby or suf-

fruticose. Zeaves pinnately multifoliolate, rarely (in Bracteolaria) unifoliolate.

= . Wm. 64-67).

* JG LXTIV. Sophora.—Leaves pinnate. Carina obtuse, straightish. Legume moniliform.265

% ». LXV. Virgilia— Leaves pinnate. Carina incurved, acutely rostrate. Legume ob-

_ Jong, compressed, coriaceous, with very blunt edges. (Flowers purple ). eee Te

‘ <LXVI. Calpurnia.—Leaves pinnate. Carina incurved, obtuse. Legume ee

aris linear, very flat, sharp-edged. ( Flowers yellow).

Nostc® ULXVII. Bracteolaria.— Leaves unifoliolate.

Sub-Order 2. C@SALPINIEZ. (Gen. 68-75).

Corolla irregular or subregular, not papilionaceous ; petals imbricated in zestiva-

tion, the upper petal interior. Stamens 10 or fewer, free or monadelphous.

_ * Leaves simply pinnate. :

“na en LX VIII. Parkinsonia.—Stamens 10 ; anthers versatile, splitting. Ovary sessile. -

_ . ep Legume linear, very long, many-seeded. : ie

wale LXXIIT. Cassia.—Stamens (fewer than ten perfect) opening by terminal pores. ae

woe.p £5 LXXIV. Schotia.—Stamens 10 ; anthers versatile, splitting. Ovary stipitate. Le- :

bse i gume short, broadly-oblong, coriaceous, few-seeded. 273

pee ** Leaves bi-pinnate. i ; ae

Ca \%osLXIX, Guilandina.—Arborescent. Ovary stipitate. Legume ovate, covered wor

hig

= ae

_ «+ sharp prickles. : :

©...) “LX. Melanosticta.—Half-herbaceous : all parts sprinkled with convex, eg

~ resinous dots. ica ghee e te ae ws

do ..LXXT. Peltophorum.— Arborescent. Flowers pedicellate. Filaments as long gk ze

, hairy at base. le equalling the petals. Legume unarmed.

Ce ae ober reer Flowers veaaile, Filaments and style very short. ors

Legume unarmed. oe

*«* Leaves simple, 2-lobed (formed of 2 terminal, confluent leaflets ).

alsl we LXXV. Bauhinia. .

Sub-Order 3. Mrwosrz. (Gen. 76-82).

Flowers minute, in dense heads or spikes. Corolla irregular, its petals free or united

in a tube, valvate in estivation. Stamens definite or indefinite. :

Tribe 1. Eu-Mrtosex. Stamens definite ; pollen powdery.

LXXVI. Entada.— Flowers uniform, spicate, sessile. Legume breaking up into)

1-seeded joints. se eee

~LXXVII. Elephantorhiza.—F/, uniform, racemose, pedicellate. Legume com-

tinuous. ee : a7

LXXVIII. Dichrostachys.— Flowers of two kinds in the spike; the upper perfect ; oe

ter, with long slender filaments without anthers. fy

* Ls eat: Talae le uniform, capitate, sessile. Legume one-seeded, 278 oe

mee cuca bi j r Rete “ys ah

Tribe . abeccan: Stamens indefinite ; pollen collected into 4-6 masses in

aha! _ -LXXX. Acacia.—Corolla small, tubular. Stamens free. Salas

Mok 4° TEXXL Albizzia,—Corolla funnel-shaped. Stamens shortly tubular at

~S"“much exserted tube. |

6 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Cyclopia.

I. CYCLOPIA, Vent.

Calyx sub-equally 5-cleft, with the base indented. Petals subequal ;

vexillum roundish, plaited at base, with a short recurved claw ; ale

oblong, with a transverse fold ; carina incurved, obtusely rostrate.

Stamens separate, or slightly connate at base ; filaments dilated. Ovary

glabrous, several-ovuled. Legume oblong, compressed, uni-locular,

bivalve, coriaceous ; seeds strophioliate. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ.

2p. 432. DC. Prod. 2. p. 101.

Erect, dark-colored or rusty-olivacescent South African shrubs. Leaves sessile,

palmately trifoliolate ; leaflets narrow, linear, lanceolate or rarely ovate, glabrous or

pubescent, frequently with revolute margins. Stipules none. Peduncles axillary,

1-flowered, 2—bracted at base. Flowers bright yellow. Name from ku«dos a circle,

and zrous, a foot, because there is a circular depression of the base of the calyx,

round the pedicel.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Glabrous or nearly so :

Leaflets flat, with slightly recurved or plane margins :

Bracts smooth, with straight points :

Leaflets cordate-ovate, acute or acuminate, flat cat; Seats Ry Ae

Leaflets elliptic-oblong or sub-lanceolate-linear, obtuse ... (2) Vogelii.

Bracts striate, with recurved points ... ... ... ... «.. (3) longifolia.

Leaflets linear or filiform, with strongly revolute margins :

Bracts very broad, obtuse ; leaflets linear-filiform .. see (4) ‘tenuifolia.

Bracts boat-shaped, acute; leaflets linear ... ... ... ... (5) genistoides + |

Hairy or pubescent, at least on the twigs and young parts :

Bracts ribbed, with recurved points ties Seach ae One (7) pubescens.

Bracts smooth, with straight points : :

Flowers pedicellate ; calyx glabrous ; its lobes faleate. ... (6) galiodes. ~~

FI. sessile ; calyx softly hairy ; its lobes falcate ... ... ... (8) sessiliflora,

Fi. subsessile ; calyx-lobes broadly-oblong, ciliate... ... ... (9) Bowieana.,

1. C. latifolia (DC Prod. 2. p. 101.); glabrous ; leaflets cordate-

ovate or ovate-acuminate, truncate or cordate at base, acute ; outer bract

as long as the pedicel ; calyx-lobes deltoid, acute. Benth. in Lond.

Jott. 2. p. 432. B. cordifolia, Benth. ! Ann. Mus. Vind. 2. p. 67.

‘Has. South Africa, pear, We Herb. pd arb. Benth. !)

branched, robust ; brar ‘ramuli somewhat winged along the

angles. Tendieta |: long or more, the : one longest, more than Linch wide

(2. C, Vogelii (Harv.) ; glabrous ; leaflets flat, with reflened or sub-

revolute margins, elliptic-oblong, oblong-linear, lanceolate, or spathulate,

either acute or obtuse at one or both ends ; bracts navicular, broadly

ovate, acute or acuminate, erect, smooth, longer or shorter than the

pedicel ; calyx-lobes deltoid or broadly faleate, acute or obtuse, shorter,

or rather longer than the tube.

‘Var. a. subternata ; pedicel as long as, or exceeding the bract ; calyx lobes del-

toid, acute ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or lanceolate. C. subternata, Vog. Linn. 10 p.

595. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 2. p. 432. C. latifolia, E. Mey.! Com. p. 3. C.

grandifolia, A. DO. Burch. Cat. No. 5519.

Var. 8. brachypoda; pedicel much shorter than the bracts or calyx ; calyx lobes

deltoid, acute ; leaflets narrow, tapering at base. B. brachypoda, Lond.

Journ. 1. ¢, sessiliflora, E. § Z, No, 1147. non. B. M. Rania retrofleca p. Thunb.

Herb. (excl. var. a).

Cyclopia. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 7

Van. +. intermedia; pedicel and the obtuse bracts of equal length ; calyx lobes

deltoid, obtuse ; leaflets oblong-linear or lanceolate. C. intermedia, E. Mey. Com.

p. 3. excl. lit.c. Benth. l.c. Burch. Cat. 4929.

Var. 8. laxiflora; pedicel much longer than the small, acute or obtuse bracts ;

calyx lobes deltoid, obtuse or subacute ; leaflets tapering much at base. C. laxiflora,

Benth! 1.c. C. latifolia, E. § Z.! En. No. 1149. (non DC.)

Var. e. falcata ; pedicels scarcely equalling the ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, very

acute bracts ; calyx-lobes longer than the tube, falcate, acute ; leaflets varying from

broadly elliptic-oblong with straight edges, to lanceolate and narrow-linear with

strongly reflexed margins.

Has. Mountains in the districts of Stellenbosch, Swellendam, and George. Var.

a. Drakenstein & Bosjesveld, Drege, Mundt. and Maire, Wallich. B. Puspas valley,

Swellendam, FE. ¢ Z. Grootvadersbosch, Zeyher. y. Near Swellendam and on the

Kaureboom River, George, Drege. 5. The Knysna and Plettenberg Bay, £. § 2Z./

Pappe (36), Mundt § Maire, Georgetown, Dr. Prior. ¢. Witsenberg, Zeyher !

354- a, (39). French Hoek, W.H.H, Caledon, Dr. Prior. (Herb. Th. Bth.

Very variable in the breadth, flatness and form of the leaves ; the length of the

pedicel, of the bracts, and in the form of the calyx lobes. If the four first varieties

be held separate, so must the fifth, which differs from all the rest in its very large

and much acuminate bracts and strongly falcate calyx lobes. In other respects it

is so like var. a. that I find it named “subternata” in Herb. Benth. Stems angu-

lar, 3-4 feet high, robust, except in var. 8., which is a weak, straggling plant.

Leaflets 3-14 inch long, 1-3 lines broad, rarely quite flat, usually with the margins

recurved, but never covering the lower surface. Bracts in a. 1-1} lines, in B. 3-1 |

line, in y. 2-3 lines, in 6. 1 line, in ¢. 3-5 lines long, always smoo' and somewhat

shining, with straight points: acute, except in var. y.

8. ©. longifolia (Vogel, Lin. to. p. 595.) ; glabrous.; leaflets flat,

with reflexed margins, elongate, linear-spathulate, tapering at base,

obtuse; bracts sharply keeled, striate, with strongly recurved. points,

much shorter than the pedicel ; calyx lobes broadly falcate, acute,

about as long as the tube. Benth. Lc. po 433.

Has. South Africa, Mundt § Maire. (Herb. Hook.) d

A lasly-branched, straggling shrub, with angular branches. Leaflets 1-14 inches

long, 1-14 lines wide, with obvious petiolules. Pedicels 3-4 times as long as the

strongly hooked practs.—This comes near C. Vogelti, var. 3., but differs from all

states of that species, in its bracts.

4, C, tenuifolia (Lehm. Linn. 5. p. 373.) ; glabrous ; leaflets linear-

filiform, with revolute edges, elongate ; bracts very broad, obtuse, strongly

keeled; smooth, much shorter than the pedicels ; ealyx lobes deltoid, ob-

tuse. Benth. l. ep» 433. E. § Z No. 1150. C. laricina, E. Mey.!

Com. p. 153+ Zeyher 2257. Burch. Cat. 7522.

Has. Mountains of Swellendam and George, E. § Z., Mundt, Drege, Stellen-

bosch, W.H.H. River Zonderende, Zeyher, 2257. (Herb. D. Hk. Sd.)

Shrub, 3-6 feet high, erect, much branched : readily known by its very narrow,

pine-like leaflets, which are 13-2 inches long, and } line in diameter. Flowers in

dense subterminal clusters, with remarkably large, very obtuse or truncate, boat-

shaped bracts. Pedicels 4-§ inch long.

5. C. genistoides (Br. Hort. Kew, Ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 5); glabrous or

nearly so ; leaflets narrow-linear, with strongly revolute margins, acute OF —

‘mucronate; bracts boatshaped, acute, smooth, erect, shorter than the

icel ; calyx lobes broadly falea e, acute or mucronate.

Benth. 1. ¢. p. 434. DO. Prod. 2. p. 101. Andr. Bot. Rep. t.427. C. gents-

toides and ©. teretifolia, E. § Z. No. 1143; 1145! C. genistoides and C.

8 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [Cyclopia.

galiordes, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. C. No. 353, 2256, Zeyher. Ibbetsonia

genistoides, Bot. mag. t. 1259. Galega genistordes, Thunb. Cap. p. 600. excl.

var. B.

Var. 8. heterophylla; leaflets, especially of the lower leaves, broader, imper-

fectly revolute. C. heterophylla, E. & Z. 1148.

Has. Common on hills and mountain-sides, throughout the 8. W. districts.

(Herb. Th., Sd., D., Hk., Bth.)

A virgate, much-branched shrub, 3-5 feet high, with angular branches ; the

young twigs sometimes minutely downy. Leaves closely set, patent ; leaflets 4-3}

or 1 inch long, 4 line in breadth, the under surface generally concealed, except the

. midrib, by the revolution of the margins. In var. A. the leaflets are twice as broad, »

and imperfectly revolute.

6. ©. galioides (DC. Prod. 2. p. 101) ; young branches and twigs

densely hirsute ; leaflets (except the young ones) glabrous, linear-terete,

strongly revolute, acute or mucronate ; bracts ovato-lanceolate, cuspi-

date-acuminate, smooth, erect, the outer one longer than the pedicels;

calyx glabrous, its lobes broadly falcato-subulate, cuspidate. Benth. . c.

P. 434. Galega genistoides 8. Thunb.

L sen ath yeas Summit of Table Mountain ; Muysenberg and on the Cape Town ranges,

SUL os

its strongly ribbed, hooked bracts, * The yubescence varies much in

W.H.H., Wright (554, 572), &c. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D.)

A stouter but shorter growing bush than C. genistoides, with dark-coloured black-

ish-brown densely hairy branches, more erect leaves, and thicker and more revolute ce

leaflets. The young parts are covered with long, villous, deciduous’hairs. Leaflets

4-4 inch long, nearly 1 line in breadth, the under surface with a slender medial fur-

row ; no midrib visible. The specimens of E. & Z. under this name in —s

belong to C. genistoides, baie cat

7. C. pubescens (E. & Z. ! Enum. No. 1 146) ; branches and ramuli,

pedicels, and calyx, tomentose or pubescent ; leaflets glabrous, narrow-

linear, with revolute margins ; bracts acuminate, hooked-backwards, rib-

bed and furrowed, much shorter than the villous pedicel ; calyx furrowed,

pubescent or tomentose, its lobes from a broad base falcato-subulate,

very acute. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 2. p. 433. .

beng Bouse mr = on me — piston, pel declivities of V. Staadens-

ountain, Ur ’ a Herb. - :

A robust, eestom and ‘ : Bree

tall growing species ; readil known by

differen it speci-

mens ; in some the hairs are very short, i scattered ; in others dense, somewhat

tomentose and even canescent. The ribs on the calyx tube are equally variable :

those on the bracts are more constant. The leaflets are 3-1 inch mg, not a line

8. C. sessiliflora (E. Mey. Com. p. 4. non E. &Z ); young branches

densely villous, older glabrous ; leaflets linear-terete, strongly revolute,

softly hairy or glabrescent, sub-acute ; bracts very broadly ovate, cuspi-

date, smooth and shining, villous at the edges ; calyx sessile, softly hairy,

its lobes falcato-subulate, acute ; vexillum apiculate. Benth. l. c. p. 434,

Burch. Cat. 7770. (fide Benth.)

with softer, and more silky pubescence; the young foliage is densely clothed, the

older becoming nearly glabrous. The leaflets 7 inch long, 4 line in diameter, the

margins completely revolute. ,

«.

Podalyria.} | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 9

9. C. Bowieana (Harv.) ; young twigs thinly villous, older glabrous ;

leaflets linear-terete, strongly revolute, glabrous, acute ; bracts broadly

cymbiform, obtuse or subacute, smooth; calyx subsessile, glabrous, its

lobes broadly-oblong, obtuse or subacute, ciliolate.

Has. 8. Africa, eee Hook.)

This remark: ooking form, or species, resembles C. galioides in aspect, but

differs in the much shorter pedicels ; the large very broad ad obtuse, or scarcely

acute bracts, and the calyx lobes. I am unwilling to pass it over, although nothing

more is known of it than the three specimens preserved in Herb. Hooker.

II. PODALYRIA, Lam.

Calyx widely campanulate, subequally 5-cleft, with the base in-

dented. Vexillum ample, rounded-emarginate, with a short recurved

claw; ale obovate, oblique, rather shorter than the vexillum, longer

than the broad, obtuse carina. Stamens separate, or slightly connate at

base. Ovary sessile, pubescent, many-ovuled. Legume turgid, leathery,

villous. Benth! in Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. 2, p. 434. DC. Prod. 2, p. tot.

Silky or silvery-pubescent South African shrubs, with simple, alternate, expanded

leaves. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Peduncles axillary, 1-2, rarely 3-4 flowered.

Bracts solitary, falling off before the opening of the flowers. Flowers purple, rosy,

or blush-white. Named from Podalyrius, a son of Ausculapius, :

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1, Nitide, Adult-leaves quite glabrous and shining on the u surface, silk

or villous on the lower. (Sp. 1-6.) ee .

‘Leaves veinless: peduncles shorter than the leaves ... (1) speciosa.

Leaves veinless: pedunc. equalling or exceeding the leaves :

_. Lateral calyx segments as long as the carina (2) glauca,

» Lateral calyx-segments much shorter than the carina:

- . Leaves orixcular, with revolute margins... ...... (4) orbicularis.

ries Leaves ovate or obovate: bab ore :

Leaves } inch long, 2 lines wide... . (6) microphylla.

Leaves about uncial, densely silky-lanose bene (3) buxifolia.

Leaves reticulately veined on the lower surface... ... -.. (8) reticulata,

2. Villosee. Leaves tomentose on both surfaces; the toment on the wpper surface

mostly silky, that on the lower less abundant; the primary veins and often the

netted ges conspicuous and prominent. Bracts broad, but not cap-shaped.

(Sp. 7-11.

Leaves orbicular or very broadly ovate, obtuse :

Lvs. densely woolly beneath, not obviously nerved ... (7) cordata. —

Lys. shortly tomentose and reticulately nerved beneath ... (8) canescens.

Leaves oblong or ovate-elliptic, or lanceolate, acute or subacute :

Under surface densely hairy ; lateral veins inconspicuous:

Lvs. narrow-oblong, 1-14 inch long, 3-4 lines wide (9) velutina.

Lvs. ovate or elliptical, 3-1 inch long, 8~9 lines wide (10) Burchellii.

Under surface thinly pubescent, conspicuously netted-

Velnid eas a ces ees vee (21) lanceolata,

3. Calyptrate. Leaves pubescent on both sides, netted with veins and veinlets on

the lower. Bracts very broad, connate into a cap, which separates at base and falls

off from the opening flower. (Sp. 12.)

Leaves obovate-elliptical, obtuse, t-2 inches long... ... «-- (12) calyptrata.

4. Sericese. Leaves silky or silky-villous on both sides ; the veins concealed under

the shining hairs, or rarely, in old leaves somewhat prominent. Bracts broad or

wae

Calyx shaggy with curled, rusty, coarse hairs... -.. (14) angente

Calyx silky, with appressed and glossy hairs... (15).

10 - LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Podalyria.

Pedunceles shorter or scarcely longer than the leaves :

Calyx shaggy with curled, rusty hairs ... ... 1...

4 Calyx silky; its lobes deltoid-acute, much shorter than :

SNP ORR > in tie a Somme,

-- Calyx silky ; its lobes subulate, as long as the carina (.... 17) sericea,

1. NITIDE (Sp. 1-6.)

1. P. speciosa (Eck. & Zey.! No. 1164); leaves glabrous and shin-

ing above, densely silky beneath, veiniess, the lower ones elliptic-oblong

or sub-lanceolate, flattish, upper linear-elongate, with strongly revolute

margins, retuse; peduncles much shorter than the leaves; calyces and

pods densely rufo-villous. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2, P- 435.

Has. Summits of Hott. Holl. Mts. ; near Palmiet River and Klynriversberg, and

near ‘‘Hemel and Aarde.” £. § Z./ Pappe 41. (Herb. Bth., Sd., D.)

Stem 14-2 feet high, erect, with virgate branches, appressedly pubescent. Leaves

2-3 inches long, the lower ones 4-1 inch broad, with slightly rolled margins, the

upper 1-2 lines wide, perfectly linear, the revolute margins nearly concealing the

whole under surface. Pubescence of the under surface generally ferruginous,

coarsely silky, close-pressed. Flowers in pseudo-racemes towards the ends of the

branches. Pods very hirsute.

(13) myrtillifolia,

2. P. glauca (DC. Prod. 2. p. 102) ; leaves glabrous and shining

above, silky beneath, veinless, either elliptical, obovate, oblong, or lan-

ceolate, obtuse, mucronulate, with slightly reflexed margins; peduncles

generally much longer than the leaves ; calyces rufo-sericeous, the lateral

segments about as long as the carina; pods softly villous. Benth. 1. ¢.

P. 495. P. buaifolia, Lam. Dic, 2. t. 327. f.4. E. Mey.Com.p.7. P. Mun-

diana, E.§ Z.! 1162. P. sparsiflora, E. § Z.11166. P. racemulosa, E.§ Z.!

1165. Zeyher, No. 2268. Burch. Cat, 5118.

“Has. Mountains of Swellendam and George, Drege! Mundt.t Bowie, Burchell.

Zwarteberg at Klynriver ; and in the Langekloof, F. & Z.! (Herb. Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

_ Sub-erect or decumbent, 1-2 feet high, not much branched. Leaves $-% inch,

seldom exceeding an inch long, 4-4 inch wide, the silky hairs of the lower surface

either rufous or pale. Peduncles 2-6 times as long as the leaves, 1-2 flowered,

_8. P. buxifolia (Willd.? Sp. 2. p. 505, ex parte, DC, Prod. 2, p. 102);

“leaves broadly ovate or obovate, flattish, shining above, densely sericeo-

lanose beneath, veinless; peduncles as long as the leaves or longer,

villous, 1-2 flowered ; calyces rufo-villous, the lateral segments cul

much shorter than the carina.” Benth. 1. ¢. P. 436. P. glauca, 8. biflora,

E. § Z.! 1167.in Herb. Benth.! :

Has. Between Swellendam and Kochman’s Kloof, EF. & Z.! (Herb. Benth.)

Of this I have only seen a single specimen. The upper surfaces of th.

leaves are thinly sprinkled with hairs; the older glabrous and glossy. ‘This woeckes

requires further examination, with better specimens,

4. P. orbicularis (E. Mey.! Com. p. 8, non E. & Z.); leaves (becom-

ing) glabrous and shining above, densely ferrugineo-villous beneath,

veinless, orbicular, with revolute margins, very obtuse or mucronulate ;

peduncles 1-2 fl, as long as the leaves or longer; calyces rufo-hirsute,

the lateral segments much shorter than the keel. Benth. l. ¢. p. 436,

EL. § Z. No. 1159!

Has. Stony mountain sides near £. & Z. ians’

Kloof, Kens (Herb. Bth. Sd.) igiiialigeitias dagen

The subrotund leaves are 3-1 inch long, and nearly as wide ; the young ones

Podalyria. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 11

thinly sprinkled with hairs, the older glabrous and shining, the under surface densely

shaggy with dark, reddish-brown hairs. When dry the upper surfaces of the leaves

are frequently reticulated, from a shrinking of the parenchyma.

5. P. reticulata (Harv.) ; leaves glabrous and shining above, ap-

pressedly pubescent, with prominent midrib and netted veins beneath,

orbicular or obovate, very obtuse; peduncles 2-flowered, as long as the

leaves or shorter; calyces rufo-sericeous, the lateral segments cultrate,

acute, as long as the carina. Zey. No. 2269.

Has. On the Zwarteberg, Caledon, Zeyher, Pappe 40. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

Branched from below, the branches virgate, 1-2 feet long, thinly pubescent.

Leaves about 3 inch long, and nearly as broad, the young ones sprinkled with a few

deciduous, short hairs, the older quite glabrous and shining above, and obviously

reticulated below, green or fulvous. Calyces appressedly pubescent, rusty-brown.

Peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves, 1-2 flowered. Known from others of this

section by the netted venation of the leaves.

6. P. microphylla (E. Mey. in Linn. vol. 7. p. 147); leaves (very

small) obovate, mucronulate, glabrous above, appressedly silky beneath,

veinless; peduncles much longer than the leaves, minutely-silky, one-

flowered ; calyx rufo-sericeous, its segments deltoid, acute, shorter than

the tube and much shorter than the carina. JE. § Z./ En. No, 1174.

Haz. Among shrubs on the Tigerberge and Paardeberge, Stellenbosch. Eck. ¢

Zey.! Pappe 48. (Herb. Sd., D.)

A. woody, divaricately, much-branched shrub, the branches and twigs minutely

silky, with close-pressed, very short hairs. Leaves about 4 inch long, 2 lines broad,

with a recurved point, thickish, midribbed below, but veinless. Peduncles 1-1}

inches long, with close-pressed minute pubescence. Pubescence of the calyx very

short and close-pressed.

2. VILLOSZ (Sp. 7-11.)

”%. P. cordata (R. Br. Hort. Kew. 2. vol. 3. p. 8); thickly willoso- -

tomentose in all parts; leaves orbicular or broadly ovate, rounded or

cordate at base, densely woolly on both surfaces; peduncles shorter than

the leaves; calyces very shaggy, with reddish-brown hairs, their lobes

broadly cultrate, nearly as long as the keel. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 2.

p. 437. DC. Prod. 2. p. 102. £. & Z. En. No. 1151, pro pte. Zey. 2264.

P. hirsuta, Willd.? Sp. 2. p. 505.

- Has. ae mountain he in a se aie hg 3 3 >

of toitskloof, / 08. €. p) .

aoe bush, 2~3 feet hich rea sade shaggy with reddish brown or ful-

vous shining pubescence; feeling like coarse cloth to the touch. Leaves seldom

more than 1-1} inch long, often shorter, varying from circular, through elliptical,

to oblong and ovate ; very obtuse or subacute ; the veins generally concealed beneath

the thick pile of hairs, in old leaves somewhat apparent. Peduncles 4-4 inch long,

shaggy. Flowers purple.

8. P. canescens (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 9, not of E. & Z. 1177); branches

hairy or tomentose; leaves orbicular, broadly ovate or sub-ovate, ap-

pressedly pubescent above, reticulately veined and shortly tomentose —

beneath; peduncles 1-3 flowered, shorter or scarcely longer than: the ae

leaves; calyces rufo-velvetty, their lobes broadly cultrate, scarcely

long as the keel. Benth. l. c. p. 437. P. Thunbergiana, P. amo

P. intermedia, and P. Meyeriana, BE. & Z. 1152-55! Zey. 2266!

Has. M in sides in the districts of and Swellendam, f

B.g2.! omar ghee Fg WAH, ve. Hott. Holl, Mts. French J

Paarl. (Herb. D, Hk, Bth., Sd.) se ee

12 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Podalyria.

Very near P. cordata, but less shaggy ; generally with more ovate leaves, and the

under surface always obviously and mostly strongly reticulated with veins. Leaves

1-1} inches long; in young vigorous shoots 1} -24 inches. Pubescence of the stem,

branches, undersides of leaves, and calyx rusty-brown, shining.

9. P. velutina (Burch. Cat. Geogr. No. 3565 & 6984); branches

tomentose; leaves narrow-oblong, acute or mucronate, thickish, thinly

pubescent, with appressed hairs above, densely hairy, with a prominent

midrib beneath; peduncles one-flowered, shorter than the leaves; calyx

shaggy with rusty hairs, its lobes cultrate-acuminate, shorter than the

keel. Benth. l.c. p. 437. Zeyher, 2262! ‘

Has. Among shrubs by banks of rivulets, Western Mts., Grahamstown, Zeyher.

(207 in Herb. T.C.D.) ; also at Howison’s Poort; and near Sidbury, Zey. Albany,

Burchell, 7. Williamson! H. Hutton! (Herb. D. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

‘ An erect, virgate shrub, 2-3 feet high. Leaves 1-13 inch long, 3-4 lines wide,

somewhat acute at base, and thus sub-langeolate-oblong, distinctly mucronate when

young. Occasionally the nervation is partly obvious on the lower surface. Pods

very shaggy with long, rufous hairs. Very near P, Burchellii, but with longer and

proportionably narrower, never ovate leaves. I retain it, with considerable doubt :

eset ag of P. Burchelli called ‘“‘lancifolia” by E. § Z., being almost exactly inter-

m ‘

10. P. Burchellii (DC. Prod. 2. p. 101) ; branches tomentose; leaves

thickish, ovate or elluptical, acute or mucronate, thinly pubescent with

appressed hairs above, densely sericeo-villous beneath, with a prominent

midrib; peduncles 1-2 flowered, much shorter than the leaves ; calyces

shaggy with rusty hairs, the lobes broadly cultrate, shorter than the keel.

Benth. l. c. p. 431. P. Burchelliiand P. lancifolia, H. § Z. 1157, 1158.

Has. Mountain situations in Uitenhage and Albany, Burchell, EB. § Z.! Ge.

Common. (Herb. D. Bth., Hk., Sd.) .

2-3 feet high, with virgate branches. Leaves 3-3-1 inch long, }-3 inch broad,

seldom exceeding twice their breadth in length, the margin often slightly revolute ;

the veins sometimes apparent, but usually, except the midrib, concealed under the

rusty, glossy pubescence. The peduncles are generally 1-flowered, but not always.

11. P. lanceolata (Benth. An. Mus. Vind. 2. p- 68); twigs tomen-

tose or pubescent; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, or elliptic-oblong, sub-acute

or obtuse at each end, mucronulate, thinly pubescent on both surfaces,

prominently netted-veined on the under side ; peduncles 1-flowered,

shorter or longer than the subtending leaf; calyx tufo-villous, its lobes

acute, equalling the keel. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p- 438. P. calyp-

trata, 8. lanceolata, E, Mey. Comm. p. 10.

Has. District of Swellendam, Mundt. Riv. Zonderende, Zeyher, 2272! Pappe

(47). River side near Spaorbosch, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd. D.)

A tall shrub, 2-4 feet high, erect and virgate. Leaves 1}-2 inches long, 4-3

inch wide; generally obtusely lanceolate, but varying on the same bush to broadly-

elliptical, scarcely thrice as long as broad. The veins on the under surface are

always well marked and netted. Bracts (according to Bentham) distinct: More

like P. calyptrata than any species of this section.

3. CALYPTRAT, (Sp. 12.)

12. P. calyptrata (Willd. Sp. 2. p. 504); branches thinly pube-

scent; leaves bereiciacaaal obtuse, ESRB oo: thinly pubescent

on both surfaces, prominently netted-veined on the underside ; calyces

velvetty with rusty pubescence, the lobes cultrate, nearly equalling the

keel ; bracts connate into a hood, Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 438. P. sty-

Podalyria.| LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 13

racifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 1580. DO. Prod. 2. p. 102. E. § Z. 1160 ; also

P. myrtillifolia, E.& Z. 1161.

Flas. Mountains of the western districts, common: Table Mt., Muysenberg ;

Howhoeksberg and Zwarteberg, &c. £. § Z. and others. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth. Sd.)

—& tall, strong growing, much-branched, erect shrub, 3-6 feet high. Leaves t-1}

inch long, f-1 ich broad, green on both surfaces, the pubescence very short and

thinly set : in no part rufous, except on the peduncle and calyx. Peduncle 1-14

inches long, 1 rarely 2-flowered. Pods thinly villous with whitish hairs. Known

from all others by its calyptrform bracts.

4. SERICEZ (Sp. 13-17.)

18. P. myrtillifolia (Willd. Sp. 2. p. 505); branches pubescent ;

leaves elliptical or obovate, rarely sub-orbicular, thickish, thinly seri-

ceous above, more densely sericeo-pubescent beneath, the younger leaves

veinless, the older netted-veined beneath; peduncles 1-2 flowered,

shorter, or scarcely longer than the leaf; calyx rufo-villous, its lobes

cultrate, acute, longer than the tube, but shorter than the carina.

Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 439. P. busifolia, E. & Z.! No. 1163. non

Willd.

Var. B. parvifolia; leaves small (4 lines long), ovate or elliptic-ovate, acute,

silky on both sides, rufo-sericeous on the lower ; peduncles 1 fl., equalling leaves.

E. Mey. com. Drege. p. 8. (not P. parvifolia, E. Mey. in Linn.)

Has. Tigerberg and Klein Drakensteinberg, Drege. Near Caledon Baths, E. § Z./

Dr. Prior! River Zonderende, Zeyher, 2273, 2277. (Herb. Bth., Sd. Hk.)

A variable species, less silky than others of this section, and approaching P. Bur-

chelli in many res' The pubescence is very variable ; on some of Eck. & Zey-

specimens the under surfaces of the leaves are nearly as bare as in P. calyptrata.

14. P. argentea (Salisb. Par. Lond. t. 7. non E. & Z.); branches

pubescent ; leaves ovate, elliptical, obovate, oblong or lanceolate, ob-

tuse or acute, silky on both surfaces, especially the under side ; pedun-

cles much longer than the leaves, 1-2 flowered ; calyces shaggy with

curled, red-brown, coarse hairs, the segments deltoid, shorter than the

tube or about equal to it DC. Prod. 2. p. 102. P. biflora Sims. Bot.

Mag. t. 753. E. M. Com. p. 6. P. subliflora, Benth. Lond. Journ. 2.

p, 439. P. liparioides, P. angustifolia, and P. cuneifolia, (pro parte )

E. & Z. 11170, 1171, 1156.

Has. Hills round Capetown and Simon’s Bay, common. Hott. Holland, F#. § Z.!

&e. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Suberect or decumbent, 1-2 feet high, subsimple or much branched. Pubescence

satiny, often fulvous or rust coloured. The long peduncles, and very roughly hairy

calyces, with short and broad lobes sufficiently mark this species. The calyx lobes

vary in length, and, though generally shorter than the tube, sometimes a little ex-

ceed it ; their shape and pubescence are more constant.

15. P. biflora (Lam. Illustr. t. 327. f. 3); branches pubescent ; leaves

ovate, obovate, oblong, or suborbicular, obtuse, silky on both surfaces ;

peduncles much longer than the leaves, two flowered ; calyx silky, its seg-

ments cultrate, acute, longer than the tube, but shorter than the carina.

Benth. lc. p. 439. P.liparioides, DC. Prod. 2. p. 102. P. myrtillifolia B.

liparioides, E. M. Com. p.8. P.argentea and P. pedunculata. E.§Z.1 No.

1168, 1169. P. subbiflora ? and P. racemulosa? DC. Prod.l.c

"Han. Cape district, Sicher, Burchell, E. ¢ Z.1 Kl. Drakenstein and Paarl, Drege.

Near the waterfall, Tulbagh, 2. § Z./ (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) ~ *

14 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Liparia.

Suberect or decumbent, 1-3 feet high ; silky in all parts. Leaves 3—1 inch—

rarely 14 inches long, $—- inch wide, very variable in form, often rusty or fulvous.

Pubescence of the calyx close-pressed, very unlike that of P. argentea.

16. P. cuneifolia (Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 99. non E. & Z.); branches

silky ; leaves obcordatey obovate or cuneate-oblong, acute at base, retuse

or recurvo-mucronulate, silky on both surfaces.; peduncles mostly one-

flowered and shorter than the leaf, (rarely 2 fl. somewhat longer) ; caly-

ces appressedly pubescent, its lobes deltoid-acuminate, half as long as the

carina ; pod villous (not shaggy). Benth. l.c. p. 440. DC. Prod.2. p-I0t.

P. pallens, albens, hamata, splendens, and patens, B. & Z.! 1172, 1173,

1175, 1178, 1179.

| Has. A common species from Capetown through Swellendam and George to |

porte Uitenhage ; also in Worcester and Stellenbosch, &c. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Waar Erect or procumbent, varying much in habit, in the form of leaves, hairiness and

| | v, colour of flower. It is more silky and shining than the preceding species, but much

ue $4 less so than the following, for which it is often mistaken.

17. P. sericea (R. Br. in Hort. Kew, Ed. 2. vol. 3, p. 6.); branches

silky ; leaves obovate or cuneate-oblong, acute at base, recurvo-mucro-

nulate, sky and shining on both surfaces ; peduncles r flowered, shorter

than the leaves ; calyces silky, their lobes subulate, acute, as long as

| the carina ; pod silky. Benth. l. c.p. 440. DC. Prod. 2. p. 101. E. & Z.

2 , No. 1176, and P. canescens, E. & Z.1177. P. anomala, Lehm. —

tas Perk e Hap. Cape flats and Table Mountain, £, § Z.! Drege, fc. Saldanha Bay, E. § Z.!

sacl, Wor) 4. Bret or procumbent ; the whole plant with a satiny or silvery lustre, sometimes

= ' \,"Tfulvous. It much resembles the preceding species, from which it is known by its

= <a. ae and elongate calyx lobes, and (when they can be seen) by its narrower

}

Ill. LIPARIA, Linn.

Calya indented at base, with a short tube, 5-lobed ; the four upper

lobes lanceolate, acute, the lowest very large and broad, petaloid. Corolla

glabrous ; vexillum oval-oblong ; the ale oblong, one infolding the other

in wstivation ; carina straight, acute, narrow. Stamens 9 & 1. Ovary

sessile, few-ovuled. Legume ovate, few-seeded. DO. Prod. 2. Po 121,

Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 413. ; ivan

South African shrubs, with alternate, lanceolate, rigid, pun ent, i

Flowers bright vai ie terminal heads. Name Pisa Nwtanee ities pele

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Branches glabrous : 4

Calyx glabrous, its upper segments alone lanato-ciliate ... (1) spherica, *

Calyx ev: hi iry, all th ts hai ithim ... i: ii

noe aoe wei ase? < e segments h ry within (3) Burchellii.

Branches thinly villous, soon glabrous ; leaves imbricated Bs comantha,

Branches densely villous ; leaves spreading or reflexed ais S parva, t

1. L. spherica (Linn. Mant. 268) ; branches glabrous ; leaves erect,

lanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, pungent, 3— 5-7 nerved ; bracts glabrous,

not ciliate ; calyx glabrous, its upper segments alone fringed with woolly

hairs. DC. Prod, 2.p. 121, Benth. Lond. Journ, 2. Pp. 443. #.¢Z. En. No.

ae 1215. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 121. Andr. Bot, Rep. t 68, et .

| Lod. Cab. t. 642. 3 ‘ Hap $5 7 Mag. t. 1241 ©

Liparia.] LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 15

Has. Mountains round Capetown and Simonsbay ; Muysenberg, &c. Thunberg, Cabtlisedin

E. & Z., Drege, Wright (550), Pappe, fc. fc. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A rigid shrub 2-6 feet high or more, perfectly glabrous in all parts except on the

icels and. along the edges of the smaller calyx-lobes. Leaves 14-1} inch long,

2-4 inch wide, closely imbricating, sessile, varying from lanceolate to oblong, taper-

ing into a hard sharp point. Flowers in dense, nodding-heads, 3-4 inches in diame-

ter ; each flower on a short villous pedicel, in the axil of a large leafy bract, thinner,

softer, and paler than the leaves, but of similar shape ; pedicels about a } inch long,

softly hairy. Lower segment of the calyx obovate-oblong, acute, quite glabrous,

twice as long as the narrow-subulate, woolly. sd upper segments. Flowers bright

yellow or orange.

2. L. comantha (Eck. & Zey. En. No. 1216); branches thinly wil-

lous, soon becoming glabrous ; leaves-imbricated, narrow-oblong, acute,

pungent, 3-5-7 nerved ; bracts fringed with hairs ; calyx hairy ex-

ternally, all the segments fringed, the lowest, which is nearly as long

as the vexillum, densely hairy on the inside also. Benth. 1. c.p. 443.

Has. Rocks above Hott. Holland Kloof, Z. é Z./ (Herb. Bth., Sd., D.)

A smaller plant than Z. spherica, which it much resembles, but is well marked

by its hairy calyx and ciliated bracts. Leaves 1}-1} inch long, }-4 inch wide, |

densely imbricated. Heads of flowers nodding, scarcely 2 inches in diameter.

Lowest calyx-segment lanceolate, softly villous on both surfaces. FI. bright yellow.

3. L. Burchellii (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 443); “ branches gla-

brous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, mucronate-acute, thick, obscurely

about § nerved ; bracts ciliate ; calyw everywhere hairy, all the seg-

ments ciliate, hairy within, the lowest half as long as the vexillum.” Bth.

Has. Cape colony, Burchell, No. 6881.

Said to resemble the preceding species in aspect, but having longer and narrower

leaves, and a more hairy and differently proportioned calyx,

4. L. parva (Vogel, ex Walp. Linn. 13. p.. 468) ; stem slender, ee RQ. 4

Wow)

densely villous ; leaves spreading or reflexed, elliptical or oblong, acute

and pungent, 3-5 nerved, sparsely villous ; bracts broadly elliptical,

hairs; calyx densely hairy externally,

Ub lig

“<< lise

ik 2

Mocs. &

pb fos

all the segments well-fringed, the lowest which is rather shorter than “wer

the vexillum, hairy on the inside also, Benth. l. c. p. 443. Bot. Mag. t.

| 4034. L. crassinervia, Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 63 ?

Bo eh

Pa i

Has. 8. Africa, Bowie, Forbes. Near Simon’s Bay, Mr. C. Wright, 549. (Herb.

-” Beh., D., Hk.

)

" Stem 1-2 feet high, suberect or trailing, irregularly branched, all the younger _

twigs patently hairy. Leaves scattered, more distant than in the preceding species,

4-¥ inch long, about } inch wide, the young ones thinly villous. Heads of flowers

| erect, 1-1} inch in diameter ; the bracts 4 inch wide or more, suborbicular or

\ elliptical ; their cas “Ala digg Calyx 3-3 inch long, its smaller segments

dar saad te ter | an in others. Fl. yellow. This looks like a Priestleya.

—— __IV. PRIESTLEYA, DC.

Calyx subequally 5—cleft, the lowest lobe equal to the rest or scarcely

obtuse, subfalcate ; carina incurved, without lateral appendages. Sta-_

mens 9 & 1. Ovary sessile, several-ovuled. Legume plano-compressed, ss :

4-6 seeded. Benth! in Hook. Lond. Journ, 2 p. 444. DO. Prod. 2, Pe

121, Priestleya and Xiphotheca, LE. § Z. .

longer. Corolla glabrous ;_ vewillum subrotund, shortly stipitate; ale

South African shrubs, with alternate, simple, exstipulate leaves. Flowers yellow, 3 fe So

16 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Priestleya.

in terminal heads or racemes, or axillary. Name in honour of M. Priestley, %

physiological botanist. :

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1. Isothea.—Calyx at length indented at base. Carina rostrate. Glabrous or

thinly villous, rarely hirsute, shrubs, mostly turning black in drying. (Sp. 1-11.)

Flowers subcapitate or very densely capitato-racemose :

Branches glabrous :

Leaves linear-lanceolate, 1-nerved ; flowers pedi- See

cellate, racemose; bracts lanceolate .. ... ... (1) graminifolia.

Leaves linear or oblong-linear ; fi, subsessile, capi-

tate ; bracts broadly ovate ... (5) capitata. 4

Branches villous or hirsute : ae

Leaves narrow-lanceolate ; bracts lanceolate ... (2) angustifolia.

Lys. narrow-oblong, 1—nerved ; bracts broadly ovate (4) umbellifera, *

Lvs. obovate-oblong, 3-5 nerved ; bractsovate ... (6) hirsuta,

Lvs. ovate-orbicular, many nerved, shaggy... ... (11) vestita.

Flowers conspicuously pedicellate, swb-wmbellate :

Bracts and calyces glabrous : ;

Pedicels downy ; pods densely villous ... ...... (8) myrtifolia.

Pedicels glabrous ; pods glabrous and glossy... ... (9) leiocarpa.

Bracts or calyces pubescent or hairy :

Branches hirsute; leaves broadly ovate or obovate (10) latifolia.

Branches glabrous, or soon becoming glabrous :

Leaves all narrow, lanceolate-linear ... ... ... (3) teres.

Leaves broad, the lower oblong, upper lanceolate (7) Thunbergii. >

2. Anisothea.—Calyxz not indented at base. Casina shortly curved, not rostrate,

rounded above. Silky or appressedly villous shrubs, not blackening. (Sp. 12-15).

’ Flowers in terminal heads :

Branches subcorymbose ; pubescence villous; leaves

elliptic-ovate vo} oc Sts eae aae eee CR One. +

Branches flexuous, divaricate ; pub. silky ; leaves squar-

rose, ovato-lanceolate ... ... 0... sce ses cre ve (14) BOTicen.

Flowers axillary, scattered :

Diffuse ; pedicels shorter than the broadly ovate, concave

Ee ree ree eee a a

Suberect ; pedicels longer than the bracts ; leaves ovate

or elliptic, flat Pg ne on ee eee (12) elliptica.

1, ISOTHEA (Sp. 1-11.)

1. P. graminifolia (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); branches glabrous ; leaves

linear-lanceolate, rigid, glabrous, pungent-mucronate, one nerved ;

flowers on hairy pedicels, in an oblong, terminal, headlike raceme ;

bracts lanceolate, hairy ; calyx hairy, the segments thrice as long as

_ the tube, fringed, the upper ones lanceolate, the lowest oblong, rather

longer than the rest, membranous. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 444.

Iiparia graminifolia, Linn. Mant. p. 268. Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 566.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg! Forbes! (Herb. Thunb., Benth.)

A small shrub, 12-18 inches high, chiefly branched from the base, glabrous except

on the inflorescence. Leaves imbricating, 1-14 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, slightly

Sach lang, denko, with oops ust plliemanch. Upher aly Negisices seco gases

Trosdly sobalite, or pars stn sg Apparently saa pe le ine easy

2. P. angustifolia (Eck. & Zey! En. No. 1222); branches villous;

leaves narrow-lanceolate, rigid, the young ones sparsely villous, the

older glabrous, pungent-mucronate, rather concave, one-nerved ; flowers

on hairy pedicels, in a short, terminal, headlike raceme ; bracts lanceo-

Priestleya.] LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 17

late, hairy ; calyx hairy, the upper segments lanceolate or deltoid-

acuminate, the lowest cuspidate, 14 as long as the rest. Benth. Lond.°

Journ. 2. p. 444. P. umbellifera, H.M. Comm. p. 17. P. levigata,

see Z. No. 1221. (non Benth.) Borbonia villosa, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p.

500.

Has. Hott. Holland and Klynriverberg, F. § Z./ Capetown range, W.HH.

(Hb. Thb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) ; a =

A small shrub, 10-12 inches high, erect or ascending, chiefly branched from the

base. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 1-2 lines wide, sometimes with obscure lateral nerves.

Flowers 6-10, in a globose cluster.—Resembles P. graminifolia in aspect, but is

more hairy, with a different calyx. Pods softly villous.

8. P. teres (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); much branched, branches glab-

rous; leaves narrow lanceolate-linear, narrowed at base, rigid, acute,

obscurely one-nerved, glabrous; flowers on downy pedicels, somewhat

exceeding the downy ovato-lanceolate, deciduous bracts ; calyx downy,

its segments ovate or ovate-oblong, acute or mucronulate. P. laevigata,

DC. Mem. t. 30. DC. Prod. 2. p. 121 (excl. syn. Thunb. ) Benth. 1.¢.

p. 445. Liparia teres, Thunb.! Cap. p. 566.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg! Swellendam, Dr. Thom! (Hb. Thb., Hk., Bth.)

An erect, much branched shrub, 14-2 feet high, glabrous except on the inflores-

cence, which is downy, with very short, soft, patent hairs. ‘Leaves 1-1} inch long,

1-11 lines wide, scattered, more dense toward the ends of the erect, virgate branches.

Bracts falling away soon after the flowers open : the lowest flower only from the

axil of a persistent leaf, or leaf-like glabrous “ bract,” longer than the pedicel. I

have compared Thunberg’s original specimen with that of Dr. Thom,

4. P. umbellifera (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122) ; much branched, branches

softly hairy ; leaves narrow-oblong or lanceolate-linear, rigid, acute,

concave, obscurely one-nerved, appressedly silky on both surfaces, the

older ones becoming sub-glabrous ; pedicels densely silky, shorter than

the broadly ovate, concave, mucronate, hairy bracts ; calyx densely

hairy, its lobes obliquely ovate, obtuse, of nearly equal length. P.

cephalotes, E. Mey! Comm. p. 18. excl. syn. Benth. l. c. p. 445. Laparia

umbellifera, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 568. :

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg! Mountains of Stellenbosch ; also Piquetberg, and

Cedarberg, Clanwilliam, Drege/ (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk., D-)

12-18 inches high, erect, corymbosely-branched ; all the younger parts softly

silky, with long, appressed hairs. Leaves about } inch long, t—2 lines wide, between

oblong and lanceolate, acute but scarcely pungent. Flowers 4-6, on very short,

hairy pedicels, subcapitate. Calyx segments remarkably broad and blunt. Thun-

berg’s original specimen in Herb. Upsal. quite agrees with those from Drege.

5. P. capitata ste Prod. 2. p. 121) ; much branched, glabrous (or

thinly villous); leaves linear or oblongo-linear, rigid, acute, thick,

channelled, nerveless, glabrous; bracts broadly ovate, concave, obtuse

or mucronulate ; flowers capitate, subsessile ; calyx rigidly hirsute, the

four upper segments oblong, obtuse, the lowest acute, longer than the

others, glabrous and shining near the point. Benth! Lond. Journ. 2.

p. 445. P. levigata, E. Mey. (non DC.) Liparia capitata, Thunb! Fl.

Cap. p. 566. : See es

_ Var. B. pilosa (E. Mey.); branches and leayes more or less clothed with soft,

~ VOL. I. ee

18 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Priestleya.

Has. Summit of Table Mountain, Thunberg! Dutoit’s-kloof and Gnadendahl,

Drege ! Burchell (591). (Herb. Th., Bth.)

A shrub, 2-3 feet high or more, somewhat umbellately branched, usually glabrous

in all parts, except on the inflorescence. Leaves crowded, erect or appressed, 3-3

inch long, a line broad, shining, very concave or convolute. Flowers 5-6 in ter-

minal heads. Calyces densely clothed with long, rigid, foxy bristles. Pods few

seeded, short, very hairy.

6. P. hirsuta ie Prod. 2. p. 121); branches virgate, villous ;

leaves obovate-oblong, mucronate-acute, somewhat rigid, 3-5 nerved,

glabrous, or the younger ones villous; bracts ovate, rigidly cuspidate,

hirsute; calyx hairy, its segments with glabrous, rigid points, ovato-

lanceolate, acute, the lowest subulato-acuminate ; legume shaggy. Benth.

lc. p. 446. E. & Z. En. No. 1220. Liparia hirsuta, Thunb! Fl. Cap.

Pp. 507. |

Has. In moist places, on hill sides, George and Uitenhage, Thunberg / Drege!

E & Z.! Pappe (80), &e. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

A stout, branching shrub, 2-3 feet high, erect ; the older branches becoming

glabrous. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 4-4 inch broad, more or less acute or acumin-

ate, narrowed toward the base, erect, somewhat concave, the nerves scarcely visible,

except in the dried plant. Head-like racemes 6-8 or more flowered ; the pubescence

rust coloured. Pods erect, few seeded, very hairy.

7. P. Thunbergii (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 446); much branched,

branches thinly villous, becoming glabrous ; lower leaves broadly ob-

long, upper lanceolate, rigid, acute or acuminate, flat, one-nerved, glab-

rous, the younger ones thinly villous ; flowers about four in an imper-

fect umbel, on silky pedicels longer than the ovate, coloured, concave,

pubescent and ciliate bracts; calyx silky, its segments broadly ovate,

mucronate, the lowest acuminate. Priestleya wmbellifera, E. § Z. No.

1219. Walp. Lin. 13. p. 469. (non DC.) Borbonia levigata, Lin. Mant.

p Soa Liparia lengaia, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 566. L, villosa, Seb!

0. 162.

Van. 8. villosa; branches hairy ; leaves thinly villous on both surfaces. Liparia

villosa, Thunb ! in Herb. Upsal. 4

HaB. Moist places, East side of Table Mt., E. & Z./ Near Capetown, Sieber, &c.

(Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk.) * ico natal :

A stout shrub, 2-3 feet high, or umbellately branched, the old branches

naked, the y densely leafy. ves uncial, } inch wide, mostly lanceolate.

Pedicels an inch long or less, twice as long as the bracts, or barely longer. Flowers

8. P. myrtifolia (DC. Leg. Mem. p. 194. t. 29) ; stems glabrous, or

downy near the summit ; leaves broadly ovate, obovate or ovato-lanceo-

late, acute, margined, glabrous, one-nerved and sub-penniveined ; ra-

cemes sub-umbellate, few flowered, pedicels minutely downy, longer

than the glabrous, convolute, acute bracts ; calyx glabrous, with deltoid,

sub-acute segments; pod densely villous. DC. Prod. 2.p.121. Benth.

l.c.p. 446. EH. & Z. En. No, 1217, Liparia myrtifolia, Thunb! Fl.

Cap. p. 565.

Has. Hott. Holl. Stellenbosch Mts., #. & Z./ &e. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Stem 1}-3 feet high, sparingly branched, branches virgate ; the whole plant ex-

cept the inflorescence, and occasionally the young ends of branches, glabrous. Leaves

crowded, variable in shape, breadth and obviousness of veins, 1-1} inches long,

} to ® inch wide, erect, flat ; the lateral veins very erect. Pedicels 1-14 inches

Priestleya. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 19

long, 1-2 flowered, twice or thrice as long as the glumaceous, narrow-oblong bract.

Pods uncial, 4 inch wide, suberect. The bracts and calyx are sometimes fringed

with very soft, white hairs, and the young calyx sparingly villous.

9. P. leiocarpa (Eck. & Zey. En. No. 1218); glabrous; leaves

lanceolate, acute, margined, one-nerved ; racemes subumbellate, few

flowered ; pedicels longer than the bracts, glabrous as well as the calyx

and pod ; calyx-lobes deltoid, subacute. Benth, l. c. p. 447.

Has. Grootvadersbosch, Swellendam, Mundt in Herb. Ecklon. (Herb. Sd.)

This precisely resembles P. myrtifolia, except that the pedicels and pods are quite

glabrous ; the latter shining, 14 inch long.

10. P. latifolia (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 447) ; branches hirsute ;

leaves broadly ovate, obovate or elliptical, sharply mucronate, one-

nerved and penniveined, softly villous and ciliate, becoming sub-glab-

rous; racemes short, densely umbellate; pedicels as long as the ovate,

densely hairy bracts; calyx densely and softly villous, its lobes taper-

ing, subacute.

Has. §. Africa, Scholl / Burchell (8025) ; Gueinzius/ (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

A robust shrub, 2-3 feet high, umbellately branched ; all the younger branches

densely though softly hairy. Leaves imbricating, 4-3 inch long, §-3 broad, flat,

obviously veined, only the old ones smooth. Whole inflorescence very densely vil-

lous ; racemes 6-8 flowered ; the hairy pedicels §~} inch long.

11. P. vestita (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); branches ‘densely hirsute ;

leaves ovate-orbicular, very concave, obtuse, imbricating, many-nerved,

sparsely hispid on the upper, very densely hirsute and shaggy on the

under (outer) surface ; flowers sub-capitate 5 bracts broadly ovate, longer

than the pedicel, densely hirsute as well as the acutely lobed calyx.

Benth. l.c. p.447. BE. & Z. En. No. 1223. Liparia vestita, Thunb. ! Fl.

Cap. p. 568. Bot. Mag. t.2223. L. villosa, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 382. (non

Thunb !) ‘

Han. Hott Holl. Mountains, Thunberg! &e. (Herb, Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A tall, stout. shrub, 2-4 feet high, with long, erect, virgate branches closely im-

bricated with very concave, almost cymbiform leaves, whose outer surfaces are

thickly covered with long, white, straight, rigid, coarse hairs. Leaves 4 inch long

and broad, the veins visible on the upper or inner surface, which is green, thinly

sprinkled with a few hairs. Hairs of the inflorescence often rust coloured. Flowers

3-4 or more, subsessile at the ends of the branches.—Quite unlike any other species.

2. ANISOTHEA (Sp. 52-15).

12. P. elliptica (DC. Leg. Mem. t. 33) densely much branched,

twigs angular, appressedly pubescent; leaves ovate or elliptical, minutely

petiolate, calloso-mucronulate, flat, thickish, one-nerved, thinly appresso-

sericeous on both sides ; peduncles axillary, 1 flowered or umbellately

2-3 flowered, the pedicels longer than the bracts ; calyx appressedly

puberulent, its lobes triangular, much shorter than the tube; legume

linear-oblong, thinly pubescent. Benth! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 447. In-

genhoussia ? rerticillata, E. Mey. ! Herb. Drege. Com. p. 21+

Han. Dutoit’s-kloof Mts. Drege? Gmadendahl, Dr. Alecander Prior! ©. B.S. me

Gueinzius! Zwarteberg, Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Sd, D.) ee

Erect or ascending, 14-2 feet high or more, much branched, the whole plant —

thinly clothed with very short, closely appressed, rather shining, whitish hairs.

Leaves either scattered, or often opposite, especially on the upper branchlets, 34

VOL. II. ce ae 2*

20 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Priestleya.

inch long, 3-4 lines wide ; the petiole }-1 line long,"mucro not always obvious.

Tiowees from the axils of the upper leaves, on short or longish peduncles. Calyx

tube conical-campanulate, somewhat ribbed at base ; its teeth very short and broad.

13. P. villosa (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); much branched, twigs villoso-

hirsute ; leaves ovate or elliptical, or oblong, acute at each end, sessile,

flat, one-nerved, densely and softly villous on both surfaces 3 flowers in

terminal heads, subsessile ; outer bracts lanceolate, shaggy, inner seta-

ceous ; pedicels and calyx densely villoso-hirsute, the calyx lobes

acuminate, about equalling the tube. Benth. l. c. p. 448. _Aiphotheca

villosa, and X. tomentosa, LE. & Z.! No. 1226, 1227. Borbonia tomentosa

and Laparia villosa, Linn. fide Benth. (not L. villosa, Thunb.) Crotalaria

lanata, Thunb. ! Cap. p. 571. :

Has. Common on the Capetown mountains. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) —

A densely branched, somewhat corymbose bush, 2-3 feet high and wide, thickly

clothed with soft, long, whitish, appressed hairs. Leaves imbricating, 4, 3, or I

inch long, }-} inch wide, erect or spreading. Heads 6-8, several flowered : their

pubescence fulvous. In Thunberg’s Herbarium (Upsal), this is marked “ Crotalaria

lanata ;” the specimen marked “ Liparia villosa” in the same collection is without

flowers, but appears to be a villoso-pubescent variety of P. Thunbergii. If not so,

it is a new species of the Jsothea section.

14 =P. sericea (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 19) ; divaricately branched,

branches villoso-hirsute ; leaves spreading or reflexed, ovate, oblong, or

lanceolate, flat, sessile, acute, sericeo-villous on both sides, one-nerved ;

flowers spicato-racemose or sub-capitate, from the axils of the upper

leaves ; inner bracts setaceous ; calyx softly villous, the segments very

narrow, acuminate, equalling the tube or longer ; pods patently hairy.

Benth. ! 1. c. p. 448. Xiphotheca sericea, X. axillaris and X. lanceolata,

E. § Z.! Ein. p. 167. Crotalaria reflexa, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 571.

ar Mts. round Capetown and Simonsbay, common. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd.,

A ies or diffuse, straggling shrub, with very patent, flexuous branches,

clothed with long, white, spreading hairs. Leaves $-1 inch long, 2-4-5 lines wide,

squarrose. Flowers often in pairs, the pedicels subtended by a small bract : some-

times confined to the tips of the branches, and then capitate sometimes distributed

in lo’ ‘pseudo-racemes. Thunberg’s specimen of “‘ Crotalaria reflexa,” belongs to

this, although in Fl. Cap. he says the flowers are “purple.” ee

15. P. tecta (DC. Prod. 2. p. 122); branches. divaricate, hairy ;

leaves broadly ovate or subrotund, acute or obtuse, concave, patently

villous on both surfaces, especially the under, obscurely one-nerved ;

flowers axillary, on short pedicels ; calyx tomentose, its segments cult-

rate, about as long as the tube. Benth. 1. c. p. 448. ILnparia tecta,

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 568. Xiph. polycarpa, E. & Z.! No. 122 5. “a

Var. B. rotundifolia; leaves suborbicular, obtuse or mucronate, flattish, some-

what penninerved. Xiph, rotundifolia, E. & Z.! No. 1224. P. rotundifolia, Walp.

Has. Hott. Holland ; Stellenbosch ; the Paarl riage fy , &e. Drege

Tulbagh and Klapmuts, Z. § Z.! (Herb. Th., Dh a, iy eee :

_ A procumbent or diffuse shrub, with flexuous, widely spreading branches. Leaves

imbricated, patent or reflexed, searcely half an inch long, 3-5 lines broad ; the nerve

sometimes scarcely visible, sometimes well marked, Pods hirsute and velvetty.

fulvous, 14 inches long, 3 wide. :

Amphithalea] LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 21

V. AMPHITHALEA, F. & Z.

Calyx subequally 5—cleft. Vexillum roundish, shortly stipitate, re-

flexed; ale oblong ; carina straightish, obtuse, spurred on each side.

Stamens diadelphous (9 & 1). Ovary 1-4 ovuled. Legume ovate, 1-2

_ seeded, rarely oblong, 3-4 seeded. Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2.

p. 449. Endl. 6465. Ingenhoussie, sp. EH. Mey. Cryphiantha, LH. § Z.

Epistemmum, Walp.

Small, heathlike South African shrubs, with alternate, simple, entire, sessile, ex-

stipulate leaves, frequently with revolute margins, Flowers purple or rosy, with

the carina darkly tinted, axillary and subsessile, or crowded in aleafy spike. Name

from auibadrns, flowering round the branch.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

; es ely with 2-4 ovules. Leaves ovate or obovate, silky and silvery, flat.

- (Sp. 1-2).

Leaves mucronate or obtuse ; pod 5-6 lines long, falcate (1) euneifolia,

Leaves acute ; pod ovate, acuminate, 3-4 lines long ... (2) densa. .

2. Ovary with a solitary ovule. (Sp. 3-9).

Divaricately branched ; legume tomentose (3) violacea.

Virgate ; legume a Cds pane eee i i

& a A pprspece above ; margin slightly in-.

volw ese bee eee sy eek eke eb pte eee > oh

Pubescence of the branches viscid ; calyx glabrous (9) micrantha,

Leaves with strongly revolute margins :

Leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate ; pod turgid... (5) ericsefolia. 2

Leaves very narrow linear-terete ; branches virgate ;

pod not turgid... 50. ee ee ee se ) Vi

Leaves short, spreading, ovato-lanceolate, tomentose (7) phylicoides.

* Ovary 2-4 ovuled. (Sp. 1-2).

1. A. cuneifolia (Eck. & Zey. En. No. 1231) ; leaves broadly obo-

vate, calloso-mucronulate or obtuse, flat, penninerved, densely clothed on

both surfaces with silky, closepressed, silvery or fulvous hairs ; flowers

axillary, crowded, sessile; pod twice as long as the calyx, oblong-falcate,

subacute, compressed, with foxy pubescence, 2-4 seeded. Benth. Lond.

Journ. 2. p. 450. Priestleya awillaris, E. Mey. p.20. Epistemum ferru-—

gineum, Walp. Linn. 13. p. 473.

Has. Hottentots’ Holland, Mundt. / Bowie, E. & Z./ Burchell (8162). Baby-

lonisch Toornberg, Zeyher / 2285. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

_ A robust shrub, 2-3 feet high, with virgate, tomentose branches. Leaves 5-7

lines long, 4-5 lines broad, imbricated, thickish, satiny to the touch. Flowers 5

lines long, bright purple ; the calyx softly villous; a small, subulate bract. Pods

5-6 lines long, curved. Flowers twice as large as in the following ; leaves suddenly’

mucronulate, not gradually acute.

2. A. densa (Eck. & Zey.! No. 1232) ; leaves ovate, elliptical or ob-

ovate, acute, fiat, one-nerved, or obscurely penninerved, densely

clothed on both surfaces with silky, close-pressed, silvery or fulvous

hairs ; flowers subsessile, axillary, solitary or crowded ; calyx silky, its

teeth subulate, rather longer than the tube ; ovary 2—ovuled ; pod ovate, —

acuminate. Benth.l.c.p. 450. Indigofera sericea? L. Borbonia tomentosa,

L. Crotalaria imbricata, L. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 571. Priestleya sericet

22 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Amphithalea.

and P. axillaris, DC. Prod. 2. p. 122. P. elliptica, B. Mey. (non DC.) P.

Meyeri, Meisn. Ld. Jrn. 2. p.65. Lathriogyne candicans, E. & Z, 11245.

Has. Mountains round Capetown ; Devil’s and Table Mountain summit. Z. § Z./

W. H. H., &c. Hottentots’ Holland. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A stout shrub, much branched, with virgate or ramulose branches, decumbent or

spreading, 2-3 feet long. Leaves densely imbricated, 3-7 lines long, 2-5 broad,

very soft and satiny. Flowers nestling among the leayes, light purple, either

crowded and somewhat capitate at the ends of short branches, or distributed in leafy

pseudo-spikes 6-8 inches long. Pods 3-4 lines long, densely villous, very acute.

The leaves vary in size and shape, and in the faintness of the ribs and veins.

** Ovary one-ovuled (Sp. 3-9).

3. A. violacea (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 45 ni branchlets alternate,

divergent, rigid, at length bare of leaves, silky ; leaves spreading, ovato-

lanceolate, acute, flat, with slightly reflexed margins, one-nerved, ap-

pressedly silky and pale on both surfaces; . spikes terminal, leafy,

flowers sub-sessile, solitary or clustered ; calyx silky, its lobes triangu-

lar, acute, half as long as the tube, legume ovate, tomentose. Ingen-

houssia violacea, E. Mey.! Com. p. 21. Burch. Cat. No. 7436.

Has. Outeniqua Mts., George, Drege/ Bowie! Burchell. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Holm.)

2-3 feet high, woody, divaricately much branched ; the larger branches closely

set with erecto-patent branchlets 2-3 inches long. Leaves not very densely set,

3-4 lines long, 1-2 wide ; the margin very slightly recurved. Flowers 2 lines long,

the keel dark-purple, other petals lilac.

4, A. intermedia (Eck. & Zey. No. 1234); branches slender, virgate,

silky ; leaves oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, acute or mucronate, nearly

flat, obscurely one-nerved, silky on both surfaces ; flowers axillary, soli-

tary or crowded in terminal spikes ; calyx lobes shorter than the tube ;

legume ovate, acute, silky. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 451, also A. humilis, E.& Z.!

1233, and Zey. 2286, b. de. Burch. 5971 and 6667.

Has. Stony hill-sides, in Caledon and Swellendam, £. § Z./ Bowie, Burchell.

Klynriviersberg, Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A small, sub-erect or ascending many-stemmed shrub, 8-16 inches high ; branches

simple or sparingly divided, virgate. Leaves scattered or crowded, erect, 3-5 lines

long, 1-3 lines broad, shining and silvery. Flowers 2 lines long ; the keel dark

5. A. ericeefolia (E. & Z. 1239); much branched, branches virgate

or ramuliferous, silky; leaves erect, incurved or spreading, linear-oblong

or lanceolate, acute, with strongly revolute margins, silky on one or both

surfaces ; calyx lobes shorter than the tube ; legume ovate, turgid, acu-

minate. Ingenhousia ericefolia, E. Mey.! p. 21. Priestleya ericefolia,

DC. Prod, 2. p. 122.

Var. a. glabrata ; adult leaves glabrous and shining on the upper surface. A. eri-

cefolia, E. § Z. 11239, and A. hilaris, E. & Z,/ 1238. Indigofera sericea, Thunb.!

Var. 8. multifiora ; adult leaves silky on both sides. A. multiflora, E. § Z. ! 1236.

A, densiflora, E. & Z. 1237, and A. incurvifolia, E. § Z.1 1235. A Vogelii? Walp.

Linn. 13. p. 472. Indigofera sericea, Thunb. ! in Herb. Holm. Zey.! 367.

_ Has. Common on hills, &c. Cape and Stellenbosch, (Hb. Th., Bth.,Hk., Sd., D.

Erect or sub-erect, many-stemmed, 1-2 feet high ; branches either quite simple 2

having lateral, erect, short twigs. Leaves 3~4 lines long, 1 line wide, more or less

silky. Flowers in dense, terminal pseudo-spikes, similar to those of the preceding

species. Intermediate states connect the two varieties, which I cannot always dis-

tinguish, A. Vogelii seems to be merely a starved state of var, B.

Amphithalea. | LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 23

6. A. virgata (Eck. & Zey. No. 1240); branches slender, virgate or

ramuliferous, the young twigs thinly silky ; leaves incurvo-patent or

erect, very narrow, linear-lanceolate or terete, acute, with strongly revo-

lute margins ; the adult glabrous and shining on the upper, silky on

the under surface ; calyx-lobes shorter than the tube; pod ovate, with

a long point, scarcely turgid, silky. Benth. l. c. p. 452. Amp. Kraussiana,

Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 65.

Has. Rocky and sandy places near the mouth of Klynrivier, Caled .

(Herb. Bth. 8d., D.) vee orn cares pena

A much more slender plant than A. ericefolia, with much narrower, and rather

longer leaves, and a different pod. Many-stemmed, 6-12 inches high, chiefly

branched from the base; the branches curved, mostly clothed with short ramuli.

Leaves 3-5-6 lines long, not 4 line wide, the lower surface generally quite con-

cealed by the rolling back of the margins : the young leaves thinly silky. Flowers

smaller than in A ericafolia.

%. A. phylicoides (E. & Z.! No. 1243); divaricately much branched,

robust ; branches tomentose; leaves short, spreading, ovato-lanceolate,

or sub-linear, callous-pointed or obtuse, or acute, with strongly revolute

margins, tomentose at first, afterwards glabrescent above, densely villous

beneath ; calyx-teeth very unequal, rather shorter than the tube. Benth.

lc. p. 452. Zey. No, 2287.

Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage, £.42./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

‘A coarse bush, 2-3 feet or more high, with widely-spreading, much divided

branches; the older ones bare and rough with cicatrices, the younger canescent and

villoso-tomentose. Leaves 2-3 lines long, y oaasiead horizontally patent; the old

ones only glabrescent. Flowers solitary in the upper axils, two lines long.

8. A. Williamsoni (Harv.); branches virgate, pubescent ; leaves

ovate or ovato-lanceolate, callous-pointed, nearly flat, with slightly mvo-

lute margins, the adult glabrous above, thinly appresso-pubescent be-

neath, somewhat 3-nerved; calyx silky, its teeth ovate, acute, shorter

than the tube. .

Has. Albany, 7. Williamson ! (Herb. T.C.D.)

Of this apparently very distinct species, I have seen but a few fragments, and

know not to what sized bush they may belong. The margins of the leaves are m-

flexed, not reflexed, as in most others of the genus. This led me at first to refer it to

Celidium ; but the upper stamen is quite free. Leaves § lines long, 2-3 lines broad,

at length glabrescent on both surfaces ; the nerves then plainly visible, and even re-

ticulate veins obscurely so. Flowers axillary, scattered, or two together, 24 lines

long. Calyx-teeth very short. Found by Thomas Williamson, a soldier in the 72nd

pig Oe formerly employed by me to collect plants in Albany and at Port Natal,

and whose intelligence Ff diligence deserve honourable commemoration.

9. A. micrantha (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 471) ; densely much branched,

branchlets viscoso-pubescent ; leaves broadly ovate or cordato-ovate, acute,

flat, slightly concave, glabrous and shining above, villous or glabrous

beneath, one-nerved; calyx glabrous, its teeth short, very obtuse. .

lc. p. 452. Ingenhoussia micrantha, E. Mey.! com. p. 21. Cryphiantha,

imbricata, E. d Z.! No. 1247. :

Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uitenhage, Z.& Z/ Zwarteberg, Drege! Also gathered

by Bowie. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) : a at ale

Powe anched small shrub, 1-2 feet high ; the lesser branches with a thick’

short coat of viscid hair, mixed with long soft white hairs. Leaves 4 lines lon » 3k

lines wide, erecto-vatent, imbricating, minutely dotted, the under side #¢

24 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Coelidiwm.

densely villous, more commonly quite smooth; margins when young, fringed with

long soft hairs. Flowers few and small, hidden among the upper leaves ; the calyx

teeth round topped. Easily known by its pubescence and calyx; in its foliage it

comes near A. Williamsoni, but the leaves are shorter and broader.

VII. COELIDIUM, Vogel.

Calyx nearly equally 5-fid. Veaxillum obovate, shortly stipitate,

reflexed, ale oblong; carina oblong, straight, obtuse, bluntly spurred

at each side. Stamens monadelphous, the tube often very short. Ovary

uniovulate. Legume ovate, one-seeded. Benth. in Ld. Jrn. Bot. 2. p. 453.

Small, much-branched 8. African shrubs or suffrutices, with simple, entire, sessile

exstipulate leaves, with the margin more or less involute, appressedly pubescent on

the upper side, either glabrous or silky on the lower, often twisted or transversely

rugose. Flowers geminate, in the axils of the upper leaves sub-sessile, except in

C. spinosum. Name from xotAos, hollow; alluding to the frequently concave leaves.

TABLE OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves broadly ovate or cordate ovate:

Leaves very concave, with strongly inflexed margins;

flowers su dO et mee aa eet eee Sak!

Leaves flattish, silky on both sides ; fl. sub-sessile ... (2) Thunbergii.

Leaves flattish, silky; peduncles elongate, 2-flowered (3) spinosum.

Leaves lanceolate, ovato-lanceolate or subulate, straight or twisted :

Floral-leaves not broader than the ordinary leaves ... (7) Vogelii.

Floral-leaves broad, ovate or ovato-lanceolate :

Lobes of the calyx acute or acuminate :

Leaves straight and erect, glabrous externally (4) eiliare.

Leaves twisted, densely and softly villous on

Doth sided a ad Sa eae .. (5) Toseum.

Leaves twisted, glabrous externally ... ... (6) Bowiei.

Lobes of the calyx very short and obtuse ... ... (8) muraltioides.

1. C. bullatum (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 453); “leaves broadly

ovate, bullato-concave, nearly closed, with the margin strongly involute, ap-

pressedly silky on the inside, bearded at the apex, thinly hairy on the

outside; calyx silky-pilose, its segments longer than the tube; stamens

shortly monadelphous.” Benth. i. c.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, Cat. No. 7115. (Unknown to me.)

_ “‘Branchlets softly hairy. Leaves 3~4 lines long. Bracts subulate. Calyx 3

lines long, with narrow-lanceolate segments. Corolla not seen. Filaments persi

tent after flowering, connate to a fourth of their length. es. obliquely ovate,

shortly acuminate, compressed, very villous, scarcely longer the calyx.” Benth.

2. C. Thunbergii (Harv.); leaves (small) ovate or cordato-ovate, acute,

Alattish, with the margin slightly inflexed, one-nerved, appressedly silky

on both surfaces ; flowers sub-sessile; calyx silky, its segments shorter

than the tube, deltoid; stamens shortly monadelphous. Crotalaria

parnfolia, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 571.

eae dink prope (Herb. Thunb.)

Ane ranchi rub, 1-2 feet high; branches virgate, ribbed and furrowed,

thinly and appressedly silky. Leaves scattered, 24-3 lines long, 1-2 lines broad,

varying from broad to narrow, but always on an. ovate type. Flowers on pedicels

shorter than the calyx, one or two together in the axils of the leaves, scattered —

along the branches. Calyx 1-14 lines long, ‘thinly silky. Corolla not seen. Filaments

persistent after flowering, connate at base for ¢ their length, the stamen-tube adnate

= the ee eee pa rg Rrlogg as long as the calyx, thinly silky.

is remarkable plant does not seem. ve ‘ound b berg,

who has omitted to record the locality. a ah aa

Coelidiwm.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 25

3. C. spinosum (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 455); branches divaricate,

often spine-pointed; leaves ovate-elliptical, acute, with sub-incurved

margins, silky on both sides, at length glabrescent ; peduncles axillary,

capillary, two-flowered, much longer than the leaves ; calyx teeth very short.

Ingenhousia spinosa, EL. Mey. Com. p. 22.

Has. Mountains between Hex River and Draai, 2800 f., Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

In its branching and foliage, this resembles C. Thunbergii; but differs from all

the species, by its long, 2~flowered peduncles, bibracteate under the flowers.

4. C. ciliare (Vog. ex Walp. Lin. 13. p. 472); leaves lanceolato-

subulate, acute, straight and erect, involute, hairy within and somewhat

bearded at the apex, glabrous and shining on the outside ; floral leaves

broader, ovate or ovato-lanceolate ; calyx glabrescent, its lobes setaceo-

acuminate, somewhat bearded, much shorter than the keel ; staminal

tube elongated. Benth. |. c. p. 454 Amphithalea ciliaris, £. § Z.! No.

1241. Ingenhoussia rugosa, H, Mey.! Comm. p. 22,

Has. Stony hills, Klynriver and Zonderende, E£. § Z.! Klyn Drakenstein,

Drege! Caledon, Dr. Prior! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D

Root thick and woody, throwing up many slender, erect or ascending stems,

sparingly branched. Branches virgate, angular, minutely downy. Leaves generally

close pressed, 4~5 lines long, not a line wide. Flowers axillary, sub-sessile ; calyx

not half as long as the corolla. Filaments united for nearly half their length, the

staminal tube and petals perigynous.

5. C, roseum (Benth. Lond. Journ. vol. 2, p. 454); branches densely

villous; leaves ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute, twisted and invo-

lute, densely and softly villous on both sides ; floral leaves shorter and

broader, more ovate; calyx silky-villous, the segments acute ; i

tube elongate. Ingenhoussia rosea, EZ. Mey! Comm. p. 153. Amphithalea

perpleca, E. & Z.! En. No, 1242.

Has. Dutoitskloof and Winterhoeksberg, Drege! E.§-Z.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)-

A much branched, densely and softly hairy bush, 1-2 feet high or more ; the

branches well covered with leaves. Leaves spreading, more or less twisted, 2-3

lines long, 1-1} broad. Flowers nearly sessile, axillary. Calyces fulvous, with

long silky hairs. Legume obliquely oblong, acute, villous.

6. C. Bowiei (Benth. 1. c. p. 454) ; leaves lanceolate, involute, acute,

twisted, tomentose within, glabrous and shining on the outside; floral

leaves broader; calyx glabrous, or with downy margin, its lobes very

acute, as long as the carina, or longer; stamens very shortly monadel-

phous. Benth.

Has. 8. Africa, Bowie! (Herb. Hook.)

Densely ramulose; the branches downy, soon glabrous, furrowed. ‘Leaves 3-5

lines long, spreading, sub-pungent, the floral ovate-acuminate, longer than the calyx.

Flowers sessile, rather smaller than in C. Vogelii. Stamens very nearly free to the

point where they are adnate to the calyx. The foliage resembles that of C. ciliare,

but the floral characters are very different.

7. C. Vogelii (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 472); dwarf, divaricately branched ;

leaves lanceolate, with incurved margins, twisted, tomentose on the

upper surface, thinly pubescent, afterwards glabrous and shining on the

outer side ; floral leaves similar; calyx thinly silky and canescent, the

teeth subulate; stamens very shortly monadelphous, and petals perigy-

nous, Benth. l. c. p. 455. Ingenhoussia tortilis, E. Mey. Comm. p. 22.

26 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Walpersia.

Has. Dutoitskloof Mountains, Drege! Also (fide Benth.) a narrow-leaved variety

in Herb. Burchell (No. 6687). (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A small, scrubby plant, 6-8 inches high, much branched ; the twigs flexuous, fur-

rowed and thinly silky. Leaves spreading or squarrose, 3-4 lines long, 4-1 line

broad, the younger ones silky. Flowers small,

8. C. muraltioides (Benth. 1. c.) ; branches rigid, more or less tomen-

tose; leaves linear-sub-lanceolate, or the lower ones short, obtuse, strongly

involute, spreading or squarrose, straight or somewhat twisted, tomen-

toso-villous on the Stpper side, cano-villous, becoming sub-glabrous on

the outer ; floral leaves broadly ovate, acute, one-nerved ; calyx pubescent,

its teeth very short and obtuse; stamens very shortly monadelphous ;

petals perigynous. Benth,

Ode ele Kloof, Burke and Zeyher ! Witsenbergsvlakte, Dr. Pappe ! (Herb-

Much bcerahed, 1—2 feet high, canescent and tomentose ; the branches virgate,

furrowed. Lowest leaves, 2-3, middle and upper ones 4—5 lines long, 4 line wide,

80 strongly involute as to be nearly cylindrical. Flowers in capitate, five-flowered

spikes, near the ends of the branches, about 2 li long, purple. Young plants are

very villous, with silvery-white hairs. =

VIII. WALP Harv.

Calyx campanulate, 5—cleft ; two upper segments broader than the

three lower. Petals sub-zequi-long, all adnate at base to the staminal

tube ; vextllum ovate, with a small callosity at the summit of the claw;

ale oblong, eared at base; carina sub-incurved, bluntly spurred at each

side. Stamens shortly monadelphous, 5 longer. Ovary bi-ovulate.

Style subulate.

A small shrub, closely allied to Celidium, but differing in foliage and in the sol-

dering of the petals to the short staminal tube. Leaves petiolate, linear, with

reflexed margins and a prominent midrib beneath. Flowers axillary, yellow. Calyx

bibracteate at base. This genus is inscribed to the memory of W. @. Walpers,

author of the useful “Repertorium Botanices Systematice,” &c., &c., who commented

learnedly on §, African Leguminose in the “Linnzxa,” vol. 13. P- 453, et seq. The

genus Walpersia, Reiss. is the same as Phylica, L.

W. burtonioides (Harv.)

Has. Glassenbosch, Zeyher. Feb.—Apr. erb. Sond.)

A small shrub, 6~12 inches high, pa SGiSe Iegheded branches erect, angular,

villous. Leaves spirally inserted, imperfectly whorled, 4-5 lines long, 4 line wide,

exactly linear, acute, sub-mucronulate, thickish, plano-convex and muricated on the

upper surface, the ins revolute and the broad midrib very prominent beneath.

line tae. Flowers axillary, towards the end of the branches, on

hairy pedicels, 1-2 lines long. Bracts leaf-like at the base of the calyx, 4~5 lines

long. Calyx silky-villous, all its segments subulate-attenuate, sub-aristate, the two

upper ovate at base, the lower lanceolate. Corolla 4-5 lines long, the claws of the

petals attached to the short staminal tube. Vexillum, with a slender, channelled

claw, callous-tubercled at the summit, suddenly passing into the ovate limb. Ale

eared at base and corrugate at the sides. Curtin cheeses: incurved, sub-acute,

scarcely rostrate, eared at base, and furnished with a small, blunt, pouch-like spur.

Staminal tube scarcely exceeding the claws of the petals; filaments filiform, elon-

gate. Ovary sessile, silky, with a long style, Legume unknown. This has more

the look of an Australian Burtonia than any 8. African species known to me.

Borbonia. } LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 27

IX. BORBONIA, Linn.

Calyx acute at base, equally 5-cleft, the segments pungent. Vexillwm

hairy, emarginate, carina obtuse. Stamens to, monadelphous, with a

split tube. Ovary 2 or several ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma capitate.

Legume linear, compressed, longer than the calyx, several seeded, (rarely

1-2 seeded. Hndl. Gen. 6461. DC. Prod. 2. p. 120.

Shrubs or suffrutices, with alternate, simple, very rigid, many-nerved sessile or

amplexicaul, exstipulate leaves ; flowers yellow, axillary, or ending the branches,

scattered or shortly racemose. Name in memory of Gastén de Bourbon, Duke of

Orleans, son of Henry IV. of France, a great patron of botany. Some authors say

it means ‘‘ Farmers’ ( Boers’) beans.” ;

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

* All the petals hairy:

Robust, densely branched, with densely imbricate leaves :

Leaves cordate-ovate ; calyx-lobes glabrous... .. (1) cordata.

Leaves broadly subulate; cal.-lobes villous ... ... (2) barbata,

Slender, virgate, with scattered, linear-lanceolate leaves (3) lanceolata.

** The ale and carina glabrous:

Leaves lanceolate, 3-5 nerv

Lys. villous, 4-uncial ;

Lys. glabrous, 14-uncial ; —

f Fog,

the leaf ; legume 1-seeded™. ... ... ... .. . (4) Monosperma. |

Lvs. glabrous uncial; pedicels equalling the leaf;

legume many-seeded ... ... «1.0 ... 0. s+ (6) ‘trinervia,

Leaves ovato-cordate, cordate-amplexicaul, or perfoliate :

Branches sharply angular :

Leaves cordate-ovate, 7-11 nerved, ciliato-papillate (8) parviflora. ¥

Leaves orbicular, 11-15 nerved, entire or rough oes

(9) latifolia.

Branches roundish or scarcely angular, leaves very entire : :

Lys. pungent-mucronate, peduncles 2-3 flowered (7) alpestris.

Lys. taper-pointed, netted ; pedunc. many-flowered (10)

Branches roundish ; leaves more or less calloso-ciliate :

Robust, bushy; lvs. amplexicaul; calyx-teeth

short sat Fea Re NE a OEE) a.

Diffuse ; lvs. amplexicaul; calyx teeth subulate,

BOSE. A Ce wes ous eee (12) undulata.

Diffuse ; lvs. perfoliate; cal. teeth short... ... (13) perforata.

* All the petals hairy. (Sp. 1-3-)

1. B. cordata (Lin. Sp. p. 994); robust, densely much branched ;

the branches very villous; leaves densely imbricated, cordato-ovate,

acuminate and pungent, many-nerved, glabrous, with very entire rib-

like margins; flowers sub-capitate; calyx-tube densely barhate, seg- :

ments glabrous. DC. Prod. 2.p.120. Benth.1. c. p. 461. Jacg. Schoenb. ge

t.218. E.&Z.! No. 1210. Ninn Constiut

Has. Mountains round Capetown, common. (Herb. Thb., Bth., Hk., Sd., D. oel- [6s

A robust shrub, 1-2 feet high, with very rigid and sharply pungent, vertootly ;

smooth leaves; 3-1 inch long, } inch wide, spreading to all sides. The hairiness is

confined to the branches and calyces.

2. B. barbata (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 436. Ill t. 610. fi 2.); robust, with Ne Sh

corymbose ever Gm leaves very densely imbricated, broadly subulate, ! Sars

broader at base and ss Hearne ggg ee: © erved ; flowers =) 4

sub-capitate, on very short pedicels; calyces densely villoso-barbate,

DE. Prod, 2, p. 120, Benth, in Lond. Journ, 2. p. 460. E.§Z.

28 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Borbonia.

Has. Common on Table mountain, &c. (Herb.,_Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

__A coarse, furze-like bush, 1-2 feet high, with bare, woody stems, branched chiefly

at the summit. Branches crowded, fastigiate, much divided, the young twigs

hairy. Leaves $ inch long, 1-2 lines wide at base, whence they taper to a very

slender point, densely crowded, their bases 1 line apart ; upper leaves broadest, the

young ones villous, older glabrescent, except on the edges, especially towards their

base. Flowers 3-4, sub-sessile at the ends of the branches, both calyx and corolla

densely hairy. Lower leaves 5—7, upper 12-1 5 nerved.

3. B. lanceolata (Linn. Sp. p. 994); glabrous, or nearly so, slender,

with virgate branches ; leaves scattered, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate,

5-7 (rarely 3-9) nerved ; flowers solitary, in pairs, or sub-corymbose,

on pedicels shorter than the leaves ; calyces glabrous. DO. Prod. 2.

p. 120, Benth. l.c. p, 460, EH. § Z.! No. 1212. Jacq. Scheenb, t. 217.

Lodd. Cab. t. 81. B. angustifolia, Lam. Dict. E. § Z.! No. 121 3. B. tri-

nervia, DC. (non Thunb.) B. decipiens, E. M.! Comm. p. 15.

Var. B. gracilis; leaves 3-nerved ; flowers small, on uncial pedicels.

Con? n ib Ih, oy Has. Common from Capetown to Uitenhage, and to the Camiesberg : in all col-

ek} 69,

ections. Var. 8. Tulbagh Waterfall, Dr. Pappe / (Herb, Thunb. T.C.D., &c.)

A slender, slightly-branched shrub, 1~3 feet high ; branches curved, glabrous or

occasionally villous, with long soft white hairs. Leayes 2-4 lines apart, 3-14 inch

long, 4-24 lines broad, broadest in the middle. Flowers 5-6 lines long, sub-terminal,

either on a short, 2-flowered peduncle, or in a corymbose, 4-6 flowered raceme,

Calyx-lobes very variable in length, strongly 3-nerved. Corolla silky-villous. The

leaves vary much in comparative breadth ; and the inflorescence as above stated ;

but the species is easily limited by the characters assigned. £8. is a very slender

variety, with small (3 lines long) pale flowers, and 3-nerved leaves,

** The vexillum hairy; the ale and carina glabrous. (Sp. 4-13)

4. B. monosperma (DC. Prod. 2. p. (20) ; leaves oblongo-lanceolate,

three-nerved, glabrous, as well as the stem, or slightly villous ; pedun-

cles one-flowered, longer than the small flower, hairy, as is also the

calyx; ovary 2-ovuled ; legumes ovate-oblong, acute, 1~2 seeded.

Benth. 1. ¢. p. 461.

Haz. Cape Colony, Bowie? (Herb. Hook.)

Leaves 14 inch long, two lines broad, very acute, nerveless on the upper, with 3

prominent distant nerves on the under side. Flowers I have not seen.

5. B. villosa (Harv.); slender, diffuse, _villoso-pubescent ; leaves

scattered, patent or deflexed, lanceolate-oblong, acute, three-nerved,

villous on both surfaces ; peduncles one-flowered, shorter than the leaf ;

calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the tube; ovary several-ovuled,

legume linear-oblong, acute, 1-2 seeded, very villous.

. Has. South Africa, Wallich! Between Witsen! and Schurfdeberg, Zey, !

Pappe! 128. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., T.C.D.) She Sig Gaia da

: ‘ong as the glabrous carina. Ovary and

densely covered with long, soft hairs, by which character it differs from all other

‘species of Borbonia. It is in other respects allied to B. monosperma.

6B trinervia (Thunb. Prod. p. 122); glabrous; branches slender:

leaves scattered, linear-lanceolate, pungent, 3 (rarely 5) nerved; pe-

duncles filiform, equalling the leaves, 2—3~bracteate below the flower ;

Borbonia.} LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) : 29

legume oblong-linear, acute, many-seeded. H. & Z./ No. 1214. B. pun-

gens, Mundt.! Benth. l. ¢. p. 461. B. monosperma, E. Mey. Comm. p. 15.

. Has. Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg/ Mountains of southern region, Drege/

Subalpine places near Gauritz Hoogte, Mundt! Between Riversdale and Gauritz

River, Pappe! (Herb. Thb., Bth., Hk., Sd., T.C.D.)

A slender, diffuse shrub, 1-2 feet high, much branched above; the flowering

branches twice as thick as hog’s bristle. Leaves scarcely an inch long, 1-14 lines

wide, patent or squarrose, almost always 3-nerved ; occasionally the marginal rib is

removed inward, and becomes a nerve. Flowers 3 lines long, glabrous ; the calyx-

teeth deltoid-acuminate, one-nerved. The B. trinervia of Linnzus is said to have

been founded on an imperfect specimen of Cliffortia ruscifolia. However this may

be, an excellent specimen in Thunberg’s Herbarium, marked “ Borbonia trinervia,

by Thunberg himself, belongs to the plant now described. I think it right, there-

fore, to restore the early and appropriate trivial name.

7. B. alpestris (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 461); “glabrous; the

branches scarcely angular; leaves ovato-cordate, pungent-mucronate,

entire, many-nerved ; peduncles 2~3 flowered, longer than the calyx.”

Benth, l. ¢.

Has. Subalpine bushy places, near Kochman’s Kloof, Mundt/ (Herb. Hook.)

“A small, divaricately-branched shrub, with short and slender branches. Leaves

4-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, 7-9 nerved on the lower side, veinless between the

nerves. Flowers not seen. Fruit-stalk 3-4 lines long, slender, divided near the

apex into 2~3 short pedicels. Bracts under the calyx subulate, striate. Calyx-tube

14 line long, with narrow, setaceous, pungent segments as long as the tube, Pod

nearly an inch long, 2 lines wide, acute, glabrous.” Benth. l.c.. Of this I have

only — bag single, imperfect specimen described by Bentham, and preserved in

Herb. Hoo.

8. B. parviflora (Lam. Dict. 1. p. 437); glabrous; branchlets sharply

; leaves broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, pungent, minutely

ciliato-papillate, 7-11 nerved on both surfaces, faintly netted-veined

between the nerves; flowers sub-capitate, on short pedicels; calyx-tube

shorter than the narrow subulate segments. DC. Prod. 2.p. 120. Benth.

l. c. p. 462. H.& Z.! No. 1209. B. ruscifolia, Bot. Mag. t. 2128.

DO. l.c. #.&Z.! No. 1208. B.alata,Willd, B. serrulata, Thunb.! Herb,

_ Has. Mountains of the Cape and Stellenbosch districts, common, Thunberg! -

E. § Z.! Drege! Pappe! c. (Herb. Th., D., Bth., &.)

A robust, on branched, very rigid —_ baa palin Leaves 3-1 go

long, 4—$ inch wide, s , ve sharp, flat, with cartilagino -

pe a eit: mS Sheree aia The intermediate veins pitas Mea

obvious in dried specimens. Flowers in dense, terminal, capitate racemes ; the

bracts setaceous, longer than the pedicels. Vexillum hairy. Pods an inch long.

9. B. latifolia (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 462); “branchlets sharply

angular; leaves orbicular, mucronulate, cordate at base, very entire, or

rough-edged, 11-15 nerved, obsoletely veined between the nerves; pe-

duncles very short, many-flowered.” Benth. l. ¢.

Has. Cape Colony, Burchell, No. 8087. :

‘* A fruiting specimen. Leaves an inch long and wide, concave, nerved on both

sides. Peduncles very short, 8-12 flowered. Pedicels rigid, 2-3 lines long. Flowers

not seen. Legumes 8-9 lines long, 3 lines wide, glabrous, coriaceous, ig

Benth.

10. B. complicata (Benth.! Lond. Journ. 2 p- 462) ; “branch et

round, glabrous; leaves amplexicaul, broadly cordate-ovate, taper-

30° : LEGUMINOSAE (Harv.) [Borbonia.

pointed, pungent, very entire, many-nerved, closely and delicately-netted

between the nerves; racemes many-flowered, shorter than the leaf; calyx

teeth rather shorter than the tube.” Benth, l. c. B. parviflora, E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 16. (non Lam.)

Has. Along rivulets on the Piquetberg, Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth.)

A rather slender, much-branched bush, 1-1} foot high ; the branchlets short,

crowded, spreading, obtusely angular or terete. Leaves horizontally patent, 6-7

lines long, 5 lines wide, with along, tapering point. Calyx-teeth falcato-subulate.

Flowers

11. B. crenata (Linn. Sp. 994); erect, robust; twigs roundish,

glabrous or sparsely pilose; leaves amplexicaul, orbicular-cordate, mu-

cronulate, calloso-ciliate, many-nerved, strongly netted between the

nerves ; racemes densely many-flowered ; calyx sparsely villous, its

teeth shorter than the tube. Benth, l. c.p.462. Thunb. ! Prod. cap. p. 122.

Bot. Mag. t.274. DC. Prod. 2. p. 120. B. undulata, H. § Z.! 1204

(non Thunb.) Bey.! 362.

Has. Winterhoek and Dutoitskloof, Drege! Pappe! Tulbagh, E. § Z./ Erste R.,

Stell. W.-H. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A strong-growing, much-branched, and densely leafy, nearly glabrous and very

rigid bush, 3-4 feet high. Leaves 1 inch broad and long, pale green, very cordate

at base, the margin wavy, and set with rigid cilia.} Racemes terminal, 12-15

flowered; fl. 4 lineslong. *

12. B. undulata (Thunb.! Prod. p. 122); diffuse or trailing; branch-

lets terete, thinly pilose, or glabrescent; leaves amplexicaul, deeply

cordate at base, orbicular-ovate, undulate, with a reflexed sharp point,

many-nerved, netted-veined, the margin ciliato-papillate, or villoso-

ciliate, and when young pilose ; peduncles 1-3 or many flowered ;

calyx pilose, its segments subulate, longer than the tube. Benth. 1. c. Bor.

bonia perforata, L. Mey.! Comm. p. 16.(non Thunb.) B. ciliata, Willd. DC.

Prod, 2. p, 120, ex parte. B. Candolleana, E. & Z.! 1207. B. commutata,

Vog. Linn, 10, p. 596.

Var. 8. multiflora; peduncles 7-8 flowered ; calyces very hairy. B. crenata, E.g Z.!

"iam mmole ved ad Gan ease Tite eaachDedges _ Tothagh W terfall,

ie an ; it’s Kloof, ai

E.§Z! Witenbe , Zey. ! 363 bis tibia than usual). Hab. Tho. Bth. Hk. Sd. D.)

A slender, spreading, weak and often decumbent shrub; either nearly glabrous,

or more commonly sprinkled with long, soft, horizontally patent hairs. Leaves

closely clasping the stem, but their margins always free, 1-3 inch long, } inch wide,

laxly inserted, flat or folded together, the margins not always wavy.

13. B. perforata (Thunb. Prod. p. 122) ; diffuse or trailing ; branch-

lets sub-terete, glabrous or pilose; leaves perfoliate, undulate, orbicular

or elliptical, obtuse or recurvo-mucronulate, many-nerved, netted-veined,

the margins pilose-ciliate, sub-papillate or entire ; pedune. 2-6 flowered,

shorter than the leaf ; calyx-teeth shorter than the tube. Benth. 1. c.

B. ciliata.Willd. DC. Prod. 2. p. 120, ex parte. E. § Z. 1206.

Var. a, pluriflora ; ro ing or sub-erect, much-branched ; leaves broader

=e long ; peduncles ie ao . § Zh 1205 & aaah:

ar. 8. pauciflora ; slender, trailing on ground, i

leaves loner than broad ; peduncles 1~2 Pro ee

Has. Var. a. Grootvadersbosch, Swell., Mundt.’ Tulbagh, £.& Z./ 8. Camps

Bay, W.H.H. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.).

Rafnia.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 31

Very similar to B. undulata; but here the edges of the leaf-lobes are more or less

united or connate round the stem: the flowers are smaller, and the calyx-lobes

shorter.

X. RAFNIA.

Calyx unequally 5—fid, the lowest segment narrowest. Corolla glab-

rous ; vewillum roundish; carina incurved, either rostrate or obliquely

truncate. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary sessile or stipitate, many

ovuled; stigma capitate. Zegwme lanceolate or linear, the upper suture

sharp or somewhat winged. Hndl. Gen. 6459, and Pelecynthis, 6460.

Benth. / in Lond. Journ. 2. p. 463. Vascoa, DC. Gdmannia, Thunb.

Glabrous, and frequently glaucous shrubs or suffrutices, with simple, very entire,.

alternate, exstipulate leaves and yellow flowers. Named in memory of C. G, Rafn,

a Danish botanist.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1. Vascoa.—Carina rostrate. Legume many-seeded. Leaves broadly amplexicaul,

strongly netted with veins. (Sp. 1-3.)

Leaves very obtuse, membranaceous :

Calyx-teeth longer than the tube CoA ae. >> , ck) VO

Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube ... ... ... ... ... (2) amplexicaulis.

Leaves acute or mucronate, rigid od (3) perfoliata. MH

2. Eu-Rafnia.—Carina rostrate. Legume many-seeded. Leaves never amplexicaul, S\y, Qa Ibe

veinless, or with obsolete veins. (Sp. 4-15.) ~~

* Latifoliz : Leaves broad ; either ovate, obovate, elliptical, or ovato-lanceolate.

+ Peduncles axillary, leafless: 9

Leaves very broad, cuspidate-acuminate ... ... (4) ovata.

Leaves acute or mucronate:

Upper calyx-teeth broader than the lateral... (8) triflora. ¥

Upper calyx-teeth similar to the lateral ... (6) fastigiata.

+t Peduncles axillary ; with a pair of leafy bracts

under the flower 265. Uke vs (7) elliptica,

+tt Peduncles in a terminal, leafless raceme... ... ... (8) Tacemosa. —

** Angustifoliz : Leaves narrow; either linear-oblong, lanceclate or linear.

ks Peduncles axillary, one-flowered, simple :

Bracts minute, setaceous, close to the flower ... (9) lancea. et

Bracts leafy, remote from the flower ....... ... (10) crassifolia, /

++ Peduncles forked, bearing flowers in the fork, and at the end of each arm:

Branches roundish. Legume sessile, broad at base (11) axillaris,

Branches angular. Legume narrowed at base and stipitate :

Upper and lateral calyx-lobes lanceolate-fal-

cate, acute, aslong asthe tube ... ... (12) angulata.

Upper calyx-lobes broader than the lateral ; : 4

both acuminate and twice as long as the tube (13) humilis. 4

Upper and lateral calyx-lobes dilated, obtuse (14) Ecklonis.

Calyx-teeth not half as long as the tube and ?

separated by wideinterspaces ... ... ... (£5) Thunbergii.

8. Pelecynthis.—Carina somewhat fornicate, broadly and obliquely trwicate or

emarginate. Legume many-seeded. eaves of sec. 2. (Sp. 16-18.)

Leaves narrow-oblong or lanceolate, scarcely veiny (16) opposita.

Leaves ovate-elliptical or broadly-oblong, veiny a (17) affinis.

Leaves broadly obovate, rhomboid oroblong ... .. (18) cuneifolia. ie

4, Caminotropis.—Carina completely fornicate, its petals united to the extreme —

point, obtuse or truncate. Legume on a long stipe, one or two sceded. (Sp. 19-22.)

+ Leaves, at least the lower ones, broadly ovate or obovate:

Erect, robust: leaves broad and rounded at base ... (19) dichotoma.

{6}.

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32 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Rafnia.

Erect, slender : leaves obovate, narrowed at base ... (20) retroflexa.

Procumbent, slender ; lower leaves obovate, upper

BONNER MOROOUIAEN = oe. es a es: 82) GE.

Tt Leaves linear-lanceolate, very acute... ... ... ... (22) spicata.

1. VASCOA (Sp. 1-3).

1. RB. (Vascoa) virens (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 11); leaves orbicular or

reniform, cordato-amplexicaul, very obtuse ; four upper calyx-teeth del-

tordeo-cuspidate, as long as or longer than the tube, not very dissimilar.

Benth. Lond, Journ. 2. p. 464.

Has. Rocky places, Dutoit’s-kloof, Drege! (Herb. Benth.)

A tall shrub. Leaves 14 inch long, 2 inches wide, densely crowded, membrana-

ceous, reticulately veined. Flowers terminal, concealed between two oblate bracts ;

pedicels 2-3 lines long. Calyx 2} lines long, with a wide sinus between the upper

and lateral segments. Very similar to the more luxuriant forms of R. amplezicaulis,

from which this is merely distinguished by the different proportions of the calyx-

teeth : I fear a variable character.

2. R. (Vascoa) amplexicaulis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 563); leaves or-

bicular or reniform, cordato-amplexicaul, very obtuse ; four upper calyx-

teeth deltoid-acute, shorter than the tube, not very dissimilar. Vascoa

amplexicaulis, DO. 2. 119. E. & Z. 1200.

| Has. Mountains of Cape and Stellenbosch districts ; Paarlberg, Cederberg and

Giftberg, Drege! Tulbagh, Z. § Z.! Witsenberg, Zey. 36. Pappe (55). Caledon,

Dr. Prior! (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., D., Hk.)

A much branched, densely leafy shrub, 2-4 feet high. Leaves 3-14 inch long,

broader than their length, glaucous, thinly membranous, reticulated : rarely mucro-

nate or sub-apiculate. Flowers concealed between two leafy bracts. Calyx 2 lines

| long, with a wide, rounded sinus between the upper and lateral teeth: by which

= character

)

it is known from all varieties of the following.

3. BR. (Vascoa) perfoliata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 12); leaves rigid, ovate

or orbicular, cordato-amplexicaul, acute or scarcely obtuse; two upper

calyx-teeth broadly falcato-cultrate, broader than the triangular-acute

lateral ones ; all nearly equalling the tube in length. Benth. 1. c. p.

464. Vascoa perfoliata, DC. Prod. 2. p.119. Borbonia perfoliata, Thunb.!

LE. & Z. 1202 ; also V. acuminata, E. Mey.! E. & Z. 1201. Zeyher, 2283 !

Has. Rocky hills in the Western Districts. Kochmanskloof, Mundt. Tulbagh

and Hott. Holl. Z. & Z./ Dutoit’s-kloof, &e. Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Smaller, more slender and diffuse than R. amplexicaulis, with much thicker, more

rigid, and more evidently netted leaves. The leaves vary greatly in size and shape,

sometimes they are stom as orbicular and obtuse as in &. amplexicaulis ; but more

commonly they are longer than their breadth, decidedly cordate-ovate or cordate-

oblong and acute or acuminate, 4}, rarely 1 inch long. Flowers smaller than in

the preceding, similarly placed on short pedicels, and hidden between a pair of leafy

bracts. The sinus separating the upper from the lateral calyx-teeth is sharp and

narrow ; and the lateral teeth are narrow (acute-angled) triangular, not deltoid

2. EU-RAFNIA (Sp. 4-15).

4. R. ovata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 12); robust, branches roundish ;

leaves broadly elliptic-ovate, sharply acuminate, sub-petiolate ; upper

leaves more lanceolate, peduncles axillary, leafless; four upper calyx-

teeth triangular-acuminate, as long as the tube, lowest narrow-subulate,

: of equal length to the rest ; pod stipitate, with a broad wing, Benth. /

., . . « Le p. 465. RB. cordata, EB. & Z. 1180.

Ror itadbas \ow~Hap. Alpine, rocky Epox of the Western Districts. Cederbergen, Drege /

— ody ' Klapsmuts, Z. § Z.! Hott. Holland, Pappe/ (59). Witsenberg, Zeyher! 356.

(Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Rafnia.| LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) 33

The largest and most luxuriant of the genus, 3-4 feet high, very densely leafy,

Leaves 2-3 inches long, 1}—-2 inches broad, the lower ones much the broadest, sharply

acuminate or cuspidate, penninerved, but not remarkably veiny. Flower 7-8 lines

long, on axillary pedicels 7-1 inch long.

5. RB. triflora (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 563) ; robust, branches angular

- or two edged ; leaves roundish-obovate, elliptical or ovato-lanceolate,

acute or mucronulate, obtuse at base ; peduncles axillary, 1-3 together,

leafless (or branched and leaf bearing); upper calyx-teeth broadly

falcato-cultrate, lateral acutely triangular, lowest narrow-subulate, as

long as the rest ; keel about twice as long as the calyx-tube ; pod sti-

pitate, with a narrow wing. Benth. l. c. p. 465, DC. Prod. 2. p. 118,

E. & Z. No. 1181; also R. diffusa, H. & Z. 1183, and R. alpina,

E. § Z. 1184. Steb. No. 51.

Has. Common in sub-alpine places, near Capetown and throughout the western

districts. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

2~4 feet high, densely leafy. Leaves 1}-3 inches long, }~2} broad, very variable

in shape, the upper ones narrowest and most acute, the lower often obtuse. Peduncles

nearly an inch long, from the axils of the upper leaves. Flowers 5-6 lines long.

6. R. fastigiata (E. & Z. ! En. No. 1182); branchlets angular ; leaves

ovate, ovato-lanceolate or oblong, cuneate or rounded at base, acute ; pe-

duncles 1-3, axillary, leafless (or branched and leaf bearing) ; wpper and

lateral calyx-teeth triangular-acuminate, lowest setaceo-subulate, rather

shorter than the rest; keel thrice as long as the calyx tube; pod

scarcely winged. Benth. l. 0. p. 466. :

Has. High mountains near Puspas Valley, Swellendam, Z. § Z./ Burchell, 7177.

(Herb. Sd., D.)

Very similar to R. triflora, but with more acute, more lance-shaped leaves ; more

isosceles-triangled upper calyx-teeth, and a longer and more rostrate vexillum. I re-

tain the species with much doubt. Dr. Pappe (No. 58), unites it to R. trilora.

7. RB. elliptica (Thunb. ! Prod. p. 123) ; branches angular; leaves

broadly obovate, or elliptical, oblong, or ovato-lanceolate, acute or ob-

tuse and mucronate ; the upper ones narrow and more lanceolate, all

narrowed at base; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, with a pair of leafy

bracts under the flower; calyx-segments as long as or longer than the

tube, the two uppermost cultrate or oblong-acuminate, much broader

than the lateral which are broadly subulate ; the lowest narrow-subu-

late, longer than the rest; pod sessile, linear-oblong, broader at base.

R, elliptica and R. intermedia, Benth. 1. ¢.

Var. a. erecta ; lower leaves obovate, mucronate ; upper oblongo-lanceolate, acute ;

calyx tube dorsally umbonate, as long as the segments ; the upper segments broadly

cultrate. R. elliptica, Thund./ Herb. R. erecta, E. § Z.1 No. 1168. R&R. intermedia,

Walp., Benth. l. ¢.

Var. 8. intermedia; foliage as in var a; calyx as in 7. R. retroflexa, E. § Z.1

En. No. 1187. Zey. 359. R. cuneifolia, litt. b. E. Mey./ Com. p. 12, non Thunb. R.

intermedia, Walp. (partim ).

Var. y. acuminata; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, acuminate ; calyx tube shorter

than the segments ; the upper segments oblong-acuminate. 2. elliptica, E.GBto oe

1185. Benth. l. c. ;

Has. Mountain sides and grassy slopes, Northern and Eastern Districts. Lange-

kloof, George ; Vanstaadensberg _— ——— Uitenhage, #. § Z./ Howison ’s Poort,

Mr. Hutton. (Herb. 'Th., Bth., Sd., D.) pe

: shrub, 1-3 feet high ; branches.

~ A stout, leafy, erect or spreading, slightly branched

VOL. I 3

84 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Rafnia.

virgate, more or less angular, sometimes obtusely so. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 4-1}

broad, varying much in shape on different parts of the plant. On young root shoots

they are generally broadly obovate, obtuse or mucronulate: on older parts more or

less lanceolate, and often much acuminate and very narrow. The calyx-teeth vary

in length, as compared with the tube, rather than in shape. The original specimen

in Herb. Thunb. has exactly the calyx of var. a, but the narrow and sharp foliage

of var. y : these forms are brought together through var. 8, which is the commonest

in Uitenhage and Albany.

8. R. racemosa (Eck. & Zey. ! No. 1188) ; leaves elliptical or oblong,

mucronulate, somewhat cuneate at base, thick, midribbed, veinless ;

flowers 3-4 in a short, terminal raceme; bracts small, subulate ; calyx

lobes equalling the tube, acute, the upper broadly cultrate, lateral

lanceolate-subulate ; lowest setaceo-subulate, equalling the rest; carina

shortly rostrate.

Has. Assegaiskloof and Breederiver, Swellendam, F. ¢ Z.! (Herb. Sd.) =

This has the calyx of R. elliptica; but a different inflorescence, a much shorter,

though rostrate, carina, and leaves of denser substance, leathery and not obviously

veined. It might be conceived to be a cross between R. elliptica, a, and R. cunet-

folia, y. Branches roundish, or somewhat angled. Leaves 1-1} inch long, $-$

inch wide, not much crowded, alternate. = Ne

9. R. lancea (DC. Prod. 2. p. 119); stem angular’; leaves linear-

oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, acute or mucronulate, somewhat veiny ; —

peduncles axillary, one flowered, setaceo-bracteate below the flower ; upper

and lateral calyx-lobes connate in two opposite pairs, connivent, friangtlar.

acuminate, lowest setaceous, all much shorter than the carina ; legume

cultrate, tapering at base. Oedmannia lancea, Thunb.! Fl. Cap.p. 561.

#. & Z.!1 En. No. 1194. Harv. Thes. t. 72. Benth.! 1. ¢ (pro parte).

Has. C. B. S. Thunberg! Dr. Thom! In sandy places, on the flats near Tiger-

berg, Cape district; also at Klynriver, Caledon, FE. § Z./ Stellenbosch and the

Paarl, Drege! Tulbaghskloof, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A small, ascending or spreading suffrutex, 6-12 inches high ; simple or branched

from the base. Leaves 14—2 inches long, 3-4 inch broad, with obvious midrib, more _

or less feather-veined. Peduncles an inch long, shorter than the subtending leaf, my

articulate near the summit, and there furnished with a pair of setaceous or subulate :

bracts. Calyx different from that of any other species, more deeply cloven between

the two upper segments than between each of the upper and its lateral ; so that the

calyx may be said to be 3—lobed, the two larger lobes sharply bifid, with connivent

teeth, the sthaller lobe setaceous. The vexillum is strongly revolute, and it and the

sharply rostrate keel are nearly twice as long as the calyx. :

10. R. crassifolia (Harv. Thes. t. 71); branches sharply angular, or

slightly winged ; leaves narrow-oblong, or cuneate-oblong, obtuse,

mucronate, thick and veinless ; peduncles axillary, one flowered, bi-

bracteate at base, deflexed after flowering ;_ calyx lobes separate, twice —

or thrice as long as the tube, and as long as the carina, the four upper

: ones lanceolate-acuminate ; legume oblong-cultrate, cuneate at base.

a &. anillaris, H. § Z.! 1192. (non Thunb.) R. lancea (pro parte).

= ¢ oe Q 7 l - c. p. 497. R. angulata, litt. f., Thunb.! in Herb. <

ast, Ot ottentot’s Holland, near Palmietriver and Klynrivers hen Dae

es ¢ “4 5 Klein-How-Hoek, Zeyher | 2281. Pappe/60. Simon’s Bar 0 Wrens / 564. ‘Gar

howd EW town Hills, Dr. Hooker ! Bowie! Dr. Alexander Prior { (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd. D.)

oa 3S ‘ 6 14-2 feet high, many stemmed, simple, or branched from the base; branches vir-

ek \

gate, curved, sub-trigonous or compressed. Leaves scattered, 1-2 inches lo <a

nearly 4 inch broad, tapering more de: Jeun: 40. the baie, of & Ahiekieh: ankehanen aun oe

Rafnia.] LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 35

nerved, but without obvious veins, more uniform in shape than in most species.

Peduncles an inch long, shorter than the subtending leaf, articulate about a line from

their base, and there furnished with a pair of linear, leafy, long or short bracts.

Corolla scarcely protruding beyond the attenuated calyx lobes ; keel rostrate. Le-

gume pendulous. This seems to me to be a well marked species.

11. R. axillaris (Thunb. ! Prod. p. 123. non Benth.); branches sub-

terete ; leaves narrow-oblong or lanceolate, acute, somewhat veiny ;

flowering branches forked, with opposite leaves, a flower in the fork

and on each arm; peduncles shorter than the flower ; upper and lateral

calyx lobes separate, falcate, acuminate, rather longer than the tube,

lowest setaceo-subulate ; legume pendulous, sessile, broad at base ; carina

restrate. DC. Prod. 2. p. 119.

Has. Cape, Thunberg! Bowie! Sidbury, near Grahamstown, Burke § Zeyher !

Swellendam, Mundt. (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth.)

A small, slightly branched suffrutex, 1-2 feet high, diffuse or ascending, with the

habit and foliage of R. lancea, for which it is frequently taken ; but with a very dif-

ferent calyx, more nearly resembling that of R. elliptica. The inflorescence is a

three flowered cyme ; the pedicels rarely more than 4 inch long. The calyx lobes

are sometimes as long as the. carina, sometimes shorter.

12, R. angulata (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 564) ; densely much branched,

branchlets angular; leaves oblongo-cuneate, lanceolate, linear-lanceolate

or lineari-filiform, sub-obtuse or acute ; flowering branchlets forked,

leafy ; upper and lateral calyx lobes lanceolate or falcate, acute, sub-

equal, nearly as long as the calyx tube or somewhat longer, the lowest

setaceo-subulate, slightly shorter than the rest; legume much narrowed

at base into an evident stipe. Benth. l. c. p. 467. 2. angulata, angustt-

folia and filifolia, Thunb.! Prod, 123. DC. Prod. 2. 119. ;

avek a. latifolia ; leaves cuneate-oblong, or lanceolate ; calyx lobes longer

tube.

_- Var. £. angustifolia ; leaves linear-lanceolate or filiform ; calyx lobes shorter than

in var.a. £. § Z. No, 1196, 1197, 1199. :

Has. Very abundant on the Cape Flats, and Capetown Hills ; also Hott. Holland

and Drakenstein Mts. &c. (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

ad 12-18 inches high, suffruticose, erect or sub-erect, generally much branched ; the

branches crowded, virgate or somewhat corymbose. Leaves }-14 inch long, vary-

ing from half a line to nearly half an inch in breadth, of thickish substance and

s veinless. Flowers with a very long, sharply rostrate keel, twice as long as the

calyx, by which character, as well as that of the pod, the broad-leaved forms differ

from R. crassifolia. ~

A smaller, weaker, and less branched plant than R. angulata, with a differently

‘proportioned calyx ; in other respects similar and perhaps a mere variety. oi

. specimen precisely agrees with that of Ecklon, in Herb. Sond. _ There are very ! a

flowers, and they are of smaller size, with a much shorter corolla (in proportion % ~

= 14. R. Ecklonis (E. Mey. Com. p. 13); “leaves linear, four ‘upper

calyx lobes dilated, obtuse.” ee

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36 ‘LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Rafnia.

Has. Cape Flats, Ecklon. (Unknown to us). :

This can hardly be intended for R. humilis ; but nothing like it occurs in Ecklon’s

(now Sonder’s) private herbarium.

15. R. Thunbergii (Harv.); branches virgate, angular ; leaves linear-

lanceolate, attenuate ; flowering branchlets (in a long pseudo-thyrsus)

forked, leafy, 1-3 flowered ; upper and lateral calyx teeth deltoid-

acuminate, not half as long as the tube, with rounded interspaces, the

lowest setaceous, shorter than the rest ; carina falcato-rostrate, 3-4

times as long as the calyx; pod tapering at base into a stipe. Crotala-

ria virgata, Herb. Holm. !

Has. South Africa, Thunberg! (Herb. Upsal, Holm.)

Apparently a tall shrub ; branches 1-2 ? feet long, densely leafy below ; the upper

half, for the space of ten or twelve inches, converted into a dense thyrsoid inflores-

| cence, Individual flowering branchlets axillary, 14-2 inches long, bearing 1-3

flowers and a pair or two of leaves. Leaves 4-1 line broad, 1-14 inch long, taper-

| ing to each end. Carina sharply bent upwards, much longer than the vexillum.—

This species is founded on one of the sheets marked “ Rafnia filifolia” in Thunberg’s

| Herbarium. The sheet holds three specimens, each of the full length of the paper

| (14 inches), and seemingly but broken tops of much longer branches. The thyrsus

| reminds one of Lebeckia Simsiana. The calyx is so unlike that of any other of this

| section, and the thyrsoid habit so peculiar, that I have no hesitation in proposing

. the species, which I recommend to the notice of our South African friends. Pos-

sibly a native of Groenekloof? Another specimen also from Thunberg, exists in

Herb. Holm. marked Crotalaria virgata.

3. PELECYNTHIS (Sp. 16-18.)

16. R. ( Pelecynthis ) opposita(Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 564) ; branches some-

what angular; cauline leaves scattered, oblong or oblongo-lanceolate,

narrowed at base, acute, mucronulate ; flowering branches once or twice

Zz forked, with opposite leaves ; pedicels shorter than the leafy bracts ;

aS upper and lateral calyx lobes triangular, acute, of equal size, with a

wide interspace ; the lowest subulate, slightly longer; carina very

broad, truncate and emarginate ; legume stipitate. Benth. l. c. p. 468,

DC. Prod. 2. p. 119. E. § Z. En. No. 1191, also R. spicata, 1193, and R.

Vlas Ke pauciflora, 1195.

Lape fee _ Has. Cape Flats and Muysenberg, Falsebay ; also in Stellenbosch and Swellen-

We dam districts, E. § Z./ Pappe (61), &e- (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

_ 1-1} feet high, many stemmed, ascending or sub-erect, branches not much di-

vided. Leaves 1} inch long, 4~4 inch broad, thick and nearly veinless. Flowering ;

branchlets 2-4 inches long, slender, com Carina 2-3 times as long as the

ealyx, the truncate extremity nearly two lines broad. ;

_ 1. RB. (Pelecynthis) affinis(Harv.) ; branches sub-terete, the flower-

ing branchlets once or twice forked, compressed ; leaves ovate-elliptical

or broadly oblong, acute at each end, mucronulate, somewhat veiny ;

peduncles short, one flowered, in the forks of the branchlets ; upper

and lateral ealyx-lobes triangular-acuminate, distant, lowest subulate, —

somewhat longer ; legume shortly pedicellate, narrowed at base, lanceo-

ae late. &. axillaris, Benth. ! Lond. Journ. non Thunb.

as os Slee ae Se Flats and hill sides, Bowie / W. H. H., Gueinzius, &e. (Herb. Bth.,

1K. 3 7% , > .

— : ‘SMA T retain this species with much doubt, as distinct from R. opposita, to which it is

; Mla, very nearly allied, but has much broader, thinner, and more veiny leaves ; more

om aegis — lobes and somewhat larger flowers. Leaves 1-14 inch long,

Rafnia.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) gts.

18. R. (Pelecynthis) cuneifolia (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 563); branch-

lets more or less angular or compressed ; leaves either broadly-obovate,

ovato-rhomboid, elliptical, oblong, or lanceolate, shining, one nerved,

somewhat veiny or veinless ; peduncles several at the ends of the

branches, sub-corymbose, leafless ; upper and lateral calyx lobes broadly

triangular, acute or acuminate, shorter than the subulate lowest lobe.

DC. Prod. 2. p. 118. H& Z. No. 1189.

Var. a. rhomboidea ; leaves smaller, more rhomboid, thicker and less veiny than

in the following. 2. rhomboidea, Walp. Linn. 13. p- 464. Benth. / 1. c. p. 499-

Var. 8. obovata; leaves larger, more obovate or ovate-elliptical (the upper ones

rhomboid), thinner and more veiny than in a, R. cuneifolia, Benth. ! l. c. p. 468.

Var. y. lanceolata; leaves oblong-elliptical or lanceolate, somewhat veiny. 2.

corymbosa, Walp. Linn. 13. p. 484. Benth. ! l. ¢.

Has, Near Tulbagh, E. ¢ Z./ Piquetberg, Drege, . & 7. About the Paarlberg

and Dutoit’s-kloof. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

An erect or ascending, slightly branched, rather robust undershrub, 2-3 feet high.

Leaves 1-2 inches long, of thickish substance, 4, 4, or nearly 1 inch broad, sub-

acute or mucronulate. This is readily known from the preceding species by its in-

florescence. In Thunberg’s Herb. are two specimens glued on one sheet ; one of

them referable to R. rhomboidea, Walp., the other to R. cuneifolia, E. Mey. In

Ecklon’s private Herb. the same intermixture occurs. Our three varieties come

from the same district, and appear to me to differ merely in the foliage, which is

notoriously variable throughout the genus.

4. CAMINOTROPIS (Sp. 19-22).

19. BR. (Caminotropis) dichotoma (E. & Z. No. 1190); robust, the

flowering branches repeatedly forked, angular or compressed, with op-

posite leaves ; leaves broadly ovate or elliptic-oblong, acute or mucro-

nate, rounded at base and quite sessile, thick and veinless ; flowers

solitary in the forks of the branches, on short pedicels ; calyx oblique,

upper and lateral segments triangular, acuminate, distant, lowest rather

broadly subulate, scarcely shorter than the tube ; carina fornicate, trun-

cate, rectangular above; legume ovate-oblong, obtuse, on a long stipes.

Benth.! Lc. p. 469. Pelecynthis gibba, E. Mey. Comm. p. 14.

Has. South Africa, Burchell, No. 7742, Thom}. Mountains near Gnadendahl,

E.&2Z.! Cederberg, Drege. Appelskraal, Riv. Zonderende, Zeyher / 2280, (Hb.

Bth., Hk., Sd.

A stout, ost growing, sub-erect undershrub, 14-2 feet high, with sub-simple,

terete stems, bearing towards the summit a long pseudo-panicle of leafy flowering

branches. These latter are 4-6 inches long, 3-4 times patently dichotomous, with

a pair of leaves at each fork. Leaves 4-4 inch long, about 4 inch wide, somewhat

fleshy, broad at base. Flowers 3-4 lines long, the two petals of the carina united

to the very point ; vexillum with involute edges, strongly bent.

20. R. (Caminotropis) retroflexa (Thunb.! Prod. p. 12 3); erect,

divaricately much branched, the branches nodoso-articulate, dichotom-

ous ; leaves mostly opposite, narrow-obovate, cuneato-attenuate at base,

very obtuse, thick and fleshy, veinless ; flowers terminal, on short pedi-

cels, small ; upper and lateral calyx segments triangular, acute, lowest =

subulate, about equalling the tube ; carina fornicate, broadly truncate. - :

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 594- DC. Prod. 2. p. t19.

"Has. South Africa, Thunberg! (Herb. Thunb.) i ae

A distinctly woody, though slender shrub, 1-1} feet high, with the aspe

Zygophyllum.” Leaves $ inch long, of uniform size and shape, 2-3 lines wide ;

lower ones (wanting in Thunberg’s specimen) appear to have been alternate. ”

| eg LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Euchlora.

upper branches are very distinctly articulate, bent and flexuous, and irregularly

forked. The plant turns black in drying. Not found since Thunberg’s time. There

are good specimens of it in the Upsal Herbarium, marked R. retrofracta.

21. R. (Caminotropis) diffusa (Thunb. ! Prod. p. 123); diffuse or

procumbent, with slender, filiform branches ; leaves scattered, the low-

est obovate, cuneate at base, sub-obtuse or mucronate, upper (much

smaller and sometimes opposite) ovato-lanceolate or oblong, acute ;

flowers at the ends of the branchlets, on short pedicels, small; calyx

oblique, the upper and lateral segments triangular, acuminate, distant,

lowest subulate, as long as the tube; carina fornicate ; legume broadly

oblong, on a long stipes. 2. retroflexa and R. diffusa, Benth.! Lond.

Journ. 2. p. 469, 470. E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 15.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg / Zeyher! (357). Zwartland, at Malmesbury, Pappe !

64. Under Bokkeveld and Cederbergen, Drege! (Herb. Th., Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Root thick and woody, deeply descending, emitting from the crown many trailing

or diffusely Se. slender, terete, patently much branched stems. Lower

leaves broadly cuneato-obovate, t-14 inch long, 4-3 inch wide, thin, midribbed and

somewhat veiny ; upper and especially the uppermost mostly lanceolate, 4-1 inch

long, and 1-3 lines wide. Flowers sub-terminal, 2-3 lines long. Our specimens

from Zwartland precisely agree with those in Herb, Thunberg, and also with “ R.

retrofleca,” Drege ! non Thunb.

22. R. (Caminotropis) spicata (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 564) ; slender;

stems angular, sub-simple, incurvo-erect ; leaves scattered, linear-

lanceolate, acute or acuminate, veinless; flowers small, in a dense, leafy,

pseudo-raceme; peduncles axillary, one flowered, nearly as long as the

leaf, with a pair of leafy bracts near the summit ; upper and lateral

calyx-teeth triangular, acute, lowest subulate, shorter than the tube ;

carina fornicate, obtuse’; legume stipitate, 2 seeded. DC. Prod. 2. p. 119.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg/ (Herb, Thunb.)

Many stemmed, 12-14 inches high, simple or branched from the base only. Pe-

duncles (simple, one flowered, two-leaved flowering branches) about an inch long,

crowded toward the end of the stem, for the space of 2—3 inches, each from the axil

of aleaf. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 1-2 lines broad. The foliage is nearly that of R.

angulata ; the inflorescence that of R. Thu it ; but the calyx and corolla those of

d € mbergi yx

i A broad leaved variety, mentioned by Thunb. in Fl. Cap. does not

now exist in his Herbarium. fs 2

( Doubtful Species ).

__ RB. (Caminotropis ?) erecta (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 565); “leaves ob-

long ; flowers lateral ; stem erect.” Thunb. l.c. DC. ic.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg. (Herb. Thunb. ; a battered fragment only /

«Stem shrubby, terete, branching, a foot or more high ; Seanches ae

Leaves sessile, ovate, entire, an inch long. Flowers axillary, pedunculate.” Thunb.

1. ¢. It is impossible to say what this may be. The specimen in Herb, Thunb. has

but half a dozen leaves, and a broken fae remaining.

XI. EUCHLORA, E. & Z.

Calyx deeply 5-cleft; the lowest segment much narrower than the

rest. Corolla glabrous ; vexillum long-clawed, roundish, reflexed ; alse

obtuse, longer than the sub-truncate carina. Stamens monadelphous,

the tube slit above. Ovary few-ovuled, hairy ; style glabrous. Legume

swollen, ovate, few-seeded, Endl. Gen. No. 6484, —

Crotalaria. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 39

Only one species known, viz., ”

E. serpens (H. § 2./ En. No. 1246). Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 470.

Crotalaria serpens, E. Mey.! Lin. 7. p. 153. Ononis hirsuta, Thunb. ! Fl.

Cap. p. 584. Microtropis hirsuta, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 65.

Has. Sandy plains, &c., Cape Flats, near Salt River ; also in Zwartland and at

Saldanha Bay, #.§ Z./ Drege, Thunberg ! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

A small prostrate suffruticose plant, with filiform underground stems, at intervals

throwing up leafy branches ; the places below the soil glabrous, those above densely

clothed with long, sub-ferruginous hairs. Overground branches 1-2-3 inches long,

ascending, imbricated with leaves. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, about 4 inch long,

and 1-11 lines wide, hispid on both sides, but especially on the under: the hairs

appressed. Peduncles terminal, patently hairy, supporting an oblong, dense, sub-

‘capitate spike of small, purplish flowers, Calyx very hairy ; its 4 upper segments

semi-lanceolate, lowest narrow subulate. Vexillum broader than long, emarginate,

about as long as its claw ; alz and carina subtruncate. Pod short and hairy.

XIL CROTALARIA, Linn.

section “ Oxydium,” approach it in the form of corolla ; but differ by their umbel-

turgid, the carina is not sharp. The name is derived from xpotadoy, a castanet ;

because the seeds rattle in the inflated pods, when shaken.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

1, Simplicifoliz. Leaves simple, sessile. (Sp. 1-2.)

Leaves narrow-oblong or sub-lanceolate ; pedicels shorter

Leaves linear-subulate or setaceous ; pedicels longer than

the calyx pe ee (2) spartioides.

2. Oliganthe. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. Peduncles opposite the leaves (or

rarely terminal), 1-2 flowered, or distantly 2-6-8 flowered. (Sp. 3-12.)

Diffuse or prostrate herbs or suffrutices :

Leaflets narrow-lanceolate or subulate :

Stipules minute ; leaflets linear-subulate, downy on :

the lower @urfac® s..: oe cre net ves see oe 9) angustissima.

Stipules linear-lanceolate ; leaflets lanceolate, silky (10) Ecklonis.

Leaflets obovate or ovato-lanceolate :

Dwarf ; thinly silky or glabrescent :

Leaflets silky-canescent on both surfaces ; stem

GaN ian See ieee Nag SES ove (3) sparsifiora.

Leaflets appressedly pubescent on the wnder

side ; stem glabrescent :

Peduncles 2-3 inches long, ! rarely Shs

2-flowered ©... «-- (4) humilis. = 7

Peduncles 3-5 inches long age (5) effusa.

Dwarf ; densely and softly silky- ious; pedumios 225 a

5 ga Moweted cc Gs. shy Gh ge ave (6) mollis. 2

40 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Crotalaria.

Larger ; hispid with coarser, rusty hairs :

Suffruticose, slender, very hispid; peduncles

4-6 inches long, 2-5 flowered ... 21. «..

-Shrubby, much branched ; pedunc. not much

exceeding the leaves, 1-3 flowered ... ... (7) lotoides,

Erect or sub-erect herbs, scarcely suffruticose :

Leafl. oblong-linear or lanceolate ; racemes 2-6 flowered (12) distans.

Leafi. cuneate, obtuse ; pedunc. 1 rarely 2-flowered ... (11) Grantiana.

8. Racemose. Leaves digitately 3-5 foliolate. Racemes mostly terminal, densely

or laxly many or several flowered. (Sp. 13~24.)

Stipules small, obsolete or none : :

Leaflets narrow-lanceolate, acute : “Ss

Branches puberulent ; stipules ag : caly#-teth

short 3

(8) obscura,

rig’ > -#e, bet pM & 2.7: soy sey (13) IOROOOLUM,

Branches and petioles densely hispid ; stipules sub-

ulate; calyx-lobeslong ‘%.. ... ... ... ... (14) Burkeana.

Leaflets obovate, oblong or linear-oblong }

Calyx-lobes as long as the tube or longer, lanceolate :

Leafl. elliptic-oblong ; legume subsessile, long,

seeded

many- botnets ME ete

Leafi. obovate ; legume large, oblong, on a

ae as re ene ee

Leafl. cuneate-oblong ; legume stipitate, small :

sub-globose or ovoid ... ... ... ... ... (16) globifera.

_ Leafl. o -linear ; fl. minute ; legume sessi

smi VOIR = ess 5904 sort cwye eee. (A) een,

Calyx-lobes longer than the tube, oblong, truncate,

and idate vie “982i, evyy peed eioue. Gh) eg 2

cemes very long .... ... 2s.

Sub-glabrous or thinly silky : _

Leaflets 3-1 inch long ; flowers purple... (21) purpurea,

Leaflets minute, 2 lines long, 1 line wide ;

racemes lax .. ...°... .. «-".-. (22) aspalathoides.

Stipules leaf-like, petiolulate (occasionally wanting to some leaves)

Branches terete ; stipules and leaflets obovate; carina it

glabrous Hees re io eee annie ery 3(2 3) ee

Branches angular ; stipules lanceolate ; carina woolly on

upper OO ee ae eae wos

bee ey ee (24) Natalitia,

| 1, SIMPLICIFOLLE (Sp. 1-2). ,

_ 1. C. virgultalis (Burch. in DC. Prod. 2. p. 128); nearly glabrous, o

minutely silky ; branches virgate, rush-like, striate; stipules none;

leaves narrow-oblong, or lanceolate-linear, thickish ; racemes terminal,

8-10 flowered, lax, bracts and bracteoles minute, subulate ; calyx ap-

pressedly silky, longer than the pedicel ; legume sessile, elliptic-oblong,

minutely pubescent. Benth. Ld. Journ. 2. p. 561. C. spartioides, E. Mey.!

Comm. non DC.

Has. S. Africa, Burchell (No. 1752). On the Gariep, near Verleptram, Drege /

— (68) ! wits Wale PSP Saimin aaamaer =

13-2 feet hig! , the younger parts very minutely and appressedly downy ;

older glabrescent. Leaves few and distant, Bie or Ag aah bea 1 ae

broad, twice or thrice as long as their petiole, Flowers yellow, 4 inch long; the

yexillum silky ; carina very acute and slender, nearly twice as | ale. Pods

2 inch long, 3 lines in diameter. : y twice as long as the

2. C. spartioides (DC. Prod. 2. p. 128) ; nearly glabrous, or thinly

and minutely silky ; branches virgate, rush-like, striate ; stipules none ;

~ Crotalaria. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 41

leaves linear-subulate or setaceous; racemes elongate, distantly pluri-

flowered, bracts and bracteoles very minute, setaceous ; calyces shorter

than the pedicels ; legume shortly oblong, sessile, glabrous or minutely

puberulous. Benth./ 1. cp. 561.

. Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, No. 2336. Rhinoster River, Burke! and Zeyher !

Pappe, No. 69. Zoolu country, Miss Owen! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

2-3 feet high, broom-like, much branched; the branchlets slender and wiry.

Leaves few and distant, scarcely thicker than hog’s bristle, 1-14 inch long. Flowers

larger than in C. virgultalis, on longer stalks; the calyx-lobes more taper-pointed,

and both calyx and vexillum less hairy. Pods smaller ; in my specimens quite gla-

brous.

2. FOLIOLATE (Sp. 3-24).

3. C. sparsiflora (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 26); “dwarf, diffuse ; stipules

small or obsolete; leaflets obovate, silky-canescent on both sides, as is

also the stem ; pedicels opposite the leaves, one-flowered; carina with

a straight beak ; ovary many ovuled ; legume sessile, oblong, silky, not

longer than the calyx.” Benth. l. ¢. p. 573:

- Has. On the Gariep, near Verleptram, Dregets; (Unknown to me.)

‘Herbaceous, dichotomously much branched, y-flowered. Flowers small.

Legume 2-3 lines long.” Benth.

p. 574. C. diffusa, EL. Mey. Linn. 7. p. 151, non Link. § C. effusa, HL. Mey,

(ex parte). Lotononis diffusa, E. & Z.! No. 1274 and L. perplexa, B. & Z.!

1275 (non Benth.) Ononis excisa, Thunb.! Fl. cap.p. 586.

Has. In clayey soil. Common near Capetown, E.§Z.! &c. Paarl andGroenekloof | (,

perennial ; many stemmed from the crown. Petioles 3-1 inch long, leaflets }-}

inch : sometimes the petioles are proportionably shorter. Pod 4 inch long. Pe-

duneles 2~3 inches, more commonly one than two flowered. The solitary specimen

marked “Lot. perplexa” in Herb. Ecklon, belongs to this plant, and not to L. per-

plexa of E. Mey.! and Benth., which Ecklon probably confounded with it.

5. C. effusa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 25, ex parte); rather dwarf, diffuse,

much branched from the base, branchlets terete, glabrescent ; stipules

minute ; leaflets shorter than the petiole, obovate or oblong, minutely

appressedly-pubescent. beneath ; eduncles terminal or (at length) op- —

posite the leaves, elongate, distantly 3-6 flowered ; bracts oblong, blunt; —

carina with a straightish beak ; ovules numerous, legume sub-sessile, = a

oblong, much inflated, appressedly pubescent. Benth. bite PSH

Ononis racemosa, Thunb.! Fl. cap. p. 587-

Has. Sands near Krakkeelskraal, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk.,D.)

Herbaceous, more robust and less branching than G. humilis, with a different in-

tong. Leaflets broadly obovate or narrow oblong, the uppermost narrowest. 2

bavi specimen has aaher larger flowers and narrower leaves than Dregea fie

42 LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) [Crotalaria. ©

6. C. mollis (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 23); diffuse, much branched from the

base, densely and softly hairy ; stipules subulate, small ; leaflets obovate,

glabrescent above ; peduncles terminal, (at length) opposite the leaves,

elongate, distantly 3-8 flowered ; bracts subulate, acute; carina with a

straightish beak ; ovules numerous ; legume sub-sessile, oblong, much

inflated, softly hairy. Benth. l.c. 575.

Has. Dry hills and islands at the mouth of the Gariep, Drege / (Herb. Hk., $d., D.)

Resembles C. effusa, but easily known as well by its thick coat of long, silky

hairs, which cover all parts except the upper surfaces of the leaflets, as by the bracts,

&ec. Petioles 3, leaflets $ inch long. Peduncles 4~5 inches.

7. C. lotoides (Benth.! Lond. Journ, 2. p. 575); shrubby, sub-dicho-

tomously much branched ; branches with dense rusty pubescence and

spreading hairs; stipules linear-lanceolate; leaflets broadly obevate,

hairy beneath, or on both surfaces ; peduncles opposite the leaves and

not much exceeding them, 1-3 flowered; calyx pubescent ; carina with

a straightish beak; legume sub-sessile, cylindrical, hairy,

Has. Magalis and Aapges River, Burke and Zeyher! Near Grahamstown,

Mr. Ward, in Hale Hook. iach. Hook, Sond.) =

A rigid, somewhat woody, much-branched undershrub, either prostrate or spread-

ing widely over the ground ; branches 1-14 feet long, their pubescence variable,

dense or rather thin, but always rough and patent. Leaflets about equalling the

petioles, } inch long, and nearly as broad. Legume 1-1} inch long. Flowers rather

small, 3-4 lines long.

8. C. obscura (DC. Prod. 2. p. 134); diffuse, branched from the base,

hispid with long, very patent, rusty-coloured hairs; stipules linear-lan-

ceolate ; leaflets broadly obovate or ovato-lanceolate, hairy beneath, or on

both surfaces ; peduncles terminal or opposite the leaves, elongated, 2—5

flowered; calyx hispid and ciliate ; carina with a falcate beak ; legume

sessile, oblong, hispid. Benth. l. c. p.575. Cr. pilosa, Thunb.! Fl. Cap.

P. 572 (non Mill.) EB. § Z.! En. No. 1260.

Has. Eastern districts and Caffraria, Grassy pastures of Uitenhage, ‘* Adow,”

can i 8 Dp £.§Z./ Albany, Mrs. Barber? Omsamwubo, Drege! (Herb.

Slender, i 1~2 feet high, decumbent or ing ; less branching, less

woody pape rae than Ose ; With dened on lo ee

much longer es, and longer, stiffer, and more spreading hairs. Petiole 1-14

inch long, rather longer than the lamina. Peduncles 4-6 inches long. Legumes 1-1}

inch long, nearly } inch wide.

9. C. angustissima (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 26); very slender, diffuse,

much branched from the base ; stipules minute; leaflets on very long

petioles, linear-subulate, or those of the lower leaves linear-cuneiform,

appressedly and thinly downy underneath, as is the. stem; peduncles

elongate, 1-2 flowered at the summit; legume short-stalked, oblong,

downy. Benth. l.c. p. 576.

Has. Sandy hills near Ebenezer, Stellenbosch, Drege! . Sond.

bets ving cate a t Senha, taeias langle §to fines , B Mey. Leaf-

an inch long, no’ e : i i 5

tonsil ng; + aot aaa e, folded together ; petioles 2 long. A very

10. C. Ecklonis (Harv.) ; diffuse, slender, pubescent; stipules linear-

lanceolate Hi leaflets on long petioles, lanceolate, those of the upper leaves

Crotalaria. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 43

linear-lanceolate, appressedly-pubescent on both surfaces; peduncles

opposite the leaves, 2—-flowered; carina with a falcate beak. C. steno-

phylla, E. & Z.! 1261 (non Vog. )

’ Has. In rocky places, Oliphant’s River, Clanwilliam, Z.§ Z.! (Herb. Sond.)

This may possibly be a broad-leaved state of the preceding. The petioles are 14

inch long, frequently deflexed ; the leaflets of the upper leaves 14-1 g inch long, 1

line wide, acute at each end, with reflexed ins ; those of the lower leaves shorter

and broader, but lanceolate (not cuneate). Whole plant silky, with somewhat the

- habit of an Argyrolobium. I have only seen one specimen, with imperfectly pre-

served yellow flowers.

11. C. Grantiana (Harv.); herbaceous, erect; branches appressedly-

pubescent; stipules minute, setaceo-subulate; leafiets cuneate, obtuse

or emarginate, glabrous above, appressedly-pubescent beneath; pedun-

cles filiform, opposite the leaves or terminal, bracteolate beyond the

middle, not much longer than the petiole, 1, rarely 2-flowered; calyx

segments lanceolate, longer than the tube; carina with a long straight

beak; vexillum downy; legume sessile, broadly-oblong, pubescent,

many-seeded,

Has. Port Natal, Dr. W. B. Grant. (Herb. Hook.)

A small, slender, probably annual species, a foot in length, branching, leafy, many

flowered. Leaves trifoliolate, on shortish petioles ; leaflets $-] inch long, not 2 lines

wide. Peduwneles threadlike, about an inch long, articulate and minutely bracteolate

beyond the middle ; flowers inclined, small, yellow, striate. Legume 5-6 lines long,

much inflated, 2-3 lines wide. Except in inflorescence, this much resembles C’. Se-

negalensis, and possibly it may be only a dwarfed form of that species.

12. C. distans (Benth. Lond. Journ. vol. 2. p. 582) ; herbaceous, mi-

nutely puberulous, slender, erect or ascending, with sub-terete, virgate

branches; stipules bristle-shaped ; leaflets oblong-linear or lanceolate,

obtuse or mucronate, glabrous above, very minutely and ap y

pubescent beneath; racemes opposite the leaves, distantly 2-6 flowered ;

ovules numerous; legume sessile, oblong-oval, minutely downy.

Has. Lay Spruit and Tal River, N. East, Burke and Zey.! (Herb. Hk. ,8d., D.)

A slender, much branched, slightly suffruticose or herbaceous species, think

covered with extremely minute, close-pressed hairs. Petioles shorter than the leaf-

lets, }-} inch long; leaflets 1-14 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, the middle one longer

than the others. Peduncles 3-5 inches long, the flowers an inch apart, yellow.

Legumes turgid, 4-3 inch long.

13. C. lanceolata (E. Mey.! Comm. p.24) ; erect, herbaceous ; branches

virgate, angular and striate, appressedly downy; stipules obsolete ;

leaflets narrow-lanceolate, elongate, appressedly puberulent beneath ;

racemes terminal, elongating, many flowered; calyx-teeth triangular,

not half as long as the tube; legume sessile, elongate, appressedly

downy. Benth. l.c. p. 585.

aie enon the Omsam: — paces, ie eg Fe ! Port Natal,

. Williamson! Krauss ! inziUus ; Pues, toe, DD.

Two or pr feet, woh vag habit of a tote The pubescence extremely minute,

Leaflets 13-24 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, acute at each end, the upper surface, =

except along the midrib, quite us : petioles shorter than the leaflets. Racemes

6-8 hikes Rie, 20-30 aaeeccl. Frees yellow, with dark purple veins, 3-4 lines

long. Pods more than an inch long. : ees:

14. C. Burkeana (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 593); herbaceous or suf-

44 “LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Crotalaria.

fruticose, erect; branches, petioles, and racemes densely hispid, with

long, patent, rusty hairs; stipules linear-subulate; leaflets 3-5, linear-

lanceolate, acute, glabrous above, pilose beneath ; racemes terminal, lax,,

several flowered; bracteoles lanceolate; calyx deeply cut, its segments

lanceolate, nearly as long as corolla; legume sub-sessile, oblong, very

hairy.

_Var. 8. sparsipila; much less hairy, with longer petioles, leaflets and racemes.

- Has. Magaliesberg and Aapjes River, Burke and Zeyher! B. in the Zooloo

country, Miss Owen! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

One to two feet high, suffruticose at base, with many herbaceous, slightly branched

stems. Pubescence copious, rusty brown, and harsh. Petioles 1-1} inches long,

leaflets as long, often 5 together, 1-2 lines wide, acute at each end. Racemes pe-

dunculate, terminal, 10-15 flowered. Flowers yellow, } inch long. Legumes 14

inches long. Var. 8. is a more luxuriant and less hairy form, and probably grew

in richer, alluvial, soil.

15. C. striata (DC. Prod. 2. p. 131); herbaceous or suffruticose, erect,

divaricately branched ; branches angular and striate, thinly canescent ;

stipules none; leaflets on long petioles, elliptic oblong, or obovate, ob-

tuse, mucronulate, glabrous or very minutely strigoso-puberulent be-

beneath; racemes terminal, densely many-flowered, elongate; calyx

appressedly pubescent, its teeth acuminate, about equalling the tube;

carina falcate, twice as long as the ale; legume sub-sessile, elongate,

hook-pointed, many-seeded, minutely downy. Benth, 1. c.p. 586. Bot.

Mag. t. 3200.

Has. Port Natal, Mr. Hewitson! Mr. Sanderson! (Herb. Hk., D.)

A large species, but with moderate flowers. Petioles 2~3 inches long, leaflets 2-24

inches long, 1-13 inch broad, petiolulate, somewhat acute at base, tipped with a mi-

nute bristle-like mucro, mostly obtuse, rarely ovato-lanceolate and sub-acute. The

very young buds and branchlets are somewhat woolly ; the mature very thinly pu-

bescent and whitish. Racemes 6-8 inches long, 40-50 flowered; flowers yellow,

streaked with purple, pendulous: the vexillum and alz much shorter than the carina.

Legume 1-14 inch long, 2-2} lines in diameter, the upper suture depressed. This

Species occurs throughout the tropics of both hemispheres.

16. C. steeds (E. Mey. Comm. p. 2.4) ; suffrutescent, many-stemmed,

more or less puberulent or canescent, with angular, virgate branches;

stipules bristle-shaped or wanting; leaflets cuneate-oblong, glabrous

above, appressedly pubescent beneath; racemes terminal, densely many

flowered ; ovules four; legume stipitate, obliquely obovoid-subglobose, ap-

sbacciee’4 pubescent. Benth.l.c.p. 581. C. macrostachya, Sond.! Linn.

23. Dp. 26, . ;

Var. 8. brachycarpa; legume very oblique, depressed-globose. Benth./ I. ¢.

Var. y. glabra; petioles much shorter than the lamina; leaflets nearly glabrous

below ; flowers smaller.

Has. Between the Omsamcaba and Omsamwubo, Drege. Port Natal, Krauss!

jar ae ye B. Magaliesberg, Burke / y. Port Natal, Gueinzius ! (Herb.

Root with a thick crown throwing up several sub-erect or ascending, curved

stems, a foot or eighteen inches in height ; with several lateral virgate branches.

Pubescence close-pressed, thin and minute. Petioles 1-$ inch long, scarcely equalling

the lamina, in var, y. much shorter ; leaflet cuneate at base, obtuse or mucronate,

the midrib very prominent on the lower surface: Raceme short, with 12-20 yellow

flowers : carina taper-pointed ; vexillum thinly si y- Pods scarcely as large as peas ;

in var. 8, smaller. I cannot distinguish Sonder’s 0. macrostachya from Krauss’s

Crotalaria. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 45

No. 440, which differs from his 341 merely in what may be referred to luxuriant

growth; namely, a longer raceme, somewhat longer petioles (but this varies), and

more evident stipules. In Gueinzius’ specimens, referred by Sonder to C. globifera,

the flowers are smaller and the foliage more glabrous; these answer well to E.

Meyer's var. a, glabra. I have not seen any Dregean specimens.

17. C. Nubica (Benth.! 1. c. p. 581); herbaceous, spreading, much

branched, piloso-pubescent ; stipules minute, lanceolate ; leaflets oblong- *

linear, obtuse, glabrous above, or nearly so; pubescent beneath; ra-

cemes opposite the leaves, elongate, slender, laxly many flowered ;

flowers minute; calyx-lobes subulate, longer than the tube ; ovules 4-6,

legume sessile, small, obovoid, pubescent. C’. spheerocarpa, var. angustifolia,

Hochst.! Hb. Un. It. Pl. Arab, 282.

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb D.)

Annual? 1-2 feet high; branches divaricating or angularly bent, or sub-dichoto-

mous. Leaves sub-distant. Petioles uncial; leaflets 3, about as long, 2-3 lines

wide, tapering at base, either quite glabrous above, or minutely pubescent. Racemes

5-6 inches long or more, the flowers 2-4 lines apart, on slender pedicels longer than

the bracts. Flowers 2 lines long, with a very sharp, slender carina. Pod 2-3 lines

long. The flowers are much smaller than in any other South African species.

18. C. platysepala (Harv. Thes. t. 29); shrubby; branches thinly

downy ; stipules setaceous; leaflets about equalling the petiole, elliptic-

oblong, mucronulate, glabrous above, appressedly pubescent beneath ;

racemes terminal, elongate, many flowered; calyx pubescent, deeply

lobed, its segments obovate-oblong, cuspidate-mucronate, the lowest narrower

than the rest; vexillum pubescent, ale very broad, nearly as long as the

much acuminate carina ; ovary pubescent, stipetate, 6-8 ovuled ; legume ?

Has. Sandy soil between the Rivers Tamulahan and Zougha, beyond the Lake —

Ngami, Jos. M‘Cabe/ (Herb. Hook.) — |

‘A shrub.” The flowering ends of branches only seen by me. Leaves 3-foliolate,

petiole and leaflets $-1 inch long, the middle leaflet longest, 2-3 lines broad. Ra-

cemes 5-6 inches long, ing, 20-30 flowered; flowers bright yellow, } inch

long. Calyx very different from of any other S. African species.

19. C. elongata (Thunb. Fl, Cap. 571) ; suffruticose, erect, densely vel-

vetty-tomentose in all parts ; branches terete, virgate; stipules wanting ;

leaflets ovate or cuneate-oblong, densely lanato-sericeous on both sides,

thickish, obtuse; racemes terminal, very long, densely many-flowered ;

calyx villous, its lobes deltoid, short; ovules three ; legume sub-sessile,

oblong, acute, densely woolly, one-seeded.

Has. Karroo, near Bockeveld, Thunberg! (Herb. Thunb.) :

Apparently two feet high, erect, robust, every part clothed with soft, silky and

silvery dense pubescence. Branches long and simple. Petioles $-1 inch long.

Leaflets inch long, 5 lines wide at top, cuneate at base. Racemes 8-12 inches long, _

the flowers patent, imbricating, small, pale yellow. Petals glabrous. Carina rather

blunt. Legumes 3 lines long, not very turgid.

20. C, macrocarpa (E. Mey. Comm. p. 24) ; “Shrubby; stipules minute ;

leaflets obovate, eas above, minutely downy beneath, as are also

the branchlets; racemes laxly several-flowered; calyx-segments lanceo- —

late, thrice as long as the tube; legume (large) oblong, faintly” d

transversely, minutely downy, on a stipes somewhat longer than the caly

Benth. l. c. p. 592. ee

46 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) (Crotalaria.

Has. Marshy places between the Omcomas and the Omblas, Caffraria, Drege.

(Unknown to me.)

E. Meyer compares this species with C. purpurea, stating that it differs in the

calyx and legumes. Bentham places it in a different sub-section.

21. C? purpurea (Vent. Malm. t. 66); shrubby; the twigs appres-

. sedly pubescent ; stipules subulate or obsolete ; leaflets longer than the

~ petioles, elliptical or obovate, glabrous, or minutely canescent beneath ;

racemes terminal, many-flowered, elongating; calyx silky, its teeth

shorter than the tube, the two uppermost truncate; carina with a short,

obtuse beak ; legume glabrous, stipitate, oblong-inflated, transversely

veined, Benth. l.¢. p. 590. DO. Prod. 2. p. 13 3. Eck. & Zey.! En, No. 1257.

Bot. Reg. t. 128. Bot. Mag. 1913. €. coluteoides, Lam. C. elegans, Hort.

Hap. In moist, sub-alpine places, from Caledon to Uitenhage, Z. 4 Z./ George,

Drege. Gnadendahl, Dr. Prior/ Zwarteberg, Pappe! &e. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A shrub, 3-4 feet high, erect and much branched. Leaflets 7-1 inch long, }-4

inch wide, slightly glaucous, often drying blueish or livid, as if they contained

indigo. Flowers bright purple, half an inch long. Calyx sub-truncate or intruse at

base, ¢ as long as corolla. Flower-buds abruptly ovoid. A highly ornamental plant,

cultivated in English green-houses. ;

22. C. aspalathoides (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 202); “ shrubby, rigidly much

branched ; stipules obsolete ; leaflets small, cuneate-oblong, glabrous on

both sides, or silky canescent, like the twigs, on the lower surface; ra-

cemes lax, several-flowered ; calyx 5-toothed; carina... . ; legume

shortly stipitate, oblong-inflated, glabrous, veinless.” Benth. l. c. Pp. 591.

DC. Prod. 2. p. 134.

Has. Onder Bokkeveld, on the Grasberg River, Drege. (Unknown to me,)

A small, but woody species, with quite a distinct habit. Leaflets on very short

petioles, 2 lines long, 1 line wide. Racemes few-flowered. Flowers (not seen). Calyx

of she fruit downy, with a ten-nerved tube and acuminate teeth. Legume half an

inch long.

23. C. Capensis (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 64) ; shrubby, with terete, ap-

| pressedly silky branches ; stipules when present petiolulate, obovate and

H leaf-ike, obsolete or wanting on many petioles ; leaflets broadly obovate,

) obtuse or mucronulate, glabrous or very minutely pubescent on one or

both surfaces; racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, lax, many-

flowered ; flowers (large) in longish pedicels ; calyx pubescent, its seg-

H ments longer than the tube ; legume stipitate, appressedly pubescent.

| Benth. 1. c. p. 590. Thunb. ! Fl. cap. p. 572. C. arborescens, Lam. DC. Pd.

ives * 2. p. 130. Cr. incanescens, Linn, f.

f A duns fonds Has. Eastern districts, extending to Port Natal ; common. (Herb. Th., Sd., D.)

Oc} 4 _A tall, much branched, stout bush, thinly canescent or sub-glabrous, 4-5 feet

vFeTG high. Petioles very variable in length, $~14 inch long, some of them furnished with

a pair of leafy stipules, others on the same branch exstipulate ; leaflets $1 inch long, ae

ose obtuse or emarginaté or acute or mucronate. Flowers bright yellow, an inch long,* *

eo the al transversely rugulose and pitted. Flower-buds lanceolate, Carina glabrous.

24. C. Natalitia (Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 67) ; shrubby, with angu-

lar, appressedly pubescent branches ; stipules narrow-lanceolate, petio-

lulate, leafy; leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate, minutely

pubescent beneath ; racemes terminal, few-flowered ; calyx nearly gla-

brous, its teeth scarcely as long as the wide tube ; carina woolly on the

_ Upper edge ; legume shortly stipitate, glabrous, Benth. l.c. Pp. 599.

Lotononis. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 47

Has. Port Natal, Krauss/ (339) Gueinzius. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Shrubby, much branched, glabrescent except the younger branches and peduncles.

Petioles variable, 4-1 inch long, almost all furnished with a pair of leafy stipules of

about half theirlength ; leaflets }~1 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, cuneate at base. Racemes

5-6 flowered, the bracts and bracteoles caducous; pedicels longer than the calyx,

glabrous above the bracteoles, Calyx cup-shaped, with wide rounded spaces between

the teeth. Carina covered with white, woolly hairs on its upper half ; the other pe-

tals glabrous. Flowers yellow, $ inch long. 3

XIII. PLEIOSPORA, Harv.

Calyx ovoid, 5~fid; 4-upper segments approaching in lateral pairs,

the lowest narrowest. Verllum straight, vaulted ; ale patent ; carina

straight. Stamens monadelphous, with a split tube. Ovary sessile, ta-

pering into a subulate, straight style ; ovules numerous; stigma simple.

Legume?

A shrub, with the habit of a Psoralea, the calyx and stamens of a Lotononis, and a

corolla very different from either. All the petals are uniform in colour. Name

from mAeiov, more, and omopa, a seed; the numerous ovules distinguishing it from

every Psoralea.

P. cajanifolia (Harv. Thes. t. 81) ; Psoralea cajanifolia, Benth.! in

Herb. Hook.

Has. Magaliesberg and near the Crocodile River, Burke § Zeyher! Zey. No. 448.

Pappe! 161 (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A tall shrub, branching and densely leafy. Branches and twigs silky with fylvous,

shining hairs. Petiole } inch long. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets 2-2} inches long,

§~1 inch wide, broadly lanceolate, or lanceolate-obovate, acute at base, mucronate,

opaque, prominently ribbed and closely penninerved beneath, fulvo-sericeous. Sti-

pules setaceo-subulate, equalling the petiole, free. Peduncles terminal and axillary,

sub-corymbose towards the end of the branches, 1-2 inches long, bearing globose or

oblong, spicate heads of flowers : each flower sub-tended by a subulate bract, and

having a pair of setaceous bracteoles at the base of the calyx. Calyx ovoid, sub-

inflated, with a narrow mouth, silky; its segments of nearly equal length, the four

upper connate in pairs, the lowest subulate, narrower. Vexillum spathulate, nar-

row, silky on the outside, and on the claw within, concave, not bent backwards.

Ale and carina of nearly equal length, the ale widely spreading ; the carina not

curved upwards at point, its petals nearly free, and of the same colour as the rest.

Colour of the flower uncertain. Ovules 6-8.

XIV. LOTONONIS, DC. Benth.

Calyx sub-unequally 5-fid, the lowest segment narrower than the

rest, and unconnected with them ; the four upper approaching in pairs,

and more or less connate into two bifid lobes, rarely quite separate, and

then all the segments sub-equal. Vexillwm obcordate or oblong, com-

monly pubescent; carina obtuse or acute. Stamens monadelphous.

Ovary many ovuled. Legume oblong or linear, more or less compressed,

many seeded. Benth.! in Lond. Journ. 2. p. 594. Leobordea, Del. Leptis,

Lotononis, Krebsia and Polylobium, E. & Z. Acanthobotrye sp. E. & Z.

Crotalarie sp. Aulacinthus, Telina, Iipozygis and Capnitis, E.Mey.

A large genus, chiefly South African (a few inhabit Southern Europe and Central

Asia), very various in habit, shrubby, suffruticose or herbaceous. _ Leaves very

generally 3-foliolate, rarely §—foliolate, and in one case uni-foliolate. Stipules fre-

quently solitary, more rarely in pairs, or none, always free. Inflorescence various,

racemose, umbellate, capitate, or with solitary flowers. _ monly yellow. The

species are here arranged after Bentham, under eight seotions, readily d

by the characters given in the following a

48 ; LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1. Aulacinthus.—Racemes terminal. Flowers small. Legume short, turgid,

with the carinal suture inflexed. Small rigid shrubs. (Sp. 1-3).

Leaves on long petioles ; calyx thinly silky isot coe: og

Lvs. on short petioles : ae

Stipules none or very minute ; calyx patently hairy ... (2) rigida

Stipules solitary, lanceolate ; calyx minutely puberulous _ (3) viborgioides.

2. Krebsia.— Flowers solitary, on short peduncles, or few, in a terminal raceme,

Vexillum ample. Carina obtuse. Legume compressed, or scarcely turgid. Shrubs

or suffrutices. (Sp. 4-11).

Erect, with rod-like simple or sub-simple branches :

Silky ; leafl. cuneate-obovate ; calyx-lobes acute... ... (4) cytisoides.

Minutely puberulent ; leafl. narrow-linear, glabrescent ;

calyx teeth short = : (5) carnosa.

Thinly silky-canescent ; leafl. linear-cuneate ; calyx lobes

Villoso-pubescent ; leaflets pellucid-dotted ; racemes 4-6

flowered, sub-paniculate ... ... reas (11) dichiloides.

Diffusely or divaricately much branched :

Sub-spinescent ; leafi. cuneate-oblong ; legume pubescent (7) divaricata.

Unarmed, albo-sericeous ; fl. subsolitary ; legume silky (8) sericophylla. 3

_ - Unarmed, thinly canous ; leafi. 3, fl.racemose ; vex. glabrous (g) densa. Celt a

' _ WU: labroug ; om § on lo: a es; leg. falcate (10) digitata. 19 ualhte a

wm, : A os; Je ,

sate eS se ae wel ie rarely sub-umbellately 2-4 flow-

~ ered. Vexillum ample. Carina obtuse. Slender, diffuse o1 decumbent suffrutices or

herbs. (Sp. 12-19). i

Peduncles one flowered (in Z. prostrata sometimes 2-3 flowered) :

Stipules in pairs ; peduncles one flowered :

Peduncles short; bracts long, obovate, deciduous ... (12) bracteata.

(6) genuflexa.

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Peduncles long ; bracts minute, setaceous ... ... (413) azurea.

Stipules solitary : leafl. obovate, or lanceolate :

Leafl. glabrous above ie sid Phe eee = gy prostedtas |= TF

Leafl. densely hirsute on both sides... ..._—..._ (1§) Villosa.

Leafl. cuspidate, rigid, with netted veins, thinly pilose (16) acuminata.

_ Leafi. acuminate, veinless, densely silky on both sides (17) argentea.

Peduncles sub-umbellately 2-4 flowered, or interruptedly racemose, pluri-flowered :

Calyx ebracteolate, the lanceolate segments long... .... (18) varia. q

Calyx bibracteolate, the deltoid teeth shorter than the tube (19) macrocarpa.

4. Polylobium.—Peduncles elongate, umbellately many flowered, or imperfectly

racemose, several flowered. Vexillum of moderate size. Carina obtuse. Diffuse or

rarely sub-erect suffruticose-herd plants. (Sp. 20-25).

Stems diffuse or procumbent ; leaflets elliptical or obovate :

Bracts minute : (stipule mostly solitary)

Appressed-pubescent, or sub-glabrous ......_ ... (20) umbellata, “*

Patently pubescent ; leafi. pilose beneath and ciliate (21) debilis.

Bracts obovate or orbicular, longer than the pedicel ... (22) pallens.

Stems diffuse or procumbent ; leafl. narrow, linear or lanceolate :

Loosely hairy ; leafl. hairy ; peduncles shortish ... ..._ (23) involucrata. ~

Pubescent ; eafl, glabrescent ; pedunc. long ... ... (24) peduncularis.?>

— eve or erect ; leafl. linear lanceolate ; peduncles

elonga pict cae oe

Hee ene SS ey a .. (25) angustifolia,

5. Oxydium.—Peduncles umbellately many flowered, rarely t-2 flowered. Vex-

illum moderate. Carina acute. Procumbent or ascending, slender, sub-herbaceous

plants. (Sp. 26-31).

Lys. trifoliolate: peduncles slender, 1-2 flowered ... ... (27) perplexa. T

Lvs. 3-foliolate ; peduncles umbellately many flowered : ;

Leaf. broadly-obovate or obcordate, glaucous ; cal. lobes

subulate... -...0 ous) ons Se eee lll Meee ae ASO), Ceenepeda.

Leafl. cuneate-oblong or linear ; cal. teeth triangular acu- 3

Weinate Wes. sie es tel Aes ee’ (28) maigrantha. i ©

* cre

Lotononis. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 49

Leafl. obovate or oblong, silky ; fl. capitate ; cal. tomen-

tose, its lobes deltoid acuminate Bway oT -(gO) Oxypeers.

Lvs. (usually) 5-foliolate ; peduncles shorter than the leaf (29) acutiflora.

Lvs. unifoliolate ; peduncles umbellately several flowered ... (31) monophylla.

6. Lipozygis.—Heads of flowers sub-sessile, terminal. Vexillum usually oblong.

Carina obtuse, or rarely sub-acute. Ascending, erect or prostrate, villous or silky suf-

Fruticose plants. (Sp. 32-37)-

Procumbent, much branched :

Leafl. oftener 5 than 3; bracts very narrow ... ... (32) pentaphylla.

Leafl. 3, softly hairy on both sides; bracts broad ..._ (33) polycephala.

Leafl. 3, glabrous and green above ; bracts broad ... (34) anthylloides.

Erect or sub-erect, sub-simple, many stemmed :

Leafl. oblong-elliptical, or sub-lanceolate, very acute ;

heads pluri-flowered ...0 0.0 005 te ses eee ose (35) eriantha.

Leafl. ellipt. oblong or obovate, sub-obtuse ; heads densely

(36) corymbosa.

many flowered «2... vee nee cee ote at Bee

Leafl. linear-lanceolate, acute ; heads laxly flowered ; vex-

ilies Ginbrow sr es ew ase ee” nes (37) lanceolata.

4. Leobordea.— Flowers small, sub-sessile, opposite the leaves or few together in

the forks of the stem. Lowest segment of the calyx very slender, minute. Carina

obtuse. Prostrate herbs or suffrutices, some annual. (Sp. 38-41).

Much branched, silky ; stipule falcate ; leaflets glabrous

above ; petals longer than the calyx... ..- :-- +++) => (38) porrecta.

Dichotomous ; calyx teeth short and broad ; carina straight,

twice as long as the vexillum, much longer than the calyx —_ (39) carinalis.

Dichotomous, tomentoso-canescent ; stip. minute ; pe

shorter than the calyx... oe. ces eee vee ore ve (41) clandestina.

Dichotomous, silky-canescent ; stip. oblong ; cal. lobes lanceo-

late ; petals longer than the calyx... ... -. s+ = (40) Leobordea.

8. Leptis.— Flowers small, sub-sessile, opposite the leaves, solitary or few together.

Carina elongate, obtuse, or rarely acute. Small suffrutices, rarely shrubs, erect or

more commonly diffuse or prostrate. (Sp. 42-58).

Leaves 5-foliolate ... 2. -1. sf ese te (48) quinata.

Lys. 3-foliolate ; carina acute :

Stipules cordate-ovate or orbicular ; bracts very

sub-reniform es .. «» (42) Burchellii.

i lanceolate or oblong :

; Leaflets obovate or cuneate-oblong :

Flowers solitary ; cal. shorter than the corolla (44) lenticula.

Fl. 3-4 together ; calyx lobes lanceolate, longer

than covella cc. snc oS ee ea * i GS)

Leaflets linear or linear lanceolate ; flowers solitary :

Villous ; calyx deeply divided, its subulate lobes

shorter than corolla ... ... -.. --+ ++ (45) pungens.

Silvery ; calyx lobes shorter than corolla ; le-

gume piloso-villous «2. wes ee nee oe (46) depressa.

Silvery ; cal. lobes sub-equalling corolla ; le-

gume canescent ... 0. see vee ree vet (47) laxa.

Leaves 3-foliolate ; carina obtuse :

Suffruticose or herbaceous, dwarf :

Leaflets broadly obovate or obcordate :

Flowers 2-4 together, terminal or opposite the leaves :

Stems very dwarf, tufted ; petioles uncial ;

View oe es oe, 62

Prostrate, much branched ; petioles $ uncial ;

petals nearly glabrous... -. =. ++ (54) pumila. |

Flowers solitary « Se

Flowers sub-sessile ; leafl. minute(1linelong) (55) microphylla.

Flowers pedunculate ; leaflets obovate or ke

VOL. If. ee glee 4

50 LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) [ Lotononis.

Leaflets cuneate-oblong or linear, or somewhat obovate :

Thinly appressedly silky or sub-glabrous :

Stipules in pairs; petioles very short ;

i Ei’ See ee ree aU ari ene

Stipule solitary ; petioles rather long :

Procumbent ; fl. 2~5 together ; le-

gume thrice as long as calyx ... (49) brachyloba.

Diffuse or sub-erect ; fl. 1-2 ; legume

many times as long as the calyx _—_(g0) falcata,

Patently hairy or densely villous :

Calyx-lobes nearly as long as corolla ... (56) tenella.

Calyx-lobes much shorter than corolla ... (57) versicolor.

Shrubby ; stems erect, virgate, sub-simple ; lvs. sessile (58) sessilifolia.

1. AULACINTHUS (Sp. 1-3).

1. L. gracilis (Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 597); shrubby, erect,

much branched, silky and canescent; branches slender; leaflets on

long petioles, linear or oblong, obtuse, acute at base, appressedly silky

on one or both sides; racemes terminal, laxly 6-8 flowered; bracts

subulate, deciduous ; calyx thinly silky; legume appressedly downy,

about twice as long as the calyx. Aulacinthus gracilis, EH. Mey. ! Comm.

p- 156.

- Var. 8. anomala; legumes (abortive ?) an inch long, linear-attenuate.

Has. Rockyplaces, on the Roodeberg and Ezelkop Mountain, Kamiesberg, Drege/

Var. 8. Kamiesberg, Dr. Pappe! (100). (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.)

A woody bush, a foot or more in height, densely much branched, silvery. Peti-

oles 1-2 inches long, channelled ; leaflets $-} inch long, 4-1 line wide ; sometimes

the lower ones are but 2 lines long, and nearly 1 line wide. Racemes 3-4 inches

long, the flowers half an inch apart. The pods are ordinarily 3-4 lines long, 14

lines broad ; but in var. 8, which in all other respects is identical with Drege’s spe-

cimens, the pods are over an inch long, not a line wide, and nearly glabrous.

(51) carinata.

2, L. rigida (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 597); shrubby, spinescent,

densely much branched, rigid, silky-canescent ; stipules minute or none ;

leaflets on short petioles, linear, obtuse, acute at base, appressedly silky ;

tacemes short, few-flowered; calyx patently hairy; legume roughly

pubescent, more than twice as long as the calyx. Aulacinthus rigidus,

E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 157.

Has. Zwartland and at Mortkui / erb. Benth.

Very like L. gracilis, but alle sat ma chat mi short petioles, and a

roughly hairy calyx and legume. I have only seen very imperfect specimens.

3. L. viborgioides (Benth, 1. c.); shrubby, slender, diffuse or de-

cumbent, much branched, very thinly and appressedly downy or glab-

rescent ; branches slender, here and there hardened into spines; stipules

sohtary, lanceolate ; leaflets oblongo-cuneate, longer than the petiole ;

racemes terminal, laxly 4-6 or 8 flowered; calyx minutely puberulous ;

ovary glabrous. Zey. 2319.

Has. Cape Colony, Bowie? Thom! Hassagaiskloof, Zeyher ! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A low growing, somewhat trailing, slender shrublet, secede at base ; the pubes-

cence scant and sometimes excessively minute. Leaves, including the petiole, about

4 inch long. Stipule as long as the petiole, or much shorter. Flowers 2 lines long.

Legume not known. ee

2. KREBSIA (Sp. 4-11).

4. L. cytisoides (Benth. Lond. Journ, 2. p. 598) ; shrubby, branches

Lotononis.] LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) 5]

virgate, softly hairy or silky ; leaflets euneate-oblong or obovate, acute or

acuminate or obtuse, silky and villous on both sides ; stipules oblong,

leafy ; peduncles axillary or terminal, short, one flowered ; calyx-teeth

acute, equalling the tube ; vexillum ample, silky or glabrescent ; legume

pubescent or hairy. Telina cytisoides § T. eriocarpa, E. Mey ! Krebsia

stricta, H. Z. 1284.

Has. Mountains of Uitenhage, #. § Z.! Drege, and extending through Caffer-

land to near Natal. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A stout shrub, 2-3 feet high, with rod-like branches 12-16 inches long. Leaflets

very variable in size, and sometimes fascicled, 1-2 to 6-8 lines long; the petiole

as variable. Stipules in pairs, resembling the leaflets and varying like them. Flow-

ers mostly axillary ; the peduncle scarcely longer than the calyx. Pods compressed,

# inch long, acute. The habit is nearly that of an Aspalathus.

5. L. carnosa (Benth. 1. c. p. 598); minutely and appressedly puber-

ulous; branches slender, virgate ; leaflets and leafy stipules narrow-

linear, fleshy, glabrescent ; raceme terminal, laxly several flowered, and

short 1-2 flowered peduncles opposite the leaves ; calyx teeth shorter

than the tube ; legume nearly glabrous. rebsia carnosa, L. & Z./ 1287.

Telina striata, E. M, Comm. p. 68 een | Pea

Has. “Caffrland, near Silo, E. Pde silt wom ‘Omsamwubo, Drege!

(Herb. Bth.,, D., Hk., 8d.) B. Tiauilbi Conulty

Slender, erect, not much branched, 12-18 inches high ; the pubescence very scanty.

Leaves, including petiole, about 4 inch long ; leaflets commonly hooked at the point,

of ms. a and veinless. Calyx teeth subulate, widely separated. Legume

2 in ng.

6. L. genuflexa (Benth. 1. c.); thinly canescent, with short, silky,

close pressed hairs ; branches slender, filiform ; leaflets Anear-cuneate,

or narrow-oblong ; stipules solitary, narrow-oblong; peduncles one

flowered, jointed and bent beyond the middle, opposite the leaves and

longer than them, or two or three in a terminal raceme; calyx lobes

much acuminate; legume minutely and appressedly silky. Telina

genuflena, E, Mey. Comm. p. 69.

Has. spots, between the Kliplatt and Key Rivers, Caffraria, and dry hills

near Gaatje, Drege! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.)

A slender, upright suffrutex, 14-2 feet high ; branches erect, scattered, 6-8 inches

long. Leaves, including petiole, about 4 inchlong. Peduncles nearly an inch long,

angularly bent ; calyx lobes subulate from a broad base. Pods an inch long.

7. L. divaricata (Benth. l. c. p. 599); shrubby, divaricately much

branched, somewhat spiny, thinly canescent with short closely pressed

hairs ; stipule solitary, shorter than the petiole ; leaflets cuneate-oblong,

appressedly puberulous; peduncles one flowered, jointed and bent be-

yond the middle, opposite the leaves, or terminal; calyx lobes much

acuminate ; legume appressedly pubescent or nearly smooth. Arebsia

divaricata, E. §& Z. 1285.

Has. Caffirland, near Silo, on the Kliplaat River, Z. ¢ Z. Zuureberge, Burke. —

Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Hk., Sd., Bth., D.) care

A seraggy, woody, densely branched dwarf bush, different in aspect from Z.genu-

flera, but so nearly allied in essential characters, that I euspect it to be a mere — ae

variety ; and the more so as they come from the same part of the country. B

specimens are much more woody than Ecklon’s, and may be different. a

8. L. sericophylla (Benth.! 1. c. p. 599); dwarf, diffusely much

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52 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

branched, everywhere thinly silky, with short, white, closepressed hairs ;

_ leaflets small, linear or cuneate ; stipule solitary, lanceolate-linear ;

peduncles one-flowered, short ; veaillum and legume densely silky ; calyx

teeth acuminate, as long as the tube. Zeyher ! 399.

Has. Wolf-kop, near Caledon, Burke and Zeyher. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

A small, much branched suffrutex, 8-12 inches high ; stem woody at base, break-

ing up into many, slender, flexuous, vaguely divided branches. Leaves, including

petiole, not half an inch long, the leaflets mostly cuneate, 4 line in breadth ; stipules

generally as long as the petiole, sometimes wanting. Flowers sub-solitary toward

the ends of the branches. Pods } inch long, 14 lines wide.

9. L. densa (Harv.); shrubby, diffuse or decumbent, much branched,

unarmed, thinly canescent, stipule . . . ; leaflets 3, on short petioles,

narrow cuneate-oblong, folded, glabrous above, thinly silky beneath ; ra-

cemes terminal, laxly fewflowered ; calyx thinly canescent, campanulate,

its teeth triangular, about equalling the tube; vexillum glabrous, acute ;

legume . . . ¢ Lebeckia densa, Thunb, ! Fl. Cap. p. 562. Acanthobotrya

decumbens, E. § Z. 1345.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg ! Kochmanskloof, Swell., Z. ¢ Z. (Herb. Th., Sd.)

A rigid, woody, thick stemmed and densely much branched, small bush, 12-18

inches high, very thinly covered with short, closepressed, whitish hairs. Petioles

3-4 lines long ; leaflets about eq g them, very narrow and folded together.

Flowers yellow ; 4 or § in a raceme, nodding, 3 lines long.

10. L. digitata (Harv.) ; slender, ascending, much branched, nearly

or quite glabrous ; stipule solitary, falcate ; leaves on very long petioles,

5-foliolate, leaflets linear or lin. lanceolate, acute, very narrow, compli-

cate; racemes opposite the leaves and terminal, laxly 3-4 flowered ;

calyx narrow, acute at base, the upper segments lanceolate, sub-connate,

the lower subulate; legume falcate, glabrous.

Has. South Africa, Capt. Carmichael / (Herb. T.C.D.)

In foliage and flower this is puzzlingly like Z. quinata, but the inflorescence and

l are quite different. Stems filiform, 6 inches high, flexuous, Petioles 1-1}

inches long ; leaflets 4 line wide, 4 inch long, pale green. Legume 14 as long as the ~

calyx, not a line wide, strongly curved backwards. The only specimens yet seen

are in a collection made by the late Captain Carmichael, in some part of the

eastern provinces, about the year 1814.

11. L. dichiloides (Sond. in Linn. 23. p. 28); suffruticose, villoso-

pubescent ; stem (or main branches ?) very long, straight and rod-like,

densely beset with short, filiform branchlets ; leaves subtending the

ramuli fascicled ; leaflets narrow-spathulate, mucronate, pellucid-dotted ;

stipules leaf-like, linear-lanceolate, as long as the petiole ; racemes laxly

4-6 Howered, terminating the branchlets ; calyx teeth shortly subulate,

the four upper approaching in pairs, the lowest longest ; petals glabrous,

the vexillum stipitate ; legume ?

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius/ (Herb. Sond.)

Two or more feet high, erect, simple ? densely clothed with sub-fascicled leaves

and short axillary branchlets. Lower branchlets 2-3 inches long, upper gradually

shorter, almost all ending in racemes of yellow flowers. Leaves about 3 together ;

petiole 4 inch, leaflets 4} inch long, the middle one longest, all tapering at base,

scarcely 1 line broad. Stipules nearly as long as the petioles or shorter. Racemes

erect ; the peduncle an inch long, pedicels rather shorter than the calyx. Lower

calyx tooth widely separated from the rest : all the teeth shorter than the tube. This

has the habit of Dichilus lebeckioides, but the calyx of a Lotononis.

Lotononis. } LEGUMINOSZ ( Harv.) 53

3. TELINA (Sp. 12-19).

12. L. bracteata (Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 600); decumbent, suf-

fruticose, silky-pubescent; stipules in pairs, small, linear, acute; leaflets

linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute, longer than the petiole; peduncles

scarcely as long as the leaf, one flowered ; bracts and bracteoles obovate,

truncate, erect, deciduous; calyx swb-inflated ; legume linear, sub-com-

pressed, silky. Zeyher, 385.

Has. Mooije River, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

The whole plant pallid, thinly clothed with short, closepressed hairs. Stems trail-

ing, 6-12 inches long, the points ascending. Petioles 3-4 inch long ; leaflets }-s

inch long, 1-2 lines wide, thickish, often incurved, midribbed, sometimes mucronate.

Peduncles 3-3 inch long, jointed and bracteate near the summit, with two bracteoles

also under the calyx; bracts and bracteoles 1-1} line long, membranous, the two

upper segments curved, connate with the lateral lanceolate ones, the lowest deeply

divided, subulate. Corolla pubescent, not much exceeding the calyx. Legume 1

inch long, 1 line wide.

13. L. azurea (Benth. ! 1. c¢. p. 600); decumbent, suffruticose, glab-

rescent or villoso-pilose; stipules in pairs, obliquely ovate or lanceolate ;

leaflets cuneate-oblong, sub-glabrous or silky, thickish, longer than the

petiole ; peduncles much longer than the leaves and opposite them, one

flowered ; bracts minute, setaceous ; vexillum densely pubescent ; legume

turgid, patently hairy. Crotalaria azurea, E. & Z.! 1262. Zey./ 2297.

Telina heterophylla, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 69. excl. syn.

Var. B. lanceolata; densely hairy ; leaflets and stipules linear-lanceolate, acute ;

calyx more deeply divided, with narrower, lanceolate segments. Ononis villosa,

Thunb. ! Herb. ; Fl. Cap. p. 585.

Has. Sandy hills. Krakakamma and Port Elizabeth, £. ¢ Z./ Between Eschen-

bosch and the Gamtoos River, Drege/ (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Nearly glabrous, or thinly or thickly clothed with long soft hairs. Stems 6-12

inches long, spreading on the ground. Petiole 4-4 inch long, channelled ; leaflets

4-3 inch long, tapering at base, broader upwards, blunt or mucronate, midribbed.

Stipules nearly as long as the petioles, sometimes but one, lanceolate. Peduncles 2-4

inches long, articulate and bracteate below the flower. Calyx 3 lines long, softly vil-

lous, deeply cut, the lowest segment subulate, the rest lanceolate, connate beyond the

middle. Vexillum densely hairy ; the keel shorter than the wings. Legume 1 inch

long, 2% lines wide, the ventral suture elevated and often tuberculate. Drege’s spe-

cimens are much less hairy than £. ¢ Z.’s. Var. 8. chiefly differs in the narrower

and more acute leaflets and longer calyx lobes.

14. L. prostrata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 600); diffuse or prostrate, silky-

pubescent ; stipule mostly solitary, ovate or lanceolate, much shorter

than the petiole ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, glabrous above, silky be-

neath; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaf, 1 (rarely 2-3) flowered ;

bracts minute, setaceous ; vexillum very ample, si/ky along the midrib,

otherwise glabrous ; legume turgid, thinly and minutely pubescent. Ononis

prostrata, Linn. Thunb.! Cap. p. 586. Ononis heterophylla, Thunb.! and

O. elongata, Thunb. Telina prostrata, E. Mey. Comm. p. 69. Crot. vewillata,

E. Mey.! Lin. 7. p.153. Lot. vewillata, E.G Z.1 1270. Zey. 2312.

Var. f. glabrior ; peduncles sometimes 2-3 flowered ; plant glabrescent ; legume

smaller. Tel. excisa, E. M.! acne

Var. y. heterophylla ; leaflets of the lower leaves obovate ; 0 yper lanceo-

late inc long, and thinly silky on both sides. L. heterophylla, E. § ZF a3, mom :

Has. Mountains round Capetown, Thunberg/ E. § Z./ Pappe, Drege, W.H-H»

54 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

&c. Between Howhoek and Potrivier, Zeyher/ Var. y. near the Waterfall, Tul-

bagh, #.g Z.! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) = : :

Root woody, deeply descending ; stems many, filiform, trailing. Petioles varying

much in length, }-1 inch long ; leaflets 1-3 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, mucronulate or

emarginate, thickish, midribbed. Stipules variable in length and breadth, sometimes

linear-subulate. Peduncles 2-4 inches long, jointed below the calyx. Calyx deeply

parted, thinly silky, with lanceolate lobes. Legume {-% inch long, 2 lines in diame-

ter. Flowers yellow. Of var. y. I have only seen a single small specimen, from

which I cannot determine whether it be more than a mere variety.

15. L. villosa (Steud.); slender, diffuse, densely hirsute with fulvous,

patent hairs ; stipule mostly solitary, lanceolate, acute ; leaflets obovate,

mucronulate, shorter than the petiole, densely hairy on both sides; pe-

duncles very long, opposite the leaves, mostly one flowered ; bracts

minute, setaceous; calyx rufous, deeply cut, nearly equalling the uni-

formly silky vexillum ; legume hairy. Benth. l. ¢. p. 601. excl. syn. Thb.

Telina villosa, LE. Mey.! Comm. p. 70.

Has. Mountain thickets. Riebeck’s Kasteel, Stellenb. Drege/ (Hb. Bth., Hk., D.)

Root perennial. Stems numerous, weak and trailing. Petioles inch long or more ;

leaflets 4 inch long, 24 lines wide. Stipules }-} inch long. Peduncles 3-4 inches

long. Calyx 4 lines long, densely hirsute, the segments lanceolate, longer than the

tube. I have not seen the legume. This is by much the most hirsute of the sec-

tion ; the hairs long, foxy or golden.

16. L. acuminata (E. & Z. No. 1269) ; diffuse, the branches pubes-

cent ; stipule mostly solitary, lanceolate, acute, midribbed ; leaflets obo-

vate, acute or cuspidate, rigid, with netted veins, thinly pilose, the young

ones silky ; peduncles elongate, terminal or opposite the leaves, 1 (rarely

2) flowered; bracts setaceous ; calyx pubescent, deeply cut, much

shorter than the pubescent vexillum ; legume turgid, downy. Benth./

lc. p. 601. \

Has. Fields near the Zwartkop River, Uit., Z. § Z./ Pappe! (Hb. D., Sd., Bth.)

Root thick and woody. Stems 6-8 inches long, thickly clothed with very short

hairs. pokolee 4-4 inch dong " are i ne. Jong, 3 lines _ — dy _

tin: netted, on the under side. uncles 14-3 inches long.

pay especially 3-3 g yx

te, 3 nerved, longer than the tube. Legume nearly 1 inch long, 1}

lines wide, sub-terete, Sealed

17. L. argentea (E. & Z. No. 1272); diffuse, the whole plant silky,

with closely appressed hairs ; stipule solitary, lanceolate; leaflets obovate,

acute or acuminate, midribbed, but veinless, densely silky on both sides ;

peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves, one flowered ; bracts minute,

subulate; calyx deeply cut, shorter than the silky vexillum ; legume

(young) sericeous. Benth. 1. c. p. 601.

Has. Barren hills between Kochmanskloof and Gauritz River, Swell., FE. ¢ Z./

(Herb. Sond.)

Root thick. Stems slender, 6 inches long, decumbent or prostrate. Petioles and

leaflets each 4 inch long. Leaflets gradually acuminate, Peduncles 3 inches long.

Calyx lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube, not obviously ribbed. Vexillum hairy

along the midrib and lateral nerves, glabrous between the nervures. The pubescence

is close and glossy, but scarcely silvery, rather somewhat fulvous.

18. L..varia (Stend.) ; diffuse or sub-erect, glabrescent or thinly pu-

bescent, with appressed hairs; stipules in pairs, leaf-like, obliquely

ovate or oblong, acute ; leaflets obovate or obcordate or cuneate, mu-

cronulate, becoming glabrous; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves,

Lotononis.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 55

subumbellate or interruptedly racemose, several flowered ; bracts linear-

spathulate, nearly as long as the pedicel ; calyx ebracteolate, the lanceo-

late segments longer than the tube; legume . . .% Telina varia, E.

Mey. Comm. p. 70.

Has. 8, Africa, Thom. Drakenstein Hills, Drege! Near Capetown, Dr. Alexander

Prior! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

Many stemmed, ascending, more erect than most others of this section. Stem

6-8 inches long, pubescent when young, flexuous. Petioles } inch long ; leaflets as

long or somewhat longer, 2-3 lines wide, frequently emarginate, with a minute

mucro. Calyx deeply cut, the lowest segment subulate, the four upper broader,

connate below, lanceolate above. The legume may afford further characters to dis-

tinguish it from Z. macrocarpa, from which at present it is most easily known by

the calyx.

19, L. macrocarpa (E. & Z.! 1271); diffuse, thinly silky or glab-

rescent ; stipules in pairs, lanceolate or oblong or obovate, acute ; leaf-

lets broadly obovate, mucronulate, nearly glabrous, the younger puberu-

lous beneath; peduncles elongate, opposite the leaves, swb-wmbellately

2-4 flowered ; bracts like the stipules ; calyx bibracteolate, the deltoid

teeth shorter than the tube; corolla glabrous, twice as long as the calyx ;

legume much compressed, glabrous and veiny, widening upwards, acute.

Benth. l.c. p. 601. Zey. 403.

Has. Near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, FE. @ Z./ Kalebasskraal, Zeyher! Pappe?

(Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Stems 6-12 inches long, decumbent or prostrate, the young ones clothed with short,

appressed hairs, as are also the young leaves. Afterwards the hairs frequently dis-

appear. Petioles } inch long ; feaflets 4 inch long; 3-33 lines broad, with a very

small mucro. Calyx campanulate, with very short, triangular teeth, minutely pu-

bescent. Legume an inch long, 2} lines wide near the point, narrowing to 1} near

the base. In drying it becomes dark. .

4. POLYLOBIUM (Sp. 20-25).

20. L. umbellata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 602); sche siren te ap-

pressedly pubescent or sub-glabrous ; stipule mostly solitary, oblong or

lanceolate, shorter than the petiole ; leaflets obovate ; umbels (or um-

bellate-racemes) on long peduncles, many-flowered; bracts minute;

flowers cernuous ; legume sub-falcate, compressed, nearly glabrous.

Ononis umbellata, Linn.? (non Thunb.) O.strigosa, Thunb.! Cop 5 0.

anthylloides, DC. Prod. 2.p.168. Lipozygis umbellata, EL. Mey.! Comm. p.

76. Polylobium truncatum, E. & Z. 1292, and P. filiforme, LE. § Z.! 1291.

Has. Moist places on the Capetown and Stellenbosch hills, and to River Zonder-

ende, E.§Z.! Drege, Pappe, W.H.H., ge. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

Root thick and woody. Stems many from one crown, spreading 1-2 feet in all

directions. Leaves an inch apart, patent ; petioles }-} inch long ; leaflets rather

longer, 2—23 lines wide, very obtuse, puberulous on the underside. Peduncles ter-

minal, becoming lateral and opposite the leaf, 8-12 flowered ; umbels sometimes

dislocated, and passing into short, dense racemes. Calyx thinly silky, deeply cut,

2 segments broadly lanceolate. Legumes an inch long, slightly curved, 14 line

wide,

21. L. debilis (Benth.!1. c. p. 604); procumbent and slender, patently

pubescent ; stipule oblongo-lanceolate, sub-faleate ; leaflets elliptical or

obovate, glabrescent above, pilose beneath, ciliate ; peduncles longer than

the leaf, umbellately 4-6 flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx silky ; carina

short and very blunt; ovary linear, pubescent. Polylobium debile, Le. de Z. /

1290, css eceacll

Nope [es

sm... LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Lotononis.

Has. Barren hills, near Assagaiskloof, Swell., Z. § Z./ near River Zonderende,

Zeyher, 2316. (Herb. Sond.)

2-4 inches high, many-stemmed, slightly-branched, with spreading pubescence.

Leaves densely set ; petiole }~} inch long ; leaflets shorter, 1-2 lines wide, the upper

ones often acute. Peduncles 1} inch long ; pedicels very short. The legume is

probably, judging by the shape of the ovary, elongate. '

22, L. pallens (Benth. 1. c. p. 605) ; procumbent, thinly pilose ; sti-

pules solitary or in pairs, obliquely ovate or oblong, small ; leaflets ob-

ovate or obcordate, glabrous above, ciliolate and sparsely pilose beneath ; ~

peduncles much longer than the leaves, sub-capitately several-flowered ;

bracts obovate or orlicular, longer than the short pedicel; calyx 10-rib-

bed, piloso-ciliate on the ribs and margin of the falcate segments ;

carina shorter than the vexillum ; legume? ; ovary glabrous. Polylobiwm

pallens, E.d& Z. 1 1294.

Has. Mountain-sides, near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, £. § Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

Stems decumbent, pale and weak, 1-2 feet long, thinly sprinkled with long, hori-

zontally patent hairs. Peduncles 3—4 inches long, similarly hairy. Leaves sub-dis-

tant, the petiole shorter than the laminz ; leaflets 3, not quite }-inch long, 3 lines

wide, usually emarginate. The calyx has ciliate ribs, but the inter-spaces are naked.

Bracts very broad. The carina is short, and not at all acuminate.

23. L. involucrata (Benth.! 1c. p. 602); diffuse or decumbent,

loosely hairy in all parts ; stipules in pairs, linear or lanceolate, mostly

longer than the petiole; leaflets inear or lanceolate, the lower ones nar-

row-cuneate ; peduncles mostly terminal, rather short, umbellate or sub-

racemose, many-flowered; bracts leaflike, lanceolate, longer than the

pedicel, or sometimes equalling the flowers ; calyx-lobes subulate, longer

than the tube ; legume turgid, not twice as long as the calyx. Ononis in-

volucrata, Lin. f. Thunb.! Cap. p. 587. Polylobium involucratum, E. § Z.!

1296, P. tenuifolium, E.& Z.! 1295, and P.angustifolium, E.& Z.! 1297.

Lipozygis involucrata, E. Mey. ! Comm. p.80. Ononis aspalathoides, DC.

Zeyher, 2388, 2389.

Has. Common on dry hill-sides in Cape and Stellenbosch districts. Witsenberg,

Zeyher! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., Sd., Th.).

Variable in the amount of pubescence; sometimes rather thinly, sometimes very

densely hai hier with pale or foxy hairs. Leaves thickly set ; petiole #4

inch long ; ets 4-{ inch, sometimes very narrow, not }-line wide, sometimes

1 line. Peduncles 3-1 inch, rarely 2 inches long, mostly terminating short, ascend-

ing, leafy branches. Bracts, like the leaves, broad or narrow, }-} inch long. Flowers

Soe ee but varying to racemes, on the same root. Pod hairy

or glabrescent.

24. L. peduncularis (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 602) ; diffuse, more or less hairy,

the flowering branches ascending; stipules in pairs, linear or lanceolate ;

leaflets linear or linear-cuneate, glabrescent ; peduncles terminal, elongate,

umbellate or sub-racemose, several flowered ; bracts lanceolate, linear,

or ovate-oblong, about equalling the pedicel ; calyx silky, its lobes lanceo-

late, shortly acuminate, equalling the tube ; carina very obtuse ; legume

sub-compressed, glabrescent, more than twice as long as the calyx.

Var. a. Meyeri; less branching and more hairy, with narrower leaflets and linear

or lanceolate bracts. Lipozygis peduncularis, E. Mey. Comm. p. 79. Ononis umbellata,

Thunb. ! Cap. p. 587.

Var. f. secunda; flowering branches numerous, sh d, 8 with.

few leaves ; leaflets more iabovtin cuneate ; bracts oe oF tale cg 4-8,

secunda, Benth. )

umbellate. Ononis secunda, Thinb./ Cap. 588, (but not Lotononis

Lotononis. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) : 57

Has. Sandy ground near the Paarl and at Groenekloof, Drege/ round Capetown,

Thunberg. B. at Gnadendahl, Dr. Alecander Prior! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk.)

Allied to the more glabrous forms of L. involucrata, but with longer flower-stalks,

different calyx and legume, and rather smaller flowers. Zhwnberg’s specimen of our

var. B, exactly agrees with Dr. Alexander Prior’s.

25. L. angustifolia (Steud.); stems ascending or sub-erect, elongate,

sub-simple, laxly hairy ; stipules linear-lanceolate, longer than the peti-

ole ; leaflets Zanceolate-linear, acute, sparsely pilose ; peduncles terminal,

elongate, umbellate or sub-racemose, several-flowered ; bracts lanceolate

equalling or exceeding the pedicel ; calyx silky, its lobes lanceolate ;

carina arched, obtuse, vexillum pilose on the dorsal ridge; legume

(young) very hairy. Telina angustifolia, E.Mey. ? Herb. Drege. Polylobium

fastigiatum, and P. Mundianum, E. & Z.! 1298, 1299. Lotononis secunda,

Benth. l. c. p. 603, (excl. syn. Thunb.)

Has. Cape flats, Z. ¢ Z./ W. H. H., d&e. Koeberg, Dr. Pappe, 105. Swellendam,

Mundt.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Many-stemmed. The stems rigid, curved, or sub-decumbent at base, then ascend-

ing or erect, 12-14 inches long, densely clothed with narrow, erect leaves. Petioles

4-4 inch long ; leaflets 4-3 inch, 4-line wide, acute at each end. Pubescence more

or less copious, the hairs long and white. Peduncles 3-4 inches long, 6-12 flowered,

the umbel sometimes breaking into ashort raceme. Flowers larger than in any, except

L. involucrata. The habit is quite unlike that of the rest. I cannot find it in Thun-

berg’s Herbarium. His 0. secunda is a branchy form of L. peduncularis. The speci-

fic name here adopted, though not the oldest, is perhaps the most appropriate.

5. OXYDIUM, (Sp. 26-31.)

96, L. trichopoda (Benth. 1. c. p. 603) ; procumbent, effuse, glaucous

and glabrescent or minutely canescent ; branches filiform ; stipule soli-

tary, small, ovate, or sub-rotund ; leaflets broadly elliptical, obovate or

obcordate; peduncles slender, elongate, umbellate, many-flowered ; bracts

minute; calyx thinly silky, semi—5—fid, the lobes subulate ; petals gla-

brous, on long claws; the carina acute ; legume linear, 4

minutely with close-pressed hairs. Crotal. trichopoda, E. Mey. !

Comm. p. 154. Polylob. typicum and P. intermedium, E. § Z. ! 1288, 1289.

Ononis glabra, Thunb. ! Cap. p. 588.

Has. Uitenhage districts, from Van Staadensberg to Sondag River, Drege, E.g Z.

gc. Algoa Bay, Dr. Alexander Prior | (Herb. Th., D., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Root woody ; stems spreading on the ground in a circle of 2-3 feet diameter. The

whole plant looks glabrous and pale, but under a lens is seen to be thinly clothed

with very minute, white, close-pressed hairs. Leaves scattered ; leaflets 4-3 inch

‘long, 2-3 lines wide. Peduncles 3-6 inches long ; umbel {0-20 flowered. Flowers

bright yellow. Legume j-inch long, 1-1} line wide, 3-4 times as long as the calyx.

27. L. perplexa (E. & Z. (ex parte) ; Benth. ! 1, c. p. 605); procum-

bent, glabrous or sprinkled with very minute appressed hairs ; branches

filiform ; stipule solitary, small, obliquely ovato-lanceolate ; leaflets

cuneate-oblong or obovate, those of the upper leaves narrower ; pedun-.

cles slender, elongate; 1-2-flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx thinly silky,

with broadly subulate teeth ; petals glabrous, on long claws, the carina

rostrate ; ve fats oblong, turgid, about twice as long as the calyx. ‘Crotalaria a

perplexa, E. Mey. Linn. 7. p- 151. Lotononis strigosa, Pappe! 96. _ an

Has. Mountain-sides round Capetown, common. (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) <.

Root woody, sinking deeply. Stems trailing, 2 feet long or more, slender. “git

cence very minute, scanty, and close-pressed, the hairs Leaves scattered, .

58 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Lotononis.

lets variable in breadth. Peduncles 2-3 inches long. Flowers small. Legume 2-24

lines long, very turgid. E. & Z. confounded this plant with Crotalaria humilis.

28. L. micrantha (Thunb. & Harv. ; non E. & Z.) ; procumbent,

thinly sprinkled with very minute, appressed hairs; branches filiform ;

stipule solitary, small, oblong or lanceolate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong or

linear, or those of the lower leaves obovate ; peduncles slender, elongate,

umbellate, many-flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx thinly silky, with trian-

gular-acuminate teeth ; petals glabrous, on long claws, the carina ros-

trate ; legume ovoid, turgid, scarcely longer than the calyx. Ononis micran-

tha, Thunb.! Cap.p. 587. Crotalaria micrantha, H. Mey.Comm. p.27. C.

tenuiflora, Steud. Loton. rostrata, Benth. l. c. p. 604.

Has. Cape, Thunberg ! On shrubby hills, Roodesand, Drege! (Herb. Th. D. Bth. Hk.)

Stems extensively trailing. Leaflets 3, narrow ; those of the upper leaves especi-

ally. Peduncles 1-14 inch long ; flowers very small. Peduncles not quite twice as

‘long as the leaves ; the umbel somewhat like that of Trifolium repens. Stipule some-

times falcate. Legume very short. This is the original “ Ononis micrantha” of

Thunberg, a very appropriate name and worthy of being preserved.

29. L. acutiflora (Benth. |. c. p. 604); procumbent, thinly canescent

or glabrescent ; ramuli filiform ; stipule solitary, small, “orbicular” or

oblong-lanceolate ; leaflets usually Jive, narrow-cuneate or sub-linear ;

peduncles shorter than the leaf, umbellately several-flowered; bracts

_ Shorter than the longish pedicel ; calyx appressedly and thinly silky,

its segments lanceolate ; legume silky, oblong, falcate, at length turgid,

scarcely longer than the calyx. Crotalaria quinata, EL. Mey, Com. p. 27!

Has. Near Krakkeelskraal, Clanw., Drege! (Herb. Benth, Hook.)

A small, half-herbaceous, slender species, 2-4 inches high ; known from its neigh-

bours by the usually quinate or digitate leaves. Petioles 1 inch, lamina 4-3? inch

long. The pubescence is very scanty, the hairs minute and closely appressed.

30. L. oxyptera (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 605); procumbent, thinly silky or

villoso-pubescent ; stipule solitary, small, obliquely ovate or lanceolate ;

leaflets 3, ovate or oblong ; peduncles long or short, villous, capitately

several-flowered ;_ bracts longer than the very short pedicel ; calyx

tomentose, with deltoid-acuminate, sub-falcate teeth ; legume (* turgid,

not much exceeding the calyx ” t)

Vaz. a. longipes ; peduncles longer than the leaf. Pol. sparsifiorum, E, § Z.! 1293!

Var. 8. brevipes ; peduncles shorter than the leaf. Crotalaria oxyptera, E. Mey!

Comm. p. 28.

Has. a, Tulbach ist hill si i

(Herb. Bik, ke aK moist hill sides, F. ¢ Z./ 8. Drakensteen hills, Drege !

Stems trailing, not much branched, thinly or thickly clothed with short, curly,

soft hairs. Petioles 41-inch long ; leaflets as long, 2-3 lines wide, very blunt or emar-

ginate. Peduncles ¢-inch long, softly hairy. Flowers 5-6, sub-sessile, Legume

unknown tome. Bracts linear or oblong, small. The two varieties scarcely differ

except in the length of the peduncle ; var. 8, is rather the most hairy. . :

_ 81. L. monophylla (Harv. Thes. t. 63); suffruticose, slender, ascend-

ng, appressedly puberulous and silve ; Stipules none; leaves unifo-

liolate, leaflet. ovate or oblong, mucronulate, glabrous above, silvery

beneath ; peduncles elongate, umbellate, 4—5-flowered, bracts minute ;

calyx appressedly and minutely silvery-puberulous, upper segments

Lotononis. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 59

triangular-acute, lowest subulate; petals on short claws, the vexillum

sub-rotund, silky, the carina glabrous, rostrate; legume? Zey. No. 2313!

Has. Stony places, on the Vanstaadensberg, Uit., C. Zeyher! (Herb. D., Sd.)

Root woody. Stems 2~4 inches long, scarcely branched, decumbent, then erect.

Leaves an inch apart ; petiole $-1 inch long ; leaflet ?—inch long, 4-5 lines wide.

Peduncles terminal or opposite the leaf, 3-4 lines long. Flowers like those of Lotus

rade a The pubescence is very minute, and closely appressed. Legumes not

own.

6. LIPOZYGIS. (Sp. 32-37.)

* $2. L. pentaphylla (Benth. 1. c. p. 60 5); procumbent, much-branched,

1 softly and densely silky, and fulvous ; stipule solitary, small, lanceolate ;

4 leaflets often five, obovate ; heads sessile, densely many-flowered ; bracts

very narrow ; calyx densely and softly hairy; petals hairy, the vexil-

lum oblong, obtuse, carina oblong, incurved. Lipozygis pentaphylia,

L. Mey.Comm. p. 79.

Has. Karakuis, Drege! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk.)

Stems perhaps prostrate, 6-12 inches long or more, pale, softly silky : the pubes-

cence of the whole plant fulvous or foxy. Petioles 3-4 inch long ; the leaflets not

longer, broadly obovate, 2-2} lines wide. Heads of flowers densely hairy, globose,

terminal and lateral.

33. L. polycephala (Benth, ! 1. c. p. 605); decumbent, branching,

densely and very softly silky-villous ; stipule solitary, oblongo-lanceolate;

leaflets three, obovate, softly and densely villous on both sides; heads

sessile, densely many-flowered ; bracts broadly ovate ; calyx shaggy,

somewhat inflated ; vexillum broadly obovate, it and the incurved hel-

met-shaped carina silky. Lipozygis polycephala, LE. Mey. Comm. p. 79.

Has. Kamiesberg, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Bth.)

The whole plant densely clothed with long and soft, pale or fulvous hairs. Peti-

oles 4-1 inch long ; leaflets rather shorter. Heads of flowers at the ends of short

axillary ramuli ; the bracts very broad, acute or acuminate ; by which character it

differs from all of the present section, except the following.

34,\L. anthylloides (Harv.) ; decumbent, flexuous, branching; stems —

thinly pilose ; stipule solitary, broadly oblong or oval; leaflets 3, ob-

ovate or obcordate, glabrous above, silky-pilose beneath ; heads sessile,

densely many-fiowered ; bracts broadly oblong or ovate ; calyx shaggy,

its segments long and subulate, nearly equal ; vexillum narrow-oblong,

it and the blunt carina silky-pilose ; ale and carinal petals eared at base.

Has. Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Esq. (Herb. T.C.D.)

Allied to L. polycephalum, of which it has the inflorescence and calyx, but from —

which it remarkably differs in pubescence, in the shape of the vexillum, the long

earlike appendages of the lower petals, and in minor characters. Stems 6-8 inches

long, curved, purplish. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3 lines wide at the very obtuse or

emarginate summit, as long as the petiole or shorter. Stipules and bracts very broad,

Heads very hairy, the calyx tube somewhat swollen, scarcely equalling the laciniz.

Legume not seen. The habit is that of an Anthyllis.

35. L. eriantha (Benth. 1. c. p. 605); ascending or sub-erect, slightly _

branched, thinly and softly villous ; stipule leaflike, longer than the short

petiole ; leaflets oblong-elliptical or broadly lanceolate, very acute, pilose

on both sides ; heads sessile, laxly several-flowered; bracts small,

setaceous ; the calyx, the oblong-acuminate vexillum, and the obt

arched carina, all silky ; legume compressed, at length sub-ti silky,

has. cto

: not quite twice as long as the calyx. ae

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60 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke and Zeyher / (Herb. D., Hk., Bth.)

Many-stemmed, from a woody crown ; the stems 4—6 inches high, with a few

erect branches. Leaves pale, trifoliolate, on short petioles ; the leaflets often with

a much acuminate point. Stipules as large as the leaflets and of similar form.

Nearly allied to Z. corymbosa, but the heads have much fewer and larger flowers ;

the leaflets are differently shaped and very acute, and the stems more branching.

36. L. corymbosa (Benth. ! 1. c. p.606); ascending or erect, sub-sim-

ple, pilose ; stipule leaflike, longer than the petiole ; leaflets elliptic-ob-

long or obovate, obtuse or sub-acute, pilose on both sides; heads sessile,

very-many-flowered ; bracts setaceous ; calyx hirsute; the oblong-acu-

minate vexillum, and the obtuse, arched carina pubescent. Lipozygis

corymbosa, E, Mey.! Comm. p. 79.

Has. Grassy hills, near the Umsata, Drege! Top of Table Mt., Natal, Krauss !

Gueinzius ! (Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Many-stemmed from a thick, woody crown. Stems 4-5 inches high, in our speci-

mens quite simple, terminated with a somewhat corymbose-capitate cluster of shortly

pedicellate flowers. Petiole 4-4 inch long ; the leaflets longer, 2-3 lines wide, and

generally blunt : by which character and the smaller and more numerous flowers this

species is easily known from Z. eriantha.

37. L. lanceolata (Benth! 1. c. p. 606); thinly villous, stems as-

cending, simple or slightly branched ; the leaflike stipule and leaflets

linear-lanceolate, acute ; heads laxly corymbiform, terminal, sub-sessile,

many-flowered ; bracts setaceous; calyx thinly silky ; the oblong-acu-

minate vexillum and the incurved, obtuse carina, glabrous or minutely

pilose. Aspalathus lanceolatus, Z. Mey.! Comm.p. 37.

Has. Wit ,on hills, Lee rui ! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., Sd.

A foot or spy height. turning tik fs ‘lag cee thinly sprinkled with fe

patent, very slender and soft hairs. Petioles 1-2 lines long ; leaflets 3-1 inch long,

toe lines wide, tapering to each end. Flowers clustered rather than capitate, not

: 7. LEOBORDEA. (Sp. 38-41).

38. L. porrecta (Benth. 1. c. p. 606); procumbent or prostrate, much

branched, silky-pubescent ; stipule falcate, small ; petioles short, leaf-

lets (small) cuneate-oblong or obovate, glabrous above, appressedly pubes-

cent beneath ; flowers in pairs or solitary, sub-sessile; calyx thinly

silky, oblong, cleft to the middle, the lowest lobe subulate, very narrow ;

petals exserted ; legume pubescent, scarcely longer than the calyx. Cap-

nitis porrecta, E.Mey. !Comm.p.81. Leptis proliferaand L.debilis, E.& Z.!

1264, 1265/ Pappe, 98.

Has. Zwartbulletje, on stony hills, and at Gamke River, Drege. Between Gra-

hamstown and Bothasberg ; Zwartkops River, Z. § Z.! Pappe! (Herb. D., Bth., Sd.)

A very dwarf suffruticose plant, the stems 6-8 inches long, spreading flat over the

ground in all directions and densely leafy, with patent, prostrate branches, Leaves

3-foliolate, including the petiole not 4—-inch long ; the leaflets 2-24 lines long, 1 line

broad, very blunt. Flowers small, yellow. The upper calyx lobes are connate in

pairs for 3-3 of their length, the lowest is separated by a much deeper sinus, and is

very narrow, but nearly as long as the rest. As well as I can make out froma very

bad specimen of Drege’s plant in Herb. Bentham, it is the that of E. & Z.!

from which I chiefly describe. Meteosat ‘

89. L. carinalis (Harv.); procumbent, dichotomous, silky-canescent ;

stipule solitary, falcate, shorter than the petiole ; leaflets cuneate-ob-

Lotononas. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 61

long, silky canescent on both sides, complicate ; flowers 1-3, sub-sessile ;

calyx thinly silky, tubular, the segments much shorter than the tube, the

lowest very small, subulate ; petals nearly twice as long as the calyx,

silky, the carina straight, very long.

Has. Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Esq. (Herb. T.C.D.)

A slender (perhaps annual) species, with sub-distantly forked stems. Petioles

3-4 lines long ; leaflets rather shorter, hoary on both sides. Flowers 7 lines long ;

the carina nearly twice as long as the vexillum. Upper calyx segments connate in

pairs for half their length, much broader than the lowest segment, and nearly twice

as long. Ovary many-ovuled. This has a different habit and calyx, and a much

longer carina than L. porrecta ; and differs equally (except in ramification) from

L. Leobordea. It has larger flowers than either.

40. L. Leobordea (Benth.! Lond. Journ. 2. p. 607) ; procumbent,

sub-dichotomous, silky-canescent ; stipules oblong or lanceolate, small ;

leaflets obovate-oblong, silky-villous ; flowers 2-5 together, sub-sessile ;

calyx deeply and sharply cut, its upper segments lanceolate, acuminate, the

lowest setaceous ; petals exserted, villous, the carina arched ; legume ob-

long or oval, as long or twice as long as the calyx, turgid, sparsely

puberulous. Leobordea lotoides, Del. &c., fide Benth. l.c. Leptis sp., Zey-

her, 409 !

Has. Springbokkeel and Bitterfontein. Feb.—May, Zey./ (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

Root annual ? stems prostrate, 2-4 inches long, the whole plant clothed with long

and soft whitish hairs. Petioles 4-4 inch long ; leaflets about the same length.

Flowers 2-3 lines long, the carina most prominent. In the 8. African specimens

the legumes are about as long as the calyx, but sometimes § longer ; in those from

Arabia and N. Africa, which are in other respects very similar, the legume is some-

times short as in the Cape individuals, and sometimes fully twice as long. The

habit is very like that of ZL. clandestina, but the calyx segments are much longer

and more tapering ; the lowest is always very slender, but variable, being either as

long as the rest, or very much shorter.

41. L. clandestina (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 607); procumbent, dichoto-

mous, tomentoso-canescent ; stipules very minute ; petioles short, leaf-

lets one obovate-oblong; flowers in pairs or solitary, sub-sessile ;

calyx tubular, tomentose, with short teeth, the lowest subulate, very nar-

row ; vextllum and ale shorter than the calyx, the carina exserted, arched,

tomentose; legume tomentose, scarcely longer than the somewhat

enlarged calyx. Benth.—Capnitis clandestina, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 81.

Has. Plains of the Gariep, between Verleptram and Natvoet, Drege. (Herb. Bth. Sd.)

Slender, repeatedly forked, with leaves and flowers at the forks ; the internodes

longer than the leaf. Petiole 1-2 lines long ; leaflets 2-2 lines. Flowers 3 lines

long, the calyx $-line wide, in fruit 14 lines. I have only seen the single specimen

in Herb. Benth. .

8. LEPTIS. (Sp. 42-58.)

42. L. Burchellii (Benth. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 612); “dwarf, decum-

bent ? much branched, densely silky-villous, greyish or silvery; stipules

cordate-ovate or orbicular ; leaflets obovate; heads of flowers dense,

sessile, few-flowered; bracts very broad, sub-cordate-reniform ; corolla —

shorter than the calyx; the oblong, acuminate vexillum andthe arched

carina nearly glabrous; legume silky, at length turgid, as long as the —

calyx. Spi ae

Has. S. Africa, Burchell, No. 2539.

This may be easily known by its bracts and stipules.

62 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

43. L. crumanina (Burch. Cat. 2445); procumbent, slender, silky

and somewhat silvery ; stipules solitary, lanceolate, much shorter than

the petioles; leaflets cuneate-oblong ; flowers 3-4—together in small, sub-

sessile heads opposite the leaves; calyx very deeply cleft, densely silky,

its narrow-lanceolate sub-equal segments longer than the corolla; the

oblong vexillum and the acute carina glabrous, legume obliquely ovate,

silky, at length somewhat turgid, scarcely as long as the calyx. Benth.

lc. p. 612.

__ Has. South Africa, Burchell. Caledon River, branch of the Gariep, Burke and

Zeyher ! (Herb. Bth., Hk.)

Root woody ; stems several, 6-8 inches long, slender, branched near the base,

trailing. Petioles an inch or more in length ; leaflets about 4-inch long, 1-14 lines

wide. Heads of flowers mostly sessile, occasionally on a very short peduncle.

44. L, lenticula (Benth. 1. c. p. 611); prostrate, dwarf, silky ; sti-

pules solitary, small; leaflets small, obovate or cuneate-oblong ; flowers

solitary, opposite the leaves, subsessile; calyx silky, the lobes acute,

the lowest smaller ; vexillum oblong, acuminate, pubescent on the dor-

sal ridge, rather shorter than the narrow, rostrate carina ; legume turgid,

slightly curved, silky, 13 to twice as long as the calyx. Crotalaria

lenticula, E. Mey.! Herb. Drege. Zey. 410.

Var. 8. brachycarpa; legume oblong, densely silky, not much longer than the

calyx. Zey. 411.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, 1455. In the Sneeuwbergen, on the flat between Rivertje

and Kieuwkerkshoogte, Drege/ Bitterfontein, Zeyher, B. S ringbokkeel, Zeyher.

(Herb. Hook., Bth. D.) ue 7

Very small; the stems 1-3 in long. Petioles 4-3 inch long; leaflets 2-3

lines. Flowers small ; the taper-pointed carina very conspicuous.

45. L. pungens (E. & Z. ! 1277); slender, suberect, or diffuse, silky

and wllous ; stipule solitary, linear-lanceolate ; leaflets ternate, linear-

lanceolate, acute, subpungent ; flowers solitary, pedicellate, opposite

the leaves ; calyx deeply divided, silky, its lobes subequal, subulate,

shorter than the corolla; vexillum obovate, acuminate, rather shorter

than the broad, falcate, glabrous carina ; legume villoso-pilose, twice as

long as the calyx, at length turgid. Also L. afin, E. § Z, ! 1279,

and L. decidua, E. § Z.! 1281.

Has. On barren hills, at Koonabshoogde, Ceded Territory ; also between Bosjes-

man’s and Karrega Rivers, Albany, and near Gauritz R., Swell., £. ¢ Z. (Hb. Sd.)

Very similar to L.laxa, but the leaflets are narrower, more lanceolate, and sharper ;

the pubescence is not silvery but villous, or inclining to pilose, the calyx is more

deeply divided and the lobes much narrower ; and the corolla is larger and more

exserted. The three Ecklonian species here united, differ chiefly in the more or less

abundant villosity ; the character of the pubescence is the same in all. Stems 6-12

inches long. Leaflets } inch long, not a line wide.

46. L. depressa (E. & Z.! 1278); suffruticose, small, diffuse, silky

and silvery; stipule solitary, linear or cuneate, leaflike ; leaflets ternate,

linear, or cuneate, or sublanceolate, silvery ; flowers solitary, opposite

the leaves, on very short pedicels; calyx deeply cut, silvery, its lobes

subequal, lanceolate, shorter than the corolla ; vexillum subciliate,

equalling the broadly falcate glabrous carina ; legume densely pilloso-

nllous, twice as long as the calyx, subturgid.

Has. Between the Gauritz River and the Langekloof, Zé Z./ (Herb. Sd: D.)

Lotononis.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 63

Densely czespitose, the stems 3-4 inches long, branched from the base. Pubes-

cence of stem and leaves copious, silvery and close pressed ; that of the legume

loosely but softly hairy. Leaflets variable in shape. It is nearly intermediate be-

pee LL. laxa and L. pungens, having the pubescence of the former and the legumes

of the latter. :

47. L, laxa (E. & Z.! 1276); suffruticose, small, diffuse or decum-:

bent, sedky and silvery ; stipule solitary, lanceolate ; leaflets ternate,

rarely solitary, oblongo-lanceolate or sublinear, acute; flowers solitary,

opposite the leaves, on short pedicels ; calyx thinly silky, its lobes sub-

equal, nearly as long as the corolla; vexillum obovate, acuminate, silky

on the dorsal ridge, as long as the shortly rostrate carina; legume can-

escent, 2—3 times as long as the calyx, at length sub-turgid. JZ. diversi-

folia, Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 2.611. Crot. dwersifolia, H. Mey. ! Comm.

P. 77:

Has. Near Silo, on the Klipplaat River, Caffraria, Z. § Z.! Drege. Thaba

Uncka and Caledon River, Burke § Zey. Graff Reynet, Mrs Barber. (Herb, D.,

Hk., Sd., Bth.)

Stems very many from the crown, trailing, 6-12 inches long or more ; the whole

plant silvery-white and shining. Leaves varying in size and shape ; stipules as long

as the petiole or longer. Legume 4 lines long, 1 line wide.

48. L. quinata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 608); suffruticose, prostrate, either

glabrous or thinly silky and canescent; stipule solitary, small ; leaves

quinate, leaflets minute, euneate-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute ; flowers

solitary or in pairs, opposite the leaves, sub-sessile ; upper calyx-lobes

approaching in pairs, lowest subulate, rather shorter ; vexillum obovate-

oblong, silky on the dorsal ridge, equalling the oblong, obtuse carina ;

legume compressed, appressedly downy, twice or thrice as long as the

calyx. Benth. Ononis quinata, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 586.

Var. 8. minor ; very dwarf ; the foliage minute, thinly silky ; leaflets 14-2 lines’

long. Lipozygis quinata, #. Mey. Comm. p. 77.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg, var. 8, Kamiesberg, on rocks near Modderfontein,

Drege! (Herb, Th., Bth.)

Small but robust and woody, much branched, appressed to the soil. Stems 3-12

inches long. Petioles 2-6 lines long ; leaflets digitate, 2-5 lines long and very nar-

row. Flowers in a, 4—5 lines long, rufescent ; in 8, 2~24 lines long, pale yellow.

Thunberg’s specimen is twice as large in all parts as Drege’s, and nearly glabrous ;

otherwise the two agree.

49, L. brachyloba (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 608); procumbent, thinly silky

and canescent, the branches filiform ; stipules solitary, linear, small ;

leaflets on longish petioles, cuneate-oblong or linear, the lower ones

broader ; flowers 2—5, subsessile, opposite the leaves; bracts minute ;

calyx-lobes of nearly equal length, half as long as the petals ; vexillum

obovate-oblong, acuminate, scarcely silky at back, carina sub-fornicate,

obtuse, glabrous ; legume thrice as long as the calyx, appressedly hairy, —

at length somewhat tumid. Benth. Lipozygis brachyloba, E. Mey.{ Comm,

p. 78. Burch, Cat. 1273. pm

Has. S. Africa, Burchell, Karakuis, Drege / (Herb. Bth. fa

Very dendee, Gateg. the stems 6-8 inches us a es a centre. — Peti- ae

oles of the lowest leaves 3-1 inch long, of the upper }—} inch ; leaflets 3-4 lines

long, 1-14 broad. The hairs of the pubescence are very short, closely appressed and

silvery. Flowers 2-3 lines long. See ae

64 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

50. L. falcata (Benth. !1.¢. p. 608); diffuse, thinly sprinkled with

minute, close-pressed, white hairs ; stipule solitary, small ; leaflets

cuneate-oblong or linear, obtuse ; flowers solitary or in pairs, subsessile,

opposite the leaves ; calyx teeth acutely triangular, subequal; petals

glabrous, 14 as long as the calyx ; vexillum oblong, acute, scarcely as

long as the oblong, subfalcate, obtuse carina ; legume several times as

long as the calyx, falcate, appressedly canescent. Lipozygis falcata, L.

Mey.! Comm. p. 78. Zeyher, 390.

Has. On the Gariep, near Verleptpram, and hills near Ebenezer, Drege. Bitter-

fontein, Bosjesland, Zeyher/ (Herb. D., Bth., Sd., Hk.)

Drege’s original specimens are prostrate, branched from the base, the stems 4—5

inches long ; Zeyher’s are erect, but diffusely much branched, stiff and wiry, some-

what dichotomous, with distant nodes, and are 10-12 inches high. In the characters

of leaf, flower and fruit, the two forms nearly agree. The legumes are 3-1 inch

long, t line wide. Flowers 2-24 lines long.

51. L. carinata (Benth. ! 1. ¢. p. 609); procumbent, glabrous, or

microscopically puberulous ; branches filiform, ascending, elongate ;

stipules in pairs, linear, unequal, rarely solitary ; leaflets on very short

petioles, cuneate-oblong or linear ; flowers subsessile, 1-3 together op-

posite the leaves ; calyx-lobes from a broad base, subulate ; the obovate-

oblong vexillum, and the obtuse carina silky; legumes . .% ILnpozygis

carinata, LE. Mey.! Comm. p. 80.

Has. Caffraria, between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Bth.)

A very slender and nearly glabrous plant ; the pubescence, where it exists, is ex-

tremely minute, thin, and closely appressed. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 2-3

times as long as their petiole, acute or mucronulate, 5—6 lines long.

52. L. humifusa (Burch. Cat. 3927); branches slender, prostrate,

pubescent ; stipules solitary, small, oblong or subulate ; leaflets obovate

or obcordate, longer or shorter than the petiole, glabrous above, thinly

puberulous beneath ; flowers shortly pedunculate, opposite the leaves ;

calyx tubular, thinly and appressedly pubescent, its segments shorter

than the tube ; the obovate, acute vexillum and the obtuse carina mi-

nutely puberulous (or sub-glabrous). Benth. l. c.p. 609. Lipozygis humi-

usa, E, Mey.! Comm. p. 77.

Var. B. Radula ; stems more rigid ; petioles lo: ; flowers i ;

Lisengis tadaid 3 May! Coton 9. “a aos sear Aeelra a

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell. Foot of the Witberg, i we NG

Vata jai (Herb. Sond.) berg, near Shiloh, Drege! 8., Nieuwe

_ A very small plant. Stems 2-3 inches long, depressed, branching. Leaflets 3-4

lines long, 1-2 lines wide, nearly glabrous. Peduncles equalling the petioles or a

little longer. 8. is larger in all its parts, with somewhat longer petioles and ped-

uncles, but is otherwise so similar, that I hesitate to keep it apart.

53. L. mollis (Benth.! 1. c. p. 609) ; suffruticulose, very dwarf, softl.

silky and canescent ; branchlets short, eae siircles Gilt aia!

petioles long ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, blunt; flowers 1-4, terminal or

opposite the leaves, pedicellate ; lowest segment of the puberulent calyx

setaceous, shorter than the rest ; the orbicular vexillum, and the obtuse,

equally long carina softly villous. Lipozygis villosa, HE. Mey. Comm.

p. 79. Leptis mollis, Steud.

Has. Liliefontein, Kamiesberg, Drege. (Herb. Bth.)

Lotononis.| LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 65

Root thick and woody ; stems 1-2 inches high, densely czespitose. Leaves crowded,

the petioles nearly uncial, the leaflets 4 inch long. Flowers 2~3 lines. The pubes-

cence is short, but copious, very soft, and greyish white.

54, L. pumila (E. & Z. 1283) ; suffruticose, prostrate, much branched,

thinly silky or silvery ; stipules small, oblong, solitary ; leaflets very

short, obovate-orbicular or cuneate ; flowers sub-wmbellate, 2-4, on a short

peduncle opposite the leaf ; calyx-lobes sub-equal ; vexillum sub-ciliate,

nearly as long as the arched, obtuse, glabrous carina ; legume linear,

sub-compressed, 2-3 times as long as the calyx, silky. Benth. l. c. p. 609.

Lipozygis erubescens, EZ. Mey. Comm. p. 76.

Var. 8. mierantha ; Stems longer and more slender ; leaflets cuneate or cuneate-

oblong ; flowers 1-3, umbellate, on a short peduncle. L. micrantha, £. & Z, 1280

(non Thunb.)

Has. Stony places on the little Fish River, Drege / Somerset, Mrs. Barber. Near

hy er Touts E. § Z.! . Var. B. near the Sondag River, #. ¢ Z./ (Hb. Bth.,

Root woody and thick, many stemmed from the crown ; the stems rigid, and

spreading over the soil. Petioles }-4 inch long ; leaflets 2-3 lines long, and 14-2

lines broad, appressedly silky on both sides. Peduncles }-§ inch long. Calyx-lobes

narrow-triangular, acute. Fl. yellow. £8. is more slender, with narrower leaflets

and somewhat smaller flowers.

55. L. microphylla (Hv.); suffruticose, prostrate, very much branched ;

stipules minute; leaves very small, on short petioles ; leaflets ternate,

obovate, glabrous above, thinly silky below ; flowers solitary, opposite

the leaves, sub-sessile ; calyx appressedly silky, semi-quinquetid, the

segments lanceolate, lowest narrower ; vexillum and the blunt carina

thinly silky ; legume . . ?

Has. 8S. Africa, Zeyher / (Herb. Sond.)

Mixed with L. tenella in Zeyher’s collection. Stems thick and woody, but dwarf;

3-4 inches long, the branchlets closely crowded, }-} inch long, densely covered with

minute leaves. Petioles 1 line long ; leaflets not longer, concave, thinly canescent

on the lower surface. Flowers yellow, 2 lines long. Apparently a distinct species.

56. L. tenella (Eck. & Zey. 1282); suffruticose, dwarf, either pros-

trate, decumbent or sub-erect, patently hairy or densely hirsute ; stipules

solitary, linear ; leaflets oblong, obovate, or linear or linear-lanceolate,

acute or sub-obtuse ; flowers 1-3, sub-sessile ; calyx pilose, deeply cut,

its lobes lanceolate, nearly as long as the corolla, the lowest subulate ; vex-

illum obovate, about equalling the carina, but more or less silky or vil-

— iF legume turgid, as long as the calyx or scarcely longer, piloso-

spi

Van. a. angustifolia ; leaflets narrower, oblong-linear or sub-lanceolate ; pods rather

longer than the slightly increased calyx. L. tenella, E.§ Z. Benth. l. ¢. p. 610.

Lipozygis tenella, y. piloso-villosa, E. M. p. 78. Zey. 408.

Van. §. hirsutissima ; very hairy ; sub-erect ; leaflets lanceolate ; pods somewhat

longer than the calyx. L. calycina, var. Herb. Benth. !

Var. ¥. calycina ; leaflets obovate or oblong, broader and shorter than in a. & B.; —

pod not quite as long as the calyx. L. calycina, Benth. l.c. L. divaricata, E.G Ze

1266. Lipozygis calycina, E. Mey. p. 78. : pie”

Has. Ui and Albany, Drege! E. ¢ Z., $c. B. Magalies Burke § Zey.—

y. Katberg and Kliplaat River, Dit iste Vane ot Vaal eet wane s

(Herb. D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) er ag

Certainly a very variable species. ars. a. and y. are held for species by Meyer

VOL. I. ate §

66 LEGUMINOSH (Harv.) [ Lotononis.

and Bentham; but to me they appear to run together by insensible gradations.

Stems 2-6-8 inches long, the shorter sub-erect, the longer trailing. Some of Drege’s

specimens may belong to different species. Zeyher’s No, 2311 is more robust than

usual, but scarcely different.

57. L. versicolor (Benth. 1. c. p. 610) ; suffruticose, minute, diffuse,

much-branched, villoso-pubescent; stipules oblong, solitary; leaflets

small, on short petioles, obovate or cuneate-oblong, thinly silky ; flowers

solitary, on very short pedicels, opposite the leaf; calya silky, deeply

cut, its lobes acuminate, much shorter than the petals, nearly of equal

length, the lowest subulate ; vexillum obovate-acuminate, sub-ciliate

or villous, about equalling the arched, obtuse, glabrous or villous ca-

rina ; pod thinly hairy, scarcely longer than the calyx, somewhat turgid.

Crot. versicolor, E. Mey. Linn. p. 152. Leptis versicolor, EB. & Z. 1 1267. Lept.

filicaulis, E. & Z.! 1268. Lipozygis Kraussiana, Meisn.?—jide Benth. 1. ¢.

Has. Uitenhage and Albany, £.¢Z. (Herb. D., Sd., Bth., Hk.)

Root woody ; stems 3-6 inches long, spreading on the ground. Pubescence very

variable. Leaflets mucronulate. Nearly allied to Z. tenella, but with a shorter calyx,

pedicels, and more glabrous corolla.

58. L. sessilifolia (Harv.); shrubby, erect, densely rufo-sericeous ;

virgate, leaves crowded, sessile or nearly so, trifoliolate, the leaf-

lets lanceolate, acute or subpungent, complicate ; stipules none ; flowers

3 Or 4 together, subsessile towards the ends of the branches; calyx

silky, its 4 upper teeth very short, triangular, the lowest longer, subu-

late; petals glabrous, the vexillum narrow-obovate, the rest with long

claws ; legume rufo-sericeous.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

__Erect, woody, branched from the base, the whole plant densely clothed with soft,

silky, close-pressed, reddish hairs. Leaves closely set, imbricate ; leaflets 4-1 inch

long, 1-14 line wide, tapering to each end, when dry the leaves of the lamin folded

together. Flowers small, often crowded near the ends of the branches. Legume 3-1

inch long, 1} lines wide, linear, acute, many seeded. This has the foliage of one of

the flat-leaved triphyllous Aspalathi; but the pod of a Lotononis.

XV. LISTIA, E. Mey.

Calyx trifid, the anterior segment subulate, the lateral broader, bi-

dentate. Carina obtuse, longer than the vexillum and ale. Stamens

monadelphous. Legume linear, compressed, many-seeded, repeatedly

folded and twisted from side to side. H. Mey. Comm. p. 81. Endl. Gen.

6491. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 3. p. 338.

: beer sre species has the habit of a Lotononis of the section Polylobium ;

= ~— m all the other Genistes in the remarkable twisting and folding of its

— e trifid calyx is formed of 5 sepals, the four uppermost of which are

= est and connate in pairs ; the anterior is much narrower, and stands apart.

_ the name is In memory of Fr. Z. List, » German botanist.

1. L. he lla Mey. 1.

Leh: eee (E. Mey. 1. c.). Benth. Lond. Journ. 3. p. 338.

Has. Dry stony hills near Gaatje, 4600 ft., and on table lands near Wildschuts-

hoek, 4000 ft. Drege! Storm 8 spruit, Burke and Zeyher! Burchell,

Queenstown District, Mrs. Barber? (Herb, D., Hk., Sd, Beh.) ——

Root perennial. Stems slender, procumbent, not much branched, 6-12 inches long ;

the whole plant nearly glabrous. Stipules in pairs, unequal, small. Leaves trifo-

Argyrolobium. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 67

liolate, scattered , leaflets narrow-cuneate or lanceolate-oblong. 5—7 lines long, 1 line

wide, on petioles }-} inch long. Peduncles 13-2 inches long, bearing a short sub-

umbellate 6-8 flowered raceme. Calyx-teeth short. Vexillum oblate ; carina very

obtuse. Flowers yellow.

XVL ARGYROLOBIUM, E. & Z.

— Calyx campanulate, deeply cleft, bilabiate, the upper lip bifid or bi-

partite, the lower trifid or tridentate. Vewxillum ample, longer than the

carina. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled. Legume linear,

compressed, silky, not glandular, many-seeded. Benth. in Lond. Journ.! 3.

p. 339. Endl. Gen. 6504. Chasmone, H. Mey. Trichasma, Gamochilum and

Argyrolobium, Walp.

Small shrubs or more commonly suffrutices, natives of the Mediterranean region —

as well as of the Cape, generally with silky or silvery, copious pubescence. Leaves

trifoliolate, with stipules. Flowers yellow, pedunculate or pedicellate, solitary or

racemose, or subumbellate, bracteate. Name from apyvpos, silver, and AoPiov,

a legume.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Section 1. Chasmone. Legume without divisions between the seeds, the valves

convex, not constricted. (Sp. 1-29.)

§ 1. Spicata. Stems virgate, simple, from a perennial root.

Flowers in a terminal spike ... 0 .-. +0) eee nese (1) crinitum.

§ 2. Racemosa. Stems herbaceous, erect, from a perennial root. Flowers in ter-

minal, pedunculated racemes.

Leaflets obovate or cuneate-oblong ;

Glaucous, sub-glabrous ; stipules ovato-lanceolate ;

- lower calyx-lip 3-cleft, ples gas ie. (2) speciosum.

Softly hairy ; stipules linear or sul ulate ;-lower

cal.-lip 3-toothed ... .- eee ver eee (3) baptisioides.

Leaflets a ae OD Cilio *€

Silky-villous ; stipules equalling the petiole ; cage

: : (4) longifol

e re

éineentae: ctip. much shorter than the petiole ;

legume glabrescent ... --- sr vo (5) tuberosum.

§ 3. Fruticosa. Much-branched shrubs ; flowers in short, terminal racemes.

Thinly or minutely silky, with short hairs :

Stipules lanceolate-setaceous ; vexillum silky ... (6) polyphyllum.

Stipules very minute ; vexillum glabrous... ... (7) crassifolium.

Densely tomentose or silky-villous : vexillum glabrous.

Leafl. silky on both sides ; racemes 3-4 flowered (8) incanum.

Leafl. glabrous above ; racemes 10-15 flowered (g) sericeum.

Silky-villous; vex. silky; cal. bluntly bilabiate (10) obsoletum.

§ 4. BreviprpEs. Suffrutices. Flowers solitary or in pairs, subsessile ; rarely

subumbellate, on very short peduncles, opposite the leaves.

Stipules large and leaflike, equalling or nearly equalling the leaflets :

Subsimple, albo-pilose ; stipules and leaf. uncial; :

flowers several ; calyx green, pilose... --- (13) pilosum.

Sub-simple, silky ; stipules and leafl. wneial ; :

flowers few ; calyx densely silky ... .-. + (12) stipulaceum.

Branching ; stipules and leafi. semi-uncial or less, ;

thick, nerveless, woolly

Sot een yaie. (eee

Stipules ovate or ovato-lanceolate, shorter than the

ole, PAE sind ae eae (14) velutinum, = %

sepules ‘deltoid, connate-perfoliate ; petiole very short (1§) conmatum. =

Stipules lanceol.-subulate, small ; leafl. obovate or ee

~ lanceolate, hairy; petiole very short = .i6ud. tee (16) collinum.

VoL, II. Sap Sad oe Se

Pe ee ne nada tk. bl

68 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Argyrolobium,

Stipules very minute; petiole very long... ...... (17) petiolare.

Stipules minute ; leaflets linear-acute, glabrescent,

petiole short 2... .. . (18) uniflorum.

§ 5. Pepuncunares. Suffrutices. Peduncles elongate, or sometimes short, one

or several flowered, ~ :

Leaflets lear, very narrow : peduncles shorter than the leaf.

Slender, sub-simple ; vexillum and legumes densely

sil.

Beta aoa ia sn oe oe a

Suffruticose, much-branched ; vex. and leg. gla-

brescent : (20) tenue,

Leaflets obovate, oblong, or lanceolate: peduncles

1-2-3 flowered, shorter or not much longer than

the leaf ten ye Cabe Sart ee ie ay eee

Pubescence scanty, appressed; stipules small ;

leaf. cuneate-oblong or lanceolate, rigid, veiny (26) patens.

Pubescence copious, silky-villous ; stipules long,

subulate; leafl. oblong or lanceolate ... ... (23) paucifiorum.,

Pubescence copious, silky-villous ; stipules small ;

leafl. obovate or broadly oblong ... . (25) pumilum,

Pubescence pilose; leafl. piloso-ciliate ; stipules

connate-amplexicaul, ovato-lanceolate ... ... (24) barbatum.

Leaflets obovate or oblong ; peduncles elongate, umbel-

lately 2-3-5 flowered :

Diffuse, branching ; stipules small, subulate ; pe-

tiole uncial Ree one ete ase Oey woe OE

Erect, dwarf, sub-simple ; stipules linear-lanceo-

late, exceeding the short petiole ... ... (22) molle.

Ascending ; branches long ; stipules ovate, ex-

ceeding the very short petiole ; leafl. puberulous (27) ascendens. ‘

Leaflets ovate or elliptical ; petioles long ; racemes on ;

long petioles, few or many flowered ... ... ... (28) Andrewsianum.,

§ 6. Invotvorata. Suffruticose. Peduncles elongate, umbellately several flowered ;

umbels subtended by a leaf-like bract. Stipules adnate to the petiole, connate-

POtlOne i a ee (29) involucratum.

Section 2. Eremolobium. Legume strongly compressed, sub-torulose, with trans-

verse divisions between the seeds.

Suffruticose, decumbent, sliky-canescent ; stipules falcate ; i

leafl. lanceolate ; peduncles elongate, 1-3 flowered... (30) lanceolatum. ~~)

Section 1. CHASMONE. (Sp. 1-29.)

1A. crinitum (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 506); “very villous ; leaflets and

stipules nearly similar, oblong; spike terminal, elongate.” #. Mey.

crimita, E. Mey. Comm. p. 71.

Has. Trado, in the Zwarteberge range, e, nknown to me.

Root perennial, many stemmed. elt ae shen plant, Fret villous, vir-

gate, subsimple, nearly a foot high to the spike. Petiole 4 inch long. Leaflets

ovate-oblong, twice as long as the petiole, the lateral ones a little oblique. Stipules

very large. Spike 6 inches long, the bracts oblong, scarcely shorter than the cal

Petals yellow. Legume unknown. Habit peculiar ; nearly that of a Thermopsis.

Calyx a little more closed than in the rest. Possibly the wed a new genus.” £.M.

2. A. speciosum (Eck. & Zey.! 1320); glaucous, nearl

: : a y glabrous or

thinly silky-villous ; stem erect, triangular, flexuous, rgil ; stipules

ovato-lanceolate, acute, the upper ones longer than the petioles; leaflets

obovate or oblong, or the upper ones lanceolate, setaceo-mucronulate ;

raceme ——s —— lower lip of the calyx deeply trifid ; le-

gume silky. Benth. in . Journ. 3. p. 341. Chasmone heterophylla

£. Mey. Comm. p. 71. Zeyher, 360. ets

Vix ®. ylabnivmnm . tah eds Ormalig Ht th,

Argyrolobium. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 69

Has. North-east of Colony, and Caffraria. Katberg and between Zandplaat and

Coega, Drege/ Winterberg, £. § Z.! Magaliesbe

Sanderson! (Herb. D., Bik, HL, Sd.) ee ee

_ Stem 1-2 feet high, sharply angular, not much branched. Leaves very variable

in shape and size, turning dark in drying, rigid, 2 inches long, from } to 1} inch in

breadth, the uppermost always narrowest. Stipules 3-1 inch long. Racemes 4-6

inches long, many-flowered ; the rachis, pedicels, leaves and calyces appressedly

. Flowers greenish yellow, with purple strie. Pods 24~3 inches long, narrow-

3. A. baptisioides (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 306) ; thinly and softly hairy;

stem ascending, branched, angular ; stipules linear or subulate, the upper

ones shorter than the petiole ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, narrow ; raceme

lax, terminal ; lower lip of the calyx shortly 3-toothed ; legume q

Benth. / 1. ¢. p. 341. Chasmone baptisioides, E. Mey. p. 71.

Has. Katberg, Drege! Winterberg, E. § Z.! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Similar in habit to A. speciosum, but much more hairy, with narrower leaves and

smaller stipules, &c. Stems 1~2 feet high, sub-erect, patently hairy. Leaflets 1-1}

inch long, seldom half inch wide, mucronulate. Calyces and petals covered with

fulvous, shining, appressed hairs.

4, A. longifolium (Walp. Repert. 2. p. 844); silky-villous ; stem

erect ; branches slender, round, and striate; stipules setaceous, about

equalling the short petiole ; leaflets very long, linear-lanceolate, racemes

pedunculate, remotely few flowered; pedicels very short ; lower lip of

the calyx longer than the upper, incurved, 3-toothed ; legume thickly

hairy. Benth. l.c. p. 34.1. Chasmone longifolia, Meisn! Lond. Journ, 2. p. 74.

dene — of the Tafelberg, Port Natal, Krauss/ 214, Gueinzius. (Herb. D.,

Sion to Bees high, branching. Petioles not } inch long ; leaflets 2-2} inches

long, 1-3 lines wide, acute at each end, infolding. Peduncles 3-4 inches long,

bearing 4-5 sub-distant flowers. aioe

5, A, tuberosum — & Z.! 1322); glabrescent or minutely silky ; stem

erect, slender, slightly branched, 3-cornered near the top ; stipules lan-

ceolate-setaceous, much shorter than the petiole (or rarely longer) ; leaflets

linear-lanceolate, the lowest ones sometimes obovate-cuneate; racemes

pedunculate, laxly few-flowered ; the lips of the silky calyx about equal,

the lower 3~toothed, the teeth acuminate ; legume minutely appressedly

puberulous, at length glabrescent. Benth. l.c. p. 341. Chasmone tuberosa,

Meisn! Zeyher, No. 384. Argyr. angustifolium, H. § Z.! 1321.

- Has. Krakakamma and Winterberg, Z.¢Z./ Howison’s Poort, Mr. Hutton!

Magaliesberg, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Root tuberous. Stems 2-3 feet high, very slender, straggling, often simple. Pe-

tioles 1-2, or sometimes 3 inches long ; those of the upper leaves much shorter, leaf-

lets 1-2 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. The pubescence is always scanty and very

closely appressed, the hairs scareely visible but with a pocket lens. Flowers pube-

scent, dark yellow, turning brown in drying. Pods 2 inches long, straight or slightly

curved, 1 line wide. Allied to A. jiliforme, No. 19.

6. A. | agilal bee (Eck. & Zey.! 1302); thinly silky, with short

hairs, leafy, much branched ; stipules Janceolate-setaceous ; leaflets cuneate-

oblong or obovate, mucronulate ; lower lip of the silky cal 3-toothed ;

vexillum silky ; legume densely silky. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 342. Chamevet cuner-

folia, BE, Mey.! Comm. p. 71. ale sce

70 LEGUMINOSH (Harv.) [Argyrolobium. —

Has, Chumie and Winterberge, Z. § Z./ Katberg, and between Keiskamma and

Buffalo river, Drege/ (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.)

A densely branched, robust, erect shrub, 1~3 feet high, well covered with leaves.

Pubescence appressed, short, fulvous. Petioles 4-4 inch long, leaflets 1-14 inch long,

2-4 lines broad. Racemes terminal, few-flowered, rather dense, Flowers yellow.

Occasionally more glabrous.

7. A. crassifolium (E. & Z.! 1305); thinly and minutely silky, much

branched ; stipules very minute, setaceo-subulate ; leaflets short, broadly

obovate or obcordate ; glabrous on the upper, thinly silky on the lower

side ; lower lip of the silky calyx sub-entire or minutely 3-toothed ;

vexillum glabrous ; legume silky. Benth! 1. ¢. p. 342. Chasmone crassifolia,

LE, Mey. Comm. p. 72. Ch. Goodivoides, Meisn ? fid. Benth. Zey. No. 2303.

Has. Among bushes, &c. Eland’s River, Uit., 2. Z.! Drege. (Herb. D., Hd. Sd.)

A densely branched, closely and shortly pubescent shrub, 1-14 foot high, erect.

Stipules, except on the young shoots, where they are sometimes + inch long and

lanceolate ! very short. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 2—3 lines wide, mucronulate. Pe-

duncles short, terminal, 3-5 flowered.

8, A. incanum (E. & Z.! 1306) ; densely tomentose, much branched ;

stipules setaceous, small; leaflets short, broadly obovate or obcordate,

densely silky-villous on both sides ; racemes sub-terminal aon la-

teral), pedunculate, subumbellately 3-4 flowered ; lower lip of the to-

mentose calyx sub-entire; carina rostrate, vexillwm glabrous; legumes

silky. Chasmone obcordata, EZ, Mey? Comm. p. 72. :

Has. Mountain sides. Bothasberg, near Grahamstown, E. § Z.! Assigaisbosch,

Zey.! 2302, ex parte. (Herb. Sond.)

In ramification this resembles A. erassifolium, to which it ia united by Walpers ;

but the pubescence is different and much more copious.

9. A. sericeum (E & Z.! 1304) ; densely silky-villous, branching, vir-

gate ; stipules setaceous, equalling the petiole or shorter ; leaflets broadly

obovate or obeordate, glabrous above, densely silky and fulvous beneath ;

racemes dense, short, several flowered ; the lower lip of the densely

silky calyx sub-entire; vexillum glabrous; legume silky-villous, Benth./

1. ¢. p.342. Dichitus sericeus, E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 154. Chasmone holo-

sericea, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 72. Gamochilum sericeum,Walp. Galega trifo-

hata, Thunb.! Cap. p. 600. Zey. 2300.

eat 4 hills, Vanstaadensberg, Uit., #. ¢ Z.! Drege/ (Herb. Th., D., Hk.,

A stout shrub, 1-3 feet high, more or less branched ; the branches virgate 8-16

inches long. Pubescence copious, fulvous and rather glossy ; the hairs sometimes

short, sometimes long and loosely spreading. Petioles very short ; leaflets rarely 4

inch long, 2-4 lines wide. Racemes 2 inches long, 10-16 flowered. Legumes ful-

vous and densely silky, 14 inch long.

10. A? obsoletum (Harv.) ; shrubby, much branched and ramulous,

silky-villous ; stipules small, deltoid-amplexicaul ; leaves sub-sessile,

leaflets lanceolate-oblong, short, with strongly revolute margins, densely

silky on both sides; flowers 2-3 subterminal, on short pedicels ; calyx

silky, campanulate, very short, obsoletely 2-lipped, the short upper lip mi-

nutely bidentate, the lower tridentate; petals silky, more than twice

as long as the calyx ; ovary linear, many ovuled, densely silky-villous,

Aspalathus sericea, Thunb! Fl. Cap. p. 574 (excl. syn.) | .

Argyrolobium. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 71

Has. South Africa. (Herb. Thunb.!)

A woody shrub, densely branched and leafy, 1-2 feet high ; twigs flexuous, silky.

Stipules scarcely a line long, clasping the stem and somewhat perfoliate, triangular.

Petiole equalling the stipules ; leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-1} wide, bluntish, the rolled

back margins nearly closing over the under surface. Flowers subumbellate at the

ends of the branches. Calyx 2 lines long, widely campanulate, two-lipped ; upper

and lower lips both very short, with a wide, rounded sinus between, bluntly and

minutely toothed. Vexillum and carina silky. The calyx, though formed on a two-

lipped type, is very different from that of any other species.

11. A. candicans (E. & Z.! 1312) ; suffruticose ; stems short, erect,

branching, densely silky-villous; stipules ovate or ovato-lanceolate,

leaf-like, equalling the leaflets or smaller ; petiole short; leaflets obo-

vate-cuneate, densely silky-villous on both sides, veinless; flowers solitary,

sub-sessile; vexillum and legume densely silky-villous. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 343.

Chasmone sessiliflora, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 72.

Has. Winterberg, Z. § Z./ Windvogel-ber; ittberg and at M Drege

(Herb. Bth., Sd.) othe a ae .

‘Taller, more woody, and stiffer and more branched than A. stipulaceum, with

much smaller, thicker, and more densely hairy leaves, &c. Pubescence fulvous or

whitish. Leaflets } inch long, shorter or somewhat longer than the leaf-like stipules.

Flowers yellow.

12. A. stipulaceum (Eck. & Zey.! 1318) ; suffruticose; stem short,

erect, sub-simple, densely silky-villous; stipules leaf-like, broadly ovate

or ovato-lanceolate, equalling the leaflets and much longer than the very

short petiole; leaflets elliptic-oblong or cuneate, thinly or densely silky-

villous, indistinctly veiny ; peduncles short, subumbellately 1-5 flowered ;

lower lip of the si/ky calyx 3-toothed; vexillum densely silky. Benth.!

i. c. p. 343. Chasmone verticillata, E. Mey! Comm. p. 72.

Has. Winterberg, near Philipstown, E.<Z.! Mrs. F. W. Barber. Katberg and

between the Kei and Basch, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stems 3-6 inches high. Stipules uncial, 4-5 lines wide, broader than the leaflets.

The pubescence is sometimes v copious and silky, sometimes rather scant on the

upper surface of the leaves ; in former case the venation is in a great measure

concealed. Flowers dull yellow.

13. A. pilosum (Harv.) ; suffruticose ; stem short, erect, sub-simple,

patently albo-pilose; stipules leaf-like, broadly ovate, equalling or ex-

ceeding the elliptic-oblong, albo-pilose, membranaceous, green, veiny leaf-

lets ; peduncles short, shortly sub-racemose, 7-9 flowered ; lower lip of

the green albo-pilose calyx 3-toothed ; vexillum silky.

Has. Trans Kei Country, H. Bowker, Esq. (106). (Herb. D.) :

Very like A. stipulaceum, except in pubescence. In this the surface is glabrous,

except for scattered, long, white, patent hairs ; in A. stipulaceum there is a more or less

dense undercoat of appressed, short, silky hairs. The flowers are more numerous

and smaller.

14. A. velutinum (FE. & Z.! 1313); erect, branched, everywhere

densely silky-tomentose; stipules ovate or ovato-lanceolate, much shorter

than the petrole ; leaflets obovate, oblong, or oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse

or acute, thick; flowers in pairs or solitary, sub-sessile ; lower lip of

the calyx tridentate ; vexillum villous ; legume densely silky-villous.

Benth. tl. c. p. 344. Zeyher, 386, 387. Be ae

Han. Sides of Table Mountain, Capetown, Mundt, Near Simonstown, E. § Z./

Paalen, Brandenberg, and Doornhoogde, Zeyher ? (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

72 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [Argyrolobium.

Stems 1-1} feet high, branched above, flexuous.. Leaves scattered ; petioles 3-1

inch long, patent ; leaflets as long, 2~3 lines wide, thick and veinless. Pubescence

pallid, the hairs long and close. Stipules 2 lines long. Pods 1-14 inches long,

densely, but softly hairy.

15. A. connatum (Harv.); shrubby, branched, densely silky-canes-

cent; stipules deltoid, connato-perfoliate ; petiole very short ; leaflets

short, narrow-lanceolate, concave, silky on both sides ; flowers in pairs,

sub-sessile, terminal ; lower lip of the calyx three toothed ; vexillum

and carina villous.

Has. 8. Africa, Dr. Thom! (Herb. Hooker.)

I venture to found a species on a single specimen preserved in Herb. Hooker, re-

lying on the very remarkable character of the stipulation. The stipules are broad

based, deltoid, clasping the stem, and connate at the side opposite the insertion of

the leaf, so as to be completely “ perfoliate :” the compound stipule is sharply bifid.

In other respects this plant resembles narrow leaved forms of A. collinwm, to which

it was doubtfully referred by Bentham.

16. A, collinum (E. & Z. 1311); suffruticose; stems short, sub-

simple or branched, densely silky or silky-villous ; stipules narrow-

lanceolate or subulate, small; petiole very short ; leaflets obovate-apicu-

late or lanceolate, silky on one or both sides; flowers solitary or in

pairs, sub-sessile, the lower ones sometimes pedunculate ; lower lip of

the silky calyx sharply trifid; vexillum densely silky-villous; legume

appressedly silky, erect. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 343. Chasmone apiculata, E.

Mey.! Comm. p. 73.

- Var. a. vestitum ; leaflets obovate, densely silky on both sides.

Var. 8. seminudum; leaflets obovate, glabrous above. Zey.! 2301, 2302 pte.,

2306. Argyr. obovatum, E. § Z.! 1307. Dichilus obovatus, E. Mey. ! Linn. 7. p» 154.

Var. y. angustatum ; leaflets narrow lanceolate, silky on one or both sides. A.

argentum, E. & Z, 1303.

Has. Uitenhage district in many places, £. ¢ Z./ Drege / de. y. near Gauritz R.,

Swell.. Z. § Z./ (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

A variable plant, from 2-12-14 inches high, sometimes copiously branched. Leaf-

lets 4-4 inch long, 2—4 lines wide, mostly much longer than the petiole. Pods erect,

14 inch long, densely silky.

17. A. petiolare (Walp. Rep. 1. p. 632); rigidly branched, appres-

sedly silky ; stipules very minute ; leaflets obovate-oblong, much shorter

than the rigid petiole ; peduncles one flowered, shorter than the petiole ;

the lower lip of the silky, bipartite calyx three-toothed ; vexillum pi-

lose. Benth,! 1. c. p. 344. Chasmone petiolaris, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 75+

Crotalaria argentea, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. t. 220.

Has. Hills near Uitkomst, Clanw., Drege/ (Herb. Bth., Hk.)

Erect, 1-14 foot high, dichotomously much branched, bushy, remarkably rigid.

Petioles 1-1} inch long, spreading ; leaflets about 4 inch long. Pubescence close

Sateen shining and fulvous. Stipules obsolete, tooth-like. Calyx parted nearly to

18, A. uniflorum (Harv.) ; slender, erect, sub-simple, glabrescent or

thinly appresso-puberulent ; stipules small, subulate ; petioles shorter

than the linear, acute, infolded leaflets ; flowers solitary (rarely in pairs)

opposite the leaf, sub-sessile ; bracts setaceous ; lower lip of the thinly

pubescent calyx trifid; vexillum silky ; legume sparsely appresso-

pubescent, Zey./ 387. A fliforme 8. uniflorum, Harv. in Hb, Hook.

Argyrolobiwm. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 73

Has. Berg River and on the Vanstaadensberg Mts., Zeyher / Albany, 7. Wil-

liamson! Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. T.C.D., Sd., Hk.)

Closely allied on the one hand to A. tuberosum, and on the other to A. filiforme,

from both which it differs in inflorescence, and is more glabrous than either. It

appears to be not uncommon in Albany, and constant to the differences noted.

Stems 10-18 inches long. Leaves few and distant. Flowers smaller and much less

hairy than in A. Jiliforme.

19. A. filiforme (E. & Z.! 1315); slender, erect, sub-simple, thinly

silky-canescent ; stipules small, subulate ; petioles shorter than the

linear, acute, infolded leaflets ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, umbel-

lately 2~4 flowered ; bracts setaceous ; lower lip of the silky-villous

calyx trifid ; vexillum and legumes densely silky. Benth./ 1. c. p. 345.

Galega filiformis, Thunb. ! Cap. p. 600. Chasmone angustissima, E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 75.

Has. Hills round Capetown, Pappe/! W.H.H., $c. Doornhoogde, £. § Z./ Hott.

Holl. Mounts., Thunberg! Paarl, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Bth.)

Root thickened, fusiform, 2-3 inches long, 2~3 lines in diameter. Stems 6-8

inches high, filiform. Petioles 4-4 inch long ; leaflets 1} inch long, and 2 lines

wide. Peduncles from } inch to 1 inch long ; flowers very hairy. Pubescence

pallid.

20, A. tenue (Walp. Rep. 1. p. 632); suffruticose, much branched,

thinly silky ; stipules minute or obsolete ; petioles very short, leaflets

linear, apiculate, convolute, the lower ones cuneate-oblong ; peduncles

shorter than the leaf, 1-2 flowered ; calyx thinly appressedly-silky, the

lower lip shortly 3-toothed ; vexillum and legume glabrescent or puberu-

lous. Benth.!1.c. p. 345. Chasmone tenuis, E. Mey.? Comm. p. 75-

Has. Cape Colony, Bowie! (Herb. Hooker.) 2

Rather Beaetiag pk corymbosely branched ; branches erect, slender. Peti-

oles 1-2 lines long ; leaflets 6-7 lines long, with hooked points, pale green, puberu-

lous. Young legume silky ; the ripe one minutely pubescent. ie

alp. Linn. 13. p. 508); diffuse, slender, branch-

‘ae ey caitlea itr small, deltoid-sa ulate; leaves on longish

petioles ; leaflets obovate or oblong, apiculate, densely silky on one or

both sides ; peduncles much longer than the leaf, umbellately 2-3 flow-

ered, or one flowered ; the lower lip of the silky calyx trifid; vexillum

and legume silky. Benth./ 1. c. p. 345: E. Mey.! Comm. p. 74.

Has. Rocky places. Stormberg, Drege! Graaf Reynet, Mrs, FP. W. Barber

ate das inches long, alternately divided. Pubescence copious on

the ramuli, under surfaces of leaves and calyx. Leaflets 4-4 inch long, or some-

what longer, 2-3 lines wide, commonly oblong or elliptical. Peduncle 14-3 inches

long, rarely abbreviated.

_&Z.! 1319); dwarf, slender, erect, swb-simple, thinly

eek raphe silly 2. ; stipules linear or subulate, longer

than the short petiole ; leaflets broadly obovate-oblong, netted with veins ;

uncles much longer than the leaves, umbellately 3-5 flowered 5

lower lip of the calyx deeply trifid ; vexillum gk Benth./ l.¢. p. 347:

Chasmone venosa, H. Mey. / Comm. p. 73 (excl. var. 8.) ooo

Has. Albany, Drege! On the Winterberg, Eck. § Zey.f Port Natal, Gueineius.

(Herb. Bth., D., Sd.) ee

74 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [Argyrolobium.

Stems 4-5 inches high. Petioles 1-2 lines long ; leaflets }-1 inch long, 5-7 lines

wide, strongly veined. The pubescence on E£. ¢ Z.’s specimens is fulvous, and much

more patent and less silky than on Drege’s. The peduncles are almost shaggy, 3-4

inches long.

23, A. pauciflorum (E. & Z.! 1314); small, slender, sub-erect or

diffuse, sub-simple, densely silky and villous, with long, soft hairs ; sti-

pules linear-lanceolate or subulate, sub-faleate ; leaflets either obovate,

oblong or lanceolate, silky and pilose ; peduncles 1-2 flowered, longer

than the leaf, the lower sometimes short ; upper lip of the calyx bipar-

tite, lower trifid ; vexillum and legume silky. <Avrgyr. strictum, Steud.

Benth.! l. ¢. p. 346. Chasmone stricta, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 75.

Bove 8. semiglabrum ; leaves glabrous on the upper surface. A. biflorum, E.g Z.

0. 1317. .

Has. Among Acacias, on the Stormberge Mts., near the source of the Key River,

£. & Z,! Near Grahamstown and on the Caledon and Mooje R., Burke and Zey. !

Between Klipplaat and Black Key River, Drege, Burchell, 5035. Queenstown dis-

aa Se te Mrs. F. W. Barber. / Var. B., Winterberg, £. § Z.! (Herb. Hk.,

a De

3-6 inches high, branched from the base. Pubescence copious, long, somewhat

fulvous and shining. Leaflets very variable in length and breadth, 1-11 inch long,

2-4 lines wide. Peduncles long or short, rarely 2 flowered. Calyx nearly equalling

the petioles ; the upper lobes lanceolate.

24. A. barbatum (Walp. Rep. 2. p. 845); dwarf, densely leafy, the

branches, stipules, petioles, leaflets, calyces and legumes bearded and ciliated

unth long white, patent hairs ; stipules ovato-lanceolate, connato-ampleai-

caul, persistent ; leaflets obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, longer than

the petiole ; peduncles sub-terminal, shorter than the leaf, or a little

longer, umbellately 2—3 flowered ;_ bracts lanceolate; upper lip of the

calyx bipartite, lower trifid ; vexillum silky. Benth. l. c. p. 345. Ohas-

mone barbata, Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2. p.77. Zeyher! 2305.

_ Has. Near the K River, Uit., Krauss. Near Salem, and at Zou h s

Zeyher! (Herb. Sd)” at 2

Very small, but thick and woody. Stems 3-5 inches long, diffuse or prostrate,

not much branched, the branches short and close together, densely covered with

leaves. Except for the long white scattered hairs, the surface is glabrous. Leaf-

lets } inch long, 2-2} lines wide. Stipules clasping the stem and connate at the

side opposite the leaf. Calyx nearly as long as the petals. I have not seen Meis-

ner’s plant, but Zeyher’s specimens, here described, agree well with his diagnosis. It

is a very well marked species.

25. A. pumilum (E. & Z. ! No. 1308) ; dwarf, densely much branched,

silky-villous; stipules small, from a broadish base subulate; petioles

shorter than the obovate or obovate-oblong leaflets ; peduncles shorter or

somewhat longer than the leaf, 1-2 flowered (the lower flowers some-

times sub-sessile); lower lip of the silky calyx 3 toothed; vexillum

and legumes silky-villous. Benth. / 1. ¢. p. 346. Arg. venustum, E. & Z!

1310. Chasmone argentea, 8. pilosa, E. Mey.Comm. p.75. and C. pusilla,

600. Galega sericea, Thunb! H. Cap. 601.

Var. a. verum; leaflets glabrous on the upper, silky-villous on the lower side.

Zey. 2302, 2306,

Van. 8. pilosum ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, densely hairy on both sides. Chasmone

argentea, B. pilosa, E. Mey. Comm. p. 75.

Argyrolobiwin. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 75

Has. Bockeveld, Thunberg! District of Uitenhage in several places. Nieuweveld

and Camdebo, £. §. Z.! Drege! Burchell, 3491. (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk, D.)

: Root and stems woody. Branches diffuse, 3-4 inches long. Pubescence variable

in amount, sometimes rather scanty. Petioles very short ; leaflets 4-} inch long,

2-3 lines wide, veinless, mostly blunt. Peduncles 4-14 inch long: occasionally

some or all the flowers are su ile.

26. A. patens (E. & Z.! No. 1309); dwarf, slender, much branched,

thinly and appressedly silky ; stipules from a broadish base subulate ;

petioles much shorter than the narrow, cwneate-oblong or lanceolate, acute,

rigid, veiny, thinly-silky leaflets ; peduncles somewhat longer than the

leaf, one flowered; lower lip of the silky calyx deeply 3-fid; vexil-

lum and legume puberulent. Benth. lc. p. 347. Zey. 2304-

Has. Cape Colony, Bowie/ Grassy pastures near the Zwartkops River, E. & Z.

(Herb. Bth., D., Hk., Sd.)

Nearly allied to A. pumilum, but with narrower, more acute and rigid and vei

leaves, and a much more scanty pubescence. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, 1-14

glabrous on the upper side. Peduncles 1 inch long.

97. A. adscendens (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 507); slender, appressedly

silky ; branches elongate, ascending ; stipules small, ovate, acute, longer

than the very short petiole ; leaflets ovate or elliptical, puberulous on

both sides, silky-margined; peduncles much longer than the leaves,

umbellately 1-3 flowered ; lower lip of the calyx deeply trifid. Benth.

1. c. p. 347. Chasmone ascendens, E. Mey. Comm. p. 73-

Hap. Caffraria, between the Omcomas and Omblas Rivers, Drege / (Herb. Bth.)

Branches 1-2 feet long, curved. Leaves 2-3 inches apart ; petioles 1 line long ;

leaflets 4-3 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, with a border of fulvous, silky hairs. Ped-

uncles 2-3 inches long.

98. A. Andrewsiana (Steud.) ; tall, fleawous, lazly branched, sparsely

silky or glabrescent ; stipules small, subulate ; leaflets ovate or elliptical,

on long petioles, silky-ciliate, and sparsely silky ; racemes on long pedi-

cels, few or many flowered ; lower lip of the calyx trifid; vexillum

silky ; legumes glabrescent. Benth. l.c. p. 349. Cytisus tomentosus, Andr.

Rep. t. 23.7. Goodia? polysperma, DC. Prod. 2. p. 118. Chasmone Andrews-

iana, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 74- Dichilus ciliatus, E. § Z. 1391.

VAR. a. racemosum ; raceme fasciculately many flowered.

Van, B. pauciflorum ; peduncles abbreviate, sub-umbellately 2-3 flowered.

Van. y. helvolum ; stems, petioles and peduncles patently hispid, with yellow

tawny hairs ; peduncles few flowered.

Has. Eastern Districts ; extending from Uitenhage to Port Natal, Drege! E.gZ!

Hutton, &e. Var. y. Natal, Gueinzius! (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., &c.) :

Stems 2-3 feet high, angularly bent, straggling. Pubeseence variable, sometimes

very scanty. Petioles 1-1} inch long ; leaflets as long, or shorter, #-1 inch wide,

thin, pale green. Not much like any of the other species.

99, A.? involucratum (Harv.) ; procumbent, much branched ;

branches, peduncles and pedicels woolly ; stipules broadly ovate, acute,

leafy, connate-perfoliolate and adnate to the very short glabrous ;

leaflets (small) ovato-oblong, acute, complicate, glabrous ; pedunctes

terminal, longer than the leaves, umbellately 4-5 flowered; umbels

subtended by a leaflike 1 agen spas gen and trifoliolate) bract ; ¥F 8

equalling the calyx ; calyx villous, tubular, its upper lip bipartite, lower

76 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Argyrolobvum.

deeply trifid ; vexillum and carina silky. Psoralea involucrata, Thunb.!

Ll. Cap. p. 607.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg! (Herb. Upsal).

Diffuse or procumbent ; stems woody at base, flexuous, much branched, robust,

terete, densely fulvo-tomentose. Leaves close together ; petioles 1-3 lines long,

altogether adnate to the broad, leafy stipules which unite round the stem into a per-

foliolate stipule. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide, smaller than the stipules.

Peduncles 1-2 inches long, ending the branches, crowned with a floral leaf or bract

exactly similar to the ordinary leaves, and similarly stipulate. This floral leaf forms ©

an involucre to the umbellate flowers. Pedicels 4—} inch long. Calyx 4 lines long,

the tube nearly twice as long as the limb. Carina nearly equalling the vexillum.

Ovary, silky, linear, 6-ovuled. The calyx tube is longer than in other species ;

somewhat similar stipules are found in A. barbatum and A. connatum.

Srcr. 2, Eremolobium. Legume strongly compressed, subtorulose within, between

the seeds, transversely septate. (The species of this section are chiefly Asiatic or

European ).

- 30, A. lanceolatum (Eck. & Zey.! 1316); suffruticose, decumbent,

silky and silvery; stipules oblique, falcato-lanceolate or ovate, much

shorter than the petioles ; leaflets of the lower leaves obovate, elliptical

or oblong, of the upper lanceolate, nearly or quite glabrous on the upper,

silky and silvery on the lower side and at the margin; peduncles

elongate, 1-5 flowered ; calyx and vexillum densely silky; legume

Surrowed between the seeds. Benth./ 1. c.p. 349. Ononis sericea, Thunb. !

Crotalaria lunaris, Linn. Dichilus lanceolatus, E. Mey. ! Linn. 7. p. 154.

Chasmone lanceolata, E. Mey.! Com. p. 75. Zey. 388, 389.

Has. Mountains of the Cape District, &c., common. (Herb. D., Hk., Th., &.)

Root woody ; stems many from the crown, decumbent, 2 feet long or more, slen-

der, not much branched ; the branches ascending. Leaflets of the lowest leaves

short, blunt and broad ; of the upper narrow, and acute at each end. Peduncles

4-6 inches long. Legume 2-2} inches long, 14 line wide, somewhat falcate.

( Doubtful Species. )

A. umbellatum (Vogel, MSS.); leaves trifoliolate, petiolate ; leaflets

oval-subrotund, acuminate, silky tomentose on both sides, about twice

as long as the petiole ; flowers umbellate, terminal. Walp, in Linnea,

13. p. 509.

_ A. splendens (Walp.) ; suffruticose, densely much branched, ascend-

ing, branches silky villous ; leaves densely set, on short petioles; leaf-

lets coriaceous, oblong, acute, with revolute margins, midribbed beneath,

the young densely silky on both sides, the adult becoming glabrate and

shining above ; stipules obliquely ovate, acute, about equalling the

petioles ; peduncles terminal, elongate, umbellately 2-4 flowered ; calyx

silky-villous, little shorter than the corolla, the upper lip bipartite, the

lower longer, trifid ; legumes lanceolate, silky. Meisn.—Meisn. in Hook.

Lond. Journ, 2. p. 78,

Has. Mountain sides near “‘ Hemel and Aarde,” Swell., Krauss !927. (Hb. D.)

Of this plant I have seen neither perfect flowers nor legumes, and am uncertain

where to place it. Meisner regards it as nearest to A. lanceolatwm, of which it has

the stipules and in some respects the foliage ; but it is more robust, more densely

branched, with much more frequent leaves, shorter petioles, and revolute margins,

oe wep A. lanceolatum varies considerably, and all, this may be one of its

extreme forms.

Dichilus.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 17

XVII. DICHILUS, DC.

Calyx as in Argyrolobium. Vexillum oblong, shorter than the obtuse

carina. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled; stigma minute.

me linear, compressed, sub-torulose. Endl. Gen. 6480. Benth. / in

Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. 3.p. 353. Calycotome, E. Mey. Melinospermum, Walp.

A few S. African suffrutices, having the habit of some Lebeckie, and the calyx, but

not the corolla of Argyrolobuim, constitute this genus. The name is compounded of

bis, twice, and xe:Aos, a lip ; alluding to the two-lipped calyx. _

TABLE OF THE SPECIES.

Erect, virgate: calyx much shorter than the alz, with short, ovateteeth (1) strictus.

Erect, virgate: calyx nearly equalling the ale ; with lanceolate,

acuminate teeth —«... ss. ws es ee ee cue ee cee A

Diffuse or trailing, slender... 0... 0. see ves vee vee ee (3) gracilis.

1. D. strictus (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 36); erect, virgate, all the leaves

alternate; leaflets linear-oblong ; racemules 2-3 flowered, terminating

short ramuli, sub-paniculate ; calyx scarcely cleft to the middle, half as

long as the ale, the teeth short, ovate. Benth.! l. c. p. 353-

Has. On the Witbergen, Drege / (Herb. Bth., D.)

A slender, fruticose, many-stemmed plant ; stems 12-15 inches high, simple, ramu-

lose toward the top, appressedly pubescent. Leaflets minutely and appressedly

puberulent, 4-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, sub-acute, tapering at base. Stipules

none. Racemules on sub-uncial ramuli, crowded round the ends of the branches.

Flowers yellow. Carina prominent and very blunt.

2. D. lebeckioides (DC. Leg. Mem. p. 202. t. 3 5) ; erect, virgate, all

the leaves alternate; leaflets linear-oblong or linear ; racemules 2-3

flowered, teminating short ramuli, sub-paniculate ; calyx cleft beyond the

middle, not much shorter than the ale, the teeth lanceolate, acuminate. DU.

Prod. 2. p. 136. Benth./ 1. ¢.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, 2614. Macallisberg, Burke/ (Herb. Bth., D.)

Only to be known from D. by its deeply parted calyx, with longer and

more acuminate lobes. It is questionable whether this character be constant.

8. D. gracilis (E. & Z.! 1300); slender, diffuse,or procumbent, branches

spreading ; floral leaves mostly opposite ; leaflets obovate ; peduncles

short, filiform, 1-2 flowered, terminal or spuriously lateral; calyx deeply

bilabiate, the teeth lanceolate, acuminate. Benth. ! 1. c. p. 354. D.patens,

E. Mey.! Comm. p. 36. Indigofera sarmentosa, Herb. Holm. !

Van. 8. pusillus; leaflets narrower ; flowers rather smaller. Calycotome pusilla,

E. Mey.! Comm. p. 113. excl. syn. Thunb. Dichilus pusillus, Benth./ l. c

Has, Chumieberg and near Fort Beaufort, Kat River settlement, F. & Z./ Fish

River, Drege! Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. Holm., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stems 1-2 feet long, ascending, diffusely branched. Leaves sub-distant, spreading ;

leaflets 2~3 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, palish green, appressedly and minutely pubes-

cent. Peduncles very slender, jointed ‘and bracteolate above the middle, i

between a pair of leaves, or in the forkings of the branches. Flowers pale yellow,

nodding. Our var. f., retained as a species by Bentham, appears to me to be a

very trifling variety.

XVII. MELOLOBIUM, E. & Z.

Calyx tubular, shortly or deeply bilabiate, the upper lip bi ite, the

lower trifid or tridentate. Corolla not much longer than calyx ;

78 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [Melolobium.

vexillum oblong ; carina blunt, Stamens monadelphous. Ovary several

ovuled. Legume linear, compressed, torulose, glandular or hairy. Benth. /

in Lond. Journ. Bot. 3. p. 350.

South African shrubs or suffruticose plants, more or less viscid and glandular,

variously pubescent. Leaves petiolate and stipulate, 3-foliolate. Flowers yellow,

in terminal spikes or spicate racemes, with 3 bracts under each flower. Name from

Behos, a joint, and Aofuov, a legume; the legumes are constricted, as if jointed, be-

tween the seeds.

TABLE OF THE SPECIES.

* Armed with spines, divaricately much-branched. Spicate-racemes few-flowered.

Bracts longer than the cal.-tube. Calyx equalling thecorolla (1) calyeinum.

Bracts short. Calyx shorter than the corolla. :

Viscidulous, but scarcely glandular ; twigs canescent.

Legume straight ... ...... (2) candicans,

Legume falcate-curved ... ... (3) canescens.

Glandular, scabrous, and pubescent ; not canescent (4) microphyllum.

* Unarmed, suffruticose. Spicate-racemes or spikes many-flowered :

Spicate-racemes law, flowers not imbricating : :

Leaflets linear-cuneate, or obovate-oblong, much narrower than long :

Rough in all parts with stalked glands ;

Branches and twigs nearly without hairiness (gs) adenodes.

Branches and twigs silky, subcanescent ... (6) humile.

Without prominent glands, but more or less viscid :

Nearly glabrous ; calyx deeply parted, lower

lip trifid perMans apes ate 3 uy tee es

Thinly pubescent ; calyx shortly bilabiate,

lower lip subentire ... ... (8) alpinum.

Densely and softly pubescent : calyx deeply ;

parted, lower lip trifid ... ... ... .. (9) cernuum. “*

Leaflets oblong-obcordate, sharply emarginate, glan-

dular and pubescent set RS. ee Ta 6) OOraatae,

Spikes very dense, cylindrical, the flowers imbricating ;

stipules leafy oie i i. GS es

1, M. calycinum (Benth. ! in Hook. Lond. Journ. 3. p. 350); divari-

eately much-branched, scarcely glandular, spiny ; twigs hairy-pubescent ;

leaflets glabrous or nearly so ; stipules semi-cordate, equalling the peti-

ole; bracts ovate-acuminate, longer than the calyx-tube; calyx villous,

equalling the corolla, its segments ovato-lanceolate,, acute ; legume vil-

lous. Zey.! 394.

Has. Sand River, Betchuanaland, Burke ¢ Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A depressed, excessively and intricately branched bush, every where bristling with

sharp, spinous ramuli, Hef inch long, leafy at base. Leaflets linear-cuneate, folded

together, green, 2-3 lines long, a line wide, minutely impresso-punctate. Flowers

1-3, sub-sessile, at the base of rigid ramuli, which are prolonged into naked spines ;

bracts and calyces hairy—one or two of the upper bracts barren.

2. M. candicans (E. & Z.! 132 3); divaricately much-branched,

scarcely glandular, spiny ; twigs velvetty-canescent ; leaflets glabrescent ;

stipules semi-cordate-ovate ; bracts shorter than the calyx-tube ; calyx

villous or glabrescent, shorter than the corolla, its segments ovate ;

legume straight, 4-6 seeded, villous-hirsute, Benth.! 1. c. p. 3 51. Dicha-

lus candicans, E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 154. Sphingium velutinum, E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 67. M. squarrosum, E. & Z.! 1325. Zey.! 2307, 391, 395-

Has. Cape, Bowie.! Fields by the Zwartkops River, E.g-Z./ Adow, Zeyher.

Sneeuberg and Uitvlugt, Drege/ Pitestoutsi; beckaane Land, Zeyher / (Herb.

Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

goes

Melolobium. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 79

A rigid, spreading or depressed, spiny bush, laxly or densely branched : all the

younger branches canescent. Leaflets narrow-obovate, obtuse, folded together when

dry, 2-3 lines long. Flowers 2-3 sub-sessile, near the base of rigid, spine-tipped

ramuli. The calyces are sometimes viscidulous. Legumes 93-inch long, sub-moni-

liform, pointed, nearly straight.

3. M. canescens (Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 351); divaricately much-branched,

scarcely glandular, spiny; twigs velvetty-canescent; leaflets glabres-

cent; stipules and bracts semi-cordate, small ; legume falcate-curved,

4-6 seeded, silky-canescent, as well as the calyx. Sphingium canescens,

L. Mey. ! Comm. p. 67.

Has, Rhinoster Kop, Drege? Gamke River, Burke. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

So like M. candicans, that, except by its sickle-shaped pods, it can scarcely be

distinguished.

4, M. microphyllum (EF. & Z.! 1324); divaricately much-branched

or decumbent, spiny, glandular-sub-viscid, scabrous or pubescent-hairy ;

stipules and bracts cordate-ovate, small ; legume incurved or arched, 2-4

seeded, glandularly scabrid, either hispid or glabrescent. Benth. /l. c. p.

351. Ononris microphylla, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 585. Dichilus microphyllus,

E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 155. Sphingium microphyllum, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 67.

Var. a. Thunbergii; dwarf, very spiny, glabrescent ; legume slightly curved, 2-4

seeded. MM. microphyllum, Benth. l. c.

Var. 8. collinum; lax, less spiny, glabrescent ; legume arched, 4-6 seeded, hispid

M. collinum, E. & Z. 1326. Benth. l. ec. Trigonella armata, Thunb. / and T. villosa,

subinermis, tenwior.

Var. y. lampolobum ; legume arched, 4-6 seeded, shining. Sphingiwn lampolo-

bum, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 66. ;

Var. 8. decumbens ; densely pubescent-hairy in all ; legume sub-curved or

falcate, 2~3 seeded, glandular-hispid or scabrous. M. Benth. ! t. c. Sphin-

gium decumbens, E. Mey. Comm. p. 67.

Has. Eastern and north-eastern districts, and Caffraria. Thunb., E & Z7., Drege.

B. Gauritz R., B. ¢ Z. y. Kendo, Drege. 5. Sneeuberg, and near Graaf Reynet,

Drege. Somerset, Dr. Atherstone. Near Orange and Caledon River, Burke. Zooloo

Country, Miss Owen. Namaqualand, Wyley. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., dD)

A dwarf, thorny, depressed or spreading glandular and viscidulous bush, varying

in pubescence and number of spines, but the varieties indicated seem to run into one

another, and all are from the same districts. Leaflets 1-2 lines long, cuneate or

obovate. Flowers small, cernuous, pedicels 1-2 lines long.

5. M. adenodes (E. & Z. ! 1327); suffruticose, scarcely spinous, rough

in all parts with stipitate glands, glabrescent ; leaflets linear-oblong ; sti-

pules semi-cordate-acuminate ; flowers in a lax pseudo-spike, the rachis

rigid and at length spinescent ; bracts lanceolate, nearly equalling the

calyx ; legumearched,4—5 seeded, glandularand hispidulous. Benth.l.c.p.

35 Qe »

Has. Cape District, at Berg River and Zwartland, F. ¢ Z. erb. Sd., D.)

A rigid, ae team erect, scabrous suffrutex, i etna igs ; the slightly

divided branches and the naked, barren tips of the flowering ramuli, ing and ~

sub-pungent. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-line wide, obtuse. Legumes falcate, 8-9

lines long. Known from M. cernuwm, by the stalked glands that roughen stem, —

branches, leaflets, and legumes. fs ee

6. M. humile (E. & Z.! 1330); suffruticose, scarcely spinous, much-

branched ; branches and twigs appressedly silky, sub-canescent ; petioles,

leaflets, bracts, and calyx rough with stimtate glands + leaflets obovate-

80 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Melolobium.

oblong, sub-pilose; stipules semi-cordate, acute ; fl. in a lax, pseudo-

spike, the rachis flexuous ; bracts ovato-lanceolate, equalling the calyx

tube ; legume ?

Has. Sandy places near Brackfontein, Clanw., Z. § Z. (Herb. Sd.)

Larger, more robust and branching than M. adenodes, with broader leaflets and

silky-canescent twigs. Petioles as long as the leaflets or longer. Leaflets 4~5 lines

long, 2-3 wide.

7. M, exudans (Harv.) ; unarmed, shrubby, much branched, viscid,

but scarcely glandular, nearly glabrous; leaflets linear-cuneate, obtuse

or retuse, glabrous; stipules semi-sagittate, much shorter than the

petioles; flowers in a lax pseudo-spike, the rachis rigid (and at length

subspinescent ?); bracts lanceolate, longer than the calyx-tube ; calyx

deeply parted, the upper lobes ovato-lanceolate, the lower lip sharply

trifid.

Has. Cape, Dr. Thom! (Herb. Hook.)

A dwarf shrub, distinctly woody at base, and much branched, the branches and

twigs suberect. All parts exude a gummy-resinous matter, but the glands are not

minent. Petioles 4 inch long ; leaflets as long, 1 line broad, quite glabrous.

owers suberect, nearly sessile. Legume unknown. The young twigs have a few

short hairs,

8. M. alpinum (E. & Z.! 1331); suffruticose, unarmed, ascending,

thinly pubescent, viscidulous, but not glandular ; leaflets linear-oblong,

mucronulate, glabrescent or sparsely pubescent ; stipules semi-cordate,

acuminate, much shorter than the petiole ; flowers in a dense pseudo-

spike, rachis flexuous ; calyx shortly cleft, its upper lobes bluntly ovate,

lower lip sub-entire, tridenticulate ; legume ?

Has. On the Winterberg, #. ¢ Z.! Sunny spots half way up the Mt., Autumn.

Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Much-branched from near the base, the branches 8-12 inches long, curved, sim-

ple, ending in the inflorescence, Flowers bright yellow. Much less hairy than M.

cernuum, with a different calyx.

9. M. cernnum (E. & Z.! 1328) ; suffruticose, unarmed, diffuse or

ascending, loosely and softly hairy and viscidulous ; leaflets narrow-

cuneate, obtuse, equalling or exceeding the petioles ; stipules semi-cor-

date-lanceolate, flowers in a longish pseudo-spike with flexible rachis;

bracts ovato-lanceolate, equalling the calyx-tube ; lower lip of the calyx

sharply trifid ; legume straightish, curved or faleate, 5~6 seeded, softly-

hairy. Benth.! 1. ¢ p. 352; also M. spicatum, E. § Z.! 1329. Benth. t

lc. Ononiscernua, L. Cytisus Hthiopicus, L. Dichilus spicatus, H. Mey. /

Linn. 7. p. 154. Sphingium spicatum, EB. Mey. ! Comm. p. 66. Trigonella

hirsuta, Thunb.! Cap. p. 611. Zey.! 396. .

Has. Cape and neighbour: istri f Cc.

(Herb. Th’ D : Theat pth e districts, common, £. § Z./ W.H.H. , Pappe, §

Root deeply descending. Branches many from the crown, sub-erect or spreading,

sub-simple or ramulous, densely or sparsely, but always softly and loosely hairy.

Leaflets 2—4 lines long, 1 line wide. Spikes 2-4 inches long, curved. Flowers smail,

— Legumes deflexed, at first nearly straight, becoming more curved as they

10, M. obcordatum Cia) ; Suffruticose, unarmed, sprinkled with

stalked glands, and pubescent ; leaflets oblong-obcordate, sharply emargin-

Hypocalyptus| LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 81

ate ; stipules semi-cordate-ovate ; flowers numerous in a longish-spiked

_ raceme ; bracts obliquely ovate ; legume 2-3 seeded, sub-incurved, villous.

Has. On plains in Graaf Reynet, Mrs. FP. W. Barber. (Herb. Hk.)

Spreading, 1-14 foot high ; branches ascending, alternately divided. The whole

plant is covered with stalked glands, mixed with soft hairs. Leaflets 3-4 lines long,

2 lines wide, flat, viscid. Flowers small, yellow. Spikes 3 inches long.

deflexed, 4 lines long. A more branching and woody plant than M. cernwum, but

glandular, with shorter and broader pods and distinctly obcordate leaflets.

11. M. stipulatum (Harv.); robust, suffruticose, unarmed, densely

covered with swb-sessile glands, and hirsute ; stems hirto-tomentose; leaf-

lets linear, cuneate at base, and hairy ; stipules foliaceous, semi-hastate,

nearly equalling the petiole ; flowers ambricated, in a short, dense, pseudo-

spike ; bracts lanceolate, rather shorter than the deeply-parted, densely-

glandular calyx; legumes lanceolate, erect, 2-3 seeded, glandular and

pubescent. Ononis stipulata, Thunb. / Cap. p. 585.

Has. Hex River, Thunberg! (Herb. Th., Holm.)

Stems strong and woody at base, erect or curved, 12-14 inches high, densely leafy,

branched chiefly near the root. Branches with short, but patent and loose pubes-

cence. Stipules nearly half inch long, the uppermost largest, 2 lines wide. Leaf-

lets 7-8 lines long, 14 line wide, often infolded. Colour pale green. Spikes cylin-

drical, very dense. A well-marked plant, not found since Thunberg’s time.

( Doubtful Species. )

M. parviflorum (Benth. !1. ¢. p. 351); “divaricately much-branched,

spiny, scarcely glandular, sub-glabrous” (taigs velvetty-canescent) ; “ sti-

pules and bracts semi-cordate, minute ; calyx glabrescent-visei ulous;” —

legume unknown. d

Has. Dwaka R., Burke § Zeyher, 392. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) _

I cannot distinguish this satisfactorily from Jf. candicans, The half ripe legumes

are straight and villous, and the twigs constantly hoary, except where the indument

has been casually abraded, .

M. viscidulum (Steud.); “unarmed, glandularly-pubescent, green ;

leaflets oblong-cuneate ; spikes few-flowered ; bracts equalling the calyx-

tube; legumes curved, glandular-scabrid.” £. Mey. Comm. p. 66.

Has. Sandy hills near Ebenezer, Drege. (Unknown to me. )

M. canaliculatum (Benth.) ; “unarmed, viscoso-scabrid ; leaflets

linear, channelled ; spikes short ; bracts lanceolate, equalling the calyx-

tube.” EH. Mey. Comm. p. 66.

Has. Karroo, 2000-2500 £., Drege. (Unknown to me.)

XIX. HYPOCALYPTUS, Thunb.

Calyx widely campanulate, shortly 5-toothed, hollowed at base.

Verillum roundish, reflexed, longer than the ale and carina. Stamens 10,

monadelphous. Ovary lanceolate, many ovuled. Legume linear, flat,

the upper suture thickened, many-seeded. Benth./ in Hook. Ld. Journ. 3.

p. 354. Endl. Gen. No. 6477. a se

A glabrous, densely | hrub, with palmately trifoliolate, stipulate leaves, anc

sre lions N gid stent under, and xadvrta, to veil ; not applicable to the

genus as now limited. Thunberg included under this name the species of Podalyria,

which have large bracts under which the young flowers are hidden or veiled.

VOL. II, 6

82 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) ‘[Loddigesia.

1. H. obcordatus (Thunb. Prod. 124); Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 570. DC.

Prod. 2. p. 135. Deless. Ic. 3. t. 63. Bot. Mag. t. 3894. Mauwnd. Bot. 4. t.

198. Eck. & Z./ 1255. Benth. Lond. Journ. 3. p. 354. Crotalaria cordi-

folia, Linn. Mant. p. 266. Spartium sophoroides, Berg. Cap, 198.

Has. Cape, Thunberg! Kochman’s Kloof, Mundt/ Puspasvalley and Kochman’s

Kloof, Swell., 2. ¢ Z./ Cederberg and Dutoit’s Kloof, Drege / Schurfdeberg, Pappe /

(Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)_

A large shrub or small tree, densely branched, ramulous and closely covered with

leaves, glabrous, except the growing parts. Twigs angular. Leaves trifoliolate ;

leaflets 8-10 lines long, 6-8 lines wide, obcordate or obovate, deeply emarginate or

truncate, mucronate, or sub-cuspidate, folding together when dry, reticulate with

prominent ribs and veins beneath. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Racemes terminal,

ovoid or oblong, densely many-flowered. Flowers reddish purple or lilac. Calyx

rufescent. Legumes 14 inch long, 14 lines wide, linear-lanceolate, tapering at base,

with a short stipe. A very Bs, nie! shrub.

XX. LODDIGESIA, Sims.

Calyx of Hypocalyptus. Vexillum much shorter than the ale and

carina, Legume ovato-lanceolate, acute at each end, flat, the upper su-

ture thickened, few-seeded. Benth. in Hook, Lond. Journ. 3. Pp. 355-

Endl. Gen. No. 6476.

A small glabrous suffrutex, with palmately trifoliolate leaves, and small, purple

and white flowers in short, terminal racemes. The name is in honour of Conrad

Loddiges, the celebrated nurseryman at Hackney, who died in 1820; and who, with

his sons, greatly contributed to the progress of horticulture in England, during the

last and present century.

L. oxalidifolia (Sims, Bot. Mag. t.965) ; DC. Prod. 2. p.136. B.&Z.!

1256. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 3. p. 355.

Has. Among shrubs, on mountain sides. Zwarteberg and Klynriviersberge,

E. &Z.! Pappe! Near George and Gnadendahl, Drege! Alexander Prior, §c. (Herb.

Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

_ A-slender, erect or diffuse, laxly branched, small, glabrous shrub. Twigs terete,

rufescent, flexuous, patent. Leaves trifoliolate, on very slender, setaceous petioles,

equalling the lamin or longer. Leaflets obcordate or roundish-obovate, deflexed, _

mucronulate, netted-veined. Racemes terminal, few or several flowered, lax,

lengthening. Bracts minute. Pedicels nodding, bibracteolate above the middle.

Flowers 3-5 lines long, the vexillum and ale white; the keel dark purple at the

point. The vexillum varies much in size in different specimens, sometimes scarcely

exceeding the calyx, sometimes 3~4 times as long, but it is always shorter than the

other petals. Legume stipitate, ovato-lanceolate, compressed, pointed at each end,

XXL LEBECKIA, Thunb.

Calyx obliquely-campanulate, shortly 5-toothed with rounded inter-

spaces, rarely 5~cleft. Carina obtuse or sub-rostrate, longer than the

ale, and usually than the vexillum. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary

linear, sessile or stipitate, many ovuled. Legume linear, either flat, sub-

compressed, terete or turgid. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 3. p. 355

End. Gen. No. 6478. Stiza, Lebeckia, and Sarcophyllum, E. Mey. Acantho-

botrya, Calobota and Lebeckia, E. d&: Z. ae

Small shrubs (often spiny) or suffrutices, very diverse in habit. Leaves either

unifoliolate or palmately 3-foliolate, glabrous or without stipules, Flowers

racemose, yellow. Name in memory of Lebeck, bra Batre erg

Lebeckia.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 83

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1, Stiza. Carina longer than the vexillum. Legume fiat. Rigid, much bran

spiny shrubs. Leaves few, flat, unifoliolate. Flowering Ssaahes isehumnlon’ ite

in a rigid, spiny, naked point. (Sp. 1-3.)

Branches and twigs thinly tomentose : -

Legume quite glabrous ; Laser euspidate ... .,. (1) macrantha.

Legume albo-tomentose; calyx-teeth blunt ...... (2) pungens.

Branches and twigs glabrous ; legume glabrous fi iva = 19) Palloloba,

2, Phyllodiastrum. Carina acute or sub-rostrate, shorter than the vexillum. Le-

gume flat. Glabrous and sub-glaucous, unarmed suffrutices or herbs, with filiform

leaves. Racemes terminal, many-flowered. (Sp. 4-7.)

Calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube : :

Legume sub-sessile, linear-faleate... ... ... ... .. (4) Plunkenetiana. >

Legume shortly stipitate, broadly oblong, straight ... (5) ian: ™

ume on @ long stipe, linear, straight or curved ... (6) Candolleana. ~

Calyx-teeth lanceolate-acuminate, longer than the tube ... (7) grandiflora.

8, Eu-Lebeckia. Curina acute or sub-rostrate, equalling or exceeding the vexillum

and ale. Legume narrow-linear, terete or sub-terete. Glabrous and glaucous suffru-

tices, with filiform leaves. Racemes terminal. (Sp. 8-11.)

Calyx-teeth subulate, longer than the tube wee see, co (8) PRUcifora.

Calyx-teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube :

Legumes defiexed ; rachis furrowed : :

Flowers 5-6 lines long ; stems tall, sub-erect ... (9) Simsiana. a

Flowers 2-2} lines long ; stems diffuse (10) sepiaria,

Legumes ascending-erect ; rachis smooth ... ...... (11) ambigua.

4. Calobota. Carina obtuse, longer than the alz, equalling or exceeding the vex-

illum. Legume terete or turgid. Suffrutices or shrubs, variably pubescent, or canes-

cent. Leaves trifoliolate, rarely simple, never filiform. Flowers racemose. (Sp. 12-22.)

“he +

Leaves simple (unifoliolate) :

Canescent ; racemes laxly few-flowered ... ...... (12) linearifolia.

Appressedly: pubescent ; racemes elongate ... (13) subnuda.

pee trifoliolate : elab ’

igs not spiny ; petals TOUS

heaile oblong or sub-linear ; young parts pubes-

(14) mucronata.

Leaflets very narrow-linear; whole plant glabrous (15) leptophyile.

Twigs not spiny ; vexillum and keel more or less silky nar

Calyx and legume glabrous ....... --» +» +» (17) cytisoides,

Calyx silky (or glabrescent); legume silky or hairy : :

Petioles short ; racemes few flowered ... ... (16) cinerea,

Petioles long ; racemes many-flowered :

Flowers 4-5 lines long ; calyx-teeth shortly

mrbnlgte @ i is oe ae (18) sericea.

Flowers 3 lines long; leaflets narrow; :

cal.-teeth acuminate ... ... ... -.. (19) multiflora.

Petiole short; calyx-teeth blunt ; legume hairy... (20) microphylla.

(21) spinescens.

Petiole longish; calyx-teeth acute; legume gla-

5. Viborgioides. Carina sub-rostrate, scarcely Jonger than the ale. me

terete or forge Rigid, unarmed shrubs. Leaves sub-sessile or shortly petiolate, tri-

foliolate. (Sp. 23-25.) ;

Whole plant nearly glabrous; calyx-teeth short .» +e (22) humilis, a

Twigs silky pubescent; leaflets sub-glabrous ... ... --- (23) sessilifolia.

Twigs silky pubescent; leaflets densely cano-pubescent ... (24) Bowleama =

I, STIZA, (Sp. 1-3.) h te 2 ai oa cee :

1, L. macrantha (Harv.) ; divaricately muc branched, spiny ; twigs

thinly tomentose-canescent ; leaves few and distant, unifoliolate, obovate

VOL, 6

84 = LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lebeckia.

or oblong; calyx ample, puberulous, the tube from a turbinate base, cam-

panulate, the teeth deltoid-cuspidate; legume quite glabrous.

Has. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen! (Herb. T.C.D.)

A rigid, nearly naked, spiny shrub, with the habit of L. pwngens and L. psiloloba,

but with much larger flowers than either, and a very different calyx. | Leaves sub-

sessile, 4-5 lines long, 2 lines wide, puberulous, thick, sub-coriaceous. Flowers ra-

cemose, on rigidly pungent, robust rachides ; pedicels bibracteolate near the base,

shorter than the calyx. Calyx sub-contracted and rugulose at base, then widened ;

its teeth sub-equal, deltoid, suddenly tapering into a subulate acumination. Corolla

7-8 lines long ; the keel bluntly rostrate, longer than the erect vexillum. - Legume

(half grown) shortly stipitate, flat, several seeded, perfectly glabrous. The flowers

are nearly as large as in L. cytisoides.

2. L. pungens (Thunb. Cap. p. 561); divaricately much branched,

spiny ; twigs thinly tomentoso-canescent; leaves few and distant, unifo-—

liolate, obovate or oblong ; calyx-teeth very short and broad; legume

albo-tomentose. Benth. l.¢.p. 356. Stiza erioloba, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 31.

Has. Near Olifant’s River and in Cannaland, Thunberg/ Near Klaarstroom, at

the foot of the Great Zwarteberge, Drege! (Herb. Thb. Bth.)

A very rigid, nearly leafless, much branched, densely ramulose bush ; the ramuli

1-2 inches long, patent, very pungent, all the younger parts thinly tomentulose.

Known from the following, which is much commoner, by its pubescence and tomen-

tose legumes. _ :

3. L. psiloloba (Walp.! Linn.13. p. 478) ; divaricately much branched, —

spiny; glabrous; leaves few and distant, mostly unifoliolate, obovate

or oblong; calyx-teeth very short and broad; legume membranaceous,

quite glabrous. Benth. 1. c. p. 356. Stiza psiloloba, E.Mey! Comm. p. 32

Acanthobotrya pungens, E. & Z. 1340. Spartium cuspidosum, Burch. —

vol. 1. p. 348. Genista cuspidosa, DC. Prod. 2. p. 147.

Has. Near Uitenhage, #. § Z.! Alexander-Prior! §¢. (Herb. Bth., D., Sd., Hk.)

A rigid, spiny, nearly leafless bush, closely resembling the preceding, but with

nearly glabrous twigs, and perfectly glabrous legumes. Flowers yellow, nodding,

laxly racemulose, on spine-tipped branchlets. Legumes oblong, flat, 8-14 lines long,

2 lines wide.

_ 2, PHYLLODIASTRUM. (Sp. 4-7.)

4. L. Plukenetiana (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 33, excl. syn, Lam. & Willd.);

glabrous, decumbent or ascending, suffruticose ; leaves filiform, secund,

patent, the older deflexed, acute, continuous or obscurely articulate ;

racemes laxly many-flowered ; legume sub-sessile, linear, falcate, flat, the

ventral suture margined, valves membranous. Benth. i. c. p. 356.

: Var. 8. brachycarpa; leaves # inch long ; racemes few-flowered ; legume shortly

linear, sessile, 6~7 lines I , nearly straight. Zey. No. 378.

Has. Hex River, Drege! Camps Bay, Ecklon. Sandy places at the foot of Table

Mountain, Dr. Pappe (115), 8. at Klipfontein, Zey./ (Herb. Bth., D., Sd., Hk.)

Root deeply descending. Stems several from the crown, spreading, 1~2 feet long,

sub-simple or branched ; branches curved, virgate. Leaves 1-1} inch long, turned

to one side, pale green, 2-4 inches, 10-20 flowered; bracts minute, pedi-

cels shorter than the calyx. Flowers yellow, often secund. ‘ Legumes 1-14 inch

long, linear, curved, acute at each end, sessile or minutely — A. is more —

slender in all parts, with smaller flowers, shorter leaves, and much shorter legumes.

5. L. Meyeriana (E. & Z.! 1339); glabrous, decumbent or ascending,

sulfruticose ; leaves filiform, secund, patent or deflexed, acute, articu-

‘

Lebeckia.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 85

late-or continuous ; racemes laxly several-flowered ; legumes shortly

stupitate, broadly oblong, straight, the ventral suture margined, valves

membranous. ; :

Has. Sandy places near Constantia, and at the Waterfall, Tulbagh, ZG 2Z./) ) . 5 ,

Gueizius! Near Simon’s Bay, M‘Gillivray! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) Van § hyvuke

Very like LZ. Plukenetiana, but with much broader, straighter and distinctly, oo | 6%

though shortly stipitate legumes. FE. & Z.’s “L. contaminata” partly belongs to this P| Mate

“species. Bracts deciduous, equalling the pedicel. Flowers 3-4 lines long. Calyx-teeth ;

triangular, shorter than the tube. Legume an inch long, 4 lines wide, sub-obtuse

at each end; the stipes 1-2 lines long. =

6. L. Candolleana (Walp. Repert. 1, p.607); glabrous, ascending,

suffruticose ; leaves filiform, secund, sub-erect, acute, distinctly jointed ;

racemes pedunculate, laxly several-flowered; calyx-teeth triangular,

shorter than the tube; legumes on long stintes, Linear, straight or sub-

falcate, flat, the ventral suture with a narrow margin, valves membra-

nous. L. contaminata, Benth.! non Thunb. E. & Z. 1335, ex parte. Sar-

cophyllum carnosum, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 32. L. pauciflora, Benth.? non

EL. & Z. ; |

' Has. Cape flats and neighbouring districts, common. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) tl :

A more slender and less densely leafy plant than L. Plukenetiana, with smaller

flowers, and readily known when in fruit, by the long stalk to the slender legume. 63

Racemes few or several flowered, lengthening. Flowers 2-2} lines long, pale yellow.

Pods 1-14 inch long, 1 line wide; the stipes $ inch long or more. This appears to

be L. contaminata, DC. Prod. 2. p. 136, and is certainly the plant of Bentham and

partly of E. & Z.! and others; but it is not Thunberg’s plant, which, according to

his Herbarium, is Aspalathus corymbosa, E. Mey.! and A, tenuifolia, DC! The name

therefore had better be suppressed altogether. It is impossible to say whether Ben-

tham’s “L. pauciflora” be a good species or not until the fruit fe I

- Ld 3

7.1. grandiflora (Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 357) ; glabrous,/sub-erect, suffruti-

cose, sub-simple ; leaves filiform, crowded, erect, acute, distinctly

jointed ; racemes pedunculate, many-flowered; calyx-lobes lanceolate,

acuminate, sub-falcate, longer than the tube; legume stipitate, linear, flat,

straight or slightly curved, the ventral suture scarcely margined. Sar-

cophyllum grandiflorum, E. Mey? (fide Benth. 1. c.)

ae Cape Colony, Bowie! Witsenberg, Zeyher! Clanwilliam, Drege. (Herb-

Hk., Sd.

ies many-stemmed ; stems 6-14 inches high, simple, densely leafy below,

produced above into a naked peduncle, ending in a many-flowered raceme. Leaves

2-2 inches long. Racemes 4~8 inches long; the bracts subulate, longer than the

eyed bracteoles equalling the calyx-tube. Flowers § lines long. Unripe legumes

only seen.

: 3. EU-LEBECKIA. (Sp. 8-11.)

8. L. pauciflora (E.& Z.! 1337) ; glabrous, sub-erect, suffruticose,

sub-simple ; leaves filiform, sub-secund, erect, acute, distinctly jointed ;

racemes pedunculate, laxly few-flowered ; calyx-teeth subulate, longer

than the tube; legume (unripe) stipitate, very slender (terete 1).

Hab. Sandy places near the Howhoek, Caledon, and in the Langekloof, George,

Ecklon and Zeyher! Zwarteberge, Witsenberge and Scurfdeberge, Zeyher, No. 377.

(Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk.) = aOR al ai eae

14-2 feet high, many stemmed, unbranched. Leaves sub-distant, 3- inches

‘jointed above the middle, rarely shorter and then without joint. Flowers

long, erect; the bracts and bracteoles much shorter than the pedicel.

86 | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lebeckia.

equalling or exceeding the vexillum, longer than the ale. Legume, so far as can be

determined, like that of Z. Simsiana, from which this is readily known by its long |

and acuminate calyx-teeth. This may be Sarcophyllum grandiflorum, E. Mey., whic

is unknown to me ; but it differs from Bentham’s L. grandiflora.

9. L. Simsiana (EF. & Z.! 1338); glaucous, swb-erect, suffruticose,

sub-simple ; leaves filiform, crowded, erect, jointed; raceme elongate,

many-flowered ; rachis angular or furrowed ; flowers large; calyx-teeth

shorter than the tube; legumes deflexed. JL. sepiaria, Benth. 1. c. p. 357,

non Thunb. L. Sarcophylloides, E. Mey.! in Linn. 7, p. 155. L. contami-

nata, E. Mey.! Comm. p. p. 34, non Thunb. Sarcophyllum carnosum, Sims,

Bot. Mag. t. 2502, non. Thunb. Zey. 2294.

Has. Cape and Stellenbosch districts, 2. ¢ Z.! Drege! W.H.H., §c. Winterhoek,

Tulbagh ; and Grootvadersbosch, Swell., Pappe/ (Herb. Bth., Hk , D., Sd.)

The largest and handsomest of this section. Stems 12-18 inches high, robust,

simple, densely leafy at base, racemose above. Raceme 6-12 inches long, dense.

Flowers 5-6 lines long, nodding, bright yellow, conspicuous. Bracts and bracteoles

minute, setaceous. Calyx-teeth from a broad base, acuminate. Legumes shortly

stipitate, 14 inch long, scarcely 1 line in diameter, mostly pendulous.

10. L, sepiaria (Thunb, Fl. Cap. 561) ; glaucous, ascending, suffruti-

cose, sub-simple; leaves filiform, crowded, sub-erect, jointed ; raceme

elongate, densely many-flowered ; rachis furrowed ; flowers small; calyx

_ teeth short, deltoid ; legumes deflexed. H. & Z.! 1334, also L. gracilis,

— #. § Z.1 1336. Benth. l. c. p. 358. L. ambigua, litt. c, E. Mey., fide Benth.

hae West side ——— —T and seogners ten Near the Berg

iver, District, E.g-Z.! also in Uitenhage, E. ? . }

Gan D.,Sd., He) : = — —

Many stemmed, diffuse or decumbent, the ends of the branches ascending. Leaves

densely set, 2~24 inches long, jointed at about 1 inch from the base, mucronulate. -

Racemes very densely flowered, cylindrical, 3-4 inches long; the flowers 2-23 lines

long, bright yellow. Legumes 1-1} inch long, not a line wide, sub-compressed,

acute at each end, margined on the ventral suture. This is Thunberg’s “ Z. sepiaria,”

according to the original specimens in Herb. Upsal.

11, L. ambigua (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 34, excl. litt. c.); glaucous, as-

cending, suffruticose, sub-simple ; leaves filiform, scattered, erect, jointed ;

racemes elongate, laxly several flowered ; rachis smooth, flowers mediocre ;

calyx-teeth triangular, acute; legumes slender, ascending-erect, sub-toru-

lose. Benth. 1. ¢.p.358. — ;

Has. Saldanha Bay and near Uienvalley, Clanwilliam, Drege / (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.)

12-18 inches high, many stemmed, sub-erect. Stems curved, ending in a raceme

of half their length. Leaves 3 inches long, not very numerous, jointed in the middle.

Racemes 8-10 inches long, the flowers 4 inch apart, 3-34 lines long. Legumes

1-1} inch long, } line diameter, turned upwards.

Z 4. CALOBOTA. (Sp. 12-21.)

12. L. linearifolia (E. Mey.! Comm, p. 33) ; suffruticose, canescent,

minutely puberulous ; leaves narrow-linear, acute at each end, channelled,

sub-erect ; racemes laxly few-flowered ; calyx-teeth triangular, short ;

petals silky ; legume sub-terete, thinly silky. Benth. 1. cp. 358.

Taye the Gariep, near Verleptpraam, Drege! Mr. A. Wyley! (Herb. Bth.

Sd., D.

A slender, slightly branched suffrutex, whitish in all parts, with very minute,

sub-silky pubescence. Branches straight, erect, virgate, striate. Leaves few, scat-

tered, 1-1} inch long, 4 line wide, on minute petioles. Racemes 4-6 flowered; the

flowers sub-sessile, or on pedicels shorter than the calyx, 4 lines long.

Lebeckva. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) | 87

13. ? L. subnuda (DC. Prod. 2, p. 136); “leaves very few toward the

end of the branches, linear, deciduous, appressedly pubescent, as well

as the ramuli; flowers in a long raceme !”’

Unknown to us. Referred to this place by Bentham. By Ecklon and Zeyher

considered a synonym of L. pungens.

14. L, mucronata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 359) ; unarmed, suffruticose, ramu-

lous, at first thinly adpresso-pubescent, afterwards glabrate ; twigs fur-

rowed; leaves petiolate, trifoliate; leaflets euneate-oblong or sub-linear,

mucronate, glabrous or minutely puberulous underneath ; racemes short,

several flowered; calyx campanulate, puberulous, its teeth broadly tri-

angular, acute; petals glabrous ; legume sub-compressed, acute, quite

glabrous. Zey./ 2318 (and 344 m Hb. T.C.D.)

Has. Stony places, Wanstaadensberg, Uit., Zeyher/ Albany, T. Williamson.

(Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

An erect, densely branching and ramuliferous suffrutex, woody below, 6-12 inches

high or more. Branches and twigs furrowed, rufescent. Petioles 4 inch long ;

leaflets 4-6 lines long, 1-14 line wide, the lateral smaller. Flowers 3 lines long,

nodding, turning dark when dry. The ripe legume unknown.

15. L. leptophylla (Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 359) ; unarmed, suffruticose, gla-

brous; twigs furrowed; leaves petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets very nar-

row-linear, mucronate; racemes elongate, many-flowered ; calyx campa-

nulate, its teeth short, acute ; legume compressed, at length sub-turgid,

quite glabrous,.

Has. Subalpine places near Swellendam, Mundt. / 87. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Very nearly allied to L. mucronata, but more glabrous, with much narrower leaf-

lets, longer racemes and broader and more compressed legumes. Leaflets 6-8 lines

long, not 4 line wide, slightly channelled above, prominently ribbed beneath.

~ Flowers scarcely 3 lines long.

16. L. cinerea (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 3 5); thinly tomentulose or subsilky-

canescent, shrubby ; branches fy ; leaves few, petiolate, trifoliolate,

leaflets oblong-cuneate; racemes ew-flowered ; calyx campanulate, silky,

its teeth broadly triangular, acute ; legume linear-terete, softly hirsute,

deflexed.

Has. Hills near Noagas, and near Aris, on the Gariep, Drege! (Herb. Bth, Hk. D.)

A rigid, but not spiny bush, greyish white in all parts, with very minute pubes-

cence. Twigs sulcato-striate. Leaflets 4 inch long or rather more, 1-2 lines wide.

Flowers nodding, shortly pedicellate ; the petals downy.

17. L. cytisoides (Thunb. ! Prod. p. 122); silky-canescent, shrubby ;

twigs virgate, terete ; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate, leaflets linear-

oblong, acute at base, mucronulate; racemes elongate, many-flowered ;

flowers large ; calyx widely campanulate, glabrous, somewhat coloured,

its teeth short, triangular, sub-acute, distant, with rounded interspaces,

puberulous; vexillum and keel silky; legume terete, glabrous, septate

Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 562. Crotalaria pul-

Has. Cape, Stellenbosch and Seelende Dipteieis, = hills, Drege., £. &Z.! $e. ;

Bergriver, Pappe 112. (Herb. ., Hk., D., Sd. ee ame

Servet bmrched shrub, 2-4 fect high, with whitish bark, and pale grey foliage.

Petioles 9-10 lines long ; leaflets 10-12 lines long or more, acute at base and some-

88 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Lebeckia.

times attenuate, obtuse or acute at point, sometimes narrow-cuneate. Racemes several

inches long ; flowers 8-10 lines long, bright yellow, on spreading, longish pedicels.

Legumes deflexed, 14 inch long, mucronulate, terete, 1-14 lines in diameter.

18. L. sericea (Thunb.! Prod. p. 122); silky-canescent, shrubby,

ramulose ; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets linear-oblong or

sub-cuneate, acute at base; racemes secund, many-flowered; calyx

widely campanulate, silky, its teeth shortly subulate, with rounded inter-

spaces ; vexillum and keel silky near the point; legume sub-terete,

silky-canescent, when old glabrate. Bth./1.¢. p. 360. Thunb. ! Fl. Cap.

p. 562. L. decipiens, and L. flexuosa, EZ. Mey.! Crotalaria angustifolia,

Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. t. 2 19.

Has. Karroo, near Mieren’s Kasteel ; rocks on the Kwek River ; Zilverfontein

and Platberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A smaller, more densely branched, more silky or silvery shrub than L. cytisoides,

with shorter racemes and smaller flowers. Leaflets t-14 inch long, 1-2 lines wide,

obtuse or acute, generally much narrowed to the base. Petioles 14-3 inches long,

generally exceeding the leaflets. Flowers 4~5 lines long, deep yellow.

19. L. multiflora (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 34); silky-canescent, shrubby,

ramulous; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate, leaflets narrow-linear ;

raceme secund, many-flowered; calyx campanulate, silky, its teeth

triangular-acuminate, short ; vexillum and keel thinly silky near the

point, or glabrous; legume thinly silky or quite glabrate. Benth. / l. c.

p. 360. L. decutiens, L, canescens, LH. Mey. ! Comm. p. 34. L. angustifolia,

EL. Mey. Acanthobotrya angustifolia, E. & Z.! 1346. .

Var. B. glabrata; thinly silky-canescent or glabrate ; raceme elongate, lax ; calyx

glabrescent ; legume quite glabrous. L. decutiens, B. glabrata, E, Mey. l.c.

Has. Mouths of the Gariep; Olifant’s River, and between Holrivier and Mieren

Kasteel, Drege.! Mr. Wyley./ 8. Karroo, between Goedman’s Kraal and Kaus,

Drege! Sands between Berg R. and Zwartland, £. & Z. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Very near Z. sericea, but smaller in all parts, with much smaller flowers, and nar-

rower leaves. Leaflets 1 inch long, }—} line wide, in a. canescent, in 8. nearly gla-

brate. Flowers about 3 lines long. Pods uncial.

20, L.mi ylla(E. Mey.! Comm, p.155); silky-canescent, shrubby;

twigs rigid, at length spine-tipped ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate,

leaflets small, linear-obovate or oblong, folded ; calyx villoso-pubescent,

its teeth very short and blunt; vexillum thinly pubescent near the

point; legume hairy. Benth.!1.c.p. 361. Aspalathus ceerulescens, E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 54. Krebsia argentea, E. & Z.! 1286,

Has. Rocky situations, Camdebosberg and Klein Bruintjesh Drege! nu

the Klipplaat R., Drege! E.§ Z.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D. Sd) me isi

_A small, woody, rigid, and densely branched bush, with thinly silky twigs and

silvery leaves. Leaflets }—} inch long, on petioles half that length, }-4 line wide.

The habit is that of a Buchenroedera. The calyx teeth are remarkably short and

sometimes nearly obsolete ; the calycine pubescence is rufescent.

_21, L, spinescens (Harv.); silky-canescent, at length sub-glabrescent,

divaricately branched, rigid, spiny; leaves on longish petioles, trifolio-

late, leaflets small, oblong-cuneate or linear, folded, canescent-puberu-

lous; calyx thinly silky or glabrescent, its teeth triangular-acute ; vexil-

lum silky above; legume sub-terete, glabrescent. ZL. armata, LE. Mey.!

Comm. p. 35. Benth.! 1. ¢, p. 361, non Thunb., nec. E. & Z. *

Lebeckia. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 89

Has. Rocks of Driekoppe, Drege! Dwaka R., Burke. Great Fish R., and Zout

Rivier, Beaufort, Zeyher ! 397. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Very rigid, robust, and woody, about a foot high, with patent branches and twigs.

eee generally shorter than the petiole, very narrow, 2-4 lines long, thinly

5. VIBORGIOIDES. (Sp. 22-24.)

_ 22, L. humilis (Thunb.! Prod. p. 122.); sub-glabrous, shrubby,

rigidly much-branched; leaves sub-sessile, sub-fasciculate, trifoliolate,

leaflets small, cuneate-oblong, acute or emarginate ; racemes short, laxly

few-flowered; calyx shortly, but sharply 5 toothed, with rounded inter-

spaces; legume sessile, linear, turgid, quite glabrous. Thunb. Fl, Cap.

p. 562. L. fasciculata, Benth. Lond. ! Journ. 3. p. 361.

Has. Bockland, Thunberg ! Cape Colony, Bowie! (Herb. Th., Hk.)

A small, densely-branched, woody bush, 6-12 inches high ; the younger parts

minutely appresso-puberulent, the older sub-glabrous. Leaves on very short peti-

oles, the leaflets 1—3 lines long, quite or nearly glabrous. Racemes 1-3 inches long,

laxly several flowered. Calyx 1 line long, very oblique. Petals on long claws. Legume

6-8 lines long, many-seeded. Turns black in drying.

23, L. sessilifolia (Benth, ! 1. c. p. 362); robust, shrubby, rigidly

much-branched; twigs silky-pubescent, leaves on very short petioles,

leaflets obovate or cuneate-oblong, thickish, glabrous or nearly so; racemes

short, dense, secund ; calyx campanulate, puberulous, its teeth lanceolate,

acute, nearly equalling the tube ; legume sessile, oblong, acute, turgid,

glabrescent. Acanthobotrya sessilifoha, E. § Z.1 No. 1344. Viborgua gran-

diflora, E. Mey. Comm.p. 31.

Has. Calcareous hills between Breede and Duivenhoeksrivier, Z. ¢ Z./ Caledon,

Mundt. ! (Herb. Sd., Hk.) Me

A thick-stemmed, woody, small bush, turning blackish in drying, the younger parts

minutely and appressedly puberulous, the older mostly glabrous. Twigs becoming

naked and rigid, but scarcely spiny. Leaflets 2-3 lines long, or a little longer, of

thickish, fleshy texture. Racemes 1-1} inch long, densely several-flowered. Calyx

4 lines long. Petals glabrescent, their claws shorter than the calyx-teeth. It turns

blackish in drying.

94. L. Bowieana (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 362); robust, shrubby, rigidly

much-branched ; twigs silky-pubescent ; leaves sub-sessile, sub-fascicu-

late ; leaflets small, cuneate-oblong or obovate, densely cano-pubescent on

each side ; racemes short, few-flowered ; calyx widely tubular, quite gla-

brous, shortly, but sharply 5-toothed, with rounded interspaces ; legume

sessile, oblong, acute, turgid, quite glabrous.

; Colony, Bowie! Zeyher, No. 2345. (Herb. Hk., Sd., Bh.)

ceding oe pest with sane sub-virgate branches, beset with short ramuli,

and somewhat crowded or tufted leaves. Petioles very short. Leaflets 2 lines long.

Flowers 1-3 at the ends of the branches, nodding. Calyx turning black in drying,

2-2} lines long. Petals glabrous, with longish claws. Keel shortly rostrate, obtuse.

Young legume turgid.

(Doubtful Species. )

L. marginata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 3 5); ‘silky-canescent; leaves

trifoliolate, leaflets spathulate, margined ; racemes short, lax ; calyx

5-fid ; vexillum pilose externally.” #. Mey. a Baga

Has. With ZL. cinerea, Drege. (Unknown to me.) : ple Poe

The saat distributed under this name by Ecklon (94.10) is merely C. cytisoides.

0: LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Viborgia.

XXII. VIBORGIA, Thunb,

Calyx oblique, shortly 5-toothed. All the petals with long, slender

claws; vexillum ovate; carina incurved or rostrate, longer. Stamens

monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, few-ovuled. Legume stipitate, ovate or

rarely oblong, indehiscent, winged on the upper suture, sharp and thin

along the lower. Benth. / in Hook. Lond. Journ. 3.p.363. Endl,Gen. 6479.

Rigid, slender, sometimes spiny shrubs, with palmately trifoliolate leaves and yel-

| low flowers : all natives of the Cape. Name in honour of Eric Viborg, an acute

Danish botanist.

TABLE OF THE SPECIES,

Branches, twigs, and leaves glabrous :

Branches and twigs virgate, scarcely spiny :

Leaflets lincar-cuneate, mucronate tei ee (Eee,

Leaflets obovate ; calyx-teeth blunt ... 1... (3) fusea,

Branches and twigs divaricating, more or less spiny :

Racemes few-flowered; legume narrow-oblong, sub- :

Rg ie es a A ES eda.

Racemes many-flowered ; twigs spinous ; legume com-

pressed, winged above... ... ... ... ... ... (6) armata,

Racemes many-flowered ; legume broadly winged all

round and crested onthe sides ... ... ... .... (7) tetraptera.

Branches and twigs more or less silky or pubescent Be,

Young leaflets thinly silky, older glabrate ; legume nar-

athena RS ee ere OR ee 2

Leaflets (and all parts) densely silky-canescent ; legume

1, V. flexuosa (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 28); quite glabrous ; branches

and racemes erect, elongate, lax; leaflets linear-cuneate or linear-oblong,

subglaucous, mucronate, on longish petioles ; legume? Benth. ! 1. c. p- 363.

Has. Rocks on the Kamiesberg, between Pedroskloof and Leliefontein, 3000-

4000f., Drege! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.)

A tall, laxly-branched, slender shrub, glabrous in all parts. Twigs virgate. Leaves

scattered ; the petiole 4~5 lines long ; leaflets as long, 1-1} line wide, turning black-

ish when dry. Racemes 5~6 inches long, many-flowered. Calyx-teeth acuminate.

Young legume on a long stipe, winged on the upper margin.

2. V. obcordata (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 560); branches virgate, stri-

ate, silky ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, the young

ones thinly silky, the older glabrate ; legume stipitate, turgid, trans-

versely wrinkled, with a very narrow wing. DC. Prod, 2. p. 136. HZ.

A slender, slightly-branched shrub, 3-6 fect high, with long, virgate, graceful

anches ; all the yo parts thinly silky, the eidediplahroscent. Leaves sub-dis-

tant, turning black in » _Racemes terminal or spuriously lateral, 3-8 inches

long, densely many-flowered. Calyx-teeth very short, Legume oval, turgid, wrinkled,

3. V. fusea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap, p. 560); glabrous ; branches rigid,

twigs subvirgate ; leaflets obovate or cuneate-oblong, mucronulate or.

rarely obtuse ; racemes many flowered ; calyx teeth short and blunt ;

carina subobtuse ; legume stipitate, compressed, with a broad wing along

V iborgia. | '- LEGUMINOSH (Harv.) 91

the ventral margin, the sides delicately netted-veined. Benth./ 1. c. p.

364. V. oblongata, HE. Mey. ! Comm. p. 29. excl. var. 8. V.incurvata, E.

Mey. Comm. p. 30. Pterocarpus peltaria, DC. Leg. Mem. p. 394. t. 57. f. 2-

Var. 8. microphylla; petioles very short ; leaflets much smaller. V. ifoli

& Mecest 3 pe ry sho’ mu er, V. parvifolia,

ean weg) of prisons? cna Between Groenekloof and Saldanha Bay,

an ween Zilverfontein an aus, Namaqualand, Drege/ Bp. N Breede

River, Swell., Mundt. ! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk.) Drogn a.

More densely leafy, and much more glabrous than W. obcordata, with very differ-

ent — Racemes 3~4 inches long, dense, the rachis rather rigid, but scarcely

spinous, Leaves turn dark or black in drying. inch d near]

broad, very thin and flat, the wing 14-2 este ee Z ee

4. V. cuspidata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 364); glabrous; branches rigid,

twigs short, flexuous or divarieate, rarely spinescent ; leaflets small, ob-

ovate or cuneate-oblong, mucronulate or obtuse; racemes lax, few

flowered ; carina subrostrate ; legume stipitate, narrow-oblong, subturgid,

winged on one margin, the sides quite smooth. V. oblongata, é cuspidata,

E. Mey.! Comm. p. 29.

Hap. Between Uitkomst and Geelbekskraal, 2000-3000f, Drege! (Herb. Bth. Hk.)

A rigid, stunted or depressed, robust, densely ramulose bush ; the twigs intricate

and much divided. Leaves on short petioles ; leaflets 2-3 lines long. I have only

seen immature legumes.

5. V. sericea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 560) ; densely silky-canescent in

all parts ; branches and twigs spreading, rigid, at length spinescent ;

leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, densely silky ; racemes short,

many flowered; calyx widely campanulate, pubescent ;_ carina subob-

tuse; legume stipitate, broadly winged at one side, the wing truncate

below the style, the sides delicately netted-veined. 4H, Mey. Comm. litt.

a &b? V. lanceolata, H. Mey! Comm. p. 29- Benth. 1. c. p. 365. Acantho-

Ce ae Sorted a of Mierenkasteel and Kasparskl

mountains

er ee Picpatian Drege! ee an uae: ea eT Clk

., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) : :

Robust, densely ramulous, and everywhere silky or silvery, with copious appressed

pubescence. Leaves closely set, on longish petioles ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, usually

blunt, sometimes emarginate, drying pale. Flowers 3 lines long, yellow.

6. V. armata (Harv.); glabrous, or nearly so; branches and twigs

; j leaflets cuneate-oblong or obovate,

flowered ; calyx teeth acumin-

ate ; carina rostrate ; legume com, , winged on one edge, the sides

rmata, Thunb.! Fi. Cap. p. 562. Acanthobotrya armata, E. & Z.! No.

thas "Ac. disticha, E. t Z.1 1341. Aspalathus mucronata, Thunb.! Fi.

Cap. p. 573+ 3

Van. A. puberula; leaflets and calyces minutely and appressedly pubescent. .

monoptera, E. Mey.! l. ¢- p. 3°. ee

Has. Kochman’s Kloof, Mundt.! 24 Rivers, Drege. ! Near Groenekloof, £. ¢ Z-!

. Ki : amaqualand, V, Schlicht! Tulbaghskloof, Zey. 379:

Pappe! “—0 tein, Zey. 382. N

(Heb. Th., “y Hk., D., Sd.)

ome d

92 -LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) — [Buchenroedera.

A very diffuse, laxly-branched, spiny bush ; the twigs horizontally patent or re-

flexed, rigid, and mostly tipped with spines. Foliage always pale, quite glabrous,

except in var. 8. Flowers small, pale yellow. Calyx-teeth remarkably tapering.

Wing of the legume variable, sometimes wide, sometimes comparatively narrow.

7. V. tetraptera (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 29) ; glabrous ; branches and

twigs patent, rigid, flexuous or divaricate, subspinescent ; leaves obovate-

oblong or cuneate, obtuse or mucronate ; calyx-teeth acute; carina

subrostrate ; legume broady winged on the upper and under edges, and

wing-crested on the sides. Benth.! l.c. p. 365. Zey.! No. 2299.

Var f. angustifolia; leaflets mostly linear. V. tenuifolia, E. Mey./ Linn. 7. p.

153. E. § Z.! 1350, ex pte.

Has. Berg River, at the Paarl, Riebeckskasteel, and between Langevalei and

Olifant’s River, &c. Drege! Cape District, Bowie. Breede River and R. Zonderende,

Zeyher! B. Mouth of the Breede River, Mundt.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Rigidly much-branched, flexuous ; readily known, when in fruit, by its 4-winged

legumes, the face of the valves rising in the middle into a sharp, wing-like crest ;

and both margins, ventral and carinal, being broadly winged. The leaves turn dark

in drying.

XXIII. BUCHENROEDERA, E. & Z.

_ Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-fid. Petals villous, on long claws ;

the carina roundish, short and blunt. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary

8-10 ovuled. Legume obliquely ovate, somewhat turgid, 1-3 seeded.

Benth! Lond. Journ. 7. p. 580.

Densely silky or silvery shrubs or suffrutices, with petiolate and stipulate, "3-folio-

late leaves, and white or purple flowers. The floral characters are nearly those of

Aspalathus, but the presence of stipules, and the distinctly petiolate leaves indicate

a group naturally separable. The legume is very short, scarcely 1} times as long as

the calyx. The generic name is in honour of W. L. V. Buchenroeder, a South African

botanist, and friend of Ecklon and Zeyher.

“TABLE OF THE SPECIES.

Stipules leaflike, equalling or exceeding the petiole ; flowers white or yellowish :

Leaflets cuneate or obovate :

closely silky ; bracts ovate, longer than the calyx ... (1) holosericea.

loosely silky ; bracts short ; leaflets minutely apiculate (2) Meyeri.

closely silky ; bracts short ; leafl. recwrvo-mucronate ... (3) multiflora.

Leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear-acuminate :

_ loosely silky ; spikes cylindrical, dense SS ics oe Cy epleatas

- closely silky ; wmbel many flowered ; fl. pedicellate ... (5) umbellata.

Stipules leaflike, equalling or exceeding the petiole ; flowers purple.

closely silky ; much branched ; bracts shorter than the calyx (6) tenuifolia.

_ loosely silky, depressed or decumbent ; bracts equalling the cal. (7) trichodes.

Stipules none or inconspicuous ; stems simple, virgate ... ... (8) viminea,

1. B. holosericea (Benth. ! in Lond. Journ. 7. p. 581) ; closely silky ;

leaflets cuneate, apiculate; heads of flowers dense, the ovate or oblong

bracts longer than the very villous calyx ; all the petals villous, of nearly

equal length ; legume densely villous. Benth. /—Aspalathus holosericea,

L. Mey. ! Comm. p. 37.

Has, Caffraria, near Omgaziana and Morley, Drege ! . Bth.

A slender, virgate shrub, the branches vainratibaroul og ro ref every part

fulvous with closely-appressed, short, silky hairs. Petiole 1-2 lines ; leaflets 3-4

lines long. Stipules leaflike, 14 as long as the petiole, Bracts 2 lines long, often

equally broad. ——

Buchenroedera.| | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 93

2. B. Meyeri (Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 47) ; loosely silky ; leaflets cune-

ate, minutely acuminate ; heads dense, the narrow oblong bracts shorter

than the very villous calyx; all the petals villous ; the vexillum 14 as

long as the ale and carina; legume very villous. Benth. l.c. p. 581.

Asp. cuneata, «, retusa, H. Mey.! Comm. p. 37.

Has. Caffirland, between the Buffel and Kei Rivers, Drege! (Hb. Bth., D., Hk.)

1-2 feet high, virgate, afterwards ramulous, straight, canescent, with copious, long

and softly silky whitish or fulvous hairs. Leaflets like those of B. holosericea, or

smaller. Bracts much shorter than the calyx, or rarely taper-pointed and nearly as

long. Calyx 2-24 lines long. Vexillum twice as long.

3. B. multiflora (E. & Z.! 1354); closely silky; leaflets cuneate,

recurvo-mucronulate ; spikes oblong, loose or rarely sub-capitate ; bracts

cuneate or oblong, shorter than the calyx ; petals villous, the vexillum

longer than the others ; legume villous. Benth.! 7. ¢. p. 582. B, gracilis,

E. & Z.11353. Asp. cuneata, 8. hamulosa, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 37. A.

polyantha, Walp. Burch. 3864. Buch. alpina, E. & Z.1 1352.

Has. Eastern Province, Uitenhage and Albany. Zuureberg, Gekau and Assa-

_ gaisbosch, Drege! Near Grahamstown and on the Fish River, Z. § Z./ Vanstaad-

ensberg, Zeyher, 2335. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

‘Smaller, more slender, and less virgate than B. Meyeri, with shorter and more

closely pressed pubescence, more lax inflorescence, and hook-pointed leaflets. In

E. & Z.’s B. alpina, from the Winterberg, the leaflets are rather broader than usual,

with shorter and less recurved poiats. “

4. B. spicata (Harv.); Joosely silky and, silvery, virgate ; leaflets

linear-lanceolate, acute ; spikes cylindrical, densely many flowered, the

lanceolate bracts equalling the calyx ; all the petals villous ; calyx teeth

acuminate; legume densely villous.

Has. Sides of the Winterberg, among rocks and long grass, Mrs. FP. W. Barber!

43. (Herb. T.C.D.) ee . . “

Chiefly branched near the base, 14 feet high, the branches long, rodlike, ending

in a dense spike of white flowers, slightly tinged with greenish-yellow. Whole plant

silvery, with long, soft and loose hairs. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad, acute

tat each end. Stipules similar to the leaflets and nearly as long, longer than the

petiole, erect. Bracts broader than the leaflets, but similar in shape. Spikes 2-3

inches long. Calyx teeth lanceolate.

5. B. umbellata (Harv.) ; appressedly silky and silvery, subsimple ;

leaflets linear-acuminate, acute at base, nearly twice as long as the

petiole ; stipules and bracts linear-lanceolate ; umbels subsessile, many

flowered; pedicels of the flowers at least as long as the calyx, shorter

than the bracts ; petals villous.

Has. Transkei Country, on the Plains, Mrs. F. W. Barber! 35. (Herb. D.)

Many stemmed, tufted, erect ; stems simple, 6-8 inches high, densely leafy, end-

ing in a shortly pedunculate or subsessile umbel of cream coloured flowers. Flowers

12-15 in each umbel, on pedicels 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 7-9 lines long, 1 line

wide, tapering at the base, and almost cuspidate at the apex.

6. B. tenuifolia (E. & Z.! 1355) ; closely silky ; leaves narrow cune-

ate or linear ; bracts lanceolate, shorter than the calyx ; flowers either

interruptedly racemose or umbellate-subcapitate ; petals villous, the

vexillum somewhat longer than the others. Benth, l.c. p. p<: Se

Van. . pulchella ; taller and more robust, with shorter, broader, more cuneate

leaves. Asp. pulchella, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 38. ras er

94 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

Has. On the sunny slopes of mountains near Silo, on the Klipplaat River, Tam-

bukiland, #. & Z.! Mrs. F. W. Barber! Katberg and Stormberg, Drege / (Herb.

Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A much branched, silky and fulvescent shrub, 1 foot high, with blueish-purple

flowers, in pedunculate umbel-like 4-6 flowered heads, or in interrupted racemes.

Lower stipules small. Peduncle 1-1} inch long. Stems 1o~15 inches high.

7. B. trichodes (Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 47); softly hairy with long hairs ;

leaflets linear-cuneate, acuminate ; bracts lanceolate, equalling the calyx ; —

flowers umbellato-capitate ; petals villous, the vexillum not much longer

than the rest. Benth. /1. c. p. 582. Aspalathus trichodes, E. Mey.! Comm.

Pp: 38.

Has. Summit of the Katberg, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A small, depressed shrublet, 6~12 inches long, with short, ascending branches,

densely clothed with long, pale hairs. Umbels shortly pedunculate, 4-8 flowered.

Calyx 3 lines long ; pedicel nearly 2 lines. Flowers blueish-purple. The smallest

and most hairy of the genus ; resembling a Lotononis,

8. B, viminea (Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 47) ; softly hairy, stems simple,

virgate ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, mucronate, the upper somewhat lanceo-

late ; bracts nearly similar; flowers terminal, spicate or lateral, and

clustered. Benth.l.c. p. 583. Asp. vminea, EB. Mey.! Comm. p. 38.

aoe between the Omsamcaba and Omsamwubo, Drege! (Herb. Bth.,

Stems 1-2 feet high, simple and rodlike, leafy throughout, from a perennial root.

Petiole very short, or scarcely any ; leaflets 4-6 lines long, varying from cuneate to

_ lanceolate, always acute, Calyx-lobes short, triangular. Very similar in habit to

Lotononis sessilifolia,

signe LL XXIV. ASPALATHUS, Linn.

Calyx subequally s5—toothed or 5-cleft, or the two upper lobes shorter

and broader. Vewillum short-clawed, erect, keeled at back, spreading ;

carina incurved or rarely straight. Stamens monadelphous, with a split

tube. Ovary 2-4-8, rarely many ovuled ; style glabrous, incurved.

Legume obliquely ovate or sublanceolate, subcompressed, acute, one or

few seeded. Benth.! Lond. Journ. Fs Pi BBR A

very Many cases numerous additional leaves spring from the axils of the exterior

three, said hen the leaves are said to be tu or fascicled. The inflorescence is

properly terminal and racemose or spiked ; but when the flowers are solitary from

ithin a tubercle, as they seem to be axillary, they are here called lateral. The

corolla is yellow, or rarely blueish-purple, red or white. have adopted the general’

arrangement of Mr. Bentham, who groups the species under twelve tolerably natu-

ral, but not very absolutely limited ons, as set forth in the following key :

KEY TO THE SECTIONS OF Aspalathus.

“Wicvwien lilac poutliade le soli ik i racemose :

Leaves fat, broall ar narrow : 6

v8. glabrous or roughly villous, not silky _.. -. (1) Cephalanthe.

Lys. silky or very softly and closely vies aoe i Sericeze.

oes Lys. terete or trigonous (linear or subulate) : ; :

Claws of carina and ale adnate to the staminal tube Synpetale. —

Claws of carina and ale quite free from Pvaer rg

Aspalathus. } LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 95

Legume obliquely ovate, short, (flowers small) (4) Leptanthe.

Legume vilious, turgid, ovate or lanceolate, re-

. Flowers sessile, lateral, mediocre .. (5) Laterales.

Legume linear-lanceolate, many seeded... ... (6) Macrocarpe.

Legume thick, villous, obliquely lanceolate, several seeded %%

Flowers lateral, or subterminal, 1~2 together (7) Grandiflore.

Fl. terminal, subcapitate $23 (8) Pachycarpe.

Legume glabrous or silky, obliquely lanceolate :

Lvs. fleshy. Flowers mediocre or large,

subsessile, capitate, spiked or solitary

way

and Jateral, mostly glabrous Hoe ap)

Lvs. fleshy. Fl. small, lateral, sessile ;

pet. mostly glabrous ... --. (10) Pingues.

Lys. not fleshy. Flowers at the ends of

short ae solitary, in pairs or race- ae Z

mose ... (11) Terminales.

Flowers one or few on the end of a ‘long, filiform ‘peduncle (12) Peduneulares.

f ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

1. ‘Daphalanenas’ —Leaves ternate, or scarcely tufted, fat, coriaceous, glabrous,

or villous, but not silky. Flowers terminal, sessile or on short pedicels. Legume

op ae ovate, shorter than the calyx, rarely lanceolate, exserted, erect.

(Sp. 1-19

* Lowest calysx-lobes longer and broader than the rest, concave, boat-shaped.

+ Carina glabrous : floral leaves large :

Lvs. oblong, undulate, squarrose. Ovary gl glabrous (1) undulata, —

Lvs. \inear-lanceolate, flat. Ovary villous ... (2) suaveolens.

++ Carina villous ; floral leaves small :

Zs. glabrescent. Calya-lobes as long as tube (3) venosa,

Ins. villoso-hirsute. Cal.-lobes very long ... (4)

** Calyx nearly equally 5tobed. Flowers capitate, or 2-4 terminal.

¢ Leaves orbicular, obovate, broadly spathulate, or cuneate-oblong.

Bracts roundish-obovate, concave : a. =f

Calyo lobes ‘wisngulsr-souminste, glabrous (8) truncata. 2 haa

al ee round-ovate, obtuse, pubescent (15) psoraleoides. -

Bracts small, linear or setaceous :

Ivs, thickened at the margin ... .. (10) marginata.

Ins. not thickened at margin ; calyx

+ glabrous... iivte aR) eee

Lvs. not margined ; ‘calyx ‘pubescent or villous :

Lws. orbicular ; ovary 8-ovuled ... (5) orbiculata. <

ZL. obovate or cuneate-oblong ; } Ovary fe

4-5 ovuled ... .. ... (6) securifolia. ~~~

L. cuneate-spathulate, puberulous ; ;

ovary 4-ovuled ... : hrm Soo

++ Lvs. narrow-spathulate, linear, lanceolate or oblong

Flowers 2-6 together, in small heads or subsolitary.

Lvs. narrow-spathulate, 2 lines long ; calyx

hairy wie a8) y :

Tvs, linear, ‘4-6 lines long ; “eal. hirsute (12) stenophylla. ek he

Iws. very narrow-linear $ cal. glabrescent (13) ; SRO saint

Jas. oblongo-lanceolate ; cal. very hairy (14) stellaris. ae

Sige bate an a eae

Lvs. oblongo-lanceo! nT ae ae

wabulate. «sss. stu see iss _anthyllo : +

: ins. s.Hinearlanceolate, ME bracts ov ie

96 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

2. Sericese.— Lower or all the leaves tufted or rarely ternate, flat, silky or softly

and densely villous. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate. ‘Legume obliquely ovate,

shorter than the calyx, or taper-pointed and a little longer. (Sp. 20-33).

* Leaf-tubercles neither prominent nor aculeate. Flowers in terminal heads or spikes,

or 2-4 in terminal tufts.

+ Ovary 2-ovuled.

Diffuse or procumbent : :

Heads 2-5 flowered... 2... wcs 52. «1. ee (20) Villosa, a

Heads densely many flowered ... ... ... ... (24) jacobawa, ;

Erect and virgate :

Pubescence silvery ; bracts minute ... ... ... (21) sericea,

Pubescence villous ; bracts leaflike :

Calyx teeth broad and shorter than the tube (25) elongata.

Calyx teeth subulate, equalling the tube :

Pubescence scanty ; carina short ... (22) Meyeri.

Pub. copious ; carina nearly eq. to vex. (23) virgata. ;

+ Ovary 4-8 ovuled. x

Procumbent ; bracteoles lanceolate ... ... (26) lotoides, :

Erect, virgate ; bracteoles filiform ... ... (27) heterophylla, eS

** Leaf-tubercles conspicuous, and mostly aculeate. Flowers sessile, solitary or few

together in small heads,

+ Ovary 4-8 ovuled ; tubercles rarely pointless.

: Flowers in terminal few flowered heads :

Involucral bracts lanceolate, acute ... ....... (28) tridentata, ?

Invol. bracts obovate, much shorter than calyx (29) argentea. P

_ Flowers lateral ; petals purple within : ;

Calyx-lobes short, triangular... ... ... (30) ferruginea.

Calyx-lobes taper-pointed, elongate ... ... ... (31) purpurea.

Flowers lateral ; petals pale or yellow within .... ... (32) tha,

+t Ovary 2-ovuled ; tubercle blunt ; leaves silvery ... (33) semula.

3. Synpetale.— Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile, lateral or

terminal. Claws of the carina and ale adnate to the staminal tube. Legume ob-

liquely ovate, shorter or scarcely longer than the calyx. (Sp. 34~44).

1. Flowers capitate. (A. ciliaris has occasionally solitary, terminal fl. ) —

Leaf-tufts subtended by a sharp spine... ... - »» (34) aculeat a

Leaf-tufis unarmed ; cal.-lobes subulate.

Lvs. rigid, straight, pungent ; ovary glabrous ... (35) chenopoda,

Lvs. soft, curved, mucronate ; ovary villous ... (36) araneosa. +

Leaf-tufts unarmed ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3~nerved (37) ciliaris, -

2. Flowers either lateral, or 1-3 at ends of short branchlets.

Calyz-lobes subulate, or lanceolate, acute : #

Flowers 1-3 at the end of short branchlets ... (38) Benthami.

Flowers \ateral ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3 nerved.

Calyx-lobes twice as long as tube +. es (39) incurva.

Calyx-lobes shorter than tube ... ... ... (41) nervosa.

Flowers lateral ; calyx-lobes subulate.

Albo-plumose ; cal.-lobes thrice as long as tube (40) leucopheea.

Pubescent ; cal.-lobes recurved, equalling tube (44) comosa.

Calyz-lobes short, broad and obtuse :

Bracts linear ; cal.-lobes concave, boat-shaped (42) uniflora. tT

Bracts ovate ; cal.-lobes flat, ovate: ... ... ... (43) prostrata.

4. Leptanthe. Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile (small).

Claws of the petals free from the staminal tube. Legume obliquely ovate, shorter

— or not much longer than the calyx. (Sp. 45-57.)

Flowers spicate or capitate{m italin Canrand thin Cnt ten Rowthbeow ve tewiata )

oven Kayes or = ong-lanceolate, shorter than the tube :

cane obes blunt ; fl. many, hairy ; ov vuled i 2 a

Cal. lobes acuteé ; fl. rose arom mae Siveaied a3 paviiett,

Calyx-teeth lanceol. or subulate, longer than the tube:

Robust, rigid ; lvs. short, blunt, fleshy, 2 lineslong (47) Forbesii.

Slender, virgate; vs. subulate, slender, 3-4 lines (48) spicata. %

rip

Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) : 97

Flowers lateral, or interruptedly subspicate :

Diffuse or prostrate, much branched :

Leaf-tubercles neither prominent nor spiniferous :

Leaves densely imbricated, straight :

Pubescent ; fi. lvs. not much longer than

calyx-tube ; cal. lobes twice as long as

Gia tne = ces Gat

Softly pilose; fl. leaves much longer

than calyx-tube; cal.-lobes twice as

long asthe tube ... -- se se

Pubescent or subglabrous; fi. lvs. very

short; calyx lobes not longer than

the tube: .... 2s ye ee

Villoso-canescent; fl. lvs. short; cal.-

lobes equalling the villous tube

Leaves very slender, patent, incurved, 5-6

nes long...

: as eke ai eee (53) asparagoides.

Leaf-tubercles prominent and armed with shortspurs :

Cal.-lobes subulate; vexillum ovate, acute,

hinky SKY ee, ts wee te see (54) calearata.

Cal.-lobes broadly lanceolate ; vex. obcordate,

Gitky-villoud a5 ee UBB) Pappeana.

Erect shrubs, virgate or ramulous :

Densely covered with silky-white hairs; calyx-

teeth short cates uh Eg nel nese omer ed, AGO) A

Roughly hairy or pilose, with dark hairs ; cal.-

lobes long... ... + = a. we es (87) Tubrofusca.

5. Laterales. Leaves tufted, terete or trigonous. Flowers subsessile, lateral.

Ovary 2-4 ovuled. Legume villous, exserted, obliquely ovate or lanceolate, commonly

turgid, at length horizontally patent or deflexed. (Sp. §8-74-)

Leaf-tufts not spine-bearing : :

Leaves straight and rigid, pungent-mucronate (rarely

pointless), scarcely more than half inch long :

‘Adult leaves glabrous ; cal--lobes subulate; soe

(58) teres.

ovary 4—-ovul CO nee as

Cinereo-pubescent; calyx-lobes lanceolate ;

ovary 2-ovuled... ... 0 se. see (61) rigescens.

Carina glabrous

2 :

Calyx-lobes setaceo-pungent or needleshaped :

‘Adult leaves glabrous ; flowers 6-

Hines long 2... ee sees oe (59) hirta.

Leaves albo-tomentose; flowers 5 lines :

WOR ne 5 osc et cee ee (60) hystrix.

Cal.-lobes broadly lanceolate, ribbed, longer

‘han the tub@. <0 5s, oss ae es cat (62) opaca.

Leaves scarcely pungent, more than 4 inch long; ovary

2—ovuled : os :

Leaves glabrous (the young pubescent).

Calyx-teeth lanceolate-falcate, mucronate, :

longer than the tube gtr eee a. 103) acanthes. e

Calyx-teeth much shorter than the tube ... (64) Burchelliana. .

t tose; cal truncate, with Pee |

Leaves silky tomen yx te, Sie = a

short, setaccous teeth ar ae -

Leaves silky and silvery; cal.-teeth very short; ti ie

a vcillum with a long claw wee (66) longifolia,

subulate, Se

Leaves silky and silvery; calyx-teeth

equalling the tube... srs ret ge

Leaves not pangs, rarely more than 4 lines long:

Leaves rous or very thinly puberulous, 3-4 _

VOL. O. Z wt — zo

98 : LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [A spalathus.

Leaves canescent or appressedly silky, acute. 3-4 .

ow SER Se eee ea

Leaves canescent and tomentose, obtuse, 1-2

gs gs 550 cay ons Fives

ueaves dense, slender, commonly setaceous, mucronate,

incurved, 4-6 lines long ; ovary 2-ovuled.

Leaves villoso-canescent ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-

subulate, needlepointed, longer than the tube, (71) setacea.

Leaves hairy; calyx-lobes setaceous, 14-2ce as

ais

(7°) frankenioides.

long asthetube ... ... ... ... .. « (72) Alopecurus.

4 Leaves glabrous or nearly so ; calyx-lobes short,

deltoid «se (73) incurvifolia. e

> Lealtafia armed with a charp, central spine. .. .. (74) Chaminonis. — ¥

6. Macrocarpe. Leaves tufted, terete or flattish. Ovary many-ovuled. Legume

linear-lanceolate, elongate. (Sp. 75-78.)

Suffruticose, glabrescent ; branches subsimple... ... ... (78) filicaulis.

Virgate shrubs ; leaves villous or glabrous :

Leaf-tubercle calcarate ; calyx downy, its teeth short (76) macrocarpa.

Leaf-tubercle pointless ; calyx villous, its teeth long (77) pinea.

Shrubby, divaricate and spiny ; leaves silky and silvery .... (78) Garipensis.

7. Grandiflore. Leaves tufted, terete, or trigonous. Flowers lateral or subter-

minal, solitary or in pairs, large. Ovary several-ovuled, Legume broadly-lanceolate,

thick, subturgid. (Sp. 79-84.)

Lys. setaceo-filiform, 1% uncial; calyx-teeth long, subulate-acuminate : 3

Leaf-tubercle unarmed, or minutely mucronulate ... (79) Willdenowiana. .

Leaf-tubercle sharply calcarate; stigma decurrent ... (80) leptophylla.

Lys. linear-terete, bluntish, canescent, short ... .... .. (81) rostrata. ?

Lys. setaceo-subulate, glabrescent, bracteoles simple ... (82) macrantha. ‘

Lys. keeled, pilose or glabrous ; bracteoles trifoliolate : *}

Calyx-lobes broadly-lanceolate; branches hairy ... (83) grandiflora. : :

Calyx-lobes subulate-acuminate, pungent ...°... ... (84) galeata. 2

8. Pachycarpe. Leaves tufted, terete, or trigonous. Flowers terminal, subcapi-

tate, large. Ovary several-ovuled. Legume thick, obliquely broadly-lanceolate or

ovate, rhomboid, villous. (Sp. 85-87.)

Leaves acute or mucronate, glabrous or pilose :

® Lvs. 4 lines long; cal.-lobes short ; ovary 6-ovuled (85) densifolia.

Lys. 2-2} lines long ; cal.-lobes equalling tube ; ovary

gE ONE fg ee cents genes nen (86) triquetra.

Leaves obtuse, cano-tomentose, 1 linelong ... ..... (87) propinqua.

9. Carnose. Leaves tufted (rarely ternate), terete or trigonous, generally fleshy.

Flowers (moderate or large) sessile or short-pedicelled» Calyx subcarnose. Petals

‘on eae Legume glabrous, obliquely lanceolate or acute, usually exserted.

(Sp. 101.) |

Flowers spicate or capitate ; leaves obtuse or acute, but not é.

Glabrous or very minutely puberulous : : at

Lys. ternate, flat or concave above, acute; fl. F

eae ae eee (88) callosa. *

Lys. short, fleshy, blunt or mucronulate; cal.- -

Lys. acutely ee fil. 1-2 terminal ; cal.- a

, _ teeth broadly ovate, obtuse ... ... ... ... sarcodes.

Twigs pubescent or hairy : ot

( Lvs. 4-6 lines long, incurved, ternate, acute; cal.

bes lanceolate, longer'than the tube ..._... ) erythrodes.

Lvs, 2-3 lines long, blunt ; cal.-lobes lanceolate, ie

: ) acute, longer than the tube oe Nee eae (0A) EOS, =

Lengioh. + ey 2-3 lines long, blunt ; cal.-lobes oval,'obtuse, — 2. is xe

shorter than fue ae os (91) carnosa. Laan

Lvs. 3-5 lines long, blunt, tufted ; cal. lobes ovate-

e tu ,

_ =~ acuminate, equalling the tube ... ... ... (94) sarcantha. ye.

Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.)

Lys. 4-5 lines long, . villoso-ciliate ; fl. densely

capitate ; calyx: villous. ... ... 4... 6. (95) capitata.

Flowers capitate or solitary: leaves pungent-mucronate ;

glabrous. a

Fl. subcapitate ; vexillum glabrous ; lvs. mucronate .. a4 xeon: A dda

FI, solitary, terminal ; vexillum silky = ee

Fl. 2-4 together ; vexillum glabrous; lvs. subulate oe ciphyin. ee

Flowers solitary and mostly lateral ; leaves pointless : ovary futher Ae eg

Glabrous ; (flowers very variable in size, glabrous)... (99) arida. ;

Branches densely — leaves glabrous, Bs

glabrous... safer a es

Branches tomentulose ; “leaves ‘eano-puberulous a

gume pubescent... ... ... (101) pallescens, —

10. Pingues. Leaves tufted, tate or ‘Hgorions: Flowers (small) lateral,

tary, sessile or short-pedicelled. Petals glabrous or rarely

or silky, scarcely turgid, exserted, obliquely lanceolate. (Sp. fo2-117.)

Unarmed ; ovary with 4-6 ovules :

Leaves half inch long or more, much See es than the

flowers... 3

Lvs. linear, 13-3 lines long :

Flowers yellow; vexillum with a basal callus ;

ovules6 ... .. «+. (103) affinis.

Fl. reddish ; vexil. naked ‘at base ; . ovules 4: 4

calyx 15-striate = .. (105) costulata. <

Lys. ovoid or subrotund, 3-1 ‘Tine Tong: :

Flowers yellow ; ei (104) pinguis.

Flowers red ; ovules 4~6 Pipa Wig atc... ove; gett, ee.» }

Unarmed ; ovary with only two ovules:

Calyx-teeth very short, obtuse, or obsolete :

Lys. 2-3 lines long; calyx glabrous... ..._ ... (107) adelphea.

Leaves 4-1} lines long ; calyx downy | ... ++ (£08) microdon.

Cal.-teeth triangular, with strongly recurved margins (109) recurva.

Cal.-teeth linear or subulate, as long as the ee or

longer es ae rs Or

Leaves and petals glabrous. a id a 10) Warmbeana,

Leaves appressedly puberulous ; vexillum thinly

sil

Calyxteoth much shorter than the tube:

Pubescence scanty ; leaves glabrous or subcanescent :

. (112) incomta. 9

Calyx-teeth subulate ... -.. -.. <1) +++ (IIT) lactea.

Calyx-teeth triangular iv (113) lepida.

Pubescence copious ; whole e plant white, with

silky hairs i sis eee (114) argyrea.

Armed with rigid spines :

Leaves very short (not 1 line long), fleshy, obtuse . (115) spinescens.

Leaves 3~—8 lines long, linear, terete or compressed, ‘

glabrous or subcanescent oe .. ... (116) spinosa.

Leaves linear-spathulate, quite flat, canescent . (117) obtusata,

11. Terminales. Leaves tufted, terete or Sdiohois (rarely solitary or ternate,

not carnose. Flowers oe or mediocre) at the ends of the twigs, either solitary,

pairs, or racemulose or spicate. Petals silky or glabrous. Calyx turbinate or W d

campanulate. Legume o aly lanceolate, glabrous or silky, scarcely”

(Sp. 118-137.) a

Leaves ternate or tufted, the adult glabrous ; Hs 153, pedi-

cellate at the ends of short twigs :

Leaves subulate ; calyx-lobes pungent ; carina rostrate —

Cal.-lobes. twice as long as the tube ; carina

arched and rostrate... ... -- inh

Cal-lobes as long as tube ; ‘carina

strongly inflexed ... 0-1. eve + —

VoL. Th

400 Ge LeaumiNosa (Harv) — [Aapalathus.

Leaves linear, fleshy, blunt or mucronulate ; carina 3

straight and blunt... ... ... ... ... ... ... (120) pedicellata.

Leaves tufted, glabrous or silky; fl. 1-2, sessile among

the uppermost leaves :

Nearly glabrous, or minutely and thinly canescent:

_Calyx-lobes longer than the tube or equalling it,

subulate ; leaves acute:

Lys. puberulous, the floral shorter than the

calyx, ovary silky ... ... ... ... ... (121) retroflexa.

Lys. glabrous, the floral equalling the calyx ;

ovary glabrous... ... ... ... ... ... (122) galioides.

Cal.-lobes longer than the tube, lanceolate, with

reflexed margins. ... (123) marginalis.

Cal.-lobes shorter than the tube ; leaves acute,

subpungent ; petals pubescent ... ... ... (124) exilis.

Canescent ; leaves white and silky ...°... ... ... (128) rubens,

Leaves tufted, glabrous or downy ; fl. pedicellate, 2-3 or ‘

more in a short raceme; branches often spiny :

Calyx-lobes short, triangular, not pungent :

Unarmed ; lvs. minute, obtuse... ... ...... (133) vermiculata.

Spinous ; lvs. slender, filiform ... ... ... ... (132) ferox.

Calyx-lobes pungent or needle-pointed :

Lvs. subulate-acicular, pungent, very patent, $-}

inch long or more:

Erect, robust; vexillum pilose on the ridge,

other petals glabrous ww. ww. ww... (126) astroites.

Spreading, more slender ; vexillum and carina

silky ; (fl small, pale yellow)... ... ...... (127) vulnerans.

Lvs. terete, pungent, short or very short, 1~3 lines long:

Spinescent ; divaricately much branched :

Leaves slender, 2-3-4 lineslong ... ... (128) pungens.

Leaves short and fleshy, 1-1} lines long ... (130) acuminata.

Unarmed or scarcely spinescent, divaricate ; lvs.

Short 2. ine RS Sas ae eae

Lvs. linear-terete, obtuse or mucronulate, not pungent

fl. bright yellow... 2. 1. 1. 1... o (129) genistoides,

Leaves tufted or ternate, silky and canescent; flowers sub-

sessile, in a terminal spike:

— ternate, lanceolate, acute, flat; cal.-teeth ovate,

Lys. tufted. subulate, pungent; cal.-teeth a

Poni Wei Wie Vee vee Ss ee sc. see CGS) ormata.

Lvs. solitary or subsolitary, glabrescent, uncial or longer ;

anes few-flowered : a

xillum pubescent, as long as the pubescent carina (136 corymbosa.

Vexillum puberulous, longer than the much arched wet

glabrous carina Geb Ne SE see see al. (997) -Comuifolia,

12, Pedunculares. Leaves ternate or fascicled (rarely solitary), linear-subulate

or flat. Flowers at the end of a long, capillary peduncle (or leafless ramulus), soli-

tary or 2-3 together. (Sp. 138-148.)

Leaves slender, terete or semiterete, nearly glabrous, not pungent :

Ovary sessile, 6-ovuled :

Procumbent ; lvs. compressed, acute at each end (138) capillaris,

Ascending ; lvs. linear-filiform, subterete ; pedune.

3-3 ROWROR sek tik BS (139) pedunculata.

Ovary stipitate, 2-4 ovuled :

Lvs, solitary ; bracts minute, subremote toothlike (140) nudiflora, _

Lvs. tufted ; bracts leajlike, equalling cal. tube (141) bracteata, —

Leaves slender, terete (and the whole shrub) densely silky-canescent :

Lvs. acute ; fl. subtended by slender bracts ; legume

= OVALE... ... 0s. sie “ass abe case vee ves «se (148) longipes,

- Lvs. blunt ; fl. naked; legume lanceolate ... .., (146) nivea,

Aspalathus.] — LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 101

Leaves slender, terete or subulate, pungent-mucronate,

glabrescent :

Lys. short (2-3 lines), Zinear, mucronate ... « (147) suffruticosa.

Lys. longish (6-8 lines) subwlate, aristato-pungent ... (148) ulicina. f

Leaves flat, linear or linear-lanceolate :

Lvs. clothed with long, white hairs ... ... ... ... 142) lanata.

Lys. ternate or tufted, thinly villous, soon glabrous =

and glossy -.. (143) faleata,

Lvs. solitary, glabrous ; stems angular and furrowed (144) alternifolia. -

1. CEPHALANTHE, (Sp. 1-19.)

1. A. undulata (E. & Z. No. 1368); branches hairy-villous; leaves

oblongo-lanceolate, acute at each end, wndulate, squarrose, glabrous or cili-

ate, midribbed and veiny below ; the floral leaves orbicular-acute, villoso-

ciliate, veiny, longer than the flowers ; the four upper segments of the

hairy calyx linear-lanceolate, the lowest longest, cymbaform, 2-3 times

as long as the tube; vexillum silky, longer than the glabrous keel;

ovary 4—-ovuled, glabrous; legume obliquely lanceolate, obtuse. Benth./

in Hook. Lond. Journ. vol. 7. p. 594. A. involucrata, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 38.

Ononis fasciculata, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 589.

Has. On the Winterhoeksberg, 2-3000 f. E. § Z./ Drege! (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk.)

A rigid, robust, densely-branched, erect bush, 1-2 feet high; the branches

densely tomentose and hairy. Leaves closely set, ternate, rigid, pale green, 4-5

lines long, 1-2 lines wide, often recurved, with minutely calloso-denticulate edges,

the younger ciliate, older glabrous. Floral leaves solitary, many-nerved, } inch long,

4 lines wide, yellowish, fringed with long, woolly hairs. Calyx 4 lines long, densely

hairy. Bracteoles linear, 4-5 lines long. Flowers pale yellow.

2. A. suaveolens (E. & Z. No. 1369); pilose, with long hairs ; leaves

linear-lanceolate, subfalcate, very acute, midribbed and veiny below; the»

the floral leaves obovate, acuminate, hairy, equalling the flowers ; the

four upper segments of the hairy calyx lanceolate, acute, thrice as long

as the tube, the lowest longer, cymbeform ; vexillum silky, longer

than the glabrous keel; ovary villous, 5-6 ovuled. Benth. 1. c. p. 594.

Doan <i agi regions of the Winterhoeksberg, Worcester, EZ. § Z./ (Herb. Bth.,

A small, x Be suberect or ascending, shrubby plant, thinly covered with long,

softish hairs. Leaves ternate, subdistant, 5-6 lines long, }—} line wide, flat, erecto-

patent, more or less falcate. Floral leaves purplish or green, veiny, densely hirsute

and fringed with woolly hairs. A smaller, more slender, less erect, and less densely

branched, more hairy bush than A. undulata, with narrower leaves, and smaller

heads and flowers. ‘

3. A. venosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 39); branchlets villoso-tomentose ;

leaves oblongo-lanceolate, pungent-mucronate, rigid, thinly villous, after-

wards glabrous, midribbed and veiny below; floral leaves small, much

shorter than the calyx, obovate, villous ; the four upper lobes of the

densely hirsute calyx lanceolate, equalling the tube, the lowest cymbe-

form, longer; vexillum silky-villous, longer than the calyx and the

silky-villous carina; alex little shorter than the carina; ovary 2—-ovuled. |

Benth. ! l. ¢. p. 595. : gig

Has. Among rocks on the Giftberg, Cederberg, 1500-25¢

(Herb. Benth. ) ss ee

A robust, rigid, divaricately branched, subdichotomous bush, 1-2 feet high ; the

old branches with rough, ashen bark, the twigs fulvous and densely hairy. Leaves

102 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus,

subdistant, very rigid, 4-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, subrecurved ; the floral leaves

much shorter, smaller and of thinner substance than the cauline. Calyx 34-4 lines

long, as well as the orange flowers, thickly villous.

4. A. polycephala (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 39) ; densely villoso-hirsute ;

leaves obovate or oblong, recurvo-mucronate, pungent, squarrose, sub-

canescent ; floral rather shorter than the calyx ; four upper calyx-lobes

lanceolate, acuminate, thrice as long as the tube, the lowest broadly-obo-

vate-cymbzform ; vexillum villous, as long as the calyx and longer

than the villous carina ; ale very small ; ovary hairy, 2-ovuled. Benth.!

l. ec. DP. 595: :

Has. On the Blaauberg and Kaudeberg, 3-4000 f., Drege. Nov.-Dec. (Herb.

Bth., D., Hk.)

A rigid, spreading, divaricately branched, very hairy bush. Leaves 2-3 lines

long, 1-14 line broad, ternate, patent or reflexed, pale green. Heads of flowers

very numerous, terminating short branchlets. Floral leaves yellowish, larger than

the cauline, but shorter than the flowers, very hairy. Calyx § lines long, the lowest

segment much broader and longer than the rest. Flowers yellow.

5. A. orbiculata (Benth. Lond. Journ. 7. p. 595); twigs tomentose ;

leaves orbicular, cuneate at base, thick, concave, glabrous ; flowers capi-

tate; calyx thinly villous, its lobes subequal, lanceolate, acute, as long

as the tube ; petals silky, the vexillum orbicular, scarcely longer than

the carina ; ovary pubescent, 8-ovuled. Benth.!1.c.

Has. South Africa, Scholl’ (Herb., Vind., Benth.)

A robust, rigid, erect shrub, 2-3 feet high, with suberect branches. Leaves 3-4

lines long, equally wide or wider, mucronulate, pale green, shining, obscurely ribbed

and veiny below, tapering at base into an imperfect petiole. Floral leaves small,

spathulate. Calyx 2} lines long. Vexillum twice as long as the calyx, on a longish

claw, densely villous; the other petals thinly silky. Flowers yellow. ‘

6. A. securifolia (E. & Z.! No. 1 363) ; twigs tomentose; leaves obo-

vate, orbicular, or suboblong, cuneate at base, thick, concave, the lateral

oblique, glabrous or minutely puberulous, acute or mucronulate ; flowers

capitate, the floral leaves very small, linear; calyx puberulous, its lobes

lanceolate-subulate, scarcely equalling the tube; petals pubescent, vexillum

broadly ovate, slightly longer than the carina 3 ovary villous, 4-5

ovuled; legume obliquely ovate. Benth. Ll. c.

Var. 8. spathulata; . i

- cuhdiae B Pes pity broader, less acute ; calyx larger and more hairy.

Has. Rocky hills on the Zonderende R., Swell., Z. § Z./ — Var. 8. on Babylon’s

Toorensberg, Caledon, E. § Z./ Mundt. and Maire?! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk., Sd.)

A robust, rigid, diffusely branched shrub, 1-2 feet high. Leaves 3-4 lines long,

1-23-3 wide, shining, pale green, crowded, the young ones microscopically downy,

the older punctate. Heads of flowers ve- short, the floral leaves very small ; the

bracts setaceous. Calyx 2 lines long. Petals twice as long, pale yellow. Near

A. orbiculata, but the flowers are smaller, the tals inutely d the cal

lobes narrower, and the ovules fewer. : = scenery ieee es fe

7. A. exigua (E. & Z.! No. 1 365); branches rufo-tomentose ; leaves

cuneato-spathulate-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate, puberulous, at length

glabrous, shining ; flowers capitate, the Jl. leaves linear and bracteoles seta-

ceous ; calyx pubescent, its lobes subequal, lanceolate-subulate, acute,

longer than the tube ; petals silky, the vexillum broadly ovate, longer

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 103

than the carina; ovary 4—-ovuled, villous; legume shortly ovate, acu-

minate. A. conferta, Benth. lc. p. 596.

Has. Mountain sides near River Zonderende, Swell., E.G Z./ Zwarteberg,

Mundt! Also collected by Bowie and Burchell, Cat. No. 6956. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

An erect, robust, much branched shrub, 1-1} feet high. Leaves 4—5 lines long,

1—t4 broad, the lateral oblique; veins inconspicuous or faint. Calyx-lobes nearly as

long as the orange corolla. This resembles some of the narrow-leaved forms of

A. securifolia, but the leaves are still narrower and longer, and less coriaceous ; the

calyx-lobes longer and flowers deeper coloured. ;

8. A. truncata (E. & Z.! No. 1359); branches tomentose; leaves

cuneate-oblong, acute and mucronulate, glabrous, shining, plurinerved

and veiny below; flowers capitate, the floral leaves and bracteoles

broadly obovate, mucronate, petiolate, concave ; calyx-lobes quite

triangular-acuminate, scarcely longer than the pubescent, obconic tube ;

petals silky, the vexillum longer than the carina ; ovary 4-ovuled ; le-

gume cultrate, acute, strigillose. Penwa, No. 1220, Drege! Zey. No. 425.

. Has. Witsenberg, Zeyher / Mountain sides near the Waterfall, Tulbagh, 2. ¢Z./

S. Africa, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd., Hk.)

A very robust and rigid dwarf shrub, with pale green or yellowish foliage. Leaves

5~7 lines long, 1~2 lines wide, densely crowded, slightly concave. Heads of flowers

ending the branches, 1-14 inch in diameter, pale yellow. The specimens are more

or less altered by insect punctures ; but one from Zeyher in Herb. Sond. has some

seemingly normal flowers; and these have the bracts and calyx-lobes which mark

the species. In the diseased specimens the bracts are more expanded, but the calyx-

lobes not materially altered. By Bentham all are referred to A. exigua.

9. A. myrtillefolia (Benth. 1. c.p. 597); branchlets rufo-pubescent ;

leaves small, obovato-spathulate, mucronate, immarginate, glabrous ;

flowers 3-4, subcapitate ; bracteoles very minute, toothlike ; calyx glabrous,

its lobes falcato-lanceolate, very acute, longer than the wide tube; pe-

tals minutely downy; ovary glabrous, 2-ovuled.

Has. Cape Colony, Bowie/ (Herb. Hook., Benth.) ;

A minute (probably alpine), rigid and woody, depressed shrub, 6-8 inches broad,

glabrous, except on the branches and petals. Leaves 2~3 lines long, 1-1} wide,

spreading, glossy, pale green, midribbed, dotted. Flowers 2-3 lines long, pale yel-

low. Lowest calyx-lobe narrower and longer than the rest.

10. A. marginata (Harv.); branchlets canescent ; leaves obovate or

ovate, spathulato-petiolate, acute or mucronulate, coriaceous, margined

and ribbed, puberulous, becoming glabrous, somewhat concave, the la-

teral oblique; flowers few, capitate, subsessile ; bracteoles very minute,

setaceous; calyx appressedly downy, its lobes subulate, as long as the

tube ; petals silky, twice as long as the calyx; ovary villous, 2—-ovuled.

A. exigua, Benth.! 1. ¢ p. 597, non E. § Z. Z

Has. On the Hott. Holl. berge ; Babylonische Tooren and Zwarteberge, Zeyher /

2346. (Herb. Hook., Sd.)

A depressed, subtrichotomously branched, small woody shrub. Leaves crowded,

ternate, 2-24 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, tapering at base into a more or less dis-

tinct petiole and generally mucronate ; the margin thickened, and the midrib and

often two lateral ribs prominent below. Flowers small, hidden among the leaves at

the ends of the branches, 3-4 together. as ae ae

- 11, A. inops (Eck. and Zey.! 1362); slender; branches pubescent ;

leaves a, arpa pubescent or glabrous, acute, rigid, one-nerved

104 3 _ LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

beneath ; flowers 2—4 together, terminal, subsessile, bracts very minute ;

calyx hairy, its lobes subulate, as long as the tube; petals silky, not

much longer than the calyx ; ovary downy, 2—-ovuled; legume obliquely

ovate. A. capitella, Burch. Cat. 7148, Benth. l. ¢. p. 597.

Has. Mountains near Swellendam, Mundt / in Herb, £.g Z./ Cape Colony, Bur-

chell. (Herb. Sond., Bth.) : :

A very slender, depressed fructiculus, 4-6 inches high. Leaves ternate or fasci-

cled, 2 lines long, 4 line wide, becoming glabrous. Flowers 2 lines long, yellow,

usually 2 together, but in one of ¥.g'Z.’s specimens, 4. Calyx covered with long

soft hairs.

12. A. stenophylla (E. & Z.! 1361); twigs puberulous ; leaves linear,

mucronulate, acute at each end, incwrved, channelled, strongly ribbed

and keeled beneath, rigid, becoming glabrous ; flowers 3-4 together, ca-

pitate, bracts small, subulate ; calyx hirsute, the lobes subulate, distant,

scarcely longer than the wide tube; petals densely silky; ovary villous,

2-ovuled. Benth. lc. p. 598. A. canaliculata, E. Mey.! Comm.p. 44.

Has. Mountain sides near Riv. Zonderende, E. ¢ Z. ! Gnadenthal, Drege! (Herb,

Benth. Sond.)

A small, slender, diffuse or procumbent fruticulus. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 4 line

wide, sometimes slightly spathulate, full green. Flowers few together, at the ends

of short branchlets, 3-4 lines long, yellow. This is more robust than A. inops, with

longer and narrower leaves, and larger flowers; and smaller and less rigid than

A. stellaris. All are closely related to each other.

13. A. angustissima (E. Mey. Comm. p. 44); “leaves fascicled, very

natrow-linear, rather obtuse, glabrous ; flowers terminal, solitary or in

pairs, shortly pedicellate ; segments of the glabrescent calyx acuminate

subulate; vexillum pubescent.” £. M.1.¢.

Has. Drakensteensberg, Drege.

Said to resemble A. stenophylla in habit. Leaves 2 lines long, flat.

14, A. stellaris (E. & Z.! 1360); branchlets pubescent or villous ;

leaves oblongo-lanceolate, the lateral incurved, mucronate, scarcely pun-

gent, rigid, glabrous or thinly villous, flat, midribbed ; flowers capitate ;

bracts subulate; calyx very hairy, its lobes subulate, as long as the

tube; petals densely silky ; ovary villous, 2-ovuled. Benth. 1. c. p. 598.

Has. Hills of Kannaland, near Gauritz R., Swell., Z. ¢ Z./ Also in Bowie’s Coll.

(Herb. Hk., Sd., D., Bth.) :

A small but robust shrub, 6-8 inches high, branched near the base Leaves 4-5

lines long, 1 line wide, the young ones villous. Heads 6-8 flowered ; flowers 3-4

lines long, fulvous, with purplish tints. Calyx-lobes broadly subulate, the tube —

15. A. psoraleoides (Benth.! 1. c. p. 598); branchlets pubescent ;

leaves spathulato-lanceolate, mucronate, puberulous, convex below and

midribbed, the lateral ones incurved; flowers capitate, bracts roundish,

obovate, 3-toothed ; calyx pubescent, its lobes ovato-subrotund, obtuse, half

as long as the tube; corolla silky ; ovary 2—ovuled, villous. Paraspa-

lathus psoraleoides, Presl. Bot. Bem, p. 134. ‘

Has. Cape Colony, Sieber? (Herb. Hook.)

A small shrub resembling A. stellaris or A. exigua, from both which it differs in

the bracts and calyx ; and (as suggested by Bentham a well WE

be an abnormal diseased state of Sitkier spadita ) may, as well as A. truncata,

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 105 .

16. A. anthylloides (Linn. Sp. p. 1002) ; branches villous or tomen-

tose, erect, virgate ; leaves crowded, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, the lateral

oblique, softly hairy, becoming glabrescent, flat, veiny or veinless ;

Jlowers densely capitate, with lanceolate-subulate bracts; calyx villose or

hirsute, its lobes lanceolate-subulate, longer than the tube ; petals silky

villous; ovary villous, 2-ovuled; legume obliquely ovate, shorter than

the calyx. Benth. 1. c. p. 599. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 574. £.§Z.! No. 1358.

Var. &. Kraussiana; branches tomentose (not villous) ; leaves thicker, less hairy,

and more distinctly nerved; the upper ones 3-nerved. A. Kraussiana, Meisn./ in

Hook. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 69. Benth.! l.c.

Has. Common in the mountains of Cape, Stellenbosch, and Swellendam Districts.

Thunberg! Eck. § Zey.! W.H.H., §c. B. Klein River, Swellendam, Krauss, Bowie,

Thom, §c. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

1-2 feet high, chiefly branched near the base; the branches erect and somewhat

virgate. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, variable in pubescence and in the

degree of prominence of the nerves and veins, when dry. Flowers bright yellow, in

large dense heads, surrounded by somewhat longer leaves. Thunberg’s original spe-

cimens in Hb. Upsal, as well as Z. § Z.’s in Hb. Sond. belong to the form called

Kraussiana, which is scarcely distinct from the ordinary varieties found on the

Capetown range.

17. A. linearifolia (DC. Prod. 2. p. 142); branches softly villous ;

leaves ternate, lincar-lanceolate, acute at each end, midribbed, shortly

villous, at length glabrous; flowers densely capitate, bracts ovato-lan-

ceolate, silky-villous ; calyx softly villous, its lobes lanceolate, more than

twice as long as the tube; vexillum pubescent, scarcely longer than the

calyx or the pubescent carina ; ovary villous, 4-ovuled. Benth. / 1, c.

p. 599. A. linifolia, H. Mey.! Linn. 7 p. 162. E. & Z.! No. 1370.

Has. Tulbaghskloof, Worcester, £. & Z.! Berg Rivier, Nieuwekloof and Du-

toitskloof, Drege/ &c. Oct. (Herb. Bth., Sd., D. Hk.)

A tall, much branched bush, 2-3 feet high, with flavescent branches. Leaves

1-1} inch long, scarcely a line wide, pale green, flat and patent. Heads many-

flowered, fulvous, subtended by fulvous and silky bracts, half as long as the calyces.

Flowers 3-4 lines long, tawny yellow. Legume scarcely longer than the calyx.

18. A. rugosa (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 574); branchlets canescent, pu-

berulous; leaves linear-sublanceolate, the lateral incurved, depressedly

downy, then glabrous, acute, midribbed ; flowers shortly racemose, with

small linear bracts; calyx appressedly pubescent, its lobes triangular-

acute, about equalling the tube ; petals silky ; ovary pubescent, 4-5 ovuled;

legume silky, obliquely ovato-lanceolate, turgid, nearly thrice as long

as the calyx. A. Plukenetiana, E. § Z.! En. No. 1371. Benth, 1. ¢. p. 600.

Zey. No. 430.

_ Has. Near the Hex ante Thunberg! ‘Tulbagh Valley, Worcester, £. g Z.!

. Th. ;; Hk. D..Sd.

ereeemers mene": erect acm 3-4 feet high, with pale foliage. Leaves ternate,

4 inch long, 1-1} lines wide, densely set. Racemes short, 6-8 flowered. Flowers

pale yellow. There are excellent specimens of this plant in Herb. Thunb., agreeing

in all respects with those collected by recent travellers.

19. A. cystisoides (Lam. Dict. 1. p. 392); branches villous; leaves.

oblongo-lanceolate or subspathulate, the lateral recurvo-falcate, pungent-

mucronate, rigid, appressedly canescenti-villous, becoming glabrous ;

flowers racemulose, with setaceous bracts ; calyx villous, tts lobes lanceolate,

106 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

acute, rather longer than the tube; petals villous; ovary villous,

4-ovuled ; legume obliquely oblong, longer than the calyx. Benth.! l.c.

p. 600. H. Mey.! Comm. p. 39. A. cinerea, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 575., B. &

Z.! No. 1366.

Has. Tulbagh Valley, #. § Z./ Dutoitskloof, Drege! Hott. Holl., Pappe! French

Hoek, Dr. Alexander Prior / (Herb. Hk., Bth., Thb., Sd., D.)

A low but woody, much branched, somewhat corymbose bush, a foot or so in

height. Leaves 2-4 lines long, 1 line broad, densely set, canescent when young,

afterwards yellowish. Racemes subcapitate, few-flowered. Flowers yellow, densely

silky. A more slender variety sometimes occurs, less densely branched, with some-

what longer leaves, and more laxly set flowers.

2. SERICEZ (Sp. 20-33).

20. A. villosa (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 574); slender, procumbent ;

leaves subfasciculate, small, narrow-oblong, obtuse or subacute, silky

and canescent ; heads few flowered, with linear-oblong bracts ; calyx

densely silky-villous, its lobes oblongo-lanceolate, acute, scarcely shorter

than the tube ; legume oblique at base, ovate, long-beaked. Benth. /

| Lc. p. 601.

Poe Ce Has. Cederberg, near Honigvalley, Drege’ Bockland, Thunberg! Simonsba

hd Wed pitts CO. Wright P (Herb. Th., Bth. Hk D.) ; : "

| ? ul Js Root woody. Stems several, procumbent or ascending or trailing, 3-8 inches

long, filiform, appressedly silky. Leaves 2 lines long, } line wide, ternate or fas-

cicled, carnose, the older ones glabrescent. Heads 2~5 flowered. Flowers 3 lines

| long, the vexillum and keel densely silky. Ovary very hairy, 2 ovuled.

| 21. A. sericea (Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 212) ; erect, robust, virgate; leaves

| densely tufted, short, linear-oblong or subcuneate, obtuse, silky and

pee silvery; heads densely many flowered, ovoid ; bracts minute ; calyx

a _ campanulate, densely villous, with very short, deltoid teeth ; petals densely

cee villous, subequal ; legume ovate, hairy, with a long beak. Benth. 1. c.

a p. 601. A. argentea, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 576.

Has, Cede , in various i and Giftberg, Drege!

Wallich ! (Hot th, D., Bh Hk) a a

A. strong-growing, somewhat divaricately branched shrub, 3-4 feet high, with

long, subsimple, densely leafy branches. ‘Leaves very glossy, of thickish substance,

2: othed with appressed, white or fulvous hairs. Heads of flowers 1-1} inch long,

2 See aye diameter, fulvous ; the flowers yellow, § lines long. Calyx and petals very

ss eri (Harv.); erect, virgate ; branches tomentose ; leaves

Pee -_ternate or t small, oblong or lanceolate, acute, thinly silky-puber-

ulous or glabrescent ; heads densely many-flowered, ovato-globose ;

lower bracts stipitate, ovato-lanceolate, upper subulate; calyx densely

villous, its teeth lanceolate-subulate, equalling the tube ; vertllum and

ale half as long again as the carina. A. lotoides, E. Mey.! Comm. non

Tho. Benth. ! 1. ¢. p. 602.

hae aye , near Ezelsbank, Drege / At the 24 Rivers, Zeyher / Dec. (Hb.

1-1} foot high, with the habit of A. virgata, to which it is nearly allied ; but the

pubescence is more scanty, the heads larger and more ovoid, and the flowers con-

ee with a shorter carina. Heads 14 inch long, 1 inch in diameter,

vous,

23. A. virgata (Thunb, ! Fl. Cap. p. 576); erect, robust, shrubby,

Aspalathus.) LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 107

virgate ; leaves ternate or tufted, small, oblong or linear, obtuse or

acute, silky ; heads oblong or globose, densely many-flowered ; bracts

orbicular, ovate or obovate, acute; calyx densely villous, its lobes plu-

mose, subulate, equalling the tube; corolla not much exceeding the

calyx, and the carina not much shorter than the vexillum ; legume ovate,

turgid, acuminate. Benth. /1.c. p.603. H.d Z./ No. 1388. A. quinque-

folia, Thunb. ! Cap. p. 575.

Var. f. globosa; heads globose, or depressed. Benth. 1. c.

Var. y. leucocephala; heads globose ; calyx-lobes longer and more plumose ;

corolla somewhat shorter. A. leucocephala, E. Mey. / Comm. p. 41. Benth.!/ l. c. p.

602. Zey.! No. 424.

Has. Picketberg, Stellenb., E.G Z./ Jackall’s River and Piquetberg, Drege!

Longvalley and Bergvalley, Zeyher / var. y. on the Giftberg, Drege/ (Herb. Th.,

Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

A strong-growing, or rarely slender, erect, virgate bush, 1-2 feet high, chiefly

branched near the base. Leaves 1-2 or 3-4 lines long, }~-4 line broad, sometimes

almost tomentose, sometimes silky. Heads } inch to 14~2 inches long, dense, and

very hairy, pale or fulvous; flowers yellow. Var. y. has longer and more plumose

calyx-lobes than usual, but as Bentham remarks, is connected through var. 8. with

the common form, from which it does not appear to me to be specifically distinct.

24, A. jacobea (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 41); slender, diffuse or ascend-

ing ; leaves ternate or fascicled, narrow-oblong or linear-lanceolate, acute,

silky-villous ; spikes oblong, dense; bracts lanceolate, substipitate ;

bracteoles setaccous ; calyx very hairy, its lobes lanceolate-subulate, plu-

mose, shorter than the corolla ; vexillum and ale } longer than the

carina. Benth./.c.p. 603. A. sericea, E. § Z. fide Walp.

"Has, Cape Flats and Hills round Capetown. Paarlberg and Dutoitskloof, Drege!

(Herb. Bth., Hk.)

Root simple ; stems numerous, rigid, ascending or curved, branched chiefly from

near the base. ‘Leaves 1-2 or 4-5 lines long, green, with lax, but long pubescence,

variable in shape. Spikes 1-2 inches long, less dense than in A. virgata, with nar-

rower, longer and more lanceolate bracts ; the bracteoles setaceous.

25. A. elongata (E. & Z.! No. 1387); erect, virgate, the branches

tomentose or silky; leaves fascicled or ternate, linear or oblong, obtuse,

silky pubescent ; spikes loose, elongating, several flowered ; bracts orbicu-

lar or ovate, acute, bracteoles lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate ; calyx

densely villous, its teeth lanceolate, shorter than the tube ; vexillum a

third longer than the carina. A. ascendens, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 41.

Benth. 1. c. p. 604.euel. syn. E. § Z.! A. stricta, Steud.

Has. In sandy and stony places, on mountain sides near Tulbagh, £. GZ!

Near the Paarl, Drege! Also Zeyher, 434 (424 in Hb. Sond.) from “ Predikstael.”

(Herb. Bth., Sd., Hk., D.) ; ‘

1-2 feet high, slender, erect or ascending. Leaves variable in pubescence and

size, 1-2, or 3 lines long, } line wide, green or silvery, shorter or loi than the

internodes. Spikes at first 1-2 inches long, with somewhat imbricating flowers,

afterwards 3-5 inches long, the flowers } inch apart, alternate on a filiform rachis.

Bracts shorter than the calyx; the lateral bracteoles leafy, variable in breadth ; by

which characters and the much shorter and broader calyx teeth this species is easily

known from A. jacobea. From some states of 4. virgata it is best known by its

short calyx-lobes. ee

26. A. lotoides (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p- 575); procumbent or ascend-

ing, rather slender; leaves ternate or fasciculate, linear or lanceolate,

) Panacmneh:

Oe 6s

108 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

acute, hairy or silky; spikes oblong, lax, or elongating and sparsely

lowered ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, leaflike ; calyx hairy, its teeth

lanceolato-subulate, equalling or exceeding the tube; vexillum a third

longer than the keel ; ovary substipitate, 6-8 ovuled. A: guinquefolia,

Linn. sp. p. 1002. non Thunb. A, anthylloides, Berg. Fl. Cap. p.211. A.

procumbens, L. Mey.!in Linn. 7. p. 162. Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 604. E. d& Z. No.

1384. HL. Mey. ! Comm. p. 40.

Vaz. 8. sparsiflora ; suberect, woody and much branched ; spikes elongating, *

laxly many flowered ; calyx segments rather exceeding the tube, often recurved.

Asp. heterophylla, Thunb. ! in Herb. Upsal, non E. Mey. nec Benth. A. procumbens,

B. squarrosa, E. Mey. :

Var. y. Stachyera ; spikes very lax ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 6-7 lines long ;

calyx segments twice as long as the tube, equalling or exceeding the corolla, A.

stachyera, E. § Z./ No. 1386. Ononis Lagopus, Thunb.!

Has. Hills round Capetown, common. Various collectors. Var. 8. Piquetberg,

£. § Z.! Oliphant’s R., Zeyher / (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

Stems numerous, 6-12 inches long, spreading or procumbent. Pubescence copi-

ous and long, rather hairy than silky. Inflyrescence rather variable ; the spikes

sometimes short, with imbricating flowers, sometimes 3-6 inches long, the flowers

4 inch apart. FI. yellow, 3 lines. Bracts varying from ovate to lanceolate ; brac-

teoles more constantly lanceolate. This resembles A. jacobea in habit, but has laxer

inflorescence, and differs essentially in the calyx teeth and bracteoles and numerous

ovules. I have examined Thunberg’s original specimen in Hb. Upsal, and find it

completely to agree with the A. procumbens, E. Mey. The flower examined had 6

ovules. Var. y. (from Oliphant’s R.) has the aspect of a plant drawn in tall grass ;

it is slender, pale green, with much longer leaves and calyx-lobes ; but is connected

through the Piquetberg specimens, with var. 8.

27. A. heterophylla (E. Mey! non Thunb.); erect, virgate ; leaves scat-

tered or subternate or tufted, linear-lanceolate, oblong or linear, acute, silky

or silvery ; spikes lax, oblong or elongate ; bracts linear-lanccolate; bracte-

oles setaceous ; calyx densely and softly hairy, its segments falcato-

lanceolate, about equalling the tube ; carina nearly equalling the vex-

illum; ovary densely hairy, 4-5 ovuled. Benth./ 1. c. p. 60 5. EL. Mey.!

Comm. p. 40. excl, syn. Thunb. Ononis spicata, Thunb.! Cap. p. 584. A.

linifolia, Steud.?

Has. Cape Flats, Drege! Wallich! Klipfontei Zeyher ! No. . Simonsbay,

Dr, Alexander Prior. (Herb. Th., Sd., me Bth.’D) $58

Slender, 13-2 feet high, branched from the base ; branches simple, rodlike. Lower

leaves short, crowded, often densely fascicled, 2-3 lines long and 4 line wide ; upper

often ternate, 4~5 lines long, 1 line wide ; uppermost generally sca solitary,

4-7 lines long, 7-1} line wide. The pubescence is nearly as variable. The habit

_is most like A. virgata, from which this is readily known by its different bracts and

numerous ovules. I retain the name ‘heterophylla, as it is generally adopted by

pen sans sufficiently characteristic, though this is not the plant so called by

28. A. tridentata (Linn. sp. p. 1002. non E. Mey. ; diffusely much

branched, the twigs slender and virgate ; leaves “SES, Uy feccak

short, lanceolate, oblong, or sublinear, acute, silky or glabrescent, the

leaf-tubercle mostly aculeate ; heads small, shortly globose or subum-

bellate, 5-8 flowered, the involucral bracts broadly lanceolate, acute,

nearly equalling the calyx, bracteoles filiform ; calyx densely shaggy, its

segments lanceolate, acute, equalling the tube ; keel much shorter than

the alz ; ovary 6-ovuled. Thunb. / Fl. Cap. p. 575. Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 606.

Aspalathus. | _LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 109

A. argentea, var. glabriuscula, EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 43. A, pilosa, E. & Z.!

No. 1381. fide Drege. Zeyher, No. 2338.

Haz. Cederberg, on the Giftberg, Drege! Tulbaghskloof and Vogelvalley, Zey.

No. 423. Cape Flats, W.H.H., gc. Zwartland, L£. & Z.! Under Table Mount., Dr.

Pappe! (Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

A much branched, spreading bush, 3-4 feet in diameter, with twiggy, rodlike

branches directed to all sides. Spine under the leaf-tuft 3-3 line long, rarely want-

ing. Pubescence scanty on the leaves ; very dense, long and fulvous on the bracts,

calyces and petals. Flowers 3-4 lines long. Zeyher's 2338, in Herb. Sond. has

blunt leaf-tubercles, and very small, tufted leaves on its lower twigs ; but in other

characters is like some of Drege’s specimens.

29. A. argentea (Linn. sp. p. 1002? non Thunb.) ; divaricately

much branched, the twigs recurved ; leaves ternate or tufted, small, nar-

row-obovate or oblong, silky or glabrescent, the leaf-tubercle sharply

aculeate ; heads small, shortly globose or subumbellate, few flowered ;

invol. bracts obovate-orbicular, or subovate, much shorter than the calya ;

calyx densely shaggy, its segments lanceolate, acute, shorter than the

tube ; keel not much shorter than the ale; ovary 5-8 ovuled. Benth /

lc. p. 607. A. argentea, a, H. Mey. Comm. p. 43. A.staurantha, E.& Z.!

No. 1383. Burchell, Cat. 7455- .

Has. Sandy hills in the Cape district, Drege! Zwartland, FE. § Z./ Klipfontein,

Zeyher, 422. Gnadendal, Dr. Roser! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

‘A more densely branched, divaricate and less virgate bush than A. tridentata, which

it much resembles and from which it chiefly differs in the shorter and broader bracts.

The pubescence is too variable to afford a character. Both occur in the same dis-

trict, and I fear are scarcely sufficiently distinct.

30, A. ferruginea (Herb. Banks.) ; robust, rigid, divaricately much

branched ; branchlets often spine-tipped ; leaves tufted or ternate, ob-

longo-linear or sub-cuneate, subacute, silky-pubescent ; the leaf tubercle

aculeate ; flowers 1-3 together ; calyx silky-villous, widely campanulate,

its teeth small, triangular, much shorter than the tube; ovary 4-5 ovuled ;

legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate. Benth. / 1. c. p. 607. A. tridentata,

E. &Z.1 En. No. 1378. E. Mey. Comm. p. 43, auct, pl. Galega ternata,

Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 601.

the axils of the upper leaves, or at the ends of short branchlets, 5-6 lines long. Calyx

4 lines long, 24-3 wide, fulvous. Petals purple within, densely silky

externally.

31. A. purpurea (E. &Z.! No.t 379); robust, rigid, divaricately

branched ; leaves fascicled or subternate, cuneate-linear, subobtuse,

densely silky, the leaf-tubercle aculeate or pointless ; flowers lateral,

solitary ; calyx villous, widely campanulate, «ts teeth from a triangular

base taper-pointed, scarcely shorter than the tube ; ovary 4-5 ovuled, the

legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate. Benth. / 1. c.p. 608. A. purp ns

E. Mey. Comm. p. 44- ie oe ;

Berg-vallei, H. Z./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., $4.) pre

Crock § (ag

Nov, Ibs |

110 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

Very nearly allied to A. ferruginea, but with longer, more densely silky leaves,

and much longer, narrower, and taper-pointed calyx-teeth. Flowers purple within ;

densely fulvous without. :

32. A. dasyantha (E. & Z.! No. 1377) ; robust, rigid, with patent,

virgate branches; leaves ternate or fasciculate, short, obovate or cuneate-

oblong, pilose, afterwards glabrescent; the leaf-tubercle sharply aculeate ;

flowers lateral, subsolitary ; calyx densely shaggy, widely campanulate,

tts segments lanceolate, shorter than the tube ; ovary 4-5 ovuled ; legume

obliquely ovate, acute. Benth. / 1. c. p. 608. :

Has. Maritime Sands, Plettenberg Bay, Mundt.) Bowie! Thom! (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

A rigid, much branched, woody bush, resembling A. ferruginea, but with longer

and straighter branchlets, and broader, more roughly hairy and afterwards glabres-

cent leaves. Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1 line broad. Flowers externally densely

clothed with fulvous hairs ; internally yellowish -(Eck.), or perhaps a pale rosy ?

(judging from dried specimens. )

33, A, emula (E. Mey. Comm. p. 42); robust, virgate; leaves fasci-

eled or subternate, small, oblong or obovate, pointless, silky and silvery,

the leaf-tubercle blunt; flowers sessile, lateral, 1-3 together; calyx

densely hirsute, its segments falcato-lanceolate, scarcely shorter than the

tube; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume lanceolate, acuminate, densely villous.

Benth. 1. ¢. p. 608. A. argentea, E.d:Z.! No. + 390, non Thunb., nec. Linn.

Zey. No. 2342.

Var. 8. ramulosa; branches densely ramuliferous ; leaves obovate ; calyx-lobes

rather shorter. A. ramulosa, E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p- 163. £. § Z./ No. 1380.

Has. Caledon and Swellendam Districts, E. § Z./ Klynriviersberg, Zeyher! Also

in Bowie’s and Mundt’s collections. Hexriver, Drege! . on the Zwarteberg,

£.&Z.! Zeyher! No. 2343. (Herb. Hk., Bth., §d.)

A large, strong growing, robust bush. Branches 1-2 feet long, simple, densely

leafy ; in 8. emitting multitudes of ramuli, 2-1 inch long. Leaves 14-2 lines long,

4-% lines wide, with shining, white, appressed hairs. Flowers yellow, often extend-

ing a foot or more along the branches. A very distinct and easily known species,

3. SYNPETALE. (Sp. 34-44.)

34. A. aculeata (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 584); leaves in dense tufts,

subtended by a long spine, linear, keeled, pilose, the upper ones and floral

hooked and mucronate ; flowers capitate ; calyx villous, its lobes hooked,

as long as the tube; vexillum villous ; carina glabrous. Benth. / l. e.

Pp. — E.& Z. No. 1497. E. Mey. Comm. p-43. Zey. 417. DC. Prod. 2.

Pp. 139.

Has. Zwartland and Paardeber » Thun ! E.G ZJ Paarl and Daal Josa-

phat, Drege, de. (Herb. Thb., D., Bth., tie $ a :

A robust, very densely branched, thorny and hairy bush, with pale yellow bark.

Branchlets villous. Spines 3-4 lines long, subhorizontally spreading, yellow, sharp.

Leaves 3-5 lines long, 4 line wide, thickish, the lower ones quite Bees, the upper

strongly hooked, the older glabrescent. Heads 3-5 flowered ; fl. yellow, s_6 lines

long. Vexillum and keel nearly equal; ale shorter, __

35. A. chenopoda (Linn. sp, p, 1000) ; leaves tufted or subternate, —

subulate-triangular, rigid, pungent-mucronate, straight, sparsely pilose,

_ the floral densely plumoso-pilose ; flowers ca itate; calyx hirsute, its

lobes subulate, rigid, pungent, much longer the tube; vexillum

_ Villous, carina glabrous ; ovary glabrous ; legume obliquely ovato-falcate,

on ae

Aspalathus.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 111

acuminate, Benth./l.c.p. 610. Thunb, Fl. Cap. p. §77. Bot. Mag. t. 2225.

Lodd. Cap, t.316. DC. Prod. 2. p. 138. E.& Z.! No. 1454.

Has. Sides of Table Mountain and the neighbouring hills, common. (Herb.

Thunb. -, Hk., Sd., D.) ;

A rigid, rough, strong-growing, furze-like bush, 3~4 feet high and wide, with very

pungent leaves, but no prickles. Branches roughly hairy, with brown hairs. Leaves

6-7 lines long, or 3-4 lines, all generally straight and spreading. Heads several

flowered ; the petals yellow, the vexillum fulvous externally. Calyx and its seg-

ments thickly covered with long, foxy, rigid, straight hairs.

36. A. araneosa (Linn. Sp. p. 1001); pilose, with long pale hairs;

leaves tufted, filiform, curved or squarrose, mucronate, the floral densely

plumose ; flowers capitate ; calyx hirsute, its segments from a broader

base, subulate-attenuate, plumose, much longer than the tube; vexillum

villous, carina glabrous; ovary villous ; legume obliquely ovato-rhom-

boid, falcate-acuminate. Benth./ 1. c. p. 610. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 577.

DC. Prod, 2. p. 141. Bot. Mag. t. 829 (bad). Sieb. No. 48. Zey. 426.

L. §& Z.! 1463, and A. Simsiana, 1464. : Kf. beef

Has. Cape, Stellenbosch, and Worcester districts, on the hill sides, common. 4" Cad | |

(Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) , i]

A tall, but not densely branched shrub, 3-5 feet high, more or less densely covered

with long, stiffish, spreading hairs ; the upper and floral leaves especially. Leaves

6-8 lines long or more, very slender, terete, spreading and flexuous. Heads dense,

globose, several flowered ; fl. 4-6 lines long, yellow, sometimes pale or whitish, or

rufescent. Zeyher’s 426 is a much depauperated form.

37. A. ciliaris (Linn. Mant. p. 262); pilose ; leaves fascicled, subu-

late, linear-trigonous, or filiform, short or long ; flowers terminal, capi-

tate or 2-3 together, or sometimes solitary ; calyx hirsute, tts segments

narrow-linear-lanceolate, ribbed, sub-trinerved, acute, much longer than

the tube ; vexillum villous, carina glabrous or villous ; ovary very hairy.

Benth.! lc. p. 611. H. & Z. 1469. A. appendiculata, E. Mey.! HE. & Z.!

1470. A. dubia, E. Mey.! E.§Z.! 1475. A. Meyeriana, E.§ Z. No. 1473.

A, papillosa, E. § Z.! 1472. <A. oresigena, E. & Z. 1471. A. aulonogena,

E &Z.! 1465.

Has. Mountains and hills of Cape, Stellenbosch, Worcester, and Caledon, com-

mon. Krum River, Uitenhage, #. & Z.! No. 1471. Klynhowhoek, Zeyher, 2341.

(Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) ,

A very variable plant, sometimes robust, tall and woody, with densely tufted,

short, straight or curved leaves ; sometimes slender, decumbent or diffuse, with

scarcely tufted or ternate, very Jong, filiform, curved leaves, as in A. araneosa, from

which, in all cases, the present may be known by its broader, ribbed and nerved ca-

lyx-lobes. The young leaves are pilose, the older glabrescent or gee ; they

vary extremely in length, often on the same bush. In A. dubia, E. M., all but the

floral are 2-3 lines long ; commonly they are 4-5 lines; and in slender specimens

6~7 lines. Flowers deep yellow or fulvescent, 5-6-8 lines long. The carina varies —

much in pubescence, and is often quite glabrous.

38. A. Benthami (Harv.); branches hairy; leaves tufted, linear- —

carinate or subulate, mucronate, hispid; flowers sessile on the tips ofvery

short, leaf-crowned branchlets, 1-3 together; calyx-tube turbinate, hir-

sute, its segments lanceolate, three-nerved, twice as long as the tube,

but shorter than the hirsute, suborbicular vexillum; carina :

- glabrous ; legume obliquely ovate, acuminate. A. comosa, E. Me

p. 63. Benth,! I. c.p. 612, non Thunb. nec. E.gZ. epee e

112 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

, ‘al Oi es Has. Cape and Stellenbosch districts. Paarlberg and Dutoit’s Kloof, Drege /

‘abl we __ Zeyher, 427, ex parte. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) ;

dene - » (or |;> . & Stout, much branched, spreading shrub, 2-4 feet high ; the twigs rusty-red and

- /S7/5" hairy, 6-8 inches long, patent. Leaves 4-6 lines long, close or subdi-tant, spreading,

‘ eurved or squarrose, rufescent or brownish, the old becoming subglabrous. — Flower

bearing branchlets 3-3, rarely half inch long, crowned with a tuft of leaves. sur-

rounding the flowers; sometimes the branchlet is abortive and the fl. lateral. Flowers

yellow, } inch long. Cal.-lobes 3 lines long. Vexillum very broad. Bentham at-

tributes to this species solitary flowers, but I find them to vary from one to 2-3 on

. Specimens not otherwise differing ; and these last come near some forms of A, cilia-

ris. Quite unlike Thunberg’s “ comosa.”

39. A. incurva (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 578); branches villoso-tomentose ;

leaves tufted, linear-triangular, mucronulate, villoso-pubescent or sub-

glabrous ; flowers sessile in the lateral leaf-tufts, solitary ; calyx-lobes lan-

ceolate, acute, three-nerved, twice as long as the tube, and nearly equalling

the suborbicular, villous vexillum; carina glabrous; ovary villous,

A. elongata, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 63, non E. & Z. Benth.! 1. c. p. 612. Zey.

| No. 433. A. Dregeana, Walp. Linn. 13, p- 586.

: Has. Cape and Stellenbosch District, Drege, Caley, Pa , Fc. Between Paalen

Rnb « Woldel and the Sisrwkers. Zeyher | (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk. Sa. sate us

| MN A rigid bush, but smaller and less branching than A. Benthami, from which it is

| Ng | fa, easily known by its different inflorescence, shorter petals, smaller and paler flowers,

| / and less copious and softer pubescence. Leaves pale green or fuscous, 3~4 lines long ;

the young rough with tubercle-based hairs, or minutely and appressedly pubescent :

the older becoming naked. Flowers pale yellow. —

}

40. A. leucophea (Harv.) ; covered with long, white, spreading hairs ;

leaves tufted, triangular-filiform, slender, Jlexuous, mucronate, plumoso-

pilose ; flowers sessile in the lateral leaf-tufts, solitary ; calya-lobes subu-

late, 3-nerved, mucronate, 2=3 times as long as the hirsute tube and

nearly equalling the villous vexillum; carina thinly silky, longer than

the alz; ovary densely hirsute.

’ Hap. Mountains near 24 Rivers, Zeyher. (Herb. Sond.)

An erect shrub, with the foliage of A. arancosa, but still more copiously hairy,

with longer and whiter hairs; and with a different inflorescence and calyx. I have

only seen a single specin en. The leaves are 6-8 lines long, as thick as hog’s bristle ;

their hairs 1-14 tneeune. The flowers are smaller than in A. araneosa, the corolla

-Bearcely, if at all, exceeding bien ‘elie are scattered along the branches. Occa-

sionally there is an imperfect, 2-3 flowered capitulum. If it be a “divarication” of

A. araneosa or of A, ciliaris, it is a singular one. _ :

__ 41, A. nervosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 62); branches thinly tomentose ;

leaves tufted, linear-carinate, mucronate, appressedly-pubescent, subca-

nescent ; flowers lateral and terminal, solitary or in pairs; calyx turbinate,

tomentose, furrowed, its lobes lanceolate, subfalcate, three-ribbed, nearly

equalling the tube, much shorter than the villous vexillum,; carina gla-

brous ; ovary villous. Benth.!l.c.p.613.

Has. Grassy hills near Swellen ‘undt. Thom! places i Nieu-

wekloof, Drege’ (Herb. Hk., Bib)” ss — ssa .

A much branched, densely ramuliferous robust bush, with rusty or foxy, short,

close pubescence. Leaves 2-3 lines long, spreading or squarrose. Flowers either

solitary on the ends of very short, leaf-crowned ramuli, or in sessile lateral leaf-tufts,

_ or sometimes 2 together at the ends of the branches, very abundant, pale yellow,

with rusty tomentum outside, Als very narrow, much shorter than the keel, which

‘Nearly equals the vexillum.

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 113

42. A. uniflora (Linn. Sp. p. roor); branches villoso-tomentose ;

leaves tufted, short, linear-terete, blunt, glabrous or hairy ; flowers sub-

sessile, solitary or in pairs; calyx-lobes leafy, 3—-nerved, oblongo-cymbe-

orm, concave, very obtuse, as long as the pubescent tube ; vexillum vil-

lous ; carina glabrous; legume pubescent, obliquely rhomboid, scarcely

longer than the calyx. Benth. 1. c. p. 613. A. cymbeformis, DC. Prod. 2.

p. 140. #.§ Z.! No. 1408. A. scaphoides, E. & Z.! 1409. Sieb. Fl. Cap.

160. Zeyher, 2685.

Has. Hills round Capetown and in the Cape District, common. (Herb. Bth., Hk. NM tn oclel cm A

Sd., D.) “

A much branched, divaricate, prostrate or spreading, ramuliferous shrub, with

pale green foliage, variable in its pubescence, but easily known by the boat-shaped

calyx-lobes. According to Bentham, this is the original A. wniflora of Linnzus (but

not of Thunberg).

43, A. prostrata (E. & Z.! 1410) ; prostrate, slender, ramulous, pubes-

cent; leaves tufted, very short, linear-terete, blunt, pubescent ; flowers

solitary, sessile at the ends of very short, leaf-crowned ramuli ; bracts

and bracteoles ovate; calyx campanulate, shortly hairy, its lobes ovate, ob-

tuse, flat, shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the

glabrous carina and ale; ovary pedicellate, silky, 2-ovuled.

Has. Mountains near Swellendam, Mundt! (Herb. Sond.)

A small, slender suffrutex, quite prostrate, with spreading, filiform branches, sub-

divided, and thickly set with erect ramuli, $-} inch long; each ramulus ending in a

tuft of leaves and usually tipped with a flower. Leaves 1-14 line long. _ Flowers

yellow, 4 lines long ; the broad and short, flat bracteoles appressed to the calyx.

Calyx-tube 15 striate, the strie darker. All parts of the plant shortly pubescent.

Quite distinct from A. wnijflora. The claws of the lower petals are adnate with the

staminal tube; the vexillum hairy at summit of claw, inside, and silky externally.

44, A. comosa (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 577, non Benth.); branches vil-

lous; leaves tufted, setaceo-filiform, curved, hairy or subglabrous, acute ;

flowers lateral, solitary, sessile in the leaf-tufts; calyx-tube campanu-

late, pubescent, 13-15 nerved, tts segments setaceo-subulate, mucronate,

recurved, about equalling the tube ; vexillum silky, narrow-obovate, ca-

rina much shorter than the ale, glabrous; ovary 2-ovuled, silky. A. in-

curva, E.& Z.1 No. 1419. EB. Mey.! Comm. p. 55. Benth. 1. c. p. 619, non

Thunb.! A. thymifolia, Thunb.! non Linn.

Var. 8. Namaquana ; villoso-canescent, with shorter leaves ; carina silky; ca-

lyx-lobes twice as long as the tube.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg/ Paarl and Hott. Holl., Z. §Z./ Pappe! 207. Alea- —

ander Prior! Tulbagh, Drege! 8. Namaqualand, Wyley. (Herb. Th., Bth., D.,

Hk., Sd.) gos

A rigid, suberect or spreading, small shrub, 6-12 inches high ; the branches curved,

ealirprsy bark ; the older ones naked and tubercled, the younger hairy. Leaftufts

densely crowded or imbricate. Leaves 3-4 lines long, very slender, subterete, the -

younger softly pilose. Flowers small, slender, 3-4 lines long, pale. Cal. 2 lines long,

the base of the teeth 3-ribbed, the ribs continued, and partly confluent on the tube.

Vexillum twice as long as the calyx, Spies to a cuneate base. Claws of the lower

petals adnate with the staminal tube for at least 4 of their length! Als nearly

equalling the vexillum; carina not half so long. This has quite the aspect of one of

the Zeptanthe section, among which it is placed by Bentham, but its petals are dis-

tinctly adnate to the stamens, and the 15~-ribbed calyx accords with the 3-nerved

sepals of the Synpetale, It is the A. comosa of Thunberg’s Herbarium, and also’

his A. thymifolia, on the same authority.

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114 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

4. LEPTANTHE (Sp. 45-57.)

45. A. nigra (Linn. Mant. p. 262) ; leaves tufted, short, linear-terete,

blunt, glabrous or thinly pubescent ; flowers spiked or capitate ; calyx

villous, its teeth broadly ovate or sublanceolate, shorter than the tube, ob-

tuse or acute ; petals hirsute, the ovate vexillum longest ; ovary 4~ovuled ;

legume obliquely rhomboid, scarcely longer than the tube. Benth. / l. ¢.

p. 614. Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 581. EB. & Z.! No. 1430. A. nigrescens, EE.

Mey. ! E. & Z.! No. 1431. A. melanoides, EB. & Z.! 1432. A. pallens, E.

§ Z.! 1433. A. deciduifolia, EB. § Z.1 1434. A. globulosa, E. Mey.! EB. &

4.! 1424, Zey.! 2333.

Var. 8. involucrata (Pappe) ; flowers capitate, heads involucrated with numerous

broadly ovate or suborbicular, striate bracts. A. involucrata, Pappe, MSS. :

Has. Hills &c. in the Cape and Stellenbosch Districts, common. Extending to

Swellendam & George, E. ¢ Z./ River Zonderende, Zeyher. 8. Kuilsriver, Cape,

Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A small, ramuliferous bush, 1-2 feet high, erect or spreading, variable in several

characters, but readily known from others of this section by the broad, short, calyx

lobes, and 4—ovuled ovary. Leaves 2-3 lines long, turning dark or black in drying.

Flowers either in globular heads, or in oblong spikes, or scattered thinly toward the

ends of the branches. Bracts sometimes (especially in var. 8.) orbicular or ovate,

and ribbed, entire or trifid ; sometimes linear or oblong. Calyx either glabrescent

or densely hirsute ; its segments either very obtuse and short, or longish and acute.

Flowers blue or pale. 8. is a remarkable form with highly developed bracts, but

connécted by many intermediate links with the ordinary state of the species.

46. A. parviflora (Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 208); small and depressed,

divaricate ; leaves tufted, filiform-subulate, short, blunt, pubescent or.

~ subglabrous 3 flowers 3-4 in a short spike ; calyx pubescent, its teeth ovate

or sublanceolate, acute, shorter than the tube 3 petals pubescent, carina ~

shorter than the ale ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovate, acute,

tather longer than the calyx. Benth./ l. c. p. 61 5. £. § Z.! No. 1429.

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 579, Zey.1 2332. Burch. 6 3.59.

Has. Mountains of Swellendam. Gnadendahl, Drege! Alexander Prior! Pus-

Mt = a Kochmanskloof, Z. §-Z.! Grootevadersbosch, Zeyher! (Herb. Th., Hk.,

small, depressed or prostrate, much-branched, ramuliferous shrub, 6-8 inches

long. Leaves 2 lines long, dryi green. Flowers 2-4 toward the ends of the

branches in a spurious spike, or su itate, blue or pale. Like some of the smaller

forms of A. nigra, but the branches are more slender, the flowers smaller and much

less hairy, the calyx lobes longer and more acute, and the ovary constantly 2-ovuled.

47. A. Forbesii (Harv.) ; robust, rigid, ramuliferous ; leaves tufted,

short, blunt, linear, fleshy, pubescent or glabrous ; flowers capitate ; calyx

hairy, its lobes lanceolate, rather longer than the tube; vexillum oval-

oblong, villous, longer than the glabrous or pubescent carina; ovary

2-ovuled. A. cephalotes, Benth.!1.¢. p. 615. non Thunb. nec. E. & Z.

Hap. 8. Attica, ape 8 — Hk., Bth.)

much- woo 2-3 feet high?). Branches tomentose. ‘Leaves

2 lines long, very obtuse, subtrigonous or Sieces mciee when dry, Heads glo-

ting short branchlets 1-2, rarely three inches long, the calyces much

longer than the involucrating leaves, Calyx teeth 2 lines long, its tube rather

roughly but shortly pubescent. Petals externally silky villous.

48. A. spicata (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 578); virgate, slender: leaves

tufted, dinear-subulate, long or short, submucronate, pilose or glabrous ;

Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 115

flowers spiked or capitate ; calyx very hairy, its segments lanceolato-subu-

late, longer than the tube; petals villoso-pubescent, the ovate vexillum

longer than the carina; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume oblique, ovate, acute,

shorter than the calyx. Benth. l.c.p. 615. H. § Z./ No. 1421.

--‘War. f. cephalotes ; heads globular or depressed, more hairy than usual. A. cepha-

lotes, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. §78. E.G Z.1 No. 1423. Zey./ 2336. A, cerrantha, B. & Z.!

1422, and A. globosa, BE. § Z.! 1425, vie Andr. Rep. t. 510?

Has. Common on the hills of Cape and Stellenbosch Districts. 8. French Hoek,

rieerty ! Zwarteberg, Z. § Z./ Klynriviersberg, Zeyher./ (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk.,

An erect or ascending, small shrub, with long, curved, simple, pale-barked,

branches, occasionally ramuliferous. Leaves 2-4 lines long, slender, becoming darker

in drying. Flowers blue, in terminal, ovoid, oblong or cylindrical, dense spikes ;

in f. in short heads. The pubescence of the calyx and bracts is sometimes very

copious, sometimes scanty. Thunberg’s A. cephalotes, judging by his specimen, is

merely a stunted form of the present species with short heads and more hirsute flow-

ers, It is quite different from A. cephalotes, Benth. (our A, Forbesit).

49, A. ericifolia (Linn. Sp. p. 1000); diffusely much-branched ; leaves

tufted, short, linear, blunt, villous or glabrescent, the floral ones scarcely

longer than the calyax tube ; flowers lateral, in interrupted spikes toward

the ends of the branches ; calyx villous, its segments linear-subulate,

bluntish, twice as long as the tube ; the ovate-oblong vexillum and the

keel villous; ovary 2—-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovate, acute, villous,

equalling the calyx. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 616. A. ertcoides, E. Mey. Linn. 7.

p. 160. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 579. A. varians, LH. § Z.! 1428. A. kanna-

_ensis, H. & Z.! No. 1412. % Fs

Sa,

shes ae t a

Has. Abundant on dry hills in the Cape and Stellenbosch Districts, &c. (Herb. Rear Vat

.. Th., Bth. Hk., Sd., D.).

Diffuse or prostrate, robust, 3-4 feet long, much and divaricately branched. Pubes-

cence generally copious and soft, rusty or fulyous, sometimes scanty. Leaves 1-1}

line long, sonaelinnes ing black. Flowers extending from 1-2-3 inches along the

branches, small and pale, 3 lines long. This is the t of Thunberg’s Herbarium ;

by Linnzus A, mollis and thymifolia, were conf fide Benth, ! 1. ¢.

50. A. mollis (Lam. Dict. 1. p. 290); every where covered unth long,

soft hairs ; leaves tufted, setaceo-filiform, mucronulate, pilose, the floral

much longer than the calyx tube ; flowers lateral, subsessile, solitary ;

calyx pilose, its segments subulate, teice or thrice as long as the tube ; the

ovate-oblong vexillum and often the carina villous ; ovary 2—ovuled,

villous. Benth./l. c. p. 617. A. flexuosa, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 579+ E.&

Z.! No. 1466. Zeyher, No. 2339.! A. muraltioides, HE. & Z.! No. 1427?

Has. Paarlberg, Drege / Near Tulbagh Waterfall, Z. § Z.! Voormansbosch, Zey-/

(Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) s

A ing or procumbent, much or little branched, softly pilose shrub, varying

in habit, length of leaves, and amount of pubescence. Leaves very slender, 2-4, or

sometimes 6 lines long, imbricated. Flowers 3 lines long, nestling among the leavés

like those of a Muraltca, pale, with a fulvescent, either glabrous or pubescent carina,

i have shorter leaves than usual, but

roe

Log, :

Gobenatonthe

nearly equalling the ale. Thunberg’s specimens I, but

a a “< A, hispida, a.” of his Herb. is A. mollis, but his

are otherwise identical. The

“s A, hispida B.” is A. thymifolia.

51, A. thymifolia (Linn. Sp. p. 1000) ; branches thinly tomentose;

leaves tufted, short, linear-filiform, blunt, glabrous or ubescent, the

ei aed sowie solitary, —

* E

floral shorter than or nearly equalling the calyx tube ;

116 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Aspalathus,

sessile, lateral; calyx pubescent, its segments subulate, as long as the

tube or shorter ; vexillum pubescent ; ale much shorter than the glabrous

or pubescent carina ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovate, acute,

downy, longer than the calyx. Benth./ l. c.p.617. E. Mey. Comm. p. 57+

A. hispida, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 579,ex parte. E.§ Zt No. 1413. A. Srank- -

enioides, i. & Z.! 1416, nom DC. A. multiflora, Sieb. No. 49, 163. Zey.f

2339, 431.

Var. a, tenuifolia ; leaves longer and more slender. A. mollis, B. flexuosa, Ei, Mey.

Comm. excl. syn. Thunb. 7

Var. 8, micrantha ; flowers smaller ; calyx teeth shorter. A. micrantha, E. Mey.!

Linn. 7. p. 161. E. § Z. No. 1418. Pappe, 242.

Var. ¥. albiflora; more glabrous, with shorter leaves, short calyx teeth and white

flowers. A. multiflora, E. Mey., and Thunb.! Herb. lit. B. non a. A.albijlora, BE. & Z.!

1417. Zey.! 2331.

Hap. Very abundant on dry hills and by roadsides throughout the western dis-

tricts. Vars. 8. and y. in Uitenhage and Albany. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A spreading or prostrate, very much-branched, and ramulose rigid shrub ; stems

3-4 feet long ; branches spreading or divaricate. Leaves 1-2 lines long or shorter.

Calyx teeth sometimes very short, rarely equalling the tube. Flowers. among the

smallest in the genus, 2 lines long, slender, with a reflexed vexillum and projecting

carina. Legume 14 line long, 1 line wide, compressed. ;

52. A. diffusa (E. & Z.! No. 1420); small, slender, villoso-canescent ;

leaves ternate or subfasciculate, short, linear-terete, blunt, villgus ; flowers

(minute) lateral, subsessile, scattered ; calyx albo-villous, its lobes

lanceolate, equalling the tube; petals... . 1; legume ovate, acute,

rather longer than the calyx, silky-canescent. Ee

Has. Mountain sides near Plettenbergsbay, Mundt.! (Herb. Sd.)

A small, depressed, much-branched shrub, 6-8 inches long, with filiform branches,

and softly pubescent, with whitish hairs. Leaves 14 lines long, slightly fleshy, thicker~

than in A. thymifolia, to which this imperfectly known Species seems to be allied.

53. A. asparagoides (Linn. f. suppl. 321) ; much-branched, ramu-

lose ; branches hirsuto-tomentose ; leaves tufted, setacco-filiform, tncurved,

mucronate, ciliato-pilose, at length subglabrous; flowers lateral, solitary,

sessile ; calyx-lobes subulate, acutely mucronate, ciliate, more than

twice as long as the hairy tube, and nearly equalling the corolla ; vexil-

lum mucronate, pubescent, longer than the glabrous carina; alz shorter;

ovary 2—ovuled ; legume obliquely-ovate, acute, pubescent, shorter than

the calyx. Benth./i.c. p.619. Thunb. Fi. Cap. p. 579. Burch. 5203

and 6131.

Has. Collected by Thunberg! Nelson, Bowie B é . Pappe!

(Heth: ‘Th ba i * | elson, ! and Burchell. Knysna, Dr. appe

A much-branched and ramulous, rather slender bush, 1-2 feet high, with reddish

bark, the old branches glabrate. Leaves in subdistant fascicles, 4-6 lines long, very

slender, remarkably curved, arcuate, red-brown when dry. Vexillum with a long

point, rarely muticous, Flowers rufescent,

54 A. calcarata (Hary.) ; diffuse, the leaf-tubercle armed with a sharp,

rigid spur ; leaves tufted, linear-terete, obtuse or mucronulate, minutely

appressedly puberulous or glabrescent, the floral exceeding the calyx-

tube ; flowers lateral, subsessile, solitary ; calyx turbinate, puberulous,

its segments subulate, equalling the tube ; the vexillum broadly-ovate,

acute, thinly silky ; carina rostrate, glabrous ; ovary 2—ovuled, silky ;

legume obliquely-ovate, acuminate, thinly silky.

Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) 117

Has. In the Karroo District of Swellendam, Dr. Pappe, 244. (Herb. D.)

A small, but woody, spreading, many-stemmed, and ramuliferous bush, 12-18

inches high. Ultimate twigs crowded, ascending, curved. Spur of the leaf-scars

3-1 line long. Pubescence of twigs, leaves, calyx, vexillum, and legume all close-

pressed, very thin, of short hairs. Leaves 3~4 lines long, the younger mucronulate.

Flowers 2-3 lines long, yellow, the vexillum fulvous. Legume 3-3% lines long, 24

broad at base, three times as long as the calyx. «

55. A. Pappeana (Harv.); diffuse, much-branched, twigs tomentu-

lose ; the leaf-tubercle armed with a short, sharp, rigid spur ; leaves tufted,

linear-terete, obtuse or mucronulate, nearly glabrous, the floral equalling

the calyx tube ; flowers lateral, subsessile, solitary ; calyx silky, its

segments broadly lanceolate, equalling the tube ; vexillum obcordate,

emarginate, densely silky-villous ; carina oval, obtuse, straight, pubescent ;

ovary 2-ovuléd; legume obliquely ovate, acute, thinly silky.

Has. Swellendam, Dr. Pappe, 239. (Herb. D.)

A much-branched, ramulose and rigid, depressed bush, 1 foot high, with foliage

somewhat like that of A. laricifolia. Spur of the leaf-scars not so long as in A. cal-

carata, from which species this is readily known by its calyx and corolla. The cal.-

lobes are green, with a subdefined midrib ; the tube pale. Flowers yellow, 3~4 lines

long ; the vexillum densely silky. Leaves slender, 3 lines long, nearly or quite gla-

brous. Legume not much longer than the calyx. Differs from A. opaca in the

armed leaf-tubercle, smaller flowers and calyx, more obtuse leaves, &c. -

56. A. athens (Linn. Mant. p. 260, non Benth.) ; canescent, much-

branched ; leaves tufted, tereti-filiform, blunt, whte-silky ; flowers lateral,

1-3 together, pedicellate, crowded toward the ends of the branches ;

calyx silky, with very short, acute teeth ; petals nearly glabrous, the alex

shortest ; legume ovate, acute, cano-tomentose, longer than -the calyx.

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 576. A. candicans, Ait.! Hort. Kew Ed. 2. vol. 4. p.

264. Benth.! 1. c. p. 618.

‘Has. In the Great Karroo, Thunberg / also from Nelson and Oldenberg in Herb.

Banks, fide Bentham, 1. c. Cape, Verreaux / (Herb. Th., D.) : 3

A much-branched, erect shrub, covered in all parts with soft, silky, white pubes-

cence ; the flowering branches slender, fiexuous, 6 inches long. Flowers lateral, but

crowded in a subterminal, racemose series, small, white ; the petals glabrous. Calyx

1} lines long. Leaves 3-4 lines long, sometimes mucronulate. Legumes 24 lines

long. Of this plant there are two excellent specimens, one in flower, one in fruit,

ey Thunb., and I adopt it therefore as the ‘albens’ of Linnzus, although in

Herb. Linn. (fide Benth.!) it is confounded with A. armata, which in some points it

resembles. It is quite unlike the plant called ‘ albens’ by E. Meyer ; our A. exilis.

5 lines long. Vexillum obovate, with a sharp

longer leaves, rather more densely crowded, but does not o

118 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

5. LATERALES (Sp. 58~74). ,

58. A. teres (E. & Z.! No. 1460); branches tomentose; leaves

tufted, tereti-subulate, rigid, pungent-mucronate, the adult glabrous ;

flowers solitary; calyx widely campanulate, tomentose, truncate, its

lobes distant, lincar-subulate, pungent, longer than the tube ; veaxillum

villous, scarcely equalling the pubescent carina ; ovary 4-ovuled ; legume

obliquely ovato-lanceolate, falcate-acuminate, turgid, silky. Benth. /l.c.

p- 620. Zey./ 2368. Burch. 4640.

Has. Vanstaadensberg Mts., Uit., F. & Z./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A large, strong shrub, 8-15 feet high. Branches long, ramuliferous, pubescent.

Leaves densely tufted, straight, spreading, § inch long, green. Flowers few, scattered,

7-8 lines long, on pedicels 1-13 lines long. Vexillum subfalcate. Calyx teeth

rigid, like the leaves, 3 lines long. Legume 8-9 lines long, 3-4 lines wide near the

turgid base, compressed toward the narrowed point.

59. A. hirta (E. Mey. ! Linn. 7. p. 156) ; branches villoso-tomentose ;

leaves tufted, narrow-subulate, rigid, pungent-mucronate, pubescent,

afterwards glabrous ; flowers lateral, solitary ; calyx widely campanu-

late, densely villous, its lobes distant, setaceo-pungent, rather shorter

than the tube; vewxillum silky villous, longer than the glabrous carina ;

ovary 2-3 ovuled ; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, turgid, very vil-

lous. A. wulnerans. Benth.!1.c.p. 621. non Thunb. LE. & Z.! No. 1458.

A, hirta, H. Mey. Inn. 7. p. 156. E. & Z. 1457.

Has. Swellendam Mts., at Puspasvalley and Kochmanskloof, Mundt., E. § Z.!

Voormansbosch, Zeyher, 2369! Gmnadendahl, Alexander Prior, Pappe! Giftberg,

Drege. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A large, strong, furzelike bush, with an abundance of softly hairy, yellow flowers

and pale green foliage. Leaves 3 inch long, more slender than in A. ¢eres, at first

covered with whitish, silky hairs, afterwards glabrous and shining. Calyx teeth

acicular. Flowers 6-9 lines long. Legume 4 inch long, covered with long white

hairs. This plant does not exist in Herb. Thunberg: his A. mulnerans is a very

different plant.

60. A. hystrix (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 377); densely tomentose and

canescent ; leaves tufted, subulate, terete, rigid, pungent-mucronate,

albo-tomentose ; flowers solitary, equalling the leaves ; calyx widely

campanulate, softly villoso-tomentose, its teeth from broad deltoid bases

shortly acicular, shorter than the tube ; vexillum densely tomentose,

longer than the glabrous carina; ovary 2—-ovuled ; legume obliquely

lanceolate, densely woolly. Benth.!l.c.p,621. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 51.

non E. & Z.

Has. hills in Onderbokkeveld and Kendo, , Gill! also

Phnatoe! Wiemot (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.) el ig oa

A large bush with white or silvery, copious pubescence. Leaves about 4 inch

long, spreading, sometimes curved, needle-pointed, rarely bluntish. Flowers § lines

long, yellow. Legume 6-8 lines long, woolly, Tubercles under the leaves bearded.

61. A. rigescens (E. Mey ! Comm. p. 52) ; cinereo-pubescent ; leaves

tufted, terete, subulate, rigid, fosomane g ed sro crte pubescent ;

flowers solitary, mostly shorter than the leaves ; calyx widely campanu-

late, pubescent, ats lobes linear-lanceolate, mucronate, rather longer than the

tube and nearly equalling the corolla ; vexillum villous, longer than the

pubescent carina ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, ap-

pressedly villous. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 622.

Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 119

Van. 8. echinata; branches divaricate ; leaves 4 lines long ; calyx lobes lanceo-

late-acuminate, pungent-mucronate, about as long as the tube. A. echinata, E. Mey.

Comm. p. 51. Benth./ 1. ¢c, p. 622. A. corrudefolia, DC. Prod. 2. p. 139. BE. § 2!

En. 1461. Zey./ 2367. .

Has. Near Port Elizabeth, Uit., and Gnadendahl, George, Drege! Winterhoeks-

berg and Koega River, Zeyher! 2322. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A much and densely branched, leafy bush, with appressed, short, greyish, copious

pubescence. Leaves 6-8 lines long, needle-pointed. Flowers yellow. This resem-

bles A. hystrix, but the leaves are generally longer, the flowers smaller, the pubes-

cence less tomentose, and the calyx lobes very different. Our var. 8. is retained as

a species by Bentham, and if we confine attention to the original specimens of Drege,

it looks distinct ; but on comparing several specimens from different collectors and

herbaria, I do not find the differences sufficiently constant. Both plants come from

the a districts, and 8. looks like a plant from a drier situation and probably more

stony soil, ‘

62.? A. opaca (E. & Z.! 1468); branches pubescent ; leaf-tubercle

unarmed ; leaves tufted, short, trigono-subulate, rigid, acute or sub-

pungent-mucronate, the adult glabrous ; flowers solitary ; calyx oblique,

ats lobes broadly lanceolate, acute, midribbed, longer than the pubescent

tube ; vexillum obovate-mucronulate, villous, equalling the glabrous

carina ; ovary 2-ovuled, villous ; legume ?

Has. On hills in Adow, Uitenhage, £. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sd.) ‘

The only specimen seen is about 8 inches high, with virgate, rufescent, thinly

tomentulose branches. Leaves 24-3 lines long, scarcely equalling the internodes,

patent, acute but scarcely pungent, brownish when dry. Flowers sessile, in the

centres of all the upper leaf-tufts, 4-5 lines long, the calyx longer than the leaves.

The calyx lobes have a prominent, keel-like rib, and two fainter, marginal nerves.

Possibly this should be placed among the LepranTH#, next A. rubrofusca, with

which, and also with A. Pappeana, it has several points in common.

63. A. acanthes (E. & Z.! 1459); branches virgate, tomentose ;

leaves densely tufted, imbricating, long, linear-terete, mucronate, rigid,

glabrous, the younger pubescent ; flowers solitary ; calyx widely cam-

panulate, villous, ats teeth lanceolate-subulate, subfaleate, rigid, mucronate,

longer than tube; vexillum subsessile, orbicular, villous, much longer

than the glabrous carina ; legume thick and very woolly. Benth./l. ¢.

p. 623.

Has. In Kannaland, near Gauritz R., Swell., Z. § Z.! Scholl. (Hb. Bth., Sd.)

A robust, erect, slightly branched shrub, with long, simple branches, densely im-

bricated with leaves, the branch (leaves included) 14 inches diameter. Leaves in-

curved 9-10 lines or an inch long, green, the young ones silky. Calyx lobes thick

and rigid, 4-5 lines long. Legume turgid, acuminate, 6-8 lines long. Flowers

yellow, 6-7 lines long, nestling among the leaves.

64. A. Burchelliana (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 623); “leaves tufted, long,

linear-terete, scarcely mucronate, somewhat fleshy, glabrous ; flowers

subsolitary, shorter than the leaves; calyx widely campanulate, pubes-

cent, its teeth much shorter than the tube ; vexillum villous, rather longer

than the tomentose carina ; legume thick, turgid, villous.” Benth. fl. ¢.

Has. From Burchell’s collection, No. 4456, ;

“ At first sight, very similar to A. verrucosa, but easily known by its villous

flowers and legume. Branchlets thick, tomentose, tuberculate. Leaves 8-10 lines

long, numerous, incurved. Calyx 14 lines long. Corolla twice as long. Carina

longer than the alw.”—Benth.

65. A. glomerata (Benth. ! 1. c.) “leaves tufted, long, subulate, pun-

120 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

gent-mucronate, rigid, si/ky-tomentose ; flowers lateral, glomerato-race-

mose, much shorter than the leaves; calyx widely campanulate, tomen-

tose, truncate, with setaceous teeth much shorter than the tube ; vexillum

broadly ovate, villous, scarcely longer than the glabrous carina ; legume

obliquely ovato-lanceolate, woolly.” —Benth. l. c.

Has. From Burchell’s coll. No. 5786. :

‘¢ Branches thickish, softly pubescent. Leaf-tufts distant, or crowded at the ends

of the branchlets. “Leaves very numerous in each cluster, the larger an inch long.

Flowering branch often lengthening a little from the fasciculus, bearing 4-12 flow-

ers, separately or 2-3 together, subtended by 1-3 leaves ; pedicels often a line long.

Calyx 1 line long. Corolla 4 lines. Legume less deflexed than in neighbouring

species, but not mature in the specimen examined.” Benth. l.c.

66. A. longifolia (Benth.! 1. c. p. 624); leaves densely tufted,

elongate, subulate, subincurved, mucronulate, silky and silvery ; flowers

solitary or glomerate, much shorter than the leaves; calyx widely cam-

panulate, softly villous, with very short, acute teeth ; vexillum broadly

orbicular, on a long claw, villous, longer than the glabrous carina; le-

gume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, very villous, Benth./ 1. c.

Has. From Scholl’s collection. (Herb, Bth., Vind.)

Only to be known from the following, which it greatly resembles, by its very

short calyx lobes, stipitate vexillum and longer (1~14 inch) leaves.

67. A. eriophylla (Walp.! Linn. 13. p. 499) ; leaves densely tufted,

elongate, subulate, incurved, mucronate, silky and silvery ; fi. solitary

or glomerate, as long as the leaves ; calyx villoso-sericeous, with subulate-

acuminate teeth, nearly as long as the tube ; vexillum oboval, villous, nar-

rowed into a short claw, longer than the glabrous carina; legume ob-

liquely ovato-lanceolate, turgid, silky and very villous, Benth./l.c. p.

624. Zey./ 2321.

Has. Near Grahamstown, Zeyher! Krebs, 892. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

A large, strong growing shrub, not much branched, with long, subsimple, densely

leafy branches ; every part densely clothed with soft, glossy, white or silvery pubes-

cence. Leaves 8-10 lines or an inch long. Flowers nestling among the leaves,

yellow. Vexillum 6 lines long, 3 lines wide. Legume 5-6 lines long.

68. A. laricifolia (Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 204. non Lam.) ; leaves densely ~

tufted, short, terete-subulate, mucronate, glabrescent ; flowers solitary,

lateral ; calyx widely campanulate, villous, with subulate-acuminate

teeth, shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the

glabrous or villous carina ; legume obliquely lanceolate, subacute, tur-

gid, very villous. Benth./l.c.p.625. H.d Z.! No. 1452. A. laricina,

DC. Prod. 2. p. 141. A. genistoides, EB. § Z.! No. 1453. Zey.! 2358.

Var. §. sericantha ; calyx teeth nearly equalling the tube; carina villous. A.

sericantha, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 49. Benth.! l. c. p. 625. Burch. 3485. A. hilaris,

E. & Z.! 1451. ;

Has. Hills near Capetown, and throughout the western districts, common. Var.

8. in the eastern districts, Caffraria and Port Natal. (Herb. Bth., Th., H., D., Sd.)

A much branched, ramuliferous, spreading bush ; branchlets 3-12 inches long,

shortly tomentose. Leaves 3—4 lines long, glabrous or minutely downy, especially the

younger. Flowers yellow, very numerous, toward the ends of the branches. This

plant is only known from A. canescens by its green, not canescent leaves. I venture

to reduce Meyer's A. sericantha, which differs by a very inconstant character: gla-

brous and pubescent carine occur indifferently in many species,

Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 121

69, A. canescens (Linn. Mant. p. 262) ; leaves tufted, subulate, acute,

canescent or silky ; flowers solitary, lateral ; calyx widely campanulate,

villous, with subulate-acuminate teeth mostly shorter than the tube;

vexillum pubescent, longer than the glabrous or pubescent carina ; le-

gume obliquely lanceolate, turgid, very villous. Benth./ 1. c. p. 625.

Thunb.! Cap. p. 577. E.& Z.! No. 1448.

= ge B. sericophylla; leaves white and silky. A. neanthes, E. & Z./ 1449. Zey. /

Var. y. Bowieana (Benth.) ; larger, with longer (4-5 line) leaves ; shorter calyx

teeth ; larger flowers, and a more acute legume, 7 lines long. Benth. l. ¢

Var. 5. Joubertiana; leaves very densely imbricated ; cal. lobes as long as the

tube ; vexillum glabrescent ; carina rostrate, acute. A. Joubertiana, E. § Z, 1450.

Has. Western Districts from Capetown to Swellendam, common ; the varieties .

chiefly in Swellendam., (Herb. Th., D., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Erect or spreading, robust, much branched ; branches virgate or ramulous. Leaves

always pubescent, but sometimes thinly so; mostly canescent, and in f. almost

silvery. Except in its pubescence it does not materially differ from the equally com-

mon A. laricifolia.

‘70. A. frankenioides (DC. Prod. 2. p. 13 9); ramulose, divaricate,

with tomentose branchlets ; leaves tufted, short, obtuse or subacute,

pointless, linear-terete, canescent or tomentose, the old glabrescent ;

flowers solitary, sessile ; calyx campanulate, pubescent or tomentose,

with subulate teeth shorter than the tube ; vexillum pubescent or to-

mentose, rather longer than the glabrous or pubescent carina; legume

ovato-lanceolate, villoso-tomentose, scarcely twice as long as the calyx,

Van. a. chortophila; leaves thinly pubescent, becoming subglabrous ; carina

villous. A. chortophila, E. & Z.! 1436. Benth./ l. ¢. p. 626. A. frankenioides, E.M.

Van. f. intermedia; leaves very short ; carina pubescent. 4. intermedia, E. § Z.

1437. Benth.! l. c’ p. 626. ;

Van. . albanensis; leaves longer and more hairy ; carina either minutely pu-

berulous or quite glabrous. A. frankeniordes, Benth. / 1. ¢. p. 627. A, albanensis,

E. § Z./ 1435-

Var. 8. poliotes; leaves longer and more tomentose ; carina rous or pubes-

cent. A. poliotes, B. g Z./ 1446. Benth. l.¢. p. 627. A. leptothria, E. § Z.! 1447.

A. tomentosa, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 55. Zey.! 2329-

‘Var. ¢. alpina; leaves as in a. ; vexillum and carina thinly pubescent or glabres-

cent ; calyx-lobes as long as the tube. A. hiatuum, E. § Z.! 1438.

Has. Common, in one or other of its forms, in Uitenhage and Albany, 2. § Z./

Drege! $c. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A much branched, spreading or dep , small bush, with canescent branches

and foliage, and yellow flowers. Leaves 1-2 lines long, in 5. 2-3 lines, variable in

ubescence, sometimes glabrous, but even then whitish or grey. Flowers 3-34 lines

ong, the corolla thrice as long as the calyx. Vexillum broadly orbicular or sub-

cordate ; the carina blunt, hairy or smooth. Legume 2-4 lines long, more or less

taper-pointed. Calyx teeth very variable in length, sometimes obsolete! Our 5

pn a are upheld by Bentham as species ;_ otherwise I should scarcely have indi-

cated them all, This species varies like A. thymifolia, of which it has the habit, but

from which, and others of the Leptanthe section, it differs in the broadly

vexillum and in the calyx.

71, A. setacea (E. & Z. ! 1462) ; branches villoso-tomentose ; leaves

tufted, setaceo-subulate, pungent-mucronate, villoso-canescemt ; flowers

solitary ; calyx villous, campanulate, its lobes lanceolate-subulate, needle-

longer than the tube ; vexillum villous, longer than

122 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

carina; legume ovato-lanceolate, appressedly villous, longer than the

calyx.

Var. a. Eckloni; calyx teeth 13 as long as tube; vexillum setaeeo-mucronate-

A. setacea, Benth.! . c. p. 618. A. alopecuroides, £. Mey. Comm. p. §2.

Var. A. Gillii; calyx teeth 1} as long as tube ; vexillum mucronulate. A. Gilli,

Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 617.

Has. Vanstaadens Hills, Uitenhage, 2. d Z./ Drege! and at the mouth of the

Omsameaba, Drege! Caffirland, Dr. Gill, (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A densely much branched, villous shrub, 2-3 feet high ; the branches erect, ramu-

lous, densely imbricated with leaves. Leaves 3-6 lines long, the younger ones all

needle-pointed. Flowers sessile, yellow, nestling among the leaves. The flowers

in A. Gillit are a very little larger than in Ecklon’s plant, with somewhat shorter,

but similarly shaped and pointed calyx-lobes, and less mucronate vexillum ; but in

foliage and general habit both are very similar.

72. A. Alopecurus (Burch. Cat: 5561) ; branches woolly and very

villous, densely leafy ; leaves tufted, setaceo-subulate, pungent-mucro-

nate, hairy ; calyx softly villous, its lobes setaceous, 14 to twice as long as

the tube ; vexillum and carina villous ; legume ovato-lanceolate, woolly,

much longer than the calyx. Benth.!1.c.p. 618. A. comosa, H. & Z. !

1426, non Thunb.

Has. 8, Africa, Burchell, Thom! Mountain sides, near the Howhoek Pass, Cale-

Op oad ites oxi ftly hairy bush, 1-2 feet high; th

ro) ran very 80: ush, 1-2 feet high; the

branches and Re shaggy. spat ae imbricated, 4-6 apg pe very

slender, fulvous or dark in drying. Flowers small, pale, nestling among the leaves ;

vexillum ovate, stipitate, pointless. Legume 3~4 lines long.

73. A. incurvifolia (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 497); branches tomentose,

densely leafy; leaves tufted, incurved, setaceo-subulate, mucronate,

glabrous or nearly so ; flowers solitary ; calyx thinly pubescent, cam-

panulate, with short, deltoid teeth ; vexillum glabrous or subpubescent,

scarcely longer than the glabrous carina; legume obliquely ovato-

gee a turgid, densely villous, much longer than the calyx. Benth.!

. ¢. p. O18.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell, Bowie! (Herb. Hk., Bth.)

A — ; sngeonere, Fs ey a wry am ni leafy —— aan

spreading Squarrose, ong, bro

abundant, distributed along the branches, small ak pom sot i a ae

74. A. Chamissonis (Vog. Linn. 10. p. 597); branchlets and gemme

spiniferous ; leaves tufted, short, linear-terete, blunt, silky-canescent ;

flowers solitary ; calyx softly villous, widely campanulate, with subu-

late teeth scarcely equalling the tube ; petals glabrous; ovary 2-ovuled ;

legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, thick, softly pubescent. Benth./ I. c.

p. 619. A. acanthophylla, EB. § Z.! 1496.

Has, , Chamisso. Swellendam, , fi i

r-aece. Mand bet. (Geb. Hh, aA be / 223, Sides of Table Mountain,

robust, straggling, thorny bush ; the spines either endi ranch issu-

ing from the middle of the leaf-tufts. Leaves 2-4 Prseg dmidan.ane shenier

than the horizontally patent spines. Flowers small and yellow. E. & Z: give

Swellendam as the district where Mundt gathered this plant ; but the original speci-

men in Hb. Hook., and of which Ecklon’s seems to be ;

in Mundt’s hand-writing. as to he a branch, is marked as above

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 123

6. MACROCARPE. (Sp. 75-78.)

75, A. filicaulis (E. & Z.! 1395); suffruticose, ascending, thinly pi-

lose, then glabrescent ; branches subsimple, incurved, angular, with pro-

minent leaf-tubercles ; leaves ternate or fascicled, unequal, linear, acute

or mucronate, compressed, incurved, pilose or glabrous ; flowers solitary

and lateral, or 4-5 in a terminal, imperfect umbel, pedicellate, with seta-

ceous bracteoles; calyx campanulate, striate, thinly villous, its seg-

ments subulate, distant, longer than the tube; vexillum silky, obovate,

equalling the cuneate, glabrous carina ; ovary linear, 16-20 ovuled; le-

308 linear, many-seeded, 3~4 times as long as the calyx. Benth. / 1. ¢.

p. 619.

Van. f. subumbellata; flowers 4-5 in an imperfect umbel.

mt ene the Tulbagh Waterfall, Z. 4 Z./ 8. Scurfdeberg, Zeyher! (Herb.

., Bth., Sd.

A slender gemeds branched chiefly from the base ; branches 6—12 inches long,

reddish brown. Leaves 3-6 in each tuft, slender, 4-6 lines long, a Pe-

dicels 1-2 lines long. Flowers yellow, 3-4 lines long, the carina semici , strongly

arched in front, subacute. Legume 10-11 lines long, 1-14 lines wide, acute, sub-

turgid or compressed.

”6, A. macrocarpa (E. & Z.! 1 392); robust, woody, glabrescent ;

branches rigid, virgate, the leaf-tubercle prominent, tomentose, mucro-

nate (or unarmed) ; leaves densely tufted, linear-subulate, glabrescent ;

flowers solitary, pedicellate, cernuous ; calyx downy, ribbed, tts teeth

scarcely so long as the tube; legume long and lanceolate, turgid, villoso-

pubescent. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 630.

Has. Mountains near Wagenmakersbosch, Swell.! Mundt! (Herb. Hk, —

a very different pod. The leaf-tubercles on the younger twigs are armed with a mi-

nute spine, on the older unarmed, but densely albo-tomentose and pulvinate, Leaves

4-5 lines long, pale green, many in each tuft. Flowers unknown. The ripe pods are

an inch long, nearly 2 lines wide, acuminate.

_ A. pinea (Thunb.! Cap. p. 82); branches rigid, virgate, the

von Wate valoas, older pt lac leaf-tubercle small, pointless ;

leaves tufted, linear-subulate, acute, the young villous, the adult gla-

brous; flowers lateral, pedicellate, cernuous ; calyx villous, widely and

obliquely campanulate, ribbed ; its teeth from a broad base subulate,

than the tube; vexillum subrotund, densely villous, the carina lu-

nate and rostrate; legume linear-lanceolate, villous, many seeded.

ica, Th } Winterhoeksberg, Pappe! (Herb. Th., D.)

Hab. South Afsion, tity branabed shrub, at a4 nearly aggre? when yo!

ves

villous; old branches glabrous, pale, with decurrent raised striz. Leaves 4

long, very slender, not very densely tufted, but closely set and imbricating each

other ; the leaf-tubercles small, dark brown, quite blunt or minutely mucronulate.

Pedicels lateral, 1-2 lines long, hairy, the branch extending beyond the fe gre

flower. Calyx thinly clothed with long, soft hairs. Vexillum very broad hairy ;

the carina as long, very much arched, semicircular. Ovary at least 16-ovuled. Le-

gume 8-12 lines long, 2 lines broad, linear, acute, villous. The A. pinea, Benth. is

macranthis

our A.

78, A. Garipensis (E. Mey. Comm. p. 44) ; shrubby, divaricate, with

spinous branches ; hia tufted, linear-spathulate, subinvolute, chan-

nelled, obtuse, silky-canescent ; “ flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate,

124 - LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

lateral, near the ends of spine-tipped ramuli; calyx silky, its lobes lan-

ceolate, pointless, shorter than the tube; vexillum and carina silky

towards the points; legume straight, linear, silky.” 4H. Mey./l.c.

Has. Banks of the Gariep, Drege!

Of this I have only seen a fragment without flower or fruit, in Hb. Sond.

7, GRANDIFLORE. (Sp. 79-84.)

79. A. Willdenowiana (Benth. 1. c. p. 630); branches rigid, the leaf

tubercle unarmed or spinoso-mucronulate; leaves setaceo-filiform, sub-

glabrous, acute ; flowers solitary or few, on very short pedicels ; calyx

villous, widely and obliquely campanulate, with subulate, acuminate

teeth as long as the tube; vexillum villous; carina glabrous, strongly

arched and beaked; stigma scarcely oblique; legume obliquely lanceo-

late, very villous. Benth. A. verrucosa, Willd., non L. E. Mey.! Comm,

p.50. A, hystrix, E.& Z.! 1481, non. Linn. f. A. uniflora, Thunb. non L.

Has. Hill sides, Puspas Valley, Swell. Z. ¢ Z./_ Cape Town Hills, Drege! Hout

Bay, Alexander Prior! (Herb. Bth., Sd., Hk.. Th.)

A tall shrub, erect and loosely branched ; branches virgate, tapering off to a fine

point, the younger twigs pubescent, older nearly glabrous. Leaves densely tufted,

slender, 4-3 inch long. Flowers 4 inch long, the vexillum subsessile and very wide.

wages? 6. Stigma much less oblique than in the following. Legume 6 lines long,

23 wide,

80. A. leptophylla (E. & Z.! 1482); branches rigid, spine-tipped,

the leaf-tubercle sharply spiniferous; leaves setaceo-filiform, mucronu-

late, subglabrous; flowers solitary or in pairs, shortly pedicellate ; ca-

lyx pubescent, widely campanulate, with lanceolato-subulate teeth as

long as the tube; vexillum villous, carina glabrous, strongly arched and

beaked ; stegma obliquely decurrent ; legumes obliquely lanceolate, villous.

Benth. /1. ¢c. p. 31. A. laricifolia, Lam. non Berg. A. verrucosa, litt. b. & ¢.

E. Mey.!

Has. Hills and mountain sides, Tulbagh, FE. Z./ The Paarl and Dutoitskloof,

Drege! Alexander Prior! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

‘Very like A. Willdenowiana, from which it is known by its sharply-aculeate leaf-

Hee che decurrent stigma. Branches reddish yellow, shining ; leaves pale, }

in ;

81. A. rostrata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 361); divaricate, with rigid, spine-

tipped branchlets ; the leaf-tubercle spinoso-mucronulate ; leaves linear-

terete, bluntish, cano-puberulent ; flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate ;

calyx pubescent, with subulate teeth shorter than the tube; vexillum

Sbligns shorter than the arched, long beaked, glabrous carina; stigma

oblique.

Has. From Scholl's collection. (Herb, Benth )

Allied to A. leptophylla, but with much shorter, minutely canescent, blunter and

thicker leaves, shorter calyx-lobes, and a longer and more tapering carina,

82. A, macrantha (Harv.); branches virgate, villous; the leaf-tu-

bercle mucronulate ; leaves densely tufted, setaceo-subulate, mucronu-

late, at length glabrous ; flowers towards the ends of the branches late-

ral or terminal, few together, shortly pedicellate; bracteoles simple; ca-

lyx widely campanulate, its teeth from a broad, ovate base shortly subu-

late-acuminate; vexillum villous, oblong-ovate, acute, equalling the

Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 125

glabrous arched and beaked carina. A. pinea, Benth. / l.c.p. 631, non

sie oe A uniflora, E. & Z.! 1483, non L. nec. Thunb. Sted. Fl. Cap.

p. 161.

Has. Hott. Holl., £. ¢ Z./ Sieber! Reeves! Forbes! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

_ A tall, densely branched and densely leafy shrub, with erect, rod-like branches,

crowned with 2-4 large, fulvous-yellow flowers. The younger leaf-tubercles are mu-

cronate, but not spinous. Leaves very slender, }-$ inch long, the young ones softly

pilose, older glabrous and pale green. Vexillum tapering to an acute point. Ovules

about 7. Legume thick, an inch long, 3-4 lines broad at base, somewhat falcate.

83, A. grandiflora (Benth.!1.c. p.32); branches ramuliferous, hairy ;

leaves tufted, linear-trigonous, keeled, acute, pilose or glabrous, shining ;

flowers solitary or few, subsessile, at the end of short branchlets ;

bracteoles trifoliolate; calyx villoso-hirsute, its lobes broadly lanceolate,

rather longer than the tube; vexillum villous, obovate, obtuse ; carina

glabrous, arched and rostrate; stigma very oblique.

Has. From Thom’s collection. (Herb. Hook.)

Probably a large shrub. Branches thick and woody ; the younger roughly hairy ;

ramuli closely set, 2-3 inches long, ending in 1-2-3, uncial, fulyous, yellow

flowers. Leaves on the branches 2-3 lines, on the ramuli 4 inch long, reddish

brown, glossy. Calyx 6 lines long. Nearly allied to A. galeata, but a coarser, more

roughly hairy bush, with longer leaves, larger flowers, and an oblique stigma, &e.

84. A, galeata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 49); branches ramuliferous, pi-

lose, soon glabrous ; leaves tufted, short, linear-keeled, acute, soon gla-

brous, shining; flowers few, ending the branches, shortly pedicellate ;

bracteoles trifoliolate; calyx thinly pilose, its lobes subulate, acuminate,

pungent, longer than the tube ; vexillum villous, obovate, obtuse; carina

glabrous, arched and rostrate; stigma straight; legume obliquely lan-

ceolate, falcate, villous. Benth. l. c. p. 632.

Has. Clanwilliam, between Pikenierskloof and Olifant’s River, Drege! (Herb.

Bth., Hk., D.)

‘A much branched, leafy bush, with large, 8-9 lines long, fulvescent flowers.

Leaves 2-3 lines long, rufescent. The leaves are shorter than in any other of this

section.

8. PACHYCARP. (Sp. 85-87.)

85, A. densifolia (Benth. 1. c. p. 632); branches virgate, hairy; leaves

very densely tufted, subulate, mucronate, glabrescent, those under the

2-4 flowered heads plumoso-ciliate ; calyx piloso-villous, obliquely

campanulate, the two upper teeth broadly ovate-acuminate, the 3 lower

lanceolate, all shorter than the tube; vexillum very villous, longer than

the incurved, obtuse, glabrous carina; ovary 6-ovuled ; legume obliquely

rhombic-ovate, acuminate, thick, villous. Benth. !

Has. Witsenberg, Zeyher, 428! Dec. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A robust, erect, densely leafy, not much branched bush ; the branches very erect,

8-14 inches long, ending in small, subglobose heads of flowers, encircled with white,

hairy, floral leaves. Flowers deep yellow or orange, half inch long. Calyx inflated,

unequal ; the lowest lobe narrow. Leaves 4 lines long, the upper ones 4 inch, gla-

brous and glossy, brownish. Very near the following, but with longer leaves and

larger flowers. S

86, A. triquetra (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 578); branches ramuliferous,

pilose; leaves densely tufted, short, incurved, acute, linear, strongly

keeled, glabrous or pilose; flowers 2-4 together, capitate; calyx villoso-

RiineA Qo

Nov fe

126 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

pilose, obliquely campanulate, the four upper teeth triangular, acute,

the lowest lanceolate, all nearly equalling the tube; vexillum pubescent,

equalling the arched and beaked, glabrous carina; ovary 4—ovuled ; le-

gume obliquely rhomboid, thick, hairy. Benth. 1. c. p. 633. E.G Z. 1480.

ao aaa and Dutoitskloof, Drege.’ Tulbagh, #.§ Z./ (Herb. Th., Bth.,

Robust, re densely branched, and leafy. Leaves scarcely equalling the inter-

nodes, 2-23 lines long, incurved, the younger piloso-ciliate, the old glabrous and

lossy, all flat on the upper side and keeled below; triangular. Flowers 5 lines long.

gume woody, 4 lines long and wide. A handsome shrub, with foliage resembling

that of rica cerinthoides.

87. A. propingua (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 53); branches tomentose;

leaves tufted, small, trigonous, obtuse, cano-tomentose,; flowers terminal,

shortly pedicellate, 2-3 together; calyx softly villous, campanulate, the

four upper teeth triangular, lowest lanceolate, all rather shorter than

the tube; vexillum pubescent, as long as the glabrous, arched and

beaked carina; ovary 6-ovuled; legume obliquely ovate, acute, silky-

villous. Benth.! l. c. p. 633.

Has. Cederberg, e erb, Benth.

A small ar i a yreake pemox and canescent in all parts. Leaves

about a line long, few in each fascicle. Flowers 5 lines long, in pairs (or threes) at

the ends of the branchlets, on pedicels 1 line long. Bracteoles trifoliolate, Very

much smaller than either of the preceding.

9g. CARNOSE, (Sp. 88-101.)

88. A. callosa (Linn. Sp. 1002) ; quite glabrous, or with the twigs

tomentulose ; leaves ternate, linear, mucronate-acute, or obtuse, Jlat above,

round-backed ; flowers spiked or capitate; calyx-lobes ovate or ovato-

lanceolate, acute or acuminate, rather shorter than the tube or equalling —

it; ovary 4-5 ovuled, glabrous or subcanescent; legume obliquely lan-

ceolate, twice as long as the calyx. Benth./l.c. p. 634. Bot. Mag. t.

2329. £.§Z.f 1272, 1273. Thunb. / Cap. 573.

Van. B. brevifolia; twigs tomentulose ; leaves 1-2 lines long; flowers smaller and

fewer. A. tylodes, B.§ Z.! 1374.

Van. y. fusca; dwarf, robust, with tomentulose twigs ; leaves 4-5 lines long ;

flowers 2-3 together, terminal ; bracts subulate ; calyx-lo

as the tube. A fusca, Thumb.! Oap. p. 374. Benth. lc. p. 599.

Has. Common on Table Mountain and on the Cape Flats, &c. Hott. Holl. and

the Western Districts. (Herb: D., Bth., Hk.,

gular.

green, erect, 4-6 lines long, 4 line wide. Flowers either laxly spiked or densely sub-

capitate, mpemae! B megane the bracts ovato-lanceolate, equalling the calyx-tube ;

> lanceolate, acute at each end. Flowers yellow, quite glabrous. Var. 7.

(in Hb. Upsal) is much stunted, with few flowers, and rather longer and more taper-

(89. A. erythrodes (E. & Z.! 1375); branches rufo-tomentose ; leaves

ternate, linear, mucronate, semiterete, carnose, incurved; flowers spi-

cate; calyx-lobes lanceolate, rather longer than the tube; ovary 7-8

ovuled, glabrous.

Has. Hill sides near Tul E.G Z.) erb. Sond.

A small shrub, with sn ae Bee PR ors Be aos clothed with short,

foxy pubescence. Leaves 4-6 lines long, sharply mucronate, shrivelling when dry,

patent, with the points incurved. Bracts green, with purple tips, narrow lanceo-

Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 127

late. Spikes few flowered. Calyx purpurascent, its lobes lo and narrower than

in A. callosa, to which this is nearly allied. a

90. A. variegata (E. & Z.! 1376); leaves ternate or tufted, short,

slender, fleshy, blunt or mucronulate, glabrous ; flowers in loose racemules

or subumbellate ; calyx campanulate, downy, somewhat fleshy, its teeth

ovate-acuminate, shorter than the tube ; vexillum nearly glabrous, shorter

than the arched carina; ovary 4-ovuled; legume obliquely lanceolate,

glabrous, twice as long as the calyx. Benth. l. c. p. 634.

Has. Cape Flats, £. § Z./ Wallich, W.H.H., §c. Varschevalley, Zeyher, No. 429.

(Herb. D., Bth., Sd.)

A much branched, slender, subcorymbose, ramulous bush, 1-14 foot high;

branchlets thinly and minutely puberulent, with laxly set, pale foliage. Leaves 2-3

lines long. Racemules 3-6 flowered, the flowers yellow. Legume § lines long, 2

lines wide. Bracts and bracteoles linear-lanceolate.

91. A. carnosa (Berg. Pl. Cap. p. 206; non E. & Z.); branchlets ru-

fo-tomentulose ; leaves tufted and ternate, short, linear-terete, fleshy,

blunt or mucronulate, glabrous ; flowers pedicellate, capitato-racemu-

lose, few together; calyx campanulate, fleshy, pubescent, its teeth broadly

oval, obtuse, glabrous, half as long as the tube; vexillum downy on the

ridge, equalling the glabrous carina; legume obliquely lanceolate, about

twice as long as the calyx. Benth.!1.c.p. 635. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 580.

Bot. Mag. t. 1289.

Has. Capetown and Simon’s Bay Hills, Thunberg/ Scholl! Bowie! M‘Gillivray !

W.H.H., gc. (Herb. Thb., Bth., D., Hk.)

A very densely branched shrub, 2-4 feet high and wide ; glabrous except on the

young twigs and the flowers. Leaves pale, 2-3 lines long, thick and blunt, patent.

_ Flowers pale yellow. Legume 4-5 lines long. Bracts oblongo-cuneate, or linear-

oblong ; bracteoles lanceolate or linear.

92. A. Priori (Harv.); branchlets pubescent ; leaves tufted, short,

linear-terete, fleshy, blunt, glabrous, the younger ones and the floral se-

toso-ciliolate ; flowers sessile, capitate, few together; calyx very oblique,

setoso-pubescent, the two upper lobes deeply parted, ovato-lanceolate, the three

lower lanceolate, acute, longer than the tube; vexillum silky, longer than

~ the very blunt carina; ovary villoso-sericeous, 2-ovuled, stipitate.

Has. Table Mountain, Capetown, Dr. Alexander Prior! (Herb. Benth.)

A much branched shrub, in aspect very like A. carnosa; but the yo leaves are 4

setulose ; the floral longer, lanceolate, pubescent and rigidly ciliate ; the flowers very a

much smaller, with differently shaped petals, and the calyx very dissimilar.

98. A. sarcodes (Vog., ex Walp. Linn. 13. p. 480); glabrous ; leaves

tufted or ternate, linear, mucronate, fleshy, subterete ; flowers pedicel-

late, one or two, terminal; bracts and bracteoles broadly ovate ; calyx

widely campanulate, glabrous, fleshy, with broadly ovate, obtuse lobes, di-

lated at the sinuses and nearly equalling the tube; ovary with several

ovules'; legume obliquely lanceolate. Benth. ! 1. ¢. p. 635. Sarcophyllum

carnosum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 573- Sarcocalyx capensis, Walp. 1. ¢. oe Qty

Has. 8 , at FalseBay, Thamberg ! Pappe! Dr. Hooker! Dr. Alexander Now } i |

: 2s

Prior} (Herb. Thb., Bth., D., Hk., Sd.) : y

A loosely branched ramulous shrub, 3-4 feet high and ig, erg are Supt. ‘

except in the axils of the leaves and round the leaf-scars._ Se ;

w green, somewhat succulent. Leaves incurved, patent, 5-6 lines long,

25. LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

diameter. Bracts and bracteoles thick, keeled, 24 lines long, 14 wide. Calyx nearly

6 lines long, its lobes dilated at the base, and imbricating or recurved. Corolla g-10

lines long, the vexillum reflexed, the ale and carina straight, oblong, obtuse. Le-

gume 9-10 lines or an inch long.

94. A. sarcantha (Vog., ex Walp. Linn, 13. p. 689); branches tomen-

tulose ; leaves tufted, terete, linear, obtuse or mucronulate, fleshy, gla-

brous, or the upper downy ; flowers pedicellate, 4-5 terminal, capitato-

umbellate; bracts ovate or oblong, bracteoles lanceolate, acute, equal-

ling the calyx-tube ; calyx puberulent, campanulate, fleshy, cts lobes ovate-

acuminate, often falcate, equalling the tube; vexillum pubescent on the

ridge, equalling the glabrous carina. Benth. l. c. p. 636. A. carnosa, Linn.

Mant. non Berg.

Has. Cape District, Mundt. Wallich! §c. Simon’s Bay, Dr. Hooker! Dr. Alexander

Prior. (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.)

Almost intermediate in character and aspect between A. carnosa and A. sarcodes ":

". more nearly related to the former, from the more luxuriant states of which, except

by the longer and acute calyx-lobes, it is sometimes with difficulty distinguished.

Foliage pale. Flowers yellow.

95. A. capitata (Linn. Amoen. Acad. 6. p. 92); branches rufo-villous;

leaves densely tufted, linear, 3-cornered, somewhat fleshy, mucronate-

acute, incurved, willoso-ciliate, or glabrescent; flowers densely capitate ;

calyx widely campanulate, thinly villous, the lobes broadly ovate, acute,

somewhat longer than the tube; bracts and bracteoles ovato-lanceolate, —

villous ; vexillum glabrous, equalling the rostrate carina, which is vil-

lous on its upper edge; ovary 2~ovuled. Benth. 1. c.p. 636. Lam. Lil.

t. 620. f. 2. Thunb.! Cap. p. 578. E. § Z.i 1479. A. glomerata, Linn. f.

Sup. 321. eae

ce = Mountain, &c., Thunberg and most recent collectors. (Herb. Th.,

Bebust’s-3 feet high, not very densely branched ; the branches a foot or more in

length, erect, simple or ramulose, clothed, as well as the margins of the leaves, with

long soft hairs, under which is a reddish tomentum, Leaves pale, 4~5 lines long,

more slender than in the ing. Flowers 4 inch long, in many-flowered heads,

yellow or buff. Carina strongly arched and taper-pointed, woolly at the upper edge

near the base. .Ovary ciliate on the ventral suture, otherwise glabrous. -

96. A. snbulata (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 583); branches tomentulose;

leaves subfasciculate, short, linear-trigonous, pungent-mucronate or mu-

cronulate-obtuse, glabrous; flowers subcapitate, few together ; calyx pu-

berulous, its lobes lanceolate, carinate, very acute, nearly equalling the tube;

petals glabrous, of equal length, the carina arched, bluntly subrostrate ;

ovary 4-ovuled. A. floribunda, Benth.! 1. c. p. 636. Zey, 2347. ae

Has. Zwarteberg, near Caledon, Mundt. Bowie. Pappe! 163. (Herb, Thb., Hk., —

Bth., D., Sd.)

A much branched, ramulous, erect shrub, with the habit of A. carnosa, from

which it is sufficiently distinguished by the pungent leaves and the calyx. Leaves

two lines long, spreading, variably mucronate, and sometimes almost pointless.

97. A. collina (FE. & Z.! 1488) ; divaricate, the twigs pubescent ;

leaves tufted, short, trigonous, rigid, pungent-mucronate, glabrous ;

flowers terminal, solitary, subsessile ; calyx glabrous, with deltoideo-

subulate, acuminate, pungent segments, rather longer than the tube ;

Aspalathus. ] LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 129

vexillum thinly silky, scarcely longer than the arched-subrostrate, gla-

brous carina ; ovary 4—ovuled, legume obliquely ovate, turgid. Benth./

l.c. p.657. A. versicolor, H. Mey.! Comm. p. 48.

ane HE) near Port Elizabeth, 2. § Z. Groot Zwarteberg? Drege. (Herb. Bth.,

A much branched, divaricately flexuous and twisted, scraggy bush, with many

short ramuli, each bearing a solitary, terminal, pale yellow flower. Leaves subdis-

tant, about 2 lines long, patent and pungent. Flowers on very short pedicels. Ca-

lyx-teeth attenuated from a deltoid base.

98. A. aciphylla (Harv.); branches tomentulose ; leaves tufted, subu-

late, aristato-pungent, glabrous; flowers 2-4 together, or solitary, ses-

sile ; calyx fleshy, glabrous, its lobes ovato-subulate, pungent-acumi-

nate, equalling or exceeding the wide tube ; petals glabrous, subequal,

the carina arched, obtuse ; ovary 6-ovuled; bracts ovate, keeled, pun-

gent. A. abietina, H. Mey. Comm. p. 48. Benth. l. c.p. 637.

Var. 8. nana; very dwarf; leaves densely crowded, subulate, taper-pointed, and

pungent-mucronate, squarrose ; flowers 1-2 terminal, depauperated. A. batodes,

E. § Z. 1455.

Has. Grootzwarteberg and the Krom Riv., Drege. Zwarteberg (but probably |

from higher, drier, and more rocky ground) Eckion and Zeyher. (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

A rigid, much branched, robust bush, well covered with twigs and leaves. Leaves

very patent, unequal in the same tuft, 3-4-5 lines long. Flowers either solitary in

lateral tufts,or more frequently subcapitate at the ends of the branches.

99, A. arida (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p.156); quite glabrous or thinly

and minutely downy ; leaves tufted, linear-terete, blunt or mucronulate ;

flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate (very variable in size); calyx widely

eampanulate, glabrous, carnose, the lobes from a very broad, ovate base, —

acuminate, as long or twice as long as the tube ; petals glabrous, broad,

nearly equally long; ovary 2—-ovuled; legume obli uely rhombic-ovate,

enclosed in the marcescent and enlarged corolla. . Lc. p. 638.

Var. a erecta; unarmed ; stem and branches erect, slender, elongate ; leaves

shorter and flowers smaller, 2-4 lines long; calyx-lobes more sudulate and often

shorter than the tube, 4. pinguis, H. § Z./ 1487. Zey.! 420.

Var. 8. procumbens; rigid, procumbent, much branched, the branches spine-tipped ;

leaves longer, flowers larger, 4~5 lines long, with lanceolate bracts ; calyx-lobes more

- War. y. grandiflora; erect, unarmed ; leaves thicker, carnose ; flowers *

5-8 lines long; calyx-lobes ovate-acwminate, much longer than the tube, their edges oe

strongly imbricating ; bracts lanceolate. Zeyher, 2355.

throughout the Western Districts. Var. y. Howhoek Pass, Zeyher ; also in Forsyth’s

and Bowie's Coll. (Herb. Bth., Hb., D., Sd.) ig Wik, 4

An extremely variable plant, especially in the size of the flowers, which in var-Qus..

grandiflora are sometimes 8 lines long, while in the smallest varieties they are

scarcely 2 lines, The calyx varies with the size of the flowers, its lobes passing from Qy/)y

subulate to broadly ovate. But between these extreme forms a gradation 1"

may be established, and though our three varieties are very distinct in their typical =

condition, the limits are indefinable.

_ 100. A. pachyloba (Benth. 1. c. p. 638); branches thick, densely to- _

mentose; leaves tufted, short, fleshy, linear-terete, very obtuse or mu-

cronulate, rarely subacute, glabrous; flowers solitary, latera

calyx carnose, glabrous or pubescent, its segments lane

Voto He

Has. Common on the Capetown hills snd by road sides in dry places ; also sas .

oly

allan

130 -- LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

acute, nearly as long as the tube or shorter; vexrllum hairy at base

behind, scarcely longer than the glabrous, obtuse carina ; ovary 2—-ovuled,

ciliated at back; legume obliquely rhomboid, very thick, glabrous.

Benth.! A. carnosa, E, & Z.! 1492, non Thunb.

Has. Mountains of Swellendam and near Plettenberg’s Bay, Mundt. Voormans-

bosch, Swell., Zeyher, 2354. Gmadenthal, Alexander Prior. (Herb. Th., Bth.,

Hk., Sd.)

A strong bush, 2-4 feet high, erect, with thick, erect and densely tomentose

branches. Leaves crowded, 1-2 lines long, passing from very obtuse to acute or mu-

cronate. The calyx also varies in the length and breadth of its lobes, and its pu-

bescence; the lobes are sometimes strongly keeled. In Thunberg’s Herbarium are

three specimens marked A. afinis; one of them belongs to the present species ; one

to A. recurva, Benth., and the other to ‘A. pinguis,’ E. Mey.! non Thunb. £.&2Z.’s

‘A. carnosw’ is a variety with mucronulate leaves.

101. A. pallescens (E. & Z.! 1476); branches tomentulose; leaves

tufted, carnose, linear-terete, obtuse, incurved, minutely cano-puberu-

lous; flowers solitary, lateral, sessile; calyx carnose, thinly puberulous,

ribbed, its segments oblong, subacute, midribbed, equalling the tube ;

petals ... %3; ovary puberulent, 2-ovuled ; legume ovate, acute, not

twice as long as the calyx, pubescent. Benth. 1. c. p. 639.

Has. Mountain sides near Plettenberg’s Bay, Mundt. (Herb. Sond.)

A bush intermediate in aspect and character between A. pachyloba and A. costu-

lata, but with longer leaves and broader calyx-lobes than either. I have only seen

an imperfect specimen without petals, The foliage is microscopically canescent ;

the leaves 3 lines long, closely set, imbricating, patent, but curving inwards.

10. PINGUES. (Sp. 102-117.)

102. A. verrucosa (Linn.! Sp. p. roor); branches tomentulose ;

leaves tufted, elongate, linear-terete, acute or mucronate, fleshy, glabrous ;

flowers lateral, shortly pedicellate, solitary, shorter than the leaves ; calyx

nearly glabrous, its teeth acute, much shorter than the tube ; petals

glabrous ; ovary 4-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, sparsely

puberulous. Benth./ 1. c. p. 638. A. succulenta, H. Mey. ! Linn. 7. pe 159.

H. & Z.! 1491. A. Mundtiana, FE. & 2.1 1490. Zey.! 2360?

Haz. Mountains near Caledon and Hott. Holl., #. &. Z.! Drege! Wallich! Masson:

- Near Swellendam (with sharper or mucronate leaves) Mundt.! Sel Th. Hk. D. Sd.) —

A stout bush, 2~3 feet high or more, much-branched, the older branches bare of

leaves and warted with hemispherical leaf-tubercles, Leaves 4 inch or more in length,

spreading and closely approximated ; their point varying from subobtuse to sharply

mucronate. Flowers small, 3 lines long, hidden among the leaves, yellow ; pedicels

2 lines long. Legume recurved, 4 inch long. r

103. A, affinis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580, non Benth.) ; branches

tomentulose ; leaves tufted, short, subacute or mucronulate, linear-terete,

fleshy, glabrous ; flowers lateral, subsessile, longer than the leaves; calyx _

glabrous, obliquely campanulate, its teeth acute, much shorter than the —

tube; petals glabrous, vexillum with a basal callus ; ovary ciliate behind,

6-ovuled ; legume obliquely and broadly lanceolate. A. pinguis, H. Mey. !

Comm. p. 60. Benth.! 1. ¢.p. 640, non Thunb. Zeyher, 439.

Has. Piquetberg and Gnadendahl, Drege / Oliphant’s R., Zeyher! Kamanaasie

Hills, Alecander Prior } (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

A spreading bush ; its older and naked branches warted, the younger closely leafy.

Leaves 1-2, rarely 3 lines long, spreading. Flowers 3-3} lines long, yellow, cernuous,

Legume 5-6 lines long. In Thunberg’s Herbarium are three plants marked ‘afinis ;

Aspalathus.] LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 131

one is the present species ; another, on the same sheet, is A. recwva, and the third,

marked B. is A. pachyloba,

104, A, pinguis (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580, non Benth.) ; branches

.tomentulose ; leaves tufted, minute, fleshy, ovoid or oblong, obtuse, gla-

brate ; flowers lateral, subsessile, solitary ; calyx obliquely campanulate,

glabrous, its teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube ; petals glabrous,

vexillum with a callus at base; ovary glabrous, several-ovuled ; legume

obliquely lanceolate. A. afinis, H. Mey.! Comm. p.60. Benth. i. c. p.

640, non Thunb. A. minutifolia, Vog.

Has. On dry hills. Aasvogelsberg and Kendo, Drege / Also found by Thunberg /

Mundt., §c. (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.)

A large, stout, much-branched, ramulose shrub, nearly related to A. afinis, from

which it chiefly differs in the very short, ovoid or subrotund leaves, which are 4—1

line long. Flowers yellow, chiefly toward the ends of the branches, 23 lines long.

This is the true ‘ A. pinguis’ of Herb. Thunb. ! Z

105. A. costulata (Benth.! 1. c. p. 641); branches tomentulose; leaves

tufted, short, fleshy, terete, obtuse, at length glabrous ; flowers lateral,

solitary, sessile ; calyx campanulate, glabrescent, cts teeth triangular-

acute, shorter than the 15-ribbed tube; petals glabrous; verllum naked

at base; ovary glabrescent, 4—ovuled ; legume obliquely rhomboid-ovate,

downy. Benth. /1. ¢. p. 641.

Has. Cape Colony, Schol/! (Herb. Benth.)

A much-branched, ramuliferous bush, resembling A. afinis, and also A. pachyloba

and A. pallescens ; from each of which however it differs in characters of detail. I

have only seen the specimen in Herb. Benth., above quoted.

106. A sanguinea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580); branches tomentu-

lose ; leaves tufted, ait short, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers lateral,

subsolitary, pedicellate ; calyx turbinate, glabrous, its lobes linear or

subtriangular, pointless, shorter than the tube ; petals glabrous, ale

much shorter than the incurved carina ; ovary hairy at base, 4-6 ovuled.

Benth. 11. ¢. p. 641.

Has. South Africa, Thunberg / Bowie! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth.)

A densely much-branched bush, with minute, fieshy-terete leaves and purple-red

» small flowers. Pedicels 1-14 lines i : flowers of same length. Leaves 1 line long,

the floral ones shorter than the pedicel. :

107. A. adelphea (E. & Z.! 1442); branches tomentulose ; leaves

tufted, linear-terete, fleshy, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers solitary or in pairs,

shortly pedicellate; calyx glabrous, with very short, obtuse teeth ; petals

glabrous, the ale shorter than the arched carina; ovary 2-ovuled ;

legume obliquely lanceolate, glabrous, several times as long as the calyx. —

Benth.! 1. c. p.641. A. iniqua, E. § Z.! 1443. A. subtingens, B. g ZI

1441, and A, rubescens, E. & Z.! 1444. Zey.! 755 235% 2351, 2353+. a

Has. Hills and dry ground. Uitenhage District, in several places, £. ¢ Z.1 Bowie, (ha Lae

Burchell, §e. (Herb. D., Hik., Bth., Sd.) BSS saa oimeg

A densely-branched, ramuliferous, leafy bush ; the upper branches studded with / “oes te

small, reddish-yellow or rufescent flowers, of about the same size as in 4, sanguinea, CS ae

’ but on shorter pedicels. Leaves 14-3 lines long, closely set, spreading. 6 E

4 lines long. Pe ce

108. A. microdon (Benth.! L. c. p. 642); branches puberulent leaves

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132 | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

tufted, short, terete, obtuse, fleshy, glabrous ; flowers subsolitary, minutely

pedicellate, lateral ; calyx downy or glabrescent, with very short or ob-

solete, distant teeth ; petals glabrous; ale not much shorter than the

arched and somewhat beaked carina; ovary downy, 2—ovuled ; legume

obliquely lanceolate, subfalcate, thinly pilose. Benth./l.c. p. 642. A.

afinis, EH. § Z./ 1440, non Thunb. A. pinguis, litt. c. H. Mey.! Comm. p.

60. Zeyher, 2350.

Has. Swellendam hills, on Riv. Zonderende, Kars, &c. E. & Z.! Pappe! Klyn

Fish R., Drege / (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A small, ramulous bush, resembling the preceding, but with shorter and smaller

leaves, shorter or obsolete pedicels, generally pubescent calyces and rather smaller.

flowers. Also like A. affinis, but smaller in all parts, with a 2-ovuled ovary. Leaves

4-13 lines long. The young plant is thinly puberulous. at

109. A. recurva (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 642) ; divaricate, with canescent

branchlets; leaves tufted, short, terete, obtuse, glabrescent; flowers

solitary, lateral, shortly pedicellate ; calyx puberulent, subcanescent, its

lobes triangular, with thickened, recurved margins, nearly as long as the

tube ; carina glabrous, longer than the pubescent or glabrous vexillum

and ale ; ovary 2—ovuled; legume glabrous, obliquely ovate-falcate-

acuminate, 2-3 times longer than the calyx. Zey.!/ No. 419.

Has. Nearthe 24 Rivers, Zeyher'/ also in Paterson’s collection. (Herb. Hk. Bth. D.Sd.)

A spreading or depressed, excessively-branched, rigid shrub, with divaricate or

recurved branches, and pale and scanty foliage. Leaves 1-2 lines long. It differs

from neighbouring species by its calyx, &c. Flowers pale yellow, 3-34 lines long,

their pedicels as long as the leaves or rather longer.

110. A. Wurmbeana(E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 58); branchlets canescent;

leaves subfasciculate, slender, filiform, curved, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers

shortly pedicellate, solitary or in pairs, lateral; calyx puberulent-canes-

cent, rts lobes linear, longer than the turbinate tube ; corolla glabrous, the

Benth.! 1. c. p. 643.

Has. Wupperthal, Drege / (Herb. Benth.) ;

A small shrub with the habit of A. incomta, from which it differs in its glabrous

leaves and petals, and turbinate cal -tube ; from A. lactea it further differs in the

vexillum and carina longer than the ale; ovary glabrous, 2~ovuled. -

noe Leaves 3-4 lines long, few in each tuft. Flowers scarcely two

_ 111. A. lactea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 580, ex parte); branches puberu-

lent ; leaves Said ahenncr lineman or = sacra seis

or wncano-puberulous, the floral longer than the calyx ; flowers shortly

pedicellate ; calyx campanulate, oblique, glabrous or puberulent, with

subulate teeth much shorter than the tube ; the glabrous or thinly silky

vexillum and the glabrous carina longer than the ale; ovary glabrous

or silky; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, twice as long as the calyx.

Var. a. Thunbergii; leaves minutely cano-puberulous ; flowers subsessile ; calyx

puberulent ; vexillum, ovary, and legumes thinl: silky. <A. lactea, litt. a. Herb.

Thunb. ! A. incomta, E. Mey.! Benth.t. ¢. p. Saas Bo se

Var. B. Meyeri; leaves, calyx, vexillum, ovary, and legumes glabrous 0 1s or nearly iy.

80 ; flowers shortly pedicellate. A. lactea, E. Mey.! Benth./ 1. ¢. p.

Var. y. Zeyheri ; glabrous ; leaves much denser, longer, and acute or mucronate.

Zey. No. 2348.

igs

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 133

Has. S. Africa, Thunberg/ Between Straat and Hex Rivier, Stell., and in the

Onderbokkeveld, Drege / Var. y. Swellendam, Zeyher / (Herb. Th. Bth. Hk. D. Sd.)

An erect, branching, and ramulous bush, 2-4 feet high, variable in habit and in

pubescence. Leaves in a. and 8. 2-3 lines long; in y. 4-5 lines, and much more

closely placed. Flowers numerous, small, cream-coloured ; the pedicels in a. } line,

in B. and ‘y. 4-1 line long. Thunberg’s original specimen quite agrees with Meyer’s

‘incomta,’ so far as I can judge from the very imperfect scrap I have seen. Our

var. 8. chiefly differs from it in indument. Var. +. looks, at first sight, much more

distinct, having almost the aspect of A. verrucosa. —

112. A. incomta (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 579, non Benth.) ; branches

tortuous, silky ; leaves laxly tufted, slender, filiform, curved, obtuse,

thinly appresso-puberulent ; flowers scarcely pedicellate, solitary, lateral ;

calyx puberulent-canescent, tts lobes distant, subulate, as long as the campanu-

late tube ; vexillum thinly silky, ale much shorter than the glabrous carina ;

ovary 2-ovuled, silky.

‘Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg. (Herb. Thunb.)

A small, depressed, or prostrate shrublet, 6-8 inches long, densely much-branched ;

the branches and ramuli short, much twisted, leafy. Leaves setaceous, 3-4 lines

long, few in each tuft, squarrose, thinly silky, and subcanescent. Flowers yellow,

2 lines long, the pedicel }~line long. Described from the original specimen in Herb.

_ Upsal. . It has not been found by recent collectors.

113. A. lepida (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 58); youngest twigs minutely

canescent ; leaves linear-terete, obtuse, becoming glabrous, pale; flow*

ers lateral, solitary or in pairs, shortly pedicellate ; calyx minutely cano-

puberulent, its teeth triangular-acute, much shorter than the tube ; petals

silky, the roundish vexillum longer than the carina; ovary 2—ovuled,

silky. Benth.! 1. c. p. 643. A. lactea, litt. B. Thunb. Herb.

Has. 8S. Africa, Thunberg. Sandy hi iquetberg, Drege! (Herb. Th. D. Bth.)

A spready, seacteiees mary levee oeiaehod Gea with small, subdistant

leaves, and slender, rodlike branches. Leaves s-2 lines long, microscopically puberu-

lent when young, becoming glabrous. Flowers 3 lines long, pale buff, on pedicels

1 line long. This was included by Thunberg under his ‘ lactea.’

-114. A argyrea (DC. Prod. 2. p. 139); whole plant covered with

short, white, silky tomentum ; leaves tufted, linear-terete, blunt, elongate ;

_ flowers subsessile, solitary, lateral; calyx turbinate, the teeth shorter

than tube ; petals pubescent ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely ovato-

lanceolate, acute, silky. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 644. E. & Z./ 1393.

_ Has. Uitenhage District, #. ¢ Z./ Albany, Dr. Atherstone, Langekloof, Drege,

&e. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.) _ 3 :

Readily known from all allied species by its copious, very white, but short, downy

pubescence. Stem erect, much-branched, and ramulous. Leaves 3-4 to 6-8 lines

long, spreading. Flowers 2 lines long, primrose colour. Calyx-teeth either linear

or somewhat deltoid, variable in length, but never long. Legumes 6 lines long,

2 lines wide.

115. A. spinescens (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 584) ; branches rigid, divari-

cating, spine-tipped ; leaves very short, Jleshy, obtuse, glabrescent ; flowers

solitary, lateral, shortly pedicellate; calyx-teeth very short, obtuse, the

tube silky; vexillum and carina puberulent, longer than the wings ;

ovary glabrous, 2—ovuled. Benth. l. c. p. 644. ele

Har. Cape, Thunbery. Near Groenekloof, Drege. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D.)

A coarse, straggling shrub, with widely spreading branches and ramuli, whose

134 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [Aspaluthus.

ends harden into strong spines. Leaves scarcely 1 line long, very thick and fleshy.

Flowers scarcely 3 lines long, on pedicels 1 line long, pale.

116. A. spinosa (Linn. Sp. 1000); glabrous or thinly canescent ; the

branchlets spine-tipped, and generally the leaf-tufts spiniferous; leaves

tufted, linear-terete or plano-compressed, pointless; flowers lateral,

shortly pedicellate ; calyx-teeth very short, soinetimes obsolete ; vexil-

lum oval, scarcely pubescent near the point, equalling the glabrous ale

and carina ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume silky-pubescent, acuminate, 2-3

times as long as the calyx. Benth. l. c. p. 644. E. & Z. No. 1498. Thunb.

Fl. Cap. p. 584. Zey. 2363.

Var. 8. flavispina; more glabrous ; leaves more slender ; calyx-teeth, scarcely

any ; a shorter vexillum and a little longer and more glabrous legume, Benth. A.

| flavispina, Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 126.

frea Weowe i, Van. ». inermis ; leaf-tufts destitute of spines. E. Mey.

OLN i R Var. 8. horrida ; leaves thick, plano-compressed, narrower to the base, pubescent ;

\ legume shorter and more woolly. A. horrida, E. § Z. 1499.

Has, Common in dry ground throughout the colony, and extending to Port Natal.

to ( (Herb, Th., D., &c.

A very rigid, divaricate, much-branched bush, bristling at all points with sharp

ee an spines ; those of the leaf-tufts 4-3 inch long, subhorizontal, sometimes absent. Flow-

ers sulphur-yellow, 3-3} lines long. Var. 3. is almost intermediate with A. obtusata.

, 117. A obtusata (Thunb,! Fl. Cap. p. 574); cano-pubescent, the

branchlets andjoften the leaf-tufts spiniferous ; leaves subfasciculate, flat,

ly-linear or obovato-linear, very obtuse, narrowed to thebase, canescent ;

flowers lateral, shortly pedicellate ; calyx oblique, with very short teeth ;

vexillum silky, equalling the nearly glabrous, blunt carina; legume

Bo mheecent, acute, 2-3 times as long as the calyx. A. glauca, E. &

4. 1500,

Has. Near Oliphant’s River, Thunberg. Gauritz River, E. ¢ Z. (Herb. Th., Sd.)

This has the habit of 4. spinosa, but the leaves are quite flat, 1-14 lines broad,

and sometimes narrow-obovate and retuse. In Thunberg’s original specimen, in

Herb. Upsal, the ramuli are alone spine-tipped ; in E. & Z.’s (Herb. Sond.) almost

ie y leaf-tuft is also spiniferous. The flowers are like those of A. spinosa, but the

plekocke. aa oe ae

7 a rr a 7 11, TERMINALES (Sp. 118-137),

118. A. abietina (Thunb. ! Fi. Cap. p. 583, non Benth.) ; glabrous ;

leaves ternate or subfasciculate, linear-subulate, mucronate, flattish ;

calyx-lobes subulate, setaceo-acuminate, pungent, more than twice as long

as the tube ; the vexillum and the arched and rostrate carina nearly

tance as long as the ale ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate,

glabrous, longer than the ealyx. A. Jilifolia, B. Mey. ! Linn. 7. p. 58.

Benth! l. c. p. 646. A, retroflexa, EB. & Z.! 1397, non Linn. Zey.! 418.

Has. Summit of Table Mountain, C : (H

Bih, Hk 8d Ts) ountain, Cape, £. § Z./ W.H.H., ge. (Herb. Th,

A small, erect or spreading shrublet, 12-14 j : ;

the branches rubescent, striate and shige tee high, subcorymbosely branched ;

'g.

young appressedly puberulous, unequal, the longest half inch or more long, all

_ 19. A. fornicata (Benth. | 1. , P. 646); very minutely strigillose ;

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 135

leaves subfasciculate, subulate, carinate or with recurved margins, mu-

cronate ; calyx-lobes subulate, setaceo-acuminate, pungent, rather longer

than the tube ; the vewillum and the fornicate much incurved, carina longer

than the ale ; ovary 2—-ovuled; legume obliquely lanceolate, glabrous,

longer than the calyx, Benth!

Has. On Table Mountain, Mundt/ Thom! Gueinzius/ (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Very similar to A. abietina, but with rather shorter, blunter and more convex

leaves ; shorter calyx teeth, and more exactly distinguished by the strongly inflexed,

fornicate carina. Branches more rigid, a foot long, erect.

120. A. pedicellata (Harv.) ; shrubby, diffuse, ramulous, glabrous ;

leaves ternate or tufted, linear, fleshy, blunt or mucronulate, glabrous ;

flowers 1-3 at the ends of the branches and twigs, pedicellate; calyx

campanulate, glabrous, its segments lanceolate-acuminate, thickened at

margin, not pungent, equalling the tube ; vexillum subrotund, thinly

silky, mucronulate, equalling the short, straight and blunt carina ; ovary

2-ovuled, legume ?

Has. Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe/ 245. (Herb. T.C.D.) oy

A strongly woody, procumbent or depressed, densely leafy and ramulous small _ a

bush ; twigs quite glabrous, pale, roundish. Leaves tufted on the branches, ternate * oa

on‘the twigs, 3-4 lines long, quite glabrous, the older obtuse. Flowers pale yellow, ae

in imperfect umbels ; pedicels 2-3 lines long. This has the aspect of A. galioides”

and A. marginalis, but differs in inflorescence, petals, glabrous twigs, &c. The

ovary has a line of hairs on the ventral suture, but is otherwise glabrous.

121. A. retroflexa (Linn. sp. toor); diffuse or procumbent, slender,

minutely downy ; leaves tufted, subulate, acute, microscopically puberu-

lous or glabrescent, the floral shorter than the calyx ; flowers solitary or

in pairs, sessile ; calyx downy, its lobes green, subulate, acute, mostly

longer than the tube, shorter than the corolla ; petals glabrous ; ovary

villous, 2-ovuled; legume lanceolate, silky, twice as long as the calyx. A

Benth.! 1, c.p. 646. A. galioides, Berg. ; E. Mey. ! ex parte. N Be:

Van. B. bicolor; calyx-lobes not longer than the tube, strongly reflexed ; vexillum *"~ \™

and carina purple on the outside. A. bicolor, E. § Z./ 1404. otk /

"Van. y. parviflora; leaves not 2 lines long ; flowers 2-2} lines long, the calyx-

lobes equalling the tube, very patent. A. leptocoma, Pappe! non E. & Z,

: Has. On the Cape Flats, &c. common. Var. 8. near Doornhoogde, FZ. & Z./

* Var. -y. between the Breede and Duivenhoek’s River, ‘Pappe! (Herb. Th., Bth.,

6 a ae 2-4 feet long, spreading over the ground, much branched ;

the flowering ramuli slender and filiform, 1-2 inches long, generally bare of leaves,

except a single tuft just below the terminal flowers. Tufts of leaves laxly set, espe-_

cially on the smaller branches. Leaves 3 lines long. Flowers 4 lines long, orange

"yellow ; in 8. purple on the outside. Legume densely clothed with long white,

silky hairs. Calyx-lobes leaflike, longer or shorter. Var. 7. differs chiefly by its

small flowers. Pe ee

- 122. A galioides (Linn. Mant. p. 260, non Thunb.); diffuse or pro-

cumbent, the branches puberulent; leaves densely tufted, subulate,

acute, glabrous, the floral about equalling the calyx; flowers in pairs,

sessile ; calyx nearly glabrous, its lobes leaflike, keeled, acute, twice as

long as the ribbed tube, and not much shorter than the corolla ; petals

glabrous, the incurved, obtusely rostrate carina longer than the alz ;

ovary 2-ovuled, glabrous. — Benth.! 1. c. p. 647. A. galivides, var. foliosa,

E. Mey.! No. 2357. A.juniperina, Thunb.! Fl, Cap. p. it ee

136 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Aspalathus.

= Has. Subalpine situations in the Western Districts, common. (Herb. Th., Bth.

Hk., D., Sd.

(. Vacliho A ee shrubby plant, with stronger stems, much more closely set, thicker

Uw wis and more glabrous leaves, and smaller flowers than A. retroflexca ; the flowering

Deh branchlets are densely leafy throughout, the flowers nestling among the terminal

lay leaves ; the calyx tube is ribbed and the ovary quite glabrous. Leaves 2-3 lines

long, many in a cluster, sometimes glaucous.

123. A. marginalis (E. & Z.!.1445); much branched, with pubes-

cent branches; leaves tufted, linear-terete, fleshy, obtuse or submucro-

nulate, glabrous ; flowers subsessile, 1-2 together ; calyx cano-pubes-

cent, the lobes green, lanceolate, with reflered margins, acute, longer than

the tube, one half shorter than the flower; ovary villous, 2—ovuled ;

legume obliquely lanceolate, silky, twice as long as the calyx. Benth.!

lic. p. 647. Zey.! 2340.

Has. Grassy fields, near the Zwartkops River, Z. ¢ Z. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A densely branched, ceespitose, small shrub, 8-12 inches high ; the branches sub-

canescent, densely leafy. Leaves 2~3 lines long, mostly very blunt and slightly

tapering at base. It is readily known from allied species by its calyx.

Pee PR UA VEN ALR SS PPI Ee

124. A. exilis (Harv.); rigid, depressed, ramulous, nearly glabrous

or minutely and thinly canescent ; leaves tufted, tereti-subulate, mucro-

nate, subpungent ; flowers solitary, or 3-4, subsessile ; calyx campanulate,

pubescent, its teeth tapering and mucronate, shorter than the tube ; |

petals pubescent ; ovary 2—ovuled, glabrous. A. albens, E. Mey.! (non

Linn.) Benth.! l.c. p. 648. in

age Sandy Hills, in the Cape District, Drege/ Kuilsriver, Pappe/ 164. (Hb.

A scraggy, low-growing, stunted, much branched, robust and rigid shrub. Leaves

either green or thinly canescent, squarrose, unequal, 2-3 lines long. Flowers mi-

nute, 1-14 line long, in terminal 2-4 flowered racemules. Petals changing colour,

at first pale yellow, afterwards purplish or livid-red.

125. A. rubens (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 576); canescent ; leaves tufted,

short, terete-subulate, incurved, subacute, white and silky ; flowers sub-

sessile, 1-2 together; calyx turbinate, tomentose, with acute teeth

much shorter than the tube ; petals silky; carina obtuse; ovary 2-

ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, silky-villous. Benth./ 1... p. 648. —

Zey.12325. Burch. 4642. ,

a areas Uit., Drege, Zeyher. Sidbury, Burke. (Herb. Th., Bth.,

A slender, suberect or diffuse, much branched bush, 10-12 inches high, all parts

albo-canescent. Leaves 14-2 lines long. Flowers fulvous or rufescent, 3 lineslong.

126. A astroites (Linn. sp. p. 1000) ; branches villous ; leaves

tufted, tereti-subulate, subtrigonous, pungent-mucronate, rigid, spread-_

ing, at length glabrate; flowers shortly racemulose, subcapitate ; calyx

widely campanulate, sparsely pilose, its lobes subulate-pungent, needle-

pointed, rather longer than the tube ; vexillum pilose on the ridge, as

long as the glabrous, arched and rostrate carina ; ovary 2-ovuled ; lee

gume obliquely and broadly lanceolate, glabrous or scarcely hairy.

Benth.! lc. p.648. Thunb. ! Ft. Cap. p. 582. aes

Has. Hill sides and mountains, Ca; Districts be

TB. D. Hk) pe and Stellenbosch , frequent. (Hb.

; A large, furzelike bush, with very pungent, rigid, and widely spreading leaves,

Lae

eee

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 137

unequal in the tuft, the longest dinch long. Flowers orange yellow, 3-4 lines long,

several together in short, imperfect, terminal racemes ; rachis and pedicels white-

hairy. Legumes } inch long, mostly glabrous, thickened on the ventral suture.

127. A. vulnerans (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 582, non Benth.) ; branches

divaricate, pubescent, spine-tipped ; leaves tufted, very patent, slender,

trigono-subulate, pungent-mucronate, glabrous ; flowers racemulose, 3-

together ; calyx glabrescent, its lobes setaceo-subulate, pungent, scarcely

longer than the tube ; petals pubescent ; legume obliquely lanceolate,

glabrous. A. acicularis, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 46. Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 649.

Has. Cape District. Hills at Ebenezer, and thence to Kamiesberg, Drege,

W.H.H. (Herb. Th., Bth.)

Much more slender than A. astroites, with spreading or divaricate branches, fewer

and more slender leaves, and smaller and paler flowers. Leaves acicular, 3—} inch

long. Flowers 23-3 lines long, in a lax, terminal, subsecund raceme, Except in

its inflorescence this very closely resembles A. wlicina, E. & Z.

128, A. pungens (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 584); divaricately much

branched, spinescent ; leaves tufted, linear-terete, mucronate, glabrous ;

flowers racemulose ; calyx pubescent, the teeth triangular-acuminate,

needle-pointed, shorter than the turbinate tube; the vexillum and the

arched and rostrate carina silky, longer than the ali ; ovary 2—ovuled ;

legume obliquely lanceolate, silky-villous. £. § Z./ No. 1494. A. se-

cunda, E. Mey.! Comm.p. 47. Benth. 1. c. p. 649.

“Has. Near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, E. § Z.1 Riebeckskasteel, Drege, Bowie,

Ge. ferb. Th., Bth., D., Hk.)

nsely branched and ramuliferous ; every branchlet ending in a needle-pointed

reddish or yellow spine. Leaves 2-3, rarely 4 lines long, slender, but not so sharp

as in A. vulnerans. Flowers on a spinescent rachis, 4—5 lines long, yellow. Legumes

fe = 5 lines long. This is the true ‘pungens’ of Thunb. ! in

129. A. genistoides (Linn. Mant. p. 261) ; unarmed, with virgate

branches and ramuli ; twigs downy ; leaves tufted, linear-terete, blunt

or mucronulate, glabrous or nearly so ; flowers pedicellate, racemulose ;

the teeth of the thinly silky or glabrescent calyx deltoideo-subulate,

needle-pointed, distant, shorter than the turbinate tube ; petals thrice

as long as the calyx, puberulent, the long and straightly rostrate carina ae

somewhat longer than the ale; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, ee

thinly silky. Benth./ 1. ¢. p. 650. Thunb. Cap. p. 581. aah aballs if)

~. Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg/ Waterfall, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe / 240. (Hb. Th., D.) ke Oat jal

An erect or spreading bush, with rodlike branches, and rodlike, very erect ramuli. Gs

Leaf-tufts densely set, many leaved ; leaves pale green, squarrose, 3-4 lines long. pe

-Racemules 4-5 flowered, ending the lateral branches. Flowers bright yellow, like ee

those of a Genista, 5 lines long ; the vexillum ample ; the carina bent at aright

angle, with a long, straight point. 3 ue

180. A. acuminata (Lam. Dict. 1. p. 287); divaricately much ¢

branched, spinescent ; leaves subfasciculate, very short, trigonous, fleshy, —

subobtuse or mucronate and pungent, nearly glabrous ; flowers 1-3,

‘racemulose, pedicellate ; calyx turbinate, puberulous, its teeth triangu-

lar-acuminate, needle-pointed, shorter than the tube; the ovate vexu-

lum and the arched and beaked carina silky, longer than the alee 5

_ ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, downy-canescent. Benth.

Le. p. 650. ee

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as LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) (Aspalathus.

Has. Dry ground and by way sides. About Capetown, and throughout the Cape

District, common. (Herb. Bth., D., Hk., Sd.

A rigid bush, with the aspect of 4. pungens, from which it is at once distinguished

by its short, fleshy leaves. Leaves scarcely a line long. Flowers 3 lines, yellow.

131. A. divaricata (Thunb. ! Cap. p. 582); slender, diffuse, divari-_

cate, unarmed (or rarely subspinescent); twigs puberulous; leaves

short, tufted, terete or trigonous, pungent-mucronate, erect or squarrose,

glabrous or nearly so; flowers racemulose or subsolitary, shortly ped-

unculate ; calyx turbinate, puberulous, its teeth deltoid, or deltoideo-

subulate, pungent, variable in length ; the orbicular, thinly silky vexil-

lum and the arched and rostrate, glabrous or silky carina longer than —

the ale ; ovary 2-ovuled; legume obliquely ovato-lanceolate, puberu-

lous or glabrescent, 2-4 times as long as the calyx.

Var. a. Thunbergii; leaves squarrose ; calyx-lobes commonly shorter than the

A. galioides, Sieb.! 159. Zey.! 2359. A. leptocoma, E. § Z./ 1402. A. divergens, Be

wpe Derare - Oe tube ; legume 3-4 times longer than the calyx. A. divaricata, Benth./ 1. c. p. 651.

ea el

SAWS

’ Mey.! Comm. p. 45.

Var. 8. microphylla; leaves suberect, unequal, the outer shorter and swollen at

base ; calyx-lobes commonly as long as the tube ; legume twice as long as the calyx

A. microphylla, DC. Prod. 2. p. 143. Benth.t lec. p. 650. E.G Z. 1401. Zey./ 438.

Var. y. subinermis ; leaves rather slender, 1~2 lines long ; ,branches rarely spi-

nescent ; calyx teeth commonly much shorter than the tube. A. subinermis, Benth.

L. c. p. 650. A. spinescens, E. § Z. 1495, non Thunb, 4

Has. Dry ground and by way sides, throughout the Colony. 8. and x. in. the A

Western Districts. (Herb, Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

A straggling or procumbent, rigid, but slender, much branched bush, with very

i i .

4 Nor } 63 spreading branches, rarely spiniferous. Leaves variable in length and direction, t-2, .

rarely 3 lines long. Calyx teeth sometimes very short, sometimes equalling the

tube, but variable on the same bush. I cannot, after comparing numerous specimens

of the three yarinties given above, consider them as more than varieties. ip ah ee

_ 132, A. ferox (Harv.) ; divaricately much branched, spinous, very |.

rigid ; leaves. tufted, linear-terete, blunt or mucronulate, glabrous, slén- = =~

der ; flowers 4-5, pedicellate, fascicled or racemulose ; calyx turbinate,

puberulous, its teeth short, triangular, acute, but not pungent; the.

obovate, silky vexillum and the bluntly rostrate, glabrous carina, longer

than the ale ; ovary 2-ovuled, silky ; legume ? .

Has. In barren Karroo-ground. Bosjesveld, Swell., Pappe! 246. (Herb. D.)

A very stout, rigid bush, with pale aed or white bark ; tales tecater: widely,

the ramuli at nearly right angles with the branch, and straight, rigid, 1-1} inch.

long, pointed. Leaves 3-5 lines long, many in the tuft, slender. Umbellate-

tufts of flowers from the centre of the leaf-tuft, or terminating the spinous ramuli ;—

in the latter case racemulose. Flowers 2-2} lines long, cream-white, the tip of the |

purple. Easily known by its purple-tipped white flowers and the non-spinous 8

133. A. vermiculata (inte Dict. 1 88); ramul e branch

: . I. p, 288); ramulous, the branches

ped hae vide leaves a, minute, i obtuse, glabrous or

Pp ent ; flowers in pairs, pedicellate ; ith short,

iridingidan Peal TS, pedicellate ; calyx pubescent, with s

not much shorter than the vexillum: ovary thinly villou ed; —

: s, 2-oyul

legume obliquely-lanceolate, Benth. 1. 6 = LAs 1 sanguinea, E. & Ff

3439,non Thun. A. microphylla, Steud. A. multiflora, litt. «. Herb. Thunb.

Has. Alpine valleys in the Langekloof, Geo , E. § Z. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

Aspalathus. | - LEGUMINOS® Gems, 139

A densely, much-branched, erect shrub, 1-2 feet high, with very minute leaves

and a profusion of reddish, silky flowers. Leaves }-} line, rarely 1 line long. Flow-

ers 3-4 lines, the corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. The calyx-teeth vary

in length, sometimes they are nearly half as long as the tube, usually much less.

134. A. Agardhiana (DC. Prod. 2. p. 143); silky-canescent, with

very minute white hairs; leaves ternate, narrow-lanceolate, acute, flat,

mid-ribbed ; racemules teminal, few-flowered; calyx silky-canescent,

. the teeth ovate, acute, shorter than the tube; petals villous; ovary vil-

lous,-4—ovuled. Benth. 1. c. p. 653.

Has. From Forsyth’s Herbarium. (Herb. Benth.)

Leaves }-inch long, or rather longer, usually 3, springing from a woolly leaf-

tubercle, as in other Aspalathi.

~ 185. A. armata (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 577); densely canescent ; leaves

tufted, subulate, pungent-mucronate, or mucronulate, albo-sericeous, the |

old ones at length glabrate ; flowers in a terminal pluriflowered raceme, |

longer than the leaves, subsessile; calyx villous, with needle-pointed 5

‘ teeth scarcely shorter than the tube ; petals villous, scarcely longer than

the calyx ; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume shortly and obliquely sublanceolate,

turgid, tomentose. Benth. i. c. p. 652. HL. Mey. Comm. p. 51. Buchen-

roedera teretifolia, E.G Z. 1356.

Has. Bergvalley, Clanwilliam, £. ¢ Z., Drege. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D.)

A much-branched, erect bush, 12-15 inches high, all the younger parts clothed

with soft, white, slender hairs. Flowers 4-6 or 8 in a terminal, inch-long raceme,

small and white. Petals less exserted than in any other species. Calyx 14 line long. a

Legume more turgid than in others of this section. |

186. A. corymbosa (E. Mey. Linn. 7. p. 159); leaves solitary or

subfasciculate, very As linear-terete, rigid, glabrous or thinly puberu-

~ lous, acute ; flowers on short pedicels, few, in pairs or imperfect -

racemules ; calyx turbinate, downy, its teeth lanceolate, shorter than

the tube ; vexillum pubescent, as long as the pubescent carina ; ovary

2-ovuled; legume dong, lanceolate, scarcely puberulent. Benth. l. c. p.

652. BE. & Z. 1396. A. cognata, Presl. Bot. Bem. p. 126. Lebeckia con-

taminata, Thunb. ! Cap. 501. a

Has. Alpine and subalpine situations of the western districts. Table Mountain, B Rs

common, as on the Sadetbice, E.&Z., Drege, gc. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D.,. Sd.) Beck i

_ Diffuse or procumbent, not much-branched ; branches ascending, curved, 1-2 feet Dug. 2 re

~ Jong, with distant nodes. Leaves 1-14 inch long, thicker than in the following _ a

species. Racemules very short, 2-4 flowered. Calyx 1 line long. Corolla 3 lines,

_yellow. Legume 7-8 lines long, 14 broad. -

; 187. A. tenuifolia (DC. Prod. 2. p. 143); leaves solitary, or sub-

fasciculate, very long, tereti-subulate, rigid, glabrous, subacute ; flowers

few, interruptedly racemose ; calyx glabrescent, obliquely-turbinate, the

‘teeth much shorter than the tube; vexillum puberulous, longer than the

much arched, glabrous carina. Benth. l. c. p. 653- |

Has. Pi District, Drege./ (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

_ Very hte ates, but ae ee a laxer pubescence, calyx

teeth, and a different corolla. Leaves needleshaped, but not very sharp, 1-14 inch

jong. Racemes lax, elongating, with widely distant flowers ; pedicels 2-3 lines long.

: 12, PEDUNCULARES. (Sp. 138-148.) aie

188. A, capillaris (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 653); diffuse or procumbent,

140 . LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

slender, nearly glabrous ; leaves subternate or tufted, narrow-linear,

very acute, tapering at base, flattish ; peduncles capillary, one-flowered ;

calyx-lobes setaceo-subulate, distant, rather exceeding the turbinate

tube ; ovary sessile, 6~ovuled ; legume lanceolate. Benth. 1. ¢. p. 658.

Ononis capillaris, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 585. A. pedunculata, litt. b. E. Mey.

in Hb. Drege.

Has. Summit of Table Mountain, common, Thunberg, W.H.H., ge. (Herb. Th.,

D., Bth., Hk.)

A very slender, trailing suffrutex, with many capillary branches, 2~3 feet long ;

the internodes from } inch to one or more inches apart. Leaves sometimes solitary,

often ternate or quinate, 4-3 inch long, obviously narrowed toward the base. Pedun-

cles 1-2-3 inches long, bracteate just below the flower ; bracts setaceous, Flowers

4 lines long, yellow: the vexillum very broad, and much longer than the keel,

minutely silky.

139, A. pedunculata (1 Her. Sert. Angl. t. 26) ; diffuse or ascending,

slender, glabrous or nearly so ; leaves tufted, rarely ternate, linear-filt-

Sorm, subterete, acute ; peduncles 1-3 flowered, with setaceous bracts ; calyx-

teeth subulate, about as long as the turbinate tube; ovary sessile,

6-ovuled ; legume lanceolate. Benth. 1. c. p. 6 54. Bot, Mag. t. 344. A,

squarrosa, Thunb, in Hb, Upsal (A. squamosa, Fl. Cap. p. 581). A, bi-

Jlora, E. Mey. ? Comm. p. 64. Acropodium suffruticosum, Desv.

Has. Groenekloof, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.)

More erect and stronger than A. capillaris, with narrower and less acute leaves,

and frequently 2-3 flowered peduncles. It is known from the two following species

by its sessile ovary and 6-ovules. Leaves 4-{inch long. Peduneles 1-14 inch long.

Flowers 4-5 lines long, yellow ; the broad vexillum thinly silky.

140. A. nudiflora (Harv.) ; diffuse, slender, nearly glabrous ; leaves

mostly solitary, linear-filiform, flattish, acute or subobtuse ; peduncles

flowered, with minute, subremote, toothlike bracts ; calyx-teeth subulate,

scarcely as long as the turbinate tube ; ovary shortly pedicellate, 2-ovuled

Zey. 2362,

' Has. Between Knoflockskraal and Kleinhowhoek, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

_A diffusely flexuous, perhaps suberect suffrutex, with long, curved branches, and

distantly scattered, almost always solitary, nearly uncial leaves. Peduncles oppo-

site the leaf, and scarcely as long ; both bract and bracteoles very minute, 4—line long.

Flowers 3 lines long, yellow, purplish externally. This is included by Bentham

under A, lata, but is readily known by the solitary leaves, minute, almost

obsolete bracts, and the ovary. In the ovary examined I found but 2~ovules.

_ 141. A. bracteata (Thunb. ! FI. Cap. p. 581); erect or subdiffuse,

much-branched, nearly glabrous ; leaves tufted, rarely subternate, linear-

filiform, subterete, subacute ; peduncles 1-flowered, with leaflike bracts

equalling the calyx-tube ; calyx-teeth setaceous, equalling the turbinate »

tube yy Se Pipe a4 ovuled ; = _— acuminate, taper-

ung at base into a long stipe. Benth. l. c. p. A. pedunculata, litt. b.

E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. Sicd. Fl. Cap. Wo. = ee

Has. Paarl and Drakenstein Hills, Dre Tabl tain,

Th, Bih,, Hk. D, S19 _ Je. le Moun W.HH., &e. (Herb,

Much-branched, either dichotomous or flexuous, and alternatel decompound.

Leaves more closely placed, and in denser fascicles than in any of the three preced-

ing, 4-5 lines or $-inch long, slender, often incurved, Peduneles as long or twice

as long as the leaves : the flowers and bracts as in A. capillaris.

Aspalathus. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 141

142. A. lanata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 64) ; slender, suffruticose, softly

hairy; leaves tufted or ternate, linear, very acute, flat, clothed with long,

white spreading hairs ; ‘peduncles one-flowered ; calyx-lobes twice as

long as the tube, subulate, pointless ; vexillum hairy.’, Benth. 1. c. p. 655.

Has. Piquetberg, Clanwilliam, Drege. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

The specimens here quoted have no flowers. The foliage resembles that of A. capil-

lavis, but is pilose with copious and long hairs. Leaves 4 inch long, several in a tuft.

Peduncles 14 inch, with leafy bracts at the summit.

143. A. faleata (Benth. ! 1. c. p. 655) ; diffuse, much-branched, thinly

pilose, becoming subglabrous ; twigs terete ; leaves ternate or somewhat

tufted, linear-lanceolate, acute at each end, fiat, the lateral falcate ; pedun-

cles 1-3 flowered; calyx-teeth subulate, shorter than the turbinate

tube ; ovary shortly stipitate, about 6 ovuled ; legume long and lanceo-

late, puberulent, subturgid. Benth.

Har. At the 24-rivers, Zeyher, 436. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stems 2~3 feet long, widely spreading, ascending ; branches rufescent, the young ~

ones and the young leaves with more or less abundant, long, white hairs. Leaves

6-9 lines long, 1-1} lines wide, yellowish-green ; nearly like those of Cliffortia stro-

bilifera. Legume 10-12 lines long, 2 lines wide, scarcely oblique, tapering to a sharp

point. ;

144, A. alternifolia (Harv.) ; diffuse or procumbent, nearly glabrous ;

twigs angular, furrowed ; leaves solitary, distantly scattered, linear-lanceo-

late, flat, acute, mucronate, sessile, with thickened margins, glabrous ;

peduncles opposite the upper leaves or terminal, one-flowered, with two

minute, subdistant bracts ; calyx-teeth deltoideo-subulate, about equal-

ling the turbinate tube; ovary stipitate, 2 ovuled; vexillum broadly

obcordate, puberulous, equalling the glabrous carina; legume 4

Has. Waterfall, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. T.C.D.)

Root woody, deep. Stems many from the crown, 1-2 feet long, decumbent, pale

red-brown. ‘Leaves }-1 inch asunder, }-1 inch long, 1 line wide, erecto-patent, pale

green. Flowers at or near the ends of the branches, 3} lines long, pale-yellow ; the

vexillum brown-backed. Peduncle 3-5 lines long. Legume not seen. The leaves

are not unlike those of A. falcata in shape, but longer and narrower, and always

solitary.

145, A. longipes (Harv.) ; erect, much-branched and ramulous, densely

canescent-tomentose ; leaves tufted, tereti-subulate, acute or mucronate ;

peduncles capillary, elongate, 1-2-flowered, with a tuft of bracts close to

the flowers ; corolla not seen ; calyx-lobes subulate, distant, twice as long

as the tube ; legume obliquely ovate, silky, scarcely longer than the calyx.

Ley. 2324.

Has. Stony places on the hillsides. Riv. Zonder Einde, Zeyher. (Herb. ee

A tall, virgate, and ramulous bush, everywhere covered with soft, white

Leaves in dense tufts, 4-§ lines long. Peduncles from the leaf-cluster, (-13 inch o

long, bearing 2 terminal, sessile flowers, surrounded by a tuft of floral leaves longer

than the calyx. Legume like that of one of the Leptanthe. Except in

and legume this looks like A. rubens, but has much longer leaves.

148. A. niven (Thunb, ! Fl. Cap. p. $76); erect, the whole plant —

white and silky ; leaves tufted, filiform, blunt; peduncles capillary,

1-3 flowered; calyx-teeth linear, — blunt, scarcely equa

tube; ovary 4-ovuled; legume sessile, o0lagt ‘y

cent, Benth. /l.c.p.655. H.§ Z./ 1391 DC. Prod. 2 PTAA

142 LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) [ Aspalathus.

Has. Near the Zwartkops River, Uit., E. ¢ Z., Drege, fc. (Herb. Th., Bth.,

Hk., D., Sd.) -

An erect, virgate shrub. Leaves in dense fascicles and closely placed, slender,

subterete, }-inch long or more. Peduncles 8 lines to 1 inch long, spreading ; bracts

3, filiform, below the flower. Legume 8 lines long, tiearly 3 lines wide at base.

147, A. suffruticosa (DC. Prod. 2. p. 144); diffuse, puberulous;

leaves tufted, short, linear-terete, green, pungent-mucronulate, glabrous or

puberulous ; peduncles 1-3 flowered ; calyx-teeth triangular, acute,

much shorter than the tube; vexillum pubescent, longer than the

carina; ovary 2-ovuled ; legume obliquely lanceolate, minutely and

appressedly puberulous. Benth./ 1. c. p.655. LE. & Z. 1405. Zey.! 215,

re 236%.

as Has. Uitenhage District, E. § Z., gc. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

_. . Branches numerous, 2 feet long or more, spreading or trailing, with erect branch-

f lets ; the young ones strigoso-pubescent. Leaves 2-3 lines long, patent or squar-

é \ as vt, rose, slightly fleshy. Flowers 3 lines long, with a very blunt carina. Legume 7-8

inflorescence.

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148. A. ulicina (E. & Z.! 1407); shrubby, divaricate, with hairy

; twigs ; leaves tufted, stellately patent, subulate, rigid, pungent-mucro-

Beate. nate, pilose, becoming glabrous ; peduncles from the centre of the leaf-

tuft, racemulose, 2-4 flowered; calyx puberulous, the teeth deltoid,

needle-pointed, about equalling the tube; petals silky, vexillum longer

than the ale, shorter than the carina ; ovary 2-ovuled; legume appress-

edly downy, obliquely ovato-lanceolate, acute. Benth. l. c. p. 656.

eeu G2 Has. Mountains near Tulbagh, and in Pikenierskloof, Clanw., £. g Z. Winter-

See : hoek and Kardouw, Dr. Pappe.! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

co A slender, but rigid, laxly-branched, spreading or decumbent bush, with pale foli-

age, and pale yellow flowers. Leaves 6-8 lines long, very slender, spreading every

way, unequal in the tuft. Penduncles 1-2 inches long, leafless, or with one or two

distant leaves, and sometimes with a fascicle. Flowers 3~4 lines long. Except in

its inflorescence this closely resembles A. vulnerans.

( Doubtful Species. )

A. cinerascens (E. Mey. Comm. p. 54); “leaves tufted, terete, blunt,

silky-canescent ; flowers solitary, subspicate; teeth of the pubescent

calyx triangular ; vexillum pubescent.” Peas

: Allied to A. camescens, but with the aspect of Lebeckia microphylla, according to

= are.

: Te arachnoidea (Hort. Berol.); “ shrubby, erect ; branches arched

__ subfastigiate ; leaves tufted, subulate, mucronate, sprinkled with cob.

webby hairs ; flowers axillary, solitary; teeth of the silky calyx distant,

___ subulate, longer than the tube, equalling the silky corolla,” Walp. in

Linn. 13. p. 497. Allied to A, setacea, according to Bentham.

A. crassifolia (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 353); like J.

with larger flowers and very nha, here ‘ana eae Adel.

__A, nodosa (Vog. Linn. 13. > lik : :

| sidive long and ill PT eA, —- but with leaves

sn eran

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 143

XXV. PSORALEA, L.

Calyx campanulate, unequally s-lobed, the lowest lobe longer, and

commonly broader than the rest. Veaillum broad, with reflexed sides.

Carina shorter, dark-coloured. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile,

1-ovuled ; style slender. Legume concealed in the calyx, one-seeded,

indehiscent, Endl. Gen. No. 6526. :

A large genus of shrubs or herbs, common in the tropics and subtropics of both

hemispheres, almost always copiously sprinkled with resinous, black or pellucid dots,

and strongly scented. Leaves pinnate, or trifoliolate, Soh Tague Stipules _ :

free or adnate with the petiole. Flowers blue, purple or white, variously disposed.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. ae

1. Sparsiflore. Flowers axillary, pedicellate or subsessile, solitary or clustered

(not spiked or racemose). (Sp. 1-19).

Leaves pinnate : leaflets in 3-7 pairs.

Leafl. linear-lanceolate, in 7 pairs... ... ... +. (1) odoratissima.

Leafl, linear or lanceolate-linear, in 3-5 pairs... (2) pinmata. — 5:

Leaves trifoliolate, or unifoliolate, or abortive : ;

Leafl. mostly solitary or abortive (reduced to scales) ;

Stipules free from the petiole :

Leafl. lanceolate, complicate ... 0 6. eee vee (3) Gueinzii.

Leafl. narrow-linear or none : *

Variably pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the cal. (4) aphylila.

Glabrous ; pedicels much longer than the calyx (5) oligophylla.

Stipules adnate with the petiole, stem-clasping ... (6) restioides.

Leafl. uniformly three : :

Virgate or filiform, slightly branched shrubs or suffrutices : Mallet : are a Ronrand uf

Stipules adnate with the petiole, subulate-acumi- - ae

nate ofl vay ce (7) fascicularis. ~

Stipules minute, subulate, free ;"

Slender, straggling suffrutices ;

Petioles 2-3 lines long ; leafl. narrow- fe

Petioles 6-12 lines long ; leafl. linear-

facia oe 8 ek OO

Virgate shrubs :

Leafl. lanceolate, acute at each end = (10) verrucosa.

Leafi. linear-oblong, obtuse, mucronate (11) axillaris.

Much branched, ramulous and densely leafy shrubs :

Lateral leaflets very wnequal sided at base :

Leafl. elliptic-oblong, aristate, prominently

Gibted: Gas” see ees. ek eee (12) obliqua.

Leafl. linear or lin.-oblong, with immersed

de a ee ere (13) polyphylla.

Lateral leaflets nearly equal sided at base : ay

Leafl, lin.-oblong, flat, with convex glands (14) Mundtiana. Be

- Leafl. narrow, complicate, minutely dotted, ec

glabrous Br eter Sarina: ve ey Oe!

Leafl. obcordate, the young ones silvery (15) macradenia.

Leafl. cuneate, sharply recurvo-mucronate, cae

UUM eo ne see vee tee sot (16) aculeata, 7

Trailing or prostrate suffrutices or herbs : fart ee

Petioles 1-2 inches long ; leafl. glabrous (18) repens. 8 *

Petioles 2-3 lines long ; leafl. pubescent (19) decumbens.

9, Fasciculate. Flowers in dense, terminal or axillary fascicles, but not tit

capitate or spiked. (Sp. 20-24). a

Petioles very short ; leafl. broadly, cuneate-oblong, blunt

Petioles very short ; leafl. narrow, linear-spathulate, acute,

Calyx-teeth short, triangular wees eee

Wie Cee

144 LEGUMINOS® (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

Calyx-lobes tapering, much longer than the tube :

Slender ; fascicles loose, axillary ; calyx silky ... (22) candicans,

Robust ; fascicles dense, terminal ; calyx hairy ... (23) uncinata, z

Petioles longish ; leaves distant ; leafl. linear-lanceolate ... (24) capitata. ;

8. Racemose. Flowers 2-3 together, imperfectly racemose or spicate on the

naked or nearly naked ends of lateral or leading branches ; the pseudo-spikes lax

and often interrupted. (Sp. 25-30).

Pseudo-racemes sessile (the lower tufts of flowers axillary) :

Leafl. cuneate-oblong, flat, mucronulate ... ...... (25) racemosa.

Leafl. obovate, complicate, arched backwards... ... (26) -lhamata..

Pseudo-racemes pedunculate (no axillary flowers). a5

Robust, divaricately much branched, rigid shrubs :

Twigs roughly hirsute ; leafl. elliptic-obovate, hirsute (27) stachydis,

Twigs silky-canescent ; leafl. cuneate-obcordate ... (28) hirta. “he

Slender or suffruticose, erect or diffuse :

Silky-canescent ; leafl. pellucid-dotted, not nigro-

PONGRR SO rye as eee FS ees + (OD argentea.

Thinly pubescent ; leafl. nigro-punctate ..... (30) striata.

4 Spicate. Flowers in dense, terminal, sessile spikes. (Sp. 31-32).

Spikes of flowers ovoid, or broadly oblong ....... .... (31) bracteata. “>

Spikes of flowers cylindrical, elongating ... ... ... (32) spicata.

5. Pedunculares, Flowers in distinctly pedwncled, axillary or terminal racemes

spikes or heads. (Sp. 33-41).

Inflorescence laxly racemose or subspicate.

Leaves subsessile, digitately trifoliolate :

Racemose ; calyx pale, subglabrous, with purple

Se oe ee (33) Bowieana.

Spicate ; calyx silky, impunctate -.... ... ... (34) venusta,

Leaves petiolate, pinnately-trifoliolate ... ... ... (35) caffra,

Inflorescence densely spiked or capitate :

Leaves unifoliolate ; glabrous ... ... ... ... ... (36) rotundifolia.

Leaves unifoliolate ; hairy or hispid aiuribeerres ree

Leaves trifoliolate :

Peduncles longer than the leaves : .

Heads oblong ; leafi. narrow, glabrescent (38) Zeyheri.

Heads globose ; leafl. silky-silvery beneath (39) tomentosa.

Peduncles very short ; leaflets toothed ... (40) obtusifolia,

Peduncles short, two-flowered ; leafl. entire... (41) biflora. ~

me 1, SPARSIFLORE (Sp. 1-19).

1. P. odoratissima (Jacq. Schoenb. t. 229); “leaves impari-pinnate,

leaflets about 7 pairs, linear-lanceolate ; pedicels axillary, shorter than

the leaf.” DC. Prod. 2. p. 216. :

Has. Raised from Cape seeds, Jacquin.

Except in the more numerous pairs of lanceolate leaflets and short pedicels this 7

does not materially differ from P. pinnata, var. e. Having been figured and de-

scribed by Jacquin from cultivated specimens, it may be only a garden variety.

2. P. pinnata (Linn. sp. 1074) ; tall, erect, densely much branched,

pubescent or glabrous ; branches and twigs angular ; leaves impari- |

pinnate, in 3-5 pair, leaflets linear or lanceolate-linear, acute, very nar-

Tow ; stipules small, free, lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate ; pedicels axil-

, long or short, bracteolate beyond the middle, the bracteoles con-

nate ; calyx very variable in incision and pubescence (see vars.) DC.

Prod. 2. p. 216.

Van. a. vulgaris; twigs and leaves villoso-pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the

leaves calyx glabrescent externally, the ovate-acute lobes ciliate and more or less

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS2 ( Harv.) 145

hairy within. P. pinnata, EF. § Z. 1515, excl. var. B. E. Mey.! Comm. Drege. p. 82.

P. levigata, E. & Z. 1518. P. tenuifolia, E. § Z./ 1519.

Van. B. speciosa; twigs and leaves villoso-pubescent ; pedicels shorter than the

leaves ; calyx glabrescent or sparsely villous externally, the lanceolate-acuminate,

ciliate lobes longer than the tube, the lowest longest and incurved. P. speciosa, E. § 2.

15178

Var. y. subglabra; twigs and leaves pubescent or glabrous ; pedicels nearly as

long as the leaves ; calyx nigro-hirsute externally, its lobes short, broad and blunt.

P. pinnata, B. subglabra, E. § Z. ; also P, afinis, E. § Z.1 516.

*8, glabra; nearly or quite glabrous ; leaflets linear or lanceolate-linear ;

pedicels either short or long ; calyx glabrous or sparsely hispid and ciliate, its lobes

either broad and blunt, or subacute or acute! P. glabra, 2, Mey.! Comm. p. 83.

Zey. 2380, and 2381 (calyx-lobes acute !) :

Var. e. latifolia; subglabrous ; leaflets linéar-lanceolate, flat, obviously mid-

ribbed ; pedicels long, calyx subglabrous, or nigro-hirsute, its lobes acute. P. arborea,

Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2090. E. § Z. 1514. E. Mey. Comm. p. 82. DC. Prod. l. c.

Has. Common throughout the Colony, extending to Caffraria and Port Natal.

(Herb. Th., D., &c., &c.)

Arborescent or shrubby, 6-12 feet high, densely branched and leafy ; very varia-

ble in pubescence, sometimes densely hairy, sometimes quite glabrous, different spe-

cimens showing various intermediate states. Leaflets commonly 10-15 lines long,

4 line wide ; but in var. e. 1-2 lines wide, and evidently lanceolate. A garden speci-

men, in Herb. Hooker, shows very instructively the little value, in this species, of the

form of leaflets ; part of the same branch producing filiform, almost setaceous leaflets,

and part linear-lanceolate leaflets, flat, midribbed and 1 line wide ; thus altogether

uniting var. a. and e. The length of pedicels is also most variable ; sometimes the

flowers are subsessile, sometimes on stalks 1-2 inches long. Nor are the calycine

characters more constant, as seen in the above mentioned varieties. Other minor

varieties might be noticed ; thus, different specimens of var. 6. glabra, have obtuse,

subacute and very acute calyx-lobes, passing from broadly-ovate to almost lanceo-

late! The most singular calyx occurs in var. B., but by no other character does it

differ from @., and in general aspect the two are identical. After a careful ex-

amination of many specimens of all the abeve named varieties, I cannot but regard

them as local forms of one variable species.

3. P. Gueinzii (Harv.) ; suffruticose, diffuse, much branched, leafy,

variably pubescent, the young parts villous ; leaves subsessile, unifolio-

late, leaflets Zanceolate, acuminate, complicate ; stipules ovato-cuspidate,

striate ; pedicels axillary, very short, bibracteolate ; calyx-lobes lanceo-

late, acuminate. Hallia lanceolata, Thunb.! Herb. Ups.

Has. Cape District ? Thunberg / Dr. Gueinzius! No. 58. (Herb. 8d.)

1-2 feet high, the lower parts woody, the upper branches half herbaceous. Branches

numerous and close-set, flexuous or arching, closely set with leaves. Leaflets 3-1

inch long, 2 lines wide, the sides folded together and closely applied when dry, the

point very acute, almost pungent. Calyces 24 lines long, rather than the

icel. “This is near P. aphylla, but differs in the broadly lanceolate-acuminate,

olded leaflets, and in habit. It is also less woody. |

4. P. aphylla (Linn. Mant. 450); erect, or drooping, twiggy, variably

pubescent ; twigs virgate, very erect, either leafless (having a subulate —

scale instead of a leaf) or sparsely leafy, the leaves wnifoliolate or rarely

3-foliolate ; leaflets narrow-linear, semi-terete, acute ; stipules small

(or none) deltoid, acute ; pedicels axillary, not longer than the calyx, —

bibracteolate below the middle ; calyx-lobes acute, ovate or lanceolate.

DC. Prod. 2. p.217. Jacq. Schoenb. t.223. Bot. Mag. t. 1727. Lo . Cab.

t.221. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 605. H.§Z.1530. H. Mey. ae

Jacquiniana, E. & Z. 1531. P. decidua, Berg. p. 220, non -

146 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

VaR. a. ; calyx-lobes ovate or ovato-lanceolate, equalling the tube. ;

Var. 8. ; calyx lobes linear-lanceolate, subfalcate, longer than the tube. P.

jilifolia, E. § Z. 1532.

Has. By streamlets in mountain kloofs and on hill sides. Common throughout

the Western Districts. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk., &c.) :

Generally a tall, slender, graceful shrub, with rodlike, erect branches, bending

over with the weight of the pale blue flowers. In alpine situations it grows dwarf,

with very densely crowded, closely scaly, subcorymbose branches. The pubescence

is scanty, and sometimes nearly deficient. The young plant usually bears leaves,

regularly stipulate ; the full grown rarely anything but leaf-scales. or phyllodia,

without stipules. These are either closely or distantly set, and vary from ovate to

subulate. The pedicels are rarely as long as the calyx and mostly much shorter.

The calyx is sometimes nearly glabrots, sometimes pubescent, and again nigro-

hirsute ; its lobes vary much in length and breadth. ;

5. P. oligophylla (E. & Z.! 1533); erect or drooping, twiggy, gla-

brous ; twigs virgate, very erect, laxly leafy ; lower leaves trifoliolate,

upper mostly unifoliolate ; leaflets narrow-linear, acute; stipules small,

subulate; pedicels axillary, 1-3 together, much longer than the glabrous

calyx, bibracteolate near the summit ; calyx-lobes ovate or ovato-lanceo-

late. P. decidua, ex pte. Thunb. Herb. non Berg.

Var. a. vera; calyx-lobes ovate, subobtuse, short. £. G Z./ 1533. :

Var. B. glaucescens; calyx-lobes ovato-lanceolate, acute. P. glaucescens, E. §& Z.

1534. P. fascicularis, E. M.! Comm. p. 83. Cee

Has. Moist places in Uitenhage and’ Albany, Z. & Z./ Neat Grahamstown,

Pappe! Howison’s Poort, Mr. H. Hutton, gc. B. Onderbokkeveld, Drege! EB. Z.1

A graceful shrub, very like P. aphylla, but quite glabrous, never leafless, though

often with few and distant leaves ; and constantly known by its long pedicels. The

leaflets are sometimes flattish and narrow-lanceolate-linear. ‘

6. P. restioides (E. & Z.! 1529); suffruticose, erect or ascending,

many-stemmed, glabrous ; branches incurved, filiform; leaves trifolio-

late or oftener unifoliolate; leaflets linear-subulate, acute ; stipules _

adnate to the base of the petiole, stem-clasping, their points short, tooth-

like ; pedicels axillary, solitary, not longer than the calyx; calyx-lobes

lanceolate, rigidly ciliate, the lowest subulate. meee

Has. Mountain sides, Klynriviers , Caledon, £. § Z. (Herb. Sd., D.)

_ 12-18 inches high, branched chiefly fon neal the ‘ain Sie nies slender,

simple, rushlike, rather bare Bree gee Leaflets often wanting, or only one, $-}

sc long, 4 Paewide, —- 1b not bg ics ve Near P. fascicularis, but with

; 8 es, r pedi ' i

sales iso nie _ ab ip podieels, wer leaflets, &. The free points of the

7. P. fascicularis (DC. Prod. 2. i 217); suffruticose, diffuse. or as-

oe glabrous ; = tes incurved ; leaves frequent, trifoliolate ;

ery Rattow-lanceolate, tapering to a very acute point ; stipules

adnate to the base of the petiole, stem-clasping, their points subulate-acu-

minate ; pedicels axillary, several together, longish ; calyx-lobes lanceo-

late-acuminate, the lowest subulate, glabrous, P. Thunbergiana, E. & Z.

1523. P. tenuifolia, Thunb. Cap. p. 606,

Hk., D., Sd.)

A straggling suffrutex, with long, subsimple, densely leafy branches. .Leaflets

1-14 inch long, }-1 line wide, remarkably re te inted. The stipules are adnate ~

for half their length to the petiole, their free-points 3-6 lines long and very slender.

. Pe Sie Th., D., Hk., Bth., Sd.) : cra Uel) 7

1-3 lines wide, flat, with slightly reflexed margins, prominently midribbed and

faintly penninerved beneath. Flowers pale blue, scattered ; pedicels {-1 inch long.

- late, sometimes quite blunt. Flo

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 147

8. P. tenuissima (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 84); suffruticose, diffuse or

procumbent, glabrous; branches filiform, subsimple ; leaves distant, on

short petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets very narrow-linear, acute ; stipules

minute, subulate ; pedicels axillary, solitary, about equalling the leaves,

bibracteolate near the summit ; calyx-lobes narrow, oblong-lanceolate,

acute. ;

Has. Dutoit’s Kloof, Drege. (Herb. Bth., D., Hk.)

A very weak, slender, almost trailing or subascending suffrutex, 1-2 feet long,

with the aspect of Hallia angustifolia. Petioles 2—3 lines long ; leaflets t-1} inch

long, } line wide, semiterete. Pedicels 1 inch long, bibracteolate near the summit.

9. P. glaucina (Harv.) ; suffruticose, diffuse or suberect, glabrous,

and somewhat glaucous; branches virgate, compressed-trigonous, sub-

simple ; leaves distant, on longish petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets linear-

lanceolate, flat, midribbed beneath, acute at each end ; stipules minute,

subulate ; pedicels axillary, 1-3 together, about equalling the leaves,

bibracteolate above the middle; calyx-lobes unequal, lanceolate. P.

axillaris, E. & Z.! 1524, non Linn. Zey. 2387.

Has. Sand hills at Doornhoogdte, Cape District, 2. § Z, (Herb. Sond. )

More robust than P. tenwissima, with much broader leaflets and longer petioles ;

allied also to P. verrucosa, but not woody, and much smaller and weaker and more

‘straggling in growth. Leaves 2-4 inches apart; petiole 6-12 lines long ; leaflets

_ 4-14 inch long, 1 line wide. Flowers spreading or deflexed.

10, P. verrucosa (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1343); erect, virgate, glabrous,

3 leafy; branches dotted ; leaves pinnately trifoliolate or bijugate ; leaf-

lets Lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, midribbed, acute at each end, pale

underneath ; stipules small, subulate, recurved ; pedicels axillary, 1-3 _

together, much longer than the calyx, bibracteolate near the summit ;

calyx-lobes obtuse or acute. DC. Prod. 2. p. 216. E. Mey. Comm. p. 83.

E. & Z. 1520. P. triflora, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p- 606. HE. d& Z. 1521. P. an-

gustifolia, Jacq. Schoenb. t. 226. Burch. Cat. 4218.

~ Hap. Moist places, Langekloof, Drege. Near the Zwartkops River, 2.2. Pappe,

‘erect, leafy shrub, 4-6 feet high; the smaller branches rough with raised © ie

points, striate. Petioles nearly 4 inch long ; leaflets petiolulate, 1-1} inch long, nell i

ee te ribbed and nigropunctate ; its lobes broadly ovate and short, or acute and —

subfalcate.

_ 11. P. axillaris (Lim, f, fide E. Mey.! Comm. p. 83) ; erect, virgate,

glabrous, leafy ; branches dotted ; leaves pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets

pb ‘acute at base, obtuse and mucronate at the apex, the me-

dial longest; stipules minute, subulate, spreading ; pedicels axillary, —

subsolitary, nearly equalling the leaves, bibracteolate near the summit;

calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse. DC» Prod. 2. p. 217? P. linearis, £. GZ.

Very nearly related to P. verrucosa and perhaps a mere vari

in the shape and size of the leaflets. Petioles 2-3 lines long ; =

inch long, lateral } inch ower lines wide, round-

vers not so numerous as in P, verrw

The ‘P, linearis,” b. is not in Herb. Upsal.

VOL, Il. - oS Peres

148 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

12. P. obliqua (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 164); shrubby, erect, much

branched and leafy, at first villous, afterwards glabrescent ; twigs pu-

bescent; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-oblong, aristate-mucronate,

densely gland-dotted, the lateral ones remarkably unequal-sided ; sti-

pules membranous, ovate, withering ; pedicels axillary, in threes (or

one ¢rifid), much shorter than the leaves ; calyx somewhat villous, its

carinal segment longer than the rest, ovate-acuminate, EH. & Z. 1535.

E. Mey. Comm. p. 84.

Has. Common near Stellenbosch and the Paarl, Dutoitskloof, &c. FE. ¢ Z. Drege!

W.H.H., fc. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A strong growing shrub, 2~4 feet high ; the numerous erecto-patent, villoso-pu-

bescent branches densely covered with broad leaves. Petioles 2-3 lines long ; leaf-

lets about 7-1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, bright green, very blunt at each end, the

medial one equal sided, the lateral rather shorter and very unequal sided, rounded

on the outer side at base: all tipped with a slender awn or excurrent midrib. The

pedicels are either in threes, or there is a short peduncle, bearing three pedicels. The

four superior calyx-lobes are lanceolate, 4 shorter than the lowest or carinal one,

which is broad, with a long, tapering, acute point.

13. P. polyphylla (Eck. & Zey.! 1536); shrubby, erect, much branched

and leafy, pubescent or afterwards subglabrous ; twigs pubescent; leaves

trifoliolate, subsessile, leaflets linear or linear-oblong, mucronate, immer-

sedly-dotted, the lateral ones remarkably unequal-sided ; stipules small,

withering, ovate-acuminate ; pedicels axillary, 2-3 together, very short ;

calyx nigro-villous and veiny, the four upper segments *subulate, the

carinal ovato-lanceolate, longer than the rest.

tae Woods at Krakakamma, Uit., Z. GZ. Cape, Bowie. (Herb. Sd., Bth., D., —

OOK

space P. obliqua, but with narrower leaves of much darker green colour and

denser substance, with less conspicuous glands; smaller stipules and narrower calyx

lobes. The branches are virgate, sparingly ramulous towards the ends. Leaflets

6-7 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, either exactly linear, or somewhat cuneate at base.

14. P. Mundtiana (Eck. & Zey.! 1537); shrubby, erect, densely leafy,

the twigs hairy; petioles and leaves at first pubescent, then glabrescent;

leaves trifoliolate, leafl. broadly linear, or linear-spathulate or linear-oblong

recurvo-mucronate, acute at base, prominent, pellucid-glanded ; stipules

rigidly scarious, striate, ovate, pubescent; pedicels axillary, very short,

pubescent ; calyx villoso-hirsute, its segments lanceolate, much longer

than the tube, the carinal ovato-lanceolate. P. spathulata, E. Mey.Comm.

p. 85. P. decumbens, Willd. Herb. 14137, fide Walp. (not Ait.)

Has, Si net, oe bie Mundt. Dutoitskloof, Drege. (Herb. Hk., Sd., Bth.)

A stout, rather by bush, 1-2 feet high, rigid, with very short, densely leafy,

persistently pubescent twigs. Petioles 2 lines long ; leaflets 3-1 inch long, 14-3 lines

wide, with large, wartlike, pellucid glands, the young ones hairy and ciliate, the

older glabrescent. Stipules conspicuously scarious, earlike, broad and striate. Pe-

dicels scarcely longer the petiole, 2-3 together.

15. P. macradenia (Harv.); shrubby, erect, densely much branched,

leafy ; twigs thinly canescent; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate ;

leaflets cuneate-obcordate, the younger silvery-canescent, the older glabrate,

all with many prominent, wart-like glands on the lower surface ; stipules

minute, subulate ; flowers axillary, 2-3 together, on very short pedi-

Psoralea} LEGUMINOS (Harv.) ~ 4149

cels (or 2-3 on a minute common peduncle) ; calyx silky-canescent, its

teeth triangular-acute.

Has. Zwarteberg Mountains near Wanhop, George, Dr. Alexander Prior. Moun”

tains of Graaf Reinet, Jan. Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Bth., D.)

A densely branched shrub, 1-3 feet high, with the habit between that of P. acu-

leata and P. bracteata; remarkable for the great size and prominence of its glands,

and the silvery pubescence of all the young parts. The leaves dry pale ; the leaflets are

4-5 lines long, 2 lines wide at top, slightly notched at the extremity and scarcely or

not at all mucronulate. Flowers purple, crowded in the axils of the upper leaves,

occasionally subpedunculate. The foliage is very strongly scented.

16. P. aculeata (Linn. Sp. 1074); shrubby, erect, much branched

and densely leafy, glabrous ; leaves trifoliolate, leaflets small, cwneate,

sharply recurvo-mucronate; stipules subulate, persistent, rigid ; pedicels

from the axils of the upper leaves, 1-2 together, with two ovate, connate

bracts near the summit; calyx enlarged after flowering, its lobes ovate-

acuminate. DC. Prod. 2. p. 217. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 146. Bot, Mag.t. 21 58.

E.&Z.! 1545. P. mucronata, Thunb. Cap. p. 606, fide Herb. Ups.

Has. On the summit and eastern slopes of Table Mountain, common, E. §& Z

W.H.H., $c. (Herb. Th., Bth., D., Hk., Sd.)

A strong growing densely branched, woody bush, 2-4 feet high, closely covered

with small leaves. Petioles 1-2 lines long; leaflets 3 lines long, 1 line wide at top,

rather concave and somewhat keeled, exactly cuneate. The stipules remain after the

leaves fall, and are sharp, but scarcely spiny. The large blue flowers are sometimes

crowded together towards the ends of the branches, but do not form a true raceme,

17. P. carnea (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 85); fruticose ; twigs rusty, pu-

bescent ; leaves trifoliolate, subsessile, leaflets narrow-dblong or cuneate-

oblong, recurvo-mucronate, sub-complicate, thickish, glabrous, the

_ younger ciliate on margin and keel; stipules deltoid, membranous ;

flowers axillary, subternate, on short pedicels; calyx pale, netted with

dark veins, the segments ciliate, acuminate-mucronate, the lowest longest,

broadly ovate, the rest lanceolate. in

Has. Western Districts? no station assigned, Drege/ (Herb. Benth.) _

Shrubby, slender, ramulous, the twigs reddish brown, the youngest hairy, the

oldest pubescent. Leaves 4-1 inch apart ; petioles not 1 line long ; leaflets 4 inch

long, 1-2 lines wide, coriaceous, minutely pellucid-dotted, but not nigro-punctate: .

Podiaslee very short, from, the axils of the upper leaves, 1—-flowered, 2-3 together, *

“ subracemose,” (E. Mey.) Calyx remarkably veiny, its lowest lobe longer and broader

than the rest. Of this I have only seen a very imperfect specimen in Hb. Benth.

18. P. repens (Linn. Mant. 263) ; suffruticose, procumbent or pros-

trate, sparsely leafy ; leaves on long petioles, pinnato-trifoliolate, leaflets

cuneate-oblong, subelliptical or obovate, thickish, obtuse or retuse, gla-_

brous; stipules minute, ovate, acute; pedicels axillary, 2-3 together, =

about equalling the petiole, bibracteolate above the middle ; calyx cam-

panulate, glabrous or villoso-ciliate, shortly 5-toothed. DC. Prod.

p. 217. Thunb. Cap. p. 607. H.d Z.! 1525, also P. diffusa, E. & Z. 1526. As

Phe Sandy flaés in moist places throughout the colony. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk, =

, D., &e. : Ja Scar,

Stems halt herbaceous, spreading widely over or under the sandy soil, often root-—

ing at the nodes, the whole plant nigro-punctate, either glabrous or the younge

parts and inflorescence more or less pubescent. _ Petioles 1-2 inches long; —

5-7 lines long, variable in breadth and shape. Pedicels 1-1} inches long: the brac-

teoles minute, toothlike. Flowers blueish purple, the tip of the carina very dark.

Choke Ben

fi. elles

Gamers Boy

(mat Soles

150 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

19. P. decumbens (Ait. Kew. 3. p. 80) ; suffruticose, trailing, sparsely

or densely leafy, pubescent or hairy; leaves on short petioles, pinnato-

trifoliolate; leaflets broadly cuneate or obcordate, recurvo-mucronulate,

pubescent ; stipules adnate with the petiole, ovato-cuspidate, ciliate; pedi-

cels very short, axillary, 2-3 together (or crowded towards the ends of

short ramuli in an imperfect capitulum) ; calyx villous, semi-5-fid, the

lobes lanceolate. DC. Prod.2. p.217. HE. Mey.Comm. p. 86. E.G Z. 1538.

Lndd. Cab, t. 282. P. hirta, Th. ex pte.

Var. 8. subspicata; flowers crowded in the axils of the upper leaves, in an im-

perfect leafy spike.

Has. Dry hilly or mountain places throughout the colony. (Herb.,Th., Bth.,

Hk., Sd., D., &c.)

Stems slender, spreading widely over the soil, frequently throwing up short, erect

ramuli ; the branches long and filiform, procumbent. . Petioles 2~3 lines long. Leaf-

lets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 wide at the truncate? or deeply emarginate extremity, mi-

nutely black-dotted. Pubescence copious or scanty, never quite absent. The flowers

either issue in small tufts from the axils of all the leaves, or only from the upper

ones ; pedicels 3-1 line long: DOC. erroneously refers Thunberg’s “P. mucronata”

to this species, instead of to P. aculeata. PF 2%

2, FASCICULATE. (Sp. ‘s)

*% :

20. P. polysticta.(Benth.!); erect, virgate, densely leafy, the twigs |

hairy ; leaves trifoliolate,.swbsessile ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, very blunt,

recurvo-mucronulate, nigro-punctate and pellucid-dotted, ‘glabrescent ;

stipules minute, triangular; tufts of flowers subsessile, axillary, 4-5

flowered ; calyx tomentulose, campanulate, shortly 5-toothed ; the teeth

triangular; legume tomentose. Benth. !in Herb. Hook. Zey.! 449.

Has. Doorn Kop, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. Hook,, Sond.) :

_ A virgate shrub, with a good deal of the aspect of P. obliqua, but having different

. .

‘inflorescence, &c. Petioles not half a line long, with minute, fleshy, pubescent sti-

pules. Leaflets an inch long, the medial rather the longest broadly oblong, with

peduncles, which are crowded’ in an’ interrupted spurious-raceme ; ca-

lyx appressedly puberulent, nigro-punctate, is teeth short, triangular,

oe Ce Alexander Prior! Willsenberg,’Zeyher! 446. (Herb. Hk., Bth.,Sd.,D.)° -— -

: b

An erect and rigid, though slender shrub, 2-4 feet high, the branches long and

re.

_ His. Hills near the Berg River ; near. Lauwskloof ; near Breedrivier, aid among *

“thoxhrubs near the Zwartkops River, Drege? Paarl, Kev. W. Eliott! Caledon, Dr

22. P. candicans (E. & Z.! 1 540); shrubby, slender ; branches virs”

gate and ramulous, canescent ; leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaf-

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 151

lets linear-oblong or cuneate-obovate, recurvo-mucronate, minutely pube-

rulous or glabrescent, nigro-punctate ; stipules minute, deltoid-acumi-

nate; racemules subumbellate, 3-flowered, on very short axillary pe-

duncles, which are crowded in an interrupted, spurious raceme; calyx

silky, mostly impunctate, its segments linear-lanceolate, taper-pownted,

much longer than the tube. P. hirta, Thunb. Fi. Cap. p. 609, non Linn.,

nec. Jacq., E. & Z. 1539. 4ey- 2373. ,

Hap. Caledon, Mundt. Bowie. Grootvadersbosch and Gauritz River, Swell. ; and

_ a E. § Z.! Hassagaiskloof and Zwartkopsriver, Zeyher.! (Herb. Th. Sd.

Nearly ike to P. triantha, but not so straight or virgate, more canescent and

with a very different calyx. Three out of four specimens of P. hirta in Hb. Upsal

belong to this species. E. & Z.’s No. 1540 is rather whiter than 1539, but not other-

wise different. Leaflets }-} inch long, 1-2 lines wide, mostly acute at each end.

Flowers small, pedicels equalling the calyx, and generally longer than the peduncles,

which are sometimes obsolete. Calyx 2 lines long, the tube not 4 a line, rarely

nigro-punctate. . ~ Zo opt

as Mee ‘

23. P. uncinata (Eck. & Zey.! 15 54); suffruticose, erect, rigid ;

branches virgate, appress0-pubescent; leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate,

leaflets linear or linear-oblong (some of the lower ones_cuneate-oblong),

’ incinato-acuminate, glabrescent, complicate-; stipules subulate, longer

than the petiole; spikes capitate, subglobose, densely many-flowered, on

very short, terminal and axillary peduncles ; “bracts ovate, bracteoles fi-

.. liform ; calyx hirsute, its segments much longer than the tube, the 4

upper narrow-lanceolate, the lowest twice as broad. P. cephalotes,

E. Mey. Comm. p. 87. non. E. & Z. * .

Has. Mountain sides near Tulbagh, Z. § Z.! Klein Diakensteensberg, Drege /

Stellenbosch, W.H.H. 24 Rivers, Zeyher, No. 444/ (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.D.)

“6.

Stems woody at base, 1-3 feet high, not much branched ; branches erect, rigid, 04 4 wal f |

10-12 inches long, laxly leafy. Leaflets of the lower leaves more or less cuneate-

oblong or narrow-obovate, about 2 inch long; of the w 1-1} inch long, 1-t4

lines wide, almost exactly linear, all of egehore 5" at +. Heads

- Srowded round the ends of the branches, one ter i the rest in ‘axils of the

- upper leav: on peduncles 2-5 lines long.

_ Zeyher’s specimens are stronger, with

somewhat. r flowers... © - 5

94. P, capitata (Linn. f. Suppl. p. 339)3 “tall, sparingly branched,

‘laxly leafy or leafless; leaves distant, trifoliolate or unifoliolate, petio-"”

late; leaflets linear-lanceolate or linear, acute at each end, sparsely pi-

lose or glabrous, punctate ; stiptiles subujate-acuminate ; peduncles very

short, many together, densely fascicléd in the upper axils, and aggre-

: gated in a terminal head, or interruptedly spicato-capitate; calyx va-

riably pubescent, its segments lanceolate-acuminate. DC. Prod. 2. p. 2 18.

E.¢ Z.1 1528. E.Mey.!Comm. p.88. P. multicaulis, Jacq. Schoenb.t. 236.

DOL ep. 217. E: & Zl 1527.

Has. Common in moisty sandy place#@hroughout the colony. (Herb. Th. Hk., —

Bth., Sd., D.) oie sp oe

‘Stems numerous, 3-4 feet high, rushlike, striate, sometimes quite si or

branched near the base, the branches simple and curved, variably pubescent. ves

2-6 inches apart, the petiole variable in length ; lower leaves mostly trifoliolate, the

upper often unifoliolate, or (as in P. aphylla) reduced to a scale. Flowers very

densely aggregated at the ends of the branches ; the inflorescence sometimes inter-

‘rupted, several fascicles closely following each other in an oblong pseudo-spike.

Flowers purplish blue. “gts

ee 2s

"3 hie |

152 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

25. P. racemosa (Thunb. Cap. p. 607); suffruticose, flexuous; twigs

pubescent ; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate, leaflets cuneate-oblong,

flat, obtuse, mucronulate, coriaceous, nigro-punctate, glabrous; stipules

minute, subulate ; spikes terminal, sessile, interrupted, the rachis flex-

uous, laxly many flowered; bracts small; calyx hispidulous, nigro-

punctate, its lobes lanceolate, subequal. P. hilaris, HE. §Z./ 1552.

i ae oe sides in grassy places. Langekloof, George, E.G Z./ (Herb.

A denies slightly branched, ascending suffrutex ; the branches incurved and

more or less zig-zag, the principal stems and lateral branches ending in sparsely

flowered, flexuous spikes. Petioles 1-2 lines long; leaflets 1 inch long, 2-3 lines

wide, cuneate at base, the medial rather longer. Bracts equalling the pedicels.

Flowers in threes, 2-3 lines long, the corolla nearly twice as long as the calyx,

(white?) carina deeply coloured.

26. P. hamata (Harv.) ; fruticulose, erect, twigs appressedly subca-

nescent; leaves minutely petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, compli-

cate, recurvo-arcuate, mucronate, glabrous, nigro-punctate; stipules

subulate; spikes terminal, sessile, interrupted, laxly many flowered ;

flowers subternate, rachis straight; bracts small; calyx appressedly pu-

berulous, punctate, its lobes lanceolate, subequal. P. racemosa, EL. Mey.

Comm. p. 87, non Thunb. ~

Has. Roodeberg, 3800f., Drege! (Herb., Hk., Bth.)

A small shrub, with slender twigs, thinly clothed with very minute whitish hairs,

rather densely leafy. Petioles 1 line long; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3 lines wide, folded

together, the midrib arched backwards and hispidulous; a few minute hairs also on

the lower surface, otherwise glabrous. Dots conspicuous. Racemes 2-4 inches long,

the fascicles of flowers 4 of an inch apart. Much more ligneous than P. racemosa,

with closer, shorter, and differently shaped leaflets, and virgate not flexuous branches,

The pubescence also differs.

27, P. stachydis (Linn. f. Sup. 335); shrubby, divaricately branched,

rigid, roughly hirsute with patent, rusty hairs; leaves shortly petiolate,

pinnato-trifoliolate, leaflets elliptico-obovate, obtuse or acute, recurvo-mu-

cronulate, hirsute ; stipules adnate, subulate ; flowers 3—5 together in an

interrupted, flexuous, terminal, pedunculate spike; bracts minute; ra-

chis and calyx fulvo-hirsute, shaggy, the calyx-lobes sublanceolate,

acute, the lowest broadest. DC. Prod.2.p.218,. P.stachyos, Thunb. !

Cap. p. 608. ak

Has. Near Piquetberg, Thunberg! (Herb. U Holm.

Near P. rg ig os ee atest ack at mi cuneate leaflets and a

much coarser and more patent, dark coloured pubescence. Leaflets 3-1 inch long,

4 inch wide, minutely pellucid-dotted, often strongly recurved. Peduncles 2 inches

long to the first cluster of flowers. Calyx 2 lines long. This seems to be a rare spe-

cies. I have only seen the specimens above referred to.

__ 28. P. hirta (Linn. Ameen. 6. Afr. 35); shrubby, divaricately much

branched, rigid, cano-pubescent; leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate,

leaflets broadly cuneate-obovute or obcordate, recurvo-mucronulate, mi-

nutely appresso-pubescent, nigro-punctate; stipules small, subulate;

flowers ternate, sessile, either axillary or in an interrupted, leafless,

flexuous, terminal, pedunculate spike ; bracts minute; calyx cano-hir-

sute, its lobes ovate-acuminate, the lowest broadest. DC. Prod. 2. p.

217. Jacq. Schoenb. t. 228. H. Mey.! Comm. p. 87 (non Thunb. nec E. § Z.)

P. Stachyos, FE. & Z.! 1555. :

ate:

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 153

Has. Dry hills in the Western Districts. Zwartland, Z.¢Z.! Malmsbury, Pappe /

Paarlberg, Drege! Lion’s Mountain, Capetown, W.H.H. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd. D.)

_ A very rigid, sparsely leafy bush, 2-3 feet high and wide, the branches and twigs

issuing to all sides at right angles, all parts thinly canescent with appressed or sub-

patent, short hairs. Petioles 2-3 lines long ; leaflets 3-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide,

blunt or mucronulate, sometimes emarginate and often folding together when dry,

Tufts of flowers rarely in the axils of the uppermost leaves, usually 4-1 inch apart

on a flexuous, naked prolongation of the branch. This comes very near P. Stachydis,

but has a very different pubescence, and shape of leaflets, &c.

29. P. argentea (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 608); shrubby, slender, dif.

fuse or suberect; twigs minutely silky; leaves shortly petiolate, tri-

foliolate, leaflets obovate, recurvo-mucronulate, thinly silky-silvery on 5

both sides; stipules minute, subulate; flowers ternate, shortly pedicel-

late, either axillary or in an interrupted, leafless, terminal pedunculate

raceme; bracts minute; calyx silky-canescent, its lobes lanceolate, the

two uppermost semi-connate. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218. E. Mey. |! Comm.

—p. 87.

Has. §. Africa, Thunberg! Krakkeelkraal, Drege/ (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D.)

A slender, diffusely much branched, leafy shrub, with many filiform twigs, all

parts clothed with very short, appressed, whitish, glossy pubescence. Thunberg says

it is “erect.” Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 2-2} wide at top,

when dry folded together. Inflorescence nearly as in P. hirta, but the flowers are

evidently pedicellate, and the rachis not flexuous. The leaflets are minutely pellucid

dotted, but not nigro-punctate. Flowers 2-24 lines long.

30. P. striata (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 608); suffruticose or shrubby,

thinly canescent ; twigs striate, pubescent, subvirgate, laxly leafy ; leaves

shortly petiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, recurvo-mucro-

nate, appressedly pubescent, nigro-punctate stipules subulate ; pseudo-

spikes terminal, pedunculate, somewhat interrupted, laxly or rather

closely flowered; bracts minute ; calyx cano-pubescent, punctate, its

lobes ovate or ovato-lanceolate, acute, the 2 upper subconnate. .

Prod. 2. p. 218. HE. Mey. Comm. p. 87. P. rumeola, E. & Z11551. £.

Eckloniana, Otto! Zey. No. 441. (421, Hb. Sond.)

Var. 8. gracilis; more slender, with longer and laxer spikes and smaller flowers.

P. albicans, E. § Z. 1556.

Has, Doorn River, Bokkeveld, Thunberg/ Grasbergsrivier, Drege/ Clanwilliam,

Zeyher! Gaurita R., Swell., £. ¢ 2. ! Swellendam, Dr. Thom! (Herb. Th., Bth.,

ag he ot ing or slender suffrutex, 1-2 feet high or more, becoming woody in

age, the branches, leaves, and inflorescence clothed with very short, whitish hairs,

which give a pallid aspect to the whole t. Petiole 2-3 lines long, sometimes

produced a little beyond the lateral pair of leaflets. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, 4 inch

wide, frequently complicate, the slender veins obvious on the lower surface. Dots

minute, im . Calyces somewhat enlarged in frvit. Var. 8. from Olifant’s R.,

illi is smaller and more slender ; but I think not specifically different.

31. P. bracteata (Linn. Mant. 264); shrubby, erect or procumbent,

densely leafy; twigs pubescent or subcanescent; leaves trifoliolate,

subsessile; leaflets broadly obovate or obcordate, mucronulate, pellucid-

dotted, glabrous or the younger subvillous ; stipules obliquely ovato-

lanceolate, acuminate, striate, mann Dean ns Ae ses sessile,

oval or oblong, densely many flowered, ; brac membranous, "anit

variable in ace and shape; calyx villous or glabrescent, its segments

154 . " LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

much acuminate, very acute, the lowest longest and broadest. DC,

Prod.2.p.218. Jacq. Schoenb.t.224. Bot. Mag.t.446. Lodd. Cab. t.

1559. P.aculeata, Thunb. in Herb. Ups.

“Var. a. vera; bracts obovate, cuspidate, as long as the calyx, whose lowest seg-

ment is broadly ovato-cuspidate. P. bracteata, a., Curtisiana, E. Mey. Comm. p. 86.

Var. 8. bracteolata; bracts ovato-lanceolate, much shorter than the calyx, whose

lowest segment is lanceolate. P. bracteolata, E. § Z. 1543. P. stachyera, E. § Z.

1549. P. cephalotes, E. § Z. 1548. P. parviflora, E. Mey. Comm. p. 86. :

Var. y. Algoensis ; depressed or procumbent; leaflets shorter and broader ; spikes

subglobose or oblong, often few flowered ; bracts small; calyx much less villous,

with rather shorter segments. P. Algoensis, E. § Z. 1544. P. acuminata, E. § Z.

1546. P. densa, E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 86. Zey. 2376.

Has. Moist places, from Capetown to Albany and Caffirland, both on the plains

and mountains. Var. y. near the sea coast, in George, Uitenhage and Albany.

(Herb. Th., Bth., Sd., Hk., D.)

A densely branched, leafy bush, 1-4 feet high, erect when growing in sheltered -

places and well watered soil ; depressed or procumbent in exposed or dry places.

Pubescence variable, but never absent. Petioles 1 line long, the stipules obliquely

adnate to their base. Leaflets 4-} inch long, 3-5 lines wide at the end, cuneate at

base, often nigro-punctate as well as pellucid-dotted, the older almost always gla-

brous ; mucro short, recurved. Bracts very variable in size. None of the above

varieties if traced through many specimens will be found true to its characters, and

more might be enumerated showing intermediate forms. After a comparison of the

accumulated materials of several herbaria, I am forced to regard as synonymous the

species above named. The flowers vary from purple to blue and white.

32. P. spicata (Linn. Mant. 264); shrubby, erect, virgate, densely

leafy; twigs cano-pubescent ; leaves trifoliolate, subsessile, leaflets

obovate-oblong or oblong, reflexo-mucronulate, nigro-punctate, glabrous,

or the younger pubescent; stipules adnate, obliquely ovato-lanceolate,

striate, membranous; spikes terminal, sessile, elongating, cylindrical,

laxly many flowered, bracteate; bracts small, membranous; calyx vil-

lous, its segments lanceolate, acute, subequal. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218.

Andr. Rep. t. 411 (bad). LE. § 27.1547.

Has. 8. Africa, Thun / Bowie! Moist places, Puspasvalley, Swell., £. § Z./

(Herb. Th., Hi, Bth., DY Sd.) ices .

Nearly allied to P. bracteata, but more virgate, with narrower, longer and less

decidedly obovate leaflets, much longer and more cylindrical spikes and smaller

flowers. The dots on the leaves are more opaque than in P. bracteata, but are trans-

lucent. Leaflets 3-1 inch long, 3 lines wide, cuneate at base, with a very small,

reflexed mucro. Calyces 2 lines long, their segments less acuminate and more equal

among themselves than in P. bracteata. Flowers blue or purplish.

33. P. Bowieana (Harv.); suffruticose, slender, diffuse, branching ;

twigs terete, puberulous; leaves subdistant, trifoliolate, minutely petio-—

late ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, recurvo-mucronate, glabrescent, pellucid

dotted; stipules subulate; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves,

fasciculato-racemose ; pedicels 2-3 together, equalling the calyx; bracts

lanceolate ; calyx subglabrous, pale, with purple strie, its lobes narrow-

lanceolate, the lowest longest.

Has. Cape, Bowie! (Herb. Hk.) oe

Seemingly a spreading plant, woody at base, the stems probably 2 feet or more

long ; the branches 6-12 inches long, filiform, flexuous. Petioles 1 line long ; leaf-

lets 7-1 inch long, 3~34 lines wide, the younger ciliate and sparsely hispid, the older

becoming glabrous. The glands are minute, pellucid, and not prominent. Racemes

short or elongating, interru several flowered, Calyx segments each elegantly

marked with 3 purple ere ie

Psoralea. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 155

34. P. venusta (E. & Z.! 1553); suffruticose, flexuous ; twigs ap-

pressedly pubescent; leaves subsessile, trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate-

oblong, obtuse-mucronulate, pellucid-dotted, appressedly puberulent ;

stipules subulate ; spikes terminal and axillary, cylindrical, peduncu-

late; bracts half as long as the calyx ; calyx silky, its lobes lanceolate,

acuminate, impunctate, midribbed, the lowest longest. -

Has. Sand dunes, near Saldanha Bay, £. é Z.! (Herb. Sd.) Sere ny

A single branch in Herb. Sond. is about a foot long, curved, simple, with a few 7 a

small lateral ramuli, ending in a cylindrical spike 1} inch long, and having much Ot | G

shorter, pedunculate spikes in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Petioles scarcely

any ; leaflets 1 inch long, 3-34 lines wide, cuneate at base. Calyx 3 lines long, its

lowest segment nearly equalling the petals; two uppermost shorter than the two

lateral.

35. P. caffra (E. & Z.! 1550); shrubby, coarsely glandular; twigs

tomentulose ; leaves petiolate, pinnately-trifoliolate, lateral leaflets

broadly elliptical, terminal much larger, elliptical or obovate, all round-

topped, but mucronulate, nearly glabrous; stipules small, deltoid-acu-

minate; spikes axillary, pedunculate, laxly many flowered, elongating;

bracts small; calyx tomentose, nigro-punctate, its lobes lanceolate, the

lowest acuminate ; legume pubescent.

gens SPOT hills between the Kat and Key Rivers, Caffraria, Z. ¢ Z.! (Herb.

Not ae branched, diffuse, 12-18 inches high ; branches curved, densely leafy,

roughly warted with prominent glands, as are also the leaves and calyces. Tomen-

tum wearing off in age. Common petiole half inch long or more, the pair of leaflets

about its middle. [Leaflets 1-14 inch long, 6-10 lines wide, very obtuse, but the

younger ones with a minute mucro, penni-nerved. Glands very copious and large.

‘Flowers in twos and threes on the rachis, the common bract scarcely 1 line long,

about equalling the pedicels. Calyces 2 lines long. Legumes turgid, 24 lines long.

36. P. rotundifolia (Linn. f. suppl. p. 338); suffruticose, subsimple;

* stems ascending, glabrous or hispidulous ; leaves shortly petiolate, uni-

foliolate, the leaflet ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptico-lanceolate, obtuse or

acute, mucronulate, reticulately veined, glabrous, nigro-punctate and

~ pellucid-dotted; peduncles terminal (and axillary?) longer than the

leaves, hirsute; spikes oblong, many flowered, bracteate ; calyx plumoso-

hirsute with long white hairs, its segments oblong or oblongo-lanceolate,

longer than the tube. Thunb. Cap. p. 605. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg ! Scholl! Drakenstein, Stellenbosch (not in fl.) W.H.H.

(Herb. Th., Bth., D., sine fl.)

A small subsimple suffrutex, a span high, densely leafy. Leaves on very short

petioles ; the leaflet 14-2 inches long, 31 inch broad, the youngest ciliolate, other-

- wise glabrous, the ribs and veins conspicuous on both sides. Stipules lanceolato-

subulate, longer than the petiole. Spikes 14 inch long ; the calyces shaggy with

long white patent straight hairs.

37. P. Thomii (Harv.) ; suffruticose, subsimple; stems ascending,

angularly winged, hispidulous ; leaves shortly petiolate, unifoliolate ;

the leaflet ovate, elliptic-oblong, or elliptico-lanceolate, mucronulate,

reticulately veined, the younger hairy, the older hispid or glabrescent,

impunctate, scaberulous at the margin ; peduncles terminal and axillary,

longer than the leaves, hirsute ; spikes oblong, many flowered, bracte-

ate ; calyx plumoso-hirsute with long hairs, its segments narrow-lanceo-

late, veiny, Sines than the tube.

156 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Psoralea.

Has. 8. Africa, Dr. Thom! Bowie! (Herb. Hk.) :

Very near P, rotundifolia ; but the leaves when young are densely hairy, and

never quite glabrous, destitute of glands and quite opaque (at least when dry), and

having a minutely roughened, cartilaginous edge. In size and shape the leaflets

agree with those of P. rotundifolia. The stipules are broader and the calyx-seg-

ments narrower and more taper pointed than in that species. The ale are much

longer than the carina,

38. P. Zeyheri (Harv. Thes, t. 80); suffruticose, subsimple; stems

ascending, subterete, hispidulous ; leaves shortly petiolate, trifoliolate ;

the leaflets of the lower leaves shortly and broadly obovate, of the up-

per linear-oblong or linear, all mucronulate, impunctate, scaberulous at

margin, the younger villous, the older glabrescent ; stipules lanceolato-

subulate ; peduncles terminal and axillary, much longer than the leaves,

hirsute; spikes oblong, many flowered, bracteate ; calyx densely albo-

hirsute, pale, veined with purple, its 4 upper segments linear-lanceolate,

the lowest oblongo-lanceolate, much longer, reticulately veined.

Has. Mountains over the 24 Rivers, Zeyher, No. 2375. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Stems 6-8 inches high, densely leafy. Leaflets of two shapes ; those of the lower

leaves 4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines wide ; of the upper 1-1} inch long, 1-2 lines wide.

Peduncles 4-6 inches long. Calyces very hairy, their lowest segment conspicuous

in the spike, much longer than the bracts and nearly equalling the corolla. Obvi-

ously allied to P. rotundifolia and P. Thomii, but with different foliage and calyx.

39. P. tomentosa (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 606); shrubby, silky and

silvery, densely leafy ; twigs striate; leaves petiolate, pinnato-trifolio-

late, leaflets elliptico-lanceolate or elliptical, glabrous on the upper,

silky and silvery on the under surface, mucronate, penni-nerved ; sti-

pules lanceolate, equalling the petiole ; peduncles terminal and axillary,

much longer than the leaves ; heads globose, bracteate, dense ; bracts

ovato-lanceolate, very villous, bracteoles narrow-lanceolate; calyces wil-

loso-hirsute, the segments lanceolate, lowest much longer than the rest ; «

ovary glabrous. DC. Prod. 2. p. 218. and P. sericea, Poir. Dict. 5. p. 687.

DC. 1. ¢.p. 219. EH. & Z.! 1541. P. pedunculata, Bot. Reg. t. 223. Erio-

sema captatum, EH. Mey. ! Comm. p. 130.

Has. Shrubby places. Districts of Geo: Uitenhage and Albany, £. § Z./

Drege! Pappe ! 5 F 3 Barber, §e. (Herb. Th, Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) '

A small, erect or ascending, slightly branched, half woody shrub, 1-2 feet high,

the twigs, under sides of leaflets, inflorescence, and young leaves silvery and silky ;

the older parts glabrescent. Petioles 4-1 inch long. Leaflets 1-2 inches long, $-$

inch broad ; the margin slightly recurved. Peduncles 4-5 inches long, erect or

spreading. Heads villous, with white or dark hairs and the bracts silvery. —

Carina striate with purple. This has much the habit of an Eriosema, but is a

true Psoralea. The gland-dots are very minute ; often scarcely obvious.

40. P. obtusifolia (DC. Prod. 2. p. 221); diffuse or procumbent ;

branches striate, villoso-canescent ; leaves on longish petioles, pinnately

trifoliolate, leaflets obovate or elliptical, obtuse, plaited, repando-dentate,

thinly silky on each side, minutely nigro-punctulate; stipules ovate,

acute, membranous; spikes axillary, on peduncles shorter than the

leaf, 4-8 flowered ; calyces densely villous with white hairs ; legume

villous. #. Mey.! Comm. p. 88. P. plicefolia, FE. & Z.! 1557, and P.

exigua, H. § Z.! 1558. Trigonella tomentosa, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 611.

Has. Cape, Burchell, No. 1214. Near the Gariep at Verleptpram, and on dry

Lotus. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 157

plains near Rhinosterkop, Drege ! Gauritz River, George ; Nieuweveld, Beaufort ;

and Olifant’s R., Clanw., E.&@ Z. Fish River, Burke § Zeyher ! (Z. 450). Grahams-

town, Dr. Atherstone/ (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems 2-3 feet long, spreading over the soil ; branches filiform, alternate, distich-

ous, very pale, clothed with soft hairs. Petioles 1-2 inches long, prolonged 1-2

lines beyond the insertion of the pair of leaflets. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3-4

lines wide, cuneate at base, frequently elliptical. Spikes either capitate or inter-

rupted, in two heads, the densely hirsute calyces enlarging after flowering and sub-

inflated. E. ¢ Z.’s P. evigua is merely a starved state of this species.

_ 41, P. biflora (Harv.); dwarf, prostrate, much branched, glabrescent ;

leaves on longish petioles, pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets (small) obovate

or obcordate, veinless, glabrous, nigro-punctate ; stipules small, ovate,

blunt, withering ; peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves, 2 (or 1)

flowered and bracteate at the summit; bracts very short, truncate ;

flowers sessile; calyx hispid, 4 upper lobes oblong, rather blunt, lowest

twice as broad, concave, obtuse. -

Has. South Africa, Burchell, No. 1720.

A small, depressed, distichously much branched and ramulous suffrutex. Petioles

not 4 inch long ; leaflets 2-3 lines long, 1-14 wide, blunt or emarginate. Peduncles

3-5 lines long, generally bearing 2 sessile flowers at the bracteate extremity. Flow-

ers 2 lines long. Carina adnate to theale. The inflorescence is peculiar ; nor does

this little plant seem nearly allied to any S. African species.

(Imperfectly known Species. )

P. velutina (E. Mey. Comm. p. 89); “leaves 3-foliolate, short-

stalked, canescent and velvetty; leaflets obovate, retuse, pointless.”

E. Mey. *

Has. Under the Zwarteberg, in moist hollows near Klaarstroom, Drege. -

« Flowers and fruit unknown. An erect, much branched, rigid shrub. Leaves

close set ; leaflets 3-4 lines long, thickish, with many yellow-brown glands. Stipules

minute.” Can this be P. macradenia ?

XXVI. LOTUS, L.

Calyx campanulate, 5—cleft or 5-toothed. Vewillum roundish, spread-

ing, recurved, equalling the porrect, connivent ale ; carina ascending,

narrow, rostrate. Stamensdiadelphous. Style ascending, subulate. Legume

linear, terete or subcompressed, many seeded, one celled or having septa

between the seeds; when ripe splitting into two valves. Endl. 6514.

DC. Prod, 2. p. 209. :

Herbs or suffrutices, erect or diffuse, common in Europe, and temperate Asia,

with outlying ‘og in Australia, 8. Africa and 8. America. Leaves trifoliolate.

Stipules in pairs or connate, free, resembling the leaflets. Peduncles axillary and

i s ft with leafy bracts under the flowers,

which are yellow, or rarely white, red or very dark brown purple. Name from the

Greek Awros. The English name is Bird's foot Trefoil.

1. L. discolor (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 92); suffruticose, pubescent ;

branches striate ; leaflets and stipules similar, oblong-cuneate, submu-

cronulate, glaucous above, paler beneath; peduncles axillary, elongate ;

umbels 4-8 flowered; bracts leaflike, unequal, the longest equalling

the flowers ; legumes straight, cylindrical, glabrous, locellate within ;

seeds ellipsoid-subglobose, smooth, dark brown. Zey. / No. 453+

- ‘Has. Grassy hills, mouth of the Omsamcaba, Drege! Magalisberg, Burke and

Zeyher! Natal, Mr. Sanderson, Krauss, 290. Gueinaius/ (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

158 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Trifolium.

1-2 feet high, slender, alternately branched, straggling, variably pubescent ; the

stems and branches pale, the foliage glaucous. Leaves an inch apart, with a pair of

leaflike stipules longer than the petiole ; leaflets }-} inch long, 2 lines wide near the

top, tapering to the base, obtuse or subacute, scarcely mucronulate, appressedly

hispid on the lower surface. Peduncles 14-4 inches long, spreading. Flowers

orange-yellow, the rostrate carina darker. Legumes 14 inch long, many seeded,

with spongy septa between the seeds,

(Imperfectly known Species. )

L.? amplexicaulis (E. Mey. Comm. p. 92); “erect, suffruticose,

very hairy ; leaflets oblong-obovate; stipules solitary, opposite the leaves, .

amplexicaul, cordate, large; heads terminal and in the forks of the

branches sessile ; legumes straight, compresso-turgid, very hairy; seeds

subglobose, with a tubercle at the micropile, smooth and shining.”

E. M. lc.

Has. Between Zandplaat and Komga, in grassy places, Drege.

Flowers unknown, and the genus so far doubtful. Stipules nerved at base, with

two thick nerves, which pass upwards into a veiny network. Unknown to us.

L. anthylloides (Vent. Malm. t, 92); “shrubby ; leaflets and sti-

pules spathulate, pilose ; stipules shorter than the calyx ; peduncles

elongate ; flowers corymbose, minutely pedicellate; legumes . . 1’

DC. Prod. 2. p. 210.

Has. Formerly cultivated in France.

L. linearis (Walp. Linn. 13. p. 518); “procumbent; stem and

branches filiform; leaves trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate or linear, gla-

brous ; stipules half as long as the leaflets, leaflike ; flowers brown, sub-

umbellate ; umbels pedunculate, axillary, 2-4 flowered ; bracts linear,

leafy, equalling the calyx ; legume unknown.” Walp. i.e.

Has. Cape of Good Hope, Lalande in Hb. Kunth, fide Walpers.

XXVII. TRIFOLIUM, L.

_ Calyx campanulate or tubular, unequally 5—cleft or toothed (sometimes

inflated after flowering.) Corolla persistent ; the vewillum longer than

the ale and the obtuse carina. Stamens diadelphous. Legume minute,

1-4 seeded, enclosed in the calyx, indehiscent. Endl. 6511. DC. Prod.

2. p, 189.

_ Herbaceous ts, annual or perennial, erect or procumbent, prostrate or creep-

ing, common hout the temperate zones, especially of the northern Hemisphere.

Leaves trifoliolate, rarely 5-foliolate, the common petiole sometimes extending

beyond the pair of leaflets. Stipules adnate with the petiole. Flowers small,

red, white or yellow, in dense heads or spikes. Name from tres, three, and folium,

a leaf ; li “ Trefoit.” The various kinds of “ clover” are well known examples

of this genus. Besides those here described, E. Meyer notices, as having been col-

lected by Drege, 7. pratense, L. (purple clover), and 7. repens, L. (white clover ).

Of these I have seen no S. African specimens, and as they are undoubted escapes

from culture, I refrain from introducing them to the Flora.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Prostrate or procumbent :

Calyces after flowering bladdery, much inflated, woolly (3) tomentosum. +

Calyces not inflated ; their segments setaceo-subulate :

Whole plant nearly glabrous ; leaflets obcordate ... (1) Burchellianum. +

More or less villoso-pubescent ; leaflets cuneate-

oblong ... 0. ie nis sas “eee etvh oes Sb) MORIN

Tivfolium.] LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 159

Erect or diffuse, not prostrate : root annual.

Flowers red or white :

Leaflets very long, linear-lanceolate, acute .. ... (4) angustifolium. ~~

Leaflets obovate-oblong, retuse or emarginate ... (5) stipulaceum.

Flowers yellow :

Heads 30-40 flowered ; vex. spreading, strongl k

Purrowed? 2. 523: St ene ag bs (6) agrarium. “

Heads 10-15 flowered; vex. connivent, nearly

BMOOCD ...0 ek bere See 90s sew. Abi Jae cited: (7) procumbens, °¥

1, T. Burchellianum (Ser. in DC. Prod. 2. p. 200) ; nearly glabrous;

stems procumbent or prostrate, rooting; leaves on long petioles ; leaf-

lets obcordate, denticulate, nerve-striate, glabrous ; stipules oblongo-

lanceolate, leafy ; peduncles axillary, elongate; heads many flowered,

flowers subsessile ; segments of the subglabrous calyx setaceo-subulate,

nerved, longer than the tube ; legume obovate, mucronate, 2—-seeded ;

seeds ovate, dark brown. 7’. repens, Thunb.! in Herb. Ups.. non Linn.

LE. § Z.! 1507.

Has. S. Africa, Burchell. Moist places at the foot of Devil’s Mt., Capetown ;

Puspas Valley, Swell. ; Adow and Port Elizabeth, Uit., Z. ¢ Z./ Near Swellen-

dam, Dr. Pappe! Howison’s Poort, Mr. Hutton / Orange River ; near Colesberg ;

near Sedbury, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Th., Hk., D.)

Root perennial. Stems numerous, proceeding horizontally on or under the soil,

rooting at the nodes, 1-2 feet long. Petioles 1-3 inches long. Leaflets }—4 inch

long, broadly obcordate, cuneate at base, the midrib and closely placed lateral nerves

prominent ; the latter prolonged upwards into marginal teeth. Heads resembling

those of ‘white clover” (T. repens). Calyx teeth very slender and long, bristle-

pointed. There are sometimes a few villous hairs on the peduncle and calyx : such

specimens almost unite with 7. africanum, B.

2. T. africanum (Ser. in DC. Prod. 2.-p. 200); villoso-pubescent or

hirsute ; stems procumbent or prostrate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, obtuse

or emarginate, denticulate, nerve-striate, villoso-pubescent 3 stipules ob-

longo-lanceolate, leafy ; peduncles axillary, elongate, hirsute; heads

many flowered; segments of the villous calyx setaceo-subulate, nerved,

longer than the tube; legume? 7. hirsutum, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 91,

non Thunb.

Var. 8. glabellum ; stem and leaves either glabrous or sparingly hirsute ; petioles,

peduncles and calyces villous. #. Mey. l.c. T. africanum, £. ¢ Z. 1508 in Hb. D.

Has. Moist places near Mooyplaats and Camdeboosberg, 4-4500f., Drege. Near

the Orange River, Burke § Z / 8. Tambukeland, Z.§ Z. Port Natal, Drege,

Sanderson, &c. (Herb. Hk., D.)

Closely allied to 7. Burchellianum, from which it chiefly differs by its narrower

leaflets, rarely subobcordate, mostly rounded at end, and usually copious pubescence.

Var. 8. is, however, an intermediate state, sometimes nearly glabrous, and then

only to be known by its narrow leaflets. I have seen no authentic specimen of

Burchell’s pt and describe from a sp. in Hb. Hooker, marked by Bentham. 7.

hirsutum, Thunb. ! fide Hb. Upsal, is some Lotononis not ascertained.

3. T. tomentosum (Linn. sp. 1086); stems procumbent or prostrate ;

leaflets broadly obovate, glabrous, sharply serrulate, striate ; stipules

ovato-lanceolate, much acuminate ; peduncles very short, axillary ; heads

globose, flowers sessile ; calyces after flowering much inflated, membra-

nous, netted with veins and tomentose, the segments shorter than the minute

corolla ; legumes one seeded. DO. Prod. 2. p. 203. E. §& Z.1 1513.

Has Sand: near the Amsterdam Battery, Table Bay, E. ¢ Z.! Pappe /

W.H.H. hat ae W. Elliott. Simon’s Bay, OF} Wright ! (Herb. D., —

160 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) | Trifolium.

j Posenc\ (4 «a4 + Roots very fibrous, perennial or annual. Stems numerous from the same crown,

Geetthbees Se spreading in a circle, 3-6 inches long, flexuous, glabrous. Leaves on long petioles,

| ; of the leaflets short and broad, glabrous. Flowers minute, not conspicuous till the

0 46% corolla withers, after which time the calyx enlarges greatly, becomes bladdery and

veiny, and then the heads resemble small cotton balls. This plant is a native of the

‘ South of Europe ; probably merely naturalized, but completely so in S. Africa.

4, T. angustifolium (Linn. sp. 1083); annual, erect, subsimple, vir-

gate; leaflets linear-lunceolate, acute, ciliate ; stipules setaceo-subulate ;

spikes solitary, terminal, oblong, becoming cylindrical ; segments of the

very hairy, glandular, ribbed calyx setaceo-subulate, pungent, about

equalling the corolla, the lowest longest. DC. Prod. 2. p. 189. #. Mey.

8 Comm. Drege. p. 90. E. & Z, No. 1 511.

a Has. Naturalized (from the S. of Europe) in various laces near Capetown,

: % a Simonsbay, the Paarl &e. E. § Z.! Pappe rf (Herb. Dd. &e ) e -

*b 8 Stems 6 inches to 2 feet high, only luxuriant ones branching. Leaves widely

separate: leaflets 2-3 inches long, 1-2 lines wide, variably silky, Stipules very

| long and slender. Spikes at first conical-oblong, afterwards elongating, 2-3 inches

i long, very hairy, fulvous ; the flowers small and red.

5. T. stipulaceum (Thunb, ! Fl. Cap. p. 609) ; annual or biennial,

suberect, villous ; leaflets obovate-oblong, retuse or emarginate, denti-

culate, striate; stipules membranaceous, striate, subulate-acuminate ;

| heads oblong, subsessile, or shortly pedunculate ; Segments of the densely

; villous, 10-ribbed, campanulate calyx setaceo-subulate, erect, longer

i than the tube and the corolla; legume membranous, one seeded 3 seed

reddish-brown. JZ. ¢ Z./ No.1 512. T. micropetalum, EL. Mey ! Comm.

3 Pp. go.

; Has. Grassy fields, Puspasvalley, and near the Zwartkops River, EZ. § Z, Near

> Saldanha Bay ; also at Algoa Bay, in sandy places near the sea, Drege! (Herb.

‘ Th., Hk., D.)

cts A small, apparently annual species, 3-6 inches high, simple or branched from the

wes base, clothed with long, soft, fulvous hairs. Petioles long or short ; stipules remark-

ably taper pointed, 4-6 lines long. Leaflets 4-8 lines long, 14-3 lines wide, closely

z parallel veined. Heads very hairy, the calyx slightly enlarged after flowering, and

| its segments becoming rigid and awnlike.

6. T. agrarium (Linn. sp. 1087) ; annual, nearly glabrous, ascend- a

ing, rigid; leaves shortly petiolate; leaflets obovate or obcordate, den- ie

ticulate, striate ; stipules ovato-lanceolate, acute ; peduncles axillary,

long or short; heads densely many flowered, ovoid, yellow ; flowers de-

flexed, the vexillum very broad, spreading, obcordate, striate ; calyx

minute, its limb very unequal, the upper segments shorter than the

lower, glabrous; legume one seeded. DC. Prod. 2. p. 205. Benth.

Handb. p. 169. T. procumbens, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 610, EB. Bot. t o4®.

B.&2-1 Non 60g7 = — err

7, T, procumbens (Linn. sp. 1088) ; annual, nearly glabrous, diffuse,

slender ; leaves shortly petiolate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate, denti-

Melilotus.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 161

culate, striate; stipules broadly ovate, subacute ; peduncles axillary,

longer than the leaves ; heads small, 10-15 flowered, subglobose, yel-

low ; flowers deflexed, subsessile, the vexillum folded over the ale and

keel, scarcely furrowed ; calyx minute, its limb very unequal, the upper

segments much shorter than the lower, glabrous ; legume one seeded.

DC. Prod. 1. c. Benth. Handb. p. 170. T. minus, L. Bot. t. 1256. T.jili-

Jorme, LE. & Z. 1510. Pappe! 134.

Has. Naturalized (from Europe). About Table Mountain ; Hott, Holland ; and

near Tulbagh, L. § Z. Cape Flats, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. D., &e.)

Near 7’, agrarium, but much more slender, with smaller flowers and fewer of

them in the heads. 7. filiforme, L. is a still smaller plant, with 2-3, rarely 5 flowers

in the head, on pedicels as long as the calyx. Ee

XXVIII. MELILOTUS, Tournef.

Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-toothed. Corolla deciduous.

Vewillum and ale longer than the obtuse carina. Stamens diadelphous.

Legume oval or oblong, 1-4 seeded, longer than the unaltered calyx, in-

dehiscent. Hndl. 6510. DC. Prod. 2, p. 186.

Annual or biennial, rarely perennial, strongly scented herbs, chiefly found wild in

the Mediterranean region, whence some of the commoner have been dispersed

throughout the temperate zones. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, the leaflets sharply

and coarsely toothed. Stipules adnate with the base of the petiole. Flowers small,

yellow, cream-coloured or white, in long axillary or terminal racemes. Name from

mel, honey, and lotus ; the flowers are frequented by bees. English name, ‘‘melilot.”

1. M. parviflora (Desf. Fl. Atl. 2, p. 192); diffuse or ascending;

leaflets of the lower leaves broadly obovate, of the upper cuneate-oblong,

all toothed; stipules lanceolate or subulate; flowers densely racemose,

very minute, pale yellow ; calyx teeth subequal, ovate ; legumes oval,

obtuse, irregularly wrinkled, one seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p. 187. E.§ Z.

Wo. 1506. H. Mey. Comm. Drege. p. 91. M. indica, Thb. Fl. Cap. p. 609.

_ Has. Sandy places near the coast. About Table, Simon’s, and Algoa Bays,

E. & Z.! Greenpoint, Dr. Pappe! Boschekloof and Klipberg, &c., Drege. (Hb. D., &c.)

A common weed in sandy ground, introduced from Europe, and now dispersed

over most parts of the globe. Stems 6-12 inches high, the branches spreading at

base, and often procumbent, their ends curved upwards. Leaflets variable in shape,

and in their serratures ; in our specimens sharply and coarsely serrated. Racemes

1-2 inches long, on peduncles 1-1} inch, the flowers } line to 1 line long, on minute,

ing pedicels. Calyx glaucous green. Whole plant very strongly scented.

XXIX. TRIGONELLA, L.

mpanulate, 5—toothed. Corolla deciduous ; verillum and ale

carina obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Legume linear or

inéar, compressed or terete, acuminate, many seeded. Endl,

Gen. 6508. DC. Prod. 2, p. 181.

Strongly scented herbs, chiefly natives of the Mediterranean and Caucasian re-

gions. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate, the common petiole extending beyond the pair

of leaflets. Stipules adnate with the base of the petiole, often toothed or lacerate.

ee \ (ony

Oey

Flowers either racemose, umbellato-capitate, or subsolitary. Name from tpeis,—

three, and ‘ywria, an angle ; in many species (not in 7’. hamosa), the carina is very

small, and the 3 other petals conspicuous, spreading three ways.

“1. T. hamosa (Linn, sp. 1094); procumbent; leaflets cuneate-obovate

- VOL, II, Je:

162 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Medicago.

or obeordate, coarsely toothed, nerve-striate ; stipules laciniate; flowers

racemose, the common peduncle longer than the leaves, ending in a

spine; legumes declined, terete, falcate or hooked. DC. Prod. 2, p- 183.

Fi. Gree. t. 764. EL. Mey.Comm. Drege. p.91. T. glabra, Thunb.! Fl. Cap.

p- 610, ;

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg/ Sandy places at Zwartland, Cape ; and in the Nieu-

weveld, Beaufort, Z. § Z. Hills near Ebenezer ; and at Verleptpram, on the Gariep,

Drege! Wyley! Albany, T. Williamson! (Herb. Th., D.)

A small, glabrous or sparingly pubescent annual, resembling a melilot. Leaves

scattered ; the common petiole extending 1-2 lines beyond the first pair of leaflets.

Stipules sometimes digitate, varying much in size and number of lobes. Flowers

small, pale yellow, cernuous, on pedicels longer than the calyx. Legumes 4 inch

long, arched upwards. A native also of Nubia and Egypt.

XXX. MEDICAGO, L.

Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-toothed. Vesxillum longer than the

ale and the obtuse carina, Stamens diadelphous. Stigma capitate. Le-

gume one or many seeded, spirally twisted or falcate. Endl. Gen. 6 507.

DC. Prod. 2. p. 171.

Herbaceous or frutescent plants, abundant in Central and Southern Europe and

Middle Asia, from which some are widely scattered throughout the temperate zones,

either as weeds or cultivated for cattle food. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate, very

rarely impari-pinnate ; stipules adnate to the petiole and generally deeply cut ; pe-

duncles axillary, few or many flowered ; flowers minute, yellow or purple. Legumes

very various in form and sculpture, very often bordered with rigid prickles, and spi-

rally rolled together like snail-shells. “Name, the undicn of the Greeks, so called

because introduced by the Medes. English name, Medick.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Legume unarmed ; flowers purple... ... ... ... ... ... he

Legume bordered with a double row of prickles ; flowers yellow :

Leafl. obcordate, toothed ; legumes obliquely netted-veined ;

PBI 8 i ges

Leafl. obcordate, toothed ; legume not prominently veined ;

eed etinn, ig te, Le Sa RTs (3) nigra. 4

Leafl. cuneate or linear, coarsely incised or jagged ... ... (4) laciniata.

1. M. sativa (Linn. Sp. 1096) ; stem erect, glabrous ; leaflets cuneate-

obovate, truncate and mucronate, toothed ; stipules lanceolate; pedun-

cles many flowered, racemose ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legumes unarmed,

compressed, rugose, twisted once or twice in a loose spire. DC. Prod. 2,

p.173. Eng. Bot.t. 1749. Lam. Encycl. t, 612. Fl. Dan.t. 2244. E.dé Z.

1501. E. Mey. Comm. Drege. p. Sie

eee) Introduced in culture: now naturalized near Capetown and Simonsbay,

_ 1-2 feet high, branching. Leaves 2-3 inches apart: leaflets 4-1 inch long, 2-4

lines wide. Stipules sometimes toothed. Flowers purple, 3-4 lines long. Culti-

vated for cattle-food, under the name of “* Lucerne.”

2. M. denticulata (Willd. § - 3. P. 1414) ; prostrate ; leaflets obovate,

or obcordate, foathed cess oe be : —— 3-5 flowered ; ca-

lyx-teeth triangular; legumes bordered with a double cow of curved

prickles, flat and obliquely netted-veined at the sides, twice or thrice spi-

rally twisted. DC. Prod. 2, p. 176. E. Bot. t.2634. E.d& Z.! No. 1 503.

L. Mey. Comm. Drege. p.92. T. ciliaris, 8. Thunb. ! Cap. p. 612. ;

(1) sativa.

(2) denticulata. ~

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 163

Has. Sandy places near Capetown and in Hott. Holl. Z.4 2.’ Paarl, Drege !

(Herb., D., Th.) :

A small annual. Flowers minute, yellow. Known from the following by the

more prominent reticulations on the sides of the legume, and the shorter, curved but

not hook-pointed prickles.

3. M. nigra (Willd. Sp. 3. p. 1418); diffuse or erect ; leaflets obovate

or obcordate, toothed ; stipules laciniate; peduncles 2-3 flowered ; ca-

lyx-teeth subulate; legumes bordered with a double row of long, seta-—

ceous hook-pointed prickles, flat at the sides and somewhat netted-veined,

several times spirally and closely twisted. DC. Prod. 2,p. 178. EF. & Z.

No. 1502. EH. Mey. ! Comm. p. 92.

Has. About Table Mountain, #. 4 Z. Duckervallei and Ebenezer, Drege. A|-

bany, 7. Williamson! (Herb. D.)

Very like the last, but with longer and narrower calyx-segments, and much longer

and more bristle-shaped, hook-pointed prickles on the legume. The Cape plant

agrees with European specimens in Herb. T.C.D. I describe from those collected

by Williamson.

1,M. laciniata (All. Fl. Ped.n. 1159); erect or diffuse ; leaflets cuneate

or linear, coarsely inciso-dentate, truncate, mucronulate; stipules inciso-

dentate ; peduncles 1-2 flowered, short; calyx-teeth short, acute, nar-

row; legumes bordered with a double row of subulate, hook-pointed

prickles, thickened at the margin, with flat sides, and two or more times

spirally twisted. DC. Prod. 2,p. 180. £. & Z./ 1504. H. Mey. in Comm.

Drege. p. 92.

Has. Sandy ground, various parts of the colony, E.g 2. Drege! Greenpoint,

Dr. Pappe! (Herb. D.)

Known by its deeply cut or laciniated leaflets, which are smaller and more rigid

and narrower than in either of the preceding. The prickles on the legume are much

shorter in Cape specimens than on our European examples in Herb. T.C.D.

XXXI. INDIGOFERA, L.

Calyx small, campanulate, 5-fid or 5-toothed. Vewillum subrotund, re-

flexed ; carina with a spur or prominence at each side, near the base.

Stamens diadelphous; the connective of the anthers apiculate. Ovary

2 or several ovuled, Zegume linear, terete, compressed, or flattened, 1

or several seeded, mostly with dissepiments between the seeds, Endl.

Gen. 6530. :

Shrubs, undershrubs or annuals, very abundant in tropical and subtropical climates,

Leaves imparipinnate or digitate, 3 or many foliolate, rarely unifoliolate or abortive.

Hairs commonly strigose, i.e., rigid, fixed by a medial point, and tapering to each

end, set in subparallel lines. Flowers purple, or rosy, or white. Indigo is obtained

by fermentation from the foliage of several species of this large genus, whence the

generic name.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Subgenus I. EU-INDIGOFERA. Legume subterete or terete, straight or subfal-

= the convex valves coriaceous, veinless. Seeds separated by transverse septa.

(Sp. 1-107.)

1. Juncifolie. Petioles very long, filiform, acute, mostly leafless ; bearing in the

young plant only small, terminal, and lateral leaflets, in impari-pinnate order. —

Racemes on long peduncles, laxly many flowered —... ) men

Racemes shorter than the petioles, few flowered ... ... re

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164 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) (Indigofera.

2. Simplicifolie. Leaves simple, subsessile. (Sp. 3-5.)

Shrubby, divaricate, subglabrous ; lvs. oblong or obovate ) denudata, vars. 5. «

Shrubby, virgate, canescent ; vs. obcordate, flat a obcordata.

Shrubby, flexuous, canescent ; lvs. linear-cuneate, con- ee

volute ... (4) nudicaulis,

Suffruticose, diffuse, ‘subglabrous ; les. ovate-oblong, flat (5) ovata,

3. Trifoliolate. Leaves digitately trifoliolate ; i.e., three leaflets springing from the

apex of a common petiole. (Sp. 6-32.)

(t.) Stipules subulate or setaceous, or obsolete :

Shrubs, divaricately much branched ; lvs. scattered or tufted, not imbricate :

Spine-tipped ; racemes short; leafi. 1-2 lines

long, strigose beneath... ... ... (6) spinescens.

Spine-tipped ; racemes long, rigid ; ‘leafl. stri-

goso-canescent ... (7) pungens,

Unarmed, piloso-canescent ; flowers solitary (8) dealbata,

Unarmed ; leaves sub-glabrous ; racemes few

flowered.

Leafl. obovate or oblong-cuneate, 4-5 lines

Why, . (9) denudata.

Leafi. lanceolate linear, acute, ‘g-10 lines

long -» « (£0) stenophylla.

Shrubby, villoso-canescent ; - Lys. “closely imbricate .. (32) glomerata.

Suffruticose or herbaceous, not woody :

Leaflets narrow (lanceolate or linear)

Annual ; very slender ; racemes capillary (11) tenuissima,

Perennial ; canescent or » silvery.

Leafi. linear, complicate, shorter than

the thick petiole ... ... ... ... (£3) complicata.

Leafl. lanceolate, mostly open :

Strigose; stip. short; cal. lobes

attenuate... ... (14) heterophylla,

Silky ; stip. short ; cal, lobes sub-

lanceolate. ... (1§) candicans, 7

Strigose ; stip. ‘elongate ; : "eal.

lobes subulate ... ... (16) psoraleoides, ~

Perennial ; thinly strigillose (not canescent).

Petioles elongate ; bracts very broad,

ovate... ... (12) venusta,

Petioles elongate ; bracts minute, subulate :

Branches and petioles sharply

triquetrous, lvs. glabrous... (17) triquetra.

Branches mult-angular, thinl

strigillose -.. (18) adscendens.

Petioles 1-2 lines long ; ifts. linear ;

racemes short s+ se» (19) leptocarpa.

Leaflets broad (elliptical or obovate).

ee strigillose or subglabrous :

edunce. setaceous ; racemes few flowered

subcapitate vs (20) gracilis, |

Pedune. robust ; “racemes Tong, many flowered ;

Herbaceous; “se roundish:

obovate ... sss ,«cs__ sv». (21) procumbens, *

: vee ees vee sue sc. (22) PORFeCtA,

Strigoso-canescent ; Ifts. obcordate ... (23) cardiophylla.

Densely hairy, with loose, whitish hairs :

Racemes dense, on long, = pe-

duncles .. (24) tomentosa.

. Racemes laxly few flowered, on 1 short

peduncles... ++» ves (25) depressa.

Indigofera} LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 165

(2.) Stipules broad ; either ovate, lanceolate, or semisagittate:

Procumbent, herbaceous or half herbaceous :

White-hairy ; stipules semisagittate, acute;

legumes hispid... ... «ss» +++ + (26) incana, +

Softly-hairy ; /fts. and stipules roundish, ob-

tuse; legumes glabrous... ... «. «.- (27) mollis.

Hairy ; /fts. obovate ; stipules cordate-ovate ;

leg. glabrous... 0. ses vse vee vee oe, (28) Stipularis.

Subglabrous ; leajl. ovato-lanceolate ; stip.

semisagittate sée wee see oes (29) dimidiata,

Erect ; suffruticose or shrubby :

~ Suffruticose ; Ufts. narrow, linear-lanceolate (30) monostachya.

Shrubby ; //ts. obovate-cuneate, or lanc. oblong (31) cuneifolia.

4. Digitate. Leaves digitately 5~9 foliolate (rarely but 3-foliolate) ; the leaflets

all springing from the apex of the common petiole. (Sp. 33-41.)

(1.) Suffruticose or herbaceous, slender

Thinly strigillose or subglabrous :

Lvs. sessile ; pedunc. capillary, 3-4 flowered (33) filicaulis. +

Lys. sessile; pedunc. setaceous, 6-8 flowered ;

a | eure meets fe gem aeae* ” *| dillwynioides,

Lvs. petiolate; racemes long, laxly many

flowered ae OR Ae oc. ee ea

Lvs. petiolate ; pedunc. setaceous, 1-3 flowered (35) pentaphylla.

Canescent or silvery white :

Thinly canescent, prostrate Gus Shite. ... (37) Burchellii.

Very white, densely silky-strigose, di ..» (38) bifrons,

(2.) Shrubs, with woody stems and twigs : is 3

Twigs stigillose ; leafl. convolute-subterete, round-

backed, hairy... ... ... +. +++ ss +++ (39) quinquefolia.

Twigs strigillose ; leafl. linear, with revolute mar-

GORE occ tes ile le ee ee es Oe ae sulcata,

Twigs hirsute; leafl. linear-cuneate, flat ... ... (40) flabellata.

5. Pinnatz. Leaves impari-pinnate, bi-multi-jugate, the leaflets opposite ; the ter-

minal sessile or subsessile (the common petiole ending at the uppermost pair of leaf-

lets.) (Sp. 42-71-) dale a

(1.) Stem erect or suberect, rigid, ligneous or lignescent. ;

Fruticose: much branched shrubs, with woody stems and twigs :

Twigs tomentose and rigidly bristly ; cal. lobes ao oe

setaceo-subulate ... ve. sss oe ues eee (42) hispida.

Twigs tomentose, not bristly ; cal.-lobes broadly

subulate ses see see ees ves ver ces (43) Drachystachya. = *

Twi pairs :

wes eve one ose (45) foliosa.

Vestite : stem tall, quite simple, densely imbricated with leaves.

- Strigoso-hirsute; racemes shorter than the lvs. (47) hirta.

leaves.

Calyx 5-toothed ; petals dark brown and silky ;

Ifts. cuneate-oblong ... =. «+. ++. ++» (49) tristis.

Calyx 5-toothed; petals fulvous and silky ;

lits. lin.-lanceolate ... ... ... ... «.. (53) Viminea.

Cal.-lobes subulate; peduncles very long; pe- par

tals glabrous sik asive. o> cavientlas cevden-cnveeste, Lae i ;

Cal.-lobes subulate ; pedunce. short ; petals gla- ee

eq subulate ; Petite «Pa ee short ra arrecta,

caress: SS, OL 1 » iL rath | CTh\ Uimondinnn

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166 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) : [Indigofera.

Ramose ; slender suffrutices, irregularly much branched, and twiggy.

Leafl. elliptical, glabrescent ; racemes few- .

flowered, twice as long as leaf ... ... .... (56) elliptica.

Leafl. cuneate-oblong, strigillose ; peduncles : :

long, many flowered ... (54) corniculata.

Leafl. linear, canescent beneath ; pedune. long,

many flowered... (58) Zeyheri.

Leafi. sublanceolate, acute, canescent ; pedune.

short, 3-4 flowered... (57) poliotes.

Leafl. 2-1 jugate, linear-oblong, with inrolled

margins (59) concava.

Multicaules : Stems numerous, ‘suffruticose, subsimple or branched from the

base, branches erect.

Pubescence scanty, strigillose, appressed :

Racemes on long slender peduncles ; calyx

5-toothed ... ... (66) hedyantha.

Racemes subsessile, or ‘searcely ‘longer

than the leaves .... .. ... (67) hilaris.

Pubescence glandular, copious ; the glands stipitate :

Lfts. 2-3 lines long ; gland- -bristles long

and (70) heterotricha.

Lfts. 4-5 lines long ; gland-bristles short, Gi

7t) sordida.

(2) i diffuse or procumbent, shrubby, or half-herbaceous.

ruticose : Stem distinctly woody :

Villoso-tomentose ; leaves 4-5 jugate, —

stipelled ee ... (55) malacostachys.

Tomentose and hirsute ; vs. 2-3 jugate ; ‘leafl.

obovate... ... .. (63) coriacea. “+

Strigose ; leaves subdigiate, 2 jugate ; leaflets :

linear-oblong wes ... (62) filiformis.

Thinly strigose ; lvs. 3-43 te ; ‘Ifts. Tinear,

with revolute margins vga (60) angustifolia. +

Suffruticose : Stems either scarcely ligneous, or very slender and filiform.

Stem and branches with dark-brown bark, glabrescent :

Lvs. 3-4 jugate ; leafl. linear, with revo-

lute margins . (60) angustifolia, 8.

Lys. 4 jugate ; leafl. elliptic-oblong, white

underneath ... . (61) Mundtiana.

Lvs. 4-6 jugate ; leaf, linear. lanceolate, :

with involute-margins (65) capillaris. =

Lvs. 2-jugate Se sg a leafl. elliptical

obovate ... .-- (64) sarmentoss, +

flowered (68) ovina,

Racemes on long peduncles, many-flowered (69) glaucescens.

6. Unijuge. Leaves impari-pinnate, wunijugate (or, leaflets 3, 2 of them oppo-

site and lateral on a common petiole, which is prolonged beyond their insertion and

bears the third (“ terminal” leaflet) at its summit.) (Sp. 72-76.)

Racemes on long peduncles ; bracts small, subulate :

Glabrescent ; leafi, -obovate-oblong ; petals pubes-

cant: 4 (72) tetragonoloba.

Strigoso-canescent ; ‘leaf. narrow ‘petals glabrous (73) intermedia.

Racemes on long peduncles ; bracts broadly-ovate, acu-

minate . (74) amoena.

Racemes subsessile, shorter than the leaf ; annual, ‘silky (75)

Racemes subsessile, er than the leaf ; pemastds

glabrescent i Se ee denudata, var. y.

Flowers axillary, in pairs, ‘on short pedicels ee tee (2) polycarpa, 2

7. Producte. Leaves impari-pinnate, bi-multi-jugate, the leaflets opposite, the

Indigofera.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 167

terminal leaflet sensibly petiolate (the common petiole prolonged beyond the upper-

most pair of leaflets). (Sp. 77-100).

* Stipules and bracts broad and membranous ; the bracts enwrapping the un-

opened bud, deciduous.

Stem suffruticose ; leaves 2-jugate... ...... (77) fulerata.

** Stipules and bracts narrow, mostly subulate and. small :

Fruticose : Stem erect, shrubby, distinctly ligneous :

Racemes longer than the leaf, many flowered ; fl. 3-5 lines long :

Leaves 2-jugate ; leaflets silky ; legumes *

erect, canescent ... a (78) cytisoides.

Lys. 2—4-jugate ; leafl. glabrous ; legumes oe

pendulous, glabrous... ... (79) frutescens. 3

Lys. 5-6-jugate, villoso-pubescent ; ; leg.

turgid, very hairy (84) eriocarpa.

Racemes scarcely longer than the ‘leaf, f, few

flowered ; fl. minute ... ... .. (90) micrantha.

Racemes shorter than the leaves : :

Leaflets strigoso-canescent ; calyx-lobes

setaceo-subulate ... (86) grata.

Leaflets nearly glabrous ; calyx. ‘teeth

short ; legumes moniliform a (89) cryptantha.

Suffruticose : Stem erect, half woody, with reddish-brown bark ;

Leaves 4—5-jugate ; leafl. obovate, minutely

strigillose beneath ... (80) cylindrica.

Lys. 8-jugate ; leafl. oblong, attenuate at ‘base,

glabrous... ... ... (81) rufescens.

Canescentes. Stem erect, 5 suffruticose, pale or ‘canescent, strigillose :

Pubescence appressed, altogether strigillose :

Hoary ; leafl. obovate, 3-4 lines long ... (93) adenocarpa.

Lutescent ; twigs angular ; leafl. linear-

oblong, 6-9 lines long _ (94) Burkeana. ‘i

Pale ; twigs terete ; ieafl, linear-sublanceo-

late, 5-7 lines long... ... (95) macra.

Pubescence patent, of rigid, gland-tipped | ‘bristles (92) seticulosa.

Herbacee. Stem herbaceous, erect, annual or biennial :

Peduncles Peg a the cork os

Softly it iptic-oblong ; leg.

hirsute ... (83) hirsuta.

Thinly atrigillose ; leafl. linear-lanceolate (98) filipes.

~ Racemes subsessile, dense, much shorter than

the leaf .. (97) parviflora.

Diffuse. Stem diffuse or " procumbent, suffruticose or half herbaceous :

Pubescence copious, silky or villous : (petiole mostly gland- -stipelled).

Leaves 5—8-jugate ; leafl. fulvo-sericeous

beneath ; branches hirsute... 0... (82) oxytropis.

Lys. 6-8-jugate ; leafl. oval, villous be-

neath ; twigs pubescent sey: ates .»5-., (85) velutina.

Lys. igh jugate ; leafl. cano-sericeous be-

neath ; twigs tomentose... ... (87) melanadenia.

Lys. 2-4-jugate ; leaflets oblong, fi. few,

distant, minute ... ... (88) varia.

Pubescence scanty, thinly atrigose or strigillose, or subpilose :

Pedunc. short, filiform, laxly few-flowered (91) pauciflora.

Peduncles long, many-flowered :

Leaves 2—3-jugate ; leafi. elliptic-ob-

long, strigose ... ... ... ... (96) disticha.

Lvs. 5-7-jugate ; leafl. obovate-ob- E

long, strigillose beneath ... ... (99) declinata.

Lvs. 5-6-jugate ; leafl. narrow-obo-

vate, glabrous or subpilose beneath (100) humifusa. —

8. Alternifolie. Leaves alternately pinnate ; leaflets 3 ea wate lng

a common petiole, one terminal. (Sp. 101-107). : copes

168 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Indigofera.

a a

Pecbeme 5

eps eae

Stem ascending ; leafl. 9-16, sublinear, thinly strigose (101) exigua.

“Procumbent or prostrate ; leaflets obovate or oblong :

- Upper surface of leaflets glabrous, or thinly strigose :

Subglabrous and glaucous ; stipules membran-

Wes ort oo ig? Se vend y en0(ro2). sndetaphylia.

Albo-strigose ; stipules subulate ... ... ... (103) alternans.

Both surfaces of leaves albo-strigose or hirsute :

. Pubescence wholly strigose, appressed, white :

: Racemes pedunculate ; leafl. obovate, 4-5

Tinesjlong © ...22- ..c «1 eee (104): oleleuca.

Racemes pedunculate ; leafl. oval-oblong,

6-12 lines long ... ... (106) auricoma,

Racemes sessile ; leaflets three or five ... (107) argyrea. ™

Pubescence roughly hairy ; lvs. atbo-hirsute (105) daleoides. —

Subgenus IT, AMECARPUS. Legume plano-compressed, falcate or circinnate, the

flat valves netted with veins, submembranous. (Sp. 108-114.)

Rigid shrubs, without axillary spines ; twigs sometimes spinescent.

Racemes much longer thaw the leaves :

Leaves sessile ; twigs strigoso-canescent _... (108) patens.

; Lys. petiolate ; plant glabrous or pubescent (109) falcata.

Ea Racemes short, scarcely longer than the leaves :

_ Leafl. obovate, glabrous ; legumes glabrous ... (110) hedranophylla.

Leafl. cuneate, silky ; legumes pubescent ... (111) sessilifolia.

Rigidly shrubby, with axillary spines ; rachis spinous (112) cireinnata.

Suffruticose, effuse ; leaves pinnate, 2-jugate ... ... (113) torulosa.

Annual, diffuse ; leaves pinnato-trifoliolate... ... ... (114) Thytidocarpa.

Subgenus I. Eu-Indigofera. Zegume subterete or terete, straight or

subfalcate, the convex valves coriaceous, veinless, Seeds separated by

transverse partitions. (Sp, 1-107).

1, JUNCIFOLIZ. (Sp. 1-2.)

_ 1. I filifolia (Thunb. ! FlaCap. p. 595) ; suffruticose, tall, erect, —

glabrous; branches terete, virgate ; petioles filiform, very long, acute,

naked, or, in the young plant only, bearing 3-4 pair of obovate-oblong

leaflets, the terminal petioled ; racemes on long peduncles, erect, laxly.

several-flowered ; flowers pedicellate, bracts subulate, deciduous; petals |

glabrous, or minutely puberulous ; calyx teeth subulate ; legumes terete,

erases a Bere may cerca I. juncea, DC. Prod. 2, p. 225.

-GZ.! 1624. ey.! Comm. Drege, p. 103. Zey.! 2444. (the yo “

ee les buartag guaey Drege p. 103, Zey.1 2444. (the young, _

}, - val a is, én ee % moist —— in the Cape and other western districts. (Herb.

«elegant tlt gh ment ody iw, hal hata sore. Bra

Thee | : y re , laxh or ia. re

Katt \. fie 3-5 inches long, subulate, secneebas t, ithe atwire tiatest coop’ in the

a young plant. Racemes lengthening as per fam advance, exceeding the petioles.

of Flowers purple, nearly glabrous. Calyx-teeth variable in length. Legumes 14-2

inches long, very convex. — compared with Thunberg’s specimens in Herb.

Upsal, and can detect no d between them and the “J. juncea” ,

= = Ve . juncea” of Ecklon’s

and Drege’s collections and of the Herbaria above quoted. Whether De Candolle’s

original plant be different or not, I cannot say.

21. podophylla (Benth. !in Herb, Hook.) ; suffruticose, glabrescent ;

branches virgate ; petioles filiform, very long, naked, or supporting a

terminal, obovate or oblong, flat, mucronulate, minutely stipellate leaf-

let ; racemes shorter than the petioles, few-flowered; flowers... .. 3

_ legumes terete, straight, thinly hispidulous, many-seeded, a

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 169

Has. De la Goa Bay, Forbes.! (Herb. Hk., D.)

A slender, laxly branched, erect suffrutex, 2-3 feet high ; branches long and sim-

ple, incurved. Petioles 2-3 inches long, twice as thick as hog’s bristles, incurved or

recurved, bi-stipellate at the summit, frequently leafless. Leaflet glaucescent, }-}

inch long, the smaller obovate, the larger oblong, all very thinly and appressedly

puberulous. Racemes not an inch long, 3-8 flowered. Legumes Io lines long, }-

line in diameter, brown. :

- 2, SIMPLICIFOLIZ. (Sp. 3-5.)

3. I. obcordata (E. & Z. ! 1561) ; shrubby; branches straight, rigid,

terete, canescent ; leaves scattered, simple, subsessile, obcordate, ex-

panded, strigoso-canescent on both sides; stipules obsolete ; “spikes”

(fide #. & Z.) “pedunculate, few-flowered, scarcely longer than the

leaves;” legumes unknown.

Has. Karroo Hills at the Gauritz River, Swell., Z. § Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

A single specimen, without flower or fruit, exists in Hb. Ecklon, now Dr. Son-

der’s. It seems to be a rigid, strong growing, divaricate, and sparsely leafy shrub,

thinly canescent in all parts, and ashen-grey. The branches 8-12 inches long, are

very rigid and straight. Leaves } inch apart, 4-5 lines long, 3 lines wide, retuse or

deeply emarginate, many of them exactly heartshaped, the midrib obvious on the

upper, and prominent on the under surface. No appearance of inflorescence, save

very young flower-buds.

4, I. nudicaulis (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 92); shrubby, canescent; branches

flexuous, striate; leaves few, distant, simple, subsessile, linear-cuneate,

convolute, recurved at point, deciduous, appressedly canescent ; ra-

cemes shortly pedunculate, axillary, laxly many-flowered, elongating ;

flowers subsessile; vexillum silky ; calyx oblique, with short, blunt.

lobes ; legumes subterete, straight, thinly canescent.

2 Re ear Verleptpram, at the Gariep, on stgny hills, 500f., Drege./ (Herb. Hk.,

Whole plant pale yellowish or cream-coloured, micros ly puberulous. Stems

much-branched, 1-14 foot high, the branches angularly bent. Leaves an inch apart,

3 inch long, 1-1} line wide, the sides infolded ; apex blint. Racemes 13-2 inches

long, subspicate. Calyx 1 line long, canescent. Vexillum 2-3 lines long. Ovary

densely canescent ; legume nearly uncial, spreading. .

_ _ §, I ovata (Thunb. ! Fi. Cap. p. 596); suffruticose, diffuse ; branches

‘filiform, angular, nearly glabrous ; leaves scattered, simple, subsessile,

ovate-oblong or elliptical, fat, coriaceous, veinless, mucronate ; stipules

subulate ; racemes on long, glabrous peduncles, pluriflowered ; flowers

pedicellate, bracts deciduous ; petals thinly silky ; calyx pilose, its seg-

ments subulate, acuminate ; legume terete, straight, glabrous, many-

seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p. 222. Burch. Cat. 5928, 7876. ;

_Has. 8, Africa, Thurberg/ Klyn Howh » 2414. :

"Dr. Alevander gh ey ek. Th. Hk., gen taal a pee Son

A slender, diffuse, or somewhat trailing, peric ee erme ub, 1-2 feet long,

laxly branched. Leaves half inch apart, on petioles scarcely 1 line long, 5-8 lines

long, 3-5 lines wide, thickish, minutely and appressedly puberulous on one or both

sides. Peduncles 2-3 inches long, supporting a short raceme. Legumes uncial,

acute at each end, the seminal suture thickened. Thunberg’s specimen, in Hb. Upsal,

has rather larger leaves than Zeyher’s, but in other respects it agrees. It is certainly

not ‘*‘ villous,” as described.

3. TRIFOLIOLATZ. (Sp. 6-32.) ig

6. I. spinescens (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 93); shrubby, rigid, divaricately

BRST Res

170 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Indigofera.

branched ; the branches and twigs terete, spinescent ; leaves subfasciculate,

trifoliolate, on very short petioles ; leaflets (minute) obovate, concave,

thick, glabrous above, minutely strigillose beneath ; stipules obsolete ;

racemes subsessile, laxly few-flowered, scarcely exceeding the leaf; calyx

pubescent, bluntly 5-fid ; petals pubescent ; legumes terete, straight.

Has. Dry rocky, mountain ground in Namaqualand. Leliefontein, 4000f., and

Witpoort, and Zwaanepoelspoort, 3600f., Drege/ (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A very scraggy, small bush. Leaflets about 1-13 lines long, 4 line wide, pale

green. Flowers very small. I have not seen legumes, The specimens above quoted

are all imperfect.

7. I, pungens (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 93); shrubby, rigid, divaricately

branched, strigoso-canescent, the terete branches and twigs spinescent ;

leaves solitary, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, strigose on both

surfaces ; stipules obsolete; racemes subsessile, much longer than the leaf,

on rigid rachides which become spinous ; calyx canescent, shortly 5-tooth-

ed; petals pubescent ; legumes straight, compressed, with thickened

sutures, narrowed at base, curve-pointed, the valves somewhat keeled

in the centre, strigose.

Has. Among rocks near Verleptpram, Gariep, Drege./ (Herb. Sond.)

A rigid shrub, nearly allied to I. spinescens.

8. I. dealbata (Harv.) ; shrubby, rigid, divaricately much-branched,

unarmed (or subspinescent ?), ashen-grey ; twigs angular ; leaves short-

petioled, tufted, trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, subacute, compli-

cate or keeled, strigoso-canescent on both sides ; stipules obsolete; flow-

ers axillary, solitary, on pedicels, shorter than the leaf; calyx canous,

bluntly 5-toothed ; petals pubescent; legumes terete, straight, few-

seeded, short, canescent.

Has. Wolvekop, Zeyher / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A scraggy, densely-branched bush, resembling J. spinescens, but not spinous (on

our specimens), much more pubescent and cinereous, with denser foliage and differ-

ently shaped leaflets, &. The twigs are angular and striate, and set at short dis-

tances with prominent tubercles or abortive ramuli, which bear several tufted leaves.

The few flowers seen (in Hb. Hook.) are solitary, on pedicels 2 lines long. Leaflets

2-24 lines long, 1 line wide. Legume (in Hb. Sond.) 2-2} lines long, acute.

9. I. denudata (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 597, non Jacq.) ; shrubby, rigid,

dwaricately much-branched, unarmed or spinous, subglabrous ; leaves short-

petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets oblong-cuneate, obovate or linear-oblong,

obtuse, mucronulate, coriaceous, expanded, glabrous or puberulous be-

neath, (the terminal sometimes petioled) ; stipules obsolete or minute,

toothlike ; racemes canescent, subsessile, equalling or somewhat exceed-

ing the leaf, laxly few-flowered ; calyx canous, bluntly 5-toothed ;

petals pubescent; legumes terete, straight, mucronate, minutely strigil-

lose. I. rigescens, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 94. I. denudata, E & Z.! 1567. I.

centrota, lt. & Z. 1566. I. rechodes, H. & Z.! 1565. I. nigromontana, E.

& Z.! 1564. Lathrophylla, E.§Z.! 1563. Zey.2417 (fol. angustissimis J,

2415, 2410.

Van. a, spinosa (E. Mey.) ; branches divaricate, spine-tipped.

Var. 8. inermis (E. Mey.) ; branches straighter and more upright, unarmed.

Var. y. luxurians ; terminal leaflet, especially on the young shoots, petiolulate ;

Indigofera. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 171

Eecemnes donges and many-flowered. J, centrota, E. § Z.! ex pte. Zey.! 2416. Burch.!

195, 4710.

Var. 6.? simplicifolia ; leaves simple, shortly petioled, elliptical or obovate, ex-

panded. JI. flecwosa, E. § Z.! 1562. Zey.! 2420.

Var. e.? dumosa; Jeaves simple, subsessile, linear-oblong, convolute, glabrescent.

I. dumosa, E. Mey. Comm. p. 93. Zey.! No. 489.

Has. Mountain and hill-sides, and by river banks among shrubs in Uitenhage,

George, and Albany in many places, Thunberg / E. § Z./ Drege! Gc. y. Vanstaaden-

berg. 8. Winterhoeksberg and Eland R., Zeyher / ¢. Near Grahamstown and on the

Zuureberg, Zeyher! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

A very rigid, much and intricately branched bush, laxly covered with coriaceous,

veinless leaves: varying slightly in pubescence, and considerably in the proportions

of the leaflets, which are commonly 4-5 lines long, and 1-24 wide. Vars. 5. and e.

seem to have constantly simple or unifoliolate leaves, but do not otherwise differ

from the broader and narrower leaved forms. Var. y. seems to owe its peculiarities

either to richer soil, or to the effect of surface burning, producing a more luxuriant

state of the plant.

10. I. stenophylla (E. & Z.! 1568); shrubby, rigid, erect, much-

branched, subglabrous ; branches wirgate, angle-ribbed ; leaves on very

short petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate-linear or subspathulate,

acute, channelled, coriaceous, glabrous ; stipules obsolete or tooth-like ;

racemes subsessile, scarcely longer than the leaf, few-flowered ; calyx

canescent, 5-toothed; petals pubescent ; legumes terete, straight, gla-

brous. J. angustata, E. Mey.! Comm. p.94. I. Zeyheri, var. 8. trifolio-

ata, E.&Z.! Burch. 3614, 3531.

Has. Hills about Grahamstown, and at the Fish River, Z. & Z./-Drege! Mr.

Bunbury! Zey.! 2422, ge. (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

A densely branched, leafy shrub, with very pale bark and foliage ; the young

branches long and rodlike, very erect. Petioles sometimes scarcely any, sometimes

2-3 lines long. Leaflets 5—10 lines long, 4-1 line wide, mostly acute or subacute.

Legumes 1} inch long, cylindrical or slightly nodose. Much more leafy than J.

denudata, with longer and narrower leaflets, &c.

11. I. tenuissima (E. Mey. Comm. p. 94); “annual?; stem and

branches virgate, very slender ; leaves trifoliolate, shortly petiolate,

strigilloso-pubescent ; leaflets very narrow-linear, acute ; racemes axil-

, capillary, on long peduncles; legumes subcompressed, linear,

straight.” Z. Mey. l. ¢.

Has. Port Natal, on grassy hills, Drege!

Of this I have only seen a Sagi in Hb. Sond. The capillary peduncle is 4-5

inches long, having flowers an inch below the apex. Cal.-teeth very short or obso-

lete. Flowers minute, the petals fulvo-sericeous. Leaflets 1-14 inch long, not a

line wide. :

12, I. venusta (E. & Z.! 1576); herbaceous, slender, minutely stri-

gillose ; branches terete ; leaves on long petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets of

the lower leaves short and obovate, of the medial and upper linear-

lanceolate or linear, acute ; stipules subulate-attenuate, erect; racemes

subspicate, on long peduncles; bracts ovato-cuspidate, enwrapping the

flower-buds, deciduous; calyx-segments setaceo-subulate; petals gla-

brescent ; legumes (unripe) strigoso-canescent, pendulous. :

Has. Muddy soil, on hills about Brackfontein, Clanw., £.§ Z./ (Herb. Sd. Bth. D.)

Stems 12-18 inches high, ascending, filiform. Petioles 14-2 inches long. Leaflets

shorter or longer, the lower broader and blunter, the upper very narrow, acute at

each end. Peduncles 4—6 inches long, the upper half floriferous ; the raceme length-

172. LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Indigofera.

ening as the flowers expand. Bracts ovate-oblong, with along, narrow point. Flow-.

ers small,

13. I. complicata (E. & Z. ! 1577); suffruticose, strigilloso-canescent ;

branches angular ; leaves on long, thackened petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets

linear, complicate, mucronulate, shorter than the petiole; stipules fal-

cato-subulate, recurved ; racemes subspicate, on long peduncles ; bracts

shorter than the calyx ; calyx canescent, its segments subulate-acumi-

nate ; petals puberulous; legumes linear, terete, erect, canescent. J.

platypoda, FE. Mey. Comm. p. 95.

Has. Gauritz River, Swell., £. ¢ Z./ South Africa, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

Whole plant whitish, covered with very minute, appressed strigille. Petioles 1-13

inch long, 4-3 line in diameter. Leaflets 5-8 lines long, scarcely t line wide.

Peduncle 3 inches long ; racemes lax ; flowers small, subsessile, erect.

14, I. heterophylla (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 597); suffruticose, suberect

or ascending, strigoso-canescent, densely leafy ; branches ribbed and

. furrowed ; leaves trifoliolate, leaflets of the lower leaves cuneate-obovate,

of the upper sublanceolate, all mucronate, expanded, strigoso-canescent ;

stipules small, subulate, patent ; racemes subspicate, on peduncles longer

than the leaves, densely many-flowered ; bracts shorter than the calyx ;

calyx canous, whitish, its segments subulate-acuminate ; petals pubes-

cent; legumes terete, pendulous, thinly strigillose. I, candicans,E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 95, non Art. Burch. 3613, 5515, 5684.

Has. Nieuweveldsberg, Kamiesberg, Kasparskloof, and on hills near Vischbay,

Drege! Appelskraal, near the Zonder End, Zey./ 2439. Uitenhage, Dr. Alexander

Prior. Albany, 7. Williamson. Somerset, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb. Th., Hk.,

Bth., D., Sd.)

Stem 6-12 inches high, erect or more or less diffuse, scarcely procumbent, thinly

canescent, with short, sparse, white hairs. Leaves crowded ; the petiole 3-7 lines

long. Leaflets 4~7 lines long, those of the lower leaves shorter and broader. Ra-

cemes either very dense or, in weakly grown specimens, laxly flowered. The common

petiole sometimes extends a short way beyond the insertion of the lateral leaflets,

and then this species comes very close to J. intermedia, which has a more evidently

petioled, terminal leaflet.

15. I. candicans (Ait. Kew. 3. p. 67); suffruticose, procumbent, thinly

cano-sericeous ; branches compressed-angular ; leaves petiolate, trifolio-

late ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, prominently ribbed beneath, silky-sub-

silvery on each side ; stipules small, subulate, recurved ; racemes subspi-

cate, on long peduncles; bracts shorter than the calyx ; calyx semi-fid,

the segments lanceolate ; petals puberulous; legumes pendulous, com-

presso-terete, silky-canescent. DC. Prod. 2, p. 232. E. & Z.! 1575, et

pte. non E. Mey. Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 198. :

Has. hills round Capetown and : : ! W.H.H., Dr.

Aleconder Prin (Herb Th, Hk., Bie Beat’ Bees nae ee

ms decum ascending, 1-2 feet long. Petioles 1-1 i long.

Leaflets 3-1 inch long. Peduncles oF long. Stipules fete f Bina the

petiole, and mostly hooked backwards. Flowers pinky-purple. Legumes 1-1} inch

long. This is scarcely more than a dwarf, and therefore procumbent, variety of J.

psoralecides, from drier ground. The pubescence is more minute and glossy, the

leaves and stipules smaller, and the calyx-segments rather broader, &c.

16. I. psoraleoides (Linn. Syst. 469) ; suffruticose, suberect, thinly

strigoso-pubescent ; branches angular and furrowed ; leaves on long peti-

Indigofera. ] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 173

oles, trifoliolate; leaflets lanceolate, acute, ribbed beneath, strigoso-

pubescent on each side; stipules elongate, subulate, erect ; racemes sub-

spicate, on long peduncles; bracts longer than the calyx; calyx-segments

subulate, longer than the tube ; petals pubescent ; legumes terete, sub-

torulose, pendulous, strigoso-pubescent. DC. Prod. 2, p. 232. LH. § Z.

1574. EL. Mey. Comm. p. 95. Lam. Lil. t. 626. f. 4.

Has. Dry ground round Cape m, on the hills and by roadsides, &c. common.

’ (Herb. Th., D., &e.)

Stems 2-3 feet high, sparingly branched, suberect. ‘Leaves subdistant, Petioles

1}~2 inches long ; stipules 6-8 lines long. Leaflets 13-2 inches.long, 3-5 lines wide,

open or complicate. Pubescence not copious, but rigid, of close-pressed, medi-fixed

bristles. Peduncles 6-12 inches long or more. Flowers small, dense, purple. Legumes

14 inch long.

17. I. triquetra (E. Mey. Comm. p. 95); herbaceous, subsimple,

nearly glabrous ; stem sharply triquetrous, somewhat fistular, glabrous ;

leaves distant, on long, triangular petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets narrow-

linear, acute, glabrous above, minutely strigillose beneath; stipules subu-

late, erect; racemes spicate on very long, angular peduncles, many-

flowered; bracts subulate, longer than the calyx, deciduous; calyx

silky, its lobes lanceolate, longer than the tube; petals puberulous ;

legumes (young) pendulous, strigilloso-pubescent.

Has. Piquetberg, 1500-2000f., Drege. Steendaal, Tulbagh, Pappe / (Herb. D.)

Two feet or more high, slightly branched, weak and scarcely at all lignescent. The

general aspect is that of J. psoraleoides, from which this is at once known by its very

sharply 3-angled and subinflated stem and petioles, its nearly glabrous surface and

different calyx.

18, I. adscendens (E. & Z.! 1578); subherbaceous, ascending, mi-

nutely strigillose ; branches angular, curved ; leaves on long petioles, tri-

foliolate ; leaflets oblong-sublanceolate, much shorter than the petiole,

thinly strigillose ; stipules very minute, setaceous ; racemes subspicate,

on peduncles longer than the leaves ; bracts minute ; calyx semi- 5—fid,

the segments shortly subulate; petals pubescent ; legumes ?

Has. Karroid hills between Hassaquaskloof and Breederiver, Swell., £. § Z./

19. I. leptocarpa (E. & Z.! 1579); suffruticose, slender, thinly stri-

gillose ; branches flexuous, subangular; leaves on short petioles, trifolio-

late; leaflets linear, recurved, pointed, complicate, longer than the

petiole ; stipules minute, toothlike ; racemes laxly few-flowered, on

short peduncles ; calyx-segments subulate ; legumes tereti-compressed,

about 4—-seeded, thinly strigillose.

Has. Mountain sides near Eland’s River, Uit., 7. § Z.! (Herb. Sond.)

A small, angularly-branched plant, 6-8 inches long. Petioles11—2lineslong. Leaf-

lets 3-5 lines long, rigid, subglaucous. Peduncles (in fruit only seen) 1-14 inch long.

Legume brown, 6-7 lines long, not a line wide, Differs from J. complicata, in the

short petioles, stipules, racemes, legumes, &c. The foliage is not dissimilar ; the

pubescence much more scanty.

20. I. gracilis (Spreng. Cur, Bot.) ; suffruticose, decumbent, slender;

174 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Indigofera.

branches filiform ; leaves sparse, petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-

oblong or obovate, thin, expanded, strigose on the under surface; sti-

pules small, subulate; racemes subcapitate, few-flowered, on long, seta-

ceous peduncles ; calyx-segments subulate; petals glabrous; legumes

turgid, 2-5 seeded, hispido-canescent. I. setacea, E. Mey! Comm. P95.

I. erecta, E. § Z.! 1588. Lotus a Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2808.

Has. Hott. Holl. #. & Z.! Paarlberg, Dregé!? About Table Mountain, Lion’s

Mount, and on the Cape Flats, Dr. Pappe! W.H.H.! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk., Bth.)

Root fibrous. Stems many from the crown, 1-2 feet long or more, spreading over

the soil, alternately branched, strigose or glabrescent. Leaves an inch apart, on fili-

form petioles, 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 2-5 lines long, varying from obovate to ellip-

tical, sometimes glabrous on the upper side, sometimes strigillose, always rigidly

strigose beneath, upper surface pale. Flowers small, purple. Legumes sometimes

2 lines, sometimes 6-8 lines long. Whether this be “J. erecta” of Thunberg or not,

that very inappropriate name is undeserving of being retained.

21. I. procumbens (Linn. Mant. 27 1) 3; herbaceous, procumbent, pros-

trate or running under the soil, sparsely strigillose ; branches angular,

compressed ; leaves on longish petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate or

rhomboid, obtuse or mucronulate, glabrescent or sparsely strigillose ;

stipules subulate; racemes on peduncles much longer than the leaves,

erect, elongating, many flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx-segments shortly

subulate ; petals glabrous or downy ; legumes . . . . 2 Thunb. Fl. Cap.

Pp. 597. DC. Prod. 2, p. 232. E. § Z. 1571. Burch. 5687.

Var. a. concolor; glabrescent ; leaflets broadly obovate, green on both sides,

mostly glabrous above, sparsely strigillose beneath. J. procumbens, E. Mey. Comm.

P- 97-

Var. 8. discolor ; thinly strigillose ; petioles shorter ; leaflets smaller, thinly stri-

gillose on the upper surface, glaucous and more densely strigillose beneath. J. dis-

color, E. Mey! 1. c.

Has. Round Capetown, and in moist places on the Cape Flats, in several locali-

ties, Thunberg! E. & Z.! W.H.H., §c. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stems several inches long, lying on the ground or creeping under ground, throw-

ing up leaves and peduncles above the soil. Pubescence variable, always scanty,

sometimes almost absent. Petioles 4 inch to 2 inches long, erect. Leaflets in a. 4

inch long and broad ; in 8. 3—5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide. Flowers purple, 3-4 lines

long, in a raceme 2~3 inches long. The two varieties above indicated appear to run

into each other ; and other varieties might be indicated equally deserving of separa-

tion. The pedunele, for instance, is sometimes very thick and succulent, sometimes

slender, and the calyx-segments are longer or shorter, &c.

21. I. porrecta (E. & Z.! 1572); suffruticose, procumbent, much

branched, thinly strigillose; branches ribbed and JSurrowed ; leaves on

longish petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, or obovate-oblong,

acute or mucronate, thinly strigillose; stipules setaceo-subulate; ra-

cemes on long, ribbed peduncles, elongate, many flowered ; bracts mi-

nute ; calyx cano-strigillose, its lobes setaceo-subulate ; petals pubes-

cent; legumes terete, pendulous, several-seeded, minutely strigillose.

Ley. 2437, 2436.

Var. B. bicolor; leaflets elliptical or oblo: , subglabrous abov le, glau-

cous and strigillose beneath ; ser aspen oa poor Ae

Has. Fields by the Zwartkops and Koega River, in Adow, and in Albany and

| Kaffirland, £. § Z./ Cape, Bowie! Var. B. Algoa Bay, Forbes! Koelbing! (Herb.

“\Sd., Hk., Bth., D.)

Stem 1-2 feet long, much branched in the upper part ; the branches flexuous and

often aggregated, mostly strongly ribbed. Pubescence variable, never copious, often

Indigofera. ] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 175

scanty. Petioles }—} inch long. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, sometimes

very obtuse, sometimes acute, variable in shape. Flowers purple, 2-3 lines long.

Peduncles 4-5 inches long, erect. Legumes 1-1} inch long, sometimes subtorulose.

In many respects allied to I. procwmbens, but 2 much more rigid, less herbaceous.

and more branching plant, with narrower leaflets and smaller flowers, &c. Var. B,

has longer and more elliptical leaflets, very pale underneath, and is altogether more

luxuriant. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, 3-5 wide.

23, I. cardiophylla (Harv.) ; suffruticose, procumbent, branching,

canescent ; branches ribbed and furrowed ; leaves on longish channelled

petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets obcordate, strigoso-canescent ; stipules mi-

nute, subulate, patent; racemes on long, angular peduncles, many.

flowered; bracts minute; calyx canescent, shortly 5-toothed ; petals

puberulent; legumes ..% Burch. Cat. 1245.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell / (Herb. Burch.)

Near J. porrecta, but with decidedly cordate leaflets and a different calyx, and the

white, close pressed and copious pubescence of J. candicans. Petioles uncial ; leaf-

lets 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide at top, deeply emarginate. Stipules } line long. Pe-

duncles 3-5 inches long. Calyx-lobes deltoid, acute.

24. I. tomentosa (E. & Z.! 1585) ; suffruticose, procumbent, densely

albo-hirsute; branches subangular ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate :

leaflets cuneate-obovate, mucronulate, densely albo-hirsute on both sides :

stipules small, subulate ; racemes subspicate, on long, hairy peduncles ;

bracts minute; calyx hirsute, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals pu-

berulous ; legumes terete, deflexed, hirsute. Burch.! 6311.

Has. Sand hills by the seaside. Cape Recief and the mouth of Zwartkops River,

Uit., Z.& Z.! Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Sond.)

Stems 12-18 inches long, prostrate, alternately and subdistichously branched ;

the whole plant white with coarse, patent hairs. Petioles }-} inch long, patent.

Leaflets 4~5 lines long, 3 lines wide, very obtuse. Flowers small. Legumes 1-13

inch long, straight, white-hairy. In many respects like J. incana, but readily known

by its small, narrow stipules.

25. I. depressa (Harv.); suffruticose, prostrate, slender, cano-hispid,

branches filiform ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets ewneate-

obovate, mucronate, expanded, hispid on both sides ; stipules subulate,

equalling the petiole ; racemes laxly few-flowered, on short peduncles ;

bracts minute ; calyx-segments subulate ; petals pubescent ; legumes

very short, 2-3 seeded, thinly tomentose.

Has. South Africa, Mundt and Maire! Near Georgetown, Dr. Alexander Prior!

(Herb. Benth.) ;

A slender, prostrate plant, with stems 12-18 inches long, alternately much

branched. Petioles t-2 lines long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1~1} line wide, pale

green, rough with short, patent hairs. Peduncles in flower scarcely uncial, in fruit

14 inch long. Legumes 3-4 lines long. This has the look of a small trefoil. It is

near I. incana, but differs in its much smaller and narrower stipules, shorter, few-

flowered racemes, hairy petals, and very small, few-seeded legumes. a.

26. I. incana (Thunb. Fl. Cap. 596); suffruticose, procumbent, eee

branched, cano-hirsute ; branches flexuous ; leaves on short petioles, tri-

foliolate ; leaflets obovate, or obovate-oblong, mucronate, expanded,

hirsute on both sides ; stipules broad, semi-sagittate, acuminate, :

longer than the petiole; racemes subspicate, on long pet

minute ; calyx-segments subulate-acuminate ; petals g

176 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) [ Indigofera.

terete, pendulous, hispid, several seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p,232. LE. & Z.

1584. H. Mey. Comm.p. 96. Burch. Cat. 5108. 23

_ Has. Common on the hills round Capetown, at Kamps Bay and Rondebosch, &c.

Dr. Pappe, W.H.H., E.§ Z., &e. Klipplatt River and Zwartkey, Drege! (Herb.

-Th., Hk., D., Sd.)

Tap-root subsimple, slightly fibrous. Stems many from the crown, 1-2 feet long,

spreading over the soil in all directions, much or little branched, roughly hairy. Pe-

tioles 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 3-7 lines long, 2-4 lines wide, palish green, obtuse

or subacute. Peduncles 3-6-8 inches long, ending in a short raceme of several pur-

ple, dark-tipped, nearly glabrous flowers. Corolla 23 lines long. Legume 1-14 inch

long, densely but shortly hispid. Varying in the size of leaf, length of peduncle,

&c., but generally known by its pubescence and stipules. Burchell’s 5108 has nar-

rower stipules than usual.

27. I. mollis (E. & Z.! 1586) ; herbaceous, procumbent, densely and

softly hairy; stems filiform ; leaves on longish petioles, trifoliolate ;

leaflets roundish-obovate, very obtuse, sub-glabrous on the upper, softly

villous and paler on the under side, thin, expanded ; stipules amplewicaul.

roundish-ovate, obtuse; racemes on long peduncles, many-flowered ;

bracts minute; calyx-lobes lanceolate; petals subglabrous ; legumes

ee terete, glabrous, several seeded. J. mollis, H. Mey.! Comm.

p. 96. :

Has. Grassy places on the Kat River Berg, above the woods, FZ. ¢ Z./ S. Africa,

Drege! (Herb.Sd., Bth )

Stems trailing, subsimple, several inches long. The whole plant (save the upper

surfaces of the leaflets, the petals and the legumes) densely clothed with long, soft,

patent, very slender, white hairs. Petioles 3? inch long. Leaflets 4~5 lines long,

4 lines wide, pale green. Stipules 14 line long and broad. Flowers 14 line long,

pink, Legumes 1} inch long, quite glabrous. :

28. I. stipularis (Linn. ; fide E. Mey.! Comm. p. 96); subherbaceous,

decumbent, hairy, subcanescent; leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets

obovate-cuneate, mucronate, expanded, hispid on both surfaces ; stipules

broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, equalling or exceeding the petiole; ra-

cemes on long peduncles; bracts minute ; calyx segments subulate;

petals glabrous; legumes terete, pendulous, glabrous, several seeded.

DC. Prod. 2. p. 232, non FE. & Z. Maund. Bot. 4,t. 191. I. alpina, E.&Z.!

1581. also Zey. Legum. 111. 11, and 112. 11.

Has. Among rocks at river banks between Klipplaat Riv. and Zwartekey, and

on the Katberg, 4500-5000 f. Drege! E.§ Z.! Frontier and Kaffirland in various

places, Mrs. F. W. Barber, No. 51. (Herb. Sd , Bth., D.)

Stems several from the crown, subsimple, roughly hispid, subterete. Petioles $—-}

inch long. Leaflets 4-1 inch long, 4-6 lines wide, more or less tapering to a cuneate

base, blunt or subacute, with a small mucro, pale green. Stipules leaflike, very

broad, acute or acuminate. Peduncles 6-10 inches long, 4 occupied by a slender,

lengthening raceme. Flowers pink or crimson, “ petals producing an indigo blue”

(Mrs. Barber). Easily known se I. incana by its broader and more cordate sti-

pules and glabrous legumes. __

29. I. dimidiata (Vogel.); herbaceous, decumbent, subglabrous (very

sparsely strigillose); leaves on Jong petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets ovato-

lanceolate, or lanceolate, mucronulate, expanded, pale, glabrous above,

thinly strigillose beneath; stipules broad, semi-sagittate, acuminate,

shorter than the petiole ; racemes on long peduncles, elongating, many

flowered; bracts and calyx-segments subulate ; legumes terete, pendu-

Indigofera.} LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 177

lous, glabrous, many seeded. J. stipularis, E. ¢ Z.! 18 52, ex pte, non

Has. Open, grassy places on the Winterberg, Z. § Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

A slender, quite herbaceous species, drying very pale ; nearly glabrous, with the

exception of a very few small, appressed bristles on the stem and the undersides of

the leaflets. Stems 1-2 feet long, subsimple. Leaves 2 inches apart on petioles 1-14

inch long. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, 4-5 lines wide, those of the upper leaves lan-

ceolate, of the lower obovate or oblong-cuneate. Peduncles 10-12 inches long.

Flowers small, dense, pink. Legumes 1-14 inch long. One of Ecklon’s speci-

mens in Hb. Sonder belongs to J. cuneifolia, B.

30. I. monostachya (E. & Z.! 1583); suffruticose, suberect, subgla-

brous ; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate or

lanceolate, very acute, with inrolled margins, green and sparsely strigose

above, dark coloured, glabrous and veiny beneath; stipules /anceolate-

_ acuminate, striate, much longer than the petioles ; racemes on long pe-

duncles, elongating, many-flowered ; bracts ovato-lanceolate, longer than

the flowers, deciduous ; calyx semi 5-fid, the lobes sublanceolate ; petals

glabrous ; legumes terete, peduncles glabrous. J. oroboides, E.. Mey.!

Comm. p. 94.

SEX Grassy hills near Philipstown, Z. d Z./ Katberg, Drege! (Herb. Bth.,

Pecety tufted 6-8 inches high, slightly woody at base. Leaves closely set, much

longer than the internodes. Petioles 4-5 lines long. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, 1-3

lines wide, tapering much to each end, a dull, rusty brown externally, with promi-

nent veins. Stipules }-1 inch long, brown. Peduncles 5-8 inches long, the upper

half floriferous. Flowers pinky-crimson, 3 lines long. Allied to J. cuneifolia, but

less woody, with much narrower and longer leaflets and stipules, &c.

31. I cuneifolia (E. & Z.! 1570) ; shrubby, erect, thinly strigillose

or subhispid; leaves on short petioles, trifoliolate ; leaflets obovate-

cuneate, or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or acute, mucronulate, strigillose on

both sides ; stipules obliquely ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, striate,

longer than the petiole; racemes densely many flowered on subterminal

or axillary short peduncles; bracts broadly ovate, acuminate, enwrapping

the buds, deciduous ; calyx glabrescent, its segments lanceolate; petals

glabrous; legumes.....% J. florida, HE. Mey.! Comm.p. 97.

Var. 8. angustifolia; leaflets smaller, narrower, less obovate and more lanceo-

late-oblong. Zey./ No. 3418. Burch, Cat. 3544.

Has. Winterberg near Philipstown, E. ¢ Z./ Katberg, Drege! Somerset, Mrs.

F. W. Barber. B. Between Boschesman’s River and oe Zeyher! Near Gra-

hamstown, 7’. Williamson! Dr. Atherstone! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

A strong, woody, densely branched bush, a foot or more in height : variably pu-

bescent, sometimes hispid, sometimes but sparsely strigose. Petioles 3-5 lines long.

Leaflets 7-14 lines long, 3-5 lines wide, varying from obovate to narrow-oblong or

sublanceolate. Racemes sometimes springing near the end of short ramuli, from the

axils of depauperated leaves, and thus seemingly terminal, at other times axillary

from the ordinary rameal leaves. Bracts broad, quite enclosing the young flower-

buds, glaucous or livid-purplish. Flowers handsome, pink or crimson, 3-4 lines long.

Legumes not seen.

32. I. glomerata (E. Mey.! in Linn. 7. p. 166) ; shrubby, depressed or

prostrate, much branched, villoso-canescent; leaves densely imbricated,

short petioled, trifoliolate ; leaflets (small) obovate-oblong, mucronate,

white-hairy, the older denuded; stipules setaceo-subulate, longer than

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178 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) (Indigofera.

the petiole ; racemes sessile, few-flowered, equalling the leaves; calyx

pilose, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals hairy ; legumes 2-4 seeded,

turgid, tomentose. E. § Z./ 1589. Hb. Un. it. No. 428. I. nivea, L. Mey.

Comm. p. 96, an Willd.

Has. Tops of Hott. Holl., in exposed places ; also Potberg and Klynriviersberg,

E. § Z.! Bowie! WHowhoek, Dr. Pappe! Table Mountain Summit, W.H.H. About

Simonsbay, C. Wright! 561, 565. Grietgesgat, Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth.)

A small, woody, dwarf, spreading shrub, 6-12 inches long, hoary with long hairs,

which fall off from the older leaves. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long,

2 lines wide, with a sharp, brown mucro. Stipules much acuminate, twice as long

as the petiole or longer. Racemes 3-5 flowered, woolly. Flowers small. Legumes

3-4 lines long, very woolly. Sometimes confounded with J. coriacea, var. hirta, and

sometimes with J. sarmentosa, but very distinct from either.

4. DIGITATZE. (Sp. 33-41.)

33. I. filicaulis (E. & Z.! 1594) ; suffruticose, very slender, diffuse or

procumbent, subglabrous ; branches filiform ; leaves subsessile, digitately

3-7-9 foliolate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, with involute margins, —

sparsely strigose ; stipules obsolete ; peduncles capillary, much longer

than the leaves, 3-4 flowered; flowers pedicellate, bracts minute, per-

sistent; calyx-segments setaceo-subulate; petals glabrous, legume stipi-

tate, compressed, with prominent sutures, glabrous, oblong, 2—3 seeded.

I. subtilis, B. Mey. Comm. p. 98.

Has, Moist, grassy places near Tulbagh Waterfall, Z..§2Z./ Draakensteenberg, -

ae aD) ountain Summit, W.H.H./ Near Simonstown, C. Wright! 548.

erp. ay LU.

“ very slender, wiry plant, drying dark. Leaflets rising from a tubercular petiole,

petiolulate, 4-6 lines long, } line wide, tapering to each end. Peduncles hairlike,

13 inch long, bearing a minute raceme of 2-4 small flowers. Legumes 2-3 lines

long, on a longish stipe.

34, I. dillwynioides (Benth.! in Herb.) ; suffruticose, slender, as-

cending-suberect, subglabrous ; branches angular; leaves subsessile,

digitately 5~7 foliolate ; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate, acute, with involute

margins, sparsely strigose, glaucous ; stipules obsolete ; peduncles seta-

ceous, much longer than the leaves, 6-8 flowered; flowers pedicellate,

bracts persistent ; calyx-segments lanceolate; petals silky; legume . . ?

Has. Klipfontein, Zeyher! No. 494. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Very like J. filicaulis, but more robust, more erect in growth, more densely leafy,

with larger flowers and more of them in the raceme ; and (judging by the ovary)

bably with a different 1 e. Root fibrous. Stems ligneous, much branched

m the base; the ieee outed. simple, suberect, imbricated with leaves

. Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, more or less involute. Pedun-

preedian thick as hog’s bristle, 2 A ap oe oe the a

often in on slender i sessile, linear,

= Sten pedicels. nearly 3 lines long. Ovary ey

‘35. IL pentaphylla (Burch.! Cat. 7366); suffruticose, diffuse, very

slender, subglabrous ; stems filiform ; leaves on short, setaceous petioles,

digitately 5-7 foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate, acute, with involute margins,

concolorous, glabrate ; stipules minute; peduncles setaceous, much

longer than the leaves, 1 (-3 1) flowered; calyx canescent, its segments

ovate-acute ; petals silky.

Indigofera.) LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 179

Has. 8, Africa, Burchell! (Herb. Burch.)

Very slender, with something the habit of J. filicaulis, but with petioled leaves

and much larger flowers. I have only seen a small specimen with a single flower.

Petioles 2-24 lines long ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, not 4 line wide.

36. I. eae (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 598) ; suffruticose, procumbent or

ascending, thinly strigillose ; leaves on short, channelled petioles, digi-

tately 7-9 foliolate ; leaflets cuneate sublanceolate, narrow, acute,

mostly complicate, concolorous, strigoso-hispid on both surfaces ; sti-

pules broadly subulate, equalling or exceeding the petiole ; racemes on

long peduncles, laxly many flowered ; calyx segments subulate 3 Vvexil-

lum sparsely hispidulous ; legumes terete, subcompressed, 6-8 seeded,

strigoso-puberulent. DC. Prod.2. p.231. L.§Z.! 1593. E. Mey.! Comm.

p. 98. Zey. 2440, :

Has. Mountain sides, Hott. Holl., Zwarteberg and Winterhoeksberg, E ¢ Z.f

Paarlberg, Drege./ Swellendam, Dr. Thom/ (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems ligneous but slender, 1-2 feet long, with ascending, subvirgate, 4~angled

branches. Petioles 2-3 lines long. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, sometimes very nar-

row, sometimes 2 lines wide beyond the middle, always tapering at base, subobtuse

or acute ; the pubescence scanty on the upper, copious on the lower surface. Pedun-

Fo ea long ; racemes dense, elongating; pedicels 1 line long. Legumes

3-4 inch long.

37. I. Burchellii (DC. Prod. 2. p. 231, non E. Mey.) ;_ suffruticose,

slender, prostrate, thinly canescent ; branches angular; leaves on chan-

nelled petioles, digitately 3-5 foliolate ; leaflets obovate or obcordate,

mucronate, open, short, striglose above, thinly canescent beneath ; flowers

and fruit unknown. Burch. Cat. 2918.

Has. Interior of S. Africa, Burchell / (Herb. Benth.!)

This may perhaps be merely a more glabrous state of J. bifrons, but till the inflo-

rescence be found it is impossible to say. The stems are more slender than

in I. bifrons, 6-12 inches long, alternately branched, and lying prone along the soil.

38. I. bifrons (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 97) ; suffruticose, diffuse, white,

with dense, minute, appressed pubescence ; branches angular ; leaves on

thick, angular petioles, digitately 3-7 foliolate; leaflets obovate, com-

plicate, short, silvery ; stipules minute, toothlike; racemes on angular

peduncles longer than the leaves, several flowered; calyx shortly 5-

toothed; petals puberulous ; legumes short, turgid, oblong, few-seeded,

hook-mucronate, canescent.

_ Var. a. trifoliata; leaves mostly 3 foliolate. I. Meyeriana, E. § Z.! 1573.

Var. B. digitata; leaves mostly 5-7 foliolate. 2. Mey.l.c. Zey.! Legum. 15. Z.

n. NV. n. E. 113. 10.

Has. Nieuweveldsbergen, 3500-4000 f. Drege! E.G Z.! 8. Among stones on

the summits of the Witbergen, 7500 f. and Los Tafelberg, 6000 f. ; Camdebosberg,

4500 £., and near Graaf Reynet, 3000 f.. Drege! Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., Bth., D.)

A very small, depressed or prostrate, much branched plant, quite white in all

parts, with minute, soft, close pubescence. Branches, petioles, and peduncles sharply

angular. Petioles 2-6 lines long. Leaflets 2-4 lines long, 4-14 broad, thick, vein-

less, very white. Peduncles about twice as long as the leaves ; pedicels very short;

flowers 2 lines long. Legumes }-j inch long, 2-4 seeded.

39, I. quinquefolia fn Mey. Comm. p. 98); dwarf, shrubby, ascend-

ing, much branched ; leaves minutely petioled, digitately 5-foliolate ;

leafiets cuneate-oblong, convolute, subterete, channelled above, round-

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180 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) (Indigofera.

backed, hairy, mucronulate ; stipules minute, subulate ; racemes on

‘short peduncles, scarcely twice as long as the leaves, few-flowered ;

rachis capillary, flexuous; calyx-segments subulate ; petals hairy;

legumes... ?

Has. Dry, mountain situations round Genadendal, 3000 f., Drege/ (Herb.

Hk., Bth.) ’

ry dwarf, but woody little shrub, 2~4 inches high, densely ramulous and well

covered with leaves. Petioles 1 line long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, the margins re-

markably inflexed or inrolled, and the backs rounded, shortly hispid. Flowers small,

just projecting beyond the leaves. Legumes not seen.

40. I. flabellata (Harv); shrubby, erect, densely much branched;

branches and twigs terete, roughly tomentose or hirsute; leaves on short

petioles, digitately 5—foliolate; leaflets linear-cuneate, obtuse, mucronu-

_ late, expanded, strongly midribbed, minutely strigillose on both sides ;

stipules minute, toothlike ; racemes subsessile, shorter than the leaves,

loosely few-flowered ; bracts deciduous ; calyx canescent, shortly 5-toothed ;

petals cano-puberulent ; legumes terete, short, few seeded, canescent.

1, hispida, Herb. Berol., non E. § Z.! Burch.! 5174, 6915.

Has. 8. Africa, Niven! Mundt and Maire! Miller and Thom! Near George,

Dr, Alexander Prior. (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

A strong, erect, much branched and ramulous, densely leafy bush, with the habit

of I. suleata, to which it is nearly allied, but from which it differs in the rameal pu-

bescence, shape of leaflets, calyx and legume. Petioles 12 lines long. Leaflets cu-

neate at base, gradually widening upwards, flat or nearly so, 3~5 lines long, 1-1}

wide near the blunt extremity. Racemes 4-5 flowered ; pedicels 2 lines long. Ca-

lyx-teeth very short, bluntish. Flowers rosy purple, 2 lines long. Legumes 4-5

lines long, densely clothed with microscopic, white pubescence.

41. I. suleata (DC. prod. z. p. 23 1) ; shrubby, erect, densely much

branched ; branches augularly furrowed, thinly strigillose ; leaves sub-

sessile, digitately 5-foliolate ; leaflets linear, acute, furrowed above, with

revolute margins and strong midrib, minutely strigillose, subcanescent

beneath ; stipules minute, toothlike 3 Tacemes subsessile, shorter than

the leaves, loosely pluriflowered; bracts minute, persistent; calyx ca-

nescent, its lobes broadly subulate; petals subglabrous or puberulent ;

legumes terete, several-seeded, glabrous. HE. &Z.! 1601. EB. Mey.! Comm.

p- 98. Burch. Cat. 4706, 5126, 5 562.

Has. Mountain sides near Kromrivier and V . & Z.) Drege!

Albany, Dr. Atherstone. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., 8) ne

A densely branched, strong bush, 1-2 feet high ; branches and twigs erect, densely

. aves either exactly digitate on an obsolete petiole, or obliquely and im-

; y digitate on a little longer petiole. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, scarcely a line

wide, with thickened and recurved margins. Flowers pinky-purple, very minutel.

the + of I. brachystachya, but iol 4 * e le-

eageicod Ne Ys — sdmed leaves are digitate, not pinnate ; and thi

5. PINNATH. (Sp- 42-71.)

a5, t wen gr (E. & Z.! 1600) ; shrubby, erect, much branched;

branches and twigs tomentose, and set with rigid, gland-tipped bristles;

leaves subsessile, bijugate ; leaflets close, linear-subeuneate, obtuse, mu-

cronate, acute at base, with prominent midrib, thé margins minutely re-

curved, both surfaces thinly cano-sericeous; stipules minute, subulate ;

Indigofera. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 181

racemes subsessile, equalling the leaves, canescent, pluriflowered ; bracts

minute ; calyx canescent, dts lobes setaceo-subulate ; petals albo-sericeous ;

legumes ... . ? J. lotoides, H. Mey.! Linn. 7.p. 168, non Lam.

Has. Heathy ground on the mountains above Uitenhage, Z.¢ Z. (Herb. Sd.)

Very like J. brachystachya, from which (unless the legumes afford further charac-

ters) it chiefly differs in the gland-tipped, rigid sete, mixed with the tomentum of

the branches, the flatter and thinner leaflets, and more slender calyx-segments.

Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 14 line wide, the pairs nearly 1 line apart ; the common —

petiole about quarter inch long.

43. I. brachystachya (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 168); shrubby, erect,

densely much branched ; branches tomentose ; leaves sessile, bi-tri-

jugate ; leaflets close, linear-subcuneate, with prominent midrib and

strongly revolute margins, recurvo-mucronulate, albo-puberulous above,

tomentose and canescent beneath, the terminal sessile ; stipules minute,

subulate; racemes on very short peduncles, as long or twice as long as

the leaf, canescent, pluriflowered ; bracts minute ; calyx canescent, its

lobes broadly subulate ; petals albo-sericeous ; legumes short, few

seeded, turgid, tomentose. H. Mey. ! Comm. Drege, p. 98. E.& Z. No. 1599.

I. angustifolia, litt. b., Herb. Thunb. ! Fl.Cap. p. 599. I.angust. 8. brachy-

stachya, DC. Prod. 2. p. 231.

Has. Cape Flats, also about Muysenberg and Simonsbay, E.¢Z./ C.Wright, 585.

Near Capetown, Dr. Alexander Prior! Stellenbosch and Attaquaskloof and Krom-

river, Drege. Mouth of Bot River and Onrust R., Caledon, Dr. Pappe! Zey. 2424.

(Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A strong, rigid, densely branched bush, 1-2 feet high, more or less tomentose.

Common petiole 3-4 lines long, the leaflets scarcely a line apart. Leaflets 4-6 lines

long, 1-2 lines wide, rarely flat, usually with strongly revolute margins. Racemes

rarely longer than the leaves, few or several flowered. Flowers purple, 3 lines long.

Legumes 6-7 lines long, terete, 14 line in diameter.

44. I. stricta (L. fil.); shrubby, erect, much branched; branches

straight, rigid, angular-furrowed, minutely strigillose ; leaves frequent,

very patent, 3-4 jugate ; the short common-petiole naked or gland sti-

pelled ; leaflets close, cuneate-oblong, narrow, obtuse or subacute, mucro-

nulate, concave, glabrous above, thinly strigillose beneath ; stipules

small, subulate ; racemes subsessile, equalling the leaves, laaly 3-4 flowered ;

calyx pubescent, its lobes shortly subulate; petals fulvo-sericeous ; le-

gumes terete, spreading, acute, thinly strigillose or glabrescent. T’hunb. /

#1. Cap. p. 599. I. pauciflora, E. Mey! Comm. p. 99. Burch. Cat. p. 5479.

Van. 8. acuta ; petiole gland-stipelled ; leaflets often subacute, somewhat lanceolate.

Burch. Cat. 3706. I. stricta, EB. § Z./ 1602, excl. var. B.

Has. Margins of woods near George, Drege! Dr. Alexander Prior! B, Open

places near Olifant’s Hoek, Uit., #.¢Z./ Block House Hill, Grahamstown, Dr.

Atherstone! T. Williamson! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

A slender but rigid, straight-branched shrub, 1-2 feet high, with green (not hoary)

foliage and thinly strigillose. Common petiole not half inch long ; leaflets 3-5 lines

long, in a. row at point, in 8. more or less acute. Peduncles slender, very short.

Flowers like those of J. Zeyheri. Legumes 1-1} inch long, many-seeded, at first stri-

gillose, then glabrescent. Drege’s specimens entirely agree with the authentic sp. in

Herb. Upsal! E. & Z.’s var. B. “pedunculata” seems to me to belong I. Zeyheri. —

45. I, foliosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 10); shrubby, erect ; dark coloured,

furrowed, strigillose, densely leafy ; leaves subsessile, Jaxly 3-4-Jugate,

182 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) (Indigofera.

erect ; leaflets linear-cuneate, mucronate, glabrous above, strigillose be-

neath, with incurved margins, the terminal subsessile; stipules obsolete ;

racemes shorter than the leaf, 3-6 flowered; calyx-segments subulate ; pe-

tals fulvo-sericeous ; legumes few-seeded, subterete, acute, deflexed,

thinly strigillose.

Has. Between Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege! (Herb. Benth.)

Small twigs only seen by me. Common petiole uncial, the pairs of leaflets 2 lines

apart. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, more or less concave. Racemes 3 inch long ; pedi-

cels filiform, at length 3-4 lines long. Flowers 2 lines long, tawny externally. Le-

gumes 4 inch long. The very erect leaves, much longer petiole, and more distant

pairs of leaflets, the terminal sometimes petioled, and the short legumes distinguish

this from JZ. stricta.

46. I. vestita (Harv.) ; fruticose, erect, minutely strigillose; stem

subsimple, virgate, very straight, densely leafy; leaves imbricate, 2-3

Jugate ; leaflets Janceolate-linear, with strongly revolute margins, mucro-

nate, glabrescent; the terminal sub-petioled; racemes few-flowered,

shorter than the leaves ; calyx 5-toothed ; petals fulvo-sericeous; legumes

terete, straight, deflexed, strigilloso-puberulent.

Has. Coast land of Natal to 1000 f. Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Hook.)

Stem 2-3 feet high, robust, quite simple, closely imbricated with leaves, amon;

which the small inflorescences are hid; the whole plant when in flower conve

into a leafy thyrsus, Leaflets very narrow, and by revolution of margins almost fili-

form, 5-7 lines long, acute at each end and mucronate, nearly glabrous, with a very

few small strigee. Flowers small, brownish externally. Legumes an inch long,

black, with very minute, appressed pubescence. This may be Meyer's J. hirta, and

is certainly closely allied to it ; but seems to differ in the much narrower and more

glabrous leaflets, and different pubescence ; that of our plant could scarcely be

called “‘ strigilloso-hirta, subcanescens,” nor the legumes ** hirtis.”

47, I. hirta (E. Mey. Comm. p. 101); “fruticose, strigilloso-hirsute,

subcanescent ; stem erect, subsimple; leaves 2~3 jugate, short petioled,

leaflets lanceolate, subacuminate-mucronate, the terminal subsessile ;

‘Tacemes shorter than the leaves; petals strigillose and hairy; legumes

subterete, straightish, hairy, spreading,” 2. Mey. 1. ¢.

Has. Grassy places between Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege. (Unknown to me.)

48. I. Dregeana (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 100); fruticose, erect, villoso-

canescent ; stem subsimple, vurgate, very straight ; leaves closely set, short-

petioled, 5-7 jugate, suberect; leaflets linear-oblong, mucronate, flat,

tomentose on both sides, the terminal subsessile; racemes on long,

terete peduncles, densely many flowered, elongate, patent or pendulous ;

calyx shortly 5-fid; petals fulvo-sericeous; legumes terete, straight,

sharp pointed, tomentulose.

Has. Between Omcomas and Port N: f. Drege! Coast land of Natal to

1000 f. Dr, Sorte (Herb. Bus, HES ee Pees

Stem 2-3 feet high, erect, quite simple, rigid and rodlike, closely imbricated with

leaves. Pubescence copilot, whitish, soft, short, patent. Tanta 1-1} inch long,

erect. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, obtuse, somewhat cuneate at base.

Peduncles very patent, 2-3 inches to the base of the dense raceme, which is 4-5

— it ; cels var. y than the calyx. Flowers rather small (withered

only seen). 13-14 inch long, quite straight. A remarkable species,

quite unlike any other S. African. gprs ead

49. I. tristis E. Mey.! Comm, p. 101); shrubby, erect, slender ; stem”

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOSZ ( Harv.) 183

virgate, ramuliferous above, thinly strigillose, subangular; leaves subre-

mote, patent, short petioled, 3-5 jugate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, retuse,

mucronulate, minutely strigilloso-puberulous on one or both sides, the

the terminal subpetioled ; racemes on peduncles longer than the leaves,

elongate, many flowered; calyx canescent, bluntly 5-toothed; petals

densely silky with dark brown hairs; legumes . . ¢

Has. Grassy places between Gekau and Basche, and between the Omsamcabo

pg oo Drege! Port Natal, Gueinzius and Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Bth.

Stem 2-3 feet high, straight and rodlike, pale brown, minutely puberulous, some-

what panicled above; twigs slender, erecto-patent, subsimple, 5-8 inches long.

Leaves nearly an inch apart, recurvo-patent ; the common petiole }-? inch long.

Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 1-14 line wide, pale. Racemes loosely many flowered, 2-3

inches long ; pedicels longish. Calyx very small, white-hairy. Petals 4-5 lines long,

dark brown externally. Legumes not seen. I have not seen Drege’s specimens. _

50. I. arrecta (Benth.! in Herb.) ; suffruticose, erect, wrgate, laxly

branched; branches angular, thinly strigillose ; leaves scattered, petio-

late, 3-jugate ; leaflets distant, sublanceolate-linear, narrow, mucronate,

complicate, thinly strigillose; stipules minute, toothlike ; racemes on

very long peduncles, elongating, many flowered ; calyx strigose, its seg-

ments subulate ; petals albo-sericeous ; legumes very short, oblong, tu-

mid, mucronulate, strigose, 2-3 seeded. Zey. 417.

Has. Mooje River, Burke § Zeyher, Pappe! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., Dude a

14-2 feet high, slender, glabrescent ; the whole plant of a livid, blue-green, indi-

cating the presence of indigo. Leaves an inch or more apart, the common petiole

often gland-stipelled ; the pairs 3 lines apart. Leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1-2 lines

wide. Peduncles 3-4, afterwards 6-8 inches long or more, ¢ occupied by flowers.

Flowers small, 14-2 lines long, on short pedicels. Legumes 3 lines long, very tur-

gid, 1-14 line in diameter.

51. I. fastigiata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 102); suffruticose, erect, thinly

strigillose; branches virgate, angular-furrowed ; leaves subsessile, 2-3

jugate; leaflets linear-oblong or sublanceolate, mucronulate, strigillose

beneath, the terminal sessile or somewhat petioled ; stipules subulate ;

racemes on very long, slender, angular peduncles, many flowered ; bracts

minute; calyx-lobes shortly subulate, subcanescent ; petals glabrous ;

legumes linear, terete, straight, pendulous, thinly strigillose.

Van. 8. angustata; leaflets very narrow-linear, acute, complicate ; legumes straight,

linear, sericeo-canescent, Zey.! 2442.

Has. Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege! Coastland, Natal,

of :

‘ and th * ly eet GR

the middle. wers pale, pinkish-purple ; the flower-buds very acute. Ovary

species.

184 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Undigofera.

52. I. affinis (Harv.) ; suffruticose, erect, thinly strigillose ; branches

virgate, angular, furrowed; leaves petiolate, distantly 3-4-jugate; leaf-

lets linear-spathulate, obtuse or recurvo-mucronulate, complicate, stri-

gillose beneath; stipules obsolete ; racemes on short peduncles, densely

many flowered ; bracts minute; calyx canescent, its lobes shortly subu-

late ; petals glabrous.

Has. Near Lake Ngami, J. M‘Cabe! (Herb. Hook.)

Very like J. fastigiata, E. Mey., but with distinctly petioled leaves (the lowest

pair of leaflets 1-3 inch from base of common petiole) and much shorter peduncles,

The naked portion of the peduncle is shorter than the leaf, the floriferous not twice

as long. The foliage is a very pale green ; the leaflets 6-8 lines long, 1-14 line

wide, cuneate at base.

53. I. viminea (E. Mey.! Comm. Pp. 102); suffruticose, erect, strigil-

loso-canescent ; stem erecto-patent, branches virgate, angular-furrowed;

leaves shortly petioled, 4— 5—jugate, patent; leaflets remote, lanceolate-

linear, with involute margins, mucronate, thinly strigilloso-puberulent,

the terminal sessile; racemes on long, filiform peduncles, laxly many

flowered ; pedicels long; calyx shortly 5-toothed ; petals fulvo-seri-

ceous ; legumes subcompressed, straight, with thick sutures, strigillose,

Has. In grass fields between Gekau and Basche, 1500-2000 f, and at Klein

Bruintjeshoogte, Drege / (Herb. Benth., Sond.) .

Two or more feet high, slender. Leaves subdistant. Common petiole uncial, the

pairs of leaflets 3 lines apart. Leaflets 9-10 lines long, 1 line wide, pale green,

scarcely canescent. Peduncles setaceous, 2 inches long ; the raceme 1-2 inches long.

Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Both the calyx and petals are pubescent.

54, I, corniculata (E. Mey.! Comm. p Tor); suffruticose ; “ stem

erect, much branched;” leaves short petioled, 3-4~jugate ; leaflets cu-

neate-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, minutely strigillose on both sides, the

terminal shortly petioled ; racemes on long peduncles, loosely several

flowered, suberect ; pedicels longer than the calyx; calyx canescent;

bluntly 5-toothed ; petals fulvo-sericeous ; “legumes terete, straight, cus-

pidate.” EH, Mey.l.c. .

Has. Between the Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege! (Herb. Benth., Sond.)

I have, only seen one specimen. This is curved, somewhat angular, pale, thinly

igillose, ves nearly an inch apart. Common petiole ; inch long, slightly

prolonged beyond the last pair of leaflets, Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 13 wide near the

apex, cuneate and acute at base, pale green, flat or nearly so, midribbed beneath.

Peduncles 2-3 inches long, the upper half bearing flowers ; pedicels 2 lines long.

Calyx not a line long, white. Petals 4-5 lines long, covered with tawny hairs. Le-

gumes not seen, ;

55. I. malacostach: (Benth. ! in Herb.); shrubby ; stems pro-

eumbent, much brane willoso-tomentose ; branches flexuous, canes-

cent, terete; leaves subsessile, 4— 5-jugate, the common petiole gland-

stipelled ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, pilose above,

villoso-canescent beneath, the terminal sessile or minutely petioled ;

legumes ...% Zey,! 478, ;

Has. Magalisberg, Burke and Zeyher} (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Seemingly a prostrate or procumbent, much-branched shrub, the stem and larger

Indigofera. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 185

branches ligneous, the twigs half herbaceous ; the whole plant covered with soft,

white hairs, which are particularly copious on the inflorescence. Leaves 1-14 inch

long. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 2-2} lines wide, open or folded. Peduncle 1-1} inch

to the base of the spike, which is 1-2 inches long. Flowers small and hoary. Le-

oe unknown. This species is more naturally allied to J. eriocarpa, oxytropis, §c.

an Sec. 7.

56. I. elliptica (i. Mey.! Comm. p. 99); “somewhat shrubby, stri-

gilloso-canescent ; leaves 3-jugate, recurved, on short petioles; leaflets

elliptical, glabrescent above, sparingly strigillose and pale beneath, the

terminal minutely petioled ; racemes twice as long as the leaf, flexuous,

few-flowered ; petals nearly glabrous.” #. Mey.

Has. 8. Africa, Drege. (Unknown to me.)

57. I. poliotes (E. & Z.! 1609); suffruticose, strigoso-canescent ;

branches curved, filiform, subsimple; leaves frequently reflexed, sub-

sessile, 3-4-jugate; leaflets sublanceolate, acute, furrowed above, pro-

minently midribbed beneath, strigoso-canescent on both surfaces; sti-

pules minute, subulate; racemes on filiform, angularly flecuous pedun-

cles scarcely longer than the leaves, laxly 3-4 flowered; calyx-segments

setaceo-subulate ; petals fulvo- or cano-sericeous ; legumes short, terete,

canescent. J. adoensis, H. Mey. Comm. p. 99 (ex dvagnosi). I. rupes-

tris, E. & Z.1 1603, and I. punctata, E. §& 7.1 1604. Burch.! 3492, 5113.

Has. Among shrubs on hills at Adow, Uit., and on the Winterberg, Z. ¢ Z./

Drege. (Herb. Sd., D.)

A slender, erect or suberect, hoary suffrutex, with long, simple, incurved whitish

branches, rather densely leafy. Common petiole recurved, }—3 inch long ; leaflets

3-4 lines long, acute at each end, somewhat keeled, and with a narrow medial fur-

row above. Peduncles setaceous, angularly zig-zag from flower to flower. Flowers

small. Legume (imperfectly known to me) canescent, almost tomentulose. Allied

to Zeyheri, but differing in inflorescence, &c. In Hb. Ecklon a specimen of J. Zeyheri

is preserved, along with one of J. poliotes, under No. 1609. As far as very imper-

fect specimens enable me to judge, Z. g Z.’s “J. rupestris” is a form of this species.

58, I. Zeyheri (Spreng); suffruticose, slender, erect, thinly canes-

cent ; branches patent, angular; leaves subremote, 3-5-jugate, the

petiole naked or gland-stipelled ; leaflets linear-subcuneate, complicate,

mucronulate, thinly appresso-canescent beneath ; stipules small, subu-

late ; racemes on long, slender peduncles, laxly several flowered ; bracts

minute, pedicels longer than the calyx; calyx canescent, its lobes

shortly subulate; petals fulvo-sericeous ; legumes terete, spreading,

acute, several seeded, thinly canescent. #. d& Z./ 1606 (excl. var, 8.)

I. cinerascens, EF. & Z.! 1607. I. nana, E. & Z. 1611. I. punctata, Thb.!

Var. 8. leptophylla; petiole generally gland-stipelled ; leaflets narrow, compli-

cate ; racemes few-flowered ; legumes glabrescent. Zey. 2431, 2433- I. leptoph;

E. Mey.! Comm. p. 99. I. verrucosa, E. § Z. 1608.

Has. About Uitenhage, by the Zwartkops and Adow, £. ¢ Z.! fc. Rhinosterkop,

Burke § Zeyher! Port Natal, Gueinzius/ (Herb. Th., Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

A slender, laxly branched, more or less albescent suffrutex, varying in the breadth

of its leaflets and the length and fertility of its racemes ; but the varieties are scarcely

definite, and all grow together. The var. 8. with its pulvinate tufts of brown glands —

between the leatlets looks distinct ; but some of Drege’s specimens have these glands,

and others want them. Zeyher’s 2429, from the Zwartkops, is a more glabrous form,

with laxer and larger foliage, and remarkably long peduncles ; it probably grew in

a very wet, perhaps shady situation. eee 5

Nic. (Cale) v4

186 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Indigofera.

59. I. coneava (Harv.) ; suffruticose, ramulous; twigs glabrescent ;

leaves subsessile, 2-1-jugate; leaflets close, linear-oblong, blunt, with

strongly involute margins, minutely strigillose or glabrescent ; stipules

minute, subulate ; racemes several flowered, on peduncles rather longer

than the leaves ; bracts small, ovate-acuminate ; calyx canescent, its

lobes acute, the lowest ovato-lanceolate, the upper ovate ; petals silky-

villous, canescent ; legumes ?

Has. Near George, Dr. Alexander Prior! Burchell, 1593. (Hb. Bth., D., Bch.)

Erect or suberect, slender but lignescent ; the branches and twigs brown, and the

leaves drying dark. Common petiole 2-3 lines long, generally with two, sometimes

with sek one _ Serie: _ an Brow er Leaflets sy oral os

u Tr surface near. en, 3- es long, emes 5-12 flow 0% . is

eaciee equalling or ‘cnobeaiins Sie leave 5 ey

60. I. angustifolia (Linn. Mant, 272); suffruticose, diffuse or as-

cending ; branches curved, angular, glabrescent or thinly strigillose ;

leaves subsessile, 3-4-jugate; leaflets close, linear, with prominent mid-

rib and reflexed margins, recurvo-mucronulate, puberulent above, can-

escent beneath, the terminal sessile ; stipules small, subulate ; racemes

on long, filiform peduncles, laxly many flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx

thinly canescent, its segments broadly subulate ; petals albo-sericeous ;

legumes terete, glabrous, several seeded. DC. Prod, 2, p. 230. H. & Z,

No. 1612. E. Mey. Comm. p. 99. Zey.! No. 2425. I. angustifolia, litt. a.,

Herb. Thunb.!

Van. A. tenuifolia ; more slender in all parts, with shorter and narrower leaflets,

and setaceous peduncles. J. tenuifolia, E. § Z. 1 1613, and I, leptocaulis, E. G Z.!

1616. Zey./ 493. I. strigosa, Spr. Neu. Ent. 3- Dp» 54.

Has. About Table Mountain and on the Cape Flats ; also in Worcester, Caledon

and Swellendam, £. & Z. ec. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

A small, slender, rather woody suffrutex, diffuse, procumbent, or ascending, much

branched, 1-2 feet long, many stemmed. Common petiole 3-3 inch long ; the pairs

1—2 lines apart. Leaflets 5~7 lines long, 1 line wide, sometimes nearly flat, mostly.

with strongly reflexed, thickened margins, variably pubescent. Peduncles filiform,

3-5 inches long. Flowers purple, 24 lines long. “ Legumes pendulous, scarcely an

inch long, quite glabrous, acute. A much more slender, less woody plant than J.

ya, with very dissimilar inflorescence and legumes. 8, is often very slen-

der in all parts, but connected by insensible gradations with a.

61. I. Mundtiana (FE. & Z. 161 7); suffruticose, slender, procumbent ;

branches filiform, nearly glabrous ; leaves scattered, shortly petioled,

4-jugate; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, flat, rugulose and

minutely puberulous above, silvery and silky beneath, the terminal ses-

sile ; stipules small, subulate; racemes on filiform peduncles much

longer than the leaves, several flowered ; calyx canescent, its segments

subulate; petals silky ; legumes ?

Has. Mountains near Swellendam, Mundt! (Herb. Sd.

A slender trailer. Leaves an red apart, the ean a an inch long. Leaf-

lets wie 9 — 2 lines 3 dark-coloured wonton quite white beneath, Ped-

un inches long, y ender, glabrous. Unopen Allied

to J. angustifolia, ponent fee beatae and Achar ge! ae

62. I. filiformis (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 598); shrubby, diffusely much

branched, the branches and slender twigs strigoso-tomentose, becoming

glabrate ; leaves on very short petioles, imperfectly digitate or bijugate,

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 187

_ with an odd one; leaflets oblong or linear-oblong, subcuneate, obtuse,

mucronulate, flat, with subrecurved margins, strigose on both sides ;

racemes on long slender peduncles, loosely many flowered ; pedicels long ;

calyx albo-villous, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals canescent ; le-

gumes long, slender, terete, pendulous, glabrous. DC. Prod. 2, p. 231.

L.&Z.11592. E.Mey.Comm. p.98. I. candicans, Sieb.! No. 55. C.Wright,

5455 520.

Has. Moist places among shrubs, on hill sides round Capetown, common. (Hb.

Th, Hk., Sd., D., &c.)

Stem strong and robust below, the diffuse, long branches slender but ligneous.

Pubescence variable, sometimes scanty, sometimes copious and long, always white,

The common petiole is either very short, with the five leaflets springing obliquely,

in a pedate manner from a minute distance below the summit; or rather longer,

with the two pairs sensibly apart. Leaflets 4-8 lines long, 1-3 lines wide, varying

from linear to elliptic-oblong, often grey-hoary, drying dark. Peduncles 3-4 inches

long ; pedicels 2 lines long. Legumes an inch long or rather more, half line in

diameter, dark brown.

63. I. coriacea (Ait. Kew. 3. p. 68); shrubby, much branched, dif-

fuse or erect, the branches and twigs tomentose, becoming nude; leaves

on very short common petioles, patent, 5—7-foliolate, imperfectly sub-

digitate or closely 2—3-jugate ; leaflets broadly obovate or obcordate or

elliptic-oblong, recurvo-mucronate, flat, coriaceous, strigose above, villoso-

canescent or hirsute beneath ; racemes short, oblong, densely swbcapitate,

on long or shortish filiform peduncles ; pedicels short or long; calyx

albo-villous and tomentose, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals cano-

tomentose; legumes long, terete, pendulous, glabrous.

Van. a. cana; diffuse or procumbent ; leaflets 5, broadly obovate or obcordate,

green above, hoary underneath ; pedicels short. J. coriacea, DC. Prod. 2, p. 231.

I. mauritanica, E. § Z. 1590, var. a. Sieb. Fl. No. 56. E. Mey. Comm. p. 100.

tus mauritanicus, Linn. L. fruticosus, Berg. Cap. p. 226.

_ . Var. B. hirta; erect or subdiffuse ; leaflets 5, broadly obovate, recurved-pointed, \/\.. Can hh

concolorous, densely hairy at both sides ; pedicels elongate. I. mauritanica, B. erecta, ee,

E. § Z. Sie. Fl. mixta, 18 and 215. I. alopecuroides, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 100, non DC, “(64

Van. +. alopecuroides; leaflets 5—7, elliptic-oblong or elli ical-obovate, acute, con- :

adits, denial BA on. vot as ; aaiale aoc F iigsanciton DC. Prod.

2, p. 231. E. § Z. 1591. Zey. 2426.

Van. 3. minor (E. Mey.) ; slender, procumbent ; leaflets 5-7, minute, elliptical or

obovate, concolourous, hairy on both sides ; pedicels short. 2. Mey. Comm. p. 100.

I. alopec. 8B. minor, E. & Z./ Zey. 2434.

Has. Vars. a. and 8. very common round Table Mountain and the Simonsbay

~~ &e. y. Babylon’s Toorensberg and Klynrivierberg, Caledon, £. § 2. 8. same

and the Zwarteberg, E. § Z. Gnadendal and Driefontein, Drege/ (Herb.

ams n "aie gaa nae shrub ; erect, bent or prostrate ; robust or

v 3 y procum ;

iitider > hirsute or hh The above varieties glide insensibly into each other.

Leaflets 2-4 lines long, 14-3 lines wide ; in y. scarcely 1 line long and 4-3 wide.

Peduncles sometimes not much longer than the leaves ; usually 2-3 times as long,

or longer, tomentose. Flowers sometimes subcapitate ; in 8. long-pedi the

florescence always very hoary. Legumes 1-1} inch long, shining brown.

64. I, sarmentosa (Linn. f. Suppl. 334) ; suffruticose, prostrate, with

erect branchlets; branches ae poor # strigillose; leaves Og

sessile, bijugate or trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptical-obovate or oblong, 0>-

tuse, mucronulate, midribbed, paler beneath, thinly strigwloso-pr

Yu!

Shc, \'sky

188 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Indigofera.

lent on both sides ; stipules minute, toothlike; peduncles capillary,

much longer than the leaves, laxly 3-4 flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx

segments setaceo-subulate ; legumes terete, acute, glabrous, patent, 7-8

seeded. DC. Prod. 2,p.231. H.§ Z.!/ 1587, excl. var. y. E. Mey.Comm.

p. 99. L. filiformis, var. Thunb. in Herb. Upsal. :

Has. Table Mountain summit, Ecklon, W.H.H., Dr. Pappe. Riv. Zonderende,

JA u\Zey-! 2435. Near the Omsameulo, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

ot woody. Stems numerous from the crown, very slender, but ligneous, 1-2

feet long, spreading to all sides, trailing, and throwing up short, erect branchlets

and peduncles. Leaves on petioles scarcely 1 line long ; leaflets 5 or 3 on the same

branch, 2~3 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, very blunt, with a minute mucro and rather

prominent midrib. Peduncles 2-4 inches long, setaceous, the flowers racemose, 2-3

lines apart. Legumes } inch long, dark brown, quite glabrous. JE. ¢ Z.’s var. ¥.

“latifolia,” is I. ovata, Thunb.

65. I. capillaris (Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 599); suffruticose, diffuse or

ascending, much branched, nearly glabrous; branches slender, angular;

leaves on longish, channelled petioles, 4—6-jugate ; leaflets inear-lanceo-

late, with involute margins, acute, glabrous or sparsely strigillose ; the

terminal sessile ; stipules and bracts subulate ; racemes on very long

peduncles, laxly several flowered; calyx subglabrous, its segments sub-

ulate ; petals puberulent ; legumes terete-subcompressed, linear, de-

flexed, glabrous, many seeded. DC. Prod. 2,p.230. H.& Z.! 1615, E.

Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 102.

Has. Mountain sides, Zwarteberg, Caledon, E. § Z./ Dutoitskloof and Groene-

Bee Drege. Cape Flats, and near Stellenbosch, W.H.H. (Hb. Th., Bth., Hk.,

Root “nick and woody. Stems many from the crown, ascending or procumbent,

6-12 inches long or more, either quite glabrous or sprinkled with a few appressed

setze, brown. Leaves rather distant ; the common petiole 14-2 inches long, the first _

pair of leaflets generally 3-1 inch from the base. Leaflets 4—6 lines long, 4-1 line

wide, mostly involute, sometimes flattish, 2-3 lines apart. Peduncles 6-8 inches

long, erect, slender. Flowers 2-3 lines long, subglabrous or puberulent. Legumes

1f inch long, } line in diameter, pendulous, dark brown.

66. I, hedyantha (E. & Z. ! 1614); suffruticose, many stemmed, sub-

erect, thinly strigillose ; branches ligneous, angular-furrowed ; leaves

3—-4-jugate, patent ; leaflets linear-oblong or sublanceolate, complicate,

mucronulate, thinly strigillose or glabrescent; stipules small, subulate;

racemes on long, slender peduncles, loosely many flowered ; calyx gla-

brescent, shortly and sharply 5 toothed; petals externally fulvo-serice-

ous; legumes ...% J. secunda, BE. Mey. Comm. p. 102.

Has. Mountains on the Eastern Frontier. Near Philipstown, Z. ¢ Z. Between

Klipplaat R. and Zwartkey, 3800 f. ; Katberg, 4-500 f. ; and between the Gekau

and 2000 f., Drege) Near Grahamstown, 7. Williamson! Winterberg,

Mrs. F. W. Barber, No. 50. Spring and autumn. (Herb. Sd., Bth. D., Hk.)

About a foot high, tufted and densely branched from the base ; the bark brown ;

the foliage i Leaves close set, 4-3 inch long. Leaflets 4—6 lines long,

3—1 line wide. Peduncles 4-5 inches long. Flowers 5-6 lines long, ‘“ the large

vexillum yellow-brown outside, splendid deep crimson within ; ale rich crimson ;

carina @ crimson, yellow-brown near the tip. Petals very soon falling.” —Mrs.

Barber. A very beautiful species, well worth i troducing to English gardens.

67. I. hilaris (E. & Z. ! 1605); suffruticose, thinly strigillose ; stems

short, subsimple, tufted, suberect, compressed and angular ; leaves close,

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 189

1-2-4 jugate, short petioled ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong or obovate,

rigid, acute or mucronate, midribbed beneath, strigillose on the under

or on both surfaces, the terminal subsessile ; stipules setaceo-subulate ;

racemes on short peduncles, densely few or several flowered, scarcely

longer than the leaves; calyx segments setaceo-subulate ; petals cano-

puberulous ; legumes? Avrauss, 439. Zey. 2438.

Has. Grassy sides of the Winterberg, at Philipstown, #. ¢ Z./ Mts. near Gra-

hamstown, and Aapjies R., Zeyher/ Port Natal, Gueinzius! Krauss/ Dr. Sutherland!

(Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth., D.)

Root thick and woody. Stems many from the crown, 6-8 inches long, simple or

with one or two branches, rigidly strigillose and sometimes hispid, with more spread-

ing bristles. Leaves crowded ; the common petiole 6-7 lines long ; the pairs of

leaflets 14 line apart. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, varying much in breadth, o or

complicate, dull green, rather rigid. Peduncles 1-1} inch long, somewhat -

as are also the flower buds. Stipules and calyx segments remarkably attenuate.

Petals 3 lines long, purple-crimson. Legumes unknown.

68. I. ovina (Harv.); suffruticose, procumbent or prostrate, thinly

canescent; branches 4 angled, flexuous ; leaves 4-5 jugate ; leaflets

linear-oblong, mucronulate, glabrescent above, paler and thinly strigil-

lose beneath, the terminal sessile; stipules minute, subulate ; racemes

on short peduncles, laxly few-flowered ; bracts minute; calyx segments

subulate; petals fulvo-sericeous ; legumes subterete, 6-8 seeded, straight,

deflexed, thinly strigose.

Has. Summits of rocky hills in Queenstown and Cradock Districts, Mrs. P. W.

Barber, No. 61, (Herb. D.)

A stunted plant, with thick, much branched, depressed woody stems and ascend-

ing slender branches. Leaves laxly set, t-1} inch long. Leaflets pale green, 5-6

lines long, 4-1 line wide, expanded. Peduncles rarely as long as the leaves ; flowers

rosy, on longish pedicels, the vexillum brownish behind. Bracts subpersistent, 3 line

long. Flowers 3 lines long. Legumes 1-1} inch long, not a line wide. « Greedily

eaten by sheep and goats "—M.#.B.

69. I. glaucescens (E. & Z. 1610) ; suffruticose, strigoso-canescent,

pale, ascending, erect or diffuse ; branches flexuous, angular and ribbed ;

leaves subdistant, shortly petiolate, reflexed, 3-4 jugate ; leaflets linear-

oblong or narrow-obovate-cuneate, recurvo-mucronate, strigose on both

sides, the terminal sessile ; stipules minute, toothlike ; racemes on

angular peduncles, much longer than the leaves, elongating, many flow-

ered ; pedicels short; calyx canescent, its segments subulate; petals

albo-sericeous ; legumes subterete, straight, acute or hook-pointed,

thinly canescent. J. reflexa, H. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 100. Zey. 2441,

2443. ;

Has. Hills by the Zwartkops River and on the Vanstaadensberg, EF. ¢ Z./ Pappe.

Koega’s Kopje, Bay, Zeyher / Between Zondag and Koega Rivers, /

(Herb. Sd., Bth., D.)

- Rather variable in aspect ; 12-20 inches long, more or less ligneous, and more or —

less erect or diffuse : but i ble by its pale green foliage, the leaves very patent

and distant, rigid pubescence, and long, subspicate racemes of canescent flow- _

ers. Leaves 1-2 inches apart: the common petiole robust, 4—} inch long. Leaflets —

varying from 3 to 7 lines long, and from narrow-obovate to lanceolate-linear. Raceme—

occupying } of the peduncle, which is eventually 6-7 inches long.

inch long. pire gee es

70. I. heterotricha (DC. Prod. 2. p. 227) ; suffrutio stem

190 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) (Indigofera.

branches and peduncles densely set with horizontal, rigid, gland-tipped

bristles ; leaves scattered, 4-6 jugate ; leaflets (small) cuneate-obovate,

obtuse, thick, pale, often complicate, rigidly strigillose and glandular,

the terminal sessile ; stipules subulate ; racemes subspicate, on long

petioles, much longer than the leaves, laxly many flowered; calyx seg-

ments subulate ; petals puberulous; legumes terete, acute, pendulous,

strigillose and glandularly setose, several seeded. Burch. Cat. No. 2635.

Zey.! 482.

Var. ? 8. Eckloni; pubescence and bristles more scanty ; leaflets broader and

more open, margined with stipitate glands; peduncles shorter. J. heterotricha,

E. § Z. 1619. (Specimens in very bad condition ).

Has. Interior of S. Africa, Burchell. Magalisberg, Burke ¢ Zeyher! Pappe, «8.

ged ea Miss Owen/ Var. 8. Konab and Kat River, Z. ¢ Z. (Hb. Bth.,

Root thick and woody. Stems numerous, erect, 6-12 inches high, subsimple or

branched from below, rigid, densely gland-bristled, pale green. Leaves subdistant,

the common petiole 1-14 inch long. Leaflets 2-3 lines long, 1-14 wide, usually

folded together. Peduncles 5-6 inches long, the raceme occupying 2-3 inches from

the extremity ; pedicels scarcely 1 line long. Legumes 3 inch long, about 8 seeded,

ing or pendulous, : os brown. Ecklon’s specimens are in very bad order,

without flowers, and much broken ; they may possibly belong to a distinct but allied

species. Burchell’s 2157, 2432, 2526, 2538, and 2637, seem to be states of this

species.

71. I. sordida (Benth. in Herb.) ; suffruticose, erect ; stem, branches,

peduncles, petioles, leaflets and calyx densely covered with shortly-stalked

glands, and also strigillose; leaves scattered, petioled, 4-8 jugate, erect;

leaflets obovate, obtuse, complicate, strigillose and glandular ; stipules

subulate, recurved ; racemes elongate, on long peduncles, several times

longer than the leaves; calyx segments lanceolate ; petals glandular ;

legumes ...% Zey./ 480, 483.

Has. Aapjies River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Root thick and woody. Stems numerous, 12-18 inches high, half herbaceous,

terete, subsimple or branched from below, distantly leafy. Every part of the plant

covered with gland tipped short bristles. Common petiole 2-3 inches long, the pairs

of leaflets 3-4 lines apart. Leaflets dull dark green, 4~5 lines long, 2—3 lines wide.

Peduncles and racemes 6-8-10 inches long. Flowers small and dull. Legumes

unknown. A taller and more robust plant than J. heterotricha, much more thickly

and equally glandular, with shorter and more uniform glands.

7 6. UNIJUGZ (Sp. 72-76).

i. tetragonoloba Mey. Comm. p. 106); “ suffruticose, gla-

brescent ; leaves Sees Giislinice the petiole — the lateral leaf-

lets ; leaflets obovate-oblong, strigillose beneath, the terminal larger, on

a long petiole ; racemes subspicate, on long peduncles, at length very

long, incurved, filiform ; flowers minute, vexillum strigillose; legumes

torulose, somewhat foursided, curved, thinly strigillose, pendulous, 8—12

seeded.” —#, Mey. l. c.

Has. Among shrubs at the mouth of the Omsamculo, and between Omcomas and

Port Natal, Drege.

Only known to me by a very imperfect fragment in Herb. Sond.

73. I. intermedia (Harv.); suffruticose, ascending, thinly strigoso-

canescent; branches angular; leaves on longish petioles, pinnately-

trifoliolate ; leaflets narrow-oblong or sublanceolate, setaceo-mucronate,

Indigofera. } LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 191

canescent, thinly strigillose, the terminal petioled ; stipules setaceo-

subulate ; racemes subspicate,on long peduncles, many flowerod ; flowers

pedicellate ; bracts lanceolate, deciduous ; calyx pilose, its segments subu-

late ; petals glabrous ; legumes terete, acute, deflexed, strigillose, many

seeded. J. amoena, £. Mey. Comm. p. 106.

Has. Ebenezer, Drege! (Herb. Benth.)

A rather slender, spreading suffrutex, with weak, straggling, long, little divided

branches. Leaves an inch or two apart. Petioles uncial, the terminal leaflet 1-2

lines removed from the lower pair. Leaflets 4? inch long, 2-3 lines broad, acute

or obtuse at each end, thinly canescent. Peduncles 4—5 in long ; pedicels 1 line

long. Flowers purple. Legumes 1-14 inch long. Very like J. heterophylla, but

the common petiole is more sensibly prolonged beyond the pair of leaflets. It is

much less woody than J. amoena, with narrower stipules and bracts, smaller flowers

and longer pedicels.

74, I. amoena (Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. p. 68); shrubby, erect ; branches

angular, subcanescent ; leaves on longish petioles, pinnately trifoliolate,

leaflets elliptic-oblong or obovate, mucronulate, pale underneath, thinly

strigillose on both sides; stipules lanceolate, adnate; spikes on long

peduncles, densely many flowered, elongating ; flowers subsessile ; bracts

broadly ovate, acuminate, deciduous; calyx pilose, its lobes broadly

subulate ; petals glabrous ; legumes terete, acute, pendulous. DC. Prod.

2. p.224 (excl. syn. Thunb.) Jacg. Schoenb. t,234. HE. § Z./ 1569.

Has. Brackfontein, Clanw., E. ¢ Z.! Cape, Dr. Thom. (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

Robust, woody, erect, 2-3 feet high, thinly clothed with very minute, appre

pale rigid hairs. Petioles nearly uncial, the terminal leaflet a line or two distant

from the lower pair. Leaflets 3 inch long, 4~5 lines broad, obtuse, shortly mucro-

nate. Peduncles 5-6 inches long, gradually lengthening as the flowers open ; im-

mature inflorescence cylindrical. Bracts broad, hispid, suddenly cuspidate-acumi-

nate. Flowers purple. I have not seen legumes.

75. I. argyroides (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 106); annual, stri anes-

cent; stem diffuse a suberect, angular ; leaves on lo petioles,

pinnately bi-trifoliolate ;. leaflets rhomboid-obovate or ovate, mucronu-

late, the terminal petiolate, much larger than the lateral ; racemes spi-

cate, subsessile, shorter than the leaf, densely flowered; calyx white

hairy, its segments acuminate ; petals glabrous; legumes crowded, de-

flexed, terete-subcompressed, slightly curved, albo-pilose, several seeded.

Haz, Muddy banks of the Gariep, 200f., Drege. Namaqualand, 4. Wyley, Esq.

(Herb. Bth., D.) a ee

Branches flexuous, angularly compressed. Petiole uncial, prolonged 3-4 lines

youd tho firet pair of Inalietl. Lateral leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines wide ; ter-

minal 6-10 lines long, 5-8 lines wide, flat, pale green above, white beneath, thinly

covered on both sides with appressed, white hairs. Peduncles 4-1 uncial, 10-15

flowered. Flowers small. Legumes scarcely uncial. In Mr. Wyley’s specimens

one of the lateral leaflets is frequently absent.

polycarpa (Benth. ! in Herb. Hook.) ; shrubby, densely and

of eat Tones vinnste trifolilate leaflets lanceolate-

oblong, tomentose and villous, the terminal petioled ; stipules lanceolate,

longer than the petiole ; flowers axillary, in pairs, pedicellate ; calyx

segments setaceo-subulate ; legumes short, 2-3 seeded, tomentose. —

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk., D.) : eave

A much ieonsied, auabby, but slender bush, densely clothed in all parts with

192 | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) (Indigofera.

pale tomentum, mixed with longer, soft hairs. Leaves closely set. Leaflets 4-5

lines long. Pedicels 1-2 lines long. Legumes 3 lines long. Differs in inflorescence

_ from all the other Cape species.

7- PRODUCT (Sp. 77-100).

77. I. fulerata (Harv.) ; suffruticose, ascending, nearly glabrous ;

branches terete; leaves on long petioles, bijugate; leaflets elliptical or

obovate-oblong, mucronulate, one nerved, glabrous, glaucous beneath,

the terminal long-petioled; stipules large, membranous, lanceolate; ra-

cemes on long peduncles, laxly many flowered; bracts large, membra-

nous, enclosing the buds, deciduous ; calyx open, shortly 5 toothed ;

petals puberulous ; legumes straight, subterete with prominent sutures,

narrow, acute at each end, glabrous, many seeded. Zey. 496.

Has. At the 24 Rivers, Gelustwaard, Zeyher. Dec. (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

1-2 feet high or more, woody at base, herbaceous upwards, ascending-suberect ;

branches curved, finely striate, not angular. Common petiole 2-23 inches long, the

first pair of leaflets an inch or more from the base, the others }-1 inch apart. Leaf-

lets nearly inch long and about half inch wide, dark when dry, the under surface

blueish. Stipules 4 inch long, 2 lines wide, withering. Peduncles 6-8 inches

mg ; pedicels 2-24 lines long, erect, 1-2 lines apart. Bracts broadly ovate or sub-

rotund-acuminate, falling off on the opening of the buds. Calyx 4 line long. Petals

purple, 5~6 lines long, thinly downy. Legumes at least 2 inches long, 1 line wide,

callous pointed, dark brown. A very distinct species, with stipules unlike any other

of this section. It seems most allied to J. amoena, but the leaves are constantly bi-

jugate, and there are other differences,

78. I. cytisoides (Thunb. Prod. 13 3); shrubby, robust, erect ; branches

angular, subcanescent ; leaves subsessile, bijugate ; leaflets stipellate,

obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, midribbed, pale beneath, thinly

strigilloso-canescent on both sides, the terminal petiolate, rather larger ;

stipules broadly subulate, stipellz setaceo-subulate ; racemes erect, longer _

than the leaf, cylindrical, densely flowered, elongating; bracts broadly

ovate, deciduous ; calyces silky, the lobes subulate, acuminate ; petals —

minutely silky; legumes erect, tereti-quadrangular, subtorulose, thinly

canescent. Zhunb./ Fl. Cap. p. 598. DC. Prod. 2, p. 230. Jacq. Schoenb.

t. 235. Bot. Mag. t. 742. E. & Z.! No. 1598.

Has. Sides of Watercourses, &c. Common round Table Mountain and Hott.

Hollandsberg. _(Herb. Th., D., &c.)

A tall, strong-growing, gee A much branched and densely leafy shrub ; branches

i rown bark, thinly covered with whitish hairs. Com-

flat, or with slightly recurved - Racemes 3-6 inches long, on short peduncles,

dense. Flowers purple or pink, 4-5 Jines long, erect. 1 os 14 inch long, sub-

contracted between the seeds, pale greyish.

pair of leaflets; leaflets obovate, mucronulate, flat, glaucous, minutely

puberulent, becoming glabrous; stipules minute, deciduous; racemes

erect, scarcely longer than the leaf, lazly several flowered ; bracts

minute, subulate, deciduous ; calyx canescent, very open, obsoletely and

bluntly 5—toothed ; petals silky ; legumes spreading or pendulous, terete,

corrugated, glabrous, many-seeded. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 598. DC. Prod.

2,p. 220, H.§ Z.! 1597. E. Mey. Comm. p- 103.

Indigofera. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 193

Olifant’s River, Worcest., and Clanw., 7. § Z./ Barnskloof, H. Hutton! Draken-

Deed Kloof, Cederberg and the Giftberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Bth.,

“9 ”? . -

A tall, strong, leafy shrub ; the younger parts microscopically silky, the older be-

coming glabrous, and pale, blueish-green, Common petiole 2-4 inches long, the

‘pairs of leaflets 4-3 inch apart, the terminal at least } inch beyond the last pair.

Leaflets 4-$ inch long, 4-6 lines wide, thickish, flat, with wholly immersed or obso-

lete veins. Racemes elongating, the flowers 2-3 lines apart on pedivels 2-3 lines long.

Calyx remarkably open and subtruncate, repand-toothed. Legumes 14-1} inch long,

somewhat 4-angled, with very convex valves, spongy and chambered within,

wrinkled.

80. I. cylindrica (DC. Prod 2, p. 225); suffruticose, erect ; branches

angular, hispidulous; leaves laxly 4—5-jugate, the common petiole

slightly channelled, stipellate ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, glabrescent

above, paler and minutely strigillose beneath, the terminal petioled ;

stipules small, subulate; racemes on long peduncles, densely many-

Jlowered, elongating ; bracts minute, subulate ; calyces puberulous, very

open, shortly and bluntly 5—-toothed ; petals puberulous ; legumes spread-

ing, straight, cylindrical, 8-1o seeded, glabrous, the sutures not pro-

minent. L. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 103. Burch.! 6954.

- Has. Banks of the Basche River, Drege/ Port Natal, Gueinzius/ 289. (Herb.

Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Has. Among shrubs on mountain sides. Near Tulbagh, Heerelogement, and (ain 5 Kosi

BeyL INO. AT]. .

Has. Rocky places near Aapjes River and Magalisberg, Burke and Zeyher, Pappe,

26. (Herb, Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) x

Procumbent or depressed, much-branched, with copious, soft, pale pubescence.

Leaves 1} inch long, of several pair, the lowest pair near the base of the |

petiole. Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, green and nearly glabrous above,

fulvous and softly hairy beneath. Peduncles 2-3 inches long, the upper half flori-

ferous, Flowers purple, 3 lines long. Legumes about 8 seeded, } inch long, or

rather more, with a hard, sharp, black point. “

i ee ;

194 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [lndigofera.

83. I. hirsuta (Linn. Sp. 1062); herbaceous, erect, densely and

softly hairy ; branches angular ; leaves short-petioled, 4-6—jugate, the

common petiole gland-stipelled; leaflets elliptic-oblong, subobtuse,

mucronulate, villous on both sides, the terminal petioled ; stipules

setaceo-subulate, long; racemes subspicate, on long, hirsute peduncles,

densely many-flowered ; bracts minute; calyces hirsute, the segments

subulate-acuminate ; legumes short, turgid, mucronate, deflexed, densely

hirsute, few-seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p. 228. Burm. Zeyl. t. 14. Lam. Ill. t.

626. I. astragalina, DC. l. c.

Has. Mohlamba Range, Natal, 5—6o000f., Dr. Sutherland. (Herb. Hook.)

Stem one or two feet high ; the whole plant densely clothed with long, soft, pale

hairs. Leaves 14-2 inches long, closely set. Leaflets 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines wide.

Flowers small, closely set, subsessile, on peduncles 4-6 inches long. Legumes

strongly deflexed, imbricating, very hairy with dark or blackish hairs. A common

plant in tropical Asia and Africa.

84. I. eriocarpa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 103) ; shrubby, erect, hoary,

and hirsute ; leaves 5—6-jugate, the common petiole filiform, gland-sti-

pelled ; leaflets petiolulate, elliptic-oblong or sublanceolate, mucronate,

_ thinly canescent, the terminal petiolate ; stipules subulate-acuminate,

long ; spikes on long, rigid peduncles, densely many-flowered ; bracts

minute, setaceous; calyces hirsute, the segments long, setaceo-subulate

and ciliate; petals silky ; legumes crowded, horizontal, short, turgid,

and densely cinereo-hirsute.

Var. 8. Williamsoni; more glabrous; branches villoso-pubescent; leaflets ob-

ovate-oblong, glabrous above, thinly silky-subcanescent beneath ; calyx pubescent,

the segments subulate-acuminate.

Has. Hills round Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius. Coast land near Natal, 1000f.,

Dr. Sutherland, (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

1-3 feet high, suffruticose or quite shrubby, robust and much-branched : the whole

plant clothed with spreading, whitish, rather rough, short hairs. Leaves densely

crowded on the more shrubby specimens, patent ; the common petiole 24-3 inches

long. Leafiets horizontal, variable in width and in the bluntness and acuteness of

the ends, about d inch long. Spikes nearly twice as long as the leaves, cylindrical,

hairy. Flowers purple, 3-4 lineslong. Legumes not } inch long, 3-4 seeded. Var.

B. may possibly be a species, but no perfect specimens of it have yet been seen ; it |

grows about Port Natal, and is in Herb. T.C.D. and Benth.

85. I. velutina (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 104); suffruticose, decwmbent,

softly pubescent ; leaves 6-8—jugate, the common petiole filiform, gland-

stipelled ; leaflets elliptical, mucronulate, thinly pilose or glabrous. above,

pubescent or villous beneath, the terminal petioled; stipules long,

subulate-acuminate ; racemes subspicate, elongating, on long peduncles;

calyx hirsute, its lobes acuminate ; petals downy ; ovary white-hairy ;

legumes? Krauss! 373.

Has. At the mouth of a small stream not far from the Omsamcaba, Drege. Coast

land near Natal. Dr. Krauss, Gueinzius. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Very like J. eriocarpa, but the stems are procumbent and scarcely suffruticose,

6-12 — — rising from a woody root. Petioles 2~3 inches long, cad

of lea es apart. Leaflets exact i 2 e8

Vide. Poduucle 3k eke igs eee ee ee

86, I. grata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 103); shrubby, much-branched,

“ flexuoso-erect,” branches curved, thinly canescent ; leaves 5-jugate,

the common petiole filiform, minutely gland-stipelled ; leaflets linear-

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS/ (Harv.) 195

oblong, mucronulate, strigilloso-canescent on each side, the terminal

petiolate ; stipules subulate, patent; racemes shorter than the leaves,

laaly few-flowered ; bracts small, lanceolate ; calyces canescent, the seg-

ments setaceo-subulate ; petals puberulous ; legumes... . ?

Has. Mouth of the Omsamculo, Drege. (Herb. Hk., Bth.)

A woody and twiggy, pale grayish small shrub. Leaves densely set. Common

petiole 1-1} inch long, the pairs of leaflets 2 lines apart. Stipules 1-2 lines long,

remarkably patent. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 13 line wide, greyish. Racemes sub-

sessile, 8—10 flowered ; scarcely an inch long.

87. I. melanadenia (Benth. ! in Herb.) ; suffruticose, diffuse, much-

branched ; branches flexuous, patent, tomentoso-canescent ; leaves hori-

zontal, subsessile, 3-4—jugate, the common petiole gland-stipelled ; leaf-

lets elliptic-oblong, subcomplicate, silky-canescent beneath, the terminal

petioled ; stipules subulate, deciduous, the axil multi-glandular ; ra-

cemes shortly pedunculate, deflexed, little longer than the leaf, pluri-

flowered ; calyx hirsute, its segments subulate; petals . .°?; legumes

very short, turgid, villoso-hirsute, 2-3 seeded. Zey./ No. 481.

e uae Doornkop, Betchuanaland, Burke § Zeyher, Pappe, 27. (Herb. Hk., Bth.,

‘Apparently prostrate, the branches spreading to all sides and angularly bent ; the

whole plant more or less canescent with soft hairs, Leaves remarkably patent,

uncial, with a pulvinate cluster of dark-brown glands in place of stipules, and smaller

tufts of similar glands as stipella between the leaflets. Leaflets 2-3 lines long, 14

wide, generally folded together. Flowers not seen. The fruit peduncles are as long

or twice as long as the leaves. Legumes 3-4 lines long, very turgid and hairy ; like

those of J. ertocarpa.

88. I. varia (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 104); suffruticulose, effuse, very

slender, piloso-strigose ; leaves 2-4 jugate, short-petioled ; leaflets ob-

long, mucronate, thinly pilose, the terminal petioled, the lower smaller;

peduncles capillary, longer than the leaf, distantly few-flowered ; flowers

minute ; calyx-lobes subulate; petals pubescent ; legume subcom-

pressed, straight, 5—6 seeded, pilose. F

Has. Basche River, Drege. (Herb. Sond.)

Only known to me by a fragment in Herb. Sonder.

89. I. cryptantha (Benth. ! in Herb.); shrubby, erect, much-branched,

thinly strigillose ; branches angular and furrowed ; leaves petiolate,

5-8 jugate ; leaflets linear-sublanceolate (rarely subalternate), or narrow-

oblong obovate, acute or subobtuse, often folded, microscopically stri-

gillose beneath, the terminal petioled; stipules minute or obsolete ;

racemes subsessile, shorter than the leaf, laxly several-flowered ; bracts

subulate, flowers small; calyx teeth short ; petals downy; legumes

moniliform-torulose, much constricted between the seeds, 4-5 seeded.

Has. Crocodile River, Burke § Zeyher! 473. Coast land, Natal, Dr. Sutherland.

(Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) ;

A much-branched, leafy, erect shrub, turning dark in drying. Leaves 14-2 inches

long ; the pairs of leaflets 2 lines apart. Leaflets -} inch long, 1-2 lines wide.

Flowers small, hidden among the dense leaves. Legumes almost jointed, glabrescent.

Allied to I. tinctoria., bee

90. I. micrantha (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 104) ; shrubby, erect, much-

branched, subglabrous ; twigs terete, pale; leaves 4-5 jugate, short-

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196. LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [Indigofera.

petioled, leaflets broadly obovate, obtuse, thin, pale, and microscopically

strigillose beneath, the terminal petioled and largest; stipules obsolete ;

racemes very slender, laxly few-flowered, scarcely longer than the

leaves ; bracts and flowers very minute ; calyx’ glabrescent, shortly 5-

toothed ; petals puberulous ; legumes subcompressed, straight, glabrous,

many-seeded.

Has. Between Omtendo and Omsamculo, at the edges of the wood, Drege. Port

Natal, Dr. Sutherland, Gueinzius. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

A slender, but woody shrub, with many branches, and filiform, curved twigs, with

a pale bark, nearly glabrous in all parts. Common petiole 1-14 inch long, minutely

gland-stipelled ; the pairs of leaflets 2-3 lines apart. Leaflets 3-5 lines long, 2-4 lines

wide, the terminal largest, the rest successively smaller, the lowest not 2 lines long,

dark-green above, glaucous-grey beneath. Racemes 1-2 inches long, very slender.

Bracts } line long, subulate, subpersistent. Flowers 1 line long. Legumes nearly

inch long, 1 line wide, black, linear.

91. I. pauciflora (E. & Z.! aoe ; suffruticose, slender, (diffuse ?)

thinly strigillose ; branches terete ; leaves subsessile, 3-4-jugate ; leaf-

lets (small) elliptic-oblong, mucronulate, thinly substrigillose above,

rigidly strigose beneath, the terminal petioled; stipules setaceo-subu-

late, long; racemes on filiform peduncles scarcely longer than the

leaves, laxly few-flowered; bracts minute ; calyx segments setaceo-subu-

late ; petals puberulous; legumes short, curved, subcompressed, acute,

strigilloso-canescent. :

Has. Among shrubs on the mounts. near Eland’s River, Uit., FE. & Z./ (Herb. Sd.)

T have only seen two small branches, in bad preservation. The whole plant is thinly,

but rigidly, strigose, with appressed, white, middle-fixed hairs. Common petiole

scarcely inch long ; the pair of leaflets 2 lines apart. Leaflets 24-3 lines long, 1-14

line wide, flat. Raceme 5-8 flowered, 1~1} inch long: peduncle setaceous. Flow-

ers 2 lines long. Unripe legume 4 lines long, 4 line wide.

92. I. seticulosa (Harv.); suffruticose, slender, erect, whitish, the

filiform branches and twigs, peduncles, and petioles covered with short,

gland-tipped, rigid, horizontally-patent bristles ; leaves petiolate, 3-4-ju-

gate ; leaflets (minute) oblong, pubescent above, rigidly strigose beneath,

the terminal petioled; stipules setaceo-subulate ; racemes on filiform,

patent peduncles, equalling the leaves, laxly few-flowered ; bracts

minute; calyx strigose, its segments shortly subulate; petals puberu-

lous; legumes terete, subtorulose, straight, acute, 5-8 seeded, thinly

strigillose and sprinkled with glandular bristles.

Has. Uncertain, Armstrong. (Herb. Hooker.)

Apparently an erect, very slender, much-branched plant, densely sprinkled in

most parts with rigid, glandular sete, } line in length: the bark pale or whitish.

Common petiole } inch long. Leaflets 1-2 lines long, 4 line wide. Racemes scarcely

inch long. Flowers 2 lines long. 4—} inch long, brown, with white ap-

pressed hairs and erect bristles. The habitat of this is quite uncertain, and possibly

it may not be 8. African. In its remarkable pubescence it is allied to I. heterotricha

and J. sordida, but is very different in other respects.

93. I. adenocarpa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 105); suffruticose, erect, white

with appressed, rigid hairs, much-branched, the twigs spreading, rigid ;

leaves long-petioled, 3—-4-jugate ; leaflets obovate, submucronulate, often

complicate, subdistant, the terminal petioled; stipules subulate ; ra-

cemes shortly peduncled, longer than the leayes, patent, laxly many-

I ndigofera.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 197

flowered ; the peduncle becoming rigid after flowering ; bracts subulate,

flowers subsessile ; calyx-lobes subulate ; petals hairy ; legumes terete,

straight, strigilloso-canescent, gland-dotted, spreading or deflexed.

Has. Hills by the Gariep, 300-800f., Drege. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

The whole plant is very white with rigid strigillose pubescence. Branches spread-

ing widely. Common petiole 1} inch long, with two reflexed, broadly-subulate sti-

pules at base. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, about 2 lines wide. Racemes in flower 3,

in fruit 5 inches long. Flowers 2 lines long. Legumes 1-1} inch long, scarcely

1 line wide, slightly constricted between the seeds.

94. I. Burkeana (Benth. ! in Herb.); suffruticose, erect, rigid, stri- —

goso-canescent ; branches ribbed and furrowed ; leaves subsessile, 3-4

jugate ; leaflets linear-oblong or subcuneate, subacute, wavy, silky-canes-

cent on both sides, the terminal petioled; stipules small, subulate ; ra-

cemes on long, rigid, furrowed peduncles, subspicate, densely many-

flowered ; calyx-segments subulate ; petals glabrous; legumes terete,

with prominent sutures, straight, deflexed, thinly canescent, many-

seeded. Zey. / 476.

Has. Magalisberg, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Many-stemmed, 12-14 inches high, chiefly branched from the base ; branches

erect and subsimple. Leaves about an inch apart ; leaflets 4-3 inch long, 1-2 lines

wide, the terminal shortly petioled. Peduncles 5—6 inches long, after flowering be-

coming very rigid. Flowers closely crowded, pinky-purple, 3 lines long. Legumes

1-1 inch long, slightly rugulose, 12-14 seeded. The whole plant is very pale, whitish-

green, harsh to the touch and rigid.

95. I. macra (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 105); suffruticose, erect, much-

branched, thinly strigillose; twigs terete; leaves 3-4-jugate, leaflets

linear-sublanceolate, subobtuse, strigillose beneath, the terminal short-

petioled ; stipules minute, recurved, subulate; racemes on long pedun-

cles, laxly subspicate ; bracts minute ; calyx shortly 5—toothed ; petals

glabrous ; legumes terete, with prominent sutures, straightish, minutely

strigillose, 16-20 seeded. .~

Has. Banks of the River Basche, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd,) i

Woody below, slender, laxly-branched, with subdistant leaves. Common petiole

1-14 inch long, the pairs of leaflets about 3 lines apart. Leaflets $ inch long, 1 line

wide, very pale green. Racemes 3-4 inches long. Flowers small and pale. Legumes

14-13 inch long, pale ochraceous. This has much of the general aspect of I. parvi-

flora, but differs in inflorescence, calyx, &c.

96. I. disticha (E. & Z.! 1623); suffruticose, diffuse, thinly strigil-

lose, subeanescent ; branches flexuous, distichous, angular ; leaves short-

petioled, 2~3-jugate, leaflets elliptic-oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse,

mucronulate, flat, one-nerved, thinly strigilloso-canescent on both sides,

the terminal petiolate; stipules minute, subulate ; racemes spicate on

long peduncles, gradually elongating, and laxly many-flowered ; flowers

subsessile, bracts minute ; calyx canescent, its segments short, acute ;

petals externally pubescent; legumes subterete, bluntly-angular, straight,

very acute, thinly strigilloso-canescent. J. Hnonensis, H.M.Comm. p. 105.

Has. Among shrubs on mountain sides. Bothasberg, near Hermanskraal and

at the Fish River, FE. ¢ Z./ Albany, 7. Williamson! Dr. Alexander Prior! Mrs. F,

W. Barber! Near Enon, Drege. (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.) : .

Scarcely erect, ascending or trailing, very laxly branched, slender ; the branches

long and subsimple, distichous. Pubescence very short, thinly and equally spread.

198 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) (Indigofera.

Leaves mostly bijugate, sometimes trijugate, the common petiole scarcely uncial ;

the pairs 2-3 lines apart, the terminal leaflet 1} line distant. Leaflets 7-10 lines long,

2-4 lines wide, elliptical or oblong. Peduncles at first not twice as long as the leaf,

afterwards much longer. Unopened buds silvery. Legumes 1-1} inch long, with

a sharp, hard point, '

97. I. parviflora (Heyne, Wall. Cat. 5457); annual, erect, much-

branched, thinly strigillose; branches angular and furrowed; leaves

2—4-jugate, leaflets linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, strigillose beneath,

the terminal petioled ; stipules small, subulate ; racemes sessile, spicate,

shorter than the leaf; bracts minute; calyx-segments subulate ; petals

glabrous; legumes subterete, with prominent sutures, falcate at the

point, minutely strigillose, 16-20 seeded, W. & A. Prod. Ind. Or. 1. p"

201. I. deflexa, Hochst. Pl. Kotschy, Nub. No. 14. Schimp, Abyss. 1467

Has. Vetrivier, Burke § Zeyher! 475. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A tall annual, 2 feet or more high, woody at base, many-stemmed, branching,

pale yellow-green, glabrescent or very thinly covered with rigid, appressed strige.

Leaves an inch or more apart ; petiole 1-2 inches long. Leaflets 4—5 lines apart,

2-4 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, very pale. Racemes sometimes very short and few-

flowered ; sometimes longer, always sessile. Flowers small. Legumes pale-ochra-

ceous, thin in substance, with very delicate partitions between the seeds, the extrem-

ity usually curved upwards, acute. A native of India and North Africa.

98. I. filipes (Benth. in Herb.) ; annual, slender, erect, branching,

thinly strigillose ; branches angular and furrowed ; leaves subsessile,

3-4 jugate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute, strigillose beneath, the

terminal petioled; stipules small, subulate ; racemes on long, filiform

peduncles, laxly few flowered ; bracts subulate, minute ; calyx-segments

subulate ; petals thinly downy ; legumes ?

Has, Caledon River, Burke, Zeyher ! 472. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen / (Herb.

Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Very slender, 12-18 inches high, with many erect, laxly leafy branches. Leaves

an inch apart ; the common petiole about an inch long, bearing the first pair of leaf-

lets near its base, the other pairs 3-4 lines apart. Leaflets 7 inch long, not a line

wide, acute at each end. Peduncles setaceous, 2-3 inches long, with a very few

small flowers near the apex ; pedicels 1-2 lines long. This has the habit of J. macra

and J. parviflora.

99. I. declinata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 104) ; suffruticose, decumbent,

sparsely strigillose ; branches angular ; leaves 5-7 jugate, the common

petiole channelled, exstipellate; leaflets obovate-oblong, mucronulate,

glabrous above, thinly strigillose beneath, the terminal shortly petioled ;

stipules subulate ; racemes on long peduncles, elongating, rather lax ;

bracts very minute; calyx-segments subulate ; petals pubescent ; le-

gumes compressed, subfaleate, glabrous, pendulous.

Has. mountain places bet Keurebooms Ri d th Kloof,

ge! (ish. Bak} P ween Keurebooms River and the Lange 7

have only seen a small branch of Drege’s plant. Petioles 1} inch long, the pairs

of leaflets 13 lines apart. Leaflets 3-4 lines seage line wide. ohaiens 2 times

as long as the leaf ; pedicels scarcely 1 line long, nodding. Petals not seen. Calyces

white hairy. Unripe legumes nearly an inch long, § line wide, curved upwards at

the point. Burchell’s No. 7907, without flowers, seems to belong to this species.

100. I. humifusa (E. & Z. ! 1622); suffruticose, diffuse or pipers

bent, nearly glabrous, pale ; branches terete ; leaves long-petioled, 5-6

Indigofera.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 199

jugate ; leaflets petiolulate, narrow-obovate, obtuse or acute, glabrous

or thinly pilose beneath, the terminal petioled ; stipules small, ovate

or falcato-lanceolate, recurved ; racemes on very long peduncles, laxly

many flowered; bracts lanceolate ; calyces glabrescent, the teeth subu-

late; petals minutely downy ; legumes terete, straight, pendulous, gla-

brous. J. calva, H. Mey. Comm. p. 104.

Has. Winterhoeksberg, near Tulbagh, Z. § Z./ Pappe! (Skurfdeberg, Zeyher !

492. (Herb. D., Bth., Hk., Sd.)

A slender, glabrous and very pale, yellowish-green, almost herbaceous species ;

“erect” according to E. Meyer, but the specimen from Drege, in Hb. Benth. has the

same trailing habit of those of Ecklon and Zeyher, from which our description is

more especially drawn. Common petiole 13-3 inches long, the first pair of leaflets

at least } inch from the base, the rest 2-3 lines apart. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, ob-

tuse or acute, sometimes almost lanceolate. Peduncles 6-8 inches long, in fruit

erect ; pedicels 1-2 lines long. Legumes 1} inch long, subtorulose, dark brown,

8. ALTERNIFOLLE (Sp. 101-107).

101. I. exigua (E. Mey. Comm. p. 108, non E. & Z.); “ fruticulose,

ascending; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 9-16, alternate or irregularly sub-

opposite, sublinear, obtuse, sparingly strigillose ; fruiting racemes much

longer than the leaves, on long, incurved peduncles; legumes subterete,

straight, substrigillose, pendulous.” —Z. Mey. l. ¢.

Has. Under Bokkeveld, between Waterfall and Grasbergrivier, Drege.

102. I. endecaphylla (Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 570) ; herbaceous, procum-

bent or prostrate, thinly sérigillose or subglabrous ; leaves pinnate ; leaf-

lets 7-11, alternate, obovate-oblong or linear-oblong, expanded, glau-

cescent, thinly strigillose beneath (sometimes on both sides) ; stipules

membranous, dimidiate, oblong acuminate ; racemes spicate, on peduncles

shorter than the leaves, densely many flowered ; calyx setaceo-subulate ;

petals glabrous; legumes subquadrangular-terete, slightly constricted

between the seeds, 8-10 seeded, pendulous, thinly strigillose. DC.

Prod. 2. p. 228. I. anceps, Vahl. DC. 1. c. Zey. ! 488.

Var. £. angustata; leaflets linear-oblong.

Has. Crocodile River, Burke ¢ Zeyher! 8. Port Natal, Gueinsius! 195, 283.

b. Hk., Bth., Sd. ;

bar native also of etait Africa. Root annual. Stems 6 inches to 2 feet long,

labrous or strigillose. Pubescence sometimes scanty. | Leaflets 5-10 lines long,

racy much in breadth, 2-4 lines wide ; sometimes drying pale, sometimes a dark

glaucous green. Flowers small. Legumes 1-1} inch long.

1 ternans (DC. Prod. 2. p.229); herbaceous, slender, prostrate,

albowgoubs ae titties: jenn pinnate; leaflets 7-11, alternate,

obovate or oblong, mucronulate, green and thinly strigillose or glabrous

above, albo-strigose beneath ; stipules subulate ; racemes spicate, densely

many flowered, on longish or short peduncles ; bracts minute 5 calyx

white, its segments setaceo-subulate ; petals hoary; legumes 6-8 seeded,

terete, slightly curved or straightish, pendulous, strigose. Burch. Cat.

2079, 1961, 1963. I. efusaand I. arenaria, EL. Mey.! Comm. p. 107. 4.

exigqua, E.& Z.11620. I. enneaphylla, £. § Z.! 1621. Zey.! No. 491, 486,

ee kee Tafelberg, Colesberg, Veltevrede and Ebenezer

i . , Colesberg, Vel e ,

oie 5 Per ne i reas

200 ‘LEGUMINOS (Harv.) (Indigofera.

Gamkeriver, Cradock, and Kamos, Zeyher 6 Burke! Queenstown district, and other

parts of the frontier, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 60, Zooloo Country, Miss Qwen! (Herb.

Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Root annual ? Stems many from the crown, prostrate, flexuous, slightly branched,

6-10 inches long, rather rigid. Pubescence variable, more or less canescent. Upper

surface of the leaflets sometimes quite glabrous, sometimes sparsely strigose, and

sometimes thinly but equably strigose ; never altogether hoary. Peduncles shorter

than the leaf, or twice as long. Flowers “pink, shaded with deep crimson, hand-

some,” H. B. Legumes 5-7 lines long. The characters attributed to J. effusa and

1. arenaria, E.M. are very variable ; even in Drege’s original specimens.

104. I. hololeuca (Benth.! in Herb.) ; herbaceous, slender, procum-

bent, wholly albo-strigose ; stems filiform ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets 7-9,

alternate, cuneate-obovate, mucronulate, densely cano-strigose on both

sides ; stipules subulate ; racemes spicate, on long peduncles, many

flowered, elongating ; bracts minute ; calyx white, its segments setacev-

subulate ; petals hoary ; legumes short, 4~5 seeded, subterete, straight,

pendulous, canescent. J. alternans, E. Mey. Comm. p. 104, non DC.

Has. Gariep, near Verleptpram, 300f., Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., D.)

Stems 1-2 feet long, terete, slender, subsimple, or branched near the base, prob-

ably prostrate, the habit resembling that of a Tribulus. Leaves 1-14 inch long ;

leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide. Flowering peduncles 3, fruiting 5 inches

long ; flowers small, subsessile. Legumes 4-5 lines long. Every part of the plant

is clothed with dense, white, appressed, short bristles, by which character and the

more diffuse habit it is known from J/. alternans.

105. I. daleoides (Benth. in Herb.) ; suffruticose, procumbent, albo-

hirsute ; branches flexuous, roughly hairy; leaves pinnate ; leaflets

9-15, elliptic-oblong, open or concave, albo-hirsute on both sides ; sti-

pules lanceolate ; racemes spicate, cylindrical, dense, hoary, on long

peduncles ; bracts minute ; calyx hirsute, its lobes setaceo-subulate ;

petals glabrous, small ; legumes (immature) terete, slightly curved,’

deflexed, several seeded, albo-hirsute. Burch.! Cat. 2 540. Zey.! 479.

Has. Magalisberg, Burke and Zeyher! Pappe, 31. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen?

(Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.

Stems robust, 2-3 feet long, spreading widely. Whole plant densely clothed with

loosely spreading, longer or shorter, white hairs ; the stems, peduncles and petioles

roughly villoso-hirsute. Leaves 1-1} inch long, patent. Leaflets 4-5 lines long,

2-3 wide. Peduncles 2-3 times as long as the leaves; the spike 1-14 inch long.

Calyces very hoary. Unripe legumes an inch long, ¢ line in breadth.

106. I. auricoma (E. Mey. Comm. p. 107); herbaceous, (annual ?),

procumbent, wholly albo-strigose ; stem knee-bent, angular ; leaves —

pinnate ; leaflets 4-7, alternate, oval-oblon , acute at each end, densely

albo-strigose on both sides, white beneath, yellowish-green above ; sti-

pules subulate ; racemes subspicate, on short peduncles ; bracts minute ;

calyx segments setaceo-subulate ; petals pubescent ; legumes subterete,

straight, canescent, pendulous.

Has. Stony hills near Verleptpram, Gariep, Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.)

Root scarcely fibrous, apparently annual, Stems many from the crown, 6-12

inches long or more, subsimple, very flexuous. Petioles 1-1} inch long. Leaflets

6-12 lines long, 3—5 lines wide, the terminal largest, acute or subobtuse and mucro-

nate. Peduncle shorter than the leaf; raceme longer, many flowered. Legumes

(unripe) 8-9 lines long, $ line diameter. This has longer leaflets than any of the

allied species : the leaflets are sometimes golden-greenish, and shiny on the upper

side ; sometimes white above as below.

Indigofera. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 201

107. I argyrea (E. & Z. 1595); suffruticose, prostrate, strigoso-

canescent ; branches flexuous, ramuli compressed ; leaves pinnate; leaf-

lets 3-5, alternate, obovate or cuneate, obtuse or mucronulate, albo-serice-

ous on both sides, paler beneath; stipules subulate; racemes nearly

sessile, few flowered ; bracts minute ; calyx canescent, its segments subu-

late; petals glabrous ; legumes 4-6 seeded, terete, subincurved, de-

flexed, strigilloso-canescent. J. Burchellii, E. Mey. Comm. p. 106. non

DC. Zey.! 485. I. collina, E. & Z. 1 1596.

Has. Stony places on mountain sides, near Silo; at Klipplaat River, and Zwarte-

key, H. § Z. Zwartbulletje and Great and Little Fish River, Drege/ Near Uiten-

hage, Dr. Alexander Prior! Orange River, Burke § Zeyher! Albany, Mrs. F. W.

Barber. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth., D.) -

Root woody. Stems many, prostrate, spreading every way, flexuous, distichously

much branched. Leaves 3-$ inch long. Leaflets 2-5 lines long, 1-3 wide, pale

green above, silvery white beneath, open or folded. Racemes usually a sessile,

rarely minutely pedunculate, 6--8 flowered. Flowers pink. Legumes 3--6 lines long.

Subgenus II. Amecarpus. Zegume plano-compressed, faleate or cir-

cinnate, the flat valves netted with veins, submembranous. (Sp. 108-114.)

108. I. (Amecarpus) patens (E. & Z. ! 1580); shrubby, rigid, divari-

cately much branched, the twigs thinly strigoso-canescent, at length

spinescent ; leaves sessile, trifoliolate; leaflets obovate-oblong or sub-

cuneate, obtuse or mucronate, often complicate, pale and thinly strigil-

lose beneath; stipules subulate; racemes much longer than the leaves,

many flowered, at length rigid and spinescent; calyx thinly strigose,

its segments shortly subulate ; petals pubescent ; legumes compressed,

falcate, 4-5 seeded, netted with veins, thinly pubescent, often contracted

between the seeds. J. melolobioides, Benth. gies

Has. Near Silo, Klipplaat River, 2. ¢ Z.! Brandkraal, Grahamstown, Zeyher !

Sand River, Burke & Zeyher ! 499. Dec. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

This seems chiefly to differ from J. sessilifolia, by the longer and fuller racemes,

and the more taper-pointed calyx segments. It may possibly be the same as coy ee

I. falcata, B. pubescens. Tt is more slender than J. sessilifolia. Leaflets 2-4 lines

long, 1-2 lines wide, often folded together, pale. Raceme finally 2-2} inches long.

Flowers small. Legume 14 inch long, 2 lines wide, strongly falcate.

109. I. (Amecarpus ?) faleata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 93); “ shrubby ;

branches flexuous, subrecurved; leaves subfasciculate, trifoliolate, on

very short petioles; leaflets obovate-cuneate, subretuse ; racemes much

longer than the leaf (and the twigs) patent, straight, at length spinescent ;

petals pubescent; legumes compressed, linear, subtorulose, falcate,

shining.” #. Mey. l.c. .

Van. a. glaberrima ; “whole plant, save the petals, quite glabrous.” £. Mey.

Var. f. pubescens; “all parts, save the upper surface of the leaflets, strigilloso-

pubescent.” E£. Mey. ee :

Has. Dry stony hills, round Platdrift. 8. same place, and near Bitterwater,

Rhinosterkopje and Klein Bruintjeshoogte, Drege. :

Of this I have only seen a fragment of var. a. in Hb, Benth., wanting both flow-

ers and fruit.

110. I. (Amecarpus) hedranophylla (E. & Z.! 1560); shrubby, the

branches flexuous, the younger minutely pubescent, at length pay 3

leaves subsessile; leaflets obovate, emarginate, coriaceous, nearly gla-

202 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) —_—[ Indigofera.

brous ; racemes abbreviate ; flowers? legumes compressed, falcate, 4-5

seeded, netted with veins, glabrous, sometimes sinuous between the

seeds,

Has. Among shrubs at Korabshoogde, and near Fort Beaufort, Brit. Kaffraria,

E.§Z.! (Herb. 8d.)

A very imperfect, almost leafless specimen only exists in Hb. Sond. More per-

fect specimens are required to establish the species.

111. I. (Amecarpus) sessilifolia (DC. Prod. 2, p. 23 1); shrubby,

rigid, divaricately much branched ; twigs canescent, at length spinous ;

leaves sessile, trifoliolate ; leaflets cuneate-obovate, emarginate, thinly

silky on one or both sides ; racemes subsessile, few flowered, as long or

twice as long as the leaves; calyx 5-toothed; petals canescent; legumes

compressed, faleate, 4-5 seeded, netted with veins, thinly pubescent.

EL. & Z.1 1559. Zey. 490.

Has. Mountains round Uitenhage, EF. § Z./ Gamke Riv., Zey./ Dwaka Riv.,

Burke. (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.) ie

A very scraggy, intricately branched, robust, spiny and sparsely leafy bush ; the

the younger parts canescent with short, silky, retail hairs. Sica 2-4 lines

long, the upper surface, except of the young leaflets, mostly glabrous. Racemes in

fruit sometimes uncial, in flower much shorter. Flowers small. Legumes 4-8

lines long, 2 lines wide, strongly falcate.

112. I. (Amecarpus) circinnata (Benth, in Herb.); shrubby, rigid,

uery spiny ; branches villoso-canescent, virgate ; spines axi , hori-

zontal ; leaves sessile, trifoliolate; leaflets (small) oblong-obovate, ob-

tuse or mucronulate, strigoso-canescent ; stipules setaceous ; racemes

very short, about two-flowered, the rachis sharply spinous ; calyx seg-

ments short, acute; petals pubescent ; legumes compressed, circularly

inflexed, with thick sutures, netted with veins, 3-4 seeded, thinly stri-

gose. ‘

Has. Magalisherg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.)

A small, canescent bush, bristling with patent, axillary spines—(abortive ramuli

and old, denuded rachides),—Spines fulvous, glabrous, $1 inch long. Leaflets 3-4

lines long, about 2 lines wide. Flowers small. Legumes curved round spirally in

a circle, till the apex touches or overlaps the base, pale brown. A very distinct

species,

113. I. (Amecarpus) torulosa (E. Mey. Comm. p. 105); suffruticose,

effuse, thinly strigoso-canescent ; leaves pinnate, 2-jugate, petiolate ;

leaflets oblong, mucronulate, strigoso-canescent beneath, the terminal

petioled ; stipules subulate; racemes subspicate, subsessile, in flower

equalling, in fruit exceeding the leaf ; flowers minute ; calyx-lobes

setaceo-subulate; petals pubescent ; legumes compressed, subfalcate,

canescent, 3 seeded: swollen at the seeds.

Has. Banks of the Basche River, and between Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege!

(Herb. Bth., Sd.)

Stem slender, subdistichously branched, probably prostrate. Common petiole 14

inch long, the lowest pair of leaflets 4 inch from its base. Leaflets 4-6 lines long,

14-2 lines wide, pale green and thinly strigulose above, whitish beneath. Racemes

1-2 inches long, dense. Legumes 4-5 lines long, curved upwards. Nearly allied to

J. senegalensis, but scarcely the same.

114. I. (Amecarpus) rhytidocarpa (Benth. in Herb.) ; annual, dif-

fuse, strigoso-setose ; leaves pinnately trifoliolate, petiolate ; leaflets

Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 203

linear-lanceolate, longer than the petiole, acute, flat, midribbed, setoso-

strigose, the terminal petioled ; stipules subulate ; racemes spicate, sub-

sessile, shorter than the leaf, several flowered ; calyx segments setaceo-

subulate, longer than the pubescent vexillum; legumes compressed,

falcate, strongly wrinkled, 4—5 seeded, hispid.

Has. Thaba Uncka and Vet Rivier, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth.)

Root subsimple, with few fibres. Stem much branched from near the base, the

branches angular, subsimple, spreading, 6-12 inches long, coarsely strigose. Petioles

4-5 lines long. Leaflets 14 inches long or more, 1-2 lines wide, strigose on both

sides, pale green. Flowers small, hidden among the leaves. Legumes $ inch long,

13 line wide, compressed between the seeds, curved upwards, pale,

XXXII. TEPHROSIA, Pers.

Calyx ebracteolate, campanulate, subequally 5-toothed or cleft. Ver-

illum suborbicular, large, patent, silky or villous externally ; ale ad-

hering to the carina. Stamens monadelphous or diadelphous. Qvary

multi-ovulate ; style filiform, glabrous or bearded. Zegume linear, com-

pressed, coriaceous, straight or curved, sessile or stipitate, continuous or

with partitions between the seeds: seeds compressed. Endl. Gen. 6 539.

DC. Prod. 2. p. 248. Apodynomene, E. Mey. ! Endl. No. 6538.

Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbs common throughout the tropics and subtropical

regions of both hemispheres. Leaves imparipinnate or digitate, rarely unifoliolate.

Stipules free. Stipellz none. Flowers racemose, on terminal, axillary, or lateral pe-

duncles, red, purple or white. Name from regpos, ashen ; because many of the spe-

cies have a grey or silvery pubescence. The Cape species are conveniently grouped

under two sections or subgenera, readily distinguished by their stipules and bracts.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Section 1. Eu-Tephrosia. Stipules 1-3 nerved, subulate. Bracts subulate, small,

persistent, (Sp. 1-16.)

Leaves digitate . 1. .... ie sss Gee cpnet dems wy, pe 10) A

Leaves pinnate: style glabrous.

Leaflets in several pairs.

Shrubs, or rigidly ligneous : . ?

Lfts. oblong-lanceolate, pale silky ... ... (2) suberosa.

Lfts. narrow-linear, green, pale ben .. (8) Kraussiana.

Suffrutices: stem erect or ascending : :

Ped. very short, scarcely any, awillary ... (4) stricta.

Ped. short, opposite the leaves ; whole plant

Ped. longer than the leaves and o te them :

Lfts. 2-4 pair, linear-lanceolate, long-

petioled ... ... +.» + _... (11) Dregeana,

me pair, cuneate-oblong, short-

Racemes densel sely many flowered oe (5) pallens.

Racemes interruptedly few flowered (6) semiglabra.

Ped. long ; terminal and axillary :

Lfts. cuneate-linear, pubescent beneath;

stem slender oa wee — .

Lfts. cuneate-oblong, pu nm e

beneath ; stem straight ..._... (9) polystachya.

Lfts. linear, green above, silvery white

(7) amoena.

beneath Soe eae (10) discolor. —

Suffrutices ; stem procumbent or trailing... ... (12) Capensis.

Leaflets in 1-2 pairs, linear-lanceolate (2-4 inches £.

long) ec 0:

204 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Tephrosia.

Leaves pinnate ; style bearded :

: Leafi.

linear-lanceolate, in 2-3 pairs secs Aerig) anida,

Leafi. linear-lanceolate, in 4-8 pairs xe Sived 908) (05) loperipos,

Leafl. elliptic-oblong, broad, in 2-5 pairs os (16) oblongifolia.

Section 2. Apodynomene. Stipules ovate, many nerved. Bracts ovate, spatha-

ceous, many nerved, enwrapping the young flower, deciduous. (Sp. 17-21.)

Erect suffrutices or small shrubs :

Calyx-lobes broad-based-subulate, taper-pointed ... (17) grandiflora.

Calyx-lobes, short, ovate, subacute... ... ........_ (18) glomeruliflora.

Procumbent or trailing suffrutices :

Stamens monadelphous ; style bearded :

Robust, pubescent ; Ifts. broadly elliptic-oblong (19) macropoda.

Slender, glabrous ; Ifts, cuneate-oblong .... ... (20) emula,

Stamens diadelphous ; style glabrous ; fl. small ... (21) diffusa.

1, Eu-Tephrosia. (Sp. 1-16.)

T. lupinifolia (DC. Prod. 2. p. 255); suffruticose, diffuse; stems,

petioles, young leaves and peduncles fulvo-hirsute; leaves on long pe-

tioles, palmately 5-foliolate, cuneate oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, mar-

gined, glabrous on the upper, hairy on the under surface ; stipules short,

broadly subulate, ribbed ; peduncles terminal and axillary, elongate,

distantly many-flowered ; flowers small, spicato-racemose ; legumes

compressed, fulvo-pubescent, about six-seeded ; style glabrous, Galega

lupinifolia, Burch. Cat. No. 2488. Zey.! No. 458.

Has. S. Africa, Burchell. Vaal and Mooje Rivers, Burke and Zeyher. (Herb,

Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

Stems 3-4 feet long, patently branched, flexuous, terete, densely clothed with

short, patent, rather rigid, foxy hairs, which also invest all the young portions. Pe-

duncles uncial, patent, or divaricate ; leaflets } inch long, 4 lines wide, thick and

opaque, obliquely nerve-striate, often complicate. Stipules 2-3 lines long. Pedun-

cles 6-12 inches long, racemose, the small shortly pedicellate ; flowers 13-1 inch

apart. Legumes foxy, 14-14 inch long, 14 line wide. Known from all other

8. African species by its digitate leaves.

2. T. suberosa (DC. Prod. 2, p. 249); a shrub, leaves shortly petio-

late, 8-10 jugate; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate or lanceolate, very pale,

silky-canescent on both surfaces, subacute, midribbed, the older reticu-

lately veiny ; stipules minute, deltoid ; peduncles terminal and axillary,

racemose, shorter than the leaves ; ealyx-teeth from a broad base, subu-

late ; style glabrous ; legumes fulvo-velutinous, 8-10 seeded, irregularly

constricted between the seeds. Zey/ 352. Pappe 35.

Has. Magalisberg, and near Aapges R., Burkeand Zeyher ! (Herb, Hk., D., Sd.)

ingly a large, strong-growing shrub. Twigs softly tomentose, with thickish,

corky, ribstriate bark. Leaves 4-6 inches long ; leaflets 1-14 inch long, 4—5 lines

wide, the young ones densely silky and silvery on both sides, the older becoming less

silky, with more obvious venation, but never glabrous. The whole plant very pale

yellowish grey. Corolla 4-5 times as long as the small calyx, whose two upper teeth

are connate nearly to the tip. Vexillum with a very short, callous claw, broadly

oval. Ale shorter than the obtuse carina. Stamens monadelphous, pubescent. Le-

gume 3 inches long, with thickened sutures, here and there constricted. Quite un-

like any other 8S. African species. It occurs also in trop. Africa, and is common in

trop. Asia and the Asiatic Archipelago.

3. T. canescens (E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 10g); suffruticose, erect,

the whole plant densely silky and silvery canescent; leaves petiolate, 4-8

Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 205

jugate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, faintly penni-

nerved ; stipules and bracts munute, toothlike ; peduncles opposite the

leaves and shorter than them, densely racemose, many-flowered ; le-

gumes linear, broadish, 4-6 seeded, silky.

nae ay places near the Omsamculo, Drege. Delagoa Bay, Forbes ! (Herb.

, Hk., D.

Stem 2-3 feet high, terete, slender, flexuous, not much branched. Leaves distant,

3 inches long, the first pair of leaflets nearly 1 inch from the base of petiole ; leaflets

petiolulate, j inch long, 3-4 lines wide, densely covered with shining, white hairs,

the veins immersed. Racemes 2 inches long, on peduncles of equal length. Flowers

purple, 3 lines long. Legumes 13-2 inches long, 24 lines wide, strong! compressed,

spreading or deflexed. Style glabrous. Vexillum silky, the other puberulous.

4. T. stricta (Pers. Ench. 2, p. 329); suffruticose, erect, branching,

pubescent; leaves subsessile, 4-5 jugate ; leaflets elliptical or oblong,

recurved-pointed, glabrous and green above, rusty-pubescent and closely

nerve-striate beneath; stipules and bracts subulate; peduncles very

short, axillary, 2-4 flowered; legumes narrow, rusty-pubescent, about

6-seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p.253. H. § Z. 1630. Indigofera stricta, Linn. f.

Suppl. p. 334. Jacq. Schoenb. t. 236.

HAs. Among shrubs near the Vanstaaden River and Olifant’s Hoek, Uit., E.G Z./

(Herb. Bth., D.)

1-2 feet high, erect or suberect ; branches erect, angular and ribbed, rufescent

and thinly pubescent. Leaves uncial; leaflets 1} inch long, 2-3 lines wide, blunt

or acute, mucronulate, the points generally recurved. Flowers subsessile or on very

short peduncles towards the ends of the branches, small, purple. Calyx-teeth subu-

late. Legumes 1} inch long.

5. T. pallens (Pers. Ench. p. 329); suffruticose, erect or ascending,

pubescent; leaves shortly petiolate, 5-8-9-jugate; leaflets narrow-

cuneate-oblong, recurved-pointed, green, striolate and thinly pubescent

above, closely penninerved, silky and paler beneath; stipules and bracts

subulate; peduncles opposite the leaves and longer them, rigid,

angular, and furrowed; densely racemose ; many flowered ; legumes nar-

row, pale and velvetty-pubescent, 6-7 seeded. DC. Prod. 2, p. 254.

L. & Z.! 1631. T. angulata, EB. Mey.! Comm. p. 109.

Has. Grassy hills near Olifant’s Hoek at Bushman’s River, Z. ¢ Z./ Glenfilling,

Drege} Albany, Dr. Alexander Prior ! (Herb. Bth., D., Hk. ;

Stem suberect, angularly bent, ribstriate, with internodes 14-2 inches apart.

Leaves very patent or recurved, the lowest pair of leaflets within } inch of base of

petiole. Leaflets in several pairs, } inch long, 2~3 lines wide ; somewhat thickened

at margin. Stipules broadly subulate, } inch long or more. Peduncles strongly

ribbed, curved, 4-6 inches long, the upper half bearing flowers. Bracts 2-3 lines

long. Flowers 4~5 lines long ; the vexillum pubescent, the other petals glabrous.

I have not seen ripe legumes.

6. T. semiglabra (Sond.! in Linn. 23, p. 29) ; suffruticose, pubescent;

stem and branches angularly-bent, ascending, rufo-tomentose below, sub-

glabrate toward the end; angular and rib-striate; leaves on very short

petioles, 5-7-jugate; leaflets cuneate-oblong, recurved-pointed, glabrous

above, silky-pubescent and closely nerve-striate beneath; stipules and

bracts subulate ; peduncles opposite the leaves and much longer, rigid,

angular, and furrowed, interruptedly few-flowered; legumes unknown.

Has. Magalisberg, Zeyher ! No. 459. (Herb. Sond.)

Stem detccabeta 2h base, 2-3 feet long, flexuous, densely rufo-tomentose ; the

206 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Tephrosia.

branches sparsely hairy or subglabrous. Petioles 3-4 lines long ; leaflets 10-12 lines

_long, 2-3 lines wh eto about an inch apart. Compared by Sonder with

T. stricta and T. polystachya ; but it seems to me rather intermediate between 7’. pal-

lens and 7’. Capensis, var. 8. having the habit and foliage, but not the pubescence or

inflorescence, of the former; and having the inflorescence and much of the pubes-

cence of the latter.

7 .T. amoena (E. Mcy.! Comm. p. 109); suffruticulose, slender, erect,

branching ; leaves shortly petiolate, close-set, patent, 7-9 jugate ; leaf-

lets cuneate-linear, obtuse, margined, glabrous above, appressedly pubes-

cent and closely penninerved beneath ; stipules subulate; peduncles

axillary and terminal, elongate, laxly racemose ; pedicels much longer

than the subulate bracts; legumes narrow, thinly downy.

Ranting of the Omsameaba and on grassy hills near Omtendo, Drege! (Herb.

Stems “ inches high, erect, subfastigiate, ribstriate, with internodes about 1 inch

apart or less ; leaves recurved. Leaflets ? inch long, 1 line wide, very blunt or sub-

truncate or recurvo-mucronulate, Racemes laxly many flowered ; the flowers 3 lines

long, in pairs, on pedicels } inch long. Allied to 7’. pallens, but much smaller, more

slender, less hairy, with narrower leaflets,

8. T. Kraussiana (Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p- 87); shrubby,

erect, straight, densely leafy ; leaves shortly petiolate, patent, 7-10 ju-

gate; leaflets narrow-linear, complicate, recurvo-mucronulate, glabrous

above, silky-canescent beneath ; stipules setaceo-subulate, longer than

the petiole; peduncles axillary and terminal, elongate, laxly racemose ;

pedicels much longer than the subulate bracts ; legumes narrow, thinly

canescent, 6—7 seeded.

Has. Tafelberg, Port Natal, Krauss, No. 40. Coastland, 1000 f., Dr, Sutherland.

(Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.) :

A rigid, woody, densely leafy shrub, 2-3 feet high ; the branches virgate or ramu-

lous, rib-furrowed ; all parts thinly covered with short, appressed whitish pubescence.

The plant turns dark in drying. Leaves recurved ; leaflets 1 inch or more in length;

scarcely 1 line wide, acute at each end. Racemes crowded in a spurious panicle

toward the end of the branches, 4-5 inches long. Flowers 3 lines long ; the vexil-

lum silky, the other petals glabrous. Legumes 1} inch long, not two lines wide.

Allied to 7. amoena, but much more robust and woody, with narrower and longer

leaves, &c,

9. T. polystachya e Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 109) ;_ suffruticose,

erect ; stem and branches straight, rib-striate and angular, pubescent

or hairy; leaves shortly petiolate, suberect, 5-9 jugate ; leaflets sub-

cuneate-oblong, pubescent on one or both sides, paler beneath and closely

penninerved, mucronate ; stipules subulate; peduncles axillary and

terminal, elongate, laxly racemose; bracts subulate ; legumes narrow, —

linear, pubescent or hairy, about 8-seeded.

Var. 8. latifolia ; leaflets oblong, uncial, retuse, mucronate, 4-5 lines wide.

Var. 7. hirta ; stems, branches, and inflorescence roughly rusty-pubescent ; ra-

cemes shorter and more densely flowered than usual, and legumes more hairy.

Has. Flats and grassy valleys between Gekau and Basche, near Omtata, Om-

samwubo, Omsameaba, and Port Natal, 200-2000 f., Drege! Williamson! B.at Port

Natal, Gueinzius, No. 616. -y. at Port Natal, Sutherland ! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Stems 2-3 feet high, slender, strongly furrowed, with close or spreading, yellowish

or foxy pubescence ; branches and leaves suberect. Leaflets $-] inch long, 2-3 lines

wide (in 8. longer, broader, thinner, and less hairy), flat or subcomplicate, sometimes

Tephrosia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 207

recurved at point, the older often glabrate above. Peduncles longer than the leaves

and ending in a distantly many-flowered, 4-6 inch long raceme. Flowers 3 lines

long, the vexillum densely hairy. Pods 1} inch long, 1-1} line wide, straight or

slightly curved, acute. 8. appears to be a form from moister and more shady situa-

tions. In many respects this agrees with 7. stricta, but differs in inflorescence.

10. T. discolor (E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 111); suffruticose, erect,

virgate, canescent ; branches angular and rib-striate, straight; leaves

very shortly petiolate, 4-6 jugate ; leaflets linear, subobtuse, margined,

green above, silky and silvery beneath ; peduncles terminal and axillary,

elongate, laxly many flowered, straight ; stipules and bracts shortly

subulate ; legumes narrow-linear, biuncial, fulvous-pubescent, many-

seeded.

Has. Grassy places near Port Natal, Drege! Williamson! Gueinzius! (Herb.

Bth., Hk., D.)

2-3 feet high, slender, with the habit and inflorescence of 7. polystachya, but with

much narrower and more linear leaflets, white hairy on the under surface. Leaflets

uncial, scarcely a line wide, obtuse or mucronulate, of thickish substance, midribbed

but not obviously nerved, erect or somewhat patent. Racemes 6-8 inches long, ta-

pering ; the flowers nearly an inch apart, 4 lines long. Legume 2-23 inches long,

about a line wide, somewhat tomentose-pubescent and rusty brown.

11. T. Dregeana (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 169); suffruticose, much

branched, rigid, flexuoso-erect ; branches 4—angled, thinly appresso-

puberulous; leaves on long, rigid petioles, 2-4 jugate ; leaflets linear-

lanceolate, pale, flat, membranous, penninerved, thinly puberulous under-

neath ; peduncles opposite the leaves, elongate, slender, straight, laxly

pluri-flowered ; stipules and bracts shortly subulate; legumes pale,

curved, puberulous or glabrate, 3-4 seeded. £.& Z./ No. 1634. 7’. bra-

chyloba, E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 110.

Has. Near Bitterwater, 2400 f., and between Natvoet and the Gariep, 800 f.

Drege! A. Wyley! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Stems woody at base, remarkably rigid, and angularly bent. Foliage very pale,

subglabrous. Leaflets 13-1} inch long, 1-1} line wide, flat, tapering to each end or

with a blunt or emarginate apex. Racemes 6-8 inches long. Flowers small, 2 lines

long. Legumes somewhat scymetar shaped, }-1 inch long, pale-yellowish green.

12, T. Capensis (Pers. Ench. 2, p. 330); suffruticose, procumbent,

flexuous, much thle slender, variably pubescent ; branches angular ;

leaves on longish petioles, 3-6 jugate ; leaflets elliptical, cuneate-oblong

or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, glabrescent or hairy, penninerved ; stipules

subulate ; peduncles opposite the leaves, elongate, slender ; raceme m-

terrupted, attenuated, distantly pluri-flowered ; legumes linear, narrow,

minutely puberulous or subglabrate, sometimes pubescent. EF. Mey.!

Comm. Drege, p. 110. E. & Z.! 1633. 2 mee

i : leaflets glabrescent or thinly puberulous, oblong, o or su

side yee De. Prod. 2. p. 252. Gila Cadena, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 62.

Jacq. E. Rar. t. 574- :

Van. A. hirsuta; leaflets densely pubescent or hairy underneath ; oblong, obtuse,

or acute. 7. Capensis, B. acutifolia, BE. Mey.!l.c. —

Var. y. angustifolia; leaflets linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, flat or com-—

plicate, very narrow. 2. Mey.! 1. c. se Be

Has. Common throughout the Colony and in Caffraria. Port Natal, Gueinzwus /

(Herb. Th., D., Sd., &.) . : ee

208 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Tephrosia.

Stems many from a woody crown, 2-3 feet long, procumbent or trailing. Petiole

an inch long to the first pair of leaflets. Leaflets very variable in breadth, size, shape,

and amount of pubescence, but usually glabrous on the upper surface. Peduncles

8-ro inches long, about half occupied by the interrupted raceme. Flowers purple,

3 lines long ; the vexillum pubescent. Var. 8. gathered by Drege at the Zuureberg

and at Glenfilling, and by Dr. Pappe in the district of George, has its short pubes-

cence quite patent, and has rather larger flowers than the other forms. The legume

is often nearly glabrous, but is sometimes patently pubescent on specimens which

have subglabrous leaflets.

13. T. elongata (E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. r11) ; suffruticose, ascend-

ing, flexuous, variably pubescent or glabrescent; branches rib-striate ;

leaves on longish petioles, 2-1—jugate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 2-4

uncial, margined, obliquely nerve-striate, the terminal longest ; ra-

cemes opposite the leaves, elongate, interruptedly pluri-flowered ; le-

gumes narrow-linear, 2-24 uncial, velvetty or subglabrous, many-seeded,

somewhat turgid. Sond. in Linn. vol, 23, p. 30.

VaR. a. pubescens; leaves mostly 2-jugate, or the lower unijugate ; leaflets,

stems, and legumes pubescent. ’. ensifolia, Harv. (olim) in Herb.

Var. 8. glabra; leaves mostly unijugate ; leaflets and stems glabrous or mi-

nutely puberulent ; legumes velvetty or glabrate. 7’. coriacea, Benth. in Herb.

Has. Between the Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! Port Natal, Williamson!

Gueinzius! Sanderson! (28) Vaal River and Magalisberg, Burke and Zeyher!

(Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Stem 6-12 inches to 2 feet long, subsimple, the shorter ones nearly erect, the longer

angularly bent and either ascending or procumbent. Leaflets of the upper leaves

3-4 inches long, and 3-4 lines wide, acute or acuminate ; of the lower leaves shorter,

broader, and more obtuse. Pubescence variable. Flowers in pairs, about an inch

apart, on a long peduncle. Legumes 2 inches or more in length. Var. B. is not

= glabrous, and in other respects is so like a, that we consider it best to unite

em.

14. T. lurida (Sond. Linn. 23, p. 30) ; suffruticose, ascending, flexu-

ous; branches quadrangular, thinly canescent ; leaves on long petioles,

2-3—jugate ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 3-5-uncial, margined, glabrous

above, appressedly silky and paler beneath, obliquely nerve-striate ;

stipules setaceo-subulate, shorter than the petiole; peduncles opposite

the leaves and terminal, elongate, 2-6 flowered in an interrupted ra-_

ceme ; legumes narrow-linear, 24 uncial, fulvo-tomentose ; style bearded.

Zey.! 450. —

Has. Mooi River, Magalisberg, ile River, !

(ied. 84, Bes He’) agalisberg, and Crocodile River, Burke and Zeyher

Stems many, 12-14 inches high, subsimple, either canescent or thinly and appres-

sedly pubescent, pale, as is also the foliage. Leaflets 5 inches long, 14 line wide,

tapering to each end, variably pubescent. Flowers 5 lines long, in distant pairs to- ma

wards the extremity of the 6-8 uncial peduncles. Legumes 2-3 inches long, 2 lines

wide, compressed and densely tomentose, fulvescent. Chiefly distinguished from

T’. longipes by its longer leaflets in fewer pairs. I fear the limits between the two

are rather indefinite.

15. T. longipes (Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2. p. 87); suffruticose,

erect, thinly silky-canescent or appresso-pubescent ; branches quadran-

gular ; leaves on long petioles, 4-8 (10)-jugate; leaflets narrow-linear,

acute, 2-3-wncial, complicate or open, glabrous above, appressedly silky

and paler beneath, obliquely nerve-striate ; stipules setaceo-subulate,

shorter than the petiole ; peduncles terminal and opposite the leaves,

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interruptedly racemose near the summit; legumes narrow-linear, 2-3

uncial, fulvo-tomentose, compressed, many-seeded ; style bearded.

Var. 8. uncinata; leaflets 2 lines wide, obtuse, recurvo-mucronate. Zey.! 455.

Has. Port Natal, Krauss/ No. 20. Aapjes River and Macallisberg, Burke and

Zeyher! Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Stems 1-2 feet high, curved at base, then erect, subsimple, pale. Leaves 4-6

inches long ; leaflets in several pairs, 14-24 inches long, 1-2 lines wide, acute at

each end, but not tapering, mucronate and sometimes hook-pointed, as in var. B.,

which is a stronger growing plant, with broader leaflets. Flowers in pairs, 1-2 inches

apart, several on a lengthening raceme. ‘Legumes 3 inches long, 2 lines wide.

16. T. oblongifolia (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 108) ; “stems procumbent,

terete, pubescent, flagelliform ; leaves shortly petiolate, 2—5-jugate ;

leaflets elliptic-oblong, strigoso-pubescent or hairy, netted-veined, pro-

minently ribbed and veined beneath, mucronulate; stipules setaceo-

subulate ; peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves ; racemes elongated,

interrupted, the flowers in subdistant pairs, shortly pedicellate ; calyx

densely hirsute ; flowers small and hairy ; style bearded ; legumes coria-

ceous, broadish, fulvous-hairy, 3-seeded.” H. Mey. Zey.! 520.

Has. Grassy hills at Omsamcaba and near Omtendo, and Port Natal, Drege /

Macallisberg, Burke and Zeyher! Port Natal, Krauss, No.174. (Hb., Bth., Hk.)

Stems very long, trailing and subsimple, either appressedly or patently pubescent,

pale or fulvous. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, + line wide, obtuse or acute, flat, with

slightly revolute margins, green, appressedly pubescent above, with more copious and

looser pubescence beneath, green on both sides ; the young leaves densely silky.

Calyz-lobes of equal length, the four upper ovate-acuminate, the lowest lanceolate.

Corolla 14 as long as the calyx ; petals hairy. I have not seen legumes. Burke and

Zeyher’s specimens from Magallisberg are of stronger growth, with more copious pu-

bescence and shorter peduncles than usual. __

2. APODYNOMENE, (Sp. 17-21.)

17. T. grandiflora (Pers. Ench. 2, p. 329) ; shrubby, erect, variably

pubescent ; leaves shortly petiolate, 5-7-jugate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong,

or linear-oblong, obtuse or acute, retuse or mucronulate, variably pubes-

cent on one or both sides ; peduncles terminal and opposite the leaves,

angular and canescent, fasciculato-corymbose at the summit ; bracts

broadly ovate, deciduous ; calya-teeth from a broad base subulate ; legume

broad, linear, glabrescent, plano-compressed, hispid at the sutures, many

seeded ; style bearded; vexillum silky. DC. Prod. 2. p.251. B.&Z.!

No. 1629. Galega grandiflora, Vahl. Symb. 2, p. 84. Thunb.! Fl. Cap,

p. 602. G. rosea, Lamk. Apodynomene grandiflora, EL, Mey.! Comm. p. 111

Has. Frequent among shrubs in the districts of Uitenhage and Albany, and in

Caffraria, EZ. § 2.1 Drege! Pappe, §c. Paarl, Rev. W. Elliott? Coastland, lat. 30° _

8., Natal, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Thb., Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A rigid shrubby plant, 1-2 feet high, very variable in the amount of pubescence ;

Sometimes subglabrous, sometimes with densely hairy stems and leaflets canescent

beneath. Leaflets also very uncertain in length and breadth ; sometimes shortly

cuneate and almost obcordate, sometimes long and verging to lanceolate. Peduncles

shorter or longer than the leaves. Flowers the largest in the genus, 8-10 lines long,

red, fulvescent on the outside. The young flowers are enwrapped in very broad _

ovate bracts, which fall off on the opening of the flower. Ae

18, T. glomeruliflora (Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 86); suf-

fruticose, erect; stems terete, branching, thinly canescent or glabrate ;

leaves on short petioles, 6-8 (ro)-jugate ; leaflets on longish petiolules,

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210 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) (Tephrosia.

narrow-oblong, obtuse or subacute, mucronate, flat, glabrous on the

upper, silky-canescent on the under surface, faintly nerve-striate ; sti-

pules lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate ; peduncles terminal and opposite

the leaves, angular, interruptedly fasciculato-racemose near the summit ;

bracts ovate, deciduous; calyx-teeth short, broadly ovate, subacute; le-

gume broad, stipitate, plano-compressed, glabrous, downy at the su-

tures, many-seeded ; style bearded ; vexillum thinly silky.

Has. Port Natal, Krauss, Gueinzius! No. 306. Sanderson! (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

1-2 feet high, branching, the stem augularly bent. Pubescence in all parts pale,

whitish-grey. Leaves 24 inches long ; the leaflets uncial, 2-23 lines wide, green

above, whitish beneath. Flowers in clusters, on pedicels that lengthen as the flowers

advance, and in fruit are nearly 3 inch long. Corolla 4 inch long ; carina sharply

rostrate. This has something the habit of 7. grandiflora, but smaller flowers, and

very different calyx.

19. T. macropoda (KE. Mey.! Comm. p. 112); suffruticose, procum- _

bent, variably pubescent; leaves on long petioles, 2-3-jugate ; leaflets

broadly elliptical or oblong, obtuse or mucronulate, glabrous above, his-

pid or hirsute or glabrescent beneath, nerve-striate and veiny ; pedun-

cles opposite the leaves and terminal, very long, racemose or fasciculato-

corymbose at the summit, bracts broadly ovate, deciduous ; calyx-teeth

subulate, alternate ; stamens monadelphous ; legumes broadly linear,

plano-compressed, sub-glabrous, hairy at the sutures. Apodynomene ma-

cropoda, E. Mey. l. c.

Has. In grassy places between Kachu and Zandplaat and between Gekau and

Basche, &c., Drege! Natal, Krauss! Gueinzius! Sutherland! &c. In Kreilis country,

Hl. Bowker. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Stems several, 2-3 feet long, subsimple, lying on the ground. Leaves 1~2 inches

apart, on petioles 2-4 inches long. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, 3-1 inch wide, dark

green, quite flat, conspicuously veiny. Pubescence copious or scanty. Stipules

broadly cordate-ovate, many-ribbed, 3-4 lines long. Peduncles 1-2 feet long, some-

times with a few flowers crowded at the end ; sometimes laxly or interruptedly ra-

_ cemose. Bracts broad, involving the young flower. Flowers purple (‘‘ yellow,” fide

£. M.), 4 inch long. «Legumes biuncial, 3-4 lines wide, sessile. Native name

“ Ttozane.” The roots are used by the Zooloo Caffres for stupifying or poisoning

fish. The flesh of the prey so captured is eaten without injurious consequences.

20. T. emula (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 113); subherbaceous, proeum-

bent, glabrous or nearly so ; stems slender, filiform ; leaves on long pe-

tioles, 2-3-jugate; leaflets cuneate oblong or elliptical, subobtuse, mucro-

nulate, glabrous, faintly penninerved ; peduncles terminal and opposite

the leaves, very long, few-flowered at the summit; bracts ovate, deci-

duous; stamens monadelphous ; calyx-teeth subulate ; legumes linear,

glabrous, many-seeded. Apodynomene, E. Mey.l.c.

Has. Between Zandplaat and the Ko in Al-

bany, Mrs. F.W. Barber! Geni, Bolton ? ori hale Bes Wid Grader aoe col- ’

lected by Zeyher (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) aii

Resembles 7. macropoda in miniature. The whole plant is more glabrous, the

Leaflets $1 indh age (3 Beet ates ees ee aa e )

4 lines long. Legumes rf inch long, 2 lines wider PDS © You™? Sle ™

21, T. diffusa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 113) ; suffruticose, procumbent ;

stem and branches subfiliform; leaves 3-4-jugate, on long petioles; —

leaflets subcuneate-oblong, appressedly puberulous; stipules ovate, multi-

Millettia, | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 211

striate ; racemes opposite the leaves, filiform, few-flowered ; vexillary

stamen free; bracts deciduous; legumes narrow, subglabrous, 6-seeded.

E.. M.1. ¢. subApodynomene.

Has. Rocky places near a small river between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba,

1500 f., Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

With the aspect of 7. capensis, from which this is readily known by its broadly

ovate stipules, and ovate, deciduous bracts.

XXXII. MILLETTIA, W. & A.

Calyx urceolate, bluntly toothed. Vexil/wm recurved, emarginate,

rather longer than the ale which are longer than the carina. Stamens

imperfectly monadelphous, the vexillary stamen free at base. Legume

elliptical or lanceolate, few seeded, hard and woody, with thickened

margins, tardily dehiscent. W. § A. Prod. p. 263. Endl. Gen. No. 6715.

Trees or large shrubs, natives of the hotter parts of Asia and Africa. Leaves —

large, abruptly or impari-pinnate ; leaflets opposite, stipellate. Racemes or panicles

axillary or terminal. Flowers purple or reddish. Named in honour of Dr. Millett. _

of Canton, China.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves 5-6-jugate ; vexillum densely silky externally (1) Caffra.

Leaves 2-3-jugate ; vexillum glabrous ey he CA (2) Sutherlandi.

1. M. caffra (Meisn. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 99) ; young parts pubescent ;

‘stipellze setaceous, equalling the petiolule ; leaves impari-pimnate, 5-6

jugate ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, acute, glabrous above, paler, penni-

nerved and thinly silky beneath ; panicles fulvo-sericeous, terminal, fas-

ciculato-racemose or branching ; calyx thinly silky, deeply lobed, two

upper lobes connate, three lower elliptic-oblong, very obtuse ; vexillum

ilky ; legume lanceolate, obtuse, 2-seeded, densely velvetty, brown.

Virgilia grandis, E. Mey. Comm. p. 1. — pene

Has. Between Omgaziana and Omsameaba, and near Port Natal, Drege. Port

Natal, Krauss! Plant / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) ;

A tree, 20-30 feet high, with very hard, close grained brown wood, dark coloured,

rugulose bark, and thinly downy or glabrous twigs. Leaves on channelled common

petioles 6-8 inches long, the pairs of leaflets an inch apart. Stipelle 2-3 lines long,

very slender. Leaflets on hairy 2-lineal petiolules, 2-2 inches long, } inch wide,

coriaceous, obtuse at base, acute and somewhat mucronate at apex, closely penni-

nerved beneath. Panicle 6-8 inches long, robust, rusty brown ; its lateral branches

short or long, several flowered. — Calyx shortly eampanulate, with very broad and

blunt lobes. Flowers 7-9 lines | Legumes coriaceous, very velvetty. The

an or aa. id Ononbee (Tron wood) ; the fruit is a Caffir medicine.

native name, fide #. J :

2. M. Sutherlandi (Hv.); young parts fulvo-pubescent ; stipelle very

minute; leaves 2-3-jugate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, subacute, at first

minutely puberulous, afterwards glabrous, netted veined beneath ; pani-

cles fulvo-sericeous, ter , much branched ; calyx thinly silky, its

teeth deltoid, much shorter than the tube; corolla glabrous ; ovary linear,

silky, 3-ovuled ; legume t .

Has. From the “ Windsor Forest,” N. of S. John’s River, Natal, 1ooof., Dr.

Sutherland. (Herb. Hk., D.) z

«<A magnificent tree, 70-90 feet high, 3 fect or more in diameter.” Full grown

leaves not yet seen. Those sent by Dr. Sutherland have a common petiole about 3

inches long, the pairs of leaflets nearly an inch apart, with very minute stipelle.

Leaflets 14 inch long, } inch wide, deep green, membranaceous. Panicles termi-

VOL. Il. 14*

212 LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) [Sesbania.

nating the lesser twigs, 4-5 inches long, ovate in outline, densely branched ; branches

alternate, racemose. Peduncle, pedicels and calyx clothed with minute, glossy, ap-

pressed, deep brown hairs. Flowers purple. Vexillary stamen free at base, coher-

ing above.

XXXIV. SESBANIA, Pers..

Calyx bibracteolate, cup-shaped, subequally s-toothed or cleft. Petals

subequal ; veail/wm roundish, complicate, crested on the claw or naked;

ale oblong ; carina long-clawed, ascending, sharply eared or toothed at

base. Stamens g-1, the tube wide and eared at base, Ovary mult-

ovulate ; style curved. Legume very long, slender, compressed or cylin-

drical, with thickened sutures constricted between the seeds, and trans-

versely multi-loculate ; seeds cylindrical-oblong. Endl. Gen. 6551. DC.

Prod. 2. p. 264. _

Shrubs or herbaceous plants, common throughout the tropics of both hemispheres,

with outlying species in the warmer temperate zones. Leaves abruptly pinnate,

multi-jugate, the common petiole prolonged into a bristle. Stipules small, decidu-

ous. Flowers yellow, in axillary racemes, Sesban is the Arabic name of the original

species.

1, S. aculeata (Pers. Ench. 2, p. 216); herbaceous, nearly glabrous;

the common petiole prickly; leaflets linear, obtuse, mucronulate, 12-30

jugate; racemes few flowered; calyx-teeth very short, triangular, dis-

tant ; legumes erect, terete, acute. DC. Prod. 2, p. 26 5. E. Mey. Comm.

Drege, p. 114. Aischynomene bispinosa, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 564.

Has. Mouth of the Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege. Near Port Natal, Mr.

Hewetson! (Herb. T.C.D., &c.)

A tall growing annual, several feet high, becoming almost woody below ; the

young parts sometimes slightly pubescent, otherwise glabrous and glaucous. Leaf-

lets sometimes in 40 pairs, sometimes in but 10, 4-§ inch long, 1-1} line wide. Ra-

cemes 4-6 flowered, the peduncle and pedicels very slender. Pods a foot long, not

: gag wide, scarcely constricted between the seeds. A native also of the East

ndies,

XXXV, SUTHERLANDIA, RB. Br.

Calye campanulate, 5-toothed. Vexillum oblong, shorter than the

oblong, boat-shaped carina, its sides reflexed ; ale very short. Stamens

9 1. Ovary stipitate, mult-ovulate ; style bearded along the upper side,

and in front below the terminal stigma. Legume papery, inflated, many

seeded, indehiscent ; seeds reniform. Endl. Gen. 6 566. DC. Prod. 2,

(Pp. 273. a

A canescent 8. African shrub.

a Ra with

minute, thering. es - Flowers handsome,

searlet_or Legumes bladdery, glistening. Named in honour of James

Sutherland, one of the ear superintendants of the Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

The compliment may now be worthily extended to Dr. Prrer SuTHERLAND, Sur-

veyor-General of Port al, who is careful to use all o ities for extending our

knowledge of the botany of that most interesting distri aga 2

1. 8. frutescens (R. Br. Hort. Kew, Ed. 2, p. 327); DC. Prod. 2,

p. 273. Colutea frutescens, Linn. sp.1045. Mill.Ic.t.99. Bot.Mag. t. 181,

Vak. a. communis; thinly canescent ; leaflets elliptical or oblong, glabrous above,

canescent beneath ; ovaries and legumes quite glabrous, shining. S. frutescens, E. Z.

1658. S. frutescens, vars. a. and 8. E, Mey. Comm. p. 121.

Sutherlandia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 213

Var. 8. tomentosa; thickly canescent-tomentose ; leaflets short and broad, obo-

vate or obcordate, silvery white on both surfaces ; ovaries and legumes hispid. S.

tomentosa, E. § Z.! 1659. 8. frutescens, B. E. Mey.! 1. c.

Var. y? microphylla; thinly pubescent ; leaflets oblong-linear, glabrous above,

pubescent beneath ; peduncles 2-3 flowered. DC. Prod. 2. p. 273. Deless. Ic. 3. t.

71. S. frutescens, y. B. Mey. tc. :

Has. Dry hills and mountain sides throughout the colony. Var. 8. Seashore

near Wagenhuisgrotte and Cape L’Agulhas, Mundt/ Simonsbay, Me Gillivray !

Green Point, Dr. Pappe/ (Herb. Hk., Sd., D., &c.)

_ Very variable in the size of the bush, the copiousness of pubescence, and the sha:

of the leaves ; varying also ‘in a less degree in the proportions and colours of the pa 4

Var. 8. in its extreme form, as collected by Mundt, looks to be very distinct ; but

intermediate states connect it with a: it seems to be merely a sea-side condition,

growing probably in loose sands and exposed to the sea breezes. Var. y., judging

by Delessert’s figure, is a starved, weak growing state of a.

XXXVI. LESSERTIA, DC.

Calyx campanulate, shortly and subequally 5-toothed. Veaillum ob-

ovate, emarginate, expanded, longer than the obtuse carina. Stamens

diadelphous. Ovary substipitate, several ovuled; style filiform, ascend-

ing, bearded in front below the apex ; stigma terminal. Legume scari-

ous, compressed or inflated, unequal sided or linear, at length opening

at the apex, several seeded. DC. Prod. 2,p. 271. Endl. Gen. 6563.

Suffrutices or herbs, rarely annual, natives of South Africa. Leaves impari-pin-

nate, multi-jugate ; leaflets frequently alternate and albo-pubescent, rarely glabrous.

Stipules small. Racemes axillary, on long or short peduncles. Flowers pink or

crimson, rarely white. The species are very difficult to define, and probably too

many have been established. The best characters are to be found in the shape and

pubescence of the legume, the length of the pedicels with reference to the calyx, the

; - , aa ng ee eee | (

y villous, with soft, white, loose hairs ee

“Thin ly silky, with soft, appressed, whitish hairs (6) perennans.

cme peek: peduncles very long ... (8) macrostachya.

Legume pubescent ; pedunc. short ; leaflets lanceolate, Z

(b.) Herbaceous ; or scarcely suffruticose, and then procumbent or diffuse :

glabrous, compressed ; pubescence none or scanty.

Stems and foliage glabrous or nearly so : :

Racemes laxly many flowered ; root annual ; .

Weal NAITOW ig nk ee linearis.

» aah LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Lessertia,

Racemes subumbellate ; leafi. 5—6-jugate ; sti-

nee ag a Se

’ Racemes subcorymbose ; leaflets 6-14 pair ;

stipules ovato-lanceolate ... ... 1... ...

Stems and foliage thinly pubescent, racemes long,

many flowered ; leaflets linear-lanceolate ... (13) Pappeana,

Legume glabrous, inflated ; pubescence rigid, appressed, strigose :

or ascending ; leafl. 4-6-jugate ; peduncles

(11) subumbellata.

(12) pulchra. ¥

long, subcorymbose ea as “aay ae. (Ey plipwodion.

Hrect or ascending ; leafl. 10-12-jugate ; pedunc. ee

short, laxly racemose... .. (15) tenuifolia.

Procumbent or prostrate ; leafi. 3-6-jugate ; ped-

uncles short, racemose... ... ... .,. ... (16) depressa.

Legume glabrous ; pubescence copious, of short, spreading hairs ;

Racemes subcapitate, not elongating, 5-8 flowered (17) capitata.

Racemes elongating, few or many flowered :

Peduncles shorter than leaf ; pod inflated ... (11) inflata.

Pedune. longer than the leaf ; pod inflated, rigid (19) microcarpa.

_ Pedune. long ; pod subcompressed or compressed :

Raceme dense ; pod roundish-elliptical (20) diffusa. *

Raceme lax ; almost half-moon shaped (21) excisa.

Legume pubescent :

_» Pubescence spreading ; pedunc. long, 8-12 flowered (22) tomentosa.

Pub. spreading ; pedunc. short, 2-3 flowered... (23) prostrata. +

Pub. appressed, strigose ; peduncles long, several

MWe ae oe is oe ++. (24) argentea,

Pub. scanty ; leaflets semi-terete, rigid, furrowed (25) carnosa.

2. Stenolobe. Legume compressed, linear, straight or faleate. (Sp. 26-30).

cil hee A peduncles much shorter than the leaves :

icels much longer than the calyx ... ... ... (28 brachystachya.

Pedicels shorter than the calyx ; stem dwarf ; le- =

gume mostly straight, hispidulous ... .., ... (27) pauciflora,

Pedicels shorter than the calyx ; stem shrubby ;

legume falcate, mostly glabrous ves see aes (26) faleiformis.

Stem herbaceous (root perhaps annual?) peduncles long or longish :

Legumes nearly straight, 4 times as long as broad (29) stenoloba,

Legumes much arched or annular ee oe (30) annularis,

1. PLATYLOBE (Sp. 1+25.) oo:

1. L. brachypus (Harv.) ; shrubby, the branches, petioles and ped-

uncles mintitely albo-puberulous ; leaflets 4-5-jugate, elliptico-obovate, _

mucronate, glabrous above, sparsely puberulous beneath ; stipules tri-

angular ; peduncles much shorter than the leaf, 6-8 flowered ; pedicels

longer than the puberulous calyx ; legume glabrous, Stacnee

subturgid ?) obliquely ovate-oblong, 4-6 seeded. LL. faleiformis, (. gla-

brata, E. Mey. Comm. Pp. 119g.

ai. DB) Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Esq. __ Koussie and Zilverfontein, Drege. (Herb.

: The petioles are 2-24 inches long ; the leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-21 wide, thick-

ish. The peduncles 4? inch long. _ Flowers 4-5 lines long. The nouns on Mr.

Wyley’s specimen, though but half ripe, are sufficiently advanced to indicate form.

ok,

2, L. spinescens (E.Mey. ! Comm. P- 115); shrubby, erect, divari-

cately branched, rigid, thinly Eine ean or ghabeous ; "Teaflets

5~8-jugate, lanceolate or linear, acute or obtuse, glabrous, or thinly vil-

lous beneath ; stipules subulate ; peduncles shorter than the leaf or

scarcely longer, laxly racemose, rigid, at length spinescent ; pedicels

pubescent, longer than the puberulous calyx; legume glabrous, sub-

Lessertia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 215

compressed, broadly and obliquely obovate, or suborbicular, 1-2 seeded,

mucronate, Zey. / 2390.

Has. Cape, Carmichael / Goedmanskraal and Kaus, and at Modderfonteinsberg,

Drege! Brandenburg, Zeyher / Kuils River, Pappe/ 124. (Hb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

A much branched, rigid, bush, 1-2 feet high, with yellowish twigs, and pale,

rather scanty foliage, either nearly glabrous or thinly villous. Petioles 14-2 inches

long ; leafl. 5-6 lines long, 14-2 lines wide. Peduncles 1-3 inches long, very patent.

Legumes 12-13 lines long, 9-10 lines wide.

3. L. fruticosa (Lindl.? Bot. Reg. 970) ; shrubby, divaricately much-

branched, rigid, the branches, petioles and peduncles cano-pubescent or

glabrescent ; leaflets 5-8-jugate, cuneate-oblong, convolute, obtuse or

retuse, glabrescent or piloso-villous beneath; stipules triangular, rigid ;

peduncles longer than the leaves, rigid, at length spinescent, laxly

racemose; pedicels nigro-pubescent, longer than the migrescent calyx ;

legume glabrous, compressed, obliquely obovate-oblong, tapering at

base, 4-8 seeded, obtuse, the ventral suture straightish, the dorsal con-

vex. #.&Z.! 1649. L. rigida, EF. Mey.! Comm. p. 115.

Has. Groenekloof, 2. § Z. Lauwskloof, Groenekloof, and Saldanha Bay, Drege /

(Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A rigid, erect or spreading bush, 1-2 feet high, with patent, more or less canes-

cent branches. Petioles 1} inch long ; leaflets 3-5 lines long, their edges rolled in.

Peduncles 3-5 inches long, spreading, the pedicels 4~5 lines apart, at length pendu-

lous. Legume almost pyriform in outline, rigid, pale, and opaque, 1-1} inch long,

5-6 lines wide. Whether this be the plant figured by Lindley I cannot say. Thun-

berg’s ‘I. rigida’ seems to me to be a glabrate form of L. flexuosa, with which it

agrees in the pedicels, calyx, filiform peduncles, and legume.

4. L. flexuosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 116); shrubby, erect, much-

branched, flexuous, the striate branches, petioles, and peduncles thinly

appressed-silky; leaves short, patent, closely 6-7-jugate, leaflets obovate-

oblong, obtuse, glabrous above, thinly silky beneath ; racemes on long

peduncles, distantly several-flowered ; ae much than the

puberulous calyx ; ovary glabrous, few-ovuled ; legumes glabrous, com-

pressed, substipitate, obliquely ovate, the ventral suture curved or nearly

straight, the dorsal much arched. L. macrostachya, E.G Z./ 1643. Zey.!

2401, apts

Var. f. rigida; leaflets thinly pubescent beneath, ovato-lanceolate, acute.

Colutea ae Thunb, Gig Bt 603, vile Hb, Ups. L. rigida, DC.

Has. Cape, Bowie! In Adow and Olifantshoek, F.§ Z.! Drege/ Bed of the Tarka

River, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 64. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A much-branched bush, 2-3 feet high, twiggy, with short, curved, half herbaceous

branches. Petioles 14 inch long, the leaflets 1-2 lines apart, 3-4 lines long, 2 lines

wide. Peduncles numerous, 5-8 times as long as the leaves, curved, bearing flowers

beyond the middle. Flowers deep pink, almost crimson, 24 lines long. Legumes

10-11 lines long, 6-7 wide, nearly semicircular. A very handsome species, quite

distinct from ZL. macrostachya, but very near L. fruticosa, differing in the longer, not

spinous peduncles, the pedicels, the pubescence of the calyx, &c. Var. B. chiefly

differs in being more glabrous, with more acute leaflets.

5. L, margaritacea Mey.! Comm. p. 116); shrubby, erect,

wirgate, nearly glabrous ; i 3-6-jugate, oblongo-lanceolate or linear- —

- obovate, obtuse or acute, mostly infolded, glabrous ; stipules lanceolate ;

peduncles much longer than the leaf, laxly racemose, rigid, at length

subspinescent; pedicels puberulous, longer than the calyx ; legume

216 LEGUMINOSH (Harv.) [Lessertia.

glabrous, subcompressed, stipitate, (small), broadly obovate or suborbi-

cular, 1-4 seeded. Zey./ 2391.

Has. Near Rustbank and Ezelsfontein, 3800f., Drege, Buffaljagdriver and Riet-

kuil, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Near L. spinescens, but more erect, with long, straight, ribstriate branches ; much

longer peduncles and smaller legumes. Petioles 13 inch long. Peduncles 3-4 inches,

erect. Legumes 6-7 lines long, 4-5 broad. Leaflets 2-5 lines long, 1-2 broad.

6. L. perennans (DC. ? 1. c. 271); suffruticose, erect, virgate, the

ribstriate stem, the petioles and peduncles thinly silky ; leaflets 8-10-

jugate, elliptical or elliptico-lanceolate, acute or mucronate, thinly silky-

villous on one or both sides ; stipules lanceolate-acuminate, membran-

ous; peduncles much longer than the leaves, laxly racemose, at length

‘rigid ; pedicels much longer than the puberulous calyx; calys-lobes

taper povnted ; legume glabrous, compressed, (small), obliquely obovate-

oblong, stipitate, mucronate, 3-4 seeded. #, Mey.! Oomm. p. 117.

Has. Grassy places in Albany and Caffraria. Between Kachu and Zandplaat,

and between Gekau and Baasche, Drege. Brooker’s Hill, N. atal, Sanderson. Gra-

hamstown, Genl, Bolton. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.

2-3 feet high, subsimple or branched from below, the branches erect, straight or

incurved ; the stem fistular, pale. Foliage subcanescent ; petioles 14-2 inches long,

Peduncles 3-6 inches long. Flowers 2-24 lines long, white or pale-purple. Legumes

8-9 lines long, 5-6 lines wide.

7. L. polystachya ( Harv.) ; erect, virgate, suffruticose, the rib-striate

stem, the petioles and peduncles villoso-canescent ; leaves short, 7-8-

jugate, leaflets lanceolate-oblong, villoso-canescent on both sides ; racemes

on long peduncles, floriferous beyond the middle, many-flowered, elon-

gating ; pedicels longer than the villous calyx ; ovary glabrous ; legumes

(small) glabrous, compressed, elliptical, acute, substipitate, 2-3 seeded.

Zey.! 460,

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke & Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Seemingly 2-3 feet high, rigid, subsimple, all parts hoary with loose, soft, short,

and very slender hairs, Peduncles somewhat panicled toward the end of the stem,

5-6 inches long or more, at first densely flowered ; fl. 2-24 lines long, pale. Petioles

1} inch long, theTeaflets 2-3 lines apart, 4-6 lines long, about two wide. Legumes

5 lines long, 3 lines wide, pale yellowish-horn colour,

8. L. macrostachya (DC. 1. c. p. 272); suberect, virgate, suffruticose

at base, the striate stem, the petioles and peduncles thinly and softly

Say 5 leaflets distantly 8-ro-jugate, elliptic-oblong, thinly silky on

tuse, shortly stipitate, thinly pubescent, about 3-seeded. EZ. Mey.! Comm.

p. 116, (non E.&Z.!).

Van. #. atomaria: more slender, with shorter : sokl Se

with small purple dots. peduncles ; legumes thickly spot

Stems perhaps 2 feet long, distantly branched, thin! canescent. Petioles 4-5

inches long, the leaf-pairs half inch apart ; leaflets 5-6 Race long, 2-2} lines wide,

Lessertia.] LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 217

able for its purple-spotted legumes. Its peduncles vary from once to twice as long

as the leaf.

9. L. candida (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 116) ; ‘shrubby, erect, rigid

villoso-canescent;’ leaflets distantly 6—8-jugate, lanceolate, silky and

white on both sides ; ‘racemes shorter than the leaves ; pedicels shorter

thaw! the calyx ; legumes turgid, obliquely subovate, pubescent, 6-seeded.

. Mey.

Has. Aris and Verleptpram, on the Gariep, Drege. (Herb. Sond.

Of this I have merely ied a leaf and a testing Teatlote 5-6 sa Pl 14 broad,

acute. 2

10. L, linearis (DC. 1.c.272); annual (or biennial ?), erect or as-

cending, sparsely strigillose or glabrescent; leaflets laxly 5-7-8-jugate,

narrow-linear, obtuse or retuse, glabrous above, sparsely strigillose

beneath; racemes on long peduncles, laaly many-flowered, elongating ;

pedicels much longer than the nigro-puberulous calyx; ovary 2-6

ovuled; legumes compressed, glabrous, shortly stipitate, obliquely

ovate-oblong, 2-6 seeded. H.¢Z./1651. L. annua, DC.1.c.271. #. Mey!

Comm, p.117. E.& Z.! 1648. L. propinqua, £.§Z.! 1650. Colutea l-

nearis, Thunb.! Cap. p. 604. Zey.! 468, 2394.

Has. Picketberg and Verlooren Valley, Thunberg/ Moist spots round Capetown

and Campsbay, Pappe! Zwartland and Saldanha Bay; Olifants R. Clanw. ; Gauritz

R., Swell. ; Zwartkops R., Uit., Z. ¢ Z./ Klipfontein and Hassagaiskloof, Zeyher.

(Herb. Th., Bth., B., Hk., D.)

A slender, wiry annual (perhaps occasionally subperennial), 12-18 inches high.

Leave few and distant. Stipules minute, triangular. Leaflets 5-8 lines long, 1 line

wide, often infolded. Peduncles longer, often much longer than the leaves, becoming

rigid and arched in fruit.» Fl. 3 lines long, purple. Legumes often veiny, 2 inch

long, 6-7 lines wide, the ventral suture straightish, the dorsal hemispherical. The

figure in Hook. Exot. Fl. t. 84 is doubtful. wee

11. L. subumbellata (Harv.); herbaceous, perennial, decumbent,

nearly glabrous or sparsely strigillose; leaflets 5-6-jugate, oblong or li-

near-oblong, obtuse or mucronulate ; stipules small, triangular ; pedun-

cles longer than the leaf, subumbellate, 4-8 flowered ; pédicels equalling

the puberulous calyx; legumes glabrous, compressed, obliquely oblong,

many seeded. ey. 2392, 2393-

Has. Grassy places and wood sides, Voormansbosch, Swell., Zeyher! Pappe! 119.

(Herb. Hook. Sd. D.) ; mS i

Root woody. Stems numerous, I 2-18 inches long, subsimple, Sy and

furrowed. Pubescence very scanty, of a few appressed, rigid bristles. etiole 1-1}

inch long; leafl. 3-4 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncle 2-3 inches long, erect, rigid

in fruit, floriferous at the summit only. Legume 1-1} inch long, 4 inch wide ;

ovules 16-20, z

12, L. pulchra (Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2064) ; suffruticose at base, dif-

fuse or ascending, the multangular and striate stem, the petioles and pe-

duncles glabrous or nearly so; leaflets 6-14-jugate, linear-oblong, mucro-

nate or retuse, rigid, glabrous (or sparsely pubescent beneath) ; stipules

obliquely ovato-lanceolate, acute ; racemes on long peduncles, densely

several flowered, subcorymbose or oblong ; rachis nigro-pilose ; pedicels

equalling the nigro-pilose calyx or longer ; ovary several ovuled, gla-

brous; legumes broadly-elliptical, obtuse, acute at base, nearly equal-

218 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Lessertia.

sided, glabrous, compressed, 4-6 seeded. DC. Prod. 2,p.272. H& ZI

1640. EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 117. L. astragalina, Meisn. Lond. Journ, 2, 89.

Galega striata, Thunb.! Vicia capensis, Berg! Cap. p. 21 0

Van. 8. luxurians ; larger and stronger in all parts 3 leaflets puberulous beneath ;

racemes longer and many flowered, the rachis and calyx very dark. Galega striata,

Thunb! Lessertia pubescens, Eg Z.! No. 1647.

Var. y. alpina ; dwarf, densely ceespitose ; leaflets obovate, cuneate or obcordate ;

peduncles not twice as long as the leaf, laxly racemose. L. venusia, FE. & Z.! 1641,

Has. Sides of Table and Devil’s Mt., E. & Z.! W.H.H. &e. Drakensteenberg,

Drege! Bp. shady places on Table Mt., £.¢Z./ W.A.H. y- on the Cederberg,

E. & Z,! Mundt.” (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

Root and base of the stem woody. Stems herbaceous, spreading, branched chiefly

near the base. Leaves closely multi-jugate, bright green. Racemes short or slightly

elongating, the peduncle becoming rigid in fruit ; flowers bright purple, 4~s lines

long. Stipules larger and more leafy than in most others. Legumes t4 inch long,

9-10 lines wide, tapering at base, but scarcely stipitate. 8. is a strong-growing

13, L. Pappeana sate. ; herbaceous, ascending, the sulcate stem _

and peduncles and the petioles thinly pubescent with soft, short, spreading

hairs ; leaflets 10-14-jugate, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, glabrous

above, thinly pubescent beneath ; stipules ovato-lanceolate, acuminate ;

peduncles 3-4 times longer than the leaves, racemose, many flowered,

elongating ; pedicels nigro-pubescent, longer than the puberulous calyx;

legume (immature) glabrous, compressed, oblong, 8-12 seeded. ,, as-

tragalina, Pappe! non Meisn,

Has. Tulbagh, Pappe! (Herb. D.)

Stems 2 feet long, pale yellowish, strongly rib-furrowed, somewhat fistular ; the

peduncles similar, 12-14 inches long, ing flowers from 5-6 inches below the

summit upwards. Petioles 3-4 inches long ; leaflets 9-10 lines long, 2 lines wide.

Pubescence Scanty and soft. Flowers s— lines long, the dark purple carina some-

what rostrate, The half-ripe legumes are linear-oblong, both margins nearly straight,

probably the dorsal afterwards becomes arched. Most like Z. pulchra, var.

lucurians, but the raceme is much longer, the flowers larger, the calyx less hairy,

and the leaflets different, the ovules more numerous, and the legumes probably

-p. 118. L. tumida, E. § Z,! 1646.

Has. Philipstown ; also (ZL. tumida) at Wagenhausgrotte, Swell, and Adow, Uit.

E.G ZA Buffel River and between Gekau and Basche, Drege / (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

Stem 12-18 inches long, pale. Leaves subdistant ; the petiole 14-2 inches long,

the leaflets 4-5 lines apart, 7-8 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncles 3-4 inches long,

the last a a ate Legumes about an inch long, nearly 3 inch wide. The

specimens . tumada, - examined are i ect ; they dif-

ferent, but closely allied form, — ee

: ‘16. L, tenuifolia (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 117); half herbaceous, erect

or ascending, the angular stem, the peduncles and petioles thinly albo-

Lessertia.} LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) 219

strigose ; leaflets laxly 10-12-jugate, linear-oblong or obovate, obtuse or

retuse, glabrous or thinly strigose beneath; stipules triangular; pedun-

cles scarcely equalling the leaves, laxly racemose ; pedicels shorter than

the strigillose calyx; legumes glabrous, much inflated, membranous,

ovoid, substipitate, many-seeded.

Has. Mooyplaa 600 f. and !

Country, Mins Duen? “Herb, Sd., D) Pat oy eee et Sone, tn. Drare!: Saale

Suffruticose at base, 6-12 inches high. Petioles 24-3 inches long ; leafl. 3 lines

long, 14 wide. Peduncles 2-24 inches long ; flowers 34-4 lines, crimson. Legumes

1} inch long, § inch wide, very bladdery.

16, L. depressa (Harv.); half-herbaceous, procwmbent or prostrate,

the stem, petioles, and peduncles thinly albo-strigose or subpilose ; leaf-

lets 3-6-jugate, oblongo-lanceolate or oblong, acute or obtuse, thinly siri-

goso-pilose beneath; stipules acuminate ; peduncles shorter than the

leaves or scarcely longer, shortly racemose, several flowered; bracts

broadly ovate, obtuse; pedicels shorter than the nigro-pubescent,

bluntly lobed calyx; legume glabrous, inflated, obliquely ovoid, sub-

stipitate, many-seeded. J. prostrata, E. § Z.! 1645, non Thunb.

Has. Zwartkops River, Uit., #4 Z./ Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber! (Herb.

Sond., Hook.)

Near LZ. physodes and L. tenuifolia, but differing in habit. The stems in E. & Z.’s

specimens are 18 inches long, branched only at the base, floriferous for half their

length. Leaflets 5-6 lines long. The pubescence is generally close-pressed and stri-

gose, but that of the stem and peduncles is sometimes looser and more copious. Le.

gumes scarcely an inch long, 3 inch wide.

17. L. capitata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 118); herbaceous, decumbent,

the stem, petioles, and peduncles hoary with short, patent hairs ; leaf-

lets closely 7-9-jugate, oblong, obtuse or retuse, patently pubescent on

one or both sides ; stipules ovate-acute; peduncles much longer than

the leaf, capitato-racemulose, 5-8 flowered; pedicels unequal, shorter

than the nigro-hirsute calyx; legumes (immature) glabrous, many seeded.

Has. Kasparskloof, Camisberge, 2000 f., Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

ney like L. comeaieals but with glabrous legumes, the exact form of which is un-

own.

18. L. inflata (Harv.); herbaceous, diffuse or decumbent, villoso-

canescent with loose hairs; leaflets 8-10-jugate, short, obovate or ob-

cordate, villoso-canescent beneath ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, laxly

racemose, few-flowered; pedicels shorter than the villous calyx; le-

gumes inflated, glabrous, ovate-subglobose, several seeded. L. vesicaria,

£, Mey.! Comm. p. 119, non DC.

Has. Steelkloof in ata 3500 f. Drege! (Herb. Bth., Sd.)

Thunberg’s Catutea ( Lessertia ) vesicaria, in Hb. Upsal and Holm., has pubescent

legumes, and seems scarcely distinct from Z. tomentosa. Leaflets 2}—3 lines long,

2 lines wide, mostly emarginate. Legumes 7-8 lines long.

19, L. microcarpa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 119); herbaceous, procum- —

bent, dwarf, villoso-canescent with loose hairs ; leaflets 6-8-jugate, short,

obovate-oblong. or obcordate, villous beneath ; peduncles about twice as

long as the leaf, laxly racemose, few-flowered ;. pedicels shorter than the

villous calyx; legumes (small) inflated, glabrous, obliquely obovate,

rather rigid, few-seeded., ghia ar.

220 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Lessertia,

Has. Modderfonteinsberg, 4000 f., Drege! (Herb., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Very like L. inflata, but smaller in all parts, with longer peduncles. Leaflets 2-3

lines long, 1-2 wide, often infolded. Peduncles 2-3 inches long. Legume 5-6 lines

long, 4 lines wide. Flowers white ?

20. L, diffusa (R. Br. Hort. Kew.); perennial, diffuse or procum-

bent, the stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short,

patent hairs; leaves closely 8-12-jugate, leaflets (often alternate) elliptic-

oblong, obtuse or emarginate, albo-pilose on one or both sides ; racemes

on long peduncles, densely many-flowered, elongating ; pedicels scarcely

equalling the albo-pilose calyx; ovary few or several ovuled, glabrous;

legumes subcompressed, glabrous, elliptic-oblong, both margins convex

and not very unequally. 2, Mey./ Comm. p.118. DC. Prod. 2, p. 271,

Galega dubia, Jacq. Ie. Rar. 576. ;

Has. Kasparskloof, near Koussie, Zilverfontein and little Namaqualand ; and in

the Nieuweveld, Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

eas Whole plant hoary with short white, patent hairs, Leaflets 2-4 lines long, 14-2

lines wide, sometimes well covered with hairs above, and sometimes nearly bare,

except at the edges. Racemes 5-6 inches long, on peduncles of equal length.

Flowers purple, 3 lines long. Legumes scarcely uncial ; sometimes semi-uncial,

nearly orbicular and 1-2 seeded, but more commonly 6-8 seeded. Near ZL. excisa,

but differing in the legumes.

21, L. excisa (DC. 1. c. 272); perennial, diffuse or procumbent, the

stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short, patent hairs;

leaves closely 8-12-jugate, leaflets (often alternate) cuneate-oblong,

truncate or emarginate, glabrous above, thinly albo-pilose beneath ; ra-

cemes on long peduncles, laxly several or many flowered; pedicels

equalling the nigro-puberulous calyx or shorter ; ovary several ovuled,

glabrous; legumes compressed, glabrous, at first subfaleate-ovate (the

ventral margin concave), then obliquely semi-elliptical, the ventral margin

straightish, the dorsal arcuate. EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 119. L. perennans,

LE. § Z.! 1652. L. diffusa, E.§ Z.! 1654.

Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Lion’s Mt., E. § Z./ Pappe! Camps Bay, W.H.H.

Paarlberg, Drege! Near Tulbagh, Pappe/ Brackfontein, Clanw., £. § Z.! Klip-

fontein, Zey.! 469. (Herb. Th., Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Many stemmed, trailing or partly ascending, branched from the base. Pubescence

patent. Petioles 2~3 inches long , leaflets 2-6 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, sometimes

obcordate, sometimes elliptical, but usually abruptly cuneate. Racemes 2~3 inches

: long or more, on peduncles 3-5 inches long, which become rigid in fruit. Legumes

: commonly }—1 inch long, 6-8 lines wide, when ripe nearly half-moon shaped ; some-

times 14 inch long, 9-10 lines wide.

22. L. tomentosa (DC. 1. c. p. 272); perennial, diffuse or procumbent,.

the stems, petioles, and peduncles albo-pubescent with short, patent

hairs ; leaflets closely 8-12-jugate, cuneate-oblong, obtuse or emargi-

nate, glabrous above, albo-pilose beneath ; racemes on long peduncles,

subcapitate or shortly several flowered ; bracts deltoid ; pedicels shorter

than the nigro-hirsute calyx ; ovary few-ovuled, hoary ; legume inflated,

Z ovoid, albo-hirsute, shortly stipitate. Colutea tomentosa, and C. vesicaria,

Th.! Fl. Cap. p. 604. L. eacisa, BE. & Z.1 1653.

Has. South Africa, Th: ! Carmichael! N -

rivier, Z. § Z. (Herb. Th, De HE Sd.) See ee —

Many stemmed ; stems subsimple, trailing, 12-14 inches long, hoary with short,

white hairs. Petioles 2-3 inches long ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2-3 wide, open or in-

Lessertia. | LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) 221

folded, green above, hoary beneath. Racemes subcapitate, or slightly lengthening,

much shorter than the peduncles, 8-12 flowered ; all the hairs, except those of the

calyx white. Flowers 3 lines long, purple. Legumes 5-7 lines long, bladdery.

23. L, prostrata (DC. 1. c. p. 272); herbaceous, procumbent, the stem,

petioles, and peduncles sparsely hispid with short, patent hairs; leaf-

lets 8-12-jugate, lanceolate-linear, obtuse or mucronate, glabrous above,

sparsely hispid beneath ; stipules ovate-acuminate ; peduncles rather

shorter than the leaf, 2-3 flowered; pedicels shorter than the nigro-pu-

bescent calyx; legumes turgid, pubescent, oblong, the ventral suture

concave or straightish, the dorsal arched. #. Mey./ Comm. p. 118. Colu-

tea prostrata, Thunb ! Cap. p. 603.

Has. Verlooren Valley, Thunberg/ Cape Flats, Pappe! 118. 8, Africa, Drege!

(Herb. Th., D., Sd.

Root branching, perennial. Stems pale, 10-12 inches long, trailing. Pubescence

scanty. Petioles 2-3 inches long, the first pair of leaflets } inch from the base ;

leaflets 6-7 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, green. Peduncles 14 inch long, 2- rarely

3-flowered. Legume 8-10 lines long, 4-5 wide. Less hairy than L. tomentosa, with

narrower leaflets, shorter peduncles, and fewer flowers.

24, L. argentea (Harv.); perennial, erect or ascending, the stems, pe-

tioles and peduncles appressedly albo-strigose; leaves closely 8-12-jugate,

leaflets oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate, glabrous above,

thinly albo-strigose beneath ; racemes on long peduncles, shortly several

flowered; bracts small; pedicels shorter than the albo-strigose calyx ;

ovary 6-8 ovuled, silvery ; legume broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse at

both ends, compressed, subsessile, thinly albo-strigose, 4-6 seeded. Coro-

nilla argentea, Thunb.! Lessertia villosa, E. Mey.! Linn. 7, p. 169. £.§Z.

1655; also L. vesicaria, E. & Z.! 1657.

Var. 8. angustifolia (E. & Z.) ; leaflets narrower, linear, mucronate. — he

Has. S. Africa, Thunberg! Near Greenpoint, Cape, Pappe! W.H.H. Simon's

Bay and near Hott. amas and Vischhoek. B. $2. Pperb. Th., D., Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems several, 1-2 feet high, subsimple, erect or ing. Pubescence thinly

spread, close pressed, the short, rigid, white hairs fixed by a middle point. | Petioles

3-5 inches long ; leaflets 3-5, in 8. 6—7 lines long, 14-2 lines wide. Stipules tri-

angular-acuminate. Flowers 3-4 lines long. Legumes 1-14 inch long, 6-8 lines wide.

25. L. carnosa (E. & Z.! 1642); suffruticose, diffuse or ascending,

the stem, petioles, and peduncles thinly strigose or glabrescent ; leaf-

lets closely 7-9-jugate, linear semiterete, rigid, carnose, complicate, fur-

rowed above, glabrescent; stipules lanceolate ; peduncles longer than

the leaves, densely corymbo-racemose at the summit ; pedicels scarcely

equalling the albo-puberulous calyx; ovary canescent, many ovuled ;

legumes pubescent, broadly oblong, subinflated, the central suture straight

or concave, the dorsal arcuate, several seeded. Zey./ 2399.

Has. Karroo-places at the mouths of the Coega and Sondag’s Rivers, E. § Z.!

Zoutpanshoogdte, Zeyher! (Herb. Bth., Sd.) : a

Root woody. Stems several, more or less procumbent, 10-12 inches long, rigid.

Leaves closely set, patent, 1-1} inch long. Leaflets 4-6 lines long, 4 line wide, with

a narrow furrow on the upper side, otherwise terete, the young ones subpilose, the

older glabrous. Peduncles 2-3 inches long, the raceme scarcely uncial, 8-12 flowered.

Legumes 1} inch long, 7-8 lines wide, broadly subfalcate-oblong, acute, obtuse at

base.

2. STENOLOBE. (Sp, 26-30.)

96. L. falciformis (DC.? 1. c. 272); suffruticose, erect or ascending,

222 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Lessertia.

virgate, thinly strigoso-canescent ; petioles elongate, leaflets distantly

6-9-jugate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-linear, or obovate, obtuse or re-

tuse, albo-strigose on one or both sides; stipules subulate ; peduncles

much shorter than the leaves, shortly racemose near the summit, seve-

ral flowered ; pedicels shorter than the puberulous calyx ; legumes

glabrous or sparsely setulose, broadly linear-faleate, compressed, 6-8

seeded. L. faleiformis, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 120, exel. var. B.

VaR. 8B? Thunbergii ; legumes nearly straight, setulose. Galega humilis, Thunb.

Cap. 601, fide Herb. Upsal.

Has. Little and Great N. amaqualand. Zilverfontein, Koussie, Kaus and near

Verleptpram, N.W., Drege/ Bitterfontein, Zeyher! 470. Gariep, Wyley! (Herb.

Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) é

A virgate suffrutex, becoming shrubby in age, more or less canescent. _ Petioles

on the young plant 6 inches, on the older 2-3 inches long ; leaflets 3-8 lines long,

2-4 wide. Peduncles about an inch long, several flowered. Legumes 14 inch long,

3-5 lines wide, glabrous or with a very few setz. In var. 8. the legumes are nearly

straight, and as closely setulous as in Z. brachystachya, to which, but for the short

pedicels, I should have referred Thunberg’s specimens. This is the largest and most

woody of all the linear-fruited Lessertie. :

27. L. pauciflora (Harv.) ; many stemmed, herbaceous or suffruti-

cose, suberect or prostrate, dwarf, variably strigoso-pubescent or canes-

cent; leaflets distantly 8-12-jugate, oblong, obtuse or retuse, with in-

volute margins ; stipules subulate or ovato-lanceolate ; peduncles much

shorter than the leaves, mostly 2-flowered (rarely subumbellately 4-6 -

flowered); pedicels shorter than the pilose calyx ; legumes linear, obtuse,

mucronate, straight or somewhat falcate, 3-4 times as long as broad,

thinly strigose, 10-12 seeded.

Var. a. erecta; stems erect ; leaflets glabrescent. Zey./ 461.

Var. 8. prona; stems quite prostrate; leaflets glabrescent or albo-pilose.

Van. y. diffusa; stems diffuse, much branched ; legumes often faleate ; leaflets

albo-pilose.

Var. 5. canescens; leafl. canescent on both sides ; peduncles 2-6 flowered ; leg.

straight or falcate. Zey. 471. .

Has. Var. a, Thaba Uncka, Burke ¢ Zeyher! B. Valleys of Queenstown ; also

in Cradock and on the Winterberg, blossoming throughout the summer, Mrs. F. W.

Barber / §4- _y. Bassoutosland, v. Schlicht! 8, N: amaqualand, Wyley! Bitterfon-

tein, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A very variable plant, intermediate between L. brachystachya and L. faleiformis,

having usually straight legumes, but varying to curved or even falcate ones. Flowers

dull-purple and white, with the vexillum striped. Petioles 1 4-2} inches long ; leafl.

3-4 lines long. Peduncle 4-1 inch long. Var. 8. may perhaps be a species ; yet its

distinctive marks are not constant. : eRe

_ 28. L. brachystachya (DC. 1. ¢. 272); suffruticose, diffuse or ascend-

ing, thinly albo-strigose; leaflets 7-10-jugate, linear-oblong, glabrous

above, thinly strigose beneath ; stipules triangular; peduncles shorter

than the leaves, densely few-flowered ; pedicels much longer than the ca- a

lyx ; ovary canescent ; legumes linear, obtuse or acute, mucronate, 4-5

times longer than broad, nearly straight, thinly strigose, distantly 7-8

seeded. #. § Z. 1635. H. Mey.! Comm.p. 121. Burch. Cat. 3453+

Var. 8, acutiloba; legumes taper-pointed ; slightly falcate. ! 2400.

Has. Cape, Bowie! Burchell. p Ror nee Dit, 2 d in Ualttoria, E. § Z.

Mouth of Gauritz R. and near Enon, Drege. 8. Zoutpanshoogdte, Zeyher, (Herb.

Hk., Bth,, Sd.)

Lessertia. | LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) 94

Stems 1-2 feet long, subsimple or branched, more or less ligneous. Peduncles

commonly very short, the rachis, even in fruit, not an inch long. The pedicels are

slender, 5-6 lines long, by which character this is best known from L. falciformis;

the curvature of the legume is variable. Our var. 8. with the long pedicels of

L. brachystachya has legumes approaching those of L. falciformis, ©

29. L. stenoloba (E. Mey. Comm. p, 12,1) ; herbaceous, erect or dif-

fuse, thinly or sparsely albo-strigose¥ nine 5-10-jugate, linear-oblong

or sublanceolate, variably pubescenf'; peduncles longer than the leaves,

shortly racemose at the summit; pedicels shorter than the calyx; ovary

canescent ; legumes linear, obtuse, mucronate, nearly straight, four

times as long as broad, thinly strigose, many-seeded.,

Var. Meyeri; leaflets subacute, 5-jugate, albo-strigose on both sides. ZL. steno-

loba, E. Mey.

Var. B. obtusata; leafl. obtuse, 7-10-jugate, glabrous above. L. obtusata, E. G Z.

1636, non Thunb. Q

Has. a. Nieuweveld, between Waschbank and Rietpoort, Drege. 8., Sandy hills Ne

near the Zwartkops River, Uit., Z. ¢ Z Cape, Bowie. (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

More herbaceous than L. brachystachya, with (usually) much longer peduncles,

and (constantly) much shorter pedicels. It differs from Z. annularis merely in the

straight or nearly straight legumes.

30. L. annularis (Burch. Voy. 1, p. 304) ; herbaceous, erect or dif-

fuse, thinly albo-strigose ; leaflets 6-10-jugate, oblong-obovate or linear-

oblong, obtuse or emarginate, thinly strigose on one or both sides ; pe-

duncles longer or shorter than the leaf, shortly racemose near the sum-

mit; pedicels shorter than the calyx ; legumes linear, compressed, ob-

tuse, mucronate, arched in a semicircle or more or less completely annular.

DC. Prod. 2.272. EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 120. H. & Z ! 1638. Also L. ar-

cuata, H. & Z.! 1639 and L. faleiformis, E. & Z.! 1637. :

Has. Near Bokpoort, Nieuweveld and Matjesvalei, Drege / Beaufort and Albany,

Pd a De and Swellendam, £. § Z./ Mrs. F. W. Barber. (Herb. Hk.,

Man ston ed, slightly lignescent at base, 10-15 inches high, the ng plant

erect, fon mond semity, compile Leaflets agate fn site 28 lines long.

Peduncles very variable, even on the same specimen. Legumes commonly semi-

circular, but sometimes completely annular. Scarcely two specimens exactly alike

of those examined.

(Doubtful or imperfectly known species.)

L. pubescens (DC. l.c. 272) ; Colutea pubescens, Thunb.! Cap. p. 603.

L. obtusata (DC. 1. c.); Colutea obtusata, Th.! 1. c. 604.

L. mucronata; Galega mucronata, Thunb.! p. 601.

Thunberg’s specimens of the above in Herb. Upsal are too imperfect for accurate

determination.

L. vesicaria (DC) ; Colutea vesicaria, Th.! p.604, seems to he a var.

of L. tomentosa. ae

L. procumbens (DC. 273); stem suffruticose, procumbent, — leafl.

12-14 pairs, ovato-linear, tomentose ; peduncles very long, 3-4 flowered.

Colutea procumbens, Mill. Dict. No.7,

L. abbreviata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 118); herbaceous, ¢

cent; leaflets 8-jugate, subeonvolute-linear, obtuse ; rac

the leaves; legumes semi-obovate, glabrous, about four

Growing with L. linearis (perhaps merely a short-peduneled

224 - LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Sylitra.

L. lanata ; suffruticose ? densely clothed in all parts with long, soft

white hairs ; leafl. 6-8-jugate, elliptic-oblong (5-6 lines long, 2-24 wide,)

obtuse ; stipules lanceolato-subulate ; peduncles equalling the leaves,

shortly racemose at the summit; pedicels equalling the calyx ; le-

gume.... ¢ L. tomentosa, E. § Z.! 1656, excl. Syn.

Has; Gauritz River, Swellendam. £. ¢ Z. (Herb. Sond.) :

Of this there exists a mere fragment in Herb. Ecklon. It is much more densely

villous and woolly than any recorded species,

L. suleata (E. Mey. Comm. p- 116); suffruticose, erect, glabrous ;

stem furrowed, flexuous or kneebent; leaflets multi-jugate, linear-ob-

long, obtuse, emarginate; raceme twice as long as the leaf; the pedun-

cle thick, furrowed, erect; legumes compressed, ovate-oblong, very

large, 1-2 seeded? £. Mey.

Has. Rocky places near Leeuwenkrall, in Dutoitskloof, Drege.

Unknown to me.

XXXVIL SYLITRA, E. Mey.

Calyx sub-bilabiate, 5-fid. Carina erect, round-pointed, shorter than

the stbequal vexillum and adnate ale. Stamens monadelphous. Style

glabrous, the stigma capitellate. Legume scarious, indehiscent, com-

pressed, much broader than the seeds. Z. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 114.

A virgate perennial. Leaves unifoliolate. Stipules subulate, free. Flowers axillary,

mostly in pairs, subsessile, very small. The name ovdrrpa, was applied by Diosco-

rides to some Glycyrhiza, and by Medicus formerly given to the genus now called

Lessertia. It is now revived in favour of the present plant, which with the legume

of a Lessertia has a very distinct general habit.

8. biflora (E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 114) ; Harv. Thes, t. 78.

Has. Bitterwater, near the Gamke River, 2300f., Drege. (Herb. Benth., Sond.)

Stems 12-16 inches high, terete, slender, thinly canescent, slightly branched ;

branches virgate, flexuous, Leaves nearly an inch apart ; petiole 1-2 lines long,

2 lines wide, acute at each-end, glabrous above, minutely canescent beneath, ob-

liquely striate. Stipules setaceo-subulate, equalling the petiole. Flowers in axillary

pairs, on pedicels not a line long. Calyx 14 line long, silky, with sharp teeth. Corolla

not twice as long as the calyx. Legume oblong, 13 inch long, half inch wide, strongly

XXXVIIL ASTRAGALUS, I.

Calyx tubular or campanulate, 5—toothed. Vewxillum equalling or ex-

ceeding the ala ; carina obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary many-

ovuled. Legume (variable in form incompletely or completely divided

longitudinally into two cells, by the introflexion of the carina] (dorsal)

‘suture. DC. Prod. 2,'p. 281. Endl. Gen, 6573.

An immense genus of herbs or , natives chiefly of , i

— ee ppen ray 3 ee North Africn. eageeaan ay ele

ut one §, can i

: ines plas species known, name was given by the Greeks to some

1. A. Burkeanus (Benth. ! in Herb.) ; erect, quite glabrous, glauces-

cent ; stipules very large, leafy, Semicordate-oblong, acute, free ; leaflets

Zornia.. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 295

8—12-jugate, oblong, mucronate ; peduncles longer than the leaves ;

flowers racemose, patent ; calyx-lobes equalling the campanulate tube ;

legume elongate, compressed, glabrous, on a stipe longer than the calyx.

Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 82.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

This belongs to the section “ Galegiformes,” and is near A. graveolens, tigrensis,

venosus, and abyssinicus, the three last natives of North Africa. Root annual. Stems

12-18 inches high, slightly flexuous, terete, pale. Lower stipules uncial, 5-6 lines

wide, upper smaller and narrower. Leaflets 6-7 lines long, 2-3 wide, varying from —

oblong to sublanceolate, pale green, thin. Flowers small and slender, scarcely 4 lines

long. Calyx-tube a line long, the segments narrow-lanceolate. Petals subequal or

the ale rather shorter. Legume on a 2-3 line long stipe, uncial, 24 lines wide, com-

pletely bilocular, slenderly netted-veined and thin.

XXXIX. ZORNIA, Gmel.

Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip obtuse, emarginate, the lower trifid.

Corolla inserted in the base of the calyx ; the vexillum roundish, with

reflexed sides ; ale oblong; carina of lunate petals, cohering in the

middle. Stamens monadelphous ; the alternate anthers small. Legume

sessile, compressed, 3—6-jointed ; the joints roundish, often hispid.

DC. Prod. 2, p. 316. Endl. Gen. 6599.

Tropical or subtropical herbs or suffrutices. Leaves digitate, of 2-4, pellucid-dotted

leaflets. Stipules broad, rigid, peltate ; the upper broader, forming bracts, which

enclose the sessile flowers. Flowers minute, in terminal or lateral, lax pseudo-spikes.

Named from J. Zorn, an apothecary of Kempten, in Bavaria, and author of Jcones

Plantarum medicalium.

1, Z. tetraphylla (Mich. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 41); stems diffuse ; leaves

2~4-foliolate ; leaflets lanceolate or linear ; bracts ovate, acute, ciliolate,

5—nerved. DC.1. c. 317, Hedysarum tetraphyllum. Thunb. Cap. 595.

Zey.! 467. pee

Var a, Capensis; leaflets broadly lanceolate ; legumes reticulate-seabrid. Z. Capen-

sis, Pers. E. § Z.1 1660. E. Mey./ Comm. 122, — :

Var. §. linearis; leaflets very narrow-linear ; legumes echinulate, Z. linearis,

E. Mey tl.e. *

Has. Eastern districts and Port Natal, common. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A slender, wiry plant, 6-12 inches high, glabrous or variably pubescent. Leaflets

generally 4, but varying to 3 and 2, 7-8 lines to 1-14 inch long, and } line to 2-3

lines wide. Stipules and bracts prolonged at base below their insertion ; the latter

enclosing the small yellow flowers, as it between a pair of “ winkers.” The spines on

the legumes vary much ; sometimes they are mere points, sometimes 1-2 lines long.

_ XL. ZSCHYNOMENE, L.

Calyx bibracteate at base, more or less bilabiate or bipartite, the

upper lip entire or bifid, the lower either entire, tritid, or tridentate.

Vexillum subrotund or oblong, simple at base ; ale oblong, equalling or

exceeding the incurved carina. Stamens 10, in two equal parcels of 5

each. Ovary stipitate. Zegume stipitate, compressed, exserted, trans- —

versely articulated, several-jointed. DC. Prod.2,p.320. Endl. Gen.6605.

Tropical and subtropical herbs or shrubs. Leaves impari-pinnate (rarely pari-pin- —

nate) Penlet or plur- juga, bistipulate. Peduncles tase or mT axillary,

rarely terminal. FI. yellow or reddish. Name from a xvvopa, to be modest ; one

of the species has sensitive leaves. : eee “4

VOL, I. oe a

226 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) § [dschynomene.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Sect. 1. Eu-Hschynomene. Calyx bi-partite, deciduous. Stipules peltate.

Peduncles racemoso-paniculate. Stems glabrous. +++ (1) erubescens,

Peduncles t-flowered. Stem hispid ne ... (2) uniflora,

Sect. 2. Ochopodium. Calyx persistent, subequally s—cleft. Stipules sessile.

Leaves 4-5-jugate, ciliate ; racemes axillary, few-flowered (3) micrantha.

1, EU-SCHYNOMENE (Sp. 1-2.)

1, . erubescens (E. Mey. Comm. p. 123); suffruticose, erect, gla-

brous ; leaflets 1o-15-jugate, linear-oblong, ciliolate, the mid-rib beneath

and the common petiole sparsely set with bristles ; racemes axillary, swb-

panicled, bristly ; lips of the bipartite, setulose calyx, shortly but sharply

toothed ; legume .... ?

Has. Between the Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege. Natal, Gueinzius / (Herb. Sd.)

Stems long, simple, purplish, striate, with distant nodes. Leaves spreading 14

inch long ; leafl. 3-4 lines long, 1} wide, paler below. Racemes rather longer than

the leaf, setulose above. Stipules scarious, peltate, lacerated. Bracts ovate, acute,

half as long as the calyx. Legume unknown.

2. Z. uniflora (E. Mey. 1. ¢.); suffruticose, erect, the stem, petioles,

and peduncles rigidly hispid ; leaflets to-20-jugate, linear-oblong, cilio-

late ; peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaf, one-flowered, scabrid ;

calyx hispid, bipartite, the lips entire ; legume on a long, rough stipes,

7-8-jointed, the joints oblong, margined, densely warted in the middle

and sparsely hispid.

Has. Near the mouth of the Omsamculo, among tall grass, Drege. of

Natal, Dr. Sutherland. (Herb. Hk.,Sd., B.) > oo

Stem virgate, “ 5-6 feet high,” terete, rufescent, with distant nodes. Leaves 1-2

inches long ; leafl. 3-4 lines long, 1 line wide. Stipules rigid, eared at base. Pedun-

cles in flower 4, in fruit 1 inch long. Legume 2 inches long ; each joint 3 lines long,

24 wide, brown.

2. OCHOPODIUM. (Sp. 3.)

3. . micrantha (DC. Prod. 2, p. 321); diffuse, slender, the stem,

petioles, and peduncles hispidulous ; leaflets 4—5-jugate, mostly alter-

nate, obovate-oblong, ciliate, mucronate, netted-veined and sparsely

hispidulous beneath ; «racemes axillary, distantly few-flowered ; the

bracts and the subequally and bluntly 5-lobed calyx ciliate, persistent ;

legumes stipitate, 2-4-jointed, recurved, even, thinly silky or glabres-

cent. Patagonium racemosum, E. Mey.! Com Pp. 123.

Has. laces between the Omtendo and ulo, and N: !

1 ie Hk, SD.) ts) Omsamculo, and near Natal, Drege

Stems 1-2. ong, subsimple, filiform, Ww d trailing. Petioles uncial ;

leaflets 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide, Sad ciate a eee ss. “ senda pedi-

cels. Bracts and bracteoles rigid, ovate, ciliato-dentate. Joints of the legume sub-

orbicular. The stamens are 10, in 2 pentandrous parcels, exactly as in others of this

genus.

Flowers polygamous. STERILE : calyx-tube very long and slender (re-

sembling a flower-stalk) ; limb bipartite, the upper lip 4-toothed, the

lower slender, entire. Corolla inserted in the throat of the calyx ; vewil-

lum roundish ; ale oblong, free ; carina incurved, rostrate. Stamens

monadelphous, inserted with the petals. Ovary concealed in the base ©

Stylosanthes. | LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 997

of the calyx-tube, subsessile, 2-3-ovuled, abortive. Fuartite: Calya,

corolla, and stamens none. Ovary on a quickly elongating, rigid, re-

flexed (pedicel-like) torus, stipitate, unilocular, with 2-3 anatropous *

ovules, Style very short, Stigma dilated. Legume (buried under ground)

oblong, thick, reticulated, indehiscent, subtorulose, 2—3-seeded. Embryo

straight, with thick cotyledons. Endl. Gen. 6601. DC. Prod. 2, p. 474.

A small, herbaceous plant, said to come originally from tropical America, but now

common in all the warmer parts of the world, and much cultivated by half-civilized

man, for its seeds ; the common earth-nut, The name was given by Pliny to a plant

with neither stem nor leaves, but all root. It is now applied to one without proper

flower-stalk, or axis of inflorescence.

1. A. hypogeea (Linn, Sp. 1040); DC. lc. H. & Z. 1 1696. j

Has. Coast land about Port Natal, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Hk.) ne WAAL co

Stems herbaceous, diffuse, 1-2 feet long, pubescent. Leaves abruptly bijugate, TA /63

the petiole with two adnate, subulate stipules at base. Leaflets obovate-obtuse,

penni-nerved, becoming glabrous, 1-14 inch long, } inch wide. Flowers solitary,

axillary ; the sterile from the upper, the fertile from the lowest axils. The stipe of

the ovary rapidly elongates after fertilization, and forces the young fruit under the

soil, where it ripens.

XLII. STYLOSANTHES, L.

Flowers polygamous, very generally sterile. Calya-tube very long

and slender ; limb deeply bilabiate, the upper lip 4-fid, the lower elon-

gate, entire. Oorolla inserted in the throat of the calyx ; vexillum

roundish; ale oblong, free; carina incurved, rostrate, shorter than the

ale, Stamens monadelphous, with a split tube. Ovary sessile, in the

base of the calyx-tube (commonly abortive) ; the style filiform, elon-

gate. Ferrite: Calyx, corolla, and stamens none. Ovary subsessile,

erect, 2-ovuled; style short, hooked. Legume sessile, mostly 2-jointed ;

joints compressed, the lower often sterile, the upper one-seeded, sepa-

rating. Endl. Gen. 6606. DC, Prod. 2, p. 317.

Weedlike herbs or undershrubs, frequently viscid-pubescent, common throughout

the warmer regions of the globe. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate. Stipules adnate,

striate. Flowers crowded in dense, terminal or axillary spikes, each in the axil of

a leafy bract, pedicellate ; or solitary, bi-tribracteolate, or In pairs, one perfect, the

other barren. Name crvaos, a style, and avéos a flower ; a flower with a very long

style.

1. 8. setosa (Harv.); suffruticose, dwarf, rigidly hispid and pubes-

cent ; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate, subpungent-mucronate, pubescent,

rib-striate beneath, rigid; stipules subpungent ; ji. unknown, Zey. ! 404.

* Has. Aapjes River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd.) z 2

Reet see ie cee a tahatnagle, ese, 6-3 iacken Mighs coushly

Leaflets 6-7 lines long, 24 wide, longer than the petiole ; the terminal 1-2 lines re-

moved. Nerves prominent beneath. ‘

XLIIL DESMODIUM, DC. Ree

Calyx 5-parted or deeply bilabiate, the upper lip bifid, the lower trie

fid. Veaitlum roundish Pi oblong, longer than the straight, o

carina, Stamens diadelphous, 9 I, Ovary sessile, many

Legume several-jointed, the joints compressed, one-seeded, membre

or rigid, separating at maturity, Seeds compressed, reniform. Lndt. Gen.

6615. DC. Prod. 2, p.325, Nicolsonia, DC. L. ¢. E. Mey.! Comm; . 12.

VOL, I.

228 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Desmodium

Herbs or suffrutices, common in warm countries of both hemispheres. Leaves pin-

nately trifoliolate or unifoliolate ; the terminal leaflet bistipellate, the lateral unisti-

pellate. Racemes terminal, slender or densely flowered. Flowers small, purple or

white. Name, decuos, a bond ; the stamens are connected.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Lys. trifoliolate ; racemes ovoid, very dense, short ve. (1) Dregeanum.

Lys. foliolate ; racemes cylindrical, elongating ; pedicels short —_( 2) grande,

Lvs, trifoliolate ; racemes very lax, paniculate ; pedicels long and filiform :

Leaflets ovate, acuminate, the lateral unequal-sided... (3) strangulatum.

Lfts. obovate, obtuse ; legume moniliform ... -. (4) setigerum.

Leaves unifoliolate; leaflet cordate ; racemes slender, long (5) natalitium.

1. D. Dregeanum (Benth.!); suffruticose, erect, thinly silky-villous,

with appressed hairs; leaves on short petioles, pinnately trifoliolate ;

leaflets obovate-oblong, obtuse, often complicate, glabrous above, thinly

pilose and netted beneath, concolourous ; stipules lanceolate, acumi-

nate, stipelle setaceous ; racemes terminal and axillary, very dense and

short ; pedicels crowded, 2-3 together, short; calyx densely piloso-bar-

bate with yellow hairs; legumes deflexed, about 4-jointed, the joints

subquadrate, pubescent, the intermediate constrictions shallow. Krauss.!

143. Nicolsonia caffra, E. Mey.! 1. c. :

Has. Banks of streams between the Great Cataract and Omsameaba, Drege !

Natal, Krauss/ Sutherland! Sanderson, &c. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

2-3 feet high, more ligneous than other 8. African species. Petioles 4-3 inch long;

leaflets 1-14 inch long, 5-6 lines wide, the terminal largest. Racemes ovoid, shorter

than the leaf, very dense, but not capitate ; the pedicels 2-3 lines long. The yellow

calycine hairs conspicuous. Legumes about an inch long, but little constricted be-

tween the joints,

2. D. grande (E. Mey. ! 1. c.) ; suffruticose, erect, hispido-pubescent ;

leaves on longish petioles, pinnately trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic-oblong,

subacute, rigid, paler beneath, penni-nerved, glabrous above, appressedly —

hispid along the nerves beneath ; petiolules hispid; stipules scarious,

ovato-lanceolate, stipella subulate ; racemes terminal and axillary, cylin-

drical, elongating, many-flowered, pedicels scarcely longer than the calyx,

2-3 together ; calyx setose, bilabiate; legume 4-6 or more jointed,

joints oblong or subquadrate, coriaceous, pubescent, the intermediate

constrictions variable.

Has. Wet in i in-

,. (Gleb: Bes “tne plains between Omblas and Port Natal, Drege! Guein

Stem 3-4 feet high? branching. Leaflets 24-3 inches long, 1-1} wide, with pro-

munent nerves beneath. Racemes from the upper axils, as well as ending the branches,

3-5 inches long, closely flowered, the bracts, before flowering, imbricating ; after-

wards deciduous, lanceolate, acuminate. Pedicels 2 lines long. Legume sometimes

scarcely constricted between the joints, sometimes deeply so,

3. D. strangulatum (W. & Arn. Fl, Ind. I, p. 228); suffruticose, erect,

Anarthrosyie.] LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 229

gined, pubescent, joined by narrow bands. Wight. Ic. t.985. D. Caffrum,

EH. & Z.! No. 1662.

' Has. Makasani-river, Caffr., Z. g Z./ Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sond.)

“*3 feet high, simple.” Stem weak, angular, more or less pubescent or hispidulous.

Leaflets 2-3 inches long, membranous, 1}—2 inches wide. Panicle a foot or more

long, terminal, very lax. #. § Z.’s specimens are rather more robust and hairy than

the Indian, but those from (ueinzius exactly agree with Ceylon individualsin Herb.

pe The joints of the legume are almost half-moon shaped, but narrowed to

one end.

4. D. setigerum (Benth.!); subherbaceous, diffuse, the stem patently

hirsute; leaves on shortish petioles, pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets broadly

obovate, obtuse, appressedly pilose on both sides ; stipules scarious, lanceo-

late, acuminate, stipelle setaceous; racemes (paniculate) terminal and

axillary, very long and lax, remotely flowered; pedicels 2—3 together,

filiform, elongate; calyx setose, subequally 5-fid ; legume 4—5 jointed,

joints ovato-subrotund, pubescent, the intermediate constrictions deep.

Nicolsonia setigera, H. Mey.! 1. ¢.

Has. Grassy places near Omsamwubo, Drege / Coast land of Natal, Sutherland !

Sanderson / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Stems weak, suberect or spreading, 1-2 feet long, roughly pubescent, with foxy

hairs. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, 3-1 inch wide, scarcely paler beneath. Racemes

often 12 inches long, the pedicels an inch apart, and nearly or quite an inch long,

very slender. Joints of the legume 1 line or rather more in diameter.

5. D. natalitium (Sond. in Linn. vol. 23, p. 32); suffruticose, decum-

bent, slender, hispido-pubescent ; leaves on longish petioles, wnifolro-

late; leaflet. cordate-ovate, subacute, scaberulous above, sparsely pilose,

netted veined, and paler beneath; stipules subulate, acuminate, stipelle

setaceous ; racemes terminal, long and lax ; pedicels sub-binate, erect,

scarcely longer than the flower; calyx pubescent, bilabiate ; legume

5-8-jointed, joints ovato-subrotund, pubescent, the intermediate con-

strictions deep. --

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius/ (Herb. Sond.) es

The smallest and most slender of the South African species. Stems filiform.

Petioles nearly uncial ; leaflet an inch long, } inch wide at base. Racemes 5-6 inches

long ; pedicels 2-3 lines long. Legumes moniliform, the ventral suture straight, the

carinal deeply crenate. :

XLIV. ANARTHROSYNE, E. Mey.

‘Same as Desmodium, but: Legume compressed, linear-subfalcate, im-

perfectly articulate, not spontaneously separating into one-seeded frag-

ments. H. Mey. Comm. p. 124.

Tropical and subtropical suffrutices and herbs, with the habit of Desmodium»

from which they are distinguished by the unjointed legume, as the generic name

(derived from a, privative, and ap@pow, to have joints) signifies.

1, A. robusta (E. Mey. 1. c.); suffruticose, erect, densely and softly

tomentose ; leaves on short petioles, 3-foliolate; leaflets broadly ellip-

tical or oblong, obtuse, pilose above, paler, tomentose and penni-nerved —

beneath, the lateral unequal-sided; racemes in a terminal panicle,

cylindrical, elongating, closely flowered, villous; pedicels short; legumes —

pubescent, slightly constricted. a ee

230 LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) ' [Alysicurpus.

Has. a 3 tall grass near Omgaziana, Drege! Natal, Plant, Gueinzius, ge.

Herb. Hk. D. :

: Stem 3 feet high, aia robust, furrowed, densely tomentose, pale. Petioles un-

cial, the terminal leafi. remote. ‘Leaflets 3-4 inches long, 14-2 inches wide, thick

and soft. Panicle 1 foot long, of many slender racemes, each 4-6 inches long ; pedi-

cels 2-3 lines long, erect. Flowers 2} lines long, yellow or reddish ?

XLV. ALYSICARPUS, Neck.

Calyx persistent, glumaceous, deeply 4-parted, the upper segment

emarginate or bifid. Corolla papilionaceous, small, scarcely longer than

the calyx. Stamens diadelphous, 9g and 1. Legume terete or subcom-

pressed, several-jointed, the joints equal-sided, separating. Endl. Gen.

6626, DC. Prod. 2, p. 353.

Small, weedlike herbs or suffrutices, natives of tropical and subtropical Asia and

Africa, Leaves unifoliolate, bistipulate ; stipules and bracts scarious. Flowers

racemose, pedicellate, in pairs, purple, inconspicuous. Name from Avois, a separa-

tion or solution, and xapmos, fruit ; because the legumes break up.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Joints of the glabrous legume deeply furrowed and ribbed (1) Wallichii.

Joints of the downy legume neither wed norribbed,even (2) Zeyheri.

1. A. Wallichii (W. & Arn. Prod. 1. p. 234); ascending, glabrous;

leaves subcordate-oblong, the upper ones linear-oblong or ovato-lanceo-

late ; racemes terminal, cylindrical, imbricating ; bracts broadly ovate,

shorter than the flower, deciduous ; legumes scarcely longer than the

calyx, 4—5-jointed, tipped with the straight base of the style, subcom-

pressed, glabrous, the articulations deeply furrowed and ribbed trans-

wrsely, broader than long. A. glaber, E, Mey.! Comm. p. 125. Zey.! 463.

cx pte. ‘

Has, Amo: between Omsamwubo and Omsam . Crocodile

and Aapjes Bite Ducks § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) “are

Pale yellowish green, rigid, 12-18 inches high. Leaves very variable in shape,

sometimes 1 inch long, } inch wide, and very blunt ; sometimes 2 inches long, 4

inch wide, and acute : the lower leaves are always the broadest and bluntest.

cemes 3-4 inches long, densely many-flowered.

2. A. Zeyheri (Harv.); ascending, glabrous ; leaves elliptic-oblong,

the upper ones linear-oblong, all strongly netted-veined; racemes ter-

minal, lax, interrupted ; bracts broadly ovate, nearly equalling the

flower, deciduous ; legumes longer than the calyx, 3-4-jointed, tipped

with the straight base of the style, subcompressed, downy, the articula-

tions beadlike, smooth, (not wrinkled) or faintly subreticulate. Zey./ 463,

ex pte.

Hap. Aapjes River, Burke ¢ Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

The leaves are more rigid and much more strongly veiny than in A. Wallichii;

the racemes are longer and laxer ; and the legume is very different.

XLVI. REQUIENIA, DC.

Calye campanulate, §-fid, the segments acute, the lowest longest.

Vecillum obovate; carina obtuse, dipetalous. Stamens monadelphous,

the tube cleft above. Ovary sessile, uniovulate ; style short, incurved.

Hullia.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 231

Legume oval, compressed, mucronate, one-seeded. DC. Leg. Mem. p. 224.

t. 37, 38. Endl. Gen. 6471. DC. Prod. 2, p. 168.

Tomentoso-canescent suffrutices, natives of Senegal and S. Africa. Leaves

alternate, unifoliolate ; leaflet obcordate, closely penninerved, mucronate. Stipules

free. Flowers axillary, very small, subsessile, subsolitary or clustered. Named in

honour of M. Requien, a French botanist.

1. R. spherosperma (DC. 1. c.); stipules shorter than the calyx;

legumes pubescent, tapering at base ; seeds globose. DC. Prod. 2, p. 168.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell. Aapjes River, Zeyher/ 368. Eastern frontier, H. Ruther-

foord / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Root thick and woody. Stems numerous, rigid, woody at base, suberect or flexu-

ous and diffuse, 6-8 inches long, not much-branched, densely tomentose and canes-

cent. Petioles 1 line long ; leaflet broadly obovate or orbicular, subobcordate, with

a recurved or hooked mucro, complicate, silky-canescent on both sides, prominently

penninerved on the lower. Stipules subulate, 14 line long, patent. Flowers on very

short pedicels, minute, 1-2-3 together. Pods thinly pubescent, tapering much at

base, oblong-subobovate, 2-3 times longer than the calyx.

XLVI. HALLIA, Thunb.

Calyx subequally 5-fid. Vesillwm ovate; ale oblong, longer than the

obtuse carina. Stamens completely monadelphous. Ovary substipitate,

uniovulate. Legume compressed, membranous, one-seeded. Endl. Gen.

6469. DC. Prod. 2, p. 122.

Small, ascending or trailing suffruticose plants, natives of the Cape. Leaves alter-

nate, simple, very entire, often nigro-punctate, bistipulate. Flowers axillary, soli-

tary, pedunculate or subsessile, small, purple. Named in honor of Birger Martin

Hall, a favorite pupil of Linnzus.

: ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves acute or tapering at base ; stipules erect. _

Stem flattened ; stipules adnate ; peduncles very short ... (1) alata.

Stem filiform ; stipules adnate, subulate ; pedunclesverylong (2)

Stem angular ; stipules nearly free, toothlike, erect ; pedun

idee 8" Ge ee ee GP

Leaves cordate or ovate at base ; stipules reflexed or ing. :

Lys. open, ovate-oblong or ovato-lanceolate, acuminate ;

pedune, setaceous Sob a os OO

Lys. open, broadly ovate or oblong, mucronate ; pedune. =

setaceo' (5) asarina.

us ... we oan coe oes vee eee

Lys. complicate, broadly-cordiform, acute; flowers subsessile (6) imbricata.

1. H. alata (Thunb.! Cap. 593); stem flattened, tevo-edged ; stipules

adnate with the petiole throughout and longer than it; leaves lanceo-

late or obovate-oblong, acute at base, folded, the younger thinly silky,

the older glabrous, rigid ; peduncles very short ; calyx glabrous, silky-

ciliate, enlarged and ribbed in fruit. DC. l.c.p. 123. #. Mey. Comm,

p. 81. B.& Z./ 1251.

iujch long : the upper shies onsen ese. : he

lobes lanceolate, the lowest longest and boatshaped. Legume terete,

the seed completely filling the cavity. eo

thee

232 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Hallia.

2. H. filiformis (Harv.) ; stem jiliform, striate ; stipules adnate with

. the longish petiole throughout and much lon ger than ut, their points subu-

late ; leaves very narrow-linear, acute, folded, tapering at base, the

younger silky-ciliate, the older glabrous ; peduncles setaceous, flecuous,

much longer than the leaves ; calyx-lobes silky-ciliate.

Has. Tulbagh Waterfall, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. D.)

This singular plant looks like a “ sport ” or monstrosity, and if so, it must have

sprung from H. alata, judging by the completely adnate stipules, the folded leaflets

and the tendency to silky pubescence ; but in characters of stem, and in the very

long stipules and peduncles, it is quite unlike that species. Free portion of the sti-

pules 5-6 lines long. Peduncles 14~2 inches long.

3. H. virgata (Thunb. ! Cap. 593); glabrous ; stem angular, flaccid;

stipules adnate at base to the very short petiole, and longer than it,

rigid, toothlike, erect ; leaves lanceolate or linear (rarely obovato-lanceo-

late), acute at each end, flat, rigid; peduncles filiform, shorter than the

leaf or equalling it; calyx but slightly enlarged in fruit. DO. 7. ¢ ; also

H. angustifolia, DC. E. & Z.! 12 53, 1254. H. flaccida, Sieb.! 242, and

Fl. Mixt. No. 27, non Thunb.

es \ Has. Moist places and amo: » common. (Herb. Th., Hk., “5 Ds

x lai (thane Stems ‘eslane, 2-3 feet fetta, Decale near the — ; the aie ll me

J[r,, curved. Leaves scattered, very variable in breadth and form, always acute at base,

»\ 1-2 inches long, 1-8 lines wide, nigro-punctate beneath. Peduneles hairlike, very

variable in length. Legume ovoid, wrinkled.

4, H. cordata (Thunb. ! Cap. 593); stem triangular, villous or gla-

brate ; stipules free, Janceolate or ovato-lanceolate, reflexed, mostly longer

than the short petiole; leaves cordate at base, ovate-oblong or ovato-lanceo-

late, acuminate, pilose or glabrate ; peduncles setaceous, nearly equal-

ling the leaf; calyx villous or glabrate. DC.l.c. BE. § Zt 12 50. H, flac-

cida, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 593- #.& Z.! 1252. - ‘

Has. Moist places and among grasses, common. (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd., D.)

Stem sharply 3-angled, trailing, 1-2 feet long, branched near the base ; branches

simple. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 2-6 lines wide, most commonly oblongo-lanceolate,

obtusely cordate at base. Pubescence variable, sometimes nearly absent. Leaves

much narrower and less cordate than in the next,

__5. HL asarina (Thunb. ! 1. c. 594)3 stem angular and striate, villoso-

pilose ;_ stipules ree, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, reflexed, equalling or

exceeding the petiole ; leaves cordate at base, ovate or elliptic-oblong, mu-

cronate, pilose or subglabrate ; peduncles setaceous, nearly equalling

the leaf ; calyx villous. DC.l.c. B.&Z.! 1249. H. convexa, Burch. 4046.

6. H. imbricata (Thunb.! 1. ¢, 594) stem: 3 la? and a : vil-

loso-pilose ; stipules free, ovato-lanceolate, spreading or voli ates

leaves subsessile, broadly cordate, acute, folded, the uppermost distichously

Vicia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 233

imbricating, villous and piloso-ciliate ; flowers subsessile ; calyx pilose. ea

DCwl.c. #. & Z1 1248. Pitgia Feu

Has. Moist places, among grass and shrubs, common. (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd., D.) ie if }

Diffuse or procumbent ; stems filiform, 1-2 feet long ; the branches long and flac- NO / 63

cid. Leaves closely set, the lower ones sometimes petioled, the upper nearly sessile, y

closely placed, rarely an inch long, nearly 10 lines wide at base, exactly heartshaped.

Flowers deep purple.

XLVII. ALHAGI, Tournef. ~

Calyx shortly 5-toothed. Vewillum obovate, complicate ; ale oblong ;

carina straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, 9 and 1. Ovary several-

ovuled; style filiform. Legume stipitate, ligneous, terete, few-seeded,

irregularly constricted here and there, but not articulated, indehiscent.

Endl. Gen, 6625. DC. Prod. 2, p. 352.

Undershrubs or herbs, natives chiefly of the deserts of N. Africa and Central Asia.

Leaves simple, with minute stipules. Peduncles axillary, spinous. Flowers few,

red. The name is from the Arabic Algul. Manna is collected from these plants

about the Taurus, and in other eastern countries.

A. maurorum (Tournef.); stem shrubby; leaves obovate-oblong ;

calyx-teeth acute. DC. l. ¢. ;

Has. Karroo, near Olifant’s River and Brackfontein, Eck. ¢ Zey.! (Herb: Sd.)

I introduce this with much hesitation. A single, spiniferous branch, without

flower or fruit, which may or may not belong to Alhagi maurorum, exists in Herb.

Ecklon. This is the only evidence for the plant in 8. Africa.

XLIX. VICIA, L.

Calyx campanulate, subequally 5-cleft or toothed. Corolla much

exserted ; vexillum expanded. Stamens 9-1. Ovary subsessile; the

style bent upwards at a right angle, with a tuft of hairs under the

stigma. Legume compressed or turgid, 2 or many-seeded ; seeds sub-

globose, with an oval or linear scar. Hndl. Gen. 6581. DC. Prod. 2, p. 354-

Twining and climbing herbs, annual or perennial, common throughout the tem-

perate zones of Europe, Asia, and America ; only naturalized in 8. Africa. Leaves

abruptly pinnate, in several pairs, the common petiole mostly produced into a

branching or rarely simple tendril ; stipules mostly semi-sagittate ; peduncles axil-

lary, short or long, 1-2, or racemosely many-flowered. Flowers blue, purple, yellow

or white, or parti-coloured. Name, said to be from vincio, to bind together ; because

these plants attach or bind themselves to objects by their tendrils. English name, —

Vetch ; French, Vesce. ;

ANALYSIS OF THE (NATURALIZED) SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Flowers solitary or in pairs, subsessile Ses ... (1) sativa.

Peduncles elongate, many-flowered ... ak ... (2) atropurpurea,

all mucronate, pubescent or

tooth ed or lacinia’ i te 3 flower $

234 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Teramnus.

Has. A weed, in cultivated and waste ground, throughout the colony. (Herb.

T.C.D., &c.)

A small, weak-growing biennial, varying in the breadth of the leaflets and in

pubescence. Leaves subsessile ; leaflets 4-1 inch long, 2-1 line wide. Flowers pur-

ple or blueish, or a reddish-lake, on peduncles 1 line long. Legumes 2 inches long,

strongly compressed. This species is now naturalized throughout the temperate

zones of both hemispheres.

2. V. atropurpurea (Desf. Fl. Atl. 2, p- 164) ; densely villous ; stems

4-angled ; leaflets 10-14, oblong or linear, mucronate, softly hairy,

alternate or opposite; stipules semisagittate, often one-toothed at base;

peduncles nearly equalling the leaves, many-flowered ; flowers secund,

close together ; calyx-teeth bristle-shaped, pilose, longer than the tube;

legumes oblong, compresso-turgid, densely hairy; seeds globose, black,

the scar velvetty. DC. Prod. 2, p. 359. Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 84. Bot. Reg.

t. 871. V. albicans, Lowe !

Has. Near the Capetown Observatory, Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.)

_A native of Algeria, Madera, and the Azores ; probably a mere escape from the

Observatory Garden. I have seen but a single Cape specimen, in Herb. Sond. ; it

agrees in all respects with those from the Mediterranean and Azores, in Hb. T.C.D.

Stem 2-3 feet high, sharply angular and rib-striate, much branched. Leaves sub-

sessile, 2-3 inches long, with many pairs of leaflets, Flowers dark purple, the ale

paler or white at base. Young pods very hirsute.; older much less so.

L. DUMASIA, DC.

Calyx cylindrical, obliquely truncate, entire, bibracteolate at base.

Claws of the petals equalling the calyx ; limb of the vexillum cordate-

oval; carina obtuse. Stamens 9-1. Ovary few-ovuled ; style filiform

at base and apex, dilated beyond the middle. Legume attenuated at

base, 2-valved, compressed, few-seeded, contracted between the seeds.

DC. Prod. 2, p. 241. Endl. Gen. 6631. W. § A. Prod. 1, p. 206,

Twining, herbaceous or suffruticose, slender plants, common in tropical Asia.

Leaves pinnato-trifoliolate. Racemes axillary. This genus is readily known by its

truncate, shortly tubular calyx. It is named in honour of J. i ch

D. villosa (DC. Leg. Mem. P. 257, t. 44); stem and leaflets more or

less pubescent or villous ; legumes villous. D, pubescens, DC. 1. c. t. 45.

Prod. 2, P. 241. D. capensis, E, § Z.! 162 5. Burch. ! Cat. 5437.

V ry, Variable in pubescence ; the S. African specimens glabrescens Stone doy

younger parts retrorsely puberulous. Petioles filiform. Leaflets

pit aes ee obtuse, subglabrous act minutely appresso-puberulent beneath,

the leaves. Flowers 4—s lines long. Sumareh wtualling or slightly =—

Be LI. TERAMNUS, Sw.

: o- tubuloso-campanulate, 4—5-fid. Vesrillum obovate, with a long-

ish claw; ale narrow-oblong, oblique ; caring shorter, oblique, obtuse.

Stamens monadelphous, the alternate rostrate, Ovary sessile, with a

short, thick style and capitate stigma, Legume linear, many-seeded,

hook-pointed, septate within. Benth. Fl. Braz. AXIY, p 138. Glycine,

sp. Auct.—Bujacia, E. Mey. Comma. p, 187, 5 me

Galactia. | LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) 235

Slender, twining, tropical plants. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate ; leaflets stipellate,

the terminal remote. Flowers minute, on slender, axillary peduncles, in pairs or

fascicled, or in interrupted racemes. Pedicels short, bibracteolate under the calyx.

Name from tepapvos, soft ; because the pods and leaves are soft.

T. labialis (Spreng. Syst. 3. p. 235); variably pubescent with re-

flexed hairs ; leaflets ovate or oblong, obtuse or mucronate, appresso-

pubescent or silky ; peduncles longer than the leaves, interruptedly

many-flowered ; upper lip of the calyx deeply bifid ; vexillum narrowed

at base; ale unidentate, longer than the obtuse carina; legume ap-

pressedly hispid or glabrescent. Glycine labialis. Linn. Suppl. 325. G.

parviflora, Lam, DC. 2, p. 242. G. abyssinica, and Kennedya arabica,

Hochst. Bujacia gampsonychia, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 127.

Has. Caffraria, by the Key R. and between Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege!

Natal, Gueinzius! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems slender ; in our specimens rough with reflexed, fulvous, rather igid hairs,

sometimes glabrescent. Petioles 1-2 inches long. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, $-1

inch wide, varying from sparsely hispid to densely silky, the hairs appressed. Ra-

cemes 3-4 inches long, the flowers minute, 2-3 together in tufts, 3-4 lines apart,

silky pubescent or subvillous. Calyx 2 lines long, the segments subequal, the two

upper broader, connate at base or nearly to the middle. Vexillum 3 lines long, ob-

ovate, with a long, tapering claw. Legume 14-2 inches long, 1} line wide, linear,

slightly falcate, with a thick, incurved style and 10-12 transverse seeds, separated

by cellular septa.

(Doubtful Species.

Bujacia anonychia (E. Mey. ! Comm. 1. c.) ‘‘staminal tube entire;

legumes subtorulose, muticous, 5-seeded ; leaflets broadly ovate, acumi-

nate.” EH. Mey.

Has. Among shrubs near Natal, Drege. (Unknown to me.)

LIL. GALACTIA, P. Brown. -

Calyx bibracteate at base, 4-fid, the segments acute, nearly equal.

Vexillum ovate or suborbicular, patent or reflexed ; ale oblong, shorter

than the subincurved carina. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary several-

ovuled, subsessile, Syle filiform, incurved, glabrous ; stigma small.

Legume linear, compressed, with cellular partitions between the seeds,

several-seeded. Endl. Gen. No. 6653. —

Voluble or prostrate herbs or suffrutices, chiefly tropical. Leaves trifoliolate ;

leaflets stipellate, the terminal distant. Racemes axillary, few-flowered. Flowers

small. Name from yada, milk.

G. tenuiflora (Wight & Arn. Prod. 1, p. 206); voluble, variably pubes-

cent; leaflets from oval to lanceolato-oblong, glabrous and shining

above, paler and pubescent beneath ; peduncles equalling or exceeding

the leaves, 2—4-flowered near the summit ; calyx silky (or glabrescent)

with linear-faleate segments, G. tenuiflora and G. villosa, W. & A. Lc.

Copisma subsericeum, Sond. in inn. Vol. 23, p. 34.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) ap tae

"A common coast plant in tropical Asia and Australia, Our specimens exactly —

agree with the “@. villosa,” W. & A., a hairy form that gradually passes into the —

subglabrous @. tenuiflora of the same authors. Stem 2-3 feet high, slender. .

1-2 inches long. Stipules lanceolate, 3 lines long. Leaflets 13-2 inches lo -10

lines wide; more or less ovate or subcordate at base. Calyx-lobes 3 lines long, 4 line

236 : LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Erythrina.

wide. Corolla yellow, twice as long. Ovary silky. Legume 2 inches long, strongly

compressed, slightly curved, 7-8 seeded.

LUI. ERYTHRINA, L.

Calyx either truncate or bilabiate or cleft on one side and spathaceous.

Vexillum ovate-oblong, without basal ears or calli, incumbent, very

much longer than the alz and the dipetalous carina. Stamens straight,

exserted, diadelphous or imperfectly monadelphous. Ovary stipitate,

many-ovuled. Style straight, glabrous, with a lateral stigma, Legume

indehiscent, compressed between the seeds, tipped with the hardened

style. Seeds oval, with a linear scar. Endl. Gen. No. 6667.

‘Trees or shrubs, natives of warm countries generally, Stem and leaves often

prickly. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate, the terminal leaflet remote. Stipelle glandu-

lar. Stipules free. Flowers racemose, large and handsome, red or scarlet. Seeds

commonly red and black. English name, ‘‘ coral-tree.” The generic name is from

epu@pos, red.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

1, Eu-erythrina.— Calyx truncate or bilabiate, subentire or shortly 5—toothed.

Petioles without prickles ; stem arborescent ; legume

unarmed, glabrate a a = -. (1) caffra,

Petioles and often the nerves of the leaflets armed with prickles.

unarmed ; leaflets subacute or obtuse ;

= calyx truncate... = ee =e ... (2) Zeyheri,

‘ : Legumes unarmed ; leafl, acuminate ; calyx shortly

=< : 5-toothed ... (3) Humei,

_ Legumes prickly ; leaf. transversely ‘elliptic, obtuse (4) acanthocarpa.

2. Chirocalyx.—Caiyx cleft on one side, spathaceous ; its

lobes filiform = a te “az seek ove ty) a,

1, EU-ERYTHRINA, (Sp. 1-4).

1. E. caffra (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 559); a tree; branches prickly,

petioles unarmed ; leaflets petiolulate, broadly ovate, obtusely acuminate,

glabrous ; racemes densely many-flowered ; calyx tomentulose, ie!

labiate or splitting, afterwards enlarged, obsoletely denticulate ; vexil-

lum minutely velvetty ; vexillary stamen adnate below the middle to

the split staminal tube; legumes moniliform, glabrate, unarmed, £.d Z./

1691. H. Mey. Comm. p. 159. Krauss! 286.

. cpnscl,.. x: LAB: In woods, not far from the sea, in Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria, and Port

bw ssa Natal ; often cultivated in colonial gardens. (Herb. Th., Hk. Bth., 8d., D.)

2. E. Zeyheri (Harv.) ; arborescent ?; branches, petioles, and the

nerves of the leaves prickly 3 petioles araneo-pubescent, ribstriate ; ter-

minal leaflet broadly ovate, subacute, lateral ovate-oblong or ovato-lanceo-

late, subcuneate at base, all prominently ribbed and veined beneath ;

stipules oblong, obtuse, or subacute; racemes on long peduncles, densely

Erythrina.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 237

many-flowered ; calyx puberulous, tubular, obsoletely crenate ; vexillum

scarcely velvetty; vexillary stamen nearly free to the base; legumes

torulose, unarmed, subglabrate. Zey./ 531- ,

sa BD) Between Mooje R. and Magalisberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth.,

Very near E. Humei, but a much larger and coarser plant, and perhaps arbores-

cent ; judging from the leaves which are crowded round the end of the twigs. Sti-

pules 3-1 inch long, thick and leathery, much larger than those of £. Humei. Peti-

oles 6-8 inches long, 2-24 lines in diameter, ribbed and furrowed. Terminal leaflet

3-6 inches long, 2—§ inches broad, sparsely prickly on both sides, subacute, but not

acuminate ; the lateral 2-5 inches long, 14-3 wide, less ovate. Peduncles 10-16

inches long ; the rachis tomentulose. Calyx somewhat membranous, truncate, with

very obsolete lobes. Legumes 7-8 inches long, 4 inch wide at the seeds, narrowed

between. Flowers crimson.

3. E. Humei (FE. Mey.! Comm. p. 150) ; a shrub; branches, petioles

and (often) the nerves of the leaves prickly ; leaflets petiolulate, broadly

ovate, subobtusely acuminate, glabrous; racemes on long peduncles, densely

many-flowered ; calyx puberulous or tomentulose, tubular, shortly 5-

toothed; vexillum minutely velvetty ; vexillary stamen free nearly to

the base; legumes unarmed. J. caffra, Ker. Bot. Reg. t. 7 36. A&B.

Bot. Mag. t. 2431. DC. Prod. 2, p. 412, eacl. syn. Thunb.

Var. 8. Raja; smaller ; the teeth of the calyx longer and more acuminate ;

strongly recurved ; vee stamen adnate above the base. Z. Raja, Meisn.! in

Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 96.

Has. Grassy hills in Caffraria, between Kovi and Kap R., and near the Keis-

kamma, Drege! Queenstown District, Mrs. F. W. Barber! B. Natal, Krauss / 62.

Or hak eee sneer places Bark of the half herbaceous twigs

8 , gro wai one, in open ee 8 t)

Sek-ociek: case. ase even. Prickles e horn-colour, glossy, triangular.

Leaves scattered, on glabrous petioles, 3-5 inches long, the terminal remote.

Eesti #3 nc ong, 1-24, bond al broad af at se epond the

. uncles 12—10 in : > ’

ee ingewd rachis tomentulose. — Pisidies uekenecn-acariot, 1-1} inch long. Ripe

legumes not seen. “eS

4. E. acanthocarpa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 151) 3 shrubby ; twigs, peti-

oles, and midrib of the ‘toe prickly ; petioles slender, villous;

leaflets transversely elliptical, obtuse or apiculate, glabrous and glaucous ;

racemes lateral or terminal, few or many flowered, shortly pedunculate

or subsessile ; calyx glabrous, campanulate, subtruncate, obsoletely and

bluntly lobulate ; vexillum scarcely velvetty ; vexillary stamen adnate

to the split tube; legumes clavato-stipitate, torulose, incurved, armed

with prickles. #. Humeana, E. § Z.! 1692, excl. Syn. Bot. Mag. &e.

Has. Forming low thickets in Albany, Queenstown, and Caffraria, Drege/ E. &

Z! Mrs. F. W. Barber ! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd. D.)

‘A divaricately branched, rigid shrub, 4-6 feet high, armed with sharp, subulate,

prickles. The bark of the twigs is pale and rugulose. Petioles 1-24 inches

long, slender, woolly when young. Leaflets broader than long, }-1 inch long, 1-14

inch broad, pale, especially beneath. Flowers 1-14 inch long, the vexillum scarlet,

tipped bir = “The root, according to Mrs. Barber, is long and succulent, and

hes perfectly dry is extremely light, and in that state sometimes made into light

is Tambookie-thorn.

summer hats (probably like those made in India of the Neptunia). The colonial name

238 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [Canavalia.

2. CHIROCALYX, (Sp. 5).

5. E. latissima (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 151); arborescent, velvetty-lanu-

ginous ; leaves on long petioles, pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets broadly

ovate; obtuse, densely tomentose at each side, penninerved ; petioles

and peduncles lanuginous ; spike ovoid, densely many-flowered ; calyx

lanuginous, cleft down one side, the segments filiform ; corolla glabrous.

L. Sandersoni, Harv. Thes. t. 61, 62. Chirocalyx mollissima, Meisn, ! in

Hook, Lond. Journ. 2, p. 98.

Has. Between the Basche, Omtata, and Omsamwubo, 1000-2000f., Drege.

Tafelberge, Port Natal, Krauss/ Near Sterk Spruit, Sanderson! (Herb. D., Hk.)

A scrubby tree, 10-12 feet high, with greyish-green foliage. Petioles 5-8 inches

long to the leaf-pair ; the terminal leaflet 2-3 inches distant. Leafl. 5-8 inches broad,

4-6 inches long, subtruncate at base. Peduncles 6-8 inches long, bearing a very

dense spike of dull crimson flowers. Calyx spathaceous ; its slender limb-segments

spreading like the fingers of a hand. Pubescence woolly, whitish, deciduous. In pub-

lishing this in the Thesawrus as a novelty, I overlooked two previous ‘ discoveries!”

LIV. CANAVALIA,

Calyx bilabiate, the upper lip very large, truncate, emarginate or bifid,

with broadly rounded lobes ; lower small, subentire or trifid. Veaxtllum

ample, suborbicular, ridged at back, bi-callous within, with a short claw ;

ale oblong, eared at base ; carina equalling the ale or longer, shorter

than the vexillum, incurved. Dise sheathing. Stamens monadelphous,

or imperfectly diadelphous, Ovary linear, multiovulate. Style incurved,

glabrous, with a terminal stigma. Legume compressed, subfalcate, with

transverse partitions between the seeds. Seeds compressed, with a linear

sear. Endl. Gen. No. 6663. Benth Fl. Braz. XXIV.

Climbing or prostrate, tropical or subtropical herbs or suffrutices, Leaves pin-

nately trifoliolate, the terminal leaflet subdistant. Stipules small ; stipelle minute

ornone. Racemes axillary, subspicate ; flowers solitary or in pairs, rosy, purplish

or white; bracts deciduous. N. ame, from Canavali, the Malabar name. 4

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaflets suborbicular, very obtuse ; lower calyx-lip 3-lobed ... (1) obtusifolia.

Leena, Serge pees lower calyx-lip minute, cee 4

‘TG. obthaititg (BC Bera NE eh ttt ROR fl

4. ©. obt (DC. Prod. 2; 4o4'); creeping, glabrous, or when

—- young, silky-pubescent ; leaflets obovate or orbiculur, very obtuse ; upper

—— lip of the calyx bilobed, much shorter than the tube, lower 3-lobed ;

Ma nwo carina erostrate. Bendh.! 1.c. p. 178, tab. 48. Dolichos emarginata, Jacq.

Near Schoenb. t. 221. Can. emarginata, Don. E. Mey. Comm. p. 148,

oe Has. Caffraria, between Om ccdace }

(eb. He, Si. D) Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege! Natal, Gueinzius

vornmon near the sea, hout the tropics, often cultivated. Leaflets inches’

long, 2~3 broad, we en i Roig arti pe nl ‘aie florife rous near ahs went,

thinly sky, » the subsessile flowers springing tubercles

Fs C. Bonariensis (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1199); leaflets oval-oblong,

odtusely-acuminate, coriaceous ; upper lip of the calyx bifid, lower very

AXIV. p. 178. C. monodon, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 149.

C. eryptodon, Meisn.! Lond. Journ. 2, p. 96. e wee

Vigna.| LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 239

gab) Mouth of the Omtendo, Drege! Natal, Gueinzius/ Krauss! (Herb. Hk.,

A native also of extra-tropical S. America. Leaflets rigid, 2-3 inches long, 1-14

wide, reticulated. Peduncles short, few-flowered ; the short-stalked flowers rising

from fleshy tubercles. Calyx } inch long.

LV. VIGNA, Savi.

Calyx bibracteate at base, campanulate, 4—5-fid (the upper lobes sepa-

rate or connate), the lowest longest. Veailwm ample, patent, with an

arched and vaulted claw, and two callous ridges at base within ; ale

oblong, produced at base, or eared on the claw ; carina not twisted, in-

flexed or rostrate. Stamens diadelphous or monadelphous, nearly to

the middle. Disc sheathing. Ovary linear, several-ovuled ; style com-

pressed and channelled on one side, incurved ; stigma hooked, oblique.

Legume terete or compressed, subfalcate, subtorulose, with cellular parti-

tions between the seeds. Seeds subreniform, with a small strophiole.

Endl. Gen. 6675. Otoptera, DC. Prod. 2, p. 240. Scytals, Sphenostylis

and Strophostylis, H. Mey. :

Voluble or erect suffrutices or herbs, natives of the warmer parts of both hemi-

spheres. Leaves pinnately trifoliolate. Flowers on long peduncles, floriferous at the

summit or racemose. The pods of many may be eaten as Kidney beans. V. Catjang

(Dolichos Catjang, Linn.) is commonly cultivated in the colony for its pods. Name,

from Domenic Vigna, a commentator on Theophrastus.

: ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Peduncles 2-4-flowered at the summit :

Rigid, suberect, ligneous, nearly glabrous undershrubs ; leaves coriaceous, lanceo-

late or linear, mucronate : ; 2

Calyx 4-fid, its lobes lanceolate inate, very acute ... (1) Burchellii.

Calyx-lobes very short, broad, and blunt ... Ss veges (ay istifol

Voluble or prostrate, herbaceous or scarcely ligneous plants, more or less hispido-

pubescent :

Leaflets ovate, oblong, or lanceolate or linear, not lobed :

*~ Cal -segments short, broad, blunt igs oe = ode (3) margi :

Calyx-segments acuminate; carina spurred at one side ne wails.

1. V. Burchellii (Harv.) ; suffruticose, diffuse or suberect, much-—

branched, nearly glabrous ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, rigid,

setaceo-mucronate, glabrous ; stipules sagittato-peltate, ovato-lanceolate,

stipellee subulate ; peduncles longer than the leaves, 2-4-flowered at

the summit; calyx campanulate, deeply 4-fid, the lobes lanceolate, acumi-

nate, very acute ; carina falcate-acute ; ale with an ear-shaped appendage

to the claw; legume... - ? Otoptera Burchellu, DC. Prod. 2, p- 240,

Mem, Leg.t. 42. | ~

Has. Interior of S. Africa, Burchell. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen! (Herb. D.)

Stems ligneous, diffuse ; the branches rigid and suberect. Petioles $-} inch long. —

Adult leaves 1-24 inches long, }-} inch wide near the base, quite glabrot e

unger puberulous, all tipped with a long, setaceous mucro. uncles 3-5 inches

ng, umbellate ; pedicels 3-6 lines long. The two upper segments of the calyx are

240 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Vigna.

completely connate to the point, all are spreading or reflexed after the flowers open.

Carina very acute, like that of a Crotalaria. This has quite the habit of V. angusti-

folia, but differs in the calyx and corolla, &c.

2. V. angustifolia (Benth !) ; suffruticose, suberect, much-branched,

glabrescent ; leaflets linear-lanceolate or oblong, rigid, mucronate, gla-

brous; stipules and stipelle shortly-subulate, rigid ; peduncles longer

than the leaves, 2-4 flowered at the summit; calyx campanulate, ¢ts

lobes very short, broad, and blunt, the two uppermost connate; carina

falcate, round-topped ; legumes linear, margined, glabrous, tipped with

the long, persistent style. Sphenostylis angustifolia, Sond.! Linn. 2 3) P33.

Saag Peat Natal, Gueinzius! 624. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Sd.,

Erect ie wanitog many-stemmed, 1-3 feet high, very rigid, when young thinly

pubescent, quite glabrous when adult. Stipules 14 line long, triangular. Petioles

2-1 inch long, erect. Leaflets varying from very narrow, linear-lanceolate, acute, to

broadly oblong, obtuse, 14-2 inches long, 3-5 lines wide, full green. Peduncles

long or short, subumbellately few-flowered. Flowers purple. Calyx bibracteolate at

base, 2 lines long, the lobes broader than their length. Vexillum 7 lines long and

wide. Legume 2-3 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, with ridged sutures and a long, yel-

low persistent style.

3. V. marginata (Benth.); procumbent or voluble, sparsely puberu-

lous or glabrate; leaves long-petioled, leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse or

retuse, margined, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; stipules minute,

broadly subulate ; peduncles very long, shortly racemose near the sum-_

mit ; calyx cupshaped, its lobes very short, broad, and rounded ; carina

faleate; legume straightish, compressed, linear, coriaceous, narrowed at

each end, tipped with the long, persistent style. Sphenostylis marginata,

E, Mey. Comm. p. 148.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius/ Mouth of the Omsamculo, Drege. (Herb. Hk.)

Stem suffruticose at base, flagelliform. Petioles 2 inches long, the terminal leaf-

let 4 an inch beyond the pair. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, f—1 inch wide, the young

ones with a few small hairs, most persistent on the ribs and veins beneath. Stipules

rigid, x line long. Peduncles 12 inches long, incurved ; the raceme commencing

about an inch from the summit, Calyx very short and wide, more crenate than lobed.

Corolla purple, 7-8 lines long. I describe from a specimen from Gueinzius.

4. V. vexillata (Benth. ! Fl. Braz. XXIV. p- 194, t. 50, f. 1); voluble,

_ Tetrorsely-hispid, or rarely glabrescent; leaflets varying from ovate to

lanceolate ; peduncles 2~4-flowered at the summit; calyx tubuloso-

campanulate, the 5 segments acuminate, somewhat longer than the tube ;

carina obliquely circularly incurved, spurred at one side. Phaseolus vexil-

latus, L. Ph. capensis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 589. V. hirta, Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 637.

E.& 4.! 1682. Strophostyles capensis, i. Mey. Comm. p. 147. Zey.! 529,

528. Vigna scabra, Sond. ! Linn. 2 3, Dp. 32.

Has. In rag: places. Frequent in the eastern districts, extending thro Caf-

fraria to Natal, Thunberg ! E. § Z.1 Drege! dec. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd, De

The herbaceous, voluble stem several feet long, the petioles and peduncles rough

variable in shape and length ; sometimes ovate, 14-24 inches long, 3-1} inch wide ;

oftener ovato-lanceolate, 4~5 inches long, 4 inch agen base,. etic an acute

point ; sometimes linear, 1-2 inches long, 2-3 lines wide ; all green at both sides,

membranous, sparsely hairy above, setose, especially along the veins beneath ; reti-

culately veined. Peduncles 3-4~12 inches long, 2-4-flowered at the summit ; pedi-

Vigna. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 241

cels minute. Vexillum broad, reflexed, 9-10 lines long, with a folded claw, the

limb with inflexed ears at base. Carina broadly falcate, much curved at the point,

nearly forming a complete circle, and having on one side above the middle a conical,

prominent spur. Legume sessile, linear, straight, hispid, 3-4 inches long, 2 lines

wide. Flowers greenish-yellow, tinged with purple. This plant is common to South

Africa, Australia, S. America and tropical Asia. 2 =

5. V. triloba (Walp. Linn. XIII. 534); procumbent, herbaceous;

stem retrorsely-hispid or glabrescent ; leaflets hastate-trilobed, the lobes

obtuse, the medial lobe much the longest ; lateral leaflets unequal-sided,

their upper lobe obsolete ; stipules peltate, constricted at the insertion, and

prolonged downwards, ovate ; peduncles elongate, 2-flowered at the sum-

mit ; calyx campanulate, the lobes falcato-lanceolate, longer than the

tube ; carina broadly ovato-falcate, acute ; legume straight, terete, his-

pid. Dolichos trilobus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 590. H. § Z.! 1686. Scytalis

protracta, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 146.

Ris stenophylla ; ni Ipeaies Se ae ee { es — jong; fae

ines wide), attennate, mucronate, obsoletely-hastate, subloved a e. Zey.! No. 529. yy) 4. oy

e " geen A Algoa Bay, and at Krakakamma, E. § 2.’ Near Galge- 4p mnths 34S

bosch, and between the Gekaw and Basche, Drege! Mouth of Riet R., Albany, Dr.

o—— Var. 8. Schoen Stroem and Vaal River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk.,

Stems = feet long or more, weak, somewhat angular. Leaflets variable in

breadth, and in incision ; sometimes narrow-hastate, 1-2 inches long, the medial

lobe 2-6 lines wide, 10-15 lines long, the lateral widely spreading, narrow-oblong,

5-6 lines long, 2 broad ; sometimes the terminal leaf only is distinctly 3-lobed, the

lateral leaflets being obliquely-ovate and subacute. The stipules are constantly pel-

tate in insertion, vertical, rigid, 2-lobed, the lobes directed contrary ways. Pods 3-33

inches long, 2 lines wide. Var. 8. is an extravagantly narrow leaved form, but has

the remarkable stipules of the species.

6. V. decipiens (Harv.); prostrate, herbaceous : stem and petioles

retrorsely hispid; leaflets hastate, 3-lobed, the middle lobe acute, lateral

short, obtuse, lateral leaflets unequal-sided, obsoletely lobed ; stipules

sessile, lanceolate, small; peduncles eq g or exceeding the leaves,

2-flowered at the summit; calyx campanulate, its lobes from a broad

base subulate, equalling the tube; carina falcate, subacute; legume

straight, somewhat constricted between the seeds. Dolichos ? decipiens,

Burch. 4117. Zey.! 523+

Has. S. Africa, Burchell’ Grassy places by the Vaal R., Burke § Zeyher!

(Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.) : :

Very like V. triloba, but the stipules are basificed, not peltate, the flowers are

smaller and the calyx different. Stems flagelliform, 2 feet long or more, striate, and —

rather roughly hispid. Petioles uncial. Stipellze lanceolate, equalling the petiolules.

Leaflets about 1-14 inch long, $-3 inch wide, green, subglabrous, except on the

ribs, veins, and margin, the middle lobe mostly acute. Flowers 6 lines long, seem-

ingly greenish-rosy. Young pods only seen. "e

7. V. lateola (Benth.! Fl. Braz. XXIV. p. 194); voluble, herbaceous;

stem and petioles retrorsely villoso-pubescent ; leaflets ovate or ovato-—

lanceolate, hispidulous ; stipules minute, eared at base, ovate ; pedt

cles very long, racemose toward the extremity, several-flowered, |

rachis spirally twisted ; calyx campanulate, 4-fid, its segr

VoL. TI.

242 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [Vigna.

acute, shorter than the tube; carina falcate, acute ; legume compressed,

straightish, hook-pointed, subtorulose, pubescent. Scytalis helicopus, E.

Mey.! Comm. p. 146. Zey.! 2412. Vigna helicopus, Walp.

Has. Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege / Thorfield, Albany, Dr. Ather-

stone! Natal, Krauss/ 233. Zwartkops R., Uit., Zeyher / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Stem long, climbing, with scanty, reversed, and very soft pubescence. Petioles

2-5 inches long. Stipules and stipelle minute. Leaflets mostly ovato-lanceolate,

but varying much in size, the larger 4-5 inches long, the smaller 1-1} inch, all pale

green. Peduncles 5—10 inches long, closely many-flowered within an inch of the

summit. Fl. greenish-yellow, 6—7 lines long. Pods 2-3 inches long, 2—3 lines wide,

irregularly constricted. The two uppermost calyx-lobes are completely connate into

one very broad one, which is shorter than the rest. A native of S. America,

8. V. retusa (Walp. Rep. 1, p. 778); procumbent or voluble, her-

baceous, glabrescent ; leaflets obovato-subrotund, retuse, the younger

thinly puberulous, the old glabrous ; stipules minute, triangular-acute ;

racemes equalling or exceeding the leaves, many-flowered, rachis at

length spirally twisted ; calyx small, its segments ovate, half as long as

the tube ; legumes torulose or moniliform, siraightish, pendulous. Scyta-

lis retusa, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 147. .

Has. Sandy, littoral hills between Omtendo and Omcomas, Drege! Port Natal,

Gueinzius ! (Herb. Hk, Sd., D.)

Stem long, weak, and soft, soon becoming glabrous. Petioles 1-2 inches long.

Leaflets about two inches long and broad, somewhat cuneate and 3-nerved at base,

very obtuse or retuse, pale green. Peduncles 3~4 inches long, the last inch florife-

rous. Flowers yellow-green, 5—6 lines long. Legumes strongly constricted between

the seeds, forming a succession of knobs. Near J. wail. Walp.

(Species unknown to me. )

V, (Scytalis) tenuis (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 145) ; “glabrous; stem fili-

form, voluble ; leaflets ovate or oblong, obtuse, the lateral ones gibbous

on the outer margin, the terminal on both sides ; peduncles 2-flowered ;

calyx-lobes from an ovate base produced ; legumes terete, straight, re-

trorsely scabrid, subserrate at the margin.”

VaR. a. ovata; “leaflets ovate ; legumes obsoletely serrate.”

Var. B. oblonga; “ leaflets oblong ; legumes evidently serrate.”

Has. Between Omtendo, Omsamculo, and Natal, Drege.

V. (Seytalis) hispida (E. Mey. 1. c. 146) ; “stem voluble, retrorsely-

hispid 3 leaflets broadly ovate, rounded at the point, ciliate, and spar-

_ ingly pilose on both sides ; peduncles very long, furrowed, 2-flowered ;

calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate, equalling the tube ; legumes straight,

terete, hispidulous,”

Has. Grassy hills near Omtata, Drege /

| LVL DOLICHOS, L.

Calyx campanulate, bilabiate, the upper lip bifid or subentire, the

lower trifid. Veaillum spreading or Sarisbeart, equalling the carina,

with 2-4-ridge-like callosities within ; ale oblong ; carina falcate or in-

curved (or nearly straight), neither twisted nor bent to one side. Sta-

mens diadelphous. Dise sheathing. Ovary substipitate, several-ovuled,

Dolichos. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 243

style channelled or terete; stigma capitate. Legwme compressed, straight

or faleate, 2 or several-seeded, with cellular partitions between the seeds.

Endl. Gen. 6676, Lablab, Adans. Endl. 6677. Chloryllis, HE. Mey. Endl.

6664. :

‘Voluble or prostrate herbs or suffrutices, common throughout the tropics and

warmer zones of both hemispheres. Leaves shiiasily weitolialgas or rarely 5-folio-

late, stipellate. Flowers racemose, subcorymbose or rarely solitary, bibracteolate,

red, purple, blue, or white. The name is unexplained ; it was used by Dioscorides

for some similar plant, or for some species of the allied genus Phaseolus (kidney-bean).

Several have edible pods. !

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

1. Lablab.—Upper lobe of the calyx entire. Vexillum expanded ; carina elongate,

taper pointed, sharply bent upwards. Style laterally flattened, broad, pubescent all

und.

e (1) Lablab,

2. Dolichos.—U pper lip of the calyx emarginate or bidentate. Vexillum expanded ;

carina incurved, shortly rostrate. Style channelled or terete. (Sp. 2-10).

Style channelled, bearded along its upper edge, or glabrous :

Voluble. Leafl. rhomboid-ovate, silky. Lowest calyx-

lobe very long 33 ie ca set ... (2) sericeus.

Voluble, glabrous. Leafl. ovate-acuminate. Cal.lobes t .

short, subequal 2 (3) gibbosus.

Voluble. Leafi. 3-lobed-hastate, shining ; pedicels thrice

as long as the calyx... a oe es res

Prostrate ; Leafl. hastate-ovate or hastate-linear ; pedi-

cels short ‘

(4) smilacinus.

ee oy eee age ... (5) hasteformis.

Voluble. Leafl. linear-lanceolate, elongate, folded ; oe

pedune. short, 2-4-flowered me fa ... (6) angustifolius.

Style slender, nearly terete, pubescent all round, or round the stigma, or glabrous.

Voluble. Leafl. linear-lanceolate, expanded. Peduncle

short, 2~4-flowared si. os 422 2 Gt (7) linearis,

Voluble. Leafl. elliptic-ovate, membranous. Pedunc.

very short, 1-3-flow ws. vee (8) axillaris.

Prostrate, scabrid. Leafl. rhomb-ovate, thickish. Pe-

dune. long, corymbose, many-flowered ... _.-- (9) decumbens. ~*~

Voluble, pilose. Leafl. roundish-ovate, 3nerved. Pe- : ;

dunce. long, racemose ae. ene ces “9 a. S

3. Chloryllis.—U: lip of the calyx entire. illum incumbent, oblong ; carina

nearly straight, foment obtuse. Style flattish below, subterete, tapering and

ubescent above.

: Procumbent, roughly hispid. Pedunc. densely race- :

mose. Fl. yellow-green... +++ i ... (11) Chloryllis.

af LABLAB. (Sp. 1.)

1, D. Lablab (Linn.) ; voluble ; leaflets broadly ovate or thomboid,

membranous ; peduncles elongate, interruptedly race-

pio iat calyx A eattédlate, its lower lobes iia

carina angularly incurved, rostrate ; style laterally compressed, sub-

spathulate, equally pubescent ; legume tapering at base, broadly scime-

tar-shaped or subfaleate, the thickened sutures crispulate. Benth./ Fl.

Brazil. xxiv. p. 198, tab. 51, 7.2. Lablab vulgaris, DC. Prod. 2, p. 4or. Be

Mey. Comm. p. 140. fs nage

Gueinzius, gc. (Herb. Hk., Bth.,Sd,D.). 9

er eR

VoL. I. ; 16*

244 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [Dolichos.

into South America. Plant glabrous or nearly so, extensively climbing. Petioles

2-3 inches long. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, 2 inches broad, thin, full green, finely

veiny. Stipellz subulate. Peduncles to-12 inches long ; the rachis flexuous, and

subdistantly nodulose, emitting 2 or more flowers from each node. Bracteoles sub-

orbicular, striate, equalling the calyx-tube. Corolla purple or white, the vexillum

reflexed, and the long, rostrate carina upturned like that of a Crotalaria. Legume

curled along the margin.

2. DOLICHOS. (Sp. 2-10,)

2. D. sericeus (E. Mey. Comm. p. 141); “stem voluble, retrorsely

silky-hirsute ; leaflets subrhomboid-ovate, the lateral ones unequal-

sided, silky-pubescent on both surfaces ; racemes 2—4-flowered, the pedun-

cle about equalling the leaf; carinal segment of the calyx thrice as long

as the lateral and narrower ; legumes subfalcate, glabrous, many-seeded.

Has. Omsamwubo, Drege. (Unknown to me.)

3. D. gibbosus (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 590) ; nearly glabrous, suffruti-

cose, voluble ; leaflets ovate-acuminate, paler beneath, the terminal gib-

bous at each side, the lateral oblique, gibbous on the lower margin ;

peduncles longer than the leaves, shortly and densely racemose near the

summit ; rigid, incurved, the rachis and pedicels retro-hispid; calyx-

lobes very short and broad, ciliate ; legumes falcate, 4—-6-seeded, seeds

blackish. DC. Prod. 2, p. 400. E. & Z.! 1683. E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p.

141. Zey.! 2413. D. Benthami, Meisn. ? Lond. Journ. 2, D. 95.

Var. 8. uniflorus; peduncles single-flowered. D. capensis, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 59°.

Has. Climbing among shrubs on hillsi .

(Herb. Th. ey ng hillsides, from Capetown to Cafferland, common.

Stem woody below, several feet long, branching, the younger portions thinly

pubescent, becoming glabrous. Petioles 1-3 inches long, stipulate and stipellate.

Leaflets 14-23 inches long, 1-14 broad, swelling out at base, thence tapering to an

acute point, thin and membranous ; the petiolules retro-hispid. Peduncles 3-12

inches long. Flowers bright purple, 5~7 lines long. Style channelled, bearded along

its upper margin. Legume about 2 inches long, acute at base, subacute and tipped

with the persistent style. The original specimen of D. capensis. Thunb.! in Herb.

Upsal. is evidently a depauperated state of this common plant, with the raceme re-

duced to a single flower,

_ 4 D. smilacinus Mey. ! Comm. p. 142) ; “stem filiform, voluble,

glabrescent ; Fea ea bet, Seneac shining, the middle

lobe lanceolate, acute, the lateral lobes short and obtuse ; racemes 4—-6-

flowered, little longer than the leaf ; pedicels thrice as long as the calyx ;

calyx-segments minutely ciliate,”

: = Outiniquabergen, near Roodemuur, on grassy and stony hills 1500~2000f.

_5. D. hasteeformis (E. Mey.! Comm, p. 142) ; stem prostrate, scabro-

hispidulous ; leaflets thickish, iiniee. ae Pesca i sii the

lowermost hastate-ovate, the uppermost hastato-linear, the intermediate

obsoletely lobed at base 3 peduncles longer than the leaves, subumbel-

lately 3-6-flowered, pedicels about equalling the calyx ; calyx-lobes

its upper side ; legumes straightish, glabrous, 2 seeded. H. Mey. l.c.

D. Capensis, EB. & Z.! 1684, non Theb 2 poe =

Dolichos.| LEGUMINOS# ( Harv.) 245

Has. Near the Zwartkops River, Uit., £. g Z./ Grahamstown, Colonel Bolton +

BaD) at the Fish River and Modderfontein, Brach R., Drege! (Herb. Hk., Sd.,

ann tS

This resembles D. decumbens, but differs in foliage and especially in the flattened

and channelled style. Petioles $-1 inch long, stipulate and stipellate. Leaflets 4-1}

inch long, the lowest 3-6 lines wide, the upper 4-1-2 lines. Flowers 3-5 lines long,

blueish-purple. E. & Z.’s specimens are more luxuriant than Drege’s, but do not

essentially differ.

6. D. angustifolius (E. & Z.! 1687); quite glabrous, slender; stem

suberect at base, filiform and twining upwards ; leaflets narrow-linear-

lanceolate, very long, complicate, rigid, netted-veined and margined ;

peduncles filiform, flexuous, scarcely exceeding the short petiole, 2-4-

flowered ; calyx-lobes short and blunt; legumes falcate, acute at base,

6-8-seeded, seeds brown. D. angustissimus, LE. Mey. ! Comm. p. 142.

Has. Among shrubs by the Sunday and Zwartkops R., Uit., and Klipplaat and

Key, Z. ¢ Z./ Same places, and Stormberg and Moojeplaats, Drege/ Magaliesberg,

Burke and Zeyher ! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Stems filiform, not much-branched, laxly-leafy, the upper portions twining. Peti-

oles about uncial ; the terminal leaflet close to the pair. Leaflets 2~4 inches long,

1-3 lines wide, either folded or open, often hook-pointed, pale-green. Peduncles

about uncial, 2-4-flowered near the extremity, the flowers in pairs, on patent pedi-

cels, longer than the calyx. Flowers 3 lines long, purple. Style channelled, bearded

on the upper margin. Legumes 10-12 lines long, 2-3 wide, subacute. Some of

Drege’s specimens of D. linearis, (c. from Klipplaat R.) belong to this species.

7. D. linearis (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 142); quite glabrous, slender ;

stem suberect at base, filiform and twining upwards ; leaflets linear-

lanceolate or lanceolate, expanded, rigid, netted-veined, and margined ;

peduncles filiform, flexuous, scarcely exceeding the short petiole, 2-4-

flowered ; calyx-lobes deltoid, half as long as the tube ; legumes faleate,

acute at base, 4-6-seeded, blunt ; style slender, subterete, with an en-

circling tuft of hairs below the extremity. Zey. 525, 526.

Van. 8. pentaphyllus; leaves 3-5-foliolate, the lateral leaflets in the latter case in

pairs. D. pentaphyllus, E. Mey. l. ¢. Ses

- Has. Zwartkops and Klipplaat Rivers, Glenfilling and Stormberg, Drege/ Cro-

codile River, Aapjes R., and Thaba Unka, Burke § Zeyher / Queenstown District,

every Wk Daal Clin poner fag ration distinguished by the style

and the feunle ond more seca legumes. The see la generally, Sat ot always,

expanded, not complicate, 2-3 inches long, 2-4 lines wide ; those of the lower leaves

are often broadly lanceolate, t-14 inch long, 3-4 lines wide. Flowers asin D. angus-

tifolius. In var. B. leaves of the ordinary form occur on the same stem as the |

5-foliolate ones, especially on Burke and Zeyher’s specimens from Orange River.

8. D, axillaris (E. Mey. Comm. p. 144) ; suffruticose at base, volu-

ble, pubescent or glabrescent ; leaflets membranous, ¢lliptic-ovate, sub-

acute ; peduncles shorter than the petiole, 1-3-flowered; calyx-lobes

deltoid-cuspidate ; legumes straightish, broadly linear, 6—8-seeded.

Van. a, pubescens; all parts densely and softly pubescent.

Var. B. glaber; all parts glabrous or nearly so.

Has. Between Omtendo and Omsamculo, and at Natal, both Drege !

Gueinzius ! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) Piercy iagee

Climbing among shrubs, 2 or several feet long. Petioles 13-24 inches long. Leaf-

lets 1-14 inch long, 4-3 inch wide, thin, pale-green, not prominently veiny- Pedun-

. :

246 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Dolichos.

cles 3-6 lines long. Flowers greenish-yellow, 6 lines long. Vexillum oblong,

incumbent, scarcely equalling the boatshaped, obtuse, scarcely falcate carina. Style

slender, subulate, equally pubescent. Legume 2 inches long, 3 lines wide. The

glabrous variety is very like D, biflorus, of Schimper’s Abyssinian plants.

9. D. decumbens (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 590); stem prostrate, scabro-

hispidulous ; leaflets thickish, immersedly veiny, with scabrous margins,

rhombic-ovate or trowel-shaped, obtuse or acute’ ; peduncles longer than

the leaves, corymbo-racemulose, several-flowered, pedicels equalling the

calyx ; calyx-lobes short, broad, rounded, ciliolate ; style slender, sub-

terete, equally pubescent ; legume tapering much at base, straight, 2-1-

seeded, #. § Z./ 1685. E. Mey. ! Comm. R343.

Has. Common about Capetown and Hott. Holl, £.¢ Z./ Pappe! W.H.H. Near

Blaawberg and Piquetberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Root very thick, woody, and deeply descending. Stems many from the crown,

trailing, 1-2 feet long. Petioles uncial, with ovato-rotund stipules and linear sti-

. pelle. Leaflets 3-3 inch broad and long, sometimes oblate, with a cartilaginous,

denticulate margin. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, shortly racemose, 4-8—10-flowered.

Flowers dark blue-purple, scented like violets. Pods uncial, 4-5 lines wide. Distin-

guished from D. hasteformis by the slender style, &c.

10. D. faleiformis (E. Mey.! Comm. Pp. 144) ; stem voluble, hispid ;

leaflets subrotund or rhombic-ovate, hispidulous, mucronulate, promi-

nently 3-ribbed and veiny beneath, the lateral unequal-sided ; pedun-

cles elongate, interruptedly racemose, pluri-flowered ; pedicels short ;

calyx-lobes triangular, acute, puberulous ; legumes compressed, falcate

or scymetar-shaped, glabrous, 5—6-seeded ; style glabrous, terete ; stigma

penicillate, Zey./ No. 521. Burch. Cat. 4079.

Has. Between Omtendo and Omsamculo, in grassy places, Drege! Vaal River,

Burke § Zeyher! Albany, H. Hutton! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Stem herbaceous, several feet long, trailing or climbing, somewhat angular, thinly

hispid. Petioles 1-1} inch long. Leaflets about 12-14 lines long, 10-15 lines wide,

rather rigid. Peduncles 6-8 inches long, flexuous. Raceme at first dense, then

lengthening and sparsely flowered, the fl. often in pairs, purple-blue, 3—4 lines long.

14 inch long, acute at base, septate within ; seeds dark-brown. The style

is quite glabrous, except immediately under the stigma, where it is penicellato-barbate.

3- CHLORYLLIS, (Sp. 11.)

‘AL. D. Chloryllis (Harv.) ; stem procumbent or voluble,hispid ; leaf-

lets hispid, ribbed and veiny beneath, rhomboid-ovate, subtrilobed, the

lateral lobes very short, gibbous at the sides, all setaceo-mucronate ;

peduncles compressed, equalling or exceeding the leaves, tortuous, densely

racemose, many-flowered ; calyx-lobes bluntly ovate, equalling the tube ;

vexillum oblong, incumbent, scarcely equalling the boatshaped, nearly

straight, blunt carina; alze much shorter than the carina ; legume broadly

oblong, 3-4-seeded. Chloryllis pratensis, E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 149.

(ech Ea yom Schoenstrom and Caledon River, Burke & Zeyher !

Rather roug] y hispid with the aspect of a Phaseolus. Peduncles 2 inches long.

Leaflets 1-14 inch long, nearly equally wide, reticulated, rather rigid, broadly cune-

ate at base, hispid on both sides, the mucrons conspicuous, Stipules ong, rigid,

d-flexed. Raceme 3-5 inches long, with pendulous, yellowish-green flowers. Flowers

8-9 lines long. Vexillum straight, elliptic-oblong, folded over the other petals, auri-

Dolichos.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) : 247

culate at base, callous within, with two shallow ridges. Ale oblong, simple, short-

clawed. Carina straightish, slightly longer than the vexillum. Vexillary stamen

slightly adnate in the middle. Style compressed and flattish below, subterete and

villous toward the inflexed point. Calyx strumose at base. Legume 2-4 inches long,

6-8 lines wide, rounded at base, subacute, with thickened sutures, scaberulous.

LVIL FAGELIA, Neck.

Calyx 5-cleft beyond the middle, the segments linear, acute, straight,

the two uppermost somewhat connate. Veatllum reflexed ; carina very

obtuse, longer than the ale. Stamens diadelphous, Ovary sessile, several-

ovuled ; style subulate, glabrous ; stigma obtuse. Legume turgid, about

6-seeded, constricted between the seeds, bivalve. Seeds ovate, strophio-

late, with a linear hilum. Endl. Gen. 6685. DC. Prod. 2, p. 389.

A twining, strong smelling suffrutex, clothed with viscid hairs. Leaves pinnately-

trifoliolate ; the terminal remote. Racemes axillary ; flowers yellow, the carina dark-

purple at the point. Name, in honour of some unknown botanist ?

1. F. bituminosa (DC. |. c.); #. ¢ Z./ 1679. EH. Mey.! Comm. p. 139.

Glycine bituminosa, Linn. sp. 1024. Lam. Ill, t. 609, f. 2. Thunb.! Fl.

Cap.591. Bot. Reg.t.261. Fagelia flexuosa, Meisn.in Lond. Journ. 2, p.93.

Has. Common among shrubs, &c. in the western districts. (Herb. D. Sd. Hk. &c.) § . a

Stems several feet long, twining, woody below, viscoso-pubescent. Leaflets rhomb- unnet

ovate, obtuse or acute, pale and gland-dotted beneath, 1-14 inch long, 3-1 inch wide. Koy 164

Stipules ovate-acute. Peduncles long, laxly many-flowered. Bracts broadly ovate, Bs lol ;

deciduous. Calyx-lobes much longer than the tube. Flowers 6-7 lines long, fulvous- uh oe QR.

yellow, the apex of the carina dark-purple. Whole plant viscidly hairy. Legumes \y LY 4;

1-14 inch long.

LVIIL RHYNCHOSIA, Lour.

Calyx campanulate, mostly oblique, 4—5-fid, the two upper lobes more

or less united, the lowest longest. Petals nearly of equal length, or the

ale shorter. Veaillum obovate or orbicular, mostly with two minute,

inflexed auricles at base, naked or bicallous within. Ale narrow, eared

at base ; carina broader, incurved at the apex, obtuse or subrostrate.

Stamens 9-1 ; the vexillary filament quite free, mostly geniculate ; an-

thers uniform. Ovary subsessile, with 2 ovules; style incurved beyond

the middle, quite glabrous and mostly thickened above, filiform and

often hairy at base. Legume compressed, oblique or falcate, rarely sep-

tate within ; seeds 2-1, compressed-globose or reniform, with a lateral

short or oblong hilum and a subcentral seed-cord. Carwnele thick or

minute. Benth. /in Mart. Fl. Braz. xxiv. p. 199. Endl. Gen, 6692. Copis-

ma, Orthodanum, Chrysoscias, and Hidrosia, E. Mey.! Comm. Drege. Poly-

tropa, Presl. Sigmodostyles, Meisn.

Voluble or herbs or suffrutices mostly spri with resin-

ous dots, boi bape ‘he roc Ate ae temperate zones TP noth: hetagiaeas isph

Stipules ovate or lanceolate. Leaves pinnately-trifoliolate, rarely unifoliolate. Pedun- =

cles axillary, racemose, rarely umbellate or single-flowered. Bracts caducous. Flow-

uniovulate. “Name from furyos, a beak ; but the carina is scarcely rostrate

Flowers in axillary umbels or solitary, yellow. (Sp. 1-4.)

248 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [Rhynchosi«..

Flowers umbellate : :

Fulvous ;twoupper calyx-lobes separate nearly to the base (1) Chrysoscias.

Canescent ; upper calyx-lobes connate to, or beyond the middle ;

Stipules broadly oblong, obtuse ; indument copious (2) leucoscias.

_ Stipules ovato-lanceolate, acute ; indument scanty (3) microscias.

Flowers solitary, axillary ; upper cal.-lobes connate (4) uniflora,

2. Polytropia.—Stem prostrate or trailing. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, pluri-

jugate. Flowers racemose. (Sp. 5-6.) z

Lys. pedately-bipinnate or supra-decompound ; leaflets

lanceolate or linear... : . (5) feruleefolia.

Lys. simply pinnate, 2-3-jugate ; lfts. ovate orrhomboid (6) pinnata. S$

3. Copisma.—Stem prostrate or voluble, (in &. Memnonia, suberect). Leaves pin-

nately-trifoliolate, rarely unifoliolate. Flowers racemose. (Sp. 7-26.)

Bracts broad, ovate or oblong, persistent :

Glabrous or downy ; petioles long ; leaves trifoliolate (7) rotundifolia,

Hairy ; petioles very short ; lvs. 3-foliolate ... (8) grandifolia.

Hairy ; leaves wnifoliolate ... wa = (9) simplicifolia,

Bracts small or very small, deciduous :

Leaflets obovate, 3-5-lobed, 3-nerved at base ... ... (10) ficifolia.

Leaflets rhomb-ovate or subrotund, 3-5-nerved at base :

ger mer broad, ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse :

_ Vexillum glabrous : leaves subsessile ... (11) sigmoides.

Vexillum glabrous ; leaves petioled :

Softly pubescent ; stipules large ; pedicels short (12) secunda.

Vicoso-pubescent ; stip. small ; pedi. 3-4 lines long (13) viscidula. My

Vexillum pubescent ; leaves petioled :

Patently hairy ; leaflets hispid, rigid... ... (14) hirsuta,

Densely velvetty ; Ifts. thick, softly velvetty ... (15) crassifolia. -

Tomentose ; lfts. velvetty above, whitish beneath (16) argentea.

Stipules narrow, lanceolate, subulate, or minute :

Cal.-lobes lanceolate or subulate ; Ivs. pubescent or silky :

Stem, petioles, and lvs. hispido-pubeseent --. (17) nervosa.

All parts densely and softly silky-tomentose ... (18) Memnonia.

Cal.-lobes lanceolate or subulate ; Ivs. glabrescent : ar

Ovary hirsute; peduncles long ; fl. § lines long (19) adenodes.

Ovary pilose ; pedunc. long ; fl, 2-3 lines long ... (20) minima,

Ovary glabrate ; pedune. short, fl. 5-6 lines long (21) quadrata.

Upper cal.-lobes short and broad, lowest subulate (22) gibba.

Leaflets ovate-oblong or lanceolate, one-nerved, netted-veined . :

Petioles very short ; pedune. shorter than the leaves (23) puberula,

Petioles long or longish : f

_ Pubescent; Ifts. broadish ; pod oblong, pubescent (24) Totta.

narrow ; pod falcate, pilose ... wee

Pilose ; Ifts. 25) pilosa.

Glabrous (or downy) ; legume stipitate, glabrous 8) glandulosa, *

4. Orthodanum.—Frect, virgate shrubs or suffrutices. Leaves pinnately-trifolio-

late. Flowers racemulose ; peduncles short, few-flowered. (Sp. 27-29.)

Silky-villous or glabrescent ; Ifts. ellipt.-oblong or lanceolate (27) orthodanum.

very and satiny ; Ifts. broadly ovate or cordate .-. (28) nitens.

Viscidly hairy ; Ifts. small, oblong, bullate ; stipules leafy (29) bullata.

1, CHRYSOSCIAS. (Sp. 1-4.)

1. R. Chrysoscias (Benth. !); stem suffruticose at base, the branches

flexuous or voluble, fulvo-villous ; petioles very short, leaflets oblongo-

lanceolate with revolute margins, puberulent above, paler and tomentu-

lous beneath; stipules and the deciduous bracts broadly oblong, obtuse ;

peduncles umbelliferous ; calyx-tube very short, the segments lanceo-

late, leafy, pubescent and ciliate, scarcely shorter than the ample vexil-

Rhynchosia. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 249

lum, the two uppermost slightly connate at base. Glycine erecta, Thunb. !

Fl. Cap. p. 592. Cylista lancifolia, E. & Z.! 1690. Chrysoscias grandi-

Jjlora, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 139.

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg! Bowie! Kayman Drege! Between Langekloof

and Plettenberg Bay, £. § Z.! (Herb. Th. Bh, Hk., Sd.)

A climbing suffrutex, several feet long ; the younger portions clothed with golden

or tawny soft hairs and resin-dotted. Petioles 4-3 inch long. Stipules and bracts

similar, each 4—5 lines long, 2-3 wide, brown, softly fringed. Leaflets 1} inch long,

4-3 wide, dark coloured above, fulvescent beneath. Peduncles: equalling the leaf,

or shorter or longer, 3-4-flowered at the summit. Flowers golden-yellow or ora

6-8 lines long. Legumes not much longer than the calyx, pilose. ne

2. R. leucoscias (Benth. !); suffruticose, voluble, albo-villous ; petioles

very short, leaflets oblongo-lanceolate (or linear) with revolute margins,

albo-tomentose bencath ; stipules broadly oblong, obtuse ; peduncles um-

belliferous ; calyx-tube very short, the segments lanceolate, leafy, silky

and silvery, scarcely shorter than the vexillum, the two uppermost con-

nate to or beyond the middle. Cylista argentea, E. § Z.! 1688. Cylista

angustifolia, E. Mey.! Linn. 7,p.171. Chrysoscias calycina, E. Mey! p. 140.

Van. f. angustifolia ; leaflets narrow-linear, strongly revolute ; flowers subsolitary.

Zey. | 2410. . :

Has. Mountain sides. Vanstaadensberg, Z.g 2! 8. Near the River Zonder-

ende, Zeyher / (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

Readily known from R. chrysoscias by its much whiter, more copious and woolly

pubescence, and the connate upper calyx-lobes. Var. f. is less woolly, with few flow-

ers, and very narrow, almost terete-revolute leaves. ‘Leaflets in a. 2 inches long,

4 lines wide ; in 8. 1 inch long, 1-2 lines wide. Flowers yellow.

3. R. microscias (Benth.!) ; suffruticose, voluble, silky-canescent ;

petioles very short, leaflets lanceolate or linear with revolute margins,

whitish and tomentulose beneath ; stipules and bracts ovato-lanceolate,

4. R. uniflora (Harv.); voluble, silky-canescent ; petioles very short,

leaflets lanceolate or linear with revolute margins, whitish and tomen-

tulose beneath ; stipules ovate, subacute; flowers solitary, avillary, on

short pedicels ; calyx-tube very short, the segments lanceolate, leafy,

silky-villous, not much shorter than the vexillum, the two uppermost

connate to the middle. Cylista angustifolia, H. § Z.! 1689, non LE. Mey.

Glycine angustifolia, Jacq. Schoenb. 2, t. 231. ie

Has. Sener and Zwarteberg, near Caledon, E. ¢ Z.! (Herb. Sd.)

» Very like R. microscias, but the flowers are constantly solitary, on pedicels shorter

than the calyx. Jacquin’s figure fairly represents the specimens in Hb. Sonder. —

| 2. POLYTROPIA. (Sp. 5-6.) .

+ § B ferulefolia (Benth. ); prostrate, nearly glabrous ; leaves pe

Del 63

250 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Rhynchosia.

dately-bipinnate, paucijugate or supra-decompound, leaflets sessile, narrow-

lanceolate or linear, acute at each end, impresso-punctate; peduncles

elongate, 5~12-flowered near the summit ; flowers viscoso-pubescent,

Psoralea prostrata, Linn. Galega pinnata, Thunb.! FI. Cap. p. 602.

Polytropia ferulefolia, Presi. Symb. t. 13. LE. § Z.! 1626, and P. umbel-

lata, E. § Z.! 1627.

ds Has. Common on the Cape Flats and in several parts of the western districts.

‘Herb.

ott

variable in composition ; the simplest are ternately-bipinnate, with two larger, sim-

6. R. pinnata (Harv. Thes. t. 79) ; prostrate, puberulous ; leaves sim-

ply pinnate, bi-tri-jugate ; leaflets minutely petiolulate, rhomboid-ovate

or elluptic-oblong, acute, puberulous, impresso-punctate ; peduncles elong-

ate, 5—6-flowered near the summit. Polytropia pinnata, E. & Z.! 1628.

Has. Sandy places near Saldanha Ba » Aug.—Sept. Z. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sd.)

Very similar in general habit to BR. erulefolia, but with much less compound

or 6 in a pedunculate e. Stipules ovate, striate, rib d

pods as Ay Srdaflin’ : nn ek ee

3. COPISMA. (Sp. 7-26.)

7. BR. rotundifolia (Walp. Rep. 1, p. 787) ; prostrate, glabrous or

downy ; leaves on long petioles, leaflets orbicular or ovate, obtuse, with

recurved margins, netted-veined and resin-dotted ; stipules broad, ovate ;

peduncles elongate, densely racemose near the summit ; bracts broadly-

oe + calyx subglabrous, its segments broad, twice as long as

the tube, half as long as the glabrous corolla. Copisma rotundifolium, E..

Mey.t Comm. p. 137.

Has, Among grass. Omsamcaba, Drege / (Herb. Bth.)

Known at once from R. adenodes by its broad, striate stipules, and broad,

the flowering part uncial. Pedicels 1 line long. Flowers rather large, 7-8 lines long.

Calyx-tube short, the Segments 2 lines long, the two uppermost connate: Vexillum

broadly or orbicular. ly falcate.

8. R. grandifolia (Harv.) ; procumbent, robust, hirsuto-pubescent ;

petioles very short 3 leaflets broadly ovato-subrotund, hispido-pubescent

mose beyond the middle, many-flowered - bracts ovate-oblong, acute, per-

sistent ; calyx-segments lanceolate, the ‘uppermost semi-connate, the

lowest subulate, all shorter than the glabrous vexillum 3 (young) legume

hirsute. Copisma grandifolium, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 138.

Rhynchosia. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 251

Has. Hills near Kat River, Drege! Creeping among grass at the foot of the

bhp eager | and on hills above Waterkloof and Kaalneck, Mrs. F. W. Barber?

(Herb. D.)

Sent by Mrs. Barber among specimens of R. hirsuta, from which this is distin-

guished by its larger size, dense inflorescence, with erect, short pedicelled flowers, and

especially by the large stipules and persistent bracts. Stem rigid, terete. Petioles

4 inch long. Leaflets nearly 2 inches long, 14 inch broad, rigid and roughly pubes-

cent. Stipules 6-8 lines long, 4-5 lines wide. Peduncles 5-6 inches long, hairy.

Flowers 6-7 lines long ; vexillum brown and striped at back, yellow within ; ale

bright yellow, much shorter than the brown-tipped carina. The flowers resemble

those of Fagelia bituminosa.

9. R. simplicifolia (E. Mey. Comm. p. 138) ; same as R. grandifolia,

but “the leaves are simple; stipules cordate-ovate, acuminate; bracts

ovato-lanceolate.”

Has. Omtata, on grassy hills, Drege. ‘

10. R. ficifolia (Benth. !); prostrate, roughly hairy and subvillous ;

stem and branches compressed, angular; petioles short, leaflets (large)

cuneate-obovate, 3-nerved, mostly 3—5-lobed, reticulate above, with pro-

minent ribs and veins beneath ; stipules lanceolate ; peduncles elongate,

- yacemose beyond the middle; calyx very villous, its segments longer

than the tube, scarcely shorter than the glabrous vexillum. Zey./ 520.

(in Hb. Sond. 519.)

* EpmeeD River, Mooje R., and Magaliesberg, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk.,

? —

Readily known from other Cape species b the lobed leaflets, resembling those of

a fig. Stems 2 or more feet ro trailing, yobaen; compressed and sharply angled

and striate. Lateral leaflets near the base of the common petiole, terminal remote,

an inch apart. Leaflets 23-4 inches long, 2-24 broad, cuneate at base, the lateral

oblique, all rather rigid, softly pubescent, and _pale-green, more or less deepl

cleft, the lateral lobes short, acute, or cuspidate. | 3-4 inches long, «

flowered. Ovary villous. Legume unknown. S

11. R. sigmodes (Benth. !); prostrate, softly villous ; stem 3-4-angled ;

leaves subsessile ; leaflets cordate-ovate or suborbicular, rugose, thick,

velvetty ; stipules broadly-triangular, acute; peduncles elongate, densely

racemose beyond the middle; bracts lanceolate ; calyx villous, its seg-

ments longer than the tube, half as long as the glabrous vexillum ;

legume falcate, hairy. Sigmodostyles villosa, Meisn.! in Hook. Lond, Journ,

2, P. 93+ G ‘ ;

Has. Sides of Bosjesmansrand Mt., near P. Maritzburg, Natal, 2500f., Krauss /

246. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D.) ied

Stems robust, 2 or more feet long, sharpl. angled and softly hairy. Common peti-

ole uncial, the lateral leaflets near its base, the terminal remote. Terminal leaflet

2-3 inches long, 2-24 broad, the lateral smaller and unequal sided, the young ones

i and glossy, the older more velvetty-villous and green. Stipules 4-5 lines

long, 2-3 broad at base, acute. Peduncles 6 inches long. Bracts narrow, 3-4 lines

long, deciduous. © Flowers deflexed, subsessile, 5-6 lines long. Calyx-segments nar-

row, the two upper connate nearly to the point. Vexillum broad, 2-callous over the

claw. Ale narrow. — Legume 10-12 lines long, 3-4 broad, sessile, obtuse, hairy.

1g "x. secunda (E. & Z.! Enum. No. 1665) ; prostrate, softly pubes-

cent or velvety ; branches flexuous; leaves petiolate ; leaflets orbicular-

rhomboid, obtuse, veiny beneath; stipules broadly ovate, tomentose ;

252 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Rhynchosia.

peduncles shorter or scarcely longer than the leaves, laxly 2-4-flowered ;

calyx-segments longer than the tube, shorter than the glabrous vexillum ;

legume sessile, falcate, tomentose. Burch. Cat. No. 2457.

_ Has. Woods at Ado and Bushman’s River, Uitenhage and Chumiberg, Caffr.,

£.§Z.! Small Deel, Zeyher ! 514, Burke! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk.)

NS) ing on the ground, 1-2 feet long, branching. Stems slender, terete. Petioles

3-1 inch long. Leaflets 6-14 lines long, as wide, the terminal somewhat cuneate

at base, the lateral very oblique, all round-topped and submucronulate. Peduncles

3-1} inch long in small leaved, 3 inches long in more vigorous specimens. This has

the flowers of R. Totta and the leaves of R. adenodes, but differs from both (besides

other marks) in its broad stipules.

13, R. viscidula (Steud. Nom. Bot.) ; stem prostrate or voluble, slen-

der, flexuous, striate, thinly viscoso-pubescent ; leaves on longish peti-

oles ; leaflets ovato-rhomboid or subrotund, obtuse, viscoso-pubescent

on both sides, thickly gland-dotted beneath ; stipules small, ovate or

ovato-lanceolate, acute; peduncles longer than the leaves, laxly 2-3-

flowered ; pedicels nearly as long as the calyx, whose linear-lanceolate

lobes are much longer than the tube, but shorter than the glabrous,

striate vexillum ; legumes sessile, oblong, viscoso-pubescent. Fagelia

pubescens and F. viscida, EB. § Z.! 1680, 1681. Copisma viscidulum, E.

Mey.! Comm. p. 134. :.

Has. Summit of Table Mt. and at the Waterf. Tulb: . § Z! Kaspar f

and between Koussie and the Gariep, Drege / (Herb. Sa Bie ees

Stem- weak, about 2 feet long. Petioles 1-1} inch long, the terminal leaflet dis-

tant. Leaflets 4-3 inch in diameter, scarcely longer than broad, the lateral ones very

oblique. Peduncles 3-5 inches long. Flowers § lines long, the vexillum and tip of

carina purple-lined. Legume 8-9 lines long, 3 lines wide.

14. R. hirsuta (E. & Z.! 1676); procumbent or twining; branches

and longish petioles patently hairy ; leaflets broadly ovate-suborbicular,

rigid, hispido-pubescent ; stipules ovate, acute ; peduncles elongate, laxly

several-flowered ; calyx-segments longer than the tube, shorter than the

pubescent vexillum; legume sessile, villous. Copisma diversifolium, E. Mey.!

Comm. p. 135. Burch. Cat. 4163. Zey.! 502.

Var. 8. angustifolia; upper leaflets oblong, lower ovate. Benth.

“Has, ee on Abe Winterberg, Kat Ba E.§Z.! Buffelsriver and Coane

: . an ’ . >

prises rae tes hak . for sccm urke & Zeyher! Bp. Port N

Stems widely spreading, 2-3 feet long, flexuous, rigid, striate, hirsute. Pubes-

cence less copious, and often ppd on the leaves. Stipules 2-3 lines long. Petioles

inches long, and nearly as wide, very blunt at each

end, the lateral oblique, strongly nerved, seabrescent above. Peduncles 6-8 inches

long, above the middle distan: y-flowered. Calyx 3 lines long, the tube t line. Vex-

illum more or less densely pu ines long, i a

lines wide, faloate or straghtate n> oz eee 2-10 lees 4

15. RB. crassifolia (Benth. !) ; stem procumbent, branch tioles,

and leaves densely velvetty ; leaflets allintst-ovute, ak thick, softly

velvetty ; stipules oblong-ovate, subobtuse, silky ; peduncles elongate,

laxly several-flowered ; calyx silky-villous, the segments longer than the

a, shorter than the pubescent vexillum; legume sessile, villous,

ey.! 505. :

Rhynchosia. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 253

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher ! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

The whole plant velvetty with thickly set, short, soft hairs. Stems robust, terete,

much-branched. Petioles 1-13 inch long. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, 1-14 inch wide,

prominently nerved and veined beneath, of thick substance, soft to the touch, the

lateral very oblique, all round-topped and very minutely mucronulate. Peduncles

6-10 inches long, beyond the middle laxly floriferous. Calyx 24 lines long. Petals

about 5 lines, vexillum hairy. Legume falcate, softly villous, 1 inch long, 3 lines

be Known from 2. hirsuta by its soft, velvetty pubescence, thicker leaflets and

stipules.

16. R. argentea (Harv.) ; voluble, tomentose ; petioles longish, the

terminal leaflet approximate ; leaflets broadly ovate, thickish, velvetty-

pubescent and rugulose above, cano-tomentose beneath ; stipules ovate,

acute; peduncles longer or short, laxly few-flowered ; bracts caducous ;

calyx pubescent, its upper segments broadly lanceolate, lowest rather

longer, subulate ; vexillum pubescent. Glycine argentea, Thunb. Fl. Cap.

P. 592

Has. 8. Africa, Thunberg ! Burchell! 5122. (Herb. Th., Burch.)

Nearest to R. gibba B. picta, but with more densely tomentose and hoary undersides

to the leaflets, shorter and broader stipules, and a pubescent vexillum. Petioles 4—}

inch long. Leaflets 10-12 lines long, 6-8 wide, very pale or whitish beneath, the

terminal about 1 line apart from the pair, which are somewhat oblique, margin re-

flexed. Stipules 1-1} line long, 1 line wide, bright brown, reflexed, ovate or ovato-

lanceolate. Legume unknown.

- 1%. BR. nervosa (Benth. !) ; prostrate or twining, branches and shortish

petioles hispido-pubescent or villous ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or sub-

rhomboid, rigid, hispido-pubescent, 3-nerved at base, strongly veiny

beneath ; stipules small, narrow-lanceolate or subulate ; peduncles long

(or short), 4—6-flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-acuminate, longer than

the tube, shorter than the glabrous vexillum ; legume sessile, villous.

Zey! 500. R. hirsuta 8. rhombifolia, H & Z.! Ley. 515 ? 3

Van. f. pauciflora; smaller in all parts ; peduncles shorter than the leaf, gene-

rally 2-flowered. Zey./ 508, 510, 511. os ee :

Has. Sand rivier and Langspruit, Lajar Ww: , EG Z.! B. Aapjes River,

Magalies River and Rhinosterkop, Vaal R., Zeyher / erb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

This resembles R. hirsuta, but differs in the generally shorter petioles, dense

pubescence, glabrous vexillum and narrower stipules. Var. 8. has smaller flowers

and much shorter peduncles, but seems otherwise the same. Of Zeyhe’s No. 515

I have only seen imperfect specimens.

18. R. Memnonia (DC. Prod. 2.p. 386); voluble or suberect, in all parts

tomentoso-canescent or silky ; branches angular ; petioles moderate, leaflets

obovate or sub-rotund, or bluntly rhomboid, velvetty ; stipules lanceo-

late, deciduous ; peduncles elongate, laxly racemose, many-flowered ;

calyx tomentose, its segments longer than the tube, half as long as the

pubescent vexillum, the uppermost connate, legume falcate, softly

tomentose or villous. Glycine Memnonia, De Lile, Fl. dig. p. 100.t. 38, f.3.

Var. A. prostrata; prostrate ; thinly tomentulose. Zey.! 504.—R. minima, B. caly-

cina, Benth. ! in He saaee

Has. Magaliesberg, both fo: Burke § Zeyher ! 503. erb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.)

Our ew ty oo Sea Ret hg wb ag abo (probabl: wird

voluble) branches. The whole plant is clothed with a white, soft woolly nap.

Petioles 1-14 inch long. Leaflets about an inch long and nearly as ile eaialy

254 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [Rhynchosia.

roundish-obovate, varying to ovate, elliptical or rhomboid, sometimes rugose, the

nerves not prominent. Stipules brown. Peduncles 4-8 inches long or more, bear-

ing flowers for 4 or 3 their length ; fl. 2-4 lines apart, 4 lines long, yellow. Calyx:

lobes acute. 9-10 lines long, curved upwards, densely woolly and white

in our specimens. A native of Tropical and North Africa, Cape de Verds, Arabia, &c.

19. R. adenodes (E. & Z.! 1670); prostrate, subglabrous or min-

utely puberulous ; leaves on longish petioles, leaflets ovate-orbicular or

subrhomboid, acute or obtuse, resinous-dotted ; stipules lanceolate ;

peduncles longer than the leaves, shortly and closely racemose near the

summit ; bracts narrow, deciduous ; calyx pubescent, its segments lan-

ceolate, longer than the tube, half as long as the glabrous or puberulent

vexillum ; ovary hirsute. R. amatymbica, E. & Z.! 1671, Copisma

efusum, E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 135. Zey.! 516.

Var. 8? robusta; larger, with scabro-pubescent stems ; leaflets subrotund, or ob-

late, 10-14 lines in diameter, less conspicuously resin-dotted. Zey./ 509.

Has. Winterberg and Zwartkey River, EF. ¢ Z. Orange R., Ze nstown

Distslatp, Meg FW Bache Bit Mirus cas aaa tea ne Natal,

Krauss, 301! 8B. Thaba Uncka, Burke § Zeyher! (Hb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Stems numerous, 1-2 feet long, spreading e' way, angular and striate,

mostly esata Stipules small. Petioles i-1 take iene Ciatots (except in 8.)

scarcely more than half inch across, as broad as long or broader, sometimes round-

topped, more commonly acute, rigidly membranous, netted, mostly glabrous. Ped-

uncles generally longer, sometimes 34 times longer than the leaves, the raceme

about uncial, 6-8 flowered. Bracts caducous. Fl. 5 lines long. Vexillum glandu-

lar, often minutely downy, striped with brown, carina straw colour. Legume hairy.

20. R. minima (DC. Prod. 2, p. 385); voluble, slender, thinly downy

or glabrescent ; petioles longish, leaflets rhomboid, membranous ; pedun-

cles longer than the leaves, laxly many flowered ; bracts minute, cadu-

cous ; calyx segments longer than the tube, shorter than the small

corolla, the uppermost united at the base only or below the middle ;

legume subfalcate, 2-4 times longer than the calyx, hispidulous or

pubescent. Dolichos minimus, Linn. Copisma tenue and C. falcatum, E.

Mey.! Comm. p. 136.

Has. Sea shore between Omtendo and Omsamculo, ! Port Natal, 7. Wil-

liemaen, Dr. rant, bo, (Herb. Bth. a me ses soe?

variable i izable by its small fl branc

from the (hs es ee mpeg een sp mercer gra an filiform.

Stipules small and narrow, reflexed. Petioles 1-2 inches long, channelled. Leaves

2-1 inch long and broad, bluntly angled, broadly cuneate at base, the lateral un-

equal-sided, membranous, green, gland-dotted beneath. Racemes 3-4 inches long,

flowers 2-3 inches long. Calyx segments narrow, tapering. Vexillum downy or

glabrous. Legume thinly pubescent or glabrescent, 6-10 lines long, 2-3 wide. A

common species within the tropics of both hemispheres.

21, R. quadrata (Harv. in Herb.) ; voluble, thinly tomentulose ;

petioles longish, leaflets ” id, acute, subglabrous, conspicu-

ously resin-dotted beneath ; stipules small, lanceolate ; racemes lax,

shorter or scarcely longer than the leaf ; bracts narrow, caducous ;

calyx-tube short, its segments lanceolate, broad, nigro-punctate, shorter

than the glabrous vexillum, the uppermost connate below the middle ;

ovary puberulous ; legume substipitate, glabrate, faleate, twice as long

as the calyx.

Rhynchosia. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 255

Has. Port Natal, 7. Williamson! (Herb. D., Hk, Bth.)

The whole plant is very pale green, the stems, petioles, and inflorescence softl

downy. Stems slender, striate, stipules very small and withering. Petioles 14 in

long. Leaflets 1-1} inch long, the Secintndl on a petiole 3—4 lines long, wider than

long, generally acute, lateral oblique, all pale green, the younger puberulous above,

the old becoming glabrous. Flowers yellow, 5-6 in a lax raceme, 6 lines long.

Pedicels slender, 1-2 lines long. Calyx 4-5 lines long, very pale, densely black-

dotted, the segments taper-pointed. Legume sometimes minutely downy, (the un-

ripe) 9-10 lines long, 3 lines wide, acute, tapering at base, and almost stipitate.

22. R. gibba (E. Mey.! Linn. 7. p. 170); voluble or prostrate, thinly

pubescent ; petioles longish, leaflets ovato-rhomboid, acute or obtuse,

membranous ; stipules minute ; racemes longer than the leaves, laxly

several flowered ; upper calyx-segments short and broad, acute, lowest

conspicuously longer, subulate ; vexillum glabrous ; legume falcate, much

longer than the calyx, thinly pilose (or hirsute). #. & Z.! 1667; also

R. acuminata, E. §& Z.! 1666. Copisma gibbum, E. Mey. Comm. p. 137.

Burch. 3344. Glycine caribea, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 146.

Var. 8. pictum (Benth. !); more densely pubescent or tomentulose, the terminal

leaflet approximate. Cop. pictum, EL. M. 1. ¢. p. 135. Zey./ 2406.

Has. Frequent in Uitenhage and Albany, and on to Port Natal, £.¢ Z.! Drege!

Ge. Zey.! 501 ; 2407. (Herb. Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stems several, climbing or trailing, elongate, slender, mostly densely and shortly

pubescent. Petioles uncial, the terminal leaflet remote. Leaflets very variable in

form, sometimes almost orbicular and very obtuse, sometimes rhomboid-acuminate,

the lateral very unequal-sided, 4-1} inch long and broad, pale or darkish green.

Peduncles 34 inches long, floriferous above the middle ; flowers 6-8 lines long, the

ovate vexillum streaked with brown. Ovary very hairy. Legume 12 lines long, 4

lines wide, acute at each end. The common form is well characterized by its

Glycine trilobaand G. secunda, Thund./ both seem to belong to this species, but the

specimens in Herb. Upsal are very imperfect. 8. has thicker, somewhat rugulose

leaflets, pale underneath, and the upper calyx-lobes are longer and narrower. It

closely approaches R. argentea, but differs in the vexillum.

23. BR. puberula (Harv.) ; prostrate or subvoluble, nearly glabrous

or silky-puberulous ; petioles very short ; leaflets elliptic-oblong or ob-

long, rigid, netted-veined; stipules lanceolate, striate, patent; pedun-

cles 1-2 flowered, shorter than the leaves; calyx villous, its segments

longer than the tube, shorter than the glabrous vexillum ; legume

sessile, very villous. Copisma tottum, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 133. Eriosema

puberulum, E.& Z.! 1677. Burch. Cat. 2487-4, 2433. Zey.! 2408, 513,

512. Hedysarum ciliatum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 594.

Has. Galgebosch, Thunberg! Cape, Bowie/ Caledon River and Magaliesberg,

Burke and Lojor: Uitenhage, Albany, and Kaffirland, Z.§ Z./ &e. Zondags R.,

Koega and Klein Bruintjeshoogte, Gekau, Drege/ (Herb. Th., Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Root thick and woody. Stems several, spreading every way, 1-2 feet long, chiefly

branched near the base, flexuous, mostly thinly covered with long, white, slender

hairs. Stipules brown, narrow, 1-1} lines long. Petioles 1-2 lines, rarely 4-6 lines

long. Leaflets 1-11 inch long, 4-8 lines broad, always longer than broad, but vari-

able in shape and proportions, green on both sides and conspicuously netted. Flowers

4 lines long. Legumes 6-8 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, oblique but not falcate ; seed

‘ oblique, subtransverse, nearly as in Eriosema, but the hilum is medial, not linear.

Strophiole small. Benth. Ea

R. Totta (DC. Prod. 2, p. 388) ; procumbent or subvoluble, slender,

hispido-pubescent or glabrate ; petiole long ; leaflets ovate-oblong or

256 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [Rhynchosia.

lanceolate-oblong, hispidulous or glabrescent 3 Stipules small, ovato-

lanceolate, rigid ; peduncles equalling the leaves or longer, distantly

- 2-3 flowered ; calyx segments longer than the tube, half as long as the

glabrous vexillum ; legume oblong, sessile, densely piloso- pubescent.

E.&Z.! 1668; also R. humilis, E. & Z.! 1669, and R. rigidula, E.& Z.!

1675. Copisma paniculatum, E. Mey. ! Comm. p- 134. Zey.! 506, 507.

Glycine Totta, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 591.

Has. Cape, Thunberg! Near Grahamstown, and on the Winterberg, Zwartkey

and Kat R., £6 Z./ Mrs, F. W. Barber ! Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! Uiten-

hage and Albany. (Herb. Th., Sd., Hk., Bth., D.)

Something like R. glandulosa, but more hairy, with a different legume, and want-

ing the large resinous dots ; differing from R. puberula in the longer petioles, &c.

Stems either short and decumbent, or 12-20 inches long and twining. Leaflets gene-

rally longer and broader than in R. glandulosa, rigid, strongly netted-veined, 14-2

inches long, 4-8 lines wide, sometimes to lines. Flowers few, 3-4 lines long. Le-

gume 6-8 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, quite sessile. Pubescence variable, whence the

above synonyms,

25. R. pilosa (Harv.); stem jliform, voluble, patently pilose ; leaflets

of the lower leaves ovate-oblong, of the upper linear, all obtuse at base

and acute at apex, hispidulous and ciliate, or glabrate, rigid and veiny ;

stipules small, subulate ; peduncles setaceous, equalling the leaves, dis-

tantly 2-flowered ; calyx segments setaceo-subulate, longer than the

tube ; vexillum glabrous ; legume falcate, thinly pilose. Copisma

pilosum, E. Mey.? Comm. p. 133.

Has. Near Port Natal, Gueinzius/ Zuureberg and between the Omtendo and

Omsameulo, Drege. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Stems very slender, 2-3 feet long, subsimple, when young clothed with long, soft,

rufous hairs. Lower leaflets 11 inch long, 7-8 lines wide ; upper as long, but only

2-3 lines wide, green on both sides, variably pubescent, sometimes glabrate and

shining above, not conspicuously resin-dotted. Stipules withering. Peduncles thread-

like, 2~-2$ inches long, with 2 small flowers nearly an inch apart. Calyx pilose. Le-

gume 8-9 lines long, acute at each end. I have not seen Drege’s specimens, on which

Meyer founded the species. It comes very close to R. Totta. ’ :

}

{

petioles, leaflets ovate, oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, resinous-dotted and

paler beneath; stipules ovate or lanceolate, acute, persistent ; peduncles

slender, longer than the leaves, 1-6-flowered at the summit; calyx-tube

narrow, shorter than the lanceolate segments, which are half as long as

the glabrous vexillum ; legume stipitate, glabrous or downy. Glycine

2 sma glabrum, H. Mey.? p. 134. Zey.t 518, 2404. eae

Kun Qechi salient Thy Dy Sie gay Mls ey from Capetown to Uitenhage and Albany

‘| y . ee % 7" a isa of: : : ve

ae d, owl's” Stems trailing or climbing, very slender; branches flexuous or twining round

a “Wl ts, &c. Stipules broad, ovate or sub-lanceolate, 12 lines long, rigid. Petioles:

oy * oF ingh Lower leaflets ovate or oblong, 4-14 inch long, 4-3 inch wide ;

ee 2 u » Sometimes nearly linear, 1-14 lines wide. Peduncles

Pe -like, 1-3 inches migid. Flowers 4-5 lines long, the calyx-segments

PONCE et ey Oa

Rhynchosia. } LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 257

narrow, the upper scarcely connate to the middle. Ale much shorter than the

carina, Legume oo lines long, 3 lines wide, tapering at base into a 1-2 line sit)

stipe. = :

ee 4 ORTHODANUM. (Sp. 27-29.)

27. R. Orthodanum (Benth. !); erect, suffruticose, silky-villous or gla-

brescent ; branches virgate ; leaves subsessile or very shortly petiolate ;

leaflets elliptic-oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, netted-

veined ; stipules lanceolate, withering ; peduncles shorter than the

leaves, closely few-flowered ; calyx lobes lanceolate-acuminate, much

longer than the tube, shorter than the nearly glabrous vexillum ; legume

silky-pilose. Orthodanum latifolium, O. sordidum, and O. argenteum, fz.

Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 131-2. LEriosema sericeum, EL. §& Z.! No. Bui

Burch. Cat. 4674 ?

Var. 8. Muhlenbeckii; stems dwarf; leaves and flowers smaller ; calyx sarmadis

rather shorter in proportion to the tube ; legume less pilose. Orthodanum Muhlen-

beckit and O. glabratum, Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 9-92.

_ Has. Grassy mountain sides of the Winterberg, above Philipstown, Kat River,

E. & Z.! Between the Basche and Omtata, and on to Port Natal, Drege! Krauss.!

374. 6B. Near Kromme R., Uitenhage and in Outenequa, Krauss., Bowie! (Herb.

Bth., Hk., D., Sd.)

Very variable in pubescence and in the size and breadth of the leaflets. Stems

numerous, 1—2 feet high, subsimple, straight or incurved. Leaflets 1-2 inches long,

4-1 inch wide, sometimes silvery, especially on young shoots ; mostly softly pubes-

cent, but green ; occasionally thinly pubescent. Lower petioles sometimes } inch

long, the upper 1-2 lines long, shorter than the spreading, narrow stipules. Lower

leaves often unifoliate. Peduncles 2-3-flowered. Calyx-tube 1 line, segments 2-3

lines long. Legume 6-8 lines se ee. lines" sie silky, sometimes —

glabrescent.

28. R. nitens (Benth. !) ; et auileilioce: every where willy ail .

_ with minute, soft tomentum; leaves on shortish petic re leaflets broadly

ovate or cordate-ovate, flat, penni-nerved beneath ; stipules obs

peduncles ‘2--3-flowered, shorter than the leaf

than the wide seta fe eo. an = the pu

(Herb. Bth., Hk., Sa, D. ‘<

feet high, with flexuous, somewhat

tty with shining, white tomentum.

es 3- lines long, the lower ones uncial.

Sa ate, often cordate, but varying to

scarcely oblique, all subacute, scarcely mucronu-

stly /3-flowered at the summit ; pedicels shorter —

canescent, the tube very obtuse at base, 1-14

lines long segments tri gular ninate. Vexillum 8 lines long, downy ; alz

ate ‘ than the nonves subrostrats carina. Style conspicuously thickeped

R. (Benth. !) 5 Sirabiy, erect, viscidly-hairy and

dotted ; branches virgate ; leaves on very short petioles ; leaflets :

oblong, bullate, with recurved margins; stipules leaf-like, taper-p

peduncles scarcely longer than the leaves, 1~2-flowered ; cal,

scarcely longer than the tube, shorter than the glabrous vex

gume sparsely pilose. Hidrosia bullata, LE, Mey. ! Comm. Dre 9.

Has. Wupperthal, in stony mountain pais Dati parece Be, joy DD)

VoL. Ti.

| 258 LEGUMINOS ( Harv.) [Evriosema.

1-2 feet high, slender, not much branched ; leaflets 4~5 lines long, 1~2 lines wide,

thickly resinous-dotted, pale ; petioles 1-2 lines long. Stipules ovate-acuminate,

longer than the petiole. Calyx tube obtuse at base, 2 lines long, patently pubescent

and viscid ; laciniz acuminate, scarcely longer, the uppermost slightly connate, low-

est a little longer, all rigidly ciliolate. Vexillum 6 lines long, with a longish claw.

_ Ales narrow, shorter. Carina equalling the vexillum, broad, incurved and blunt at

the point. Legume 5-6 lines long, 2-3 broad, oblong, compressed.

Species of Copisma unknown to us.

R. trichodes (E. Mey. Comm. p. 134); stem procumbent, flexuous,

very hairy, with patent, yellow hairs ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, subacute,

netted-veined, yellow-hairy on both sides, gland-dotted beneath, equal-

ling the petiole; peduncles one-flowered, e ualling the leaf ; legumes

(unripe) straightish, villous. Cop. trichodes, » Mey.

Collected by Drege; no habitat assigned.

R. nitida (E. Mey. Comm. p. 136) ; stem terete, filiform, voluble,

glabrescent ; leaflets broadly-triangular, lateral scarcely unequal-sided,

galroue and shining at both sides, ciliate ; racemes equalling the leaves,

few-flowered ; flowers suberect, pedicels equalling the pubescent, nearly

_ glandless calyx, legumes falcate, glabrescent, about 3-seeded, Copisma

. LIX. ERIOSEMA, Dc.

upwards ; stigma small or capitate. Legume compressed, obliquely

orbicular-rhomboid, or broadly oblong, hairy ; seeds 2 or 1, compressed,

oblong, obliquely transverse, the seed-cord fixed at one end of a linear

Leafi. linear-lanceolate

white beneath ...

Leafl. lanceol.-oblong,

neath. Pe

Exiosema. | LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 259

Petioles rather long :

Leafl. 2-3-uncial, oblong-lanceol., acute, rugose,

Br has Aes beneath .. asic: cies

Leaf. 2 es ellipt. -oblong, ‘obtuse, vais

silky ben (5)

Peduncles bearing sre for & their length, ‘or more (9) cajanoides.

ik. populifolium (Benth. !); dwarf, ascending, every where densely

clothed with long, soft, silky, white hairs; leaflets solitary (large), on

longish petioles, cordate, subacute, penninerved; stipules broadly lan-

ceolate, equalling the petiole, striate; peduncles rather shorter than the

leaf, densely many flowered near the summit; calyx pilose, its lobes

about equalling the tube; vexillum pilose.

Has. Trans Vaal, Natal, Mr. Sanderson! (Herb. Hk.)

Stems 6-12 ? inches high, simple? compressed or angular. Petioles uncial. Leaves

4 inches long, 3 inches wide, exactly heart-shaped. ‘Stipules inch long, 3—4 lines

wide, silky, scarious. Peduncles 3-4 inches long, bearing flowers for an inch below

the end. Pedicels 2 lines long, subtended by lanceolate, deciduous bracts. Flowers

8 lines long. Calyx laxly pilose, its two upper segments connate nearly to the bifid

summit, 3 lower lanceolate. Legume unknown.

2. E. cordatum (E. Mey. Comm. Drege, p. 128); the decumbent stem,

petioles, peduncles and calyx roughly pilose with spreading, red hairs ;

leaves subsessile, either solitary, roundish-cordate, obtuse, or pinnato-tri-

foliolate, the leaflets elliptic-ovate, all membranous, rufo-pilose on both

sides, somewhat bullate, penninerved and veiny beneath ; stipules free,

broad, ovate-acuminate; peduncles shorter or longer than the leaves,

densely spicato-racemose above the mas, the flowers paoxed:

imbricate,

Var. 8. Gueinzii; less densel: ars it 0! leaflets ae

bransocous, elliptic-oblong, aoa fp ES on much lo: fe me

racemose. £. Gueinzit, Sond. Linn. 23, p- a Ww. CUM :

3. ‘diag aE.) ies erect or ascending, the stems,

petioles and peduncles roughly hairy with rusty hairs ; petioles very

- short, leaflets 3, oblong, obtuse, rugose, hispid above, rufo-tomentose and

penninerved beneath; stipules oblong-acute; peduncles elongate, shortly

and closely ‘several-flowered near the summit; calyx hairy, ts

longer than The tube, much shorter than the villous ree .

Aapjes River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems 6-8 inches high. Common petiole 3-4 ‘lines long. Leaflets 1 I

4-} inch wide, at length subglabrous above, always densely and

beneath. Stipules equalling the petiole. Peduncles 4-6 inches

flowered raceme 1-1} inch long. Bracts nibiine nce

VOL. Il,

260 _ -LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Eriosema.

sessile, 5-6 lines long, spreading (not reflexed). Calyx-tube 1} lines long. Vexillum

pubescent, about equalling the incurved, subrostrate carina. Legume 7-8 lines long,

4-5 broad, coriaceous, with long, foxy hairs. Allied to EZ. cordata, but differs in the

_ form and size of the leaves, the softer and shorter pubescence, longer peduncles and

not reflexed flowers, &c. It is in all parts smaller.

4. E. Burkei (Benth.!); dwarf, suberect; the stem, petioles and

peduncles rufo-sericeous with short, soft hairs ; petioles longest, leaflets

3, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, rugose, hispidulous above, rufo-sericeous,

prominently penninerved and netted-veined beneath ; stipules free, silky,

lanceolate ; peduncles longer than the leaves, densely racemose towards

the summit, with reflexed, imbricating flowers ; calyx silky-pilose, its

narrow segments thrice as long as the tube. Zey./ 465.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

Stems from a woody base, a foot or more in height, incurved, branching, with soft,

woolly pubescence. Common petiole about an inch long. Leaflets 2-3 inches long,

4-4 inch wide, the terminal longest, green above, rufescent beneath, especially on the

prominent ribs and nerves and at the margin: substance thickish. Peduncles 4-6

Anches, the raceme 2—3 inches long. Flowers 6-7 lines long. Calyx clothed with long,

silky, fulvous hairs, the segments nearly equalling the piloso-pubescent vexillum.

Legume densely pilose, 7-8 lines long, 4-5 wide.

5. E. parviflorum (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 130); suffruticose, erect or

ascending, the stem, petioles and long peduncles shaggy with rusty,

deflexed hairs; leaves petiolate, leaflets 3, elliptic-oblong, obovate, or

ovate, pubescent above, rather paler and more silky but reticulately

veined beneath ; stipules lanceolate, free ; peduncles elongate, shortly

and densely spicato-racemose at the summit; calyx segments shorter

than the tube; vexillum puberulent; legume shaggy. E. podostachyum,

Hook. f. Fl. Nig. p. 314, Cytisus glomeratus, Boj.! Hort. Maurit. p. 89.

Has. In grassy places, in moist valleys between Omsamculo and Omcomas, near

Omblas, Drege/ Natal, Gueinzius, Sutherland. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Stems 1~2 feet high, branching, woody at base, more or less hairy. Stipules mem-

branous, brown, narrow, 2-3 lines long. Lower petioles } inch, upper 1 inch or

more long. Leaflets 14-2 inches long, 4-1 inch wide, mostly elliptic, varying to

a oS obovate and oblong ; in some varieties ovate. Peduncles 3-6 inches long, the raceme

1 long. Flowers subsessile, strongly reflexed, 3-34 lines long. Calyx

line long, pubescent ; the lobes broad, about equal in length. e Vexillum

y: Legume 6 lines long, 3-4 wide, very shaggy with foxy hairs.

ae (Wi alp. Linn. 1 3; P- 536); erect or diffuse, the stem,

Bes Renin Sens ne uncles / vo- with short, sort, hairs; leaflets 3,

pit he » oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse or acute, green above,

rf ‘ite and penninerved beneath ; stipules lanceolate, free; pedun-

cles mostly longer than the leaves, densely racemose beyond the middle

with many reflexed, imbricating fl ; : :

: han the inhe Bens Mowers ; calyx pilose, its segments

longer than the tube, Hed, ysarum squarrosum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 595-

Zeyheri, B. Mey) Coro, Vt 2: P- 333 B. de ZI 1661. Eriosema

in Lond. Journ. 2, p. 80. m © so sida B. canescens, Meisn. !

lum violet. we ae aS 2); ae

Var. y. Dregei (Benth. !) ; leaflets sill

E. Dregei, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 129.

Eriosema.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 961

Var. 3, latifolium (Benth. !); stem and inflorescence with longer red hairs, leaflets

much larger (23 inches long, 14 wide), pilose hairy above, densely cano-tomentose

beneath ; vexi violet :

‘ : 6

Aretha y field peyond Chios g! near Galgebosch and elsewhere, Thwn-

berg! Zwartkops and Vanstaadens R., and Adow, Ait., Z. f Z./ Zuureriver and

Klipplaat R., Drege / Slaay Kraal, Burke §: Zeyher / B. Winterberg, E.¢ Z./ Bowie!

Arebs./ y. Omsamcubo, Drege/ Port Natal, Gueinzius/ (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth.,

Sd. D.

2» :

Somewhat woody at base ; stems erect or ascending, branched from the root, 6-14

inches long, clothed with short, reversed, rusty-coloured or dirty-white soft hairs.

Stipules membranous, striate, 4-6 lines long. Petioles rarely } inch long. Leaflets

1-14 inch long, #—1 inch wide, in 8. much larger, the lower often obovate, the rest

mostly oblong or elliptical ; those near the ends of the branches narrower and longer

in proportion and passing into lanceolate. Peduncles 2-6 inches long, the raceme

about uncial, very dense ; the flowers strongly reflexed, 4-5 lines long. Calyx cano-

villose, the segments lanceolate, half as long as the pubescent vexillum. Legume 6

lines long, 4-5 lines wide, shaggy with long red hairs. I follow Bentham in referring

y. and 8. to this place.

7. E. salignum (E. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 129) ; suberect, tall, the

stem, petioles, and peduncles cano-sericcous, with short, soft hairs ; leaf-

lets 3, oblong or linear-lanceolate, elongate, acute, green above, silky-

white and penninerved beneath ; stipules oblongo-lanceolate, free ; ped-

uncles longer or shorter than the leaves, racemose beyond the middle,

with many reflexed, imbricating flowers ; calyx pilose, its segments

longer than the tube. Burch. 3877.

Var. 8. concolor; pubescence scanty ; leaflets green on both sides, pilose above,

thinly silky beneath, obtuse or subobtuse, mucronulate ; flowers lax.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke & Zeyher! Natal, Sanderson, Krauss, T. Williamson»

gc. (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd., D.) : 3s Mee ee

Stems several, 6-18 inches high, subsimple. Stipules 4-} inch long, striate.

Petioles 4-3 inch long. Leaflets 14-3 inches long. $— inch wide, subglabrous above,

mostly white beneath ; in 8. green and partly naked. Peduncles 3-6 inches long,

the raceme 1-2 inches long. Flowers closely reflexed, 5 lines long. Calyx-segments

a little shorter than the hairy vexillum. Very near Z. sguarrosum, but the leaves

are longer and narrower, and the flowers rather larger. 8. from Natal (Herb. Hk.)

may belong to a different species»

8, E. Kraussianum (Meisn.! in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 91); dwarf,

erect, subsilky, cano-pubescent; petiole very short, leaflets 3, Janceolate-

oblong, tapering at base, sparsely pilose above, thinly silky beneath ;

stipules lanceolate, free ; peduncles elongate, densely racemose above

the middle, many-flowered ; calyx fulvo-hirsute, its lobes shorter than

the tube ; vexillum hairy. :

. places at foot of the Tafelberg, Port Natal, Krauss! 474, ex pte.

(Herb. Hk., Bth.) ~

- Root woody. Stems several, 6-8 inches high, incurved, angular, loosely cano-

a ae a lines long. — + Sosa long, 3-4 lines wide, thinly

-and mo beneath, minutely netted and obliquely nerved, the margin slightly

silky a minutely quely argin slightly _

spicate, 1} inch long, rich brown. Flowers closely set, 3-4

lines long. Stipules longer than the petioles, scarious, brown. Much smaller than

E. cajanoides, with denser and shorter racemes, larger stipules, and a hairy vexil- a

lum, &c.

9. E. cajanoides (Benth.) ; stem erect, tall, rib-striate, fulvo-canes- —

cent, tomentose ; petiole very short; leaflets 3, oblong, obtus a

1; stipules minute,

at base, glabrescent above, cano-sericeous beneath ;

262 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Abrus.

free ; peduncles longer than the leaves, floriferous for 2 their length,

laxly many flowered ; calyx-segments nearly equalling the tube ; vex-

illum glabrous. Rhynchosia cajanoides, Guill & Perr! Fl. Seneg. p. 215.

Eriosema polystachyum, EZ. Mey.! Comm. Drege, p. 130. Zey.! 404.

Has. Port Natal, Krauss, 64! Crocodile River, Burke ¢ Zeyher! Coastland

near Natal, Dr. Sutherland / Caffraria, Drege! (Herb. Bth., Hk., Sd.)

Stems 2-3 feet high, angular and slightly flexuous, not much branched, whitish

or rufescent. Stipules lanceolate, patent. “Petioles 2-6 lines long. Leaflets 2-23

inches long, 4-3 inch wide, green and finely netted above, discoloured and penni-

nerved beneath, the margin slightly reflexed. Racemes 3-4 inches long, many-

flowered, subdistichous ; flowers 2~3 lines apart, 4-5 lines long. Calyx canescent.

2} lines long, its lobes ovate-acute, Vexillum mostly quite glabrous. Legumes 7

lines long, 5 lines wide, coriaceous, densely clothed with long, white hairs. A native

also of tropical Africa. The flowers in the S. African specimens are rather longer,

and the pubescence more copious and whiter.

Species unknown to us.

E. reticulatum (E. Mey. Comm. p. 129) ; “stem flexuous, covered

with teflexed, yellow hairs ; medial leaflet obovate-oblong, lateral ob-

liquely oblong, all acute, transversely venoso-reticulate beneath, appres-

_ sedly hirsute at the veins, fuscescent ; racemes shorter than the leaves,

few-flowered ; vexillum violet.” Z, Mey. 1. ¢,

E. trinerve (E Mey. Comm. p. 1 30); “stem flexuous, retrorsely

hairy ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved as far as the mid-

dle, green beneath, between the brownish veins, pubescent ; racemes

about equalling the leaves, few-flowered.” E, Mey. 1. ¢.

Has, Caffraria, Drege. :

E. capitatum (E. Mey. Comm. p. 1 30); “stem erect, appressedly

pubescent, canescent ; leaflets lanceolate-oblong, subacute at each end,

white and silky beneath ; heads subglobose, involucrate, on long ped-

uncles.” 2. Mey. 1. c. ;

ie Hap. Among shrubs at Ruigtavalei, Drege. Petals all violet-coloured,

OS LX. ABRUS, L.

eampanulate, shortly 4-fid or 4-toothed, the upper lobe entire

Vewillum ovate, about equalling the subfalcate carina. Sta-

ed ; style short, incurved, glabrous. Legume oblong, com-

ressed, 4-6-seeded, with partitions th . Endl. Gen. 6698.

DO: Prd 9 ¥en = between the seeds Sindh. Gor: 9

pane nia ee "ogy seagate sar ni from tropical Asia; natural

rs ; ssy, oblong, red, with a black spot round the hilum.

ce. Name from

oe, oy

1. A. precatorius (Linn. Syst. 533) ;

Lonchocarpus.| LEGUMINOSE (Harv:) 263

terminating short, axillary, nearly leafless branches ; rachis incrassated in

fruit ; vexillum nearly free ; alz shorter than the carina ; legume quad-

rate-oblong, 2-24 times longer than broad, very oblique at base, about

s-seeded. Benth.! Fl. Braz. XXIV. p. 215. A. sguamulosus, L. Mey.!

Comm. p. 126. ae arte

Has. Port Natal, Drege! Krauss! T. Williamson, gc. (Herb. Hk., D., &e.) } be

Common throughout tropical Asia‘and Africa. Stems climbing, sparingly pubes- —S

cent. Leaves abruptly pinnate, 10-20-jugate ; leaflets oblong, blunt, pale green, +

glabrous above, minutely silky beneath, 4-8 lines long, 2-4 lines wide. Flowering

branches axillary, longer or shorter than the leaves, very patent or divaricate, rarely

quite leafless, generally with 1-2 leaves at base, and always pluri-stipulate in the

lower part. Stipules subulate. Flowers red, 4-5 lines long. Legumes 1-14 inch

long, 6-7 lines wide, in our specimens squamulose and pubescent, sometimes gla-

brous ; seeds bright scarlet with a black spot round the short hilum. The seeds are

often strung as béads by children, &c.

2. A. levigatus (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 126); racemes several-flowered,

terminating leafy, lateral branches ; rachis scarcely thickened in fruit ;

vexillum adnate to.the base of the staminal tube, ale shorter than the

carina; legume subfalcate, 5 times longer than broad, 6—-8-seeded, sub-

glabrous and even.

Has. Caffraria and Natal, Drege! (Herb. Hk., D., &c.)

Very near A. pulchellus, Wall. Cat. 5819. It is easily known, when in fruit, from

A. precatorius by the longer and narrower, several-seeded legume. The habit and

foliage are similar, but the flowers are less numerous, and the flowering branch bears

leaves nearly to the base of the raceme. :

LXI. LONCHOCARPUS, H.B.K. :

Calyx truncate or shortly 4—5-toothed. Ale slightly cohering above

the claw of the carina. Petals of the carina slightly cohering at back

above. Vexillary-stamen quite free at base, above connate with the

rest into a complete tube. Anthers versatile. | “y everal-ovulec

Legume flat, oblong or elongate, membranacec 1s

stipelle few or none. Racemes simple or panicled. Flowers violet, purple or white,

but not yellow ; petals silky or expo ol Name from Aovxn,

Fruit ; alluding to the shape of 1e pods. .

netted-veined beneath ;

at base, obtuse or acute, ilenop- 3

tera Schimperiana and Dalbergia Schimperiana, Hochst. Pl. abyss.No.897,

1778. Tapassa violacea, Kl. oo

Has. Banks of the Tamulakau R. and between the Chobu and | iv ;

near Lake Ngami, Jos. M‘Cabe. (Herb. Hk., D.) or

‘A tree 20-30 feet high, 2 feet in diameter. Leaves toward

264 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Pterocarpus.

branches and twigs. Common petiole 6-12 inches long, the pair of leaflets 1-1 inch

apart. Leaflets very pale green, at first densely velvetty, canescent beneath, after-

wards becoming naked, and when old quite glabrous. Panicles 6 inches long, alter-

nately branched, the branches racemose, many-flowered. Calyx silvery, 3 lines long.

Corolla purplish-pink. Flowers sweetly-scented. Ovary silky. Legumes 3-4 inches

long, } inch wide, strongly compressed, of a parchment-like substance. A native

also of Mozambique and Abyssinia,

LXII. PTEROCARPUS, L.

Calyx turbinate-campanulate, acute at base, oftener incurved, 5-toothed,

sub-bilabiate. Petals of the carina at back near the apex shortly con-

nate or nearly free. Stamens 10, sometimes monadelphous with a split

tube ; sometimes equally diadelphous, and sometimes diadelphous, g—1.

Anthers versatile, Ovary 6-8-ovuled. Legume compressed, indehiscent,

orbicular or ovate, more or less oblique or falcate, with a lateral or

rarely terminal style, bearing seeds in the middle, more or less indu-

rated or thickened, with a surrounding membranous wing or sharp

ridge, sometimes almost completely attenuate-coriaceous or membran-

ous. Seeds 1-3, separated by hard partitions. Benth./ in Journ. Linn:

- Unarmed, tropical and subtropical trees of both hemispheres. Leaves alternate,

. Leaflets alternate or irregularly opposite, without stipelle. Racemes

- Flowers yellow, rarely whitish, with violet shades, ofte

- Name ™TEpOV, & wing, and Kapmos, a fruit

Species of Pterocarpus, —

_ 1. P. sericeus (Benth.! 1. ¢. p. 7 5); leaflets 3-5, broadly ovate, shin-

ing silky beneath or on both sides ; legume shortly stipitate, ovate-sub-

orbicular, with a coriaceous wing. Dalbergia rotundifolia, Sond. ! in

Linn. 23, p. 35.

; upper surface puberulous, at length gla-

-2 inches long Flowers

minutely stipitate-elliptical,

delphous, with

netted at the seed, et , the 16 Margins

in Journ. Linn, Soo, 4, Suppl. p. 2

ernate, nating shrubs natives of the warmer zoner of both hemispheres, Leaves

alternate, impari-pinnate, the leaflets exstipellate and shown alternate. Inflores

— dicbesoanieats cymose or irregularly panicled, axill or terminal. Flowers

small, often numerous, » Violet or white? Named in hen, ichok -

beng, a Swedish botanist.” “Olt ses a" =

eer eee

thickened nor winged. Benth.!

Sophora. | LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 265

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaflets small, 6-10-16-jugate. ——

Thinly pubescent, becoming glabrous ; adult leaves and

legumes Wh i gad aes ... (1) armata,

Fulvo-villous ; adult leaves and legumes rusty-pubescent (2) multijuga.

Leaflets large, 2—3-jugate ; legumes rusty-pubescent ... ... (3) obovata,

1. D, armata (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 152); branches spinous ; leaves

6—12-jugate, leaflets subopposite or alternate (small), oblong, obtuse at

each end, paler beneath, becoming glabrous; young petioles and inflo-

rescence thinly-velvetty; panicles pedunculate, corymbose, shorter than

the leaves, axillary or subterminal; calyx puberulous, its two upper

lobes short, obtuse, 3 lower deltoid, subacute ; legumes oblong, obtuse,

tapering at base, glabrate. D. myriantha, Meisn.! in Lond. Jrn. 2. p. 100.

Has. Between Omtendo and Omsamculo, and near Port Natal, Drege! Krauss /

220, Gueinzius/ gc. (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

A tree with dark-coloured bark, not always spiny. Common petiole 2-24 inches

long, at first rusty-pubescent, afterwards glabrous. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-14

lines wide, the young ones thinly silky beneath, older quite glabrous, thick in sub-

stance and glossy, all midribbed and minutely marginate. Flowers very small, in

dense corymbs on a peduncle 1 inch long, either from the axils of the upper leaves,

or ends of the twigs. Legumes 1-14 inches long, 5-8 lines wide, sometimes sub-

truncate and very obtuse, sometimes tapering to a subacute point, always tapering at

base and stipitate.

2. D. multijuga (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 153); leaves 10-16-jugate,

leaflets alternate (rather small), oblong, obtuse at each end, mucronulate, —

paler beneath, with recurved margins, pubescent ; twigs and petioles

densely fulvo-villous; racemes short, terminal and axillary, crowded

toward the end of the branches (Z. MJ.) ; legumes broadly lanceolate,

netted with veins, rusty pubescent. : Ser age Ree ke

Has. Morley, at the end of the wood, 1000-1500 f., Drege! (Herb. Bth.)

A tree. Twigs and petioles densely and persistently fowy, with close, short, erect

hairs. Common petiole 4-5 inches long. Leaflets 5-7 lines long, 2-2} wide, rather

roughly though thinly pubescent. Legumes 2 inches long, 8-9 lines wide in the

middle, acute or subacute, fulvous. : aie

3. D. obovata (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 152); leaves bi-tri-jugate, leaflets

alternate, oblong or obovate, coriaceous, reticulated, glabrous ; (young)

petioles and inflorescence velvetty 5 panicle dense, its branches corym-

bose ; calyx puberulous, its two upper lobes broadly oblong, obtuse,

three lower narrow, acute; legumes broadly lanceolate, netted with

veins, rusty-pubescent. Podiophyllum reticulatum, Hochst. Flora, 1841,

p. 658. ee Eats

: a River Basche and near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss! 193. (Herb. Hk., Bth.,

ra _ Bark dark-coloured. Common petiole 2-3 inches long, at first densely

pubescent, afterwards subglabrous, bearing 5 or 7 alternate leaflets, each about 1%

inch long, ? inch wide, netted on each side and glossy. Panicles terminal and axil-

lary, much branched, the branches fasciculato-corymbose. Flowers not 2 lines long.

Legumes 14-1} inch long, 6-8 lines wide, acute, tapering at base into a short stipe, —

strongly netted in the middle. ‘Leaflets much larger and fewer than in the otherS.

African species. lg aie -

LXIV. SOPHORA. “<2

Calya widely campanulate, obliquely truncate, obsoletely or shortly

266 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [ Virgilia.

5-toothed. Petals of equal length; vexillum obovate or roundish, erect

i or spreading; alz oblong, clawed, eared at base 3 carina obtuse, straight,

i - its petals imbricating and connate in the middle, free above. Stamens 10,

i free, glabrous. Ovary subsessile, many ovuled ; style slightly curved,

glabrous. Legume moniliform, indehiscent, Wingless, several-seeded.

Endl. Gen. 6738. DC. Prod. 2, p. 95.

Trees, shrubs, or herbs chiefly from the tropics of Asia and America. Leaves

impari-pinnate, plurijugate, the terminal leaflet remote from the last pair. Racemes

axillary or terminal, mostly simple. Flowers white, blue, or yellow. The name is

an alteration of the Arabic Sophera,

1. S, nitens (Benth. !); shrubby (or arborescent %), densely silky-

tomentose in all parts, with close-pressed, glossy hairs ; leaflets 5-7,

aS elliptic-oblong, obtuse 3 Tacemes terminal, elongating, many-flowered ;

” bracts subulate, nearly equalling the pedicels ; petals glabrous.

Has. Near Port Natal, 7. Williamson! (Herb. D.)

Stems and branches unknown

_ Calyx widely campanulate, shortly 2-lipped, the u lip bifid, the

lower trifid. Vezxillum suborbicular, drenoly refit F ali otset

carina incurved, rostrate. Stamens To, free. Ovary sessile, villous,

several-ovuled; style glabrous. Leguine coriaceous, compressed, tomen-

tose, many-seeded, stuffed between the seeds, the sutures very obtuse.

E. Mey.! Comm. p. 1. Endl. Gen, 6741. DC. Prod. 2. p. 98, ex pte,

_ Only one species known. YJ. grandis, E. Mey. is Milletia Caffra, Meisn. Name

in honour of the poet Virgil,

1. V. Capensis (Lam. Ill. ‘t. 326 f. 2); DC. Prod. 2. p. 98. Bot,

E. Mey. Comm. p. 1. Sophora Capensis,

Berg. Cap. 142. Hypocalyptus Capensis,

odalyria Capensis, Andr. Rep. t. 347. :

Xc., throughout the colony, erb. Th., Hk. oD. ee

¢ Keur of the me eri am Sand: why Geen

>; leaflets lin mucronate, coriaceous, the

few or several

Valves cohering

6740. :

Calpurnia.] LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 967

Trees or shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of Africa. Leaves imparipinna’

multijugate. Racemes axillary and terminal, the peduncles often panicled. pa

yellow. Named in honour of Calpurnius, an imitator of Virgil, because these plants

are nearly allied to Virgilia. eS ee oad

iis TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Calyx convex-conical at base. Flowers 5-6 lines long.

Leaflets obovate-elliptical, retuse. Ovary glabrous (1) sylvatica,

Leaflets elliptic, obtuse. Ovary silky and silvery ... (2) lasiogyne.

Calyx intruse or concave at base. Flowers 2}—3 lines long.

Ovary silky and silvery. Leaflets subglabrous, retuse ... (3) floribunda.

Ovary glabrous, ciliate on the sutures. Leafl. silky on

both sides, netted-veined _... oe oe ... (4) sericea.

Ovary glabrous. Twigs tomentose. Leafl. glabrous and

even above, silky beneath ... (5) Villosa.

Ovary glabrous (?). Racemes very long. Leafl. nearly

glabrous, mucronate ... se Ae vee ... (6), intrusa.

1. C, sylvatica (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 2); leaves 3—5—10-jugate, the

petiole glabrescent; leaflets glabrescent, membranous, obovate-elliptical,

retuse or obtuse; calyx conical at base, and ribbed, glabrescent; ovary

and legume quite glabrous. Virgilia sylvatica, DC. Prod. 2, p.98. E.§

Z.! 1142, Sophora sylvatica, Burch. Cat. 313 8.

Has. Woods in Uitenhage, Albany, and Caffraria, frequent. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A shrub, 6-10 feet high ; the young twigs minutely pubescent. Leaves 2-6 inches

long, varying much in the number of leaflets. Leafiets acute at base, very blunt or

subemarginate at the point, 4-7 inch long, 4-5 lines wide, pale green. Racemes

eapaling the leaves or shorter ; the rachis glabrescent ; bracts minute, deciduous.

owers § lines long, bright yellow. Legume 24-3 inches long, $-{ wide, mucronate,

veiny.

2. C. lasiogyne (E. Mey. ! Comm. p. 3) ; leaves 4-6-10-jugate, the

petiole glabrescent aa thinly pubescent beneath, coriaceo-membra-

naceous, elliptical, obtuse or retuse; calyx convex at base, glabrescent ;

ovary silky, with short white hairs ; legume sparsely pubescent. Virgilia

aurea, Lam. Ill. t. 326,f. 1. DC. Prod. l. c. Schimp.! Abyss. 453, 200,

248, 1898. Kratut) $3hew ame ee

Haz. Port Natal, Drege! Krauss! Gueinzius! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

| Very like C. sylvatica, but a taller shrub, with rather larger leaves and flowers,

more coriaceous, more pubescent, and Maat ag oneal oblong (not obovate) leaf-:

lets. The silky ovary at once distinguishes it. It is found, perhaps more commonly,

8, G. floribunda (Harv.) ; leaves 6-8-jugate, the petiole, twigs, and

peduncles thinly silky-canescent ; leaflets (often alternate) glabrate, the

young ones minutely puberulous beneath, coriaceo-membranous, obo-

_ Yate-elliptical, retuse ; calyx intruse at base, puberulous, the lobes del

toid ; ovary silky, with white hairs ; legume ..... 4 :

Has. Roadside near Grahamstown, H. Hutton, Esq. (Herb. T.C.D.) . =

- A shrub or small tree, the younger parts slightly hoary. Leaves 3-5 pera, .

the leaflets laxly set, 5-6 lines long, 3-34 wide. Peduncles crowded to ard the ens

of the branches, equalling or somewhat exceeding the leaves. Flowers 3 lines lo

Mr. Hutton, in sending this plant, says, “I believe, not indigenous,” if not, as it18

doubtless of African origin, it may have been brought from some part of t interior —

as an ornamental shrub, which it certainly is. Bt ea eS a

rai

268 LEGUMINOS& ( Harv.) [Bracteolaria.

peduncles thinly silky ; leaflets appressedly pubescent on both sides, cori-

aceous, reticulated, oblong, retuse, mucronulate ; calyx intruse at base,

silky, the lobes obtuse ; ovary glabrous, ciliate along the sutures,

Has. Bassutos Land, v. Schlicht / 82, (Herb. Sd.) :

_ Seemingly a small shrub, appressedly silky in all parts. Leaves 2 inches long ;

leaflets 4—5 lines long, 24-34 wide, thickish and rigid when dry, conspicuously net-

ted with veins. Racemes not longer than the leaves. Flowers 23 lines long, yellow.

Legume not seen.

5. C. villosa (Harv.); leaves 5-8-jugate, the petiole, twigs, and

peduncles vlloso-tomentose; leaflets glabrous and even above, appres-

sedly silky beneath, coriaceo-membranous, elliptical or oblong, obtuse,

mucronate ; calyx intruse at base, pubescent ; ovary glabrous ; legume

ec acte tas ? C. intrusa, Mundt. ! in Herb. Reg. Berol.

Has. South Africa, Mundt. & Maire / (Herb. Hk.)

With foliage not unlike that of Virgilia capensis, this has the habit of a Tephrosia,

and is the most copiously and loosely pubescent of any of the present genus. The

longer than the calyx. Leaves 2-3 inches ] 3; leafl. 5~7 lines long, 21-3 wide

often folded. = —

= 6. C. intrusa (E. Mey. Comm. p. 2); “leaves to—14-jugate ; leaflets

glabrescent, elliptical, mucronate ; calyx intruse at base ; peduncles

flexuous, much longer than the leaf.”

nibh Rea, foe ee seage: :

sume that it is glabrous, "Wow sacle yg Tepecting ees

Imperfeetly known Species.

C. robinioides (E. Mey. Comm, p. 3) ; ‘leaves 3-jugate, subglauces-

cent; leaflets oblong, the terminal one obovate ; legumes stipitate, obso-

letely winged, about one-seeded 1 E. Mey. lc. Virgilia robinioides, DC.

» 2, p. 98. Robinia Capensis, Burm. Fl. Cap. 22.

Has. Rocky hill near Kraai River, Witbergen, 4500f., Drege.

evillum ample, suborbicular ; ale spreading widely ; petals of the

carina shortly connate in the middle, spurred at base. Stamens 10, free,

glabrous, exserted, Ovary sessile, walloni, few-ovuled ; style short, re-

African trees or shrubs, with unifoliolate leaves. Flowers in axi llary racemes or

panicled. ‘The name is in allusion to the bracts on the calyx. The genus is allied

1B. racemosa (Hochst:) ; glabrescent ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, acu-

minate, shining above, netted veined beneath, glabrous ; racemes downy,

Jax ; lobes of the calyx toothed ; brac: oles lanceolate. Harv. T'hes. t. 20.

Kap. Port Natal. Krause! Gueinzius/ (Herb, Hk, Sd. .

uae (?) — with dark. _ ed, ogi ten “ietioien 4-j inch long;

e inches long, about 1 broad ; the your leaflets i

caducous. Raceines thiega thai the leaf, sev ord i ee

Laoag, leat downy. Stipules

bracteolate in the middle ; flowers white (*) the vexillum wey wider?

Parkinsonia.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 269

Sub Order II. Casaprinins.

LXVIIL PARKINSONIA, Linn.

Calyx coloured, with a short, urceolate tube and 5-parted, ab teaeal

deciduous limb. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, ovate, flat ; the

upper one with a long claw. Stamens 10, free, declined ; filaments vil-

lous at base. Ovary sessile, many-ovuled ; style subulate, ascending ;

stigma simple. Legume very long, acuminate at each end, compressed

between seeds, 2-valved, many-seeded. Endl. Gen, 677 5+ DC.P. 2, 485.

Tropical and subtropical shrubs, armed with simple or 3-forked spines. Leaves

pinnate, multijugate ; leaflets small. Flowers racemose, yellow. ame in honour

of John Parkinson, a London apothecary and botanist of ihe seventeenth century.

P. africana (Sond. Linn. 23, p. 38); flexuous, divaricately branched,

glabrous and glaucous, spiniferous ; leaves 3 or more from the axils of

horizontal spines; common petiole semiterete, wingless, channelled,

taper-pointed ; leaflets opposite, very minute, oblong, acute ; racemes

axillary and terminal, laxly 6—10-flowered; pedicels bracteate at base ;

calyx puberulous ; legumes linear-lanceolate, narrowed at base and apex,

finely striate, 8-seeded, seeds oblong, obtuse, shining. Zey./ 557.

oe eh pag pevokkesl, Bosjesmansland, B. § Z./ Namaqualand, Wyley/ (Hevb.

A tall hak, called “Wilde Limoenhout” by the colonists. Branches pale yellow-

ish, spreading subhorizontally, flexuous, tapering, the younger minutely downy.

Leaves juncoid, the petiole 4-5 inches long ; leaflets i ine 8-10 distant pairs, Reril veds line

long, very narrow. Racemes 2-3 inches lon ; the peduncle rigi

cels 4-6 lines long. Calyx coloured, with a p Bessie downy | tube and oblong, ah tad

limb. Filaments hairy at base. Petals yellow. Legumes 4~5 inches long, 45 lines

wide, contracted and compressed between the seeds.

nti ease Jus

Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, sessil e, I nearly equal. |

free ; filaments villous at the base, — Owaty ee, Seni cried;

style ‘short ; stigma simple. Legume ovate, ventricose, compressed, 2-

valved, 1~2-seeded, covered with straight prickles. Endl. Gen. No. 6763.

DC. Prod. 2, 480. Lam. Ill. t. 336.

Tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs ; the stem and petioles armed with

hooked prickles. Leaves abruptly bi ed. Flowers spicato-racemose. Bracts

long. Name in honour of Melchior Guilandinus (of Wieland), a celebrated travel-

ler ; died in 1589.

i = Bondue (Ait. Hort. Kew. 3, p. 32) ; leaves pubescent or villous —

and velvetty ; leaflets ovate ; spines subsolitary; ; seeds yllonee DC.

Prod. 2 p. 480. B. Mey. Coma. p. 158. |

Has. Mouths of the 01 :

_ Anative of Indiaand Arabia. Iict noon South A irican speckmneii Fis yl . 2

-LXX. MELANOSTICTA, DC. =

Calyx deeply 5-parted, segments deciduous, the lowest 1 Ar; e

5, in the throat of the calyx; 4 lower obovate-oblong, sube

one shorter and broader, with inflexed edges. Stamens

ing, equalling the petals ; anthers short. oe se

270 LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Peltophorum.

4-ovuled ; style short, straight. Legume compressed oblong, setose.

Endl, Gen, No. 6772. DC. Prod. 2, 485. Leg. Mem. t. 69.

~ Small half-herbacous plants ; the stem, petioles, leaflets, peduncles, calyx, ovary,

—_ o Loa all parts of the plant except the petals and stamens, thickly sprinkled

with black, hemispherical, resinous dots. Leaves bipinnate, stipulate, and stipellate.

Flowers racemose ; racemes opposite the leaves. Name from peAas, black, and

orikTos, a dot. :

: : ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Sparsely setose ; leaves 1-2-jugate, with a long, terminal pinna ;

_ flowers drooping... ec se vas ee ... (1) Burchellii.

Densely setose ; leaves equally 4-5-jugate ; lat, pinnz 14-16 :

foliolate ; fl. erecto-patent ... Ses ons oes .-. (2) Sandersoni.

1, M. Burchellii (DC. Leg. Mem. t. 69) ; leaves I-2-jugate, with a

long, terminal pinna ; lateral pinnee 6-8 foliolate, terminal 16-20 folio-

late; racemes scarcely as long as the leaves, few-flowered ; flowers

drooping ; bracts minute. DC. Prod. 2, p. 48 5- Harv. Thes. t.2. Burch.

Cat. 2345.

Has. 8. Africa, Burchell. Zooloo Country, Miss Owen. (Herb. D.

a penta rare. high, herbaceous, “olor heal as are Km the pedun-

__ ¢les and petioles. ‘Leaves 4-5 inches long ; the lateral pinne uncial, the terminal 3

inches long. Leaflets oval, thickly spri with gland-dots. Racemes s—6-flow-

ered ; pedicels 2-3 lines long, recurved. Flowers purple, small. Legume oblong,

2. M. Sandersoni (Harv.); leaves 4—5-jugate, the terminal pinna not

longer than the rest ; lateral pinne 14-16 foliolate 3 Tacemes longer than

the leaves, many-flowered ; flowers erecto-patent; bracts lanceolate, de-

flexed. = Sage ise

Has. Transvaal, J. Sanderson, Esq. (Herb. Hk.)

Taller and more robust than MV. Burchellii, much more setose, with longer racemes

and very different leaves, the black dots smaller and less abundant. Stem 8-10

inches high, herbaceous, thickly setose, as well as the peduncles and petioles. Leaf-

lets margined with small gland-dots, very few or none on the disk. Racemes 6-8

inches long, erect, 18-20-flowered ; pedicels 6 lines long, straight and spreading.

Ovary glabrescent, Legume not seen:

_____-LXXI. PELTOPHORUM, Vog.

_ Calya-tube turbinate ; limb 5-parted, deciduous, the segments oblong,

reflexe tals 5, obovate, curled at the edge, clawed. Stamens 10,

Inserted with the petals, free ; filaments equalling the petals, hairy at

the base, inflexed in estivation ; anthers versatile, slitting longitudi-

nally ; ovary sessile, compressed, few-ovuled ; Style filiform; stigma

peltate, depressed in the centre. Legume broadly-oblong, much com-

a AB yg 2 acute ox each end. 1-2-seeded ; seeds oblong, with a

2 al and straight embryo. Vogel, in Linnea, vol. 11, p.

400, apa ae ae (Ree

Pp ae: jello: spt od by Vit span _ Racemes axillary and terminal ;

ea Dy Yogel fro ich it differs by the

peltate stigma. Name from ‘meAr pope rin yeah ee

P. africanum (Sond. in Linn, Vo 23, p. 35) ; unarmed: twigs, in-

orescence, and ealyx thinly rusty-pubescent eave abruptly bipin-

‘Rate, pinnee 7-8 pair, 14-20-jugates pinnules linearoblongy apiculete

Burkea.| LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) 27 L 2

appressedly pubescent on both sides, pale underneath ; racemes in a

terminal panicle, many-flowered; bracts linear-subulate, deciduous ;

pedicels at length longer than the calyx; inner sepals with scarious,

denticulate margins ; petals broadly obovate, longer than the calyx, the

claw and the base of the filaments hirsute; style glabrous, equalling

the ovary, stigma from a conical base broadly peltate ; legume ovato-

lanceolate, acute, multistriate, puberulous, strongly compressed, 1-2-

seeded. Sond. J. c. See

Has. Crocodile River and forests on the North side of Magaliesberg, Transvaal,

Zeyher, No. 554. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) eee! hee See

‘A very tall tree. Twigs furrowed, rusty. Leaflets opposite, 4 lines long, 1 line

wide. Racemes 3-4 inches long. Legume 2-2} inches long. ip ae ere

LXXIL. BURKEA, Hook. oes

Calyx 5-parted, the segments equal, imbricate. Petals 5, subequal,

patent. Stamens 10; filaments very short, the alternate slightly long-

est; anthers oblong, equal, tipped with a deciduous gland. Ovary sub-

sessile, 2-ovuled ; sfyle very short ; stigma obliquely peltate, concave,

with a wavy margin. Legume plano-compressed, oblong, narrowed at

base, stipitate, thinly coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds ovate-orbicular.

Embryo straight. Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 593-594-

_ Ashrub or small tree. ‘Leaves abruptly bipinnate ; pinnz in 2 pairs, opposite ;

leaflets about 8 on each pinna, alternate, distant. Racemes axillary, many-flowered.

Named in compliment to Mr. Joseph Burke, a collector, employed by the late Earl

of Derby, and who, jointly with the late Mr. Charles Zeyher, accomplished a very

extensive journey beyond the Gariep, making large collections of plants. = __

1. B. africana, Hook. MSS. Ic. Pl. lic. ree”

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk.,D., Sd.)

12-18 feet high. Branches thick, short, the younger coveret

tum. Stipules minute. Petioles 3-6 inches long, with '

alternately pinnate pinnez ; pinnules petiolulate, ol

the younger minutely silvery, the older coriaceous and giz ute.

shorter than the leaves. Flowers small, subsessile. Sepals 1

twice as long sa the calyx, "Us

Calye s-parted nearly to the base, more or less unequal. Petals 5,

clawed, more or less unequal. Stamens 10, free, the 3 upper commonly

sterile (sometimes wanting); fertile anthers opening by 2 terminal pores:

or short clefts. Ovary sessile or stipitate, multiovulate; style filiform ;

stigma simple. Legume terete or compressed, linear, many-seeded. Hndl.

Gen. 6781. DC. Prod. 2, 489. :

_ A vast tropical and subtropical genus of trees, shrubs, suffrutices, and herbs. ee

Leaves alternate, simply and abruptly pinnate, often having glands on the petioles. —

wers yellow or orange. Name, the kaoova of Dioscorides. : Se

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

I. Sepals obtuse:

Shrubs or large suffrutices : leafl. pale and pubescent beneath: —

Leafl. lanceolate, acute or acuminate ; jugal glandsslender (

Leafl. oval-oblong, obtuse ; jugal glands tubercular —

Suffruticose. Leafl. glabrous, green, chlongleaineishiiie

Herbaceous. Leafl. glabrous, oblong-obovate, obliqui

ees gume oblong-orbicular, flat ...: .. «

II. Sepalsvery acute. Suffruticose, Leafl. minute, lin

ibe. Rane

hi? Ss oS Gromainose (Harv.) [ Cassia.

1. C. Delagoensis (Harv.) ; a shrub ; leaflets 8—12-14-jugate, lan-

ceolate or ovato-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, puberulous or glabrate

above, thinly silky and paler beneath ; petiole with a slender filiform

gland between each pair; stipules broadly reniform, with one lobe

cuspidate, deciduous ; peduncles many-flowered, racemose, in a terminal

____ corymbose panicle; ovary silky-canescent ; degume.. 87, = %

he cme “sees Bay, Forbes! Port Natal, Rev. Mr. Hewittson! (Herb. Hk.,

Allied to C. awriculata, but with different leaflets, &o. Young parts thinly pubes-

cent, with pale, appressed hairs. Petioles 4-8 inches long ; leaflets 1-14 inch long,

3-5 lines wide. Anthers birimose, glabrous ; 3 short, 4 mediocre, and 3 long and

incurved. Petals veiny, orange, unequal. Ovary slender, multiovulate.

2. C. tomentosa (Lam. Dict. 1, p- 647); a tomentose shrub ; leaflets

6-8-jugate, oval-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, puberulous or glabrate

_ above, cano-tomentose beneath ; petiole with a tubercular gland between

each pair; stipules inconspicuous ; peduncles short, 2-4-flowered ; ovary

_ Woolly ; legume linear, acute, compressed, villoso-tomentose. DC. Prod.

2, p. 490. C. multiglandulosa, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 72. Seb, Fl. Cap. No.

Has. Naturalized ? S. Africa, Sieber / Simon’ Wri

dl Bolton? (tte {a De _ ve Seer: Bay, C. Wright Grahamstown.

; A a a ipreee Species, often cultivated and now naturalized in several warm,

coun’ ; parts velvetty-tomentose. -Ifi x

lines wide. lowers teaght yellow. Legume 4-5 pilates salen

_ 8. C. occidentalis (Linn. Sp. 539)3 suffruticose, ciliate; leaflets 4—-6-

Jugate, ovato- or oblongo-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; petiole with a tubercu-

lar gland above the base ; peduncles very short, 2—4-flowered, the lowest

axillary, the rest in a short, terminal raceme ; legumes linear, elongate,

glabrescent, plano-compressed, with thick margins. DC. Prod. 2, p.

ee Sloane, Hist. Jam. t. 175, J. 3, 4. Bot. Reg. t. 83. C. Natalensis,

___-Has. Near Natal (probably naturalized), Gueinzius ! (Herb, Sd.)

oe) A common West Indian plant, now naturalized in several parts of the tropics.

Nearly oo. Petioles pale, 4-6 inches long, bearing leaflets for half that

ets 1}~-2} inches long, the lowest smallest. Flowers little conspicuous,

ides (Burch. Trav. iydh 341); herbaceous, procumbent,

aucous, stems flexuous, angular ; leaves 6-7-jugate, with-

leaflets unequal-sided, broadly oblong or obovate, rounded

and slightly in minor

le nor characters, § : ‘pale y

; “

Schotia.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) © 273 |

flowered. Calyx dark olive, petals yellow. Legumes nearly 1} inches long and

broad, scarcely longer than their breadth, brown.

5. C. mimosoides (Linn. Sp. 543); suffruticose, erect or diffuse, vari-

ably pubescent or glabrescent ; leaves 10-40-jugate, with a larger or

_ smaller petiolar gland below the lowest pair; leaflets very oblique or

dimidiate, linear-falcate, mucronulate, rigid, obliquely striate beneath ;

stipules from a semi-cordate base, subulate, striate ; peduncles axillary,

1~3 together, 1-flowered, longer or shorter; sepals ovate, acute or acu-

minate, villous, equalling or nearly equalling the petals; legumes linear,

oblique at base, plano-compressed, with thicker sutures, pubescent or

glabrescent, 1o—25-seeded.

Var. a. Capensis; diffuse ; leaflets in 10-35 pairs, with a very minute petiolar

gland ; peduncles solitary or in pairs, equalling or exceeding the leaf. C. Capensis,

ag Cap. p. 388. E. & Z.! 1698. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 158, and C. plumosa, E.

ey. Ll. ¢.

Var. B. stricta; erect, virgate, subsimple ; leaflets 30-40 pairs, with a large,

ellipsoid petiolar gland; peduncles 1-3, unequal, much shorter than the leaf. C.

stricta, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 159. C. angustissima, Lam., and several other, species of

authors.

Var. y.? comosa; stem erect, glabrous ; lower leaves 8-jugate, upper 20-30-

jugate, with a large, oblong, bilabiate petiolar gland ; peduncles subsolitary, supra-

axillary, scarcely longer than the flower. C. comosa, E. Mey. l. c. p. 160.

“Has. Moist Sandy places in Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria, and about Port Natal.

a. & B.common. y. (which I have not seen) between Omsamwubo and Omsam-

caba, Drege. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D., &c.)

A common tropical and subtropical weed, which has received at least a score of

names in different countries. The pubescence, number of leaflets, size and shape of

petiolar-gland, length of peduncle, and size of flower, are very variable, but I find

it impossible strictly to limit the variations, and all the S. African varieties inhabit

the same districts, and probably often grow intermixed.

C. Burmanni (DC. Prod. 2, p. 502) ; suberect ? leaflets 7-9-jugate,

oblong, aristate-mucronate, glabrous, subciliate; petioles with a sessile

gland above the base; pedicels axillary, tufted, bracteolated ; legume

glabrous, downy at the sutures. C. flexuosa, Burm.

. Deless., fide DC.) Unknown to me.

ery sein gs preserved in dnb. Sonder, is founded on garden

specimens of (. revoluta, F. Muell., (Hook. Kew Journ. 8, p. 45) an Australian

species, allied to C. australis and C. Schultesit.

LXXIY. SCHOTIA, Jacq.

Calyx tube conical, limb 4-parted ; the segments oval, obtuse, strongly

imbricated, deciduous. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, nearly equal.

Stamens 10, more or less connate at base ; filaments free above, the al-

_ ternate shorter; anthers ovate, longitudinally slitting. Ovary stipitate,

~ ovate, several ovuled ; style filiform, elongate ; stigma capitate or simple.

~ Legume coriaceous, oblong, compressed; the upper margin or both —

margins winged. Seeds 1-6, either with the hilum naked, or having —

a large, fleshy, cuplike arillus. Endl. Gen. 6785. DC. Prod.2, 507,

Small trees or shrubs, natives of South Africa. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets coriace-

ous, entire. Flowers panicled, crimson or pink, or flesh-coloured, handsome. Name,

in honour of Richard Van der Schot, a travelling companion and friend of Jacquin’s

Vou. 1. Ta ee

274 LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Schotia.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Flowers on longish pedicels ; calyx-tube conical :

Petals conspicuous, much longer than the calyx ... _ (1) speciosa.

Petals minute, hidden within the (crimson) calyx ve i

Flowers subsessile, in much-branched panicles ;calyx-tubeshort (3) latifolia.

1. S. speciosa (Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 75); leaves polymorphous, 4-5 or 6—

10-12-16-jugate ; leaflets linear, oblong, obovate-oblong or obovate,

mucronate or obtuse, pubescent or glabrous; panicles terminal, fascicu-

lato-corymbose, many-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx-tube conical ;

stamens shortly connate at base or nearly free ; petals much longer than

the calyx. DO. Prod. 2, p, 508. Thunb. Cap. 388.

Van. a, ovalifolia ; leaflets in few pairs, oval-oblong or obovate, obtuse or mucro-

‘ - nate, or retuse, 6-9 lines long, 3-5 lines wide. S. stipulata, Ait. E. § Z.! 261.

Roshi Quin Var. A. tamarindifolia ; leaflets in 8-10 pairs, linear-oblong, oblong or elliptical,

Napa mucronate or obtuse, unequal and subtyancate, or rounded at base, 4-5 lines long,

. x 14-3 lines wide. S, tamarindifolia, Afz. E. Mey.! Comm. p. 161. S, speciosa, E.G Z.!

Yale

1699. Andi. Rep. t. 348. Bot. Mag. t. 1153.

Var. y. angustifolia ; leaflets linear, mucronate, or obtuse, unequally truncate at

base, and frequently produced on the upper margin into a small, toothlike lobe. Ss.

angustifolia, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 161. “ -

Has. Dry, Karroo- in the eastern districts and Caffraria, frequent ; all the

varieties. (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd., D.) _ ;

A small tree or large shrub, 8-12 feet high, the “ Boerboom,” of the colonists. The

leaves are surprisingly inconstant in form, scarcely two of the many specimens under

examination being decently similar ; the extreme forms of ‘y. and a. looking as if

they belonged to very different species. The flowers, however, are constantly the

same, and our colonial correspondents seem to recognise but one, though European

botanists make four species of this shrub. The legumes, half-ripe, roasted on the

coals are eaten by the natives. The powerfully astringent bark is used medicinally

and for tanning. : si

_ 2. §. brachypetala (Sond. ! in Linn. vol. 23, p. 39); leaves 4-5-

jugate ; leaflets (large) ovate-oblong, or obovate, obtuse, netted-veined ;

panicles axillary and terminal, many-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ;

ealyx-tube conical; petals very minute, linear, hidden under the calyx-

: lobes ; stamens monadelphous ; ovary on along stipe. Harv. Thes. t. 32.

_ Has. Near Port Natal, rare, Gueinzius! Sanderson ! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Als -ge shrub or small tree, sometimes blossoming from the trunk or large branches.

Th ugh less variable than S. speciosa, the leaflets do vary considerably in shape and

size, the smallest being } inch long, 4 inch wide ; the larger varying from 13-2

inches long, 1-1} wide, sometimes cuneate or tapering, sometimes truncate at base, _

always conspicuously, though not prominently, veiny. The calyces and peduncles ,"~.

are rich crimson. I have not seen legumes. > a 4

8. 8. latifolia (Jacq. Fragm. 23, t. 15, f. 4) ; leaves 2-4-jugate ; leaf-

lets (large) obovate oblong or obovate, obtuse, coriaceous ; panicles axil-

lary and terminal, much-branched, densely many-flowered ; flowers sub- gy

sessile ; calya-tube very short ; petals longer than the calyx; stamens

monadelphous ; seeds with a large, fleshy arillus. DC. Prod. 2, p. 508. ae

_—— B. Mey.t Comm. p. 162. BE. & 4.1 1701, 8. diversifolia, Walp.

fle _ Has. Frequent in the woods of Uiten! ug ‘and Albany, &e. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

. | A tree, 20-30 feet high. aflets variable in shape, 14-24 inches long, 3-1 inch |

wide, glabrous;“tigid, and thick. Panicles excessively branched ; flowers rosy oF

. Vo flesh-coloured. Legume 1-3 seeded, 1}~4 inches long, 14-2 inches wide, very rigid ;

i seed sitting in a cuplike, yellow, fleshy arillus. The roasted pods are eaten.

_ bearing; calyx-limb spreading, its lo

_ two, fertile, exserted ; staminodia 5, spathulate, three broader than the

Bauhinia.] LEGUMINOS (Harv.) 275

’' LXXV. BAUHINIA, Plum.

Calyx-tube cylindrical or campanulate; limb 5-parted, deciduous or

persistent, its segments separate or cohering in a reflexed, strap-shaped

lobe. Petals 5, clawed, subunequal, variously inserted. Stamens 10,

monadelphous or free, exserted, either all fertile or several, (5—7-9)

sterile; filaments filiform; anthers incumbent, slitting. Ovary stipi-

tate, several or many-ovuled; style curved. Legume stipitate, com-

pressed, one or several-seeded. Endl. Gen. 6790. DC. Prod. 2, p. 513.

Lam. Ill. t. 329, also Casparea, Phanera, and Schnella, Auct.

Trees, shrubs, or twining suffrutices, natives of the tropics generally, a few strag-

gling into the temperate zone. Leaves formed of two partially connate or nearly en-

tirely confluent leaflets, resembling a bilobed leaf. Flowers racemose. Though

differing much in floral characters, chiefly of the calyx and stamens, these plants

form so truly natural an assemblage, agreeing in general habit and in their very

peculiar foliage, that it seems inexpedient to break up the genus, as has been pro-

posed. If it should be broken up, our three S. African species should be referred to

three different genera. The name is in honour of the brothers Bauhin, famous

botanists of the fifteenth century, whose relationship is fancifully commemorated in

the connate leaves of these plants.

, ANALYSIS OF pete bey Bas SPECIES. Cas wil pruned

Calyx-limb spathaceous, weet stam. 10; | ts el (1) tomentosa.

Climbing ; calyx-limb 5-parted, spreading ; stamens 2-3 ;

leaves deeply bilobed _... at = ies ... (2) Burkeana.

A rigid shrub ; calyx campanulate, §-fid; stam, 10 ; leaves G3) : ,

emarginate ; unc. one-flowered ae oe a32 3) Garipensis.

A Rn Ohannoka i lice tna hs, pubs Comettad, 4) Buiter

1. B. (Pauletia) tomentosa (Linn. Spec. 536) ; fruticose, leaves

rounded at base, their underside, the twigs, petioles, peduncles, bracts,

and calyx thinly pubescent ; leaflets oval, obtuse, 3-nerved, concrete to

or beyond the middle; peduncles 1-3-flowered ; caly -limb spathace-

ous, reflexed ; stamens 10, fertile, unequal, DC. | rod. 2, p- 54

‘Has. Near Port Natal, 7. Williamson! (Herb. D.) __ Hic f

I venture to refer to this species a in Herb. D., although

the pubescence is so very thin and minute as not to” obvious without a lens. Still,

the aspect, the foliage, and flower are those of B. tomentosa, which species varies in

pubescence. oo

2. B. (Phanera) Burkeana (Benth. !); suffruticose, climbing ; leaves

deeply reniform at base, netted-veined beneath, glabrous; leaflets ob-

liquely-elliptical, 3-nerved, obtuse, concrete for a short distance above the

base; peduncles tomentose, many-flowered, some abortive and tendril-

bes separate, lanceolate ; stamens

rest ; y glabrous, stipitate. Benth. ! Pl. Jungh. p. 62.

_ Has. Mooi River, Transvaal, Burke § Zeyher ! Sanderson ! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

__A slender climber, several feet long, the young parts thinly villoso-pubescent. —

_ Stems angular. Leaves 3-4 inches broad ; each leaflet 14-2 inches long, 2~2} inches —

» broad, nerves branching. Flowers small ; calyx-lobes } inch long ; petals not much

longer, or uncial, striate, the vexillum with a very prominent, ¢

Legume not seen. , ‘ oc Gale

3. B. (Adenolobus) Garipensis (E. Mey.! Comm. p.

shrubby, divaricately-branched, unarmed; leaves (small)

date at base, emarginate, glabrous, veinless, coriac

VOL. II. ey

Hp wathiy 856

276 LEGUMINOS# (Harv.) [Entada-

leaflets semicircular, concrete nearly to the summit; peduncles short,

solitary or fascicled, one-flowered ; calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed,

persistent, its lobes deltoid, erect ; petals inserted with the stamens on a

perigynous disc in the base of the calyx, obovate, purple-veined ; sta-

mens 10, all perfect, 5 shorter; ovary glandular ; legume stipitate,

broadly and shortly falcate, few-seeded, either quite smooth or covered

with small, wartlike glands.

Has. Between Verleptpram and Natvoet, Gariep, in vallies, under 600f., Drege!

Namaqualand, Wyley / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A rigid, laxly-branched shrub, with ash-colour bark, and bare, virgate, spreading

branches. Leaves scattered or tufted on very short, lateral twigs. Petioles slender,

4 inch long ; leaves 4 inch long, $ inch wide, pale green. Flowers generally on the

lateral twigs, 2-3 together. Peduncles }-} inch long. Calyx 5 lines long; petals

thrice as pone elegantly veiny. The legume varies remarkably in its surface, as

above stated. -

Sub-Order III. Mimosez.

LXXVI. ENTADA, Linn.

Flowers sessile or shortly pedicellate. Calyx campanulate, shortly

5-toothed. Petals 5, free or nearly so. Stamens 10; anthers gland-bear- .

ing. Legume linear, plano-compressed, margined with thickened, persis-

tent sutures ; the valves transversely jointed, separating into 1-seeded,

indehiscent, frustules. Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4, p. 332.

Shrubs, mostly scandent, armed or unarmed. Leaves bipinnate, the terminal pair

of pinne often changed into cirrhi. Stipules small, setaceous. Spikes of flowers

slender, solitary or in pairs, or in a terminal panicle. Entada is the Malabar name

of E£. scandens.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaflets 2-5-jugate, 1-2 inches long, 1 inch-wide __..., -.. (1) seandens.

Leaflets 8-15-jugate, 4-6 lines long, 1-2 lines wide:

Prickly, thinly tomentose ; flowers sessile sts - (2) Natalensis.

Unarmed, quite glabrous ; fl. pedicellate ... Ri --- (3) Wahlbergii.

1. E. scandens (Benth. ! 1. c.) ; unarmed ; leaves cirrhiferous; pinne

1-2-jugate ; leaflets 2-5-jugate (large), ovate, elliptical, or oblong-ob-

ovate, obtuse or acuminate or emarginate, often oblique, shining above,

glabrous or downy beneath ; spikes elongate, solitary orin pairs. Mimosa

candens, Linn. EH. Purseetha and E. monostachya, DC. Prod. 2, p. 425,

Has. South Africa, Wahlberg! (Herb. Holm.)

_ Stem climbing to the top of lofty trees, very long, ropelike. Petiole ending in a

simple or branched tendril ; pinnz few, 1-2 inches apart ; leaflets 14-2 inches long,

1 inch wide. Spikes 2-8 inches long. Legume 2-3 feet long, 3-4 inches broad. This

is the common sword-bean of the East and West Indies, and tropical Pacific.

2, E.? Natalensis (Benth.! 1. c.); twigs and petioles thinly tomen-

tose, here and there armed with hooked prickles; pinne in 5-7 pair; _

leaflets 9-15 pair, obliquely-oblong, obtuse, glabrous or downy, the peti- ~

ole here and there gland-bearing ; spikes axillary, 2-3 together ina leafy |

panicle. Benth. Mimosa spicata, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 164.

Var. 8. aculeata; stem and petioles copious: : i : leaf-

lets broader and more gations, — a

Has. River banks about Natal, Drege! Krauss! 199. garde i t

Capetown from Natal seeds, Commis. Gent. J.D. Watt? (Het Hk. DD) ee

A slender, bramble-like bush, either climbing or forming an entangled mass some

Elephantorhiza.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) orf s

fect in diameter. Prickles few or many. Petioles 4-6 inches long, bare in the lower —

half ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, pale beneath. Spikes chiefly toward

the ends of the branches, pedunculate, closely-flowered, 2-24 inches long. Unripe

legume subfalcate, glabrous, shining, 5-6 pe bs long, nearly an inch broad, many-

seeded, jointed between the seeds. i

3, E.? Wahlbergii (Harv.); unarmed, slender, scandent; twigs and

petioles glabrous ; pinne in two, distant pair ; leaflets in 7-10-pair, ob-

liquely falcate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, paler beneath, mucronulate ;

spikes axillary, solitary, shortly pedunculate ; flowers pedicellate ; legumes q

Has. South Africa, Wahlberg ! (Herb. Holm.)

Whole plant glabrous. Twigs striate, brownish, flexuous. Petioles 24 inches long,

ending in a short, cirrhulous point, reflexed. Pinne in two pairs, 1} inch asunder,

with longish petiolules. Leaflets 4-6 lines long, 1-1} line broad, unequal-sided,

scarcely curved, the edges inclining to be revolute. Spikes racemulose, 2-24 inches

long, on peduncles 4 inch long. Pedicels of the flowers } line long or more. Calyx

cupshaped, sharply 5-toothed. Petals reflexed. Anthers tipped with a stalked, deci-

duous gland. Legumes unknown. In many respects this resembles a W. African

species, (Barter, 991 in Herb. Hooker) with broadly falcate, many-seeded, crenate

pods. Possibly these plants, from opposite sides of the continent, may be identical,

but it would be hardly safe to pronounce them so till the fruit of our present plant

' be ascertained.

LXXVII. ELEPHANTORHIZA, Benth.

Flowers shortly pedicellate. Calysx short, 5-toothed. Petals lanceolate,

at length free. Stamens 10; anther tipped with a deciduous, stalked

land. Legume straight, compressed, coriaceous, the sutures remaining

closed, but the long-persisting, rigid valves separating (as in a siliqua),

without transverse septa, and not pulpy within. :

_ Small, glabrous suffrutices, with large, thick roots ; the “ Elandsbontjes” of the

colonists. Leaves bipinnate, multi-jugate. Flowers densely spicato-racemose. The

name signifies ‘‘ Llephant’s-root.” terre fc

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. ee

Leaflets very narrow-linear, sharply mucronate —..._ (1) Burchellii.

Leaflets broadly-linear, blunt... — -- ses ... (2) Burkei.

1. E. Burehellii (Benth. ! in Hook. Journ. Bot. 4, p. 344) leaflets

narrow-linear, very oblique, rigid, subacute, sharply mucronate ; racemes

dense, the pedicels shorter than the calyx; legume smooth or somewhat

rugulose. Acacia elephantina, Burch. Trav. 2, p. 2 36, A. elephantorluza,

DC. Prod. 2, 457. Prosopis elephantorhiza, Spreng. E. & Z.! 1693. P.

elephantina, E. Mey.! Comm. p. 195. ;

Has. Very common in grassy places between the Klipplaat and Zwartkey Rivers,

Bo. Lb ZI Drege! Caledon R., Burke $ Zeyher! Zooloo Country, Miss Owen ! Cra-

dock and Queenstown Districts, Mrs. P. W. Barber ! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

_ Root very — thick, creeping. Stems 1-2 feet high, suberect, quite glabrous,

densely leafy. Leaves 6—12 inches long, 6-12-jugate ; leafiets multi-jugate, 5 lines

Jong, not 1 line wide, slightly narrowed at base, bright green. Racemes from the

_ axils of the lower leaves, subsessile, 2-3 inches long. Legumes 6-7 inches long, 1

wide. Mrs. Barber says, “all grazing animals, wild and domestic, are exceeding

fond of this plant. It has long, succulent roots and an underground stem._ Tt does

not shoot until rather late in the summer, seldom before December, and its stems are

killed again by the first frosts of May. The seed-pods are still green when the frost —

comes, and the seeds not ripe, but they are so well protected by the strong, leather-

like pod, that the frost cannot hurt them, and they ripen in the pod long after the

stem that bore them has been killed by the frost. ‘The roots are used for tanning

leather.” — we

278 ee LEGUMINOS (Harv.) [ Dichrostachys.

2. E. Burkei (Benth.!); leaflets broadly linear or linear-oblong, not

very oblique, obtuse ; racemes lax, the pedicels as long as the calyx ;

legume evidently netted with veins. Zey./ 560.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher / (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

Similar in habit to the preceding, but with longer, broader, blunter, and paler leaf-

lets, and fewer flowers in the raceme. Leaflets 6—7 lines long, 2-24 wide, round-topped.

Legume 6-8 inches long, 13 wide.

LXXVIII. DICHROSTACHYS, DC.

Flowers of two kinds in the spike; the uppermost flowers herma-

phrodite and sessile, as in Hntada ; the lower neuter, with calyx and

corolla as in the perfect, to long, slender filaments without anthers, and

a rudiment of ovary. Legume linear, twisted, compressed, membranaceo-

coriaceous or subcarnose, one-celled, without pulp, indehiscent, or the

valves irregularly breaking from the sutures, Benth. in Hook Journ.

Vl. 4, De 353.

African and Asiatic shrubs. The twigs occasionally abortive and converted into

spines. Flowering branchlets in the axils very short, fasciculately leafy, covered

with imbricating stipules. Spikes pedunculate, nodding, solitary or in pairs. Flowers

sessile, the perfect ones yellow, the sterile whitish or purplish. Name, d:xpoos, of

two colours, and oraxus, a spike.

1. D. nutans (Benth. ! 1. c.); twigs, petioles, and peduncles downy or

glabrate; pinnze subdistant, 8-12-jugate; leaflets 20—30-jugate, ciliate

or glabrous; glands between the pinnz stipitate; spikes shorter or

scarcely longer than the leaves, Caillea dichrostachys, Guill. & Perr. Fl.

Seng. 1, 240. Desmanthus nutans, divergens, trichostachys, and leptostachys,

DC. Prod. 2, 445, 446. Dichrostachys caffra, Meisn.! Pl. Krauss, 148.

Zey.! 561.

oe — Natal, Krauss! Gueinzius, fe. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb.

A rigid as armed with strong axillary spines. Petioles 3-6 inches long, pauci-

or multi-jugate, mostly pubescent. Leaflets 3~4 lines long, t line wide. Spikes 14

inch long, on peduncles of variable length. Legumes 2~5 inches long, 3 lines wide

2. D. Forbesii (Benth. 1. ¢.) ; “nearly glabrous; pinns 3—-4-jugate ;

leaflets 10-15-jugate ; glands between the leaflets stipitate ; spikes

slender, scarcely longer than the leaf. Benth. /

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes. (Herb. Hook.)

More glabrous than D. nutans, with fewer pinne and leaflets.

__ LXXTX. XEROCLADIA, Harv.

Flowers capitate, sessile. Calyx 5-parted to the base. Petals 5, free.

Stamens 10 ; filaments free, the 5, alternate shorter ; anthers with a very

minute, sessile gland. Legume sessile, semiorbicular, plano-compressed,

one-seeded, indehiscent, the carinal suture arched and wing-bordered.

The only species is a small, dry, and very rigid bush, with pale bark, spinous sti-

X. Zeyheri (Harv. in, Herb. Hook.),

Acacia.] LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) 979

Has. Springbokkeel, Burke § Zeyher ! 558. (Herb. Hk., Sd.,-Bth.) pe

A rigid. much-branched shrub, 1-2 feet high.. Branches alternate, flexuous, terete,

cano-puberulous, and substriate. Stipular spines in pairs, short, recurved, glabrous,

horn-colour. Leaves bipinnate, pinne unijugate, on a very short, gland-tipped peti-

ole ; leaflets 6-10-jugate, obliquely linear-oblong, blunt, glabrous, or minutely

downy. Flowers capitate, on short, axillary peduncles, 8-12 in the head, Sepals

nearly free, oblong, blunt, woolly-edged. Petals oblong, free. Filaments glabrous,

not much longer than the petals, 5 opposite the petals, shorter. Anthers with a very

minute or obsolete gland. The singular legumes, which look like the carpels of a

Fae agua are 6—7 lines long, and rather more in breadth, the carinal wing, 1-1}

wide.

LXXX, ACACIA, Willd.

Flowers frequently polygamous. Sepals 3-5, either connate in a cam-

panulate calyx or free. Petalsas many, more or less united in a mono-

petalous corolla, rarely at length free. Stamens numerous (mostly more

than 50), free or connate at base, rarely (in male flowers) collected in a

central column. Legumen various, mostly dry. Benth. in Lond. Journ.

Bot. vol. 1, p. 318.

Trees or shrubs, widely distributed. Leaves (at least the primordial) bipinnate.

Glands on the upper margin of the petiole ; petiolar below the lowest pair of pinnz ;

jugal, smaller between or a little below the upper pair of pinnz or all the pairs, and

sometimes between the upper pairs of leaflets ; often absent. Stipular or axillary

spines often present, and the ends of branches sometimes spiny. Prickles in many.

Flowers in heads or spikes, yellow. An immense genus, very abundant in Australia,

where most of the species bear phyllodia, or leaflike petioles, in place of true leaves.

Acacia was the Greek name of some plant of this genus. .

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

1. Gummiferze.—Stipules spinous ; prickles none. (Sp. 1-10).

Flowers capitate ; bracts close under the head of flowers. _ . ae

Glabrous ; legume semilunate, tumid, tomentose... (1) erioloba.

Glabrous ; legume oval, thick, indehiscent ...—_--- Giraffe,

Pubescent ; leafl. ro-15-jugate, oblong-lin. ;legumelin. (3) heteracantha.

Cano-tomentose ; spines long ; leaflets 18-24-jugate,

minute ; legume faleate ... ++. ss ... (4) hematoxylon.

Flowers capitate ; bracts remote, about the middle of the peduncle.

Twigs and petioles pubescent or tomentose : :

Legume oblong, obtuse, very thick, tumid, tomen-

tose, few-seeded eae ee .-. (5) hebeclada,

Legume flat, linear-moniliform, or deeply indented (6) arabica.

Legume stipitate, narrow-linear, flat, falceate —... (7) hirtella. .

Glabrous ; legume long and narrow, linear-faleate ... (8) horrida.

Glabrous ; legume lanceolate-oblong, broad.

No petiolar gland ; leafl. oblong-linear_ ... ... _(g) robusta.

_ A large, petiolar gland ; Jeafl. narrow-linear .... (10) Natalitia.

2. Vulgares.—Stipules not spiny. Branches armed with sharp thorns or prickles,

below the nodes or scattered. (Sp. 11-17.) ‘

Flowers capitate. Prickles in pairs just below the nodes. Stem arborescent.

_ @labrous ; pinne 3-jugate ; leafl. unijugate, obovate (11) detinens. ‘

‘Twigs and petioles hispid ; pinne 4-6-jugate ; leaflets

- --3+6-jugate ae Hens Mess se ... (12) ferox.

Flowers spicate. Prickles in pairs, or scattered, or none. -

Prickles in pairs nel = nodes, id nae P a8

Twigs hispid ; leafl. 5-8-jugate, oblong or obovate, ae

ae. a ae eee kg a

Twigs subpuberulous ; leafl, 15-30-jugate, narrow- at gees

linear

a LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) . — [Acaeia.

Prickles scattered ; twigs and petioles tomentose ; leafl.

silky beneath a pas Se .+ + (15) eriadenia.

Flowers capitate. Prickles scattered. Stem fruticose, climbing. "

Pinne 3-5-jugate ; leafl. 6-12-jugate, oblong ... (16) Kraussiana.

Pinnz 8—20-jugate ; leafl. 30-35-jugate, narrow-linear (17) pennata,

1. A. erioloba (E. Mey. Comm. p. 171); stipular-spines straight;

leaves glabrous, pallid ; pinne trijugate, with glands at each pair ; leaf-_

lets 8-10-jugate, linear-oblong, obtuse ; legume woody, indehiscent,

semilunate, tumid, tapering at each end, with a whitish, rough tomen-

tum, spongy within. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 1, p. 496.

Has. Namaqualand, Schmeling. (Probably A. Giraffe). ‘‘ Kameeldoorn” of the

colonists.

2. A. Giraffe (Burch. Trav. 2, p. 240, plate 6); quite glabrous; sti-

pular-spines straight, strong, brown; pinne 1-3-jugate, with shield-like

glands at most pairs; leaflets 8-15-jugate, oblong, linear, obtuse, thick-

ish ; peduncles crowded on abortive ramuli; legume oval, thick, inde-

hiscent, spongy within. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1,p.496. A. erioloba? E. Mey.

Has. Dry and sandy deserts to the north of the colony, Burchell.

A tree, called Kameeldoorn, because the cameleopard browses chiefly on it, but

known to the Bichuana natives as the Mokdala. It is much larger than the common

karroo-thorn (A. horrida), with a thick and spreading umbrella-shaped head, and

thick, brown thorns. The wood is excessively hard and heavy, of a dark, red-brown

colour, and used by the Bichuanas for spoons and knife-handles, &c. Burchell, 1. ¢.

3. A. heteracantha (Burch. in DC. Prod. 2, 473); branches and

petioles pubescent ; stipular-spines either short and hooked back or

very long and straight, all pubescent; pinne 5—10-jugate, with few,

small, jugal glands ; leaflets 10-15-jugate, oblong-linear, downy or gla-

brate ; legume linear. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1, p. 497.

Has. Near the Gariep, Burchell, No. 1710., Trav. 1, p. 389.

A tree upwards of 20 feet high, with a tall trunk of 18 inches diameter, support-

ing a flat, wide-spreading, umbrella-like head. Burchell, lc. ~

4 A. hematoxylon (Willd. Enum. 1056); branches and leaflets

hinly cano-tomentose ; stipular-spines mostly long, straight, subulate ;

pinne 8-19-jugate, with few, small jugal glands ; leaflets very small, 18-

24-jugate, closely imbricate, canescent ; legume linear, falcate, thick,

tomentose, spongy within, with distant seeds. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1,

497, A. atomiphylla, Burch. Trav. 1, 341.

_ Has. Kloof Valley, interior of the Cape. Burchell, 1685. ;

A shrub 8-16 feet high, with soft, pale green foliage. Spines very slender, straight,

spreading, Leaves looking to the eye as if simply pectinato-pinnate, 8-19-jugate ;

but really bipinnate, the pinnz 18-24-jugate. Leaflets very minute, lying very close

together, as if cohering. Heads globose, on long peduncles. Burchell.

§. A hebeclada (DC. Prod. 2, 461); twigs, petioles, and peduncles

ree tomento-hispid ; Se eet pate subulate-conic, short, recurved,

tomentose ; pinne 3—7-Jugate, with small, jugal glands ; leaflets 12-15-

jugate, pubescent, becoming glabrate, linear ; secinisles bracteate icv

the base or in the middle ; legume oblong, obtuse, very thick, coriaceous,

yellowish, tomentose and obliquely striate, at first pulpy within, then

hollow. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1. p, 499 and 5, p, 95. Zey.! 569.

Acacia. ] - LEGUMINOSE (Harv.) 281

Has. Ongeluk’s Fontein, Burchell, 2267. Vaal River and Aapjes River, Burke §

Zeyher ! (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

‘All the younger parts hairy. Leaflets 3 lines long, 3 line wide, ciliolate or gla-

brate. Peduncles 1}-2 inches long, the bracts deciduous, minute. Legumes 2-3

inches long, turgid, ochraceous.

6. A. arabica (Willd. sp. 4, 1085) ; tomentoso-pubescent ; stipular-

spines long or short, subulate or robust, at length white, straight, or

subrecurved ; pinne 4-8-jugate, with scutelliform glands and often a

large petiolar gland ; leaflets 10-20-jugate, oblong-linear, obtuse, green,

glabrous or ciliate ; peduncles axillary, bracteate in the middle ; heads

globose; legume flat, linear, moniliform, tomentose, at length glabrescent,

coriaceous, pulpy within. Benth. L. J. 1, 500. H. Mey. Comm. p. 168,

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

A native of North Africa and Arabia, producing the gum-arabic of conimerce. The

Natal specimens belong to Bentham’s var. B. Kraussiana, and have generally long

spines, and a deeply crenate, but scarcely moniliform, tomentose pod. The peduncles,

besides the terminal head, have sometimes flowers at the medial bracts.

”. A. hirtella (E. Mey. Comm. p. 167) ; twigs, petioles, and leaflets

minutely hairy ; spines straight, subulate ; pinnz 6-8-jugate, with

small glands; leaflets 10-15-jugate, oblong-linear ; peduncles glabres-

cent, bracteate in the middle ; legume stipitate, narrow-linear, subfalcate

flat, glabrous. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1, p. 502. :

Has. Between the Omcomas and Omblas, Drege! (Herb. Sd.)

I have not seen a legume ; the foliage is like that of 4. Arabica, B.

8. A. horrida (Willd. Sp. 4, 1082); glabrous; stipular spines short

or long (on the older twigs longest), straight, ivory-white ; twigs, pedun-

cles, and petioles angular ; pinne 2-5-jugate, with small glands ; leaflets

5-12-jugate, oblong-linear, obtuse or subacute; peduncles bracteate in

the middle, the upper ones fasciculate-racemose ; petals with revolute

points; legume long, linear, flat, faleate, glabrous, coriaceous. Benth. 1.

c. p. 502. A. Capensis, Burch. B.& Z. 1695. :

Has. the Colony. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.

Has. Con ae n, or ores mm, of the nats: Spines 3 inch

to 2-3 inches long, very sharp. Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 1-1} wide. Legume 4

inches long, 3 lines wide, with straight or irregularly sinuous margins.

9. A. robusta (Burch. Trav. 2, p. 442); glabrous ; stipular spines

valid, short, or some long, white ; pinne 2—4-jugate, with 1-2 jugal

glands, and no petiolar ; leaflets 8-13-jugate, oblong-linear, obtuse ; pe-

duncles axillary, bracteated below the middle; heads globose, legume

straight or subfalcate, lanceolate-oblong, acute, coriaceous, flat, at length

convex, obliquely veiny, tapering at base into a short stipe. Benth. Lond.

Journ. 1, p. 501, and 5, p. 96. A. clavigera, E. Mey? Comm. p. 168.

Has. Interior of the — Burchell. Rhinoster Kop and Magaliesberg, Burke $

Zeyher ! (Herb. Hk., D., J

"A tree 20-30 feet high, with a very thick trunk, and thick branches and twigs.

Bark of the twigs and branches a reddish brown. Leaflets deep green above, pale

beneath and somewhat veiny, 3}-4 lines long, 1} wide. Unripe legumes 2-2} i

long, ¢ inch wide, 1-2-seeded, Native name Mékwi or Mokala-mékwi.

10, A. Natalitia (E. Mey. Comm. p. 167); glabrous; stipular spines

282 LEGUMINOSZ (Harv.) [ Acacia.

small, subulate, white ; pinnee 4~7-jugate, with glands between the pairs,

and a large shield-like petiolar-gland ; leaflets 12~30-jugate, narrow-lin-

ear, obtuse ; peduncles axillary, fascicled, bracteated below the middle;

heads globose; legume . . . ? Benth.J. c. 502 and vol. 5, p. 97. Krauss,

No. 66. :

Has. About Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius! Krauss! éc. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

Bark of the twigs and branches very pale, whitish. Leaflets drying dark, 3 lines

long, } line wide. Bentham suspects that this is the same as A. robusta, but the

specimens look different. This has much smaller leaflets, well-marked jugal, large

petiolar gland, and pale bark. A clavigera, E. Mey., which I have not seen, seems

to agree better with A. robusta.

11, A. detinens (Burch. Trav. 1, 310); glabrous; prickles in pairs

just below the nodes, recurved ; petiole nearly unarmed; pinnz about

3-jugate ; leaflets unijugate, obliquely obovate, very obtuse ; heads loose,

subglobose; pedicels equalling the calyx; calyx truncate, one-third as

mee as the corolla; legume oval, flat, membranous, few-seeded. Bth.

. & DP. 507.

Has. Kloof Valley, Burchell. :

A shrub, 4-8 feet high ; prickles very short. See woodcut in Burchell’s Travels.

I, p. 349. :

12. A. ferox (Benth.! Lond. Journ. 5, p. 97); young twigs and peti-

oles patently hispidulous ; prickles in Ree aes on Se the

nodes, recurved ; petiole aculeate ; glands minute 3 pinne 4-6-jugate ;

leaflets 3-6-jugate, obliquely obovate oblong, very obtuse; heads sub-

globose, shortly pedunculate; legume oblong or broadly-linear, acute,

flat, membranous, glabrous, few-seeded. Ley! 570.

Has. Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher / (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

Bark dark ashen-grey, that of the older twigs rugose, — 4 lines long,

13 wide. Legume 23-3 inches long, nearly an inch wide, 2~3-seeded.

13. A. Burkei (Benth. ! Lond. Journ. 5, p. 98); young twigs and

petioles patently hispid; prickles in pairs just below the nodes, re-

curved ; petiole unarmed or armed, and with a petiolar gland below the

pairs ; pinne: 3-6-jugate ; leaflets 5-8-jugate, obliquely oblong or obovate,

obtuse or mucronulate, the younger villous at margin ; spikes tufted,

loose, peduncled, rather longer than the leaf 3 legume? Zey/ 571.

Tian. Magaliesberg, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.

parks dark ashey-brown, cy apna drying pale, es te long, 14~2 lines

host te. i —3 i A t

aay posed tobe mesubran ne re 6 es long. Legume no

14, A. caffra (Willd. Sp. 4, p. 1078); subglabrous, the reddish-brown

twigs, petioles, and peduncles minutely puberulous; prickles in pairs

below the nodes, recurved, or hone; pinnz 8-14-pair, the unarmed

petiole with a gland; leaflets 15-30-jugate, narrow-linear, glabrous or

nents so - oe ag shorter than the corolla; legume linear, flat,

ivalve. Benth. Lond. Journ. 1, p. 509. DC. pv. LEZ A,

fallax, E.Mey.! Dayl sog oe oe

Has. Eastern districts, from Uitenhage to Port N , common. . Hk., D., Sd.

_Spines small and often absent. Leaves 4-6 inches ode the de iaaeial oa

pinnules 4 lines long, } line wide, paler beneath, Spikes often 3-4 inches long.

Legume 3-33 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, 6-8-seeded, often irregularly sinuous at the

margin. A. multijuga, Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 105, seems from the de-

description to be referable to this,

15. A. eriadenia (Benth.! Lond. Journ. 5, p. 98); prickles scattered,

small, straight or recurved, few; twigs, petioles, and peduncles tomen-

tose ; stipules membranous, semicordate, acuminate, villous, deciduous ;

pinnz 6-10-jugate, the one or two petiolar, and the few jugal glands

conical-tubercular, villous ; leaflets about 20-jugate, obliquely linear,

appressedly silky beneath ; spikes elongate, loose, the uppermost in a

raceme ; flowers subsessile, glabrous; calyx half as long as the corolla.

Zey.! 568.

Has. Crocodile River, Magaliesberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

Twigs pale ash-coloured. Stipules 6—7 lines long, 2 lines wide. Leaflets 23-3

lines long, 4 line wide, pale, sometimes silky at the edges only. Petiolar gland very

prominent, Legumes unknown.

Acacia. | LEGUMINOS (Harv.)

16. A. Kraussiana (Meisn.! Lond. Journ. 2, p. 103); scandent ; prickles

scattered, very small, numerous ; twigs, petioles, and peduncles minutely

downy or glabrate ; petioles armed; pinne 3-5-jugate, with convex

glands; leaflets 6-12-pair, obliquely oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, gla-

brous, shining above ; heads globose, the peduncles racemoso-paniculate ;

ovary stipitate, pubescent ; legume broadly-linear, membranous, fiat,

glabrous, straight, several-seeded, stipitate. Bth.! l. c. p. 505.

Has. Port Natal, 7. Williamson! Krauss! Gueinzius! (Herb. Hk., D.)

A slender shrub, with flexuous or twining branches. Petioles mostly aculeate.

Leaflets 4-5 lines long, 2 lines wide, paler beneath. Inflorescence disposed in ter-

minal panicles. Legumes 3-4 inches long, the margin slightly sinuous. Prickles

much smaller and leaflets larger than in A. pennata. ; 2

17. A. pennata (Willd. Sp. 4, 1090) ; scandent; prickles numerous

on the twigs and Sera short, recurved ; twigs and petioles thinly

tomentose, at length glabrate ; pinne 8-20-jugate, with petiolar and

sometimes jugal glands; leaflets more than 3o-jugate, narrow-linear,

glabrous or ciliate ; heads globose, panicled ; calyx nearly equalling the

corolla ; ovary stipitate, villous ; legume glabrous or minutely puberu-

lous, membranous, flat. Benth.! Lond. Journ. 1, p. 516. E. Mey.! Comm.

p. 169. DC. Prod. 2. 464. Burm. Zeyl. t. i.

Has. Steep mountain rocks near the Mission Station, Omgaziana, Drege/ Natal,

Gueinzius/ (Herb. D.) oe :

A slender, half climbing shrub, with large, ig ates fernlike leaves. Leaves

5-6 inches long; pinnz 2-3 inches ; leaflets 2}-3 lines long, 4 line wide.

ae Imperfectly known Species.

A. spinosa (E. Mey.! Comm. p. 170); branches and twigs spiny,

rigid, | peat eas from the side of the spines, 3-5, tufted, bipin-

nate, 4-5-jugate ; stipitate glands between the first and last or between

every pair ; leaflets 18-24-jugate, subfalcate-linear, glabrous, shining,

acute-angled at the base behind, acute at the anterior margin at the

point ; stipules membranous, falcato-subulate, soft ; flowers and fruit

unknown. EL. Mey. lc.

Has. Port Natal, Drege. |

A. Litakunensis (Burch. Trav. 2, 2452) ; a tree, 40 feet high, called

by the inhabitants Moshu, with singularly twisted, bivalve pod. Burch.

Cat. Geogr. 2205 - ae

A. stolonifera (Burch. Trav. 2, 241); stems underground, stolonife-

rous ; twigs, leaves, and spines pubescent ; leaves bipinnate 3 pinne

3-7-Jugate ; leaflets oblongo-lanceolate, 7—1 5-jugate ; spines stipular, in

-pairs, whitish, spreading, with brown, sub-recurved tips; heads axil-

lary, 2-6 together, globose, pedunculate ; legume straight, yellow, ob-

liquely striate, hollow. Cat. Geogr. 2138.

LEGUMINOS& (Harv.) [Albizzia.

A. viridiramis (Burch. Tray. 1, 300); a bush 3-4 feet high, with

flexuous, green branches. Stipular-spines recurved, very short ; gemmez

woolly-white ; leaves small, conjugato-pinnate; pinne 6-8-jugate ;

leaflets oval, close-set. Cat. Geogr. 1586. :

LXXXI. ALBIZZIA, Duraz.

Flowers mostly bisexual. Calyx campanulate or tubular, 5-toothed.

Corolla monopetalous, funnel-shaped. Stamens indefinite, often nume-

rous, united at base into a tube. Legume flat, dry, membranous or

papery, with thin margins, either indehiscent or dehiscent. Benth. in

Lond. Journ, 3, p. 84.

Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves bipinnate. Glands as in Acacia. Flowers in

heads or spikes, mostly handsome, with long, white or rosy, rarely purple, feathery

bundles of stamens, Name of barbarous origin.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Pinne 2~4-jugate ; leaflets falcate-oblong, obtuse, convex (1) Forbesii,

Pinnz 12~14-jugate ; leafl. lin.-falc. acute, white beneath (2) pallida,

1. A. Forbesii (Benth.! Lond. Journ. 3, Pp. 92); twigs and petioles

thinly velvetty-pubescent; stipules small, deciduous; pinnee 2—4-jugate ;

leaflets 10-15-jugate, Salcate-oblong, obtuse, or mucronulate, concave be-

neath, with a submarginal nerve, rufo-sericeous on both sides, at length

glabrate above ; petioles with a gland above the base and one between

the terminal pair ; peduncles longish, axillary; heads many-flowered ;

flowers sessile, rufo-sericeous ; calyx } of corolla; ovary sessile, gla-

brescent. Benth. 1. c.

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk.

Bark dark-coloured ; so eh Gallick or foxy. Leaflets 3 lines long, 1} wide,

the margins slightly revolute, drying dark.

2. A. pallida (Harv.); twigs and petioles thinly velvetty-pubescent ;

stipules subulate; pinne 12— 14-Jjugate ; leaflets 20-24-jugate, linear-

Salcate, acute, with a submarcinal nerve, glabrous above, very pale and

thinly silky beneath ; petioles with a gland above the base and one be-

tween the terminal pair; peduncles axillary or racemose ; heads 15-20-

flowered ; flowers sessile, fulvo-sericeous ; calyx one-third of corolla;

ovary sessile, glabrous. _ =

Has. Banks of the Chobe, Lake - : oe Fo are)

(Herb. Hk.) Presi: Ngami and adjoining forests, J: McCabe

.A shrub about to feet high. Petioles 4-5 inches long : leaflets 2 lines lon , } line

wide, ciliolate, glaucescent above, nearly white ae se: 2 aay Tbs

| ", .. UXEEIL S9GH STs,

- Calyz tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped-tubular, shortly 5-

Zygia.| LEGUMINOSA (Harv.) 85

lobed. Stamens very numerous, connate in a tube much longer than

the corolla, spirally twisted in the bud, free at the summit only. Legume

as in Albizzia. Benth. in Lond. Journ. 3, p. 92.

Shrubs or trees with the foliage of Albizzia, from which this genus differs in the

longa tube. Name, (vyos, a yoke ; because the stamens are joined together

in a long tube. :

1. Z. fastigiata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 165); twigs and petioles rusty-

tomentose ; pinne 5-—6-jugate ; leaflets 8-15-jugate, obliquely trapezoid-

oblong, puberulous, becoming glabrate above, pale and pubescent be-

neath, the upper ones smaller. Benth. /l.¢. 93.

Has. Between Omsamculo and Omcomas and Port Natal, Drege! Krauss. (Her

Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A tree 15-20 feet high. Petioles 5-6 inches long, with a ee gland above

the base and a small, round gland between the terminal pair. ets 4-5 lines long ;

24 lines wide. Peduncles axillary, and in a terminal corymbose-raceme, 2-3 inches

long. ‘Legumes § inches long, nearly an inch wide, obtuse, substipitate, flat, gla-

Lrous, many.seeded. A native also of Senegambia.

OrpER XLIX. ROSACEA, Juss.

(By W. H. Harvey).

Calyx free or partially adnate with the ovary, its tube short or long,

expanded or closed ; limb mostly regular, 3-4—5 parted, occasionally

with a second external row of segments or adnate-bracts, alternating

with the proper segments. Petals as many as the calyx-lobes or none,

spreading, mostly equal. Stamens inserted in the throat of the calyx,

indefinite, rarely definite, many or few ; filaments filiform, free. Ovary

apocarpous (except in Grielum); carpels indefinite or definite, rarely

only one, uniovulate, biovulate, or pluriovulate ; ovules anatropous.

Styles one to each carpel, terminal or lateral ; stigmata simple or fea-

thery. Fruit various ; usually of dry achenia, naked or enclosed in

the calyx-tube ; in Rubus, of succulent, aggregated drupelets ; in

Grielum a plurilocular capsule (in Spirea and its allies, follicular; in

Pyrus and its allies a pome; in Prunus, &c., a drupe). Seeds without

albumen ; embryo straight, with fleshy cotyledons.

Herbs, shrubs, or trees, most abundant in the temperate and colder parts of the

northern hemisphere, few tropical, and few in the south temperate zone. Leaves

alternate, pinnately or digitately compound or parted, sometimes simple and entire.

Stipules mostly present, adnate to the base of the ee Flowers variously dis-

posed, rarely unisexual. To this important Order belong most of the garden fruits

of Europe, as apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums, cherries, strawber-

ries, and raspberries, as well as the ‘Garden's Queen,” the rose, which is the type

of the group. The in od Saale possesses very few, and these more of the nature of

weeds than flowers. e genus Grielum, placed here for want of a better location,

looks more like a Geranium externally, but has perigynous petals and stamens, &c.

Sled 2 ™ gape oF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

Sub-Order 1 DRYADEZ. Calyx expanded. Ovary apocarpous ; carpels numerous,

uniovulate, crowded on a convex, conical or columnar resceptacle,

Shrubs. Calyx 5-parted, not bracteate. Fruit succulent.

I. Rubus. ;

mae ety plants. Calyx §-parted, with 5 external bracts or secondary lobes.

ruit dry.

II. Potentilla. Receptacle conical. Carpels without tails. —

III, Geum. Receptacle columnar. Carpels hairy, with long, bristle-like,

twisted tails.

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| Z or cs i a = Naka Final ded

ees

: : se Kept 596

Bs ee

286. ROSACEE (Harv.) ne [Rubus.

Sub-Order 3. SANGUISORBEE. Calyz-tube turbinate or urceolate, contracted in

the throat. Carpels 1-4, uniovulate, separate, concealed within the calyx-tube,

which is hardened in fruit into a pseudo-pericarp.

Flowers with petals, yellow.

IV. Leucosidea. Calyzx-tube unarmed ; limb 10-parted in two rows, the

outer lobes small. :

Agrimonia. Calyx-tube armed with hooked bristles ; limb simple,

5-parted.

Flowers without petals.

VI. Acena, Calyx-tube armed with hooked bristles. Suffruticose.

VII. Alchemilla, Calyz-tube unarmed ; limb 8-parted, in two rows. Sta-

mens 1-4. Herbaceous.

VIII. Poterium. Calyx-tube unarmed ; limb 4-parted. Stamens 20-30.

Herbaceous.

IX. Cliffortia. Calyc-tube unarmed ; limb 3-parted. Flowers unisexual.

Stamens 8-40. Stigma feathery. Shrubs.

Sub-Order 4? NEURADEH. Flowers perfect. Calyc-tube concrete with the ovary.

Petals 5, convolute. Stamens to, Carpels 5-10, concrete into a plurilocular

capsule. Seeds solitary, pendulous.

X. Grielum. Herbs with hoary, multi-partite leaves, and large, yellow

flowers. ;

I. RUBUS, L.

Calyx-tube expanded, short ; limb 5-parted, without bracts, imbri-

cate. Petals 5, crumpled, deciduous. Stamens indefinite, inserted on

the calyx. Carpels indefinite, on a convex receptacle, uniovulate ;

styles subterminal, filiform; stigmas simple. Fruit of many little

drupes, aggregated on a dry conical receptacle, Radicle superior. Endl.

Gen. 6360. DC. Prod. 2, Pp. 556.

Shrubs, rarely herbs, mostly trailing and arching, and armed with sharp prickles,

common in temperate latitudes, rare within the tropics and in the southern hemi-

sphere. Leaves either simple, digitate, or impari-pinnate, Stipules adnate to the

petiole. Flowers terminal or axillary, commonly panicled, rarely solitary. Name

from the Celtic, rub, red ; the fruit of several (as the raspberry) is red. That of the

common bramble or blackberry has a deep vinous tint. All have edible and some

excellent fruits.

% ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves pinnate ; the uppermost often ternate ; fruit red or yellow tree

Peduncles axillary and terminal, about one-flowered ... ... (1) roseefolius.

Peduncles in a terminal raceme or panicle :

Leaves beneath glabrous or pubescent, but not albo-

Rene 5a; Gk a ks 2) pinnatus.

Leaves beneath albo-tomentose :— a a

__ Leafl. deeply inciso-lobulate ; fruit woolly ...... (3) Ludwigii.

Leaves Aottc coat serrate ; fruits glabrous, golden... |. ||. (4) rigidus.

Leaves digitate, of 5-3 leaflets ; fruit black or deep purple ... (5) fruticosus.

(Sm. Pinel. t. 60); stem and petioles thinly pi-

‘eaves pinnat oliolate, green, pubescent or pilose, gland-

dotted beneath ; v -oF ovato-lanceolate, acute or acuminate,

_ doubly serrate, the peduncles axill about one-

flowered, shorter than the leaf ; pet og than ‘he Eee

nated hairy calyx-segments; fruit rather dry, red, of very many small

carpels on a cylindrical receptacle. DC. Prod. 2, 556.) BH. & Z.f 1701.

Hook, Ic. Pl.t. 3.49. Bot. Mag, 1783 (with double flowers).

Rubus] # ROSACEA (Harv.) - 287

Has. Sides of Table Mountain, facing the town, Z. ¢ Z./ kc. (Herb, Sd. D. Hk.,)

A suberect bush, more or less covered with s ing, soft hairs and sessile resi-

nous glands. Leaves 6-7 inches long, the leaf-pairs 1-1} inch asunder ; leaflets 13-2

inches long, 1 inch wide. Peduneles 2 or 3 inches long, either axillary or ending

short branchlets. Prickles small, straight, pale. Fruit shaped like the raspberry,

but not very succulent, and raised on a short gynophore; carpels extremely nume-

rous. ae

2. R. pinnatus (Willd. Sp. 2,p. 1081); branches, panicle and pe-

ticles thinly villoso-tomentose, leaves pinnate, 5—9 foliolate, green, and

glabrous or nearly so on both surfaces ; leaflets very shortly petiolate,

ovate, acute, penninerved beneath, doubly and unequally serrate, the

serratures acuminate; the terminal leaflet largest; panicle terminal,

many flowered; petals shorter than the taper-pointed, tomentose calyx-

lobes ; fruit glabrous, golden, of few carpels. Cham. & Schl. in Linn. 2,

p. 19. E. § Z.1 1705, and R. Pappet, E. & Z.! 1706.

Has. Hanglip, Mundt. Table Mountain sides ; also Krakakamma and Adow,

Uit., and on the Kat River, Z. GZ! Zuureberg Forest, A. Wyley/ (Herb. Sd., D-.)

Stems roundish or slightly angular, the younger ones covered with cobwebby hairs, N q

the older often-naked. Leaves 3-6 inches long ; leaflets 1-3 inches long, 4-2 inches : Bae (A

wide, occasionally slightly hairy beneath, especially on the nerves ; the uppermost

leaves 3-foliolate. Calyx of the fruit erect or spreading, not reflexed. I cannot dis- —

Sages R. Pappei from ordinary “ pinnatus,” taking Cham. & Schl.’s description as

my guide, 3:

3, R. Ludwigii (E. & Z.! 1710); branches and the nooked prickles

glabrous, reddish, young twigs and petioles downy ; leaves pinnate,

5-7 foliolate, albo-tomentose beneath; leaflets sessile, ovate-oblong,

deeply inciso-lobulate, the lobules triangular-acuminate; the terminal

leaflet. petioled, often trifid or 3-parted and incised; peduncles short, —

— lateral, few flowered, or im a short terminal raceme; petals broad,

shorter than the taper-pointed, tomentose calyx-lobes; fruit albo-

tomentose. R. rhodacantha, H.Mey. : tee 5

Has, Among stones on mountain sides, of the Sturmberge, near the Witte, and —

Zwartkei Rivers, Caffr., E.G Z! Drege! Schneewberg, Drege/ (Herb. Sond., D.)

Stem terete, creeping, smooth ; branches suberect, sometimes glaucous,

reddish-brown. Prickles abundant or few, on the twigs and petioles, but not on the

nerves. Leaves 4~5 inches long ; leaflets 1-14 inch long, 4-] inch wide, glabrous

and deep green above, very white and softly tomentose beneath. Flowers small.

Fruits very woolly.

4, R, rigidus (Sm.! in Rees. Cycl. 30, No. 5); branches, panicle,

petioles, and ersurfaces of the leaves densely albo-tomentose ;

lower leaves pinnately 5—foliolate, upper ternate or simple; leaflets

broadly ovate, acute or obtuse, serrate or doubly serrate, glabrous or pi-

lose above; panicle terminal, contracted, many flowered; calyx-seg-

ments ovato-lanceolate; petals obovate : fruit golden or fulvous, gla-—

‘Van. a. chrysocarpus; minutely glandular ; prickles smaller and fewer

glabrous above ; calyx segments narrower. A. chrysocarpus, Ch. § Schl.

p17. E.g Z.1 1708, Zey.! 2450, ex pte. ;

Var. 6. Mundtii; without glands ; prickles larger and mo

sparsely pilose above ; calyx-segments rather broader. R.

p. 18. E.§Z, 1709. Zey! 2450, ex pte. & 572. . :

ae |

B. in

288 ROSACEZ (Harv.) _ [Potentilla.

| et afb ¢. ve Has. In bushy places and by river banks, in many places from Tulbagh through

“ane Swellendam, and George, eastward to Albany, and in Caffraria. Mundt, E. § Z.!

~ Qn Mell Drege? Mrs. Barber, fe. $e. (Herb. Sond. LC.D., Lin Soe.)

HY Qreb! bl The upper leaves are commonly 3-foliolate, the pair subsessile, the terminal an

pa ihLewee '"* inch removed ; when 5, the lowest pair is an inch from the upper. Leafl, 13-24

inches long, 1-13 wide. The glands are never plentiful and often wanting. The

differences between the two varieties seem to me to be of trifling moment ; the fruit

in both, judging from dried specimens, seems to be pale. I am indebted to Mr.

Kippist for the verification with the original specimens in Linnzus’s Herbarium.

5. R. fruticosus, var. Bergii (Ch. & Schl. Linn. 2, p. 16); stem

+ arching, villoso-pubescent or glabrate; prickles slender, straightish or

| hooked, pale, numerous on the inflorescence and twigs ; leaves digitately

pee 5~3 foliolate, glabrous or thinly pubescent above, naked or tomentose

beneath ; leaflets ovate or rhomboid, sharply serrate, the medial largest ;

panicle corymboso-fastigiate ; calyx-segments ovate, acuminate, tomen-

tose ; fruit glabrous, juicy, black, of few carpels, Lt. fruticosus, £. & Z.!

gts). . 19939 BR. Bergu, BE EZ.1 1964. ns

ye Line Ow Wed Has. About the Lion and Table Mountains, and near Klapmuts, Stell.! E.g Z./

Brink ol Common near Rondebosh, Newlands and Protea, W.H. H. (Herb. Sond.)

Wea W( —"The common bramble or blackberry of the Cape. It varies, as elsewhere, in pu-

Meine « " ib t 3 bescence, shape of leaflets, prickles, and other minor characters.

ar. Doubtful Species, :

j > ~ 7

Albi Auth|iy Ecklon and Zeyher’s No. 1707, “ R. rigidus” (not of Smith), of which a specimen

pe exists in Herb. Sonder, is near R. pinnatas, but more copiously pubescent, with

densely villous twigs and petioles. “Thé inflorescence looks depauperated, and the

whole plant has the aspect of a ‘drawn’ specimen. I therefore pass it by. Among

&. § Z.’s specimens of 2. rosefolius is one which looks almost intermediate between

R. pinnatus and R. rigidus, having the habit and foliage of the former, but the more

copious, softer, but not canous pubescence of the latter. Its panicle is many

= flowered, but only partially developed. .

II. POTENTILLA, L.

_ Calya-tube short, concave, open ; limb 4-5 parted, 4-5 bracteate, per-

sistent, the segments valvate in estivation. Petals 4-5, deciduous. —

Stamens indefinite, inserted with the petals, perigynous. Carpels inde-

Capricorn. Leaves alterna te, digitate or pinnate-partite; leaf s ts toothed or

: ome Bis : ; egments too

cut, mostly pubescent. Stipules adnate to the petiole. Peduncles in the forks of the

bas ; Galle oe the res ves, or — one flowered, often corymbose. Flowers

ee. which are strongly “4 : ; — Sets powerful ; in allusion to the properties,

ial

8 opposite, and shorter than the leaves; calyx-segments

‘Shorter than the ovate-oblong bracts ; petals ....?

___Hap. Near Verleptpram on the Gariep, Drege ! ‘Gab, D, Sd.)

Bie Ske Winilia Tce, Ae Crematanodinn, Rana 0 Menai owned Oud

coe Meee ° —— Kp cy 597

Geum.]} ROSACEH (Harv.) 289 2

Stems 2 feet long, weak, decumbent or ascending, angular and pale. Leaves sub-

distant, very pale green ; leaf-segments an inch long, not } inch wide, cuneate at

— deeply 7-11 toothed or lobuldte. Peduncles about an inch long. Flowers

smal. : ; Joal Bago, cee pin :

Calyzx-tube'short, concave, open; limb 5-parted, 5-bracted, persistent,

the segments valvate in estivation. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens in-

definite, inserted with the petals, perigynous. Carpels indefinite, on a

columnar receptacle, uniovulate ; styles terminal, inflexed or sharply

bent; stigmas simple. Achenia on an elongated receptacle, tailed with

the hardened, awnlike, hooked or curled styles. Radvele inferior. Endl.

Gen. 6386. DC. Prod. 2, p. 550.

Herbaceous plants, common in the north temperate zones, rare in the southern

hemisphere. Radical leaves unequally pinnati-partite, the terminal segment mostly

much larger than the rest ; cauline small or depauperated, trifid. Stipules adnate ;

flowers terminating the branches, subcorymbose, yellow, or red. Name from yeva,

to taste well ; the roots of some are pleasantly aromatic ; all are astringents.

1. G. Capense (Thunb. Prod. p. 91); stem tomentulose, erect; ra-

dical leaves villoso-pilose, pinnatisect, the terminal lobe very large,

cordate-ovate or subrotund ; cauline few and small, tripartite, incised ;

petals roundish-obovate, longer than the calyx ; awns of the fruit twisted

in the middle, glabrous upwards. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 428. DC.1. ¢. 553.

£. & Z.! 1702. Harv. Thes. t. 18. ;

Has. Rietvalley, Thunberg. Mountains round Grahamstown and various places

in Albany and Caffraria, 2. § Z7./ Drege! §c. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) s

Root fascicled, perennial. Radical leaves numerous, 5-6 inches long, the termi-

nal Jobe 2-3 inches long, 1}-2 inches wide; the rest very small, unequal, 2-5 lines

long and wide. Stems 1-2 feet highs laxly branched, nearly naked, or with afew _

small, depauperated leaves. Flowers handsome, bright ;

erect. Carpels very hairy. 3 at ain ages

‘IV. LEUCOSIDEA, E& 200 2

Flowers complete. Calyx-tube obconic, constricted in the throat, with

an annular disc; limb 10-parted in two rows, persistent, outer lobes

short, ovate, inner lanceolate, acuminate, with, valvate wstivation. Pe-

tals 5, obovate, deciduous. Stamens 10-12, inserted on the annular

disc. Carpels 2-3, enclosed in the calyx-tube ; styles as many, filiform,

exserted, terminal; stigmata subclavate, channelled, hook-pointed.

Achenia membranous, utricular, enclosed in the hardened calyx-tube,

subsolitary. ndl.Gen. 6375.

A densely leafy shrub, the “ Dwa-dwa” of the natives, who use it as an astringent —

medicine. ‘The woody branches are very inflammable, and eagerly sought after

by the Kaffir women, for lighting their fires,” Mrs. F. W. Barber. The name is com-

pounded of Aevxos, white, and dea, a resemblance ; because the pubescence is white.

1. L, sericea (E. & Z.! 1716.) eee

Has. Mountain sides, Kat River, and Chumieberg, F.¢Z/ Zwartkei R

Mrs. F. W. Barber! Orange River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb, Sd., D., Hk.)

A shrub, 10-12 feet high, with flexuous branches and loose exfoliati

Twigs densely leafy. Stipules membranous, broad, amplexicaul, adnate t

of. the petiole. Leaves petiolate, pinnati-partite, with 2-3 pair of pim

obovate-oblong, inciso-dentate, dark green above, white and silk

lower pairs smaller, and sometimes with a pair or two of minute

VOL, II. f é pee

low, 1-1} inch across,

ala

290 ROSACEE (Harv.) [Agrimonia.

Racemes dense, cylindrical, terminating short leafy ramuli ; bracts membranous,

- oblong, blunt, under each pedicel, and two bracteoles at the base of _the calyx tube.

Calyx densely silky, its five inner lobes petaloid at base within. Petals greenish

yellow, shorter than the inner calyx-lobes, glabrous, narrow, obovate. Stamens

shorter

than the petals,

V. AGRIMONIA, L.

Calyx naked at base, the tube turbinate, armed beneath the limb

with many hooked bristles, constricted in the throat with an annular

ring ; limb 5-parted, with subimbricate estivation, persistent, at length

connivent. Petals 5, deciduous. Stamens 12-20 inserted on the an-

nular disc. Carpels 2, uniovulate, enclosed in the calyx-tube ; styles

terminal, exserted; stigmas dilated. Achenia one or two, enclosed in

the hardened and densely hook-bristled calyx-tube. Endl. Gen. 6368.

DC. Prod. 2, p. 587.

Perennial herbs, natives chiefly of the north temperate zones. Leaves alternate,

imparipinnate. Stipules large, adnate. Flowers in terminal spicate racemes, small,

yellow. Pedicels bracteate at base, bibracteolate in the middle. Name, a corruption

of Argemone, an ancient name for some such plant. English name Agrimony.

1, A. Eupatoria (L.) ; var. Capensis (Harv.) ; stem and petioles softly

hirsute ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets 7-9, ovate-oblong, with

minute ones between, coarsely toothed, tomentose-pubescent beneath ;

stipules with a few coarse teeth at base, broadly semi-cordate, acumi-.

nate; bracts equalling or exceeding the flower, the lower often leafy ;

flowers subsessile; petals twice as long as the calyx-limb. 4. Eupatoria,

EL. & Z.! 1712 and A. repens, E.& Z.! 1713. A. bracteosa, E. Mey! in

Herb. Drege. A. Nepalensis, Don.

Has, Near Balfour and Philipstown, Kat River, and on the slopes of Winterberg,

E£.§Z./ Between Keiskamma and Buffel River, and on the Wit-Bergen, Drege!

Wittedrift, Plettenberg Bay, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Sd., D.)

Stems 2-3 feet high, robust, angular, densely hairy. Leaves 6-8 inches long ;

leaflets 2-24 inches long, 1-13 inch broad, passing from oval to lanceolate. Sti-

pules either quite entire, or variously toothed. £#. ¢ Z’s1 712, is a weakly grown,

1713, @ strong-growing state (from nearly the same locality) of what appears to me

a mere local variety of A. Europea, a species found in Europe, Asia, and North

America, in all which countries it varies in size, pubescence, &c.

VI. ACAENA, Vahl.

Flowers bisexual. Calyz-tube oblong, echinate or smooth, compressed,

3-4-5-angled, the angles armed with hooked bristles, constricted in the

throat ; limb 4, rarely 3—5-parted, persistent. Petals none. Stamens

2-5, inserted on the throat of the calyx. Carpels 1-2, enclosed in the

calyx-tube, uniovulate ; Styles terminal, short ; stigma pencilled.

Achenia hidden in the hardened, hook-bristled calyx-tube. Endl. Gen.

6372. DC. Prod. 2, 592. Ancistrum, Forst. :

Herbs or suffrutices, frequent in the tem cold regions of the southern

hemisphere, rare in central America, beset teiettintna oes. the segments

incised. Stipules adnate. Flowers small, green, in terminal or axillary spikes or

fascicles. Name axawa, a thorn ; from the prickles on the calyx,

. ee ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

vs. rosulate ; flowers laxly spiked ; calyx-bristles numero latebrosa.

Leaves scattered ; flowers in sloboss beth ee eee i eek

Alchemilla.] ROSACEA (Hary.) 291

1, A. latebrosa (Ait. Hort. Kew. 1, p. 16); stem short, root-like,

procumbent ; leaves radical, rosulate, softly villous ; leaflets in 9-10 pairs,

oblong, inciso-serrate ; peduncle scape-like, with 2-3 small, distant, leafy

bracts ; spike laxly several flowered, elongate ; calyx-tube densely

woolly, and armed with many, dispersed, barbed bristles, DC. Prod.

2, p. 592. H. & Z.! 1717. Ancistrum decumbens, Th. Fl. Cap. p. 31. Ag-

rumonia decumbens, Linn. f. Suppl. 251.

Has. Roggeveld, Thunberg. Bontjeskraal and Babylon’s Toorensherg, Caledon,

and near River Zonderende and Breede R. ZL. ¢ Z.! Modderfonteinsberg, 4000~

5000 f. Drege! (Herb. Sd., D.)

Stem underground or prostrate, simple or branched, the short branches or crowns

ending in a tuft of many leaves. Leaves 4 or § inches long, clothed with long, soft

hairs ; leaf-pairs 9-10, the lowest leaflets smallest, the upper gradually larger, oppo-

site or alternate, 3-6 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, deeply incised. Peduncle 1-13 foot

long, the sparsely flowered spike 6-8 inches long. Calyx lobes obovate or spathu-

late, glabrate above. Wool of the calyx white.

2. A. sarmentosa (Carm ? Lin. Trans. 11, p. 20) ; stem slender, trail-

ing, and creeping ; leaves scattered, leaflets in 3-5 pairs, sharply serrate,

nearly glabrous above, silky beneath ; heads globose; calyx-tube obco-

nical, villous, armed with 2-4 barbed bristles. DC. 1. c. H. § Z./ 1718.

Has. Hott. Holl. Berg, #.& Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

A slender plant, with the inflorescence and nearly the foliage of Poterium San-

guisorba, Leaves 3 inches long, with a pair of lanceolate, adnate stipules at base,

a longish petiole, very small or depauperated lower leaflets ; the upper 6-7

lines long, 3 lines wide. Peduncles 5—6 inches long, bearing a head 4-5 lines in

diameter. Cal.-lobes ovato-lanceolate. Whether this be Carmichael’s plant, I can-

not say.

VII. ALCHEMILLA, Tournef.

Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube urceolate, constricted in the throat

with an annular disc ; limb 8-parted, in two rows, the outer lobes”

shorter, sometimes very small, with imbricate «stivation, deciduous.

Petals none. Stamens 1-4, inserted on the annular dise. Carpels 1-4,

in the base of the calyx-tube, substipitate, uniovulate ; styles basal,

filiform ; stigmata capitellate. Achenia 1-2, in the calyx-tube. Endl.

Gen. 6370. DC. Prods app. FBGe= $~ =

Small herbaceous } Fr nial, natives of the temperate zone, uni-

versally dienegaal pen a yl Hee or reniform in seats, lake ae

parted, or simply crenate, rarely pinnati-partite. Stipules adnate. Flowers minute,

green, Be Reve a ae or Siete: Name from the Arabic alkemelyeh.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Villous ; leaves reniform, short-stalked, crenate, obscurely lobed ... (1) Capensis.

Glabrescent ; lvs. long-stalked, deeply 5~7 lobed, the lobes toothed

above ... . ster tee ee (2) elongata.

. we Ds pensis (Thunb. Cap. 153); stems trailing, filiform, villous ;

_ leaves short-petioled, reniform, with 3-5, very shallow, rounded, bluntly —

erenate lobes, villoso-pilose; racemes axillary, interrupted, with leafy

bracts. DC. Prod. 2, 589. Lam. Ill. t.86, f.2. Bed Z.) 1714.

Has. Subalpine places, about Table Mountain; Vanstaadensberg, Uit., and on

the Winterberg, HZ. 42.’ Blauwberg and Tigerberg; and near Bontjes River,

Zuureberg, Dreye/ (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Th.) cupieeeats S

Stems 1-2 feet long, many from the crown, spreading widely. Petioles but half

VOL. IT. a aay

292 ROSACEE (Harv.) [ Poteriwm.

inch long, leaves once and half broader than long, sometimes evidently, sometimes

obscurely lobed, thin, pale green, sometimes sparingly, generally copiously villous.

Stipules broadly ovate, crenate. Racemes simple, longer than the leaves,

2. A. elongata (E. & Z.! 1715); stems trailing, angular, with ap-

pressed pubescence; leaves long-petioled, fanshaped, deeply 5-7 lobed

or palmatifid, glabrous or thinly puberulous beneath, the lobes obtuse,

coarsely crenato-serrate near the apex; panicles axillary, much branched,

corymbose. A. palmata, E. Mey! in Herb. Drege.

agg Klipplaat River and Katriviersberg, EZ. ¢ Z.! Witbergen, Drege/ (Herb.

Mach more glabrous and more robust than A. Capensis, with palmatifid long-

stalked leaves. Stems 2 feet long or more. Petivles 2-24 inches long ; leaves 14

as broad as long, the lobes cut at least half way to the base, round topped.

VIII. POTERIUM, L.

Flowers polygamous or moncecious, the females in the upper part of

the spike. Calyz-tube turbinate, constricted in the throat with an annu-

lar disc ; limb 4-parted, the segments imbricate. Petals none, Stamens

20-30, on the annular disc. Carpels 2-3, enclosed in the calyx-tube,

‘uniovulate ; styles terminal, exserted ; stigma pencilled. » Achenia con-

cealed in the hardened or fleshy, 4-angled calyx-tube. Endl. Gen. 6374.

DC. Prod. 2, p. 594. : :

Herbs, suffrutices, or shrubs, natives of the warmer parts of the north temperate

zone, sometimes spiny. Leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets serrate. Stipules adnate.

Flowers small, in dense terminal spikes, bracteate at base, and bibracteolate. Name

poterium, a drinking vessel or drink ; formerly an ingredient in cool tankards.

1, P. sanguisorba (Linn. Sp. 1411); herbaceous, the angular stems

and leaves glabrous ; leaflets ovate or roundish, sharply toothed ; lower

flowers of the globose heads male, upper female. 2. Bot. t. 860.

Has, About Simon’s Bay, 0. Wright. (Herb. T.C.D.).

Introduced from Europe. Leaves chiefly radical, of many leaflets. Stems 12-18

inches high, with few, distant, and smaller leaves, bFanched ; each branch ending

In a globular head of flowers. ;

the hardened and variously sculptured, rarely baccate, calyx-tube

yx-tube.

Endl. Gen. 6379. DC. Prod. 2, P. 595. | er

nail shrubs or suffrutices, natives of South Africa, Leaves properly digitately

3-foliolate, often appearing simple or unifoliolate, either from evecatenhos of the

three leaflets into one, or from the lateral leaflets bei very minute or abortive ;

rarely bifoliolate, the medial leaflets disappearing. Stipules adnate with the petiole,

Cliffortia.] ROSACE: ( Harv.)

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

293

I. Multinervie. Leaflets solitary, many nerved at base ; stipules simple. (Sp. 1-8,

Lvs. either sharply few-toothed or incised, or quite entire.

Lvs pee one: F » 3-9 toothed, or cordate and entire,

Lys. lanceolate-oblong, 3-toothed, ‘rough edged, ‘quite

glabrous

Lys. shortly lanceolate, “acuminate, concave, entire or

toothed, rough edged, downy when young

‘Lvs. linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, distantly 2-4

toothed, glabrous tes

Lvs. linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, equarrose, ‘ite

entire, glabrous...

Leaves spinoso-ciliate, but not toothed or ineised :

Lvs. broadly cordate, concave, patent or pei 9 sub- —

sessile ... ae

Lys. broadly oblongo- lanceolate, flat, subsessile ...

dike, tiolate, on

ni’ bits a Re a a Be peecne hi

Lvs. cordate-ovate, — crenate-serrate ; the crenatures

mug¢ronate

Lvs. linear-oblong « or lanceolate, “narrowed at base, serrate

beyond the middle... ..

Lvs. narrow-wedge shaped, ‘truncate, 3-5 ‘toothed at the

apex.»

III. Bifoliole. Leaves ‘pifoliolate ; leaflets many-nerved,

close-pressed together ; stipules minute, (Sp. 12-13.)

- Leafl. immersedly 5-7 nerved and netted, spinuloso-den-

ticulate

Leafi. prominently ‘many-nerved, fanlike, “scarcely rough-

(1) ilicifolia.

(2) intermedia.

(3) ruscifolia, ¥

(11) cuneata,

orbicular or reniform,

(12) crenata.

(13) pulchella.

T¥. ee Leaves either all trifoliolate, or some o’all-unifoliolate, scattered

or tufted ; leaflets one-nerved. Stipules simple, minute or more or less developed. —

(Sp. 14-38.)

(a.) Leaflets dissimilar ; the medial oalided, obovate or obeordat, or s-ovthed

or trifid ; the lateral oblique, entire or toothed. -

Glabrous :—(stipules ‘minute or obsolete) .

_ Medial deeply obcordate, mucronulate .. , (14) ihiiatiass.

“Meaial and lateral lef broadly obovate,

__ mucronulate --- (1) obovata.

— —_ and tera lenis spathuate-oblon, :

IEE Bs mage =F ... (16) marginata.

ol Medial lateral lea. cuneate, all 3-toothed ;

. se. (17) triloba.

Rough lo i pilose; ‘stipules minute ;

(18) polygonifolia, 6. ~~

‘Villow gwar at least the ‘Sigs; ‘ipules deltoid, lanceolate or subu-

- ee eabodia loa. Ginny 3 toothed

sgh aeatt Much branched ; leafl. pubescent or ciliate,

small, the medial sharply 3-toothed ... ...

Slender, trailing ; twigs filiform, elongate :

Lvs. trifoliolate ; leafl. glabrous, the me-

dial obcordate, 1-toothed ... :

~ Lys. unifoliolate ; leafl. matt 4 the

sharply 3—cuspidate

(aa) dentataa = 8

294 | ROSACEE (Harv.) [ Cliffortia.

(8.) Leaflets similar, entire ; lanceolate, linear, or obovate, flat or flattish.

Leafi. villoso-pubescent or silky : ne me

Roughly villoso-pilose ; leafl. ovate or lanceolate (18) polygonifolia, a.

Rusty tomentose ; lvs. scattered ; leafl. cuneate- ane

spathulate, concave... ... ... ... ... ... (24) concavifolia.

Silky and silvery ; leafi. linear or spathulate, ob-

tuse, flat above ee Noe ee ee

Leafl. glabrous :—

Leaflets linear-lanceolate, very acute and rough

Caged oe ie tar ee tees ee ea ee wena bilifirg a

Leaflets linear-falcate, squarrose, acute or mucronate :

Lys. petiolate ; leafl. with reflexed margins (27) falcata, “

Lys. subsessile ; leafl. quite flat, tapering to

ON ONG ose s ee Ce Rs aa (28) drepanoides.

Leafl. cuneato-spathulate or obovate or linear, obtuse or subacute : :

Leafl. obovate to linear-cuneate, flat or

DANN ie Serr eo (29) serpyllifolia.

Leafl. narrow-linear, with reflexed margins (30) linearifolia.

(y.) Leafl. similar, linear or lanceolate, with strongly revolute margins,

(25) sericea,

Leafl. glabrous, linear, obtuse ; lvs. mostly unifoliolate (31) ericefolia, +

Leafl. Reet: lanceol.-linear or lanceolate, obtuse, -

IONS og ee (32) erlocephalina.

Leafl. villous, linear, mucronate, 6-8 lines long or

BIR SU Neve ev dee gues cca ay ae ete (33) sarmentosa. +

(3.) — similar, subulate or linear, channelled or concave above, round-backed

or eeled. a :

Leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets pubescent on both sides,

SOUGE 0. we Wee A ee oe poled as oes (34) cephala.

Leaves trifoliolate ; leafl. glabrous, pungent-mucronate : Ai

Leafi. subulate, channelled above ; twigs puberu-

* TOUS... noc loosacs ae (35) juniperina. +

Leafl. linear-filiform, flat above or furrowed ... (36) filifolia, 3

Leaves trifoliolate ; leafl. glabrous, linear, obtuse or mucronulate :

Leafl. 1-2 lines long, obtuse ; fruits globose,

berry-like, very smooth ++ ees eee eee (37) baceans,

Leafl. 4-5 lines long, mucronate ; fruits oblong,

6-ribbed and rugulose ... 2. 1. ... .. (38) teretifolia.

Leaves unifoliolate ; leafl. glabrous and glossy, pun-

~ gent, complicate wet ttt see eee eee see eee (39) DUNgENs, i

1, MULTINERVIE. (Sp. 1-8.) : r

1. ©, ilicifolia (Linn, Sp. 1409); glabrous ; leaves cordate-ovate or

elliptic-oblong, many-nerved, rigid, amplexicaul, pungently 3-9 toothed

or entire; the margin smooth ; Stipules sheathing, shortly subulate or

anstate. Phunb. Cap. 436, DC. Prod. 2, p. 595. E. & Z! 1719. Dill.

ae 35- Linn. Hort. Cliff.t. 30. Drege, 6830, 6831. C. rubricaulis,

peer ifolia ; leaves quite entire or 3-toothed, cordate. C. cordifolia, Lam.

Var. . ineisa; leaves narrc ae .

subulate. Dreger poe os w-oblong, deeply inciso-lobate, the lobes broad y

Has. Langekloof, Thunberg! Banks of Zwartko R. and Vanstaadensberg,

es gated Silverberg, W.H.H. Camtous R. Dr. Gill/ (Herb. Th., D.

. Hk., Sd, iiines

A rigid, much branched bush, 1-3 feet = Branches flexuous, closely imbri-

cate, with flat or concave leaves, Leaves ~7 lines long, 4-6 lines wide, pron fermen

Sepals 5-7 striate, rigid, acute. The ordinary form varies occasionally with perfectly

entire leaves, and often with 3-toothed ; and so joins on to var. B, which has no

mile distinctive character. Var. y. has much narrower and more deeply incised

eaves.

Cliffortia. | ROSACEH (Harv.) 295

2. C. intermedia (E. & Z.! 1721); glabrous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong,

5-7 nerved, rigid, pungent-mucronate, sharply 3-toothed at the apex ;

the margin scaberulous ; stipules sheathing, shortly subulate. Drege!

No. 6829. :

Has. East side of Table. Mountain above Constantia, Z. § Z.!' Dutoitskloof,

Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

Perhaps only a variety of C. ruscifolia, but the leaves are longer and broader, and

less acuminate. I should have supposed it to be C. tridentata, Willd., but that the

leaves are quite glabrous. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 3-4 lines wide, scarcely or not

at all amplexicaul, erecto-patent, flat.

3. C. ruscifolia (Linn. Sp. 1469) ; young parts villous, becoming gla-

brous ; leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 5—7 nerved,

rigid, sessile, pungent-mucronate, concave, scaberulous at the margin,

- entire or sharply tridentate ; stipules amplexicaul, shortly subulate or

abortive. Thunb. Cap.p. 435. DC. lc. E. & Z.! 1720. Drege, 6832.

Var. 8. tridentata; almost all the leaves sharply tricuspidate, silky beneath.

Zey.! 2451. O. tridentata, Willd.’ DC. Prod. tl. ¢. oer q

Has. Western districts, very common. (Herb. D., Sd., Bth., Hk., &c.) Swans

A very densely leafy, much branched bush, with more or less persistent pubes- Vee |

cence, occasionally quite hoary, and sometimes perfectly glabrous. Leaves very

closely set or fascicled, 3 inch long, 2-4 lines wide, generally much acuminate, very

sharp.

4, C. cordifolia (E. Mey.! non Lam.) ; glabrous ; leaves broadly cor-

date, pungent-acuminate, many nerved, rigid, amplexicaul, spioso-

ciliate ; stipules sheathing, shortly subulate. :

Has. Dutoitskloof, 1000-2000 f., Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth,, D.)

A. virgate shrub, with pale brown bark. Leaves horizontally patent, often _in-

folded, nearly an inch long, 9-10 lines wide, closely set, but not imbricating. The

margins are set with many rigidly spinous cilia.

5. C. grandifolia (E. & Z.! 1722); glabrous ; leaves broadly oblongo-

lanceolate, many nerved, rigid, amplexicaul, imbricate, flat, pungent-

mucronate and spinoso-ciliate; stipules setaceo-subulate. Zey. / 2455-

Has. Mountain sides, Puspas Valley, Swell., E.§Z.! Voormansbosch, Zeyher /

(Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth.) ee

Robust, not much branched, very densely imbricated with leaves. Leaves 2-4

inches long, 3—1 inch broad, shining above, 9-12 nerved, erecto-patent. Flowers =

inch long ; sepals coriaceous, boat-shaped, cuspidate.

6. C. Meyeriana (Presl.!); glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 5-7

nerved, rigid, patent or squarrose, concave, pungent-mucronate and —

sharply 2-4 toothed ; calyx of the fruit ribbed ; stipules subulate.

Drege, 1127. nee

- ‘Has. Gnadendal, Drege! (Herb. Hook., Sond.) aE

Suffruticose, closely leafy ; the leaves often recurved, 14-2 inches long, 3-4 lines

7. C. Dregeana (Presl.!); glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolat

nerved, rigid, patent or squarrose, concave or involute, pungent-

nate, very entire, with a thickened, scaberulous or smo

stipules setaceo-subulate. Drege / 1126, 2927,

296. ROSACEE (Harv.) [ Cliffortia.

Has. Dutoitskloof, and between Bergvalei and Langevalei, Drege! (Herb, Sd.,

Hook., D.)

) Very like C. Meyeriana, and perhaps merely an entire-leaved variety. Leaves

} 1-14 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, mostly convolute, the upper ones, stipules and male

ih flowers, often ferruginous,

Has. Common in the Western districts, in moist places, among Restios ; also near

Grahamstown, EF. § Z.! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth., &c.)

A suffrutex with closely set and singularly grass-like leaves, which are 2-4 inches

long or more, and 2-3 lines wide, on petioles varying from } inch to 2 inches long.

The marginal cilia are very erect or appressed. The subulate points of the stipules

are either squarrose or erect.

: 9. C. odorata (Linn. f suppl. 431); variably villous, tomentose, or

| glabrate ; leaves subsessile, cordate-ovate, obtuse, plaited, crenato-ser-

rate, the serratures mucronate or aristate ; nerves prominent beneath.

iq DC. 1. cp. 595. Thunb. ! Cap. 436.

VAR. a. vera; leaves coriaceous, the younger villous or lanose, the old glabrate

E. § Z.! 1724. Drege, 6827.

VaR. B. hypoleuca ; leaves coriaceous, densely albo-tomentose beneath. C. hirsuta.

E. & Z./ 1726, Drege! 6828.

VaR. y. reticulata ; leaves membranaceous, cordate-ovate or subrotund, glabrate,

mucronato-crenate. (. reticulata, E. § Zt t7zR, ‘

Has. a. Mountains round Capetown ; Hott. Hollandsberg, and near Cape Recief,

Uit., EB. ¢ Z.! &e, Klapmuts, Stell. 8. Riv. Zonderende, Swell., E.§ Z.! Sir Lowry’s

pass, Zey./ 2454. Gnadendal. Dre e/ y. Winterhoeksberg, Tulbagh £. § Z.! (Herb.

1%. HE, Bik, Oo gay. ee ee

eaves. In the common form (vera) the pubescence is sometimes very copious and

sometimes scanty, but never persistent ; in B. the undersides of the leaves are white

with short tomentum ; in other characters this is the same asa. Var. y. is more

_ Slender and weak in with thinner leaves and larger crenatures; but its

mostly glabrous ; leaves ae

base, obtuse or acute, spi- eS

DC. 1. ¢, 595. C. berberifolia, Lam.

RS = (Herb. Hk., Bth., De; 8d.)

Sera glossy brown (except in Y-), more or less flexuous.

"y u.8ize and shape, but mostly narrowed to the base ;

ex) the smaller half inch Jong, and 1-2 lines wide

but scrap, may belong to this; but the lesves

Kew. 3; P- 413) ; glabrous; leaves nar-

gether, flat, imbricating, orbicular, prominently and flabellately many-

cordate, mucronulate. Thunb. / Cap. 437: De. he. 596. E. § 2.1 1734.0 lk We

a, obliqua, Spreng. DOLE:

out, sat Ba shortly and broadly obovate, obtuse, the lateral ones

Cliffortia. | -ROSACEE (Harv.) 297

row-cuneate, truncate, coarsely 3-5 toothed at the apex, veiny, DC.

Ll. c. 595. E.&éZ! 1728,

Has. Klapmuts, Stell., Z. $2. / Dutoitskloof and Gnadendal, Drege! (Herb.

Hk., Bth., D., Sd.) :

A robust, c branched, eats, densely leafy shrub, 3-6 feet high. Leaves

sessile, erect, 1-13 inch long, a line wide at base, gradually widening to the abruptly

toothed summit, which is 3-4 lines wide ; the veins obvious. Stipules very small,

toothlike. Fruit calyces ribbed.

IIL. BIFOLIOLE. (Sp. 12-13.)

12. C. crenata (Linn. f. Suppl. 430); leaflets in pairs, close-pressed

together, flat, imbricating, orbicular-reniform, immersedly 5-7 nerved

and netted-veined, spinuloso-denticulate. Thunb. Fl. Cap.p.437. DC.

lic. p. 596. E. § Za! 1729. Harv. Thes. t. 95.

Has. Mountains near Hex River, Thunberg! Drege! Kochmanskloof, 2. ¢ Z./

South side of Genadendal mountain, Dr. Roser/ (Herb. Th., Hk., Bth., D., Sd.)

A shrub, 3-4 feet high, not much branched ; branches 1-2 feet long, ’ undivided,

imbricated with distichous, bifoliolate leaves. Leaflets 9-1 inch broad, glabrous

and somewhat glaucous, with a cartilaginous, scabrously denticulate margin.

pals ovate, reticulate.

13. C. pulchella (Linn. f. Suppl. 430) ; leafl. in pairs, close-pressed 'to-

nerved, minutely scaberulous at the margin, Thunb. Cap.p. 437. DC. l.c,

Has. Hartequaskloof, near Safrankraal, Thunberg! 8. Africa, Burman! Forsyth!

(Herb. Bth., Sd.)

A small, ‘tauch branched shrub, 2 feet high, nearly allied to C. crenata, but with

smaller, more strongly and closely nerved, and entire (though rough) leaflets.

Leaflets 3-4 lines long, 4~§ lines wide, drying fulvous, veined like = of |

an Adiantum. The most elegant of the = and one of the rarest.

IV. TRIFOLIOLE. (Sp. 14-39.)

14. C. obcordata (Linn. f. Suppl. 429); leaves trifoliolate 5 “leaflets

glabrous, flat, with immersed veins, scaberulous at the margin, "the late-

ral ones obovate-oblong, roundish or reniform, the medial deeply ob-

Han. Common in the Cape District. (Herb. Th., Hk, Bth. D., Sd.) Hed Ratt

A much branched and ramulous shrub, 2-4 feet high. Leaves scattered or

crowded ; leaflets $-4 inch long and broad. The terminal leafiet is pretty constant. Gums Bag

in form, but varies much in es vei a. when the lateral are smallest, and ‘Look

much depauperated when these are large. latter vary in form as well as size, erase,

passing from narrow-obovate to broadly reniform, thus becoming almost like those

of @. crenata! It is worthy of remark that, in such leaves the edge is rougher than

in the normal form. I presume they are what Sprengel describes as C. obliqua.

pears es toothlike, or obsolete. —

'. Mey. '); ‘glabrous, slender, ramulous; leaves trifo-_

; leaflets one-nerved beneath, veinless, flat, glauces-—

oblique, the medial equal-sided, mucronulate ; stipules obsolete.

Has. Gnadendal, Drege! (Herb, Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) ‘a

A small, divaricately branched or flexuous and twiggy bush, glabrous in all

Leaves tufted at short intervals ; the outermost at least 3-leaved. — - Leaflets

lines long, 1-14 wide, quite even above, immersedly Pein e

y constant varieties, —

. be found ; but strictly in

villous or hirsute; stipules withering,

298 ROSACEE (Harv.) (Cliffortia.

fruits glabrous, striate, not ribbed, crowned with 3 lanceolate calyx-lobes. With

broader’and more obovate leaflets than C. marginata, to which it seems allied. It

may also be compared to a miniature C. obcordata, but wants the strongly obcordate

medial leaflet.

16. C. marginata (E. & Z.! 1740); glabrous, slender, diffuse, ramu-

lous; leaves trifoliolate and fascicled; leaflets nerve-keeled beneath,

veinless, concave, white-edged, spathulate-oblong, subacute, nearly equal,

the lateral slightly oblique ; stipules obsolete.

Has. Shrubby hill sides at Somerset, Hott. Holland, Stell., 2.4 Z./ (Herb.

Sond., Bth.)

14-2 feet high, diffuse ; twigs flexuous or zig-zag, 6-8 inches long ; leaf-tufts

about an inch apart, the outer leaf 3-foliolate. Leaflets 2-3 lines long, 1 line wide,

channelled or half-complicate, with a variably wide membranous and pellucid mar-

gin. Fruits glabrous, striate.

17. C. triloba (Harv.) ; glabrous or puberulous; leaves shortly pe-

tiolate, trifoliolate ; leaflets shortly and broadly cuneate, truncate, im-

mersedly veiny, all deeply 3-toothed or lobed, with subreflexed mar-

gins, pale beneath ; stipules toothlike, spreading. C. dentata, E. d&: Z.!

1735, non Willd.

_ Has. Heathy ground on mountain sides near Brackfontein, Clanw., Z. ¢ Z./

Aug. (Herb. Bth., Sd., D.)

" A slender shrub, with flexuous twigs and reddish bark, perfectly glabrous, except

the young parts, which are thinly clothed with deciduous, microscopic, appressed,

whitish hairs. The leaflets resemble those of C. trifoliata, but are neither scabrous

nor rugose, and there is always an evident petiole, prolonged from 1-3 lines beyond

= maid rigid stipules. Leaves scattered or tufted ; leaflets 4-5 lines long, 3 lines

e at top.

18. C. polygonifolia (Linn. Sp. 1470); roughly villous and pilose ;

leaves sessile, trifoliolate ; leaflets one-nerved, villous or pilose, scaberu-

lous, piloso-ciliate, ovate or lanceolate, the medial similar to the lateral

or cuneate and sharply 2-3 fid ; margins subreflexed 3; stipules minute,

toothlike. Drege, 6826.

_ Var. a. ternata; leaflets all subequal and uniform, ovate, oval oblong, or lanceo-

late. c. ternata, Linn. f. Suppl. 430. DC. 1. c. 396. Hort. Cliff. t. 32. Thunb. Cap.

GAL 1732. Sieb.g1. Drege ! 6840. Zey. 2661.

trifoliata ; leaflets mostly dissimilar, the medial more or less cuneate,

i or lobed, the lateral oblong or lanceolate, entire, but sometimes cuneate

6826, 6822 ? 6825.

Has. Common throughout the rn distri ieti

Bih., Sd., Be.) ough: western districts, both varieties. (Herb. D., Hk.,

. cent bua ag tact fog much branched, and densely ramulous, roughly pubes-

~ An

c ish h. Leaves crowded, very generally fascicled. Leaflets very

‘variable in shape, 3-6 long, 4-4 lines wide. Atti atamniniaee large suits of

‘to keep up the two for msabove indicated, except as

true to either descriptive phrase may readily

hick wc 3 termediate forms are common also. Some sr before

Wie waned wom Daa. for. 0. ternata,” have a few bidentate or 3-dentate medial

ves ; and other specimens of “ (. trifoliata” vary occasionally with all uniform

entire leaves. Some again have very broad, some very narrow leaflets, &c.

19. C. octandra (Ch. & Sch. in Linn, 9, 350) + much branched, diffuse,

broadly subulate, leaf-like, one-

specimens, I find it impos:

Cliffortia] ROSACEE (Harv.) 299

nerved, spreading ; leaves trifoliolate, leaflets villous, coriaceous, with

immersed veins, the lateral ones oblong or lanceolate, entire or toothed,

the medial cuneate, obovate, sharply 3-toothed. Ch. & Sch. in Linn. 8,

55- Herb. Un. It. 190. HE. & Z.! 1730. C. serpyllifolia, H. Mey. ! non

Ch. & Sch.

Has. Near the Salt River, Cape ; also on the Zwarteberg, near Caledon Baths,

E. § Z.! Kleinriviersberg, Zey,/ 2459. Koratra, Drege ! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Not unlike C. polygonifolia, var. trifoliata in foliage, pubescence, and general

aspect, but readily known by the large, persistent, but withering stipules, Stems

sometimes shaggy, with long, white, soft hairs ; sometimes denuded. The bark is

rough and loose on old stems. Leaflets 3-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, softly villous

when young, afterwards rough.

20. C. gracilis (Harv.); stems slender, trailing, pubescent ; stipules

membranous, lanceolate; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets glabrous, flat,

veiny, the lateral ones obliquely oval or obovate, subrepand, the medial .

obcordate, unidentate. C. dentata, E. Mey! non Willd.

Has. Dutoitskloof, 2-3000 f,, Drege /' (Herb. Bth,, Sd.)

This little plant comes nearest to C. filicawlis, but has more membranous and

veiny leaflets, differing also in shape and venation. Stem 6-12 inches long, flexuous.

Leafiets 2-3 lines long and broad, pale green.

21. C. filicaulis (Ch. & Sch. in Linn. 2. p. 33) ; stems much branched,

prostrate ; twigs pubescent ; stipules membranous, lanceolate or broadly

subulate; leaves trifoliolate ; leaflets ciliate or pubescent, coriaceous,

with immersed veins, the lateral ones oblong, entire, the medial obo-

vate, sharply 3-toothed or 3-lobed. E. & Z,/ 1731.

Has. Near Tulbagh, Mundt./ (Herb. Sond.) :

Stems woody, densely ramulous. Leaves tufted or scattered. Leaflets 2 lines —

only seen a single specimen. The 0. silicaulis of Hb. Drege, our C. tricuspidata,

Has. 8. Africa, Heyne/ “hat re

= Bal ee eee falta, Coad

Stems 1-2 feet long, woody, spreading Poe. Onthe fg

mulous ; twigs short, patent. Leaves mostly tufted, close t2—3 lines long Wd.

and broad, the medial one broadly obovate, with three ‘Tread, ort, terminal lobes :

and sometimes a pair of lateral teeth; the lateral either obliquely one-toothed or _

2-3-toothed, or entire. Stipules and flowers reddish. Dr. Prior’s specimens quite ©

agree with the original described by Willdenow. Though growing close to Cape-

town, this species seems to have escaped the notite Of almost all collectors.

23. C. tricuspidata (Harv.); stems slender, trailing, pubescent or _

villous ; stipules triangular, one-nerved ; leaves wnifoliolate, tufted ; oe

leaflet loosely hairy, flat, membranous, veiny, elliptical or obovate, “

sharply tricuspidate ; the points recurved, pungent; stamens few; 3

sepals obovate, cuspidate. C. filicaulis, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege, non Schl.

300 ROSACEE (Harv.) [ Cliffortia.

Pigs Me ae 2-3000 f. and Drakensteensberg, 4-5000 f. Drege. (Herb.

-» Bth., D.) 4 a

Stems 6-12 inches long, filiform, trailing ; the branches long, subsimple, flexudus.

Pubescence loose, at first copious, but deciduous. Leaves generally 3 or more in

small tufts, always unifoliolate ; the leaflet 3-4 lines long, 2 lines wide, most com-

monly with three, but now and then but two strongly recurved, pungent, terminal

_ teeth. Stipules twice as long as broad, adnate, scarcely amplexicaul. With the

aspect of C. filicaulis, but seemingly well distinguished by difference in foliage and

stipulation. :

24. C. concavifolia (E. & Z.! 1739) ; robust, much branched, ramu-

lous, ferrugineo-tomentose ; leaves trifoliolate, sessile, scattered ; leaflets

one-nerved beneath, veinless, concave, thick, silky pubescent on both

sides, cuneato-spathulate, acute, nearly equal ; stipules obsolete.

Has. Sides of the Zwarteberg Mountains, Caledon, #. § Z./_ (Herb. Sond.)

A dwarf, but strong growing bush, a foot or so in height, very densely branched,

and minutely twiggy, the old twigs warted with leaf-bases : all the twigs thickly

clothed with rusty tomentum. Leaves sessile : leaflets 2 lines long, scarcely 1 line

wide, with a thick, prominent midrib, and blunt margins: the upper surface not

very concave.

25. C. sericea (E. & Z.! 1746); robust, erect, twiggy, albo-sericeous ;

leaves on short, membrane-winged petioles, trifoliolate and tufted ; leaf-

lets one-nerved beneath, veinless, flat above, thick, silky on both sides,

linear or spathulate, obtuse, callous-tipped, the broader with subrevo-

lute margins ; stipules adnate, with a setaceo-subulate, excurrent point,

‘Has. Rocky places near the Tulbagh Waterfall, E.4Z.! (Herb. Sond.)

1}-2 feet high ; all parts silky and silvery. Twigs 4-6 inches long, very erect ;

the nodes 3~3 inch apart. Stipulated petiole of the outer leaf sheathing at base, 1—2

lines long ; leaflets 3-4 lines long, }—1 line wide, the margin but little reflexed. Sti-

pule points persistent, rather rigid.

26. C. strobilifera (Linn. Syst. 749); robust, glabrous, with virgate

twigs ; leaves tufted, unifoliolate, the primary often abortive, the sti-

pules remaining ; leaflets linear-lanceolate, subaristate, one-nerved

beneath, rough-edged, rigid ; stipules amplexicaul, with subulate points ;

fruits striate. Thunb.! Cap. p.435. EB. & Z.1 1753. Pluck. Alm. t. 275,

f2. DC. 1. ¢. 596. Drege, 6833, 6834

aunt . a ate colony and orb Caftraria to Port Natal.

_ . A large ge shrub, 6-10 feet high, much branched and twiggy. . The rameal leaves

« peti either much reduced in size and quickly deciduous, ae ls cain their

a Cus awl-shaped points. Leaflets clustered! ia-the axils of these stipules 1-14-2 inches

oh a Gree er . Specific name alludes to conelike galls, composed

taVe A of broad, imbricated scales, common on the branches and twigs. soi

Woy 27. C. faleata (Linn. f. Suppl. 431)3 diffuse, ramulons, with tomen-

< tulose twigs ; leaves shortly petiolate, fascicled, 3-foliolate ; leaflets one-

__ nerved beneath, flat above, with refleaed margins, glabrous, linear-falcate,

acute, squarrose, subequal or the medial shorter ; Stipules membranous,

We bee basal, DC. 1. c. 596. Thunb. Cap. p. 436. Ed Zt 1742. Sted.

a _Has. Cape Flats and near Simonstown ee fa Sige oe aye ee

> Brain, Capstove, Pen ca zs Aah Bases of Table and Devil's

See

Cliffortia.] ROSACEE (Harv.) . 301

A small, flexuous bush, 1-14 foot high, glabrous, except on the twigs and young

branches. Leaves tufted; all on evident, channelled, unwinged petioles 2-4 lines

long, with small membranous stipules at their base. Leaflets 2—6 lines long, not a

line wide, the longer ones strongly falcate, especially when dry ; the margins thick-

ened and refiexed. Colour a dull green, inclining to rusty.

_ 98. C. drepanoides (E. & Z.! 1741); flexuous, with puberulous twigs ;

leaves subsessile or very shortly petioled, tascicled, 3—foliolate ; leaflets

faintly one-nerved beneath, flat, glabrous, linear, attenuate at base, mu-

eronate, subfalcate, nearly equal or the medial smaller ; stipules deltoid, ,

_ pristle-pointed. C. falcata, Spreng. in Herb. Zey. 81. Zey.! 2458.

Has. Winterhoeksberg, Uit., FE. & Z.! Koega River, Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) .

Not much branched, 8-12 inches long, leafy. Leaflets 10-12 lines long, 11%

broad, perfectly flat on both sides, the longest more or less curved, all squarrose.

This has much longer, broader, and flatter leaves than C. faicata, shorter or obsolete

petioles, and broader and more rigid stipules.

29. C. serpyllifolia (Ch. & Schl. in Linn. 2, p. 34); twigs tomentose

or pubescent ; leaves fascicled, sessile ; leaflets glabrous, subacute or

obtuse, cuneato-spathulate or obovate, fiat, midribbed beneath, the

broader ones also penninerved ; stipules setaceous.

Van. a. penninervis; leaflets broadly obovate, attenuate at base, entire or sub-

tridentate, pale and penninerved beneath ; twigs thinly downy. (@. propingua,

E. § Z.1 1736, and O. serpyllifolia, B. E.G 4.! Drege, 6817, 6818.

Var. §. Chamissonis ; leaflets cuneato-spa te or linear-cun flat or flattish,

faintly penninerved or nearly nerveless beneath, 3-6 lines long ; twigs tomentose.

C. serpyll. a. E.§ Z.! Drege, 6819, 6820. C. complanata, E. Mey.

Van. y. polyphylla; leaflets small, very blunt, obovate or cuneate-linear, with

slightly revolute margins, midribbed beneath, usually veinless, sometimes obscurely

veined. (. polyphylla, E. § Z./ 1738, also C. serpyll. vary BG Z|

Has. Alpine and subalpine situations in the scrub. a. Cederberge, Clanw., and

Puspas Valley, Swell., £.GZ./ B. Zwarteberg, Caledon, EF. § Z.! Dutoitskloof,

Drege! y. Wagenmacher’s Valley, Mundt! Moll River, Grahamstown, £. g Z.!

(Herb. Sd., Bth., D., Hk.) : seers.

Vars. B. and y. are erect, much branched, densely leafy bushes, 2-3 feet high ; a.

is smaller, more diffuse, or flexuous, and more glabrous, Typical specimens of the

three look quite distinct, but many intermediate stages connect the broadest and

most nerved leaflets with the narrowest and nerveless. Var. ‘y. in the same locality

varies with narrow, almost linear, and broad, distinctly obovate leaflets ; some of

the Grahamstown specimens precisely resemble those of Mundt, from Wagenma-

cher’s Valley. Leaflets 2-6-7 lines long, 1-3 wide.

30. C. linearifolia (E. & Z.! 1749); erect, rammulous, with villoso-

tomentose, at length naked twigs ; ‘leaves trifoliolate and ‘tufted, sub-

sessile ; leaflets linear, with reflexed margins, one-nerved beneath,

obtuse, callous-tipped, glabrous ; stipules membranous, amplexicaul,

toothed, villoso-ciliate. Drege, 5381, 2353, and 6843.

Has. Zvecilenpe ‘Uit. ; Mountains near Grahamstown and at Klipplaat

River, near Silo, Caffr. #. & Z./ - Between Strandfontein and Matjesfontein ; and

at Port Natal, Drege! Dr. Sutherland (Herb. Sd., Hk., D., Bth.)

row leaved forms resemble C. ericafolia, but differ in the tomentose

minent’ midrib ; the wider leaved come very near C. serpyllifolia, y. polyphylla

have less expanded, more decidedly reflexed-edged leaflets. Deeey

302. _ RosACE& (Harv.) [Cliffortia

31. C. ericefolia (Linn. f. Suppl. 430); erect, ramulous, with glabrous

twigs ; leaves tufted, mostly unifoliolate ; leaflets petiolulate, shortly

linear, with revolute margins, furrowed beneath, obtuse, glabrous ; sti-

pules membranous, sheathing, shortly toothed, ciliate. DC. U. ¢ 596.

E. § Z.1 1748. Thunb. Cap. p. 433.

Has. Between Capetown and False Bay, Thunbery/ Cape Flats near Doorn-

hoogde, Z. § Z.’ (Herb. Sd., Bth.) at

_ An erect, much branched, and ramulous shrub, 2-3 feet high, glabrous, except the

tipules ; the twigs with smooth, reddish brown bark, the old branches cinereous and

rough. Leaflets alternate, } inch apart, with brown, fringed stipules ; leaflets erect,

on very short petioles, 1-2 lines long, } line wide, convex above, the edge so rolled

back as to cover the whole under surface, leaving a narrow furrow.

32. C. eriocephalina (Cham. & Schl. in Linn. 6. 349); robust, erect,

ramulous, villoso-pubescent ; leaves on very short, membrane-winged

petioles, trifoliolate and tufted; leaflets veinless, convex above, with

strongly revolute margins, lanceolate-linear or lanceolate, obtuse, cotia-

ceous, villoso-pubescent, afterwards glabrate ; stipules short and tooth-

like. #.§ 2.11745. Also C. phylicoides, E.&Z.! 1744. Herb. Un. It, 192.

C. ericeefolia, E. Mey. ! in Herb. Drege, and Drege 684.1.

Has. Moist places round Table Mt., and on the Winterhoek, Tulbagh, Z. & Z./

eth

ceous,

33, C. sarmentosa (Linn. Mant. 299.); diffuse, not much branched,

villoso-pubescent ; leaves subsessile, trifoliolate and fascicled ; leaflets

linear-terete, with revolute margins, calloso-mucronate, villous (the older

often glabrate); stipules membranous, toothlike. DC... 596. B.GZ!

1743. Thunb. Cap. 439. Drege, 684.4. Zey.! 534.

_ Has. Cape Flats and foot of Muysenberg, &c., £. § Z.! (Herb., Sd. D. Hk. Bth.)

A straggling suffrutex, 1-2 feet high, with a few long, subsimple, virgate branches, _

all parts (except old branches and leaves) softly hairy. Leaflets filiform, by the rolling

back of the lamina, 6-8 lines long or more, straight or curved, or squarrose, the

young ones misnogs hoary. Stipules brown, hairy, with small points.

34. C. olycephala (E. Mey l) ; robust ramulous ; twigs puberulous;

: phal: re!) 5 : wigs puberulous

ater: : Benga fa pened : leaflets linear, “acute, subpungent,

Hattish above, nerve-keeled beneath, appressedl. pubescent on both sides;

stipules subulate, amplexicaul, — > Wer y

hal, 2000-3000 f. Drege! (Herb. Hk., Bth., D., Sd.

Very few and imperfect specimens seen. Recs to differ from D ciatpaies in

a gs "ares i pom

with distant, adh che — | long, 4 line wide. er

35. C. juniperina (Linn. f Suppl. 430) ; robust, diffuse or divaricately

much branched or ramulous ; twigs puberulous ; leaves trifoliolate and

Cliffortia. | ROSACE (Harv.) 303

tufted, subsessile; leaflets linear-subulate, mucronate, incurved, keeled

beneath, somewhat channelled above, glabrous or scaberulous ; stipules . _

amplexicaul, subulate ; fruits varying from nearly smooth to striate ca

ribbed, wing-ribbed, tuberculate and muricate!! DC.1.¢. 596. Thunb. Cap. So

434. EB. & 7.11750. C. laricina, EL. Mey. ! & 6837. g; = ( ss

Var. a. vulgaris; leaflets 6-9 lines long, smooth or rough-edged ; fruits striate or wade \ NO Cud

ribbed. C. laricina, a. Von & 6

Vaz. A. brevifolia; leaflets 3-5 lines long ; branches divaricate; fruits .. . j

C. junip. B. EB. & Z.! :

Var. -. pterocarpa; leafl. 4-6 lines long, straight, scaberulous ; fruits with raised,

rough, sharp ribs. ‘

Var. 5. tuberculata; leafl. 4-6 lines long ; fruits tuberculated.

Var. e. muricata; leafi. 4-6 lines long ; fruits muricated! C. laricina, }., E. Mey.

and Drege ! 6839.

Has. Common about Capetown and in the Western Districts. 8. above the source

of the Kat River, on the Winterberg, Z. § Z./ 8. Witsenberg, Zeyher! ¢. Dutoits-

kloof and Drakensteenberg, Drege! (Herb, Sd., Hk., Bth., D.)

A slight growing, diffuse or depressed, densely leafy, much branched bush, 1-2

feet high. Branches curved ; leaflets close. Leaflets often rusty, sometimes pale

green, 3-9 or 10 lines long, }—4 line wide, somewhat narrowed at base, and tapering

to a pungent mucro, The leaflets do not vary much, except in length and smooth- ; q

ness, but the fruit is remarkably variable. I have ventured to indicate some of the .

principal forms as varieties, but I fear they are very inconstant ; on the same branch

the degree of furrowing is variable, and sometimes the ribs have smooth, sometimes

tuberculated interspaces. Var. ¢. has such distinct looking fruits, that but for 5, I

should probably have made it a species ! :

36. C. filifolia (Linn. f. Suppl. 430); robust, diffusely branched, and

ramulous ; twigs glabrous or puberulous ; leaves trifoliolate and tufted,

subsessile ; leaflets linear-filiform, subtrigonous, mucronate, incurved,

keeled beneath, lightly furrowed or flat above, glabrous or seaberulous ;

stipules amplexicaul, subulate; fruits nearly smooth, striate or ribbed.

E. § Z.! No. 1751. Thunb.! Cap. p. 434. @. leptophylla, E. § Z.! 1752.

Zey.! 2717 & 573. Drege, 6838, 6846.

Var. B. subsetacea (E. & Z.!) ; twigs puberulous ; leaflets short (2-3 lines long),

pale green, very slender. Drege! 6845. *

Has. Cape Flats and about Table Mountain ; also about Hauwhoek Pass and

Caledon, &c. E. § Z./ Breede River, Burke and Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Very similar to @. juniperina, but usually with glabrous twigs and much more —

slender, less tapering, more suddenly mucronate, not so channelled or quite flat

above leaflets. Still puzzlingly intermediate states occur, and I fear the two are not

sufficiently distinct, I do not see anything to keep (. leptophylla, E. § Z! apart

from the ordinary state ; the roughness or smoothness of the margin is very incon-—

stant. Stems 6-12 inches long or more ; leaflets commonly 6-8 lines long, except

in B, which is smaller in all parts.

37. C. baccans (Harv.) ; nearly glabrous, ramulous; leaves trifolio-

late, tufted ; leaflets shortly linear-semiterete, obtuse, flattish above,

round-backed, glabrous ; stipules obsolete, toothlike; fruits globo:

berry-like, very smooth, crowned with the ovate calyx-lobes, Drege,

ne Hexriviersberg, 3000-4000 f., Hexriv. kloof, 1000-2000., Drege

_Hk., Bth., Sd. a

Something ike C. teetifolia in miniature ; but the fruit is remarkab

of any other species, Judging from the dried specimens, it see

almost drupaceous. Leaflets 14-2 lines long. Fruit reddish,

304 -RosAcra: (Harv.) [@rielwm.

38. C. teretifolia (Thunb. Prod. 93) ; glabrous, virgate ; leaves ses-

sile, trifoliolate and fascicled ; leaflets semiterete (flattish above, round

backed), linear, incurved, mucronate ; stipules obsolete, tooth-like ;

fruits oblong, 6-ribbed and rugulose. Thunb.Cap.p. 433. E.g¢Z.1 1747.

DC. 1. ¢. C. teretifolia, B. tenuior, E. Mey.

_ _ Has. Piquetberg, Thunberg! Brackfontein and Olifant’s R., £.¢ Z./ Between

Krom River and Berg Valley, Drege! (Herb. Sd,, Bth. , D., Hk.) ;

A tall, virgate, slightly branched shrub, with very erect, simple branches, not

ramulous. Leaftufts 4-1 inch apart, alternate, Leaflets 4—5 lines long, not 1 line

in diameter, carnose, nerveless, and veinless, with a short, acute mucro, smooth

edged. Fruit finely wrinkled between the six smooth ribs.

89. C. pungens (Presl. Epimel. 202); glabrous, robust, much branched

and ramulous; leaves tufted, unifoliolate ; leaflets patent or recurved,

shortly linear, pungent-mucronate, complicate, glabrous and glossy ; sti-

pules shortly amplexicaul, toothlike. C. teretifolia, E. Mey. ex pte.

Has. Gnadendal, Mt., 4000-5000 f., Drege’ (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

A much branched twiggy bush, 1-2 feet high, or perhaps more. Leaftufts close.

All the leaves unifoliolate. Leaflets 2-3 lines long, of thick substance, infolded

and deeply channelled, squarrose, with a long sharp point. This differs from C. tere-

tifolia in habit, in the unifoliolate leaves and infolded leaflets, and longer mucro, &c.

Fruit smooth and glossy.

yo Cffabdlitgtin, Ve psy

. X. GRIELUM, Linn.

Calyx-tube short, at length concrete with the ovary ; limb 5—lobed,

the segments nearly valvate in estivation. Petals 5, inserted in the

throat of the calyx, alternate with the segments, large, obovate, convo-

lute. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals. Carpels 5—10, in the base

of the calyx, concreting with the tube of the calyx and with each other,

uniovulate ; styles 5—10, filiform, short; stigma capitate. Capsule de-

- pressed, 5-10 celled, the cells at length opening in the axis, one-seeded.

Endl. Gen. 6402. DC. Prod. 2, p. 549.

South African herbs or scarcely suffruticose plants, growing in sandy places, and

in salt ground. Leaves alternate, hoary, pinnately decompound. Peduncles axil-

lary, t—-flowered. Flowers large, yellow. Name pts, old ; because the leaves are

Sue oles ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves a. 0.4 si ms : m ‘

mo os

Leaves soft, pinnatifid ; the broadish lobes obtuse :

‘Stem and upper sides of leaves laxly woolly ; sepals ovate,

Whole plant very woolly ; sepals proadly deltoid, obtuse or

(1) tenuifolium.

2) humifusum.

(3) obtusifolium.

_1. G. tenuifolium (Linn. Gen. 578); leaves bipinnately multifid ;

pinne 2-3, alternate, cut into 3 or more narrow-linear, callows-mucro-

nate segments, cobwebby above, cano-tomentose with reflexed edges

beneath ; calyx-segments lanceolate-acuminate, at first cobwebby, then

glabrous. DC. 1. ¢. 549. Sw. Ger. t.171. Burm. Afr. t. 53. Th. Fl. Cap.

509. #.§Z.! No.455. E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege. a

Var. 8. patens; leaf. broader, more rigid, patent or divaricate. G. hu-

mifusum, E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege, non Thunb.

Grielum. | ROSACE (Harv.) 305

Has. Zwartland, Thunberg! Ried Valley, Cape, and near Saldanha Bay, £. ¢ Z. Bas ai. 5 ates

Salt R., W.H.H. Groenekloof and between Bergvalley and Langevalley, Drege / Obs od lee

Krumriver, Zeyher! (var. 8.) (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.) a:

Root filiform. Stems many from the crown, procumbent, 8-12 inches long, Nebel (69

densely leafy and branched. Leaves 14 inch long, of which half is petiole ; the mul-

tifid lamina fan-shaped in outline. Peduncles 1-2 inches long. Flowers large and

bright yellow, the petals broadly obovate, over an inch in length and breadth.

2. G. humifusum (Thunb. Cap. 509) ; leaves pinnatifid or sub-bipin-

natifid, pinnati-sections 5-6, broadly linear, obtuse, simple or lobulate

toward the point, cobwebby above, cano-tomentose with sub-reflexed

edges beneath ; calyx segments ovate, acute or acuminate, persistently

tomentose. DC. l.c. H. § Z./ 456. G. flagelliforme, L. Mey.

Var. 8. parviflorum ; leaves and flowers smaller. Drege/ 7516.

| i

Has. Sandy places near Saldanha Bay, and Karroo near Beaufort, Z. g Z./ Oli- qT ee Qa

fant Riv., Holriver ; also between Kaus, Natvoet and Doornport, and near Verlept- fhe [oa N

pram on the Gariep, Drege/ (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., D.)

Stems trailing, 1-2 feet long, angular, cobwebby, becoming glabrate. Leaves

scattered or somewhat fascicled, 2 inches long, of which less than half is petiole ;

the lamina in outline, ovate or ovato-lanceolate ; segments 2-3 lines wide. Flowers

much smaller than in G. tenwifolium ; the petals less than an inch long, bright yel-

low ; in 8. } inch long.

3. G. obtusifolium (E. Mey.!); stems and whole plant densely ¢ovefed

with white wool; leaves pinnatifid, pinnati-sections 5-6, linear-oblong,

short and very obtuse, the lowest sometimes 1-2-lobulate; calyx-seg-

ments broadly deltoid, very short, obtuse or subacute, densely and per-

sistently woolly. Zey./ 165.

Has. Nieuweveld, between Brackriver and Uitvlugt ; and Silverfontein, 7

Springbokkeel, Zeyher! Namaqualand, Wyley! (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd., BD.)

Very near G. humifusum, but much more woolly, with smaller, less divided leaves,

and much shorter and broader calyx-lobes. Flowers nearly as in G. ij

Orprer L. SAXIFRAGACEZ, DC.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Calyx 5-cleft (rarely 3-4-7-10-cleft), regular, adnate or free ; the

sepals rarely separate, commonly cohering below into a tube ; the limb

mostly persistent, sometimes enlarged in fruit. Petals as many as the

calyx-lobes and alternate with them, rarely wanting. Stamens inserted

with the petals, either as many and alternate with them, or twice as

many : rarely fewer or indefinitely numerous ; anthers 2-celled, split-

ting. Ovary either free or more or less adnate with the calyx-tube, of

2 (rarely of 3 or 5) distinct, or more or less cohering, or altogether con-

nate carpels, whose inflexed edges form the complete or incomplete

dissepiments : placente on the inflexed edges of the carpels; ovules ana-

tropous, indefinite, rarely few or subsolitary. Styles as many as the

carpels and terminal, distinct or imperfectly (rarely completely) con-

to. oe

nate; stigmata simple. Frwit capsular, splitting at maturity im

carpellary elements, each carpel opening on its ventral suture.

with fleshy albumen, very rarely exalbuminous. eo

Herbs, shrubs, or trees, very various in aspect ; the Savifragee al

out ee vanpaaxs and colder regions of the globe, chiefly of the north

the Cunoniee and Escaloniew chiefly found in South America and

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306 SAXIPRAGACEE (Harv.) [Vahlia.

outlying species in tropical and southern Africa. Foliage various in the differ-

ee saber Flowers amlek, regular, cymose or racemose, rarely of large size,

but often brightly coloured and abundant. This is a very large and very undefin-

‘able Order, allied on the one hand to Rosacee, from which the albuminous seeds

nearly always distinguish it, and on the other to Crassulacew and Ribesiacee. None

are particularly useful to mankind.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

Sub-Order 1. Saxrrraces. Herbaceous or suffruticose plants with alternate or

opposite, exstipulate leaves.

I. Vahlia.— Ovary inferior ; styles 2, spreading. Leaves opposite, simple, linear.

Sub-Order 2. Cunonrem. Shrubs or trees, with opposite, compound (or simple)

leaves and interpetiolar stipules.

II. Cunonia.— Flowers racemose. Petals entire. Leaves pinnate.

III, Platylophus.—Flowers panicled. Petals trifid. Leaves trifoliolate.

Sub-Order 3. Escatonrem. Shrubs or trees, with alternate, simple, exstipulate

leaves. Stamens as many as the petals, in a single row.

IV. Montinia.— Flowers dicecious, 4-cleft, white, terminal, or corymbose. A gla-

brous bush with lanceolate, entire leaves.

V. Choristylis.—Flowers 5-cleft, minute and green, in axillary, short panicles. A ,

vie? with vate, serrate, strongly nerved and veined leaves. M'f,/u 2. Chama Capp hit

Sub-Order 4. ? Greyie®.—Shrubs or trees with alternate, exstipulate leaves and

sheathing petioles. Stamens in two rows ; those of the outer row abortive, of the

inner perfect, exserted, twice as many as the petals.

VI. Greyia. Flowers racemose, bright crimson ; stamens much exserted.

I, VAHLIA, Thunb.

Calyx-tube adhering to the ovary ; limb 5-parted, persistent, with

valvate wstivation. Petals 5, spreading, entire, epigynous. Stamens 5.

Ovary inferior, one-celled, with two mult-ovulate placente, pendulous

from the apex of the cavity. Styles 2, spreading ; stigmata capitate.

Capsule membranous, opening between the styles. Seeds minute, very

numerous. DC. Prod. 4, p. 53. Endl. Gen. 4631.

African or Asiatic herbs or suffruticose, small plants, glabrescent or villous.

Leaves opposite, exstipulate, linear or lanceolate, entire. Pedicels axillary, 2-flow-

ered ; or in pairs, t-flowered. Flowers white. Name in honour of Martin Vahl,

Professor of Botany at Copenhagen, and author of many botanical works.

iY, Capensis (Thunb. Cap. p. 246) ; many-stemmed, branched

from the base, pubescent or glabrescent; leaves linear or narrow-lanceo-

late ; peduncles 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; capsules turbinate.

DC. Prod. 4, p. 53. HE. & Z.! 1764. Russelia Capensis, Linn. f. :

Has. Verkeerde Valley, Thunberg. Duiker Valley, Cape, and the Kamiesberg,

E.&Z.! Wolf R., Burke § Zeyher! Zwartland, Wallich. Many localities to the north

of Capetown, near the west coast, Drege! Namaqualand, A. Wyley/ (Herb. D. Sd. Hk.)

Stems 6 inches to 2 feet long, woody and much-branched below, herbaceous above ;

the twigs 6-12 inches long, simple. “Pubescence either scanty or dense and woolly.

Leaf-pairs 1-1} inch apart ; leaves 8-ro lines to 14 inch long, either very narrow-

linear with revolute margins, or flat and lanceolate. Peduncles axillary, either very

short or 2-6 lines long, forked, bearing 2 flowers. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, longer

than the pubescent ; petals white, shorter than the calyx-lobes.

Il. CUNONIA, Linn.

Calyx free, 5-parted, deciduous. Petals 5, oblong, entire. Stamens

10. Ovary free, conical, 2-celled, with mult-oyulate sutural placente.

Platylophus.| SAXIFRAGACEE (Harv.) 307

Styles 2, diverging ; stigmata simple. Capsule conical, 2-horned, 2-

celled, separating, from base to apex, from a free, placentiferous column.

Seeds numerous, compressed, with a narrow, membranous wing. DC.

Prod. 4, p. 12. Endl. Gen. 4662.

Only one species known, a South African shrub, the ‘ Roode Elseboom” of the

colonists. The generic name is in honour of John C. Cuno of Amsterdam, who

described his own garden in Dutch, in 1750.

1, C. Capensis (Linn, Sp. 569). DC. Prod. 4, p. 12. Lam. Ill. t. 371.

Lodd. Cab. Bot. t. 826. E. & Z.! 2151.

Has. Common in moist, woody places, throughout the colony. (Herb. D. Hk. Sd.)

A large shrub or middle-sized tree, 10-50 feet high, glabrous in all parts. Leaves

pinnate, 2-3-jugate, on longish, opposite petioles. Leaflets petiolulate, 2-4 inches

long, oblongo-lanceolate, sharply serrate, coriaceous, netted-veined. Stipules broadly

ovate, deciduous. Racemes opposite, cylindrical. 4-8 inches long, densely many-

flowered. Flowers small, white, very numerous, with much exserted stamens, Cap-

sules dark-brown, crowned with the divergent, hornlike styles.

IIL PLATYLOPHUS, Don.

Calyx free, 4- (rarely 5-) parted, persistent, with valvate estivation.

Petals 4—5, trifid. Stamens 8-10, inserted on the outer edge of a hypo-

gynous, fleshy, urceolate disc. Ovary free, 2-celled ; ovules 2 in each

cell, collateral, pendulous. Styles 2; stigmata simple. Capsule turgid

at base, compressed above, membranous, 2-celled, at length splitting ; the

cells one-seeded. Don. in Edin. New. Phil. Journ. IX. Endl. Gen. 4653.

A South African tree, separated by Don from Weinmannia, chiefly on account of

its trifid petals, and imperfectly dehiscent capsule. The name is derived from

mAatus, broad ; and Aogos, crest. Colonial name “ Witte Elseboom.”

1. P. trifoliatus (Don.). Weinmannia trifoliata, Thunb. Prod. 77, Fl.

Cap. 384. DC. Prod. 4, p.9. EH. & Z.! 2152.

Has. Wate: near Tulb: Hex Rivier ; Langekloof ; and the Vanstaaden-

berg, Z. § i Piet Rev. We Bhikote? Knysna, Dr. Pappe/ Dutoit’s Kloof, &c.

Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) :

An umbrageous tree, 40-50 feet high, glabrous in all parts. Bark of the twigs

smooth, dark-coloured. Leaf-pairs 2-4 inches apart ; leaves on long petioles, tri-

foliolate ; leaflets 3-5 inches long, lanceolate, acute, denticulate, netted-veined,

bright green. Stipules small, deciduous. Panicles opposite, on long, naked pedun-

cles, ovate, much-branched, many-flowered. Flowers small, almost always 4-parted ;

the petals shorter than the calyx, inserted outside the disc, but not adhering to it,

as do the stamens. Capsule papery, inflated at base, netted, long remaining closed.

Seeds dark-brown, oblong. Embryo straight, not much shorter than the fleshy

albumen.

IV. MONTINIA.

Flowers by abortion dioecious. Calyx-tube adnate with the ovary;

limb short, persistent, 4-cleft. Petals 4, ovate, deciduous, with imbri-

Sauer Q

cate estivation, Disc (in the male fl.) fleshy, 4-angled. Stamens 4,

alternating with the petals ; filaments short ; anthers adnate, opening

longitudinally. Ovary inferior, imperfectly 2-celled, with parietal,

fleshy, multovulate placente, filling the greater part of the cavit

Style single, short ; stigma large, capitate, bipartite, the lobes deepl;

emarginate. Capsule ligneous, crowned by the style and calyx-

2-celled, splitting through the centre into two diverging valves.

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308 SAXIFRAGACE (Harv.) [Choristylis.

placenta confluent, finally free. Seeds 4-6 in each cell, compressed,

imbricate, with a broad,- marginal wing ; testa thembranous 3 embryo

large, flat, lying in thin, fleshy albumen, cotyledons ovate, radiele elon-

gate. Harv. Gen. S. A. Pl. p. 101. DC. Prod. 3, p. 35. Endl. Gen. 6123.

A glabrous, South African shrub, usually referred by botanists to Onagrariee,

but, as I think, taking into account the structure of its ovary, the dehiscence of the

capsule, the imbricated petals, the slightly albuminous seeds, and the general habit,

more nearly allied to Escaloniee. The name is in honour of Laurence Montin, an

obscure Swedish botanist.

1. M. acris (Linn. f. Suppl. 427). Thunb. Fl. Cap. 142. DC. Prod.

3,35. H.d& 2.11757. M.caryophyllacea, Thunb. Act. Lund. 1, p. 108.

Sm. Spicil. t. 15. Burm. Afr. t. go, f. 1-2. M. frutescens, Gaertn.

Has. Dry ground, throughout the colony and in Namaqualand, common. (Herb.

Hk., D., Sd.

An erect, seid, twiggy, glabrous, and somewhat glaucous bush, 1-2 feet high.

Ramuli erect, compressed or angular, pale. Leaves varying from oblong to lanceo-

late and linear, entire, margined, one-nerved, veinless. Flowers small, white, the

males in terminal few-flowered, corymbose cymes, the female generally solitary, one

at the end of each branch or of short, corymbose branchlets. Capsules oblong, an

inch or more long, 4-5 lines wide, at length splitting through the centre into two

boatshaped pieces.

V. CHORISTYLIS, Harv.

Flowers polygamous. Calyx-tube obconic, adnate with the ovary,

limb 5-cleft, persistent. Petals 5, inserted on the margin of the calyx-

tube, longer than the calyx-lobes, sessile, entire, with valvate estivation,

persistent. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals and inserted with them ;

filaments short; anthers ovate, 2-celled, slitting. Ovary 2-celled, multi-

ovulate, with axile placenta. Styles 2, short, connate at first, then

widely diverging; stigmata capitate. Capsule half-inferior, its conical,

acuminate apex encircled by the persistent calyx-limb and petals,

dehiscing scepticidally through the styles. Seeds oblong, subincurved,

with prominent raphe and leathery testa; embryo... . . t Harv. in

Hook. Lond. Journ, Vol. I, p. 19.

_ Only one ies known. The name is compounded of xwpis, separately and

otvdos, a style,

_ 1. Choristylis rhamnoides (Harv. 1. .). Baobotrys ru escens, E. Mey.!

in Herb. Drege. Mesa mare ockat in pl. | pee ‘

_ Has. Near the Berlin Mission Station, Katberg, Rev. J. Brownlee! E. § Z./ Be-

tween Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege! Port Natal, Krauss! (Herb. D. Sd.)

A leafy shrub, 7-8 feet high or more. Leaves 13-2 inches long, alternate, petio-

late, ovate or oblong, acute, sharply serrate, each serrature mucronate with a minute

gland, penni-nerved, the 4

herves prominent on the paler under-surface. Panicles

axillary, shorter than the leaves, much-branched. Flowers small and green ; petals

broadly subulate, pubescent on both sides. Anthers hairy, with a fleshy connective,

often barren and then much reduced in size. Capsule 2-3 lines long.

VI GREYIA, Hook. & Harv.

: Calya free, 5-parted, short, persistent, with obtuse lobes, imbricated

in estivation. Petals 5, oblong, sessile, deciduous, imbricate. Stamens

inserted in the base of the x, subhypogynous, in two rows ; those of

the outer row 10, without anthers, united at base into a fleshy cup, their

Greyra.] SAXIFRAGACE# (Harv.) 309

very short filaments crowned with a peltate gland; those of the inner

row 10, fertile, free, alternating with the barren exterior stamens, much

exserted, with subulate filaments, and ovate, erect, short, didymous,

splitting anthers. Ovary free, deeply 5-furrowed, formed of 5 indupli-

cate-valvate carpels, 1-celled, tapering at apex into a subulate, exserted

style; ovules sutural, indefinite. Capsule 5-lobed ; its carpels folli-

cular, papery, slightly cohering at the sutures ; seeds minute, with mem-

branous testa, copious, fleshy albumen, and a straight embryo. Harv. in

Proc. Dubl. Univ. Zool. & Bot. Assn. Vol. 1, p. 138, t. 13, 14.

A middle-sized tree, with alternate, simple, and exstipulate leaves. Petioles

dilated at base and amplexicaul. Racemes terminal, densely many-flowered. Flowers

crimson and very handsome. The generic name is in honour of Sir George Grey,

K.C.B., Governor-General of the Cape Colony.

1. G. Sutherlandi (Hook. & Harv. MSS.). Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 1.

Has. Rocky, exposed, mountain places near Port Natal, from 2000f. to 6ooof.

elevation, Dr. Sutherland. (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.)

A small tree or large shrub, with light porous wood and gray bark. Branches and

twigs leafy near the point, bare below ; flowering branches naked for a space below

the raceme. Leaves on long petioles, subrotund, deeply cordate at base, 2-4 inches

in diameter, multilobulate and crenate, glabrous, but minutely glandular on the sur-

face. Racemes very dense, 2-4 inches long, many-flowered. Pedicels glabrous,

2 inch long, with a lanceolate bract at base. Calyx continuous with the pedicel.

Petals broadly oblong, sessile, of a thick, glossy substance and bright crimson colour,

thrice as long as the calyx, ciliolate. Capsule deeply 5-lobed, almost resolved into

5 follicles.

Orpver LI. BRUNIACEZ., RB. Br.

(By W. SonpeER).

Flowers perfect, small, regular. Calyw-tube connate with the ovary,

or very rarely free ; limb 5- rarely 4-cleft, imbricate. Petals 5 (or 4),

free or cohering into a monopetalous, epigynous, or perigynous corolla,

imbricate in estivation. Stamens as many as the petals and alternate

with them ; filaments free or adnate to the base of the petals ; anthers

erect or incumbent, 2-celled, introrse, opening by slits. Ovary more or

less inferior, rarely free, 1-3- rarely 5-celled ; ovules pendulous, solitary,

or two collateral ones in each cell, very rarely (in Z’hamnea) about 10 ;

styles 23, distinct or more or less connate. Fruit dry, indehiscent or

capsular, mostly dicoccous and crowned by the calyx-limb. Seeds with

copious albumen ; embryo minute, straight, next the hilum.

Heathlike shrubs and suffrutices, all natives of South Africa. Leaves small, gla-

brous or hairy, acerose, rarely ovate, very entire, sessile or subsessile, crowded and

mostly imbricated, with a discoloured or withered, callous tip (ustulate). Stipules

none. Flowers minute and white, —— oa ae ean or capitate, rarely soli-

tary and axillary. This Order is closely re to ifragacece on the one

bat FS Hamamelidee on the other. The habit is peculiar. sas ea

TABLE OF THE GENERA. sop

Fruit 1-seeded, mostly indehiscent. ee

--y I. Berzelia,—Fruit indehiscent, cuneate, t-seeded. Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Sty

* IL. Tittmannia.—Fruit indehiscent, spherical, 1-seeded. Ovary 2

' ggeeded. Style 1. (Flowers axillary). 5 oe

_ 2~!9 ILL. Bronia.— Fruit indehiscent, rarely 2-valved, 1-seeded from :

2-celled, cells 1-2-seeded. Styles 2. (Flowers in heads or pani

310 : BRUNIACEA (Sond.) [Berzelia.

Fruit dicoccous.

' Ovary 2-celled, 2-4-ovuled.

2 TV. Lonchostoma.—Ovary 4-ovuled. Corolla monopetalous, 5-cleft. (Flowers in

terminal, leafy spikes).

a. ate ey 4-ovuled. Styles 2. Petals free. Anther-connective with a

conical dage at top. (Flowers axillary in leafy spikes).

6 ~{/ VI. Seaittn Ovary 2-ovuled. Styles 2. Petals free or somewhat cohering into a

tube at the base. Anther connective without appendage. (Flowers in dense heads.)

©- {£VII. Staavia.—Ovary 2-ovuled. Style 1. Petals free. (Flowers in heads.)

Ovary 6-10-ovuled. Calyx-segments scarious, imbricate.

f~) VIII. Audouinia.— Ovary 3-celled, 6-ovuled. Style trigonous. (Flowers in spike-like,

: terminal heads.) ‘ies

.~ | IX. Thamnea.—Ovary 1-(or 5-?) celled, about 10-ovuled, Style cylindrical. (Flowers

solitary, terminal.)

L BERZELIA, Brogn. '

Calyx adhering to the ovary, segments 5, rarely 4, unequal, gibbous.

Petals 5, rarely 4, free. Stamens 5, rarely 4, longer than the petals.

Ovary half-inferior, oblique, 1-celled, 1-ovuled. Style simple, terminated

by asmall, subconical stigma. Fruit indehiscent, gibbous. Brogn. Mem.

p. 14. Endl. Gen. No. 4596. Bruniae spec. Linn. Wendl.

Small heath-like shrubs, with short, somewhat trigonal, imbricate or spreading

leaves. Heads of flowers naked, usually crowded at the top of the branches, with 3 ,

bractez at the base of each flower, inferior bractea larger, clavate and callous at top.

Named in honour of Berzelius, the famous Swedish chemist.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Heads the size of a pea:

lys. subulate, wider at base, heads racemose re ... (1) alopecuroides.

lys. subulate, attenuate at base, heads racemose ... ... (2) commutata.

“ __lvs. filiform-triquetrous, heads panicled... ee ... (4) lanuginosa, =

Heads the size of a nut :

lvs. linear-trigonal, heads corymbose Re v4 ... (3) intermedia,

lys. linear-lanceolate, heads racemose _..... a ... (6) squarrosa.

lvs. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, heads subcorymbose ... (5) abrotanoides.

lys. subcordate oe - ies ei (7) cordifolia,

1. B. alopecuroides (Sond.) ; smooth, leaves sessile, 6-ranked, imbricate,

ineurved, subulate, trigonal, obtuse, ustulate-apiculate, wider at base ;

heads of flowers ovate-globose, the size of a small pea, forming racemes

at the tops of the lateral branches. Brunia alopecuroides, Thunb.f dissert.

p. 6. BR. & Sch, syst. veg. V. p. 411,

‘Has. South Africa, Thunberg! October. (Herb. Thunb. Holm.

A shrub 2~3 feet high, with the aspect of $ acovdions Temnebtelseigie heal.

Leaves 14-2 lines long or shorter. Racemes 2-3 inches long. Head of flowers on

leafy, 2-3 lines long branchlets, 2-3 lines in diameter. Petals spathulate.

2. B. commutata (Sond.) ; smooth ; leaves petiolate, spreading or re-

curved, subulate, obtuse, apiculate, aitenunted at the ‘base, flat above,

keeled beneath ; heads of flowers globose, the size of a small pea, ter-

minal, and axillary, racemose. B. comosa, E.d: Z.! No. 1651. excl. syn.

Has. In the channel of the Zwartkopsrivier. FE. ¢ Z./ Zey. 2644, Dee. (Herb. Sd.

A much-branched shrub. Leaves 4 lines long, ¥ tine ar the 2 lines

long. Racemes 1-2 inches long. Heads of flowers on scaly, 1-3 lines long pedicels.

= gtr oo pate Anthers ovate. >

imilar to the var 3. of B. abrotanoides, differs longer petioled lea’

ipsa smaller, racemose heads, and smaller anthers, gas a oe .

Becks. ‘weomicee(@eds §- - OF

3. B, intermedia (Schlecht ! Linn. 6, p. 188) ; smooth or somewhat

hairy, leaves very short-petioled, spreading or recurved, linear-trigonal,

rather tetragonal toward the apex, callous at the tip ; heads of flowers

size of a nut, forming a corymb on the lateral branches. L. § Z./ No.

1053. B. Wendlandiana, LE. & Z.! No, 1052. B. ericoides, E. & Z.! No.

1054. Brunia paleacea Wendl. ! coll. t. 21.

Mrs 8. Leaves erect, imbricate. Brunia alopecuroidea, E. § Z.1 No. 1067. non

Has. Mountains, Duyvelsbosch, and in Langekloof near Puspasvalley, Swellen-

dam, Van Staadensrivierberge, 2. § Z.! Zey. 2645. Georgetown, Dr. Pappe ; Howi-

son’s Poort, H. Hutton. Var. 8, near Palmietrivier and Hanglipp, #.¢2Z./ Lowrypass,

Drege, 6866, Dec., fruct. mat Aug. (Herb. Sond. D. Wendl.)

Near B. lanuginosa, but more robust, the young branches a little hairy, not

villous, the leaves thicker, (not longer) and spreading, often reflexed, the heads 3-4

times larger and corymbose, the peduncles 1 inch long or longer, leafy, and the

flowers somewhat larger. Bractew obovate, unguiculate, ustulate at top, at length

incurved. Petals white, oblong, spathulate. Stamens 4 or 5, twice longer than

the petals. Fruit 1 line long.

4. B. lanuginosa (Brogn. |. c. p. 16, t. 1, f 1); branches fastigiate, .

young ones villous ; leaves sessile, imbricate, erect or spreading, linear- 1» 4° =

filiform, triquetrous, obtuse, apiculate, rather pilose ; heads of flowers et a

the size of a pea, at the tops of the lateral branches, disposed in a fastigiate

panicle. Brunia lanuginosa, Linn. spec. p. 288. Berg. Cap. p. 60. Pluk.

phyt. t. 318, f. 4. Wendl. coll. t. 11. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 572. Sieb. fl. cap.

exs. No, 56. Drege, No. 6860. Zeyher, 2642.

Van. 8. longifolia; branches loose, leaves longer, spreading, incurved, ciliate-

pilose. Brumia superba, Don. hort. cant. Willd.! spec. 1, p. 1143.

Van. y. glabra; branches and leaves smooth. Brunia lanuginosa et comosa, Thunb.!

dissert. p. 4 and §, fl. cap. p. 205. B. tenuifolia, Willd.! Denksch. Acad. Munchen,

1808, p. 129, t. 5, f. 2. Berg. lanuginosa, E. § 2.1 No. 1050. Herb. Un. Itin. No. 140,

Drege, Nos. 6857, 6858, 6861, 6895. ' Q eee 4 ‘

Has. Moist places in mountains near Capetown, in Hottentottsholland, Caledon, Ss wwsw ( “ |

and Swellendam, Oct. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., Wendl., Willd., Hk., D., Sd.) i a

A greyish shrub, 3 feet or more in height, branches virgate, very leafy. Leaves JI

straight, sulcate above, 2-3 lines, in var. 8. 4-5 lines long. Heads about 3 lines in ¥ Z

diameter ; peduncles 2-4 lines long, villous, scaly. Bractex spathulate, smooth,

at top callous. Petals suberect, oblong-lanceolate. Anthers oblong.

Van. y. reflexa; leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, reflexed, imbricate._ eee

upper ovate. Burmann. Afr. t. 100, f. 1. Brun. abrotanoides, |

Berg. formosa, E. § Z.! No. 1060. ; K :

Var, e. parvifolia; leaves spreading, trigonal, small, 1 line lor

Brunia deusta. Thunb.! diss. p. 4. Fl. cap. p. 205. Drege, 6863, b.

312 _ BRUNIACE (Sond.) [Tittmannia.

Has. Plains near Capetown. Var. 8. mountains near Tulbagh and Capetown ;

vars, y. and ¢. Franschehoek ; var. §. Table Mountain, Aug.-Dec. (Herb. Thimb.

Holm. Sond. D.)

1-3 feet high, branches purplish, the uppermost fastigiate, very leafy. Leaves

about 2-3 lines long, the upper smaller. Heads globose, the young ones elliptic.

Flowers 4-cleft, 4-androus ; or 5-cleft, 5-androus. Petals white, spathulate. Anthers

oblong. Fruit glabrous, gibbous.

6. B. squarrosa (Sond.); branches glabrous, younger ones cobwebbed ;

leaves petiolate, spreading or recurved, lincar-lanceolate, trigonal, ustu-

late at the apex, glabrous, younger ones pilose ; heads of flowers size of

a nut, terminal or axillary, racemose. Brunia squarrosa, Thunb. ! dissert.

P. 5, (1804). B. rubra, Willd. ! Denkschrift. Acad. Muench. (1808), t. 4,

J. 1. Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782. B. arachnoidea, Wendl. coll, t. 62. (1810).

#. & Z.! No. 1057. B. ericoides, Wendl.l.c t.5,f.(non bona). B. plumosa,

Lam. Enc. t,p. 475% B. superba, Reichenb. hort. bot. t. 100, eacl. syn.,

analysis incorrect. Heterodon superbum, Meisn. gen. 72 (52).

Var. B. glabra; branches and leaves glabrous. B. superba, E. & Z.! No. 1056.

Ms y. reflexa it ae Bae = Sores ericnte, incurved, —e

or reflex: igid, lanceolate, ra tetragonal towards the a; 0 r ones pilose

or villneas Spore Schlecht.! Linn. 6, p. 189. eo“ 4 Se : 3

Has. Mountain rivers in the districts of Worcester, Caledon, and Swellendam.

Thunb. E. § Z.! Dr. Pappe, Zey. 2641, 2643. Drege, 6842. (Herb. Thunb., Willd.,

Wendl., Sond., D.) . aos

A shrub with greyish or yellowish branches ; branchlets often verticillate. Leaves

flat or subcanaliculate above, keeled beneath, 4-1 inch long, about } line wide. Heads

globose, 4-6 lines in diameter ; peduncle 5-6 lines, in fruit often an inch long, in

var. ‘y, much shorter, villous, and scaly. Receptacle hairy. Calyx 5-dentate, never

1o-dentate as described by Reichenbach, the teeth blunt, unequal, 3 are longer

and gibbous. Petals oblong, spathulate. Anthers ovate, cells diverging at the base.

Style simple. Fruit about 1 line long.

7. B. cordifolia (Schlecht. 1. c. p. 189) ; branches erect, younger ones —

pubescent ; leaves very short, petiolate, spreading or reflexed, subcordute-

ovate, bluntish, callous at the tip, flat above, keeled beneath, smooth ;

heads of flowers the size of a nut, solitary on the tops of the branches,

corymbose. LZ. & Z./ No. 1061.

Has. Near Mount Potberg, Swellendam, EF. ¢ Z.! Mundt! Oct. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

2 feet or more in height, with di-tri-chotomous branches. Petioles large, persistent.

Leaves tipped with an obtuse, black mucro, with a pale margin, coriaceous, about 3

lines long, 2-2§ lines wide. Capitules about 8-12 in a corymb ; peduncles scaly,

ee a ona villous. — shaw eucullate, callous-mucronate,

some’ airy. ing, oblong- i Ww.

aE hairy. spreading, oblong-spathulate, with a two-crested cla

II. TITTMANNIA, Brogn.

Calyx with a spheri tube, wrinkled and glandular on the outside,

adnate to the ovary, 5-cleft, with scarious, erect segments. Petals with

the claws 2-keeled on the inside, and with ovate-roundish, spreading

lamina. Ovary inferior, spherical, 2-celled, with a membranous dissepi-

- ment, free at the edges ; cells 2-seeded. Ovules pendulous, fixed to the

dissepiment. Style simple, conical ; stigma bidentate. Brogn.l. ¢. p, 29,

sro Endl. gen. 4603. Moesslera Reichenh. consp. 160. Meisn. gen.

re .

__ A-small shrub with fastigiate, subumbellate branches. Leaves linear, subcylin-

Brunia.]| BRUNIACE& (Sond.) 313

drical, wrinkled, incurved, erect, imbricate, callous at the apex. Flowers axillary,

approximate towards the tops of the branches, bent to one side, and calyculated at

the base by short, scarious scales. Name in honor of J. A. Tittman, a botanist.

1. T. laxa (Sond.); Brunia laxa Thunb.! fl. cap. p.206. T. lateriflora,

Brogn. l. ¢. p. 30, Moesslera lateriflora, E. & Z./ 1086.

Har. Rocky places near the Waterfall, Tulbagh, and near Kochmannskloof, Swel-

lendam, E. ¢ Z.! Nieuwekloof, 2-3000! and Drakensteensberge, 4-5000! Drege

Oct.—Dec. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) Fis.

1-2 feet high, with the aspect of a Juniper. Branches virgate, filiform, glabrous.

Leaves imbricate or erectly-spreading, 1 line long. Flowers about 1} line long, white.

III. BRUNIA, Linn.

Calyx adhering to the ovary. Petals ovate or spathulate. Ovary half-

inferior, 2-celled, cells 1-2-seeded. Styles 2, diverging at the apex. Mrwit

indehiscent, rarely septicidal-dehiscent ; 1-seeded from abortion. Brogn.

lL. c. p. 16. Endl. Gen. No. 4597.

Shrubs more or less branched, with the branches in whorls, erect or spreading.

Leaves small, closely imbricate, and flowers capitate in Sect. L.; but in Sect. IT. the

leaves are larger, often myrtle-like, spreading, and the flowers in panicles. Flowers

furnished with 3 bractez each, or sometimes deficient of the two lateral ones.

* Named in honour of Cornelius Brun, a botanical traveller.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

_ Stamens exserted :

<i _ lvs. subulate, trigonal, glabrous... ive ... (1) nodiflora.

lvs. linear, convex beneath, subglabrous . ... (2) laevis.

lvs. linear-lanceolate, convex beneath, hairy, villous-

ciliate. ... eo ese a ies ... (3) macrocephala.

Stamens enclosed : ‘

Calyx and ovary glabrous :

Ivs. subcordate, pubescent on both sides ... ... (5) cordata.

lvs. oblong-sublanceolate, glabrous (6) racemosa.

lvs. lahesolats ehbolNe, Ean heads globose .- 3 virgata. —

lvs. subulate-trigonal, glabrous, heads ovate-glo 11) alopecuroides,

lvs. linear, obtuse, racemes linear ... we ... (4) pinifolia.

Calyx and ovary villous :

lvs. petiolate, lanceolate, flat, villous wy .. (7) Villosa.

lvs. sessile, lanceolate, concave, glabrous above ... (8) squalida.

lvs. petiolate, linear, trigonal, glabrous... ... (10) staavioides.

Sect. I. Eu-brunia; calyx hairy, with spathulate segments. Petals somewhat

spathulate, Stamens exserted, unequal. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-seeded. Fruit crowned

by the permanent calyx, stamens, and petals. (sp. 1-3).

1. B. nodiflora (Linn. spec. p. 288) ; leaves lanceolate-subulate, trigo-

nal, acute, smooth, incurved, closely imbricate ; heads of flowers globose,

size of a cherry, on the top of the branches. Berg./ cap. p. 54+ Thunb. ! Be.

fl. cap. p. 205. Brogn. l. ¢ p- 17, E. & Z.! No. 1062. Wendl. coll. t. 35. , ee

Has. Dry, elevated places near Capetown, and in the districts of Caledon, Stellen- Quel old, -

bosch, Swellendam, Worcester, and Uitenhage, April-Dec. (Herb. Hm. Th. Sd. &e.) ee a

Shrub 2-3 feet high, much-branched, branches greyish-brown, smooth ; branchlets,, |

often verticillate, leafy. Leaves on the branches 1 line long. Heads villous-tomen- i,

tose. Bracteolx spathulate, villous. Calyx very villous, segments longer than

tube. Petals bicristate at base, limb patent. Stamens unequal, 2 much

tS 2. B, laevis (Thunb.! l. c. p. 204) ; leaves linear, 0) t

whi

314 BRUNIACEZ (Sond.) [Brunia.

bicarinate above, convex beneath, puberulous or subglabrous, imbricate ;

heads of flowers globose, size of a large nut. Br. globosa, LE. § Z./ No.

1063. B. superba, plant. Krauss. /

Has. Mountain sides, Baviaansberg, near Gnadenthal and Zwarteberg, Pappe,

E.§ Z.! Klynriviersberge, Zey./ 2640, Ataquaskloof, Nieuweskloof, and Ylandskloof,

Drege, 6854, a, b, Aug.-April. (Herb. Th. Hm. Vind. D. Sd.) |

_ Very like the preceding, but differing by the greyish colour, more incurved,-round-

backed, not keeled leaves, and larger heads. Leaves 2-1 line long. Heads of flowers

tomentose ; bracteze with a black mucro ; bracteoles, as the calyx, white-villous on

the outside. Petals oblong-spathulate, narrowed into a claw, little longer than the

ealyx, glabrous, 1 or 2 of the filaments longer. Ovary very villous. Fruit indehiscent.

3. B. macrocephala (Willd.! 1. ¢. p. 132, t. 6, f 1); leaves linear-

lanceolate, crowded, bicarinate above, convex beneath, hairy, villous-cili-

ate ; heads of flowers globose, very large. Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782.

Has. Cape, Herb. Willd. Inferior regions, Niven in Herb. Sond.

Two feet or more high, with the aspect of a Phylica, more robust than the pre-

ceding. Branches erect, verticillate, as well as the branchlets, pubescent. Leaves

4-5 lines long, 4 line wide, with involute margins and ustulate at the apex. Flowers

unknown.

Sect. II. Beckea. Calyx generally with scarious, smooth segments. Petals ovate,

inclosing the stamens. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 1- or 2-seeded. Fruit crowned by the

calyx. Petals and stamens mostly caducous. (sp. 4-10).

4. B. pinifolia (Brogn. 1. c. p. 19, t. 1, £. 2); branches quite glabrous;

leaves erectly-spreading or recurved, sessile, linear, obtuse, 1-nerved,

quite smooth, coriaceous, flat ; panicle terminal, composed of simple,

linear racemes. Phylica pinifolia, L. fil. suppl. p. 153. Thunb. fl. cap.

p. 202, DC. Prod. 2, p. 73.

Van. a. flowers approximate, as long as the bracteze ; panicle composed of dense

racemes. B. pinifolia, Brogn. Beckea thyrsophora, EB. § Z.! No. 1069.

Var. 8. flowers somewhat distant, shorter than the bractee; panicle composed

of lax racemes. Beckea Africana, Burm, Prod. 12, E. § Z.! No. 1068. Brunia pini-

folia and Linconia tamariscina, E. Meyer.

- Has. Mountains, Olifantsrivier, Clanwilliam, Thunb., E. & Z./ Niven ; var. B.

— ee, E. § Z, ; Dutoitskloof and Ezelsbank, 3-4000f., Drege. (Herb.

Small, erect shrub, branches fastigiate, filiform. ‘Leaves ustulate at the apex,

6-8 lines long, }-1 line wide. Racemes about 6 lines long. Inferior bractea folia-

ceous. Flowers whitish, not a line long. Calyx obtuse. Petals obovate. Fruit

phrase cm teh @ spongeous placenta filling the cavity of the smaller sterile

5. B. cordata (Sond.); branches virgate, villous ; leaves imbricate,

ovate-subcordate, acute or bluntish, pubescent on both sides ; panicle ter-

minal, composed of oblong racemes ; calyx obtuse, glabrous ; fruit rugu-

lose-papillate. Beckea cordata, Burm. Prod. p. 12, E. & Z.! No. 1072.

Phylica imbricata, Thunb, ! fl. Cap. p. 202. B. racemosa, Brogn. l. ¢. p.

18. excl. syn. Linn. et Th.

Has. Mountains, Hottentottsholland near Grietjesgat, E. 4 Z./ Dutoitskloof,

1-4000f., Drege! Oct,—Jan. (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) ‘ ; :

2-3 feet high, branches spreading, brown-purplish, the upper filiform. Leaves

§-nerved, ovate, short, acuminate, villous-ciliate, inferior 6-8 lines long, 4 lines wide,

superior twice smaller. Racemes 4-6 lines long or shorter ; icle leafy, dense or

lax, Flowers about } line long, Mi Agee gms than os teilecton, foliaceous, _

concave and ustulate bractea. Fruit , crowned with the whitish calyx.

Brunia.] BRUNIACE& (Sond.) 315

6. B. racemosa (Sond.) ; branches virgate, glabrous, younger puberu-

lous; leaves erectly-spreading, subimbricate, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceo-

late, obtuse, narrowed or obtuse at base, coriaceous, glabrous ; panicle

terminal, composed of ovate or subglobose racemes; calyx obtuse, gla-

brous ; fruit rugulose, papillate. Phylica racemosa, Thunb.! jl. Cap. p.

202. Beckea laurifolia, E. § Z.! No. 1070. Br. laurifolia, Walp.

Van. B, leaves ovate, obtuse at base, smaller. B. racentosa, E. § Z.! No, 107%.

Has. Mountains, Tulbagh near Waterfall, Thunberg / Puspasvall Lange-

kloof, #. § Z./ Drege, 68 inn Grootvadersbosch, Zey./ bee Var. B, See eave,

RE & Z.! Vanstadensberg, Zeyher / 2225, Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Th., Hm.,

Very like the preceding. [+ differs by the mostly glabrous branches, and smaller,

more oblong, coriaceous leaves, and mostly roundish racemes. Leaves on very short

petioles, about 5-6 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, the upper much smaller and often

recurved. Racemes 1-2 lines ; panicles pyramidal, about an inch long. Flowers and

fruit as in B. cordata,

”, B, villosa (E. Meyer); branches filiform, villous ; leaves petiolate,

etect-spreading, lanceolate, flat, villous and ciliate, with a black mucro ;

spike subglobose, solitary, or loose panicles; calyx acute, villous ; fruit

striate, villous. Raspalia villosa, Presl.

Has. Mount Blaauwberg, on rocks, 4-5000f., Drege. Dec.—Jan. (Herb. Sond.)

Branches long, reddish-brown. Leaves about 3 lines long, 3 line wide, the upper

smaller, not imbricate, but longer than the internodes. Spike headlike, the size of

a small pea, sometimes ovate. Inferior bracts foliaceous, the bracteole half as long

as the calyx. Flowers about } line long, white. Petals obovate-oblong, longer than

the acuminate calyx. Stamens not exserted. Fruit one-seeded, seed oblong, glabrous.

8, B. squalida (Sond.); branches short, villous ; leaves sessile, imbri-

cate, lanceolate, bluntish, concave, glabrous above, villous and ciliate

beneath ; spikes subglobose, terminal, solitary ; calyx subacute, as well

as the ovary, villous. Diosma squalida, E. Meyer.

Has. Dutoitskloof, 2-3000f., Drege. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. Sd.)

‘A small shrub, branches 2—3-chomotous, ultimate about 1 inch long, leafy. Leaves

s-farious, about 2 lines long, with a black mucro, villous, at length glabrous on the

under surface. Spikes the size of a pea, at the top of leafy branches. Inferior bract

foliaceous ; bracteole ovate, villous-barbate, somewhat shorter than the calyx. Flow-

ers whitish, about 3 line long. Limb of the ee shorter than the tube. Petals

obovate, narrowed at the base, longer than the calyx. Stamens notexserted. Ovary

not papillose, 2-celled, cells 1-

9. B, virgata (Brogn. Ll. ¢. p. 20); branches erect, slender, in whorls,

ultimate filiform, fastigiate, tomentose, at length glabrous ; leaves sessile,

closely pressed to the stem, lanceolate-subulate, acute, ustulate at the

apex, channelled, glabrous ; heads of flowers terminal, globose; calyx

and petals obtuse, equal, glabrous as well as the ovary. E.¢ Z./ No. 1065.

Var. B. robustior ; branchlets woolly ; leaves carinate ; heads of flowers larger.

B. verticillata, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p- 206. E. § Z.! No. 1066.

Has. Mountains near Puspasvalley, Swellendam, FE. ¢ Z.! Niven. Var. B, Tul-

‘ter Zonderende, EL. § Z.! Zey.! 2652. Sept. ere Sd.)

flowered, in var. B. twice larger. Flowers whitish, about 1 line long, with 3 bracts,

inferior bractee foliaceous, lateral ones (bracteoles) opposite, cuneate, shorter and

316 BRUNIACEZ (Sond.) [Lonchostoma.

smaller than the flower. Limb of the calyx longer than the tube. Petals obovate-

oblong. Ovary cuneate. :

10. B. staavioides (Sond.) ; branches virgate, 2-3-chotomous, gla-

brous ; leaves petiolate, recurved-spreading, linear, trigonal, obtuse, ustu-

late, mucronulate, glabrous ; heads of flowers terminal and axillary ;

calyx villous, acute, shorter than the glabrous petals; ovary villous. B.

capttellata, LZ. Mey ! non Thunb.! Raspalia capitella, Presl.

Has. Mount Blauwberg, 3-5000f., Drege / Nov. (Herb. D. Sd.)

A slender shrub, very like the preceding, but well distinguished by the trigonal,

recurved leaves and the axillary heads. Branches reddish. Leaves 3-4 lines long,

4 line wide, often bicarinate above. _Petiole adpressed, 4 line long. Heads invol-

ucrated by some short leaves, the size of a small pea, mostly at the tops of very short,

lateral branches, disposed in a leafy raceme. Flowers white, about 4 line long,

Bracteolx setaceous, villous, shorter than the calyx. Petals obovate, narrowed at

base. Stamens included. Ripe fruit glabrous, 1 line long, 1-seeded. Seed oblong,

shining,

Doubtful Species.

B. alopecuroides (Brogn 1. c. p. 19, excl. synon.); branches slender,

glabrous ; leaves subulate, trigonal, acute, smooth, imbricate, incurved,

ustulate at the apex; heads of flowers terminal, ovate-globose, dense,

naked, smaller than a pea; bractez shorter than the flowers ; styles 2.

Has. Cape. (Herb. Burmann, n. v.)

Perhaps the same as Berzelia alopecuroides, but Thunberg’s plant has only one

style, not two.

IV. LONCHOSTOMA, Wickstroem.

Calyx adhering to the half-inferior ovary, 5-cleft. Corolla mono-

petalous, tubular, 5-cleft, segments unguiculate. Stamens 5, very short,

inserted in the mouth of the corolla; anthers oblong, bursting inwards,

2-celled, opening lengthwise, cells diverging at the base. Ovary pubes-

cent, 2-celled, cells 2-ovulate ; ovule pendulous, fixed to the upper part

of dissepiment. Styles 2 or 1. Fruit capsular, dehiscent from the base,

2-4-valved. Seeds 4, ovoid, reticulate, attached by a short, thick funi-

ele; embryo small, orthotropus, in the apex of a copious, fleshy albu-

men ; radicle superior. Wickst. in Kongl. Vetensc. Acad. Handl., St. 2.

1818. Gravenhorstia Nees. Esenb. in Lindl. Introd. Ed. 2, p. 439. Endl.

Gen. 3877, 4606.

Branched shrubs. Leaves alternate, sessile, imbricate, concave, coriaceous.

Flowers axillary, disposed in leafy, oblong, or headlike spikes at the top of the

branches, bibracteate, reddish or rose-colour. Name compounded of Aovxn, a lance,

rab a mouth, alluding to the lance-shaped sepals and petals of one of the

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Calyx-segments and lobes of the corolla ovate, obtuse ... (1) obtusifiorum.

Calyx-segments and lobes of the corolla lanceolate, acute :

Styles 2, filiform, exserted ... 2... (2) acutiflorum.

Soyde: 1, mor 9 5 si sae, > vin (3) monostylis.

1. L. obtusiflorum (Wickstr.! L c. t. 10, f 2); leaves oval, hirsute

beneath, at length glabrescent ; bractes oblong, obtuse, apiculate ; calyx-

segments ovate, obtuse ; limb of the corolla ovate, obtuse ; styles 2, sub-

clavate, included. Passerina pentandra, Thunb.! Prod. p. 76. Gnidia

pentandra, Thunb.! diss. fruct. part. variet. Pp. post. sect. pr. p. 19.

Lineonia.| BRUNIACE (Sond.) 317

Has. Koude Bockevelde, Thunberg, Ekeberg. (Herb. Berg. & Thunb.)

1-2 feet high. Branches terete, mostly trichotomous, glabrous, younger ones hir-

sute. Leaves with a black, incurved mucro, ciliate, glabrous above, 3-3 lines long,

14 line wide. Spike leafy, ovate. Flowers rose-coloured, rather longer than the

leaves. Bracteze ciliate, 1 line long, } line wide, membranaceous at the margins

and with a:pubescent carina. Calyx-segments adpressed to the corolla, imbricate,

ciliate, about 1 line long. Corolla glabrous, 3-4 lines, limb about 1 line long. Sta-

mens not longer than the tube ; anthers oblong, yellow. Style 1 line long.

2. L. acutiflorum (Wickstr.! 1. c.t. 10, f. 1); leaves ovate, hairy

beneath, or glabrescent, bractes cuneiform; calyx-segments lanceolate,

acute ; limb of the corolla ovate-lanceolate, acute ; styles 2, filiform, ex-

serted. DC. Prod.

Has. Cape, Dr. Hornstedt. (Herb. Berg. & Swartz.)

Near the preceding, distinguished by larger leaves and flowers. Leaves ovate,

upper ones ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, with a short, black mucro, the older glabrate,

5-6 lines long, 2~3 lines wide. Spike foliaceous, terminal, headlike ; flowers longer

than the leaves, rose-coloured. Bractew about 14 line long, } line wide. Calyx-

segments 3 lines long. Corolla 6—7 lines, limb about 2 lines long. Stamens a little

exceeding the mouth, filaments 4 line long ; anthers linear. Styles as long as the

corolla, pubescent at base.

3. L. monostylis (Sond.) ; leaves ovate or oblong-lanceolate, hir-

sute beneath, or glabrescent ; bractese linear-setaceous ; calyx-segments

linear-lanceolate ; limb of the corolla ovate-lanceolate, acute ; style 1,

short. Gravenhorstia fastigiata, Nees. Esenb.! in Herb. E. § 4. Lonchost.

acutiflorum, E. § Z.! No. 1084, non Wickstroem. Peliotes detrita, E. Mey.

in Herb. Drege. ;

Has. Mountain sides in Hottentottsholland near Palmietrivier, FE. ¢ 2. § Pappe.

Dutoitskloof, 2~3000f., Drege. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. D., Sd., &e.)

A small, greyish-villous half-shrub, 1-2 feet high, often much-branched, branches

3-chotomous or whorled. ‘Leaves about 3 lines long, 1 line wide, the upper ones

smaller, 5-farious-imbricate, with a black mucro. Spike about 4 inch long. Flowers

exceeding the leaves. Bractes pubescent, 2 lines, calyx-segments about 3 lines long.

Corolla smooth, 4 lines long. limb convolute, as long as the tube. Anthers oblong.

Ovary with 4 ovules. Style about 1 line long ; stigma sublobed. Fruit about

1 line long, crowned by the calyx. Very like L. obtusiflorum.

V. LINCONIA, L.

Calyx adhering to the ovary, with a 5-cleft limb; segments short,

membranaceous, smooth. Petals oblong, convolute, inclosing the

stamens ; cells of anthers diverging at the base ; connective of anthers

with a conical appendage at the top. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled, cells

2-seeded. Styles 2. Fruit bicoccous. Swartz. in Berl. Mag. 1810, p. 85.

Brogn. 1. . p. 26. Endl. Gen. No. 4601.

Heathlike shrubs with numerous, erect, fastigiate branches. ‘Leaves spirally in-

serted on all sides of the branches, spreading or loosely imbricate, on very short

stalks, coriaceous, quite smooth, or a little fringed on the margins, marked with a

prominent nerve, ustulate at the apex. Flowers axillary, in the axils of the upper

leaves, the whole forming a crowded, leafy spike, each flower involucrated by 4 or §

bractex, which are about the length of the calyx. Name in memory of some for-

gotten person ! ae

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. = ae

Lvs. linear, rough-edged. Flowers rather longer than the lvs. ... 1) alopecuro

Lys. oblong, or linear-oblong, smooth-edged. FI. as long as lvs. epee

Lvs, ovate-oblong, rough-edged. FI. rather longer than leaves’ (3) thymifolia.

vt ee BRUNIACEAE (Sond.) [Berardia.

1. L. alopecuroides (L. Mant. p. 216) ; leaves short, petiolate, imbri-

cate or spreading a little, linear, obtuse, ustulate at top, flat or subcana-

liculate above, nerve-keeled beneath, rowghish at the margins ; flowers a

little longer than the leaves ; bractew ovate, acute; petals linear-oblong.

Thunb.! Prod. p. 48. Swartz.! in Berl. Mag. 1810, p. 86,t. 4. DC. Prod.

2, p. 45. Brogn. l. c. p. 27, t. 3, f: 3. L. cuspidata, E. § Z.! No. 1083,

non Swartz. Ericece. No. 318, Herb. E. & Z.

Has. Mountains on Krumrivier, Uitenhage ; Gouritzrivier in Kannaland, George,

Stellenbosch, and Caledon, Thunb.! E. § Z./ Aug.—Dec. (Herb. Th. Hm. Vd. D.Sd.)

About 2 feet high, Ultimate branches glabrous or hairy. Leaves 6-8 lines long,

1 line wide ; petiole } line long. Flowers about 6 lines long. Bractex 4-6, cari-

nate, 3 lines long, ciliate, longer than the calyx. Petals white. Stamens as long as

the petals ; filaments linear, compressed. Ovary glabrous. Fruit about 2 lines long,

2-seeded. Seeds shining, punctulate, 1 line long.

2. L. cuspidata (Swartz.! 1. c. p. 284, t. 7, f. 1) ; leaves short, petio-

late, spreading a little, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the

apex, flat or subcanaliculate above, nerve-keeled beneath, smooth at the

margins ; flowers as long as the leaves; bractez elliptical, equalling

the calyx ; petals oblong. Diosma cuspidata, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 227.

Has. South Africa, Masson in Herb. Thunberg, Niven in Herb. Sond.

A foot or more in height. Petioles persistent. Leaves often recurved, 3—4 lines

long. Flowers 3 lines long. Bractez 4-ciliolate. Calyx-teeth very short. Petals

white, rather longer than the stamens. Distinguished from the preceding by the

smaller svt and flowers, from the following by the more robust habit, twice longer,

thinner leaves.

3. L. thymifolia (Swartz.! 1. c. p. 86, t. 4) ; leaves very short, petiolate,

imbricate-spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the top, flattish

above, nerve-keeled and carinate beneath, rowghish at the margins ;

flowers a little longer than the leaves; bractez elliptic, equalling the

calyx ; petals oblong. Diosma deusta, Thunb.! Ll. ¢. p. 224.

Has. Cape, Masson in Herb. Thunb.! § Swartz. ; mountains, Appelskraal near

River Zonderende, EF. ¢ Z., Zey.! 2651. Sept. (Herb. Holm., Sond.)

A dwarf shrub, much-branched, branchlets crowded. Leaves 14-2 lines long,

# line wide, the upper ovate, about 1 line long. Spike about half an inch long.

Bractee, calyx, and petals as in L. cuspidata.

VI. BERARDIA, Brogn. (expte.)

Calyx adhering to the ovary at the base, but free at the apex, 5-cleft.

Petals 5, free or cohering into a tube at the base. Stamens 5 ; anther

connective without an appendage at the top. Ovary 2-celled ; cells

1-ovuled. Styles 2. Fruit bicoccous. Berardia and Raspalia, Brogn.

lc. Brunve spec. Thunberg.

Small shrubs, with erect, fastigiate branches, alternate, opposite or whorled,

short branchlets. Leaves small, subulate or rhomboid, keeled, close-pressed, cover-

ing the stem on every side, mostly spirally inserted. Heads of flowers solitary, at

the tops of the branches. Ni; in honour of M, Berard, Professor of Chemistry

at Montpelier.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

A. Petals cohering into a tube at base, at length free.

lower bractea twice as long as the flower, segments

of calyx villous ; anthers ovate ... (1) paleacea,

Berardia.| BRUNIACE& (Sond.) 319

lower bractea longer than the flower, segments of

calyx glabrous ; anthers linear-oblong (2) affinis.

B. Petals quite free.

a, macrocephale. Heads large.

Capitula with a common involucre.

heads of flowers turbinate, branches glabrous ...__ (3) levis.

heads of flowers globose, branches villous ... (4) spheerocephala.

Capitula without common involucre ar ..- (5) globosa,

B. microcephale, Heads small.

Stamens enclosed.

lvs. obovate-elliptic, obtuse, convex beneath,

puberous or glabrous att re ... (10) phylicoides,

lvs. rhomb.-ovate, obt.-keeled beneath, glabrous (6) microphylla.

(

lvs. trig.-ovate, acutely-keeled beneath, downy (7) angulata.

lvs. ovate, obtuse, canaliculate beneath, downy

or glabrous... er o> aa .. (8) affinis.

lvys. ovate, mucronulate, canaliculate beneath,

rough, with rigid hairs <5 es ... (9) aspera.

Stamens exserted ... se a sii (11) Dregeana.

1. B. paleacea (Brogn. 1. c. p. 25, t. 3, f. 2); leaves subulate, acute,

short, closely pressed to the stem, glabrous or subciliate, ustulate ; heads

of flowers corymbose; lower bractea twice as long as the flower, subulate,

ciliolate at the base ; segments of calyx shorter than the petals, villous ;

anthers ovate. Brunia paleacea, Berg.! Cap. p. 56. Thunb.! Prod. p. 41.

fi. Cap. p. 206, Willd. 1. ¢. t. 3, f. 1. E. & Z.! No, 1080.

Has. Mountain sides, Hottentottsholland near Palmietrivier, Z. 4 Z./ Zwarte-

berg near Caledon, Zey./ 2649. Dutoitskloof, Drege. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Holm.,

Willd., Sond., &c.)

Shrub 1-2 feet. Leaves sessile, 5-farious, imbricate, subincurved, 1-2 lines long.

Heads the size of a cherry. Exterior leaves of the involucre short, interior 4-6 lines

long. Flowers 2 lines, fruit 1 line long.

2. B. affinis (Brogn. 1. c.) ; leaves subulate, acute, closely pressed to

the branches, glabrous or a little fringed ; lower bractea subulate, gla-

brous, Jonger than the flowers ; segments of calyx shorter than the

petals, glabrous ; anthers linear-oblong. Linconia capitata, Banks-herb.

Has. Cape. (Herb. Banks, n. v.) z

3. B. levis (E. Meyer in Herb. Drege) ; heads of flowers turbinate,

corymbose ; scales of the involucre foliaceous, lanceolate, obtuse, gla-

brous, ciliate, the interior longer than the flowers ; branches glabrous ;

leaves linear-lanceolate, carinate, incurved, glabrous or ciliolate ; seg-

ments of calyx subulate, very villous at the top, shorter than the

spathulate, smooth petals.

Has. Rocky places near Gnadenthal, 3-4000f., Drege. Oct. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Leaves 14-2 lines long. Capitulum about 6 lines long. Leaflets of the involucre

in 5-6 rows, twice as large as those of B. paleacea. Bracteole as long as the petals.

Flowers about 3 lines long. Filaments smooth ; anthers not seen. n reuit smooth,

1 line long ; valves of the cocci at length bifid. —

4, B, spherocephala (Sond.) ; heads of flowers solitary or aggregated,

globose ; involucre shorter than the head; branches villous ; leaves

lanceolate, carinate, ustulate, villous-ciliate at the margins and pubescent

on the nerve; segments of calyx subulate, villous, ustulate, rather shorter

wo - BRUNIACEA (Sond.) [Berardia.

: ;

than the spathulate, smooth petals. Brunia macrocephata, H. Meyer.

non Willd.

Has. Dutoitskloof, 3-4000f., Drege. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. D. Sd.)

_ Arrobust shrub, resembling Brunia levis, Thunb. ; distinguished from the pre-

ceding by the silky pubescence, larger heads, &c. Leaves multifarious-imbricate,

somewhat larger than in B. levis, :4-2 lines long. Flowering heads about an inch

in diameter. Flowers 3 lines long. Bracteole not villous. Stamensexserted. Fruit

dicoccous, valves at length bifid.

5. B. globosa (Sond.) ; heads of flowers solitary, scales of the involu-

ere leafy, cuneate, cuspidate, ciliolate, equalling the flowers; leaves

subulate, trigonal, incurved, acute, ciliate, or glabrous ; bracteole and

segments of calyx ciliolate or subglabrous, a little longer than the

linear-clavate petals. Brunia globosa, Thund.! fl. Cap. p. 205. B. fraga-

rioides, Willd. ! 1. c. p. 128, Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782. Berardia fragariides,

Schlecht. Innn. 6, p. 190. Brun. nodiflora ? Drege, 1908.

Has. Mountains, Hottentottshollandberge near Palmietrivier, £. § Z. Zey. 2650.

(Herb. Th., Hm., D., Sd.) 7

Shrub with the habit of Br. nodiflora, much-branched, upper branches filiform.

Leaves 4~5§-farious, imbricate, 2 lines, in the branches, 1 linelong. Heads the size

of a large nut or a small walnut. Involucres about 3 lines long. Receptacle hairy.

Bractew as long as the calyx, sphacelate at the top. Stamens exserted. Styles 2,

as long as the petals. Fruit dicoccous. Seeds 2, oblong, black.

6. B. microphylla (Sond.) ; branchlets a Little spreading, short, lanate ;

leaves sessile, 4-farious, imbricate, rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, apiculate,

obtuse-keeled, glabrous, the younger ciliolate ; heads of flowers globose,

at base involucrated, petals obovate, smooth ; ovary hairy. Brunia micro-

phylla, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 207. Raspalia microphylla, Brogn. 1. ¢. p. 22,

t. 3, f. 1. H. § Z.! No. 1073. R. teres, E. Meyer.

Has. Interior regions, Thunb. Hottentottsholland near Palmietrivier, £. ¢ Z./

Gnadenthal, 3-4000f., Drege, Krauss. Oct. (Herb. Th., Hm., D., Sd., Vd.)

A foot or more in height ; branches virgate ; ultimate an inch long or shorter.

Leaves 4~1 line long and wide, spirally inserted. Heads woolly, the size of a pea,

solitary or aggregate. Flowers minute. Calyx adherent to the ovary, villous as

well as the bracteole. Petals white, with patent limb. Fruit dicoccous.

7. B. angulata (Sond.) ; branchlets short, secwndate, lanate, leaves

sessile, 4-farious, imbricate, trigonous-ovate, subacute, ustulate, acutely-

keeled, downy, at length glabrate ; heads of flowers globose, at base

involucrated ; petals obovate-oblong, smooth ; ovary very villous. Ras-

pala angulata, L. Meyer. R. struthioloides, Presl.

Has. Rocky places, Gnadenthal and Dutoitskloof, 3-4900f., Drege, 6868. Oct.

(Herb. D., Hik., Sd.) z

Very like the preceding, but distinguished by the more greyish colour, puberous,

acutely-keeled leaves, yellowish flowers, and sins hairy ovary. The leafy branches

are exceedingly acutely 4-angled ; in B. microphylla, blunt, 4-angled.

8. B. affinis { Sond.) ; branchlets somewhat spreading, short, puber.

ous ; leaves sessile, 4-5-farious, imbricate, ovate-obtuse, impressed-canali-

culate beneath, downy, at length glabrate; heads of flowers at base

involucrated ; bractee with long cilia, fringed ; petals glabrous,

Has. Wupperthal, 1500-2000f., Drege, : . (Herb. Sond.

Like B. microphylia, distinguished by ae ta ioe siaataoclite leaves, and

imbriate-villous heads. Ovary pubescent, Stamens not seen.

Staavia. | BRUNIACEE (Sond.) 321

9. B. aspera (Sond.) ; branchlets somewhat spreading, short, hairy ;

leaves short-petiolate, ternate, imbricate, incurvo-adpressed, ovate-oblong,

or ovate, mucronulate, impressed-canaliculate, rough with short, rigid

hairs ; heads of flowers at base involucrated, bractex rigid-ciliate, Ras-

palta aspera, E. Meyer.

Has. Between Kromrivier and Pietersfontein, sandy places. Drege, July. (Hb. Sd.)

Similar to the preceding. Leaves about 1 line long, 3-4 in a whorl. Heads the

size of a pea. Flowers not seen.

10. B. phylicoides (Brogn. 1. c. p. 25); branches dichotomons, woolly-

tomentose ; branchlets short ; leaves sessile, 4—5-farious, imbricate, obo-

vate-elliptical, obtuse, callous, concave, with convolute margins, puberous,

at length glabrous, shining ; heads of flowers solitary or corymbose,

lanate, tomentose, involucrated to the middle; calyx and petals adpressed-

hairy beneath. Brunia passerinoides, Schlecht. Linn. 6, p. 190. E.& Z.!

No. 1064.

Var. 8. robusta; branches more robust, leaves twice larger, obovate-oblong, heads

larger. Brunia phylicoides, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 207. B. deusta, Willd./ 1. ¢. p. 127,

t. 7, f. 2, non Thunb. Phylica squamosa, Willd.! herd.

Has. Mountain sides, Zwarteberg, Caledon, E.G Z.! Var. 8, interior regions,

Thunb. § Niven. Aug. (Herb. Thunb., Willd., Sond.)

A greyish shrub, 2 feet or more in height. Leaves 1 line long or smaller; in var.

8, 2-23 lines long, 1 line wide. Heads the size of a pea, greyish-white, in var. B.

twice as large. Bractee black-apiculate, villous, a little shorter than the flower, the

laterals smaller. Flowers villous, about 14 lines long. Petals oblong. Filaments

smooth. Ovary superior, very villous. Styles-2, short. Fruit dicoccous.

11. B. Dregeana (Sond.) ; silky-pubescent, much-branched, branch-

lets very short; leaves sessile, imbricate, lanceolate, concave, at top

ustulate ; heads of flowers solitary, at base involucrated ; calyx, as well

as the oblong petals, silky beneath. Brunia phylicoides, E. Meyer non

Thunb, ! Raspalia phylicoides, Prest.

Has. Ezelsbank, 3-4000f., Drege. Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Branches brown-purplish, pubescent ; branchlets very leafy. Leaves about 2 lines

long, the upper 1 line long, g inners above, silky-downy beneath. Heads the size of

a pea. Flowers 1 line long. Bracteole setaceous, silky, shorter than the calyx.

Stamens often twice longer than the yellowish petals. Fruit dicoccous.

VIL STAAVIA, Thunb.

Calyx adhering to the bottom of the ovary, free at the top, ending in

5 subulate, callous lobes. Petals free. Ovary half-inferior, 2-celled,

cells 1-seeded, Style simple. Stigma 2-lobed. Fruit dicoccous. Brogn.

Mem. p. 22. Endl. Gen. No. 4599. Bruni spec. Linn.

Small shrubs, with linear, eh pmb which are callous at the apex. Flowers

collected into terminal, disk-like heads, involucrated by numerous, mostly shining,

whitish bractew, which are either longer or shorter than the leaves. Name in memory

of Martin Staaf, a correspondent of Linnzus.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Flowers glutinous... kes ti bi oe ... (1) glutinosa, +

Flowers not glutinous. 4 es

involucre longer than the flowers, coloured : ee

leaves linear ; heads solitary... si a eae

leaves lanceolate, heads aggregated .., vs wes (@) Zoyheri.

VOL. I. - at

322 BRUNIACEH (Sond.) [ Staavia.

involucre shorter or equalling the flowers, leafy or a little

coloured.

capitulum woolly, segments of cal. longer than the petals (4) globosa,

- eapitulum glabrous or a little hairy, segments of calyx

shorter than the petals.

branches glabrous, Ivs. obl.-linear, trigonal, imbricate (3) nuda.

branches puberous, leaves oblong-lanceolate, flat ee ae

ee = ... (8) capitella, }

above, spreading or reflexed

1. S. glutinosa (Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 207) ; branches and leaves quite

smooth ; leaves approximate, erect or spreading, linear, trigonal, obtuse,

callous, mucronulate ; heads of flowers usually solitary, bracteze of in-

volucre erect or stiffly spreading, white, much longer than the flowers ;

flowers agglutinated with resinous juice. Brogn.l.c. p. 22, E. & Z.! 1074.

Herb. Un. itin. No. 766. Brunia glutinosa, Linn. Mant. 210. Berg. Cap.

p. 57- Wendl. coll. 1, t. 22. St. glutinosa ? et glaucescens, E. Meyer. ! om

Herb. Drege.

Has. On Table Mountain. Oct. (Herb. Th., Sd., &c.) i

Shrub 3 feet or more in height. Branches subverticillate, fastigiate, brown-pur-

plish. Leaves small-linear, 6-8 lines long, the uppermost smaller. Petiole adpressed,

1 line long. Heads the size of acherry. Leaflets of the involucre carinate-trigonous,

whitish, at the base greenish, 6 lines long, with a black mucro.

2. 8. radiata (Thunb. 1. c.); young branches and leaves pilose ; leaves

spreading or deflexed, linear-acute, slightly keeled, mucronate ; heads

of flowers corymbose ; bracteas of involucre membranaceous, mucronate,

arched, deflexed, white, a little longer than the flowers. Brogn. 1. c. tab.

2, f. 2. Wendl. t.82. E. § Z.! No. 1075. Herb. Un. itin. No. 767. Zey.!

2 726. Phylica radiata Linn, spec. p. 283. Brunia radiata, L. Mant. p. 209.

bo. Pluk. Mant. t. 452, f. 7. St. pinifolia, Willd. ! 1. ¢. p. 133, t. 3, f. 2

Soe ye I . War. £. ericetorum (E. & Z.!); leaves and headssmaller. Herd. Un. itin. No. 768.

be 28 ae Wak, y. glabrata; branches glabrous, leaves at the base ciliolate or glabrous. S.

Kor Jos Dregeana Presl. St. nuda, E. & Z.!1 1078, ex pte. Drege, 6873.

S _ Branches verticillate, the ultimate short, filiform. Leaves petiolate, 1-14 line

long, } line wide. Heads the size of i : petio! Pi

subglabrous. Style glabrous. TIVGL toon ag Flowers about 1 linelong. Ovary

4. 8, globosa (Sond), Weasschon fastigi i-

— 401 id.) ;_ branck giate, 2-3-chotomous or verti

__ eillate, villous ; leaves lanceolate, nerve-keeled, ciliate at the mar-

ae ee, Sppes witha short, black mucro; heads of flowers solitary, globose,

woolly; involucre imbricate, shorter than the leaves and of the same

_ upper subsessile, subimbricate, 3-2 lines long, slightly concave above. Heads

leaves. Bracteole 2, opposite, setaceous, very villous, as long as the flowers. Petals

wide. Heads globose, the size of a pea. Leaflets of involucre at base ciliate. Bracteo-

Audouinia.] BRUNIACEZ (Sond.) 323

colour, segments of calyx subulate, villous, longer than the petals. Phy-

Lica trichotoma et globosa, Thunb./ fl. Cap. p. 201, 204. P. elongata,

herb. Willd.! St. ciliata, Brogn. 1. c. p. 24, excl. syn.

Has. Sandy places, Thwnberg. Gnadenthal, Herb. Sond. (Herb. Th., Wld., Sd.)

A small shrub with the aspect of a Phylica, 1-2 feet high, erect ; the ultimate

branches 1-2 inches long. Inferior leaves longer, petiolate, the petiole 1 line long ;

the size of asmall cherry. Leaflets of the involucre not different from the upper

obovate-oblong. Stamens short.

5. 8. capitella (Sond.); branches fastigiate, subverticillate, puberous ;

leaves spreading or reflexed, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, apiculate, keeled,

flat above, at the base ciliate, heads of flowers terminal ; interior leaflets

of involucre somewhat spreading, subcolorate, as long as the flowers ; seg-

ments of calyx subulate, hairy, shorter than the petals. Brunia capitella,

Thunb.! fl. Cap. p.206. S. rupestris, nuda (ex pte.) et ciliata, HE. § Z.!

1077, 1078, 1079.

Var. B, composita ; heads of flowers aggregate, forming an ovate spike or corymb.

8. adenandraefolia, E. § Z./ 1076.

Has. Mountain sides near Hemel en Aarde and Klynrivier, Z. § Z.! Zwarteberg,

Caledon, Zey.! 2647. Var. 8. Hauhoeksberge, Stellenbosch, Zwarteberg, #. § Z./

Gnadenthal, Drege, 6855. Aug.—Oct. (Herb. Th., Hm., Hk., D., Sd.)

Habit of S. radiata, 1-3 feet high. Leaves short, petiolate, 14-2 lines long, 4 line

le 2, opposite, setaceous, at top hairy. Petals obovate-oblong. Style 1,

6. 8. Zeyheri (Sond.); branches pubescent; leaves a little spreading,

lanceolate, channelled above, keeled beneath, at the top triquetrous, ustu-

late, glabrous ; heads of flowers aggregated, forming a dense, ovate, or

globose spike ; exterior scales of involucre foliaceous, interior spreading,

coloured, twice as long as the flowers; calyx-segments subglabrous ; petals

at top hairy.

Pe i re on mountains near Appelskraal,{Rivier Zonderende. Zey.! 2648. Sept.

erp, ma. - ‘ sae

Habit of z Phylica or of Stilbe Pinastra, much more robust than the preceding.

Branches subverticillate. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 1 line wide. Petiole adpressed,

1 line long. Spike $-1 inch long, or twice as long and branched at the base. Heads

few-flowered. Exterior scales ciliate at margin, interior yellowish or whitish, chan-

nelled, with a black mucro, at the wider base ciliate. Bracteolz 2, setaceous, hairy,

as long as the flowers. Calyx-segments shorter than the oblong, obtuse petals.

Stamens equalling the calyx. Style 1. Fruit dicoccous.

VIII. AUDOUINIA, Brogn.

Calyx adhering to the ovary, BS segments large, imbricate. Petals

with a long, 2-keeled claw, and a spreading, roundish limb. Stamens

included. Ovary half-inferior, 3-celled; cells 2-ovuled. Style simple, tri-

gonous, terminated by 3 small, papilliform stigmas. Hndl.Gen.N0.4602,

A. heathlike shrub with erect branches and subverticillate, mostly — nae

branchlets. Leaves spirally inserted, sessile, imbricate, linear, trigonous, bis es

beneath, scabrous. Flowers crimson, crowded into oblong, spikelike, terminal heads.

Named in honour of M. Audouinia, a celebrated entomologist. Saag

1, A. capitata (Brogn.].c.p. 28,t. 4,f.1); Z. & Z.! No. 1085.

capitata, Thunb. ! Prod. p. 43. Linn. Mant. p. 210.

VOL, I. oie

324 3 HAMAMELIDEE (Sond.) [Trichocladus.

Has. Mountains between Nordhoek and False Bay, Thunberg ; near Muysenberg,

Simonstown, Hanglipp, and Hemel en Aarde, H. § Z.! Dr. Pappe, Zey.! 2653. April-

Aug. (Herb. Th., Sd., &c.) : :

_ About 2-3 feet high. Leaves 2-4 lines long. Flowers about 4 lines long. ~

IX. THAMNEA, Brogn.

Calyx adhering to the ovary at the base, but free at the apex, divided

into 5 lanceolate, smooth, scarious, imbricate segments. Petals with

2-keeled claws, and an ovate, spreading limb. Stamens included. Ovary

inferior, covered by a fleshy disk, 1- (or 5-2-) celled, many-seeded. Ovule

hanging from the apex of the column. Style simple. Stigma entire.

Endl. No. 4604.

A small shrub with filiform, erect, fastigiate branches. Leaves very small, some-

what rhomboidal, short, blunt-keeled, closely-pressed, spirally inserted ; upper ones

a little longer than the rest, forming an involucre to the flower. Flowers solitary,

terminal, white. Name from @ayvos, a shrub.

1. T. uniflora (Sol. MSS. Brogn. 1. c. p. 30, t. 4, f. 3.)

Has. Cape of Good Hope, Masson in Herb. Banks. (n. v.)

Orper LI]. HAMAMELIDEZ, R. Br.

(By W. Sonper).

Flowers perfect or diclinous, small, regular, in heads or spikes,

Calyx-tube more or less adnate to the ovary ; limb 4~—5-cleft or obso-

lete. Petals 4-5, rarely none, inserted in the throat of the calyx or

epigynous, more or less valvate in estivation, deciduous. Stqmens

usually twice as many as the petals, those opposite to them mostly

sterile ; rarely indefinite ; anthers erect, two-celled, each cell either

opening by an introrse valve, or slitting at the side. Ovary more or

less inferior, 2-celled or incompletely 2-celled; ovules solitary, pen-

dulous from the apex of the dissepiment ; rarely numerous, and then

all but the lowest abortive ; styles 2, distinct or 2 sessile stigmata.

Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, 2-seeded, loculicidal ; or indehiscent nuts.

Seed pendulous, with copious albumen and a straight embryo ; radicle

next the hilum.

Trees or shrubs, natives of North America, China and Japan, India, Persia,

yand 8. Africa. Leaves mostly alternate (opposite in Grubbia), petiolate,

simple, penninerved, entire or toothed. Stipules minute, deciduous. Flowers

small, white or pink, mostly bracteate. This Order is obviously nearly allied to

Saxifragacee and Bruniacese, from both of which it differs in the structure and

dehiscence of the anthers.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

'- I. Trichocladus.— Flowers diclinous, spicate. Petals §, linear-clavate, very long.

Stamens §, alternate with the petals.

“| IL Grubbia, — Flowers perfect, capitate, Petals 4, ovate, minute, hairy. Stamens 8.

I, TRICHOCLADUS, Pers.

Flowers, by abortion, moneecious or dicecious ; the female flowers

apetalous. Calyx 5-cleft, adnate to the base of the ovary, persistent,

with valvate xstivation. Petals s, linear-clavate, (much longer than

Grubbia.] HAMAMELIDEZ (Sond.) 325

the calyx), their margins revolute, valvate in wstivation. Stamens 5,

alternate with the petals; filaments short, fusiform ; anthers erect,

adnate, with valvular dehiscence. Styles 2, spreading. Capsule didy-

mous, 2-celled; endocarp 2-valved, separating from the two-valved

sarcocarp. Seeds solitary, pendulous; embryo orthotropous, lying in

copious, fleshy albumen; cotyledons broadly ovate, flat ; radicle long.

DC. Prod. 4 p. 269. ’

Small shrubs, natives of S. Africa, with opposite or alternate, ovate or oblong

leaves, and densely hairy or pubescent twigs and branches. Flowers white, in dense

os spikes. Name from @pit, a hair, and xAados, a branch :— Hairy-

rancn,

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Branches and leaves opposite ... ... 2... .. ... .. (1) crinitus.

Branches and leaves alternate ... ... ... ... ... ... (2) ellipticus.

1. T. crinitus (Pers. ench. 2 p. 597); branchlets and_ petioles

opposite, hirsute; leaves ovate, acute or acuminate, auriculate or obtuse

at base, glabrous above, densely clothed with brown stellate hairs

_ below, at length glabrate. DC. Prod. 4 p. 269. E. § Z! 2269.

Dahha crinita Thunb.! prod. p. 1, Act. Soc. Hist. nat. Hafn., 2 vol. 1, p.

133,8.4. 7. vittatus Meisn ! in herb. Krauss.

Has. Forests in Houtniquas, Thunberg ; Krakakamma and Vanstadensrivier,

Plettenbergsbay, K’nysna, Grootvadersbosch, E. g Z. Zeyh. 2657. Drege 2311,

Mundt, Alexander Prior, Krauss, Oct.—Jan. (Herb. D. Sond).

Branches slightly compressed. Petioles 4-6 lines long, rarely longer, as well as

the ramuli often blackish villous. Leaves with parallel nerves, prominent on the

under surface, 2-6 inches long, 1-3 inches wide. Head of flowers on short peduncles

many flowered, sphzrical or ovoid, as large as a hazel nut. Male flower: calyx

segments obtuse, hirsute, 1 line long, recurved. Petals (white ?) narrow linear, atten-

uate at base, with involute margins, about § lines long, Stamens 2 lines long, the

erect, mucronulate anthers opening with 2 oblong lateral valves, equalling the thick

filaments. Styles 2, abortive. Female flower: calyx lobes about 1} lines long.

Petals none. Styles 2, divaricate, hirsute at base ; stigma punctiform. Capsule

hairy, about 4 lines long. Séed white, 2} lines long. The specimens collected by

E. & Z., Drege and Mundt. are dicecious, one in Herb. D. has moneecious flowers.

2. T. ellipticus (E. & Z.! 2270), branchlets and petioles alternate,

pubescent ; leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, cuneate at base, glabrous

above, reddish or whitish-tomentose beneath.

Has, In the forests on Bosjesmansrivier, near Philipstown and Balfour, Ceded

Territory, E, § Z., District of George, Mundt., Mrs. F. W. Barber. Drege 2311.

Sept.—Oct. (Herb. D. Sond.)

More slender than the preceding, and distinguished by alternate branches and

tomentose, sublepidate leaves. Petioles 2-3 lines, leaves 2-34 inches long, 34-14

inch wide, shining above. Head of flowers somewhat smaller than in 7. crinitus,

Calyx with shorter lobes ; petals 3-4 lines long ; stamens very short. Female

flower not seen. Capsule 3 lines long. One of the E. Z. specimens has monecious

flowers, the rest is dicecious ?

T. verticillatus (E. & Z. ! 2271) is Bowkeria triphylla, Harv. Thes. Cap.t. 37 (Scro-

phulariacea).

i Il. GRUBBIA, Berg. :

_ Flowers perfect, capitate, in a diphyllous involucre. Calya a

with the ovary ; limb abortive, truncate. Petals 4, epigynous, decidu-

ous, ovate, hairy outside, valvate in sxstivation. Stamens 8, the 4

326 ss AMAMELIDE. (Sond.) [Grubbia.

alternate with the petals rather longer than the others, all slightly

adnate to the base of the petals ; anthers 2-celled, minute, roundish,

opening lengthwise by introrse valves. Ovary inferior, covered by an

annular disc, when young (ex Due) 2-celled, with a single pendulous

ovule in each cell; afterwards, by a rupture of the septum, falsely one-

celled, with an ovule pendulous, as if from the apex of a free central

columnar placenta. Style very short; stigma bifid. Muts laterally

connate, one-seeded, crowned by the disc and style. Seed with a

straight cylindrical embryo, lying in fleshy albumen ; radicle superior,

are longer than the narrow, appressed cotyledons. DC. Prod. XIV.

p. O17.

Small, much branched, South African shrubs, with the habit of Phylica. Branches

opposite, with swollen nodes, as if jointed. Leaves opposite, exstipulate, with

revolute margins. Flowers axillary, minute, three or more united or soldered

together, in a bracteate capitulum. Named in honour of Michael Grubb, a Swe-

dish patron of Botany.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Flower-heads 3-2-flowered : lvs. linear or lin-lanceolate :

Bracts hemispherical, bifid, compressed below :

Branches tomentose or hirsute ; lvs. subsessile ... (1) rosmarinifolia.

Branches minutely downy ; lvs. petiolate ... ... (2) pinifolia.

Bracts ovate, undivided, not compressed bee wis. «p= (3) Rireata.

Flower-heads 15~20-flowered; leaves lanceolate ... ... -.. (4) stricta.

Seo. I. Grubbia. Berg. Klotzsch, Linnza, 1838, p. 378. DC. 1c. Ophira

Burm. non Lam. Fruit, consisting of 3, rarely 2 hard, laterally connate nuts, sur-

rounded by 2 scarious bracts. Flowers externally covered with long white hairs.

1, G. rosmarinifolia (Berg. ! pl. Cap. p. 90, s. 2), branches tomen-

tose or hirsute ; leaves subsessile, inear-lanceolate, with revolute margins,

hairy and scabrous above, tomentose beneath ; bracts hemispherical,

smooth, bifid, compressed below the fissure ; nuts equalling the bracts,

smooth but hairy on the superior margins. Zhunb./ £1. Cap. p. 373-

Ophira stricta L. mant. sec. p. 229.

Has. Mountains near Cape Town, Hottentottsholland, in the districts of Stel-

Peery i a and George, ete. Zeyh. 2654. Drege! 161. Oct.-Jan, (Herb. Holm.

D. Sond.

_ Shrub 1-3 feet high with virgate branches. Branchlets terete or somewhat angled,

hirsute or glabrescent. Leaves opposite or by abortion of branchlets verticillate,

4-5 lines long, 4-1 line wide ; in other specimens 6 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, sub-

cordate or pabanieniite at base, valvate above ; petiole not conspicuous, or at most

}linelong. Flowers sessile, 1 line long. Bracts chestnut-coloured, rather shorter

than the flowers. Fruit 1 line long and thick, about 14 line wide, enclosed by the

bracts, brownish ; disk as well as the margins of the perianth hispid. It varies with

hairy and subglabrous branches, hirsute or subglabrous, but always scabrous leaves.

2. G. pinifolia (Sond.) branches minutely downy ; leaves petiolate,

narrow-linear, obtuse, with revolute margins, glabrous and smooth above,

shortly pubescent beneath ; flowers equalling or shorterthan the petiole ;

berg —— smooth, bifid, compressed below the fissure ;

nuts: .. :

Has. Mountains near Grietjesgat, Stellenb. 2~4000 feet. E.&Z. / Jan. (Herb. Sd.)

Not unlike a small leaved specimen of @. stricta. From the ion a ch

tinguished by the evidently petiolate, very small and longer leaves. Branches

nea nog Leaves 1 inch long, 4 line wide, not dilated at the base ; petiole 1

long. Flowers exactly as in G. rosmarinifolia ; fruit unknown.

CRASSULACE (Harv.) 327

3. G. hirsuta (E. Meyer) branches and leaves villous ; leaves subses-

sile, Zinear-lanceolate, with revolute margins ; flowers longer than the

petiole ; bracts ovate, smoothish, individed, and not compressed, twice or

thrice as short as the minutely pubescent nuts. DC. 1. c.

Has. Mountains in Wupperthal, Drege. (Herb. Sond. D.)

Very like G@. rosmarinifolia but differs’ by, the yellowish appearance and the

adpressed hairs. Branchlets often very short. Leaves 3 lines long, } line wide ;

petiole very short, hispid. Flowers not seen. Fruit compressed, about 14 line

wide, 1 line long and thick, very thinly pubescent on the whole surface.

Src. II. Strobilocarpus. Klotzsh,1.c. p. 380. DC. 1. c. Ophira Lam. ill. s.

293. non Burm. Many hard nuts, united into a subglobose syncarpium, included

at the base by 2 short foliaceous bracts. Flowers externally pubescent.

4, G. stricta (DC. 1. c.) branches quadrangular and striate, adpressed-

hairy ; leaves petiolate, linear-lanceolate, with revolute margins, glab-

rous but tuberculate above, silky-pubescent beneath, ; the lower ones

often much larger, ovate-lanceolate ; syncarpium 15-20-flowered,

ovoid, when ripe globose ; nuts covered with the large, adnate, crus-

taceous disk. Taxus tomentosa. Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 547. Ophira

stricta Herb. Montin. Zeyh. p. 2650. Lam. 1. c. non. Burm. Strobilo-

carpus diversifolius Klotzsch. l.c.. G. latifolia Schnizl. Ic. fam. nat fase.

13, p- 108.

Has. Mountains in the districts of Cape, Stellenbosch, George and Uitenhage.

Oct.Jan. (Herb. Holm. Thunb. Dubl. Sond.)

An erect, greyish shrub ; branches virgate, glabrescent. Leaves 1-14 inches

long, 14-2 lines wide, with prominent middle-nerve ; the lower sometimes 2 inches

long, 5-7 lines wide, and evidently 3-nerved ; green and sulcate on the upper,

yellowish-silky on the under surface ; petiole 1-2 lines long. Flowering syncarpium

2-24 lines long, yellowish. Anthers exactly as in @. rosmarinifolia. Fruit about

3 lines long, hard. Lower bracts acuminate, about 1 line long ; inner ones (2-4)

very minute, fugacious.

Orper LIII. CRASSULACEZ, D. C.

(By W. H. Harvey). |

Flowers perfect, regular. Calya free, usually 5-4-cleft or parted,

(rarely 3-20 parted), the segments imbricate, persistent. Petals in-

serted in the bottom of the calyx, as many as its lobes and alternate

with them, free or more or less cohering in a monopetalous corolla,

long-persistent, imbricate in estivation. Stamens inserted with the

petals, free or adnate to them, as many as the petals and alternate, or

twice as many; filaments subulate ; anthers 2-celled, splitting. Squame

one at the base of each carpel, sometimes wanting. Carpels as many

as the petals and opposite them, mostly distinct, each tapering into a

style. Fruit apocarpous, of several follicles, one or many seeded.

Seeds with a straight, cylindrical embryo, lying in thin fleshy albumen ;

radicle next the hilum. — :

Herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, almost always with succulent stems and

foliage. Leaves opposite or alternate, fleshy, simple, mostly entire, (rarely ternate

or imparipinnate), exstipulate. Flowers very generally in cymes, which are spread-

ing, or dense and subcapitate, sometimes imperfectly umbellate, often corymbose ;

more in racemes or spikes, or axillary and solitary : often showy, crimson,

white or yellow, or of some intermediate colour. A large Order, commonly inhabit-

328 CRASSULACEE (Harv.) [Helophytum.

ing dry places in the warmer temperate zone of the eastern hemisphere ; much

rarer in America ; very abundant in S. Africa. Some of the smaller and less suc-

culent ies are found in marshes and on damp ground, and even floating on

= onds and in rivulets. 1n affinity these plants seem nearly allied to Saxifragacee.

any are cultivated for ornamental purposes.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

Tribe 1. IsosteMoNES. Stamens as many as the petals,

* Sepals and petals 4.

~* ]. Helophytum.—Ovules solitary in each carpel.

** Sepals and petals 5, or rarely 6-9.

'~ | JIT. Dinacria.—Calyx 5-fid, campanulate. Petals clawed, connate at base. Car-

pels with a hornlike crest at the back of each style.

Pt iy. Grammanthes.—Caly« 5-fid, campanulate, Corolla salver-shaped, with a short

in nq .. tube.

’” 5) V, Crassula.—Calyx s—parted, stellate or erect. Petals free or connate at base,

lanceolate or panduriform, sometimes mucronate, or gland-tipped.

VI. Rochea.— Calyx 5-parted or cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, its tube longer than

the calyx. Anthers subsessile in the*throat of the corolla. PL on Ue : wth fre ‘

Tribe 2. DrPLosTEMONES. Stamens twice as many as the petals.

» VII. Cotyledon.—Calyx 5—parted. Corolla 5—lobed.

» VIII. Kalanchoe.—Calyx 4—parted, sepals lanceolate. Corolla 4—lobed.

IX. Bryophyllum.—Calyzx inflated, shortly 4-lobed. Corolla 4—lobed.

I. HELOPHYTUM, E. &. Z.

Calyx 4-cleft or 4-toothed. Petals 4, roundish or obovate, spreading.

Stamens 4, shorter than the petals. Squamee cuneate, truncate. Carpels

4; ovules solitary; style short. ollicles one-seeded. £. § Z. Enum.

p. 288.

Water or marsh plants, with weak, filiform, erect or floating, simple or slightly

branched stems. Leaves opposite, subdistant, linear or spathulate or subrotund.

Flowers axillary, pedicellate, either solitary or in cymules ; small, white. Name

from éAos, a marsh, and vtor, a plant.

TABLE OF THE SPECIES.

____ Stem filiform, slender ; flowers solitary, icelled, axillary. (1) natans.

__ Stem swollen, hollow ; flowers in sbeebs attibe? cymules. (2) inane,

= he natans E. & Z.! 1843); glabrous ; stem filiform, weak, sub-

simple (mostly floating); lower internodes distant, with linear or

spathulate, obtuse or subacute, flat leaves; upper approximate, with

spathulate or obovate or subrotund leaves ; peduncles axillary, one-

flowered, setaceous ; calyx 4-toothed, half as long as the subrotund or

obovate, spreading petals ; stamens shorter than the petals. Crassula

— Th. Cap, p. 281. Tilleea capensis, Linn. f. sup. 129.

‘AR. a. finitans; stems long and floating ; lower leaves linear-el far

a spathulate. Hel. Auitans, EGS! 1844, ex pte oH. cae 1843, bed

Os - filiforme, E. § Z.! 1844, Drege, 6876. Crassula natans, E. Mey. / in Heb.

Var. B. obovata; lower leaves spathulate, u bovate. i

— vatum, B. § 2.1 Drege, 6877, 6878. ° ee fs) . H. fluitans, var. obo-

War. y. amphibia; in marshy places, inundated terrestrial ; stems

: ona ; leaves equalling or exceeding the iateiisdel,- ihe medial and seller iin

Bulliarda.] _ CRASSULACEH (Harv.) 329

squarrose, the upper spathulate ; petals obovate, tapering at base. Hel. reflerum,

EL. § Z. 1 1846. Zey./ 2510, 2513. Drege, 9540.

Var, 5. filiformis; erect or decumbent ; all the leaves linear or linear-oblong.

Bulliarda filiformis, H. § Z. 1850. B. capensis, FE. M. B. elatinoides, E. § Z.

1849. Zey./ 634. Drege 6883.

Has. In marshy places, ponds and ing streams throughout the colony.

(Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth. 2 eee ee :

Varying with the ‘depth of water and its stillness or fluency. The floating leaves

are usually obovate, the submerged linear, and when growing in streams very long

and narrow. Stems 3 inches to 3 feet in length, simple or very remotely branched.

Leaves from 2 lines to upwards of an inch long, and from 4 line to 2 lines wide.

Flowers 1 line wide, white or pale rosy ; the anthers red or dark. Petals very ob-

tuse, concave. Carpels obovate.

2. H. inane (E. & Z.! 1847); glabrous; stem terete, swollen

(hollow ?), subsimple, with distant internodes ; leaves shorter than the

internodes, connate, ovate, ovato-lanceolate, lanceolate or linear, obtuse

or acute, flat; cymules shortly pedunculate ; ; axillary and terminal,

several flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx bluntly 4-lobed, half as

jong as the ovate petals ; stamens shorter than the petals. Crassula

inanis, Thunb. p. 282, non EH. Mey.! Hel. inane, EB. & Z.! 1847.

Drege! 6879. Zey! 2509.

Has. In marshes and ditches near the Zwartkops R., Uit., 2. ¢ Z./ Klein-

Drackenstein, near the Berg River ; and on the Zuureberg, Drege / Grahamstown,

Genl. Bolton! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Stems 6-12 inches long or more, according to the wetness or depth of the marsh,

1-2 lines in diameter, pale or strawcolour, weak. Internodes 1-2 inches apart.

Leaves very variable in length and breadth, but always broader at base than apex,

3 lines to 14 inch long. Cymules on peduncles 2~3 lines long, either corymbulose or

racemulose. There is often, also, from the same axil as the cymule a 1-flowered,

setaceous peduncle. Flowers 1-1} line in diameter, white. Petals very blunt, one

nerved, obovate or spathulate. Carpel oblong, one seeded. Squama cuneate,

truncate. Filaments slender ; anthers subrotund.

II. BULLIARDA, DC.

Calyx 4-lobed or 4—parted. Petals 4, ovate or lanceolate, spreading.

Stamens 4, shorter than the petals. Sqwame linear or cuneate. Car-

pels 43; ovules numerous ; style short ; follicles many-seeded. DC.

Prod. 3 p. 382.

Small, herbaceous plants, mostly annuals, growing in moist places. Stems di-

trichotomous. “Leaves opposite, linear or obovate. Flowers axillary or in terminal

cymes, pedingaes small, white. Name inhonour of M. Bulliard, a French botanist,

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves linear or subulate, acute or subacute :

Calyx short, with very blunt and shallow lobes ... ... (1) Vaillantii.

Calyx as long as petals, with lanceolate, acute lobes ... (2) beep ever 2

Leaves obovate, spathulate or flabelliform, very blunt :

Calyx-segments with sharp in ye ee bli Sr.

Gatys ches with rounded and wide interspaces ‘ (4) alpina, ©

Leaves ovato-lanceolate, acute ; sepals and petals lanceolate (5) Dregei.

1, B, Vaillantii (DC. Pl. Grass, t. 74) ; erect or decumbent,

tomous ; leaves linear or subulate, subacute, patent ; pedicels )

or exceeding the leaves ; calyx half as long as the ovate pt ae

very blunt and shallow lobes. = 7 3 > ee =" 7 ad ak &

634, a. | =.

Has. Margins of small ponds near the Zwartkops River, Uit. Z. g¢ Z.! Var. £.

Buffeljagdrivier, Zey. (Herb. Sd.) ia

_ Annual, 1-2 inches high, densely much branched. Leaves shorter than the inter-

nodes, 2—3 lines long, channelled above. Flowers } line long, white. Leaves in B.

almost setaceous,

2. B. trichotoma (E. & Z.! 1851); spreading, di-trichotomous ; leaves

linear or subulate, subacute, patent; pedicels equalling or exceeding the

leaves ; calyx equalling or exceeding the deltoid petals, deeply 4-parted,

with lanceolate, acute segments. Zey/ 2511, 75/ Drege ! 6883.

Has. Moist places round Table Mt., E. ¢ Z./ Simonstown, C. Wright / 550.

Draakensteensberg, Drege / (Herb. Sd. D.)

Sn small annual, very like the preceding, but readily known by its deeply parted

calyx.

38. B. brevifolia (E.&Z.! 1852) ; spreading, di-trichotomous ; leaves

very short, fleshy, linear-obovate, or subrotund, blunt; pedicels filiform,

much longer than the leaves; calyx 2 as long as the ovate petals, deeply

4-parted, the segments oblong, obtuse, with acute interspaces. Drege,

9884, also Crassula inanis, LE. Mey! (ea pte) in Herb. Drege. Zey! 635.

Has. Wet spots round Capetown, Z. § Z./ Greenpoint, W. H. H. Simons

Bay, C. Wright, 549, 555. (Herb. Sd,, D.. Hk.)

A small annual, 1-3 inches high, much branched from the base ; branches

patent. Internodes much longer than the leaves. Leaves 1~2 lines long, Pedicels

5-6 lines long ; flowers white, 1 line long.

Var. Be subulata; leaves subulate, acute, very slender ; stems decumbent. Zey !

4. B. alpina (Harv.) ; spreading, dichotomous; leaves somewhat

petioled, flat, obovate-spathulate or flabelliform, very obtuse ; pedicels

filiform, about equal to the leaves; calyx somewhat shorter than the

ovate petals, deeply 4-lobed, the lobes oblong, very blunt, roughish,

with rounded interspaces. Petrogeton alpinum, E. & Z.! 1858. Cras-

sula wmbella, HE, Mey ! in Hb. Drege.

Has. Summit of Table Mt., 7. & Z./ Hexrivierskloof, Drege! (Herb. Sd.)

A minute annual, scarcely an inch high. The leaves are broader and flatter than

in B. brevifolia, more obviously petioled, and somewhat longer. The calyx lobes

are separated by rounded sinuses, and rather longer in proportion to the petals.

5. B. =~ (Harv.) ; stem filiform, simple below, dichotomous

above, with distant nodes; leaves ovato-lanceolate, acute, rough-edged,

flat, thin, translucent when dry, veiny ; flowers in a loose, terminal

cyme ; pedicels filiform; calyx about as long as the concave, lanceo-

late, acute petals, deeply 4-parted, the segments lanceolate, acute.

Crassula prostrata, E. Mey! in Herb. Drege.

Has. Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Caffr. Drege! (Herb. Sd. Hk.)

This has quite the aspect of a Crassula, particularly of C. centauroides in minia-

ture. Stems 6-10 inches long, simple for 3 their length ; internodes 1-2 inches

long. Leaves 3-5 lines long, 2-3 wide, with purple veins. Flowers 1-14 line long.

III. DINACRIA, Harv.

Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Petals 5, pighily connate at base, with broad,

erect claws and spreading or recurved limbs, Stamens 5, shorter than

the petals. Carpels 5, pluri-ovulate, each with a short, dorsal horn at

Grammanthes. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 331

the summit, behind the style; styles short, subulate. Sqwame narrow-

cuneate, truncate. ollicles several seeded.

A small annual, trichotomously branched, with distant nodes. Leaves opposite,

obovate or oblong, blunt, fleshy. Cymes corymboso-glomerulate, terminal ; flowers

small, white. The generic name is compounded of ds, two and axpos, a point ;

referring to the apparently forked apex of the carpel, by which this little plant is

known from all others of the Order.

D. filiformis (Harv.) ; Grammanthes jiliformis, E. § Z. ! 1938. Zey!

2517, 637. Crassula capillacea, b. EL. Mey. (excl. litt. a.)

Has. Sandy places, on hill sides near the Tulbagh Waterfall, 2. ¢ Z./ Between

Capetown and Stellenbosch, Dr. Pappe/ River Zonderende, and near Driefonteyn,

Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

Stem 2-3 inches high, trichotomously much branched. Leaves obovate, ovate, or

oblong, 3-4 lines long. Corymbs dense, but all the flowers distinctly pedicellate

1-14 lines long, pale yellow. Limb of the petals elliptic-oblong, blunt. Styles very

short. Habit like that of Crassula glomerata and C. glabra.

IV. GRAMMANTHES, DC.

Calyx campanulate, semi-quinque-fid. Corolla gamopetalous, the

tube equalling the calyx, limb 5-6-lobed, spreading. Stamens 5-6,

adnate to the corolla-tube, shortly exserted. Carpels 5-6, pluri-ovulate,

with subulate styles, Squwame very minute or obsolete. ollicles

many-seeded. DC. Prod. 3. p. 392.

A small, erect, dichotomously branched glabrous and somewhat glaucous annual,

with rigid, filiform stems ; opposite, distant, fleshy, oblong, ovate or sublinear

leaves, and cymoso-paniculate inflorescence. Flowers orange or yellow, or creamy

white, each petal (in the full coloured varieties) with a darker mark shaped like the

letter V ; whence the generic name, from ypaupa, a letter and avOos, a flower.

1. G. gentianoides (DC. Prod. 3. p. 393). Crassula gentianoides,

Lam. Dict. 2 p. 175. C. retrofleca, Thunb. Cap. p. 282. Pluk. Mant.

t. 415. f. 6. ©. dichotoma, Iann. Att. Kew. 1. p. 392.

Var. a. vera; leaves ovate-oblong ; flowers half inch long ; fora: cesar recurved 0

at the point ; limb of the petals ovate-ollong, subacute, one-thi longer than the

stamens. E.G Z./ 1934. G. cesia, E. Mey. and G. flava, b., E. Mey. 0

Var. 8. chlorefiora; leaves oblong or linear ; fl. $~} inch long; calyx-lobes

recurved at point ; limb of the petals ovate-lanceolate, subacute, twice as long as

the stamens. £. ¢ Z./ 1934. Zey. / 652. Ne

Var. y. sebseoides; leaves oblongo-lanceolate or linear; fl. 4-5 lines long ;

calyx-lobes incurved at the point, very short ; limb of the petals broadly lanceolate,

pogo twice as long as the stamens. (. sebeoides, #. & Z./ 1936. G. flava, a.

. Mey. ! ce

Var. 3. media; leaves oblong ; fl. 2-3 lines long ; calyx-lobes erect, very short

and blunt ; limb of the petals ovate-oblong, blunt, twice as long as the stamens.

Zey. | 2572. : Se

Var: ¢. depressa; leaves oblong-linear ; fl. 1-2 lines long ; calyx-lobes erect,

blunt ; limb of the petals ovate-oblong, blunt, } longer than the stamens.

pressa, E. § Z.1 1937. = Oa eee

Has. In sandy ground, throughout the western distries. V2

town, Zwartland, and Groenekloof. Var, 8. Brackfontein,

shore near Hott. Holland. Var. y. Mountains of Tulbas

Zonderende, Zeyher./ Var. e. Swellendam, Mundt. _

z =

932 | | = CRASSULACEE (Harv.) oe [Crassula.

inches ee high, | the smaller 3-2-1 inch. Flowers varying from } inch long to it

on generally yellow, sometimes pale primrose tint. The leaves are 2-8 lines long,

1-4 wide, a pair at each fork of the stem, the upper ones depauperated. The

characters given to the above varieties are by no means constant, and probably in-

termediate stages between all may easily be found.

ss V. CRASSULA, L.

Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft, rarely 6-9 parted, stellate or erect.

Petals 5, (rarely 6-9), free or connate below, spreading or erect, or erect

with recurved points, ovate, obovate, oblong or panduriform, or lanceo-

late, either simple at the apex or mucronate or gland tipped. . Stamens

5 (rarely 6-9) shorter than the petals. Sguame various. Follicles

several seeded. DOC. Prod. 3.p. 383. Also, Septas, Lin. DC. l. c. Glo-

bulea, Haw. DC. p. 390. Curtogyne, Haw. DC. p. 392. Rochea, Sect.

1. Danielia, DC. 1. ¢. p. 393. Sarcolipes, LH. §. Z.! p. 290, Petrogeton,

E£.§ Z.! p.291. Tetraphyle, E. § Z.! p.292. Pyrgosea. BE. § Z.! p.

298. Spheritis, H. § Z.! p. 299. Thisantha, E.§ Z.! p. 302. Ro-

chea, E. & Z.! p. 304.

Shrubby, suffruticose or herbaceous succulents, sometimes annual, very variable

in habit and size. Leaves opposite, very generally connate, broad or narrow, flat

or semiterete, more or less fleshy, entire, rarely petiolate, frequently cartilagineo-

ciliate, either glabrous or pubescent or scaly. Flowers mostly small, white, red or

rarely yellow, in cymes or cymules, sometimes solitary, sometimes subumbellate or

capitate. The petals vary much in shape and in degree of cohesion, and the genus

has (as appears from the copious list of synonyms given above) been subdivided

into sev “ genera ” distinguished one from another by differences in the petals.

The most obvious of the groups of species so segregated are retained in the 6 sec-

tions into which I have divided the genus. I regret being obliged to leave so many

species of older authors undetermined ; but as most of them have been named in

gardens, have never been figured, are not contained in any Herbarium, and have

been scarcely more than indicated by the curt descriptive phrases of Haworth, it is

quite impossible to make them out satisfactorily. Even Thunberg, who describes

57 species in his Flora, has. preserved specimens of but 12 in his Herbarium! The

= name is a diminutive of crassus, thick ; referring to the succulent or fleshy

oliage.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

I. Eu-crassula. Petals ovate, obovate, oblong or lanceolate, but not

pip ie often dorsally mucronulate, spreading or reflexed. (Sp.

I-74).

1, Latifolize—Succulent, branching shrubs, with sessile or subconnate, broad,

- flat, fleshy, glabrous, smooth edged leaves, Cymes stalked, corymbose or panicled.

Leaves connate or subconnate. Calyx-lobes shortly lanceolate.

Lys. roundish-obovate, obtuse, mucronulate ; fl. rosy ... (1) arborescens.

Lvs. narrow-obovate, subacute or acuminate ; fl. white (2) lactea.

Leaves distinct at base, obliquely obovate ; cal-lobes broadly

deltoid ; Mowatt Yodo oe (3) portulacea.

2. Glaucine.—Succulent, subsimple shrubs, with connate, pulverulent-glaucous,

_ falcate or lanceolate, smooth-edged leaves. Cymes corymbose, densely much branched,

Lys. oblong, obliquely faleate, subobtuse ... ... «-» (4) falcata.

Lvs, lanceolate, acuminate, concave above ... ... _. (5) perfoliata.

8. Perfilate.— Slender, branching suffrutices, with connato-perfoliate, roundish or

ovate, smooth-edged or ciliate, labios leaves. Cymes pe :

Lvs. roundish or ovate, smooth-edged ; cymes i

subsessile, dense .., ... vee eseOTY

wee

(6) perfossa.

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.)

Lvs. ovate, acute or acuminate, geese infl.

thyrsoid ... .. ss

Lvs. small, ovato-trigonal, minutely ciliolate ; es

terminal, few flowered... ... Sics

4, Subulares.—Slender, wnat iiss or iui, with connate or subdis-

tinct, fleshy, linear-triquetrous or awlshaped, acute or obtuse, glabrous leaves.

Cymes corymbose, mostly pedunculate.

Lys, linear- -trigonous, 3-4 times as long as thick, very blunt

Lvs. subulate-trigonous or cultrate, acute :

Lys. 2-3 inches long, 3-4 lines thick, closely set ; —

obovate-oblong . oe aoe

Lys. 1—} inches long, Ao lines thick, ‘subdistant :

Lys. flattened on both sides 3

Lys sub-terete or trigonous ; bracts minute, toothlike.

Lys. much longer than internodes ; roe ovate

subacute ... .

Lys. not much exceeding internodes ; petals ob-

long-obovate :

Lvs. subterete or trigonous ; : bracts ‘subulate, ‘acute

Lys. 4 inch long or less, very closely set or imbricate :

Stem dichotomous ; lvs, subulate ; — _—

many flowered ...

Stem dichot. ; lvs. subulate ; ; cymes “subsessile, " few-

flowered...

Stem branched from base ; : lv. “cultrate ; _Pedunele

short, laxly few-flowered ... .. oe

5. Marginales.— Virgate slibediioeas po Se or te Ae laxly leafy.

connate or connato-vaginate, narrow, or oblong, or obovate, cartilagineo-ciliate, the

333.

(7) perforata.

(8) divaricata.

(9) brevifolia.

(10) ramosa,

(14) biplanata,

(11) tetragona.

(13) acutifolia.

(12) fruticulosa,

(15) densifolia.

(16) sarcocaulis.

(17) alpestris.

surface glabrous or sparsely setose. Cymes corymbose or panicled.

Styles << short or scarcely any : (stem simple, virgate).

labrous ; calyx-lobes pear atts Nac flowers aie.

Setose ; cal.-lobes ciliate ; flowers red...

Styles subulate ; stem shrubby or suffruticose :

Lys. narrow-linear or subulate, acute or subacute :

Cymes peduncled ; calyx-lobes short, yee

obtuse ; flowers sm

Cymes subsessile ; ealyaclobes “Janceolate-subulate ; *

petals reflexed au

Lys. oblong, ped or " gpathulate ; stem decum-

bent at base, with ascending, simple branches, glabrous.

Lower leaves 1-1} inch long, 3-4 lines wide

Lower leaves 2-24 inches long, 4-5 lines wide

Lvs. ovate or oblong ; stem erect, simple, scabrous above

Lys. ae: stem diffuse, much branched, =

rous :

Styles subulate ; stem ‘herbaceous, erect or decumbent :

Stem more or less albo-setose or hispid :

Erect ; lvs. obovate, subrotund or ibis blunt ; cal.-

lobes acuminate...

Erect ; lvs. oblongo-lanceolate, ‘subacute ; - cal.-lobes acute

Trailing or decumbent, small ; lvs. subrotund or obovate

Stem quite glabrous, erect, subsimple ; cymes loose, pedunce.

6. Squamulose.—Suffrutices or herbs, mostly branching. Stems and foliage —

be vaginata.

19) rubicunda

(20) cymosa.

(21) flava.

(22) undulata,

(23) dejecta.

(24) albiflora.

(25) rubricaulis.

(26) stachyera.

(28) Meyeri.

(27) lasiantha.

(29) crenulata.

Leaves

—

‘ }

more or less clothed with bristles or inflated hairs, or spreading or reflexed =

hairs, or scabrous. Cymes corymbose, many or few-flowered.

(1) Stem and foliage densely clothed with reflexed flattened

hairs or scales :

Erect, simple, or re, with nine) eae

leaves subulate . ie

°) Sesiuloes.

if?

334 CRASSULACER. (Harv.) ~ [Crassula.

Diffuse or decumbent : ‘

Scales copious, broad ; cymes glomerate, with

subsessile flowers :

Lys. linear-lanceolate ; suffruticose ... ... (31) scabra.

Lys. narrow-linear ; suffruticose ... .. (32) seabrella.

Lys. ovate-oblong or ovate ; stem ‘weak, half

herbaceous “es (34) Dregeana.

Scales fewer and very small ; " cymes ‘corymbose ; ;

flowers pedicellate ... (33) pruinosa.

(2) Stem minutely scabrous ; lvs. narrow, scabrous at back

and

a we much branched, corymbose, many flowered ;

fl. pedicellate ... (35) sediflora. ~

» Cymules simple, 3-5 flowered ; fl. subsessile... .. (36) Whiteheadii

(3) Stem and foliage roughly hispid or albo-pubescent :

Erect, with radicaland cauline, oblong or ovato-lan-

ceolate hispid leaves ae (37) setulosa.

Diffuse, naga nan lvs. short, “ovato-lanceolate

or ovate... (38) lanuginosa.

Erect, dwarf, simple ; - “Tvs. Aeshy, oblong, obtuse ; :

cymes 3-5 flowered (39) exilis.

7. Petiolares.—Succulent salhvckicee: with sais “distinctly petioled, ovate,

cordate or reniform, crenato-serrate or entire leaves. Cymes laxly trichotomous.

Lvs. cordate-reniform, quite entire and smooth at the

margin ae (40) cordata, ~

Lys. broadly | cordate, "crenate = ... (41) spathulata.

Lys. ovate, acute, crenato-serrate, on short petioles ... (42) sarmentosa.

8. Thyrsoidese.—Erect, succulent herbs, with radical, subrosulate, and depauper-

ated or obsolete cauline leaves, Leaves glabrous or ciliate. Cymules many, in an

interrupted thyrsus.

Cymules capitate or very dense, sessile in the axils of short

leafy-bracts :

Rad. leaves oblong or lanceolate, cartilagineo-cili-

ate or smooth-edged__..... .. (43) Turrita.

Rad. leaves cuneate, truncate, bearded with long,

white hairs... --. (45) barbata.

Cymules Joosely corymbose, ii in the axils of leafy bracts ... (44) corymbulosa,

9. Rosulares.—Herbaceous, with rosulate, flat, radical leaves and scapelike

benno imap Leaves cartilagineo-ciliate. Cymes many, in a thyrsus.

runners ; leaves spathulate-obovate or oblong,

obtuse ; fi. subsessile ». «+ (46) orbicularis.

Without runners ; leaves oblongoranceolate, acute ;

pedicellate at ses see (47) Tosularis.

10. Imbrieatze.— Branching efratics, with a imbricated, 4-ranked, short

leaves. Cymes terminal, corymbulose. to

Lvs. deltoid, A fleshy, glaucous ; cymes pedunculate, i

loosely panic] ... (49) deltoidea.

Lys. wart or Seiindcase: ‘flat, ‘with reflexed edges

cymes sessile, 3-8 flowered... ... . .. (48) ericoides.

11. Lycopodioides.—Branching ei teias*s or oe closel red

ly covered throughout

with small or minute, 4-ranked, roles or spreading leaves. Flowers minute,

axillary, either solitary and subsessile, or in axillary fascicles.

Stem woody ; fi. rat or se together, subsessile :

Axils gemmiferous ; leaves loosely j iad bricate, ovate or

subrotund . (51) lycopodioides.

Axils non- gemmiferous ; leaves closely ‘appressed, cor

date-ovate, acute... ‘ ae .(§0) anguina.

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 335

Stem herbaceous, often annual. ; flowers in axillary fascicles :

Lys., sepals, and petals much acuminate or hair pointed (53) campestris. +

Lys. ovate or sublanceolate, acute ; petals oblong, acute (52) muscosa. ¥

Lys. subulate, taper-pointed ; petals oblong, acute ... (54) subulata

Lys. ovato-lanceol. tapering toa blunt point; petalsacute (55) parvula,

Lvs. rough-edged, saeeear raed Ratt eee 3 pe-

tals blunt... .-. +. (56) bergioides.

12, Glomerate.—Much branched, di-trichotomous annuals, rarely perennial, with

small, fleshy leaves. Flowers minute, solitary, or in tufts in the forks of the stem,

and glomerato-corymbulose at the ends of the branches.

Dichotomous, fastigiate ; flowers in the forks solitary :

Lvs. narrow-lanceolate ; cal.-lobes equalling or exceeding

corolla. ... eateee fb glomerata.

Lys. narrow-linear ; cal.-lobes shorter than corolla... (58) glabra.

Di-trichotomous, prostrate, with white, angular and com-

Pia)

pressed branches fy (60) albicaulis.

Irregularly branched ; fl. in “tufts at the nodes of the stem (59) decumbens,

13, Filipedes.—Diffuse or decumbent, weak-stemmed, perennial herbs, with

glabrous or pubescent, membranous or fleshy, entire, leaves. Flowers on slender,

axillary pedicels, the lower solitary, the upper tufted or subumbellate.

Leaves flat or flattish, glabrous.

Lys. linear-lanceolate, convex beneath; calyx-lobes

linear, blunt... - (61) expansa,

Lys. cordate or ovate, or * oblong-obovate cealyzlobes

lanceolate, very acute i

Leaves flat, pubescent.

Lys. ovato-lanceolate, acute ; calyx-lobes very acute,

longer than corolla... (63) brachypetala

Lvs. obovate, obtuse ; calyx-lobes blunt, half as “long .

as the obovate-oblong petals .. (64) diaphana.

Lys. obovate, obtuse ; Rn oe subacute, equalling ;

the ovate, acute petals aye jee awk (65) Sarcolipes. %

Leaves very thick and fleshy, glabrous.

Lys. connate, —— obtuse ; calyx-lobes and petals :

obtuse per i a ac ce (66) peploides.

ae . subglobose or pso salyslobes

3 petals ovate... « s+ «. (67) dasyphylla.

14, Crenato-lobatze.—Slender, weak-stemmed, caaing herbs, with petiolate,

repando-lobate or toothed, glabrous, thin leaves. Flowers loosely cymose or panicled.

Leaves on very | ioles ; flowers loosely cymose.

Lys. Shee? Sone! Lemar Fmt calyx-lobes oblong, ;

very blunt ... . . (68) dentata, .. aq

dentato-lobulate, cal: lobes linear, acute (69) patens. ;

(62) centauroides,

Lys. reniform,

Lvs. subrotund, nearly entire ; ogee blunt ; pe- iis

? dicels very long and thread-like eis ... (70) nivalis.

"Leaves on short or shortish nua subentire ; . flowers in

an interrupted thyrsus (71) nemorosa.

15. Tuberose.—Root tuberous. Stem herbaceous, simple, with proximate leaf-

pairs. Leaves sessile or perfoliate, crenate or subentire. Cymes pedunculate,

panicled or umbellate. Flowers sometimes 6-7-9 merous.

Leaves perfectly confluent into an orbicular, perfoliate dise (72) Umbella.

Leaves ae es fend base only: oe gee |

Lys. roun abelliform ; deme Lal wi =

spreading branches... oe. 3) (58) fabellifolia.

Lys. cordato-reniform ; cymes umbellate or F corymbu pee “

lose ; petals suberect 0... on (74) Saxifrage. —

336 CRASSULACER (Harv.) [Crassula.

Lvs. cuneate at base, roundish-flabelliform ; cymes ;

umbellate ; petals lanceolate, spreading, free... ... (75) Septas. es

Il. Pyramidella—Petals much longer than the calyx, tapering

above into long, lanceolate, channelled points. Leaves imbricated,

4ranked. (Sp. 76-79).

Stem quite simple : ;

Lys. ovate or deltoid, acute, with reflexed margins ; ee

Syies BORG cy oes ses aries ee CE PT

Lys. orbicular, very obtuse, all closely imbricatad ; ;

@esile Lo a a ee 7) CONT,

Lvs. orbicular, the lower closely imbricated, upper

subdistant; cymes subsessile... 2... 0 6-. eee eee

(78) semiorbicu-

laris.

Stem multifid, densely imbricated with broad-based, very :

acute leaves ee ee es. (79) mraltiogps,

III. Spheeritis——Petals panduriform, tapering above into narrow-

subulate, channelled points. (Sp. 80-88).

Inflorescence a single, terminal, corymbose or capitate cyme : .

Virgate, scaberulous ; lvs. subul.-acuminate, serrulate (80) Spheritis. 7p

‘Virgate, cano-puberulous ; lvs. lanceolate-oblong .. (81) incana,

Decumbent, leafy below ; lvs. broadly spathul., ciliate (84) ciliata. ”

Dichotomous, glabrous ; leaves oblong-spathulate,

SINOOCN-CEEd = Sex en Sa ge ee se eee © (89) ellevifolia.

Dwarf, simple ; leaves oblong, obtuse, fleshy ; peduncle

spi wae : (88) hirtipes.

hisid ore eee ee Rec See eee, ee eee le

Inflorescence either a panicle or an interrupted thyrsus :

Virgate, glabrous ; lvs. linear-trigonous, smooth-edged (82) virgata.

Virgate, cano-puberulous ; lvs. lanceolate-oblong (81) incana.

Erect, hispid ; lvs. oblong or obovate, shaggy, with

reflexed bristles rey er 4

Erect, with subrosulate, roundish, hispid, and ciliate

lower leaves eee ee erty a oe ae je

Erect, with subrosulate, oblong-obovate, glabrous,

ciliate leaves Solr ee ie ee

(87) glabrifolia,

IV, Margarella—Petals panduriform, suddenly contracted at the

apex into a gland-like, channelled mucro. (Sp. 89-91).

Lvs. linear-subulate, subacute, punctulate ... ... ... (89) margaritifera

Lys. minute, semiterete, ovate or oblong, scaberulous (go) subaphylla.

Lys. shortly spathulate or obovate, retrorsely hispid (91) biconvexa.

‘V. Pachyacris.—Petals nearly free, lanceolate, with a thickened,

triquetrous, gland-like point. (Sp. 92).

Whole plant densely hispido-pubescent ; lvs. subulate (92) trachysantha.

VI. Globulea—Petals panduriform, having an oblong or ovate,

fleshy gland immediately behind the blunt apex. Suffrutices with

crowded or subrosulate lower leaves, and nearly naked, or barely leafy,

Leaves glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate ... ~ oe C) ?

infl. panicled © :.,

laxly leafy; infl, corymbose

(93) cultrata.

s+ (94) radicans.

‘Crassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 337

Stem obsolete ; radical leaves rosulate, obovate :

or: subrotunids tagid oie so a 05s) 4s (95) platyphylla. :

Lower leaves semiterete-subulate, channelled above :

Lys. subpubescent ek se use oe (8) eels,

Lys. glabrous Be ae kee ses ee AGQY OUTER.

Section I. EU-CRASSULA. (Sp. 1-75.)

1. C. arborescens (Willd. Sp. 1. p. 1554) ; stem tall, shrubby, erect,

terete ; leaves sub-connate, rowndish obovate, obtuse, mucronulate, fleshy,

flat, glaucous, punctate above, glabrous, smooth-edged ; cymes pani-

cled, oblong, pedunculate, trichotomous ; calyx-lobes very short, lan-

ceolate, keeled, glabrous ; petals spreading, slightly connate at base,

lanceolate, acute, mucronate, concave, one-nerved ; styles subulate ;

squamz minute, sessile, obcordate. DC. Prod. 3. p. 383. #. & Z.!

No. 1875. @. Cotyledon, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 384. Jacq. Bot. Misc. t. 19.

Cotyledon arborescens, Mull, Dict.

Has. Among shrubs on the hills near Zwartkops R., Uit. £. 6 Z. / (Herb. Sond).

A large shrub, 8-10 feet high, with robust stems and branches, and fleshy leaves.

Leaves 14-2} inches long, and 1-2 inches wide.. Panicles terminal, 3-6 inches

long, with opposite, spreading, trichotomous branches. Bracts small, fleshy, ovate,

acute. Calyx } or } as long as the stellate rose-red petals. Stamens slightly ad-

nate at base, nearly as long as the petals ; anthers small and short. Carpels tapering.

2. C. lactea (Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 p. 496); stem shrubby, flexuous,

short; leaves connate, narrow-obovate, subacute or acuminate, narrowed

at base, fleshy, flat, glabrous, punctate within the smooth margin ;

cyme panicled, oblong, pedunculate, trichotomous ; calyx-lobes very

short, lanceolate, keeled, glabrous ; petals spreading, nearly free, lan-

ceolate, acute, mucronate, concave, one-nerved; styles subulate; squame

minute, obcordate. DC. Prod.l.c. Pl. Grass. t. 37. Sm. Exot. t. 33. Bot.

Mag. t. 1771. Jacq. Scheenbr. t..430- Thunb. Cap. p. 289. H.§ Z.1 1877.

Has. Among shrubs ; Zoutpanshoogde, near Zwartkops Rivier, Uit., #. § Z. /

(Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

A shrub, 1-2 feet high. Flowers white. Very similar to the preceding in detail,

save that the leaves are narrower, more acute, and taper more at base ; they are

24-3 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, very decidedly connate. Is not this C. argentea, L?

3. C. poe (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 172); stem tall, shrubby, erect,

terete, robust, the branches jointed ; leaves opposite, distinct at base,

obliquely obovate, acute or subacute, fleshy, glabrous, shining, dotted,

smooth-edged ; cyme corymboso-paniculate, trichotomous, shortly pe-

dunculate ; calyx cup-like, its shallow lobes broadly deltoid, glabrous ;

petals nearly free, spreading, oblongo-lanceolate, mucronate, concave ;

styles subulate ; squamz minute, obcordate. DC. Prod.l.c. HE. & Z.!

1876, DO. Pl. Grass. t. 79. C. obliqua, Ait. Cotyledon ovata, Mill.

Dict. C. articulata, Zuc. Zey. 2536.

Has. Among shrubs on the hills and fields near the Zwartkops River, Uit.

E. § Z.1 Aasvogelsberg and Zwaanepoelspoortberg, Drege / 6890. (Heb. Sd.,D.,

Hk. Bth.) re

A large, succulent shrub, 10-12 feet high, much branched. Leaves very thick, —

falling off separately, 1-1} inch long, 3-1 inch wide. Flowers rosy. Calyx very

small, 5 toothed, with wide, shallow spaces between the teeth. The roots are eaten

by the Hottentots under the name “‘'T’Karckay,” Z. ¢ Z.

VOL. 0.

838 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) (Crassula.

4. ©. faleata (Willd. En. 341); stem succulent, suffruticose, simple,

mlverulent; leaves connate at base, thick, glaucous, pulverulent,

oblong, obliquely falcate, subobtuse, the upper-ones degenerating to bracts ;

cyme corymbiform, trichotomous, much branched ; calyx-lobes short,

hispido-canescent, ovate or oblong, blunt ; petals connate at base,

linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, not much longer than the stamens ; styles

subulate ; squame minute. Bot. Mag. t. 2035. Rochea falcata, DC.

Pl. Grass. t.103. Prod. 3 p. 393. EH & Z.! 1944. Larochea falcata,

Haw. Syn. 50. Tratt. Thes. t.20. C. obliqua, Andr. Rep. t. 414.

Has. Hills near Zwartkops R., Uit. and Bothasberg, Grahamstown, E.G Z.!

Drege, 6918. Gent. Bolton, §c. Natal, 1500-300f. Dr. Sutherland! (Heb. 8d.,

D., Hk. &.)

A robust, succulent, suffrutex, densely leafy, the leaves diminishing in size up-

wards. Lower leaves 3-4 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, strongly reflexed. The

surface of leaves and stem is finely granulated or closely and minutely papillate,

giving a frosted appearance ; the branches of panicle and apex of the stem are finely

hispido-pubescent. Flowers bright crimson, rarely white.

5. C. perfoliata (Linn. Sp. 404) ; stem succulent, suffruticose,

simple, pulverulent ; leaves connate at base, thick, glaucous, pulveru-

lent, lanceolate-acuminate, concave above, the upper ones degenerating ;

cyme corymbiform, trichotomous, much branched ; calyx-lobes short,

hispido-canescent, ovato-lanceolate ; petals connate at base, linear-

lanceolate, subobtuse, not much exceeding the stamens ; styles subu-

late ; squame minute. Rochea perfoliata, DC. 1. c. 3.393. EH. & Z.!

1945.

8. albiflora ; flowers white. Pl. Grass. t. 13. Hort. Elth. fig. 113. Mill. ic. t. 108.

Has. Woods near the Zwartkops R., Uit. £.¢ 2./ (Heb. Sd.,D., Hk. &c.)

Very like the preceding except in foliage. Leaves 4—6inches long, erecto-patent,

tapering to a narrow point. Flowers crimson or white.

6. C. perfossa (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 173); stem shrubby, slender, spread-

ing, glabrous ; leaves connato-perfoliate, roundish or ovate, subacute,

thick, glabrous, punctate above, glaucous, smooth-edged ; cymes termi-

nal, subsessile, dense, oblong or globose, with subulate bracts ; calyx-

lobes very short, ovate, glabrous; petals connate at base, oblong,

obtuse, mucronulate ; styles shortly subulate. DC. 1. c. 3 p. 385.

Pl. Grass. t. 25. Jacq. Schoendb, t. 432. EH. § Z.! 1889. C. perfilata,

Scop. C. punctata, Mill., C. coronata, Don.

Has. Among stones, west side of Table Mountain, E. § Z./ Nieuweveld,

between Brakrivier and Uitvlugt, Drege! 6891. (Herb. Sd., Bth.)

Stem 1-2 feet high, woody, dichotomous, the branches short. Leaf pairs close ;

leaves 3-1 inch long, }-} inch wide, very fleshy. Infl. dense. Flowers small.

Petals reflexed or revolute, dorsally mucronulate, sub-panduriform.

7. C. perforata (Linn. f. Suppl. 190) ; stem shrubby, slender, erect,

subsimple ; leaves connato-perfoliate, ovate, acute or acuminate, patent

or squarrose, subdistant, cartilagineo-ciliate, green ; cymes in a long,

interrupted, contracted panicle (thyrsus), the branches corymbose,

dense, with tooth-like bracts ; calyx short, ovate-oblong, glabrous,

keeled ; petals connate at base, oblong, submucronulate ; styles shortly

subulate. Thunb. Cap. p. 287. DC. 1. c. 3. p. 385. HE. & Z. 1 1838.

Zey. 2534. C. Anthurus, E. Mey !

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 339

Has. Woods by the Zwartkops River, Z. § Z./ Camdebosberg and Fish River,

Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

The slender branches are often 2 feet long or more, with subdistant or distant

leaf pairs, glabrous and angular. ‘Leaves scarcely uncial, 4 inch wide, impunctate.

The cartilaginous fringe is generally conspicuous, but sometimes deficient or obso-

lete. Flowers small. Thyrsus 6-12 inches long, its branches 1 inch long.

8. C. divaricata (E. & Z.! 1891); shrubby, much branched from

the base, divaricate, spreading, sub-scaberulous; leaves shorter than

the internodes, patent, connato-perfoliate, small, ovato-trigonal, fleshy,

minutely cartilagineo-ciliate at the margin, acute; cymes terminal,

subsessile, forked, 6-7-flowered ; flowers minutely pedicellate; calyx-

lobes lanceolate, glabrous, keeled ; petals ?

Has. In the Karroo, behind the Langekloof, George, F. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

A small ligneous fruticulus, 3-6 inches high, with a very thick root. Leaves 2-3

lines long, 1-14 wide, horizontal, decussate. Perfect flowers not seen. A single

imperfect specimen only exists in Hb. Ecklon.

9. C. brevifolia (Harv.); stem shrubby, slender, dichotomous,

diffuse ; leaves sub-connate, Linear-trigonous, scarcely longer than the

internodes, very thick, obtuse, flat above, glabrous ; cymes corymbose,

terminal, shortly pedunculate, with tooth-like bracts; calyx-lobes

short, ovate, blunt, fleshy, glabrous; petals spreading, nearly free,

oblong, obtuse, scarcely mucronulate ; styles subulate ; squamez mem-

branous, linear.

Has. Lislap and Springbokkeel, Zeyher / 661. (Herb. Hk., Bth., Sd.)

A small b | foot or more high, with woody stems and short, thick leaves, like

those of a Mesembryanthemum. Leaf-pairs 6-8 lines apart ; leaves 6-8 lines long,

2 lines thick, very blunt. Nearly allied to C. perfossa, but differs in the shape of

the leaves and their less evident connation. Flowers small (and white ’)

10. C. ramosa (Ait ? fide E. & Z.); stem shrubby, branched at

base, diffuse or decumbent ; leaves connato-perfoliate, subulate-trigonous,

much longer than the internodes, very thick, slightly channelled above,

glabrous ; cymes terminal, pedunculate, trichotomous, corymbose,

densely much branched, with toothlike bracts ; calyx-lobes very short,

ovate, blunt, fleshy, glabrous; petals spreading, nearly free, obovate-

oblong, bluntish ; styles subulate ; squamez short, membranous. F. ¢ Z./

1878. DC.? lc p. 384. Rochea perfoliata, var. glaberrima, E. Mey!

in Hb. Drege.

Has. Near Louisfontein, Clanwilliam, 7. § Z./ Between Natvoet and the Ga-

riep, Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

Stem short ? woody at base, closely leafy. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 3-4 lines in

diameter, very fleshy, tapering to a sharpish point. Peduncle 2-3 inches long, di-

trichotomous ; the eyme flat-topped, many flowered. Flowers 1-1} lineslong. I

cannot tell whether or not this be Aiton’s plant ; it does not seem to be Thunberg’s.

My description is taken from Ecklon’s and Drege’s specimens. :

11. C. tetragona (Linn. Sp. 404); stem erect, shrubby, terete,

branched ; leaves decussately sub-connate, subulate-trigonous, much

longer than the internodes, fleshy, flattish above, incurved, acute, glab- —

rous; cyme terminal, pedunculate, corymboso-paniculate, with toothlike ©

bracts; calyx-lobes short, ovate, bluntish, keeled; petals connate at

base, spreading, ovate, subacute ; styles shortly subulate ; squame min-

a3°

“840 CRASSULACEAE (Harv.) [Crassula.

ute, emarginate. DC. 1. c. p. 384. EL. § 2.1 1879. Zey ! 2533. DC. Pl.

Grass. t. 19. :

- Has. Woods near Zwartkops R., and Zoutpanshoodge, Z. § Z./ (Herb. Sd.,

op og feet high, glabrous, corymbosely branched ; branches suberect. Leaf

irs 3-6 lines apart ; leaves 14-1} inch long. 2-24 lines thick, widely spreading at

teas: falcato-incurved. Peduncle 2-3 inches long; panicle much branched, the

divisions densely cymose. Flowers small and white.

12. C. fruticulosa (Linn ?); stem suffruticose, spreading, branching ;

leaves connato-perfoliate, fleshy, subulate, acuminate, glabrous, longer

than the internodes ; cymes terminal, pedunculate, corymbose, with

subulate bracts, few-flowered ; calyx-lobes one-third of petals, broadly

lanceolate, keeled, subacute ; petals connate at base, oblong, subacute,

suberect ; styles subulate. Zey/ Z.n. N.n. H. 109. 2.

Has. Uitenhage? Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.)

This has the foliage nearly of C. acutifolia, but larger flowers and proportionably

longer petals. Flowers white, 2-24 lines long. Leaves an inch or 14 inch long,

shrivelling. The specimens are much broken.

13. C. acutifolia (Lam. Dict. 2. p. 175) ; stem suffruticose, (erect or

decumbent), branching ; leaves opposite, fleshy, tereti-subulate, acute,

patent, glabrous, not much exceeding the internodes ; cymes terminal,

pedunculate, corymboso-paniculate, with toothlike bracts ; calyx-lobes

short, oblong, blunt, thick, keeled; petals connate at base, oblong-

obovate, thin, spreading; styles shortly subulate ; mz minute.

DC. lc. 384. HE. § Z.1 1882. Zey? 2532. Drege .b.

Var. 8. radicans; stem decumbent, rooting, subherbaceous, short ; peduncle

often forked below the cyme. Zey! 2531. Drege! 6907. a. DO. Pl. Grass. t. 2.

Has. Hills, &c., near Zwartkops River, Z. § Z./ both varieties. §. Mountain

rocks near Welgelegen, Drege/ (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) :

The erect form resembles C. tetragona, but is smaller, with shorter leaves ; our

var. B., very like DeCandolle’s figure, is subherbaceous and diffuse, with larger

leaves, Leaves 4-1 inch, in f. 1¢ inch long, thick and fleshy. Peduncles 2-6

inches long. Flowers minute, white, densely crowded, in 8. more lax.

14. C. biplanata (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. p. 186) ; stem suffruticose,

erect, with spreading branches ; leaves suberect, smooth, subulate,

acute, flat on both sides, channelled beneath. DC.1. c. 384.

Has. Cape, Haworth. (Unknown to us), —

I fear to quote Z. § Z.! 1880 (Herb. Sond.) and which looks very like C. acuti-

folia, as it is impossible to say, from the dried specimen, whether or not the leaves

were flat ; they seem to have been fleshy.

15. C. densifolia (Harv.) ; stem suffruticose, dichotomous, fleshy,

with very short internodes ; leaves closely-set, subimbricate, connate,

broadly subulate-trigonous, fleshy, acute, spreading, glabrous ; cymes

terminal, on long peduncles, corymboso-paniculate, with minute, tooth-

like bracts ; calyx-lobes short, ovate, keeled, blunt ; petals slightly

connate, oblong-obovate, spreading; styles shortly subulate. C. bi-

bracteata, E. § Z. 1 1881. (Vix Haw. ?)

Has. Sandy and stony ground on the sides of the Devil’s Mt., Capetown, EZ. § Z.!

(Herb. Sond.)

A small, robust, corymboso-dichotomous undershrub, 8-12 inches high, with very

Crassula. | CRASSULACEH (Harv.) 341

closely placed, shortly subulate leaves. Internodes 2-3 lines long ; leaves 5-6 lines.

Peduncles 3-4 inches long, of 4-5 joints, with very minute bracts. Flowers white,

minute, 1-14 line long.

16, C. sarcocaulis (E. & Z. ! 1684); stem erect, dichotomous, robust,

fleshy, with very short internodes, glabrous or scabrous; leaves sub-

connate, closely set, subulate-trigonous or subterete, glabrous or scab-

rous, subacute ; cymes terminal, subsessile, few flowered, corymbulose,

with toothlike bracts ; calyx-lobes very short, linear, or ovate-oblong,

obtuse, keeled ; petals nearly free, oblongo-spathulate, erect ; stamens

thick ; ovary contracted at base, styles shortly subulate. Drege / 6905.

Zey! 2535.

Var. 8. scaberula; stems, leaves and pedicels scabrous ; flowers white.

Has. Mountain sides near Silo, Z. ¢ Z./ Witbergen, 5000 ft. Drege! Komman-

oe eee 8. Mountain tops in Graaf-Reinet, Mrs. F. W. Barber ! (Herb.

A stout, a little bush, 6-8 inches high, much branched. Leaves 4-6

lines long, spreading. Flowers, in a, rosy ; in 8. white, 2-3 lines long.

17. C. alpestris (Thunb ?) ; stem suffruticose, short, branched, with

short internodes, nearly glabrous; leaves connate, closely set, shortly

cultrate, fleshy, keeled, acute or subacute, glabrous ; cymes shortly

pedunculate, few. flowered, corymbose, with toothlike bracts ; flowers

pedicellate ; calyx-lobes not half as long as corolla, oblong-deltoid,

subacute, keeled, glabrous ; petals oblong, nearly free; styles subulate ;

arginate. Thunb. Cap. 285? jide H. Mey! in

Has. Nieuwe tween Zakrivierspoort and Leeuwenfontein, 3—4000 ft.

Drege! Spitskop, 10,250 ft., Dr. Atherstone! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

» Stems 3-4 inches high, chiefly branched from the base, the branches leafy to an

inch from the summit. Leaves 4-$ inch long, 2-3 lines wide, the narrower ones

subulate. Peduncles 1 inch long or less; cymes little divided, 7=! 2-Hlowered.

Flowers white, 2} lines long. Drege’s specimen lettered ‘‘b.” seems different.

18, C. vaginata (E. & Z.! 1903); stem herbaceous, glabrous, erect,

simple, virgate, leafy ; leaves vaginato-perfolrate, oblongo-lanceolate or

lanceolate, the upper ones gradually smaller and more attenuate, all

flat, carnoso-coriaceous, sparsely pilose or glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate ;

cymes densely corymbose, much branched, subsessile ; calyx-lobes half

as long as corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; petals suberect,

oblong, concave, fleshy ; styles very short and squame minute. C.

ciliata B, acutifolia, H. Mey | Cyrtogyne, sp. n., Benth ! in Pl. Plant, 82.

Has. Near Philipstown, Kat R., 2. ¢ Z./ Between Zandplatt and Komga,

Drege! Near Grahamstown, Col. Peddie / Gen. Bolton! (Herb. Sd., Bth., Hk., D.)

Stem 1-3 feet high, quite simple or merely dichotomous near the summit, glab-

rous or sparsely setulose. Leaf-pairs 1-2 inches apart ; lower leaves 4—6 inches long

upper shorter, the uppermost 1-2 inches long. Cymes very large and flat-topped,

much branched. Flowers 1-2 lines long, bright yellow.

19, C, rubicunda (E. Mey !); stem herbaceous, setose, erect, simple, —

virgate, leafy ; leaves connato-perfoliate, oblongo-lanceolate or lanceo- _

late, acute or acuminate, flat, carnoso-coriaceous, glabrous or setose,

cartilagineo-ciliate ; cymes densely corymbose, much branched, subses-

342 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [Crassula.

sile ; calyx-lobes 3 of corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute, ciliate and

keeled ; petals suberect, oblong, concave, acute, fleshy ; filaments thick ;

styles very short and squamx minute. Also Globulea stricta, E. Mey!

Has. Between the Omtendo and Omsamwubo, and at N atal, Drege / Tkubalo,

Natal, 2000 ft. Dr. Sutherland / (Herb. Sond., Hk.)

Very similar in habit to C. vaginata, but with a rough, sometimes a very rough

stem, closer leaf-pairs, longer and more tapering leaves, ciliated calyces and bright

red flowers. Stem 2-3 feet high, Leaves 4-6-8 inches long. Corymb. 4-6 inches

across, Flowers 2 lines long.

20. C. cymosa (Linn. Mant. 222) ; stem suffruticose, erect, branched

below, glabrous, leafy, the branches long and simple, laxly leafy upwards ;

leaves connato-vaginate, narrow-linear, subacute or obtuse, flattish,

spreading, cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ; cymes pedunculate, forked or

branching, laxly paniculate, with linear bracts ; calyx-lobes short,

ovate-oblong, subobtuse, fleshy, round-backed, glabrous ; petals connate

at base, oblongo-spathulate, subobtuse, revolute ; styles subulate ;

squame truncate. Bergius, Cap. p. 84. Thunb. Cap. p. 284. C. sub-

ulata, E. & Z. ! 1904, not of Thunb! Drege! 6893, 6894.

; Has. Common about Capetown; also near Tulbagh, EZ. ¢ Z./ Drege! §e-

. ; the Zey! 663. (Herb. Sd., Hk., D., Bth.) ‘

i: 1-14 feet high, closely leafy below, laxly above, with several erect, simple bran-

= Kntw Revie ches. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 5 line wide, their common sheath 1-2 lines long.

OF ( Cymes loosely branched ; flowers 2 lines long, white. Bergius’s description, above

, quoted, is full, and very well agrees with our specimens. ;

21. C. flava (Linn. Mant.); stem suffrutic

branched below, glabrous, leafy, virgate ; leaves co: ato-va

ceolate or subulate, acute or acuminate, flat, erect, longer than the inter-

nodes, cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ; cymes subsessile, forked, much

branched, corymboso-paniculate or fasciculate, with subulate bracts ;

calyx-lobes lanceolato-subulate, acute, keeled, scabrid-edged ; petals

nearly free, spathulate, erecto-patent or recurved, mucronulate ; styles —

subulate. Rochea flava, DC. Curtogyne flava, EB. & Z. leig42 & C.

: - Burmanniana, E. & Z.! 1 943. (C. virgata, E. Mey! il ,

; Tie Villu Lic Bap ile Ene Capetown, &c., common. Klynriversberg, Z. ¢ Z./ (Herb.

Bath Now| ‘1-2 feet high, robust, often quite simple ; the branches, when present, are erect

a and bintirnataa: & upwards, Leaves 14-2 inches long, 2-4 lines wide below,

Coonan prelim vymes dense. Flowers creamy yellow, the corolla 4 longer

ioe than the ‘YX, Scarcely hypocrateriform, 3-4 lines long.

22. C. undulata (Haw. Syn. 53); stem suffruticose, flexuous, or at

base decumbent, then ascending, with erect, simple branches, laxly

leafy upwards; leaves connato-vaginate, oblong or oblongo-spathulate, the

lower broadest, obtuse, flat, spreading, cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ;

cymes sub-pedunculate, forked, much branched, corymboso-panicu-

late, with linear bracts ; ealyx-lobes 4 as long as petals, lanceolate,

acute, keeled, glabrous ; petals shortly connate, spathulate, erecto-

patent or recurved, mucronate ; styles subulate. Curtogyne undulata,

DC. c. p. 392. Bod Zt 1940. - Zey ! 2884,

_* Has. Base of the mountains round Ca . (Herb.

‘84. Hk., D., Beh.) Bier soos nen eget a

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 343

Woody and commonly decumbent at base, throwing up many erect branches ;

the barren branches closely leafy with broad leaves, the flowering laxly leafy.

Lower leaves 1-14 inch long, 3-4 lines wide ; upper 4—} inch long, 2-1 lines wide.

Cymes much branched ; flowers creamy white, 3-4 lines long. Closely resembles

.* the following, but is smaller in all its parts.

23. C. dejecta (Jacq. Schoenbr. t. 433); stem suffruticose, branched

at base or simple, ascending-erect, tall, robust, densely leafy below, laxly

leafyupwards; leaves connate, broadly oblong or tongue-shaped, obtuse,

flat, spreading, cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous; cymes sub-pedunculate,

forked, much branched, corymboso-paniculate, with linear oblong-bracts ;

calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceolate, acute, keeled, glabrous ; petals nearly

free, oblongo-lanceolate, erecto-patent or recurved, mucronate ; styles

subulate. C. undata, Haw. Suppl. Curtogyne dejecta, DC. 1. ¢. 392.

E. & Z.! 1939. Zey! 668.

Has. Near Tulbagh Waterfall, Z. § Z./ Riebeckskasteel and Rhinosterkloof,

Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

Stems 2 feet high, robust, surculi densely leafy. Leaves tongue-shaped, the lower

ones 2~—24 inches long, 4-5 lines wide ; the upper shorter, but scarcely narrower.

Cyme much branched, flat-topped. Flowers creamy white, 3-4 lines long. Like a

very luxuriant form of the preceding.

24. C, albiflora (Bot. Mag. t. 2391); stem succulent, suffruticose,

simple, mostly glabrous except under the uppermost nodes ; leaves con-

nate at base, ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse, spreading, glabrous, cartila-

- gineo-ciliate ; cyme corymbiform, densely much branched with scab-

~-rous branches ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, glabrous, smooth-edged ;

petals slightly connate at base, linear oblong, dorsally mucronate, not

much exceeding the staniéns; styles subulate; squamz minute. o-

chea albiflora, DC.»Prod. 3. p. 393. E.§ Z! 1941. C. dejecta, Drege !

Has. Frenchhock and Drackenstein, EZ. § Z./ Verreauc. Tulbaghskloof, Zey/(Q -* :

669. Paarl. Rev. W. Elliott, (Herb. eC, Hook, Sd.) ~ Y Qosmed | mi 3

Stem robust, 1-2 feet high, densely leafy ; with reflexed, appressed bristles be- nD inne Bove

neath the uppermost nodes, sometimes scabrous throughout. Leaves decidedly te he Fi 4j-

connate, 1-14 inch long, 4-3 inch wide, squarrose. Cyme very dense, flat-topped, “ ;

3-5 inches wide. Flowers white, 4—5 lines long, calyx 4 as long as petals.

25. C. rubricaulis (E. & Z.! 1892); stem suffruticose, flexuous,

diffuse, branching, closely leafy below, laxly leafy upwards, glabrous ;

‘leaves connate, shortly-obovate, narrowed at base, obtuse, the uppermost

oblongo-spathulate, minutely cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ; cymes sub-

pedunculate, trichotomous, corymboso-paniculate, lax, with linear

bracts ; calyx-lobes two-thirds of corolla, keeled, ovato-lanceolate, rough-

edged ; petals nearly free, obovato-spathulate, subacute, erecto-patent ;

styles conniving, shortly subulate.

Has. Stony places, on the Vanstaadensberg, FE. ¢ Z./ erb. Sond., Hook).

6-12 ineher’ high, much branched and ose or aS sister gatacn or ae

rous. Leaves scarcely inch long, 6-7 lines wide above the middle, their fringe very

short and fine. Flowers short, 2 lines long.

26. C. stachyera (E. & Z.! 1897); stem herbaceous, erect, simple, —

(or branched from the base), albo-hirsute, leafy throughout ; leaves sub- _

connate, the lower broadly obovate or subrotund, the upper elliptic-

oblong or oblong, all subobtuse, flat, thinnish, densely cartilagineo-

tee 2 - GRASSULACEE (Harv.) (Crassula.

ciliate, glabrous or sparsely hispid ; cymules densely few flowered,

disposed either in a long, leafy spike or interruptedly corymbulose, with

oblong bracts ; calyx-lobes nearly equalling corolla, lanceolate acumi-

nate, keeled, rough-edged ; petals suberect, connate at base, oblongo-

spathulate, subapiculate, styles shortly subulate.

Var. f. rotundifolia ; leaves subrotund ; cymules inalax raceme. 0. perforata,

E. Mey! in Herb. Drege, non Thunb. :

Var. y. pulchella; dwarf, 2-3 inches high ; leaves 3-4 lines long; cymes

corymbose ; calyx % of corolla.

Has. Wet places on the Winterberg, FZ. G Z./ Somerset, Dr. Atherstone, 172.

Maasstrom, H. Hutton. 8. at Enon, Drege / ‘y. Rovelo-hills, Natal, Dr. Suther-

land! in Herb. Hook. (Herb. Sond., Hk., D.)

Stem 6-12 inches high or more. Leaf-pairs 1-14 inch apart. Leaves about

inch long, $ inch wide, the uppermost narrower and gradually shorter, when dry

membranous and pellucid. The inflorescence varies from a dense spike to a broken

corymb ; the flowers are subsessile, or very short-stalked, white, 2-3 lines long.

Drege s 6888, without flowers, may be a dwarf state of this species ; or may be an

allied and undescribed one.

27. C. lasiantha (E. Mey. !) ; stem slender, herbaceous, trailing or

decumbent, albo-setose, leafy throughout ; leaves opposite, subrotund

or broadly obovate, very obtuse, thin and flat, densely cartilagineo-

ciliate, glabrous, or the upper ones setose ; cymes shortly pedunculate, —

corymbose ; flowers subsessile ; calyx-lobes linear, subcarinate, covered

with white bristles ; petals connate at base, one-nerved, apiculate ;

styles shortly subulate ; squamee emarginate. ;

Haz. Winterhoeksberg, Drege/ (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) ~~

Stem 6-8 inches or more long, slender; branched, flexuous ; the leaf-pairs scarcely

4 inch apart. Leaves 4-6 lines long, “3-4 lines wide, bordered with white bristles.

Flowers small, in dense corymbose fascicles. Near C. stachyera but differs in

habit, inflorescence, and calyx. _”

28. C. Meyeri (Harv.); siem herbaceous, erect, retrorsely pilose ;

leaves opposite, longer than the internodes, spreading, oblongo-lanceo-

late, subacute, flat, thinnish, densely cartilagineo-ciliate, glabrous ;

cymules densely many-flowered, fasciculate, disposed in a leafy ,raceme,

each fascicle shortly pedunculate, with oblong bracts ; calyx-lobés half

as long as the recurved corolla, lanceolate, rough at edge and keel ;

petals nearly free, oblongo-spathulate, mucronulate ; styles shortly sub-

ulate ; squame minute, waxy. C. capitellata, E. Mey. ! in Herb.

Drege, viz Linn.

Has. Between the Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Sond.)

Stem a foot or more in height, simple? as thick as a goose-quill, tapering up-

wards, leafy throughout ; the internodes about 4 inch apart, more or less hispid

with long, swollen bristles. Leaves 14-1} inch long, 3-4 lines wide, membrana-

ceous when dry. Flowers white, 2-3 lines long. This does not agree with the

character given of C. capitellata, Linn. & Thunb.

29. C. crenulata (Linn. 1%); stem herbaceous, erect, subsimple,

glabrous ; leaves opposite, oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed or

attenuated at base, the lower much longer than the internodes, the

upper degenerating, flat, thinnish, glabrous, finely cartilagineo-crenu-

late, the crenatures papillate ; cymes pedunculate, trichotomous, laxly

corymbose, much branched, with tooth-like bracts; calyx-lobes very,

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 345

short, acute, glabrous, margined ; petals nearly free, oblongo-spathu-

late, mucronate, scarcely exceeding the stamens; styles subulate ;

squame very small. DC. ? 1. ¢. p. 388. Thunb. Cap. p. 287%

Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uit. C. Zeyher! 2530. (Herb. Sd., D., Bth., Hk.)

A tall, subsimple (?) succulent herb, 2 feet high or more. Lower leaf-pairs an

inch apart, upper 2-3 inches. Leaves 3-4 inches long, } inch wide, membranous

when dry, shrinking ; the margin minutely crenato-denticulate. Cyme at length

4 inches in diameter, fiat-topped, with long pedicels. The naked part of the stem

or peduncle is 6-8 inches long, with a single pair of depauperated leaves in the

middle.

30. C. squamulosa (Willd.? Suppl. 15); stem suffruticose, erect,

branching, corymbose, retrorsely scaly ; leaves connate-perfoliate, subu-

late-attenuate, squarrose, channelled, retrorsely scaly ; cymes subsessile,

densely corymbose, the lower flowers stalked, upper subsessile ; bracts

subulate ; calyx-lobes 4 of corolla, linear-lanceolate, acute, retrorsely

scaly ; petals connate at base, lanceolate-spathulate, mucronate, spread-

ing or revolute ; styles subulate, equalling the roughish ovary. DC.

lc. 385. H. § Z./ 1885. Globulea mesembryanthoides, E, Mey. | in Herb.

— Drege!

~. Hap. Tulbagh Waterfall and Winterhoek, E. § Z./ Gamke River, 666, and

Riebeckskasteel, Zey/ 667. Between the Paarl and Pont, near the Berg River,

Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.)

1-14 foot high, erect, with virgate, simple branches. Leaf-pairs nearly an inch

apart, the bases of the leaves forming a cup round the stem ; leaves 1-14 inch long, *.

erect at the insertion, curving back and often revolute. Cymes 2-3 inchesindia-

meter. Flowers white (2) 4-5 lines long.

31. C. scabra (Linn. Sp. 405); stem suffruticose, ascending or

diffuse, terete, branched, retrorsely scaly ; leaves subconnate, patent or

reflexed, linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, retrorsely scaly on both sides, the

uppermost degenerating ; cymes subsessile, corymboso-fasciculate, with

subulate bracts and subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes half as long as the

corolla, ovato-lanceolate, mucronate,-retrorsely scaly or glabrate ; petals

connate at base, linear-oblong, subspathulate, recurved or revolute, sub-

mucronulate ; styles subulate, ovaries rough. DC. l.c. p. 384. H.& Z.!

1886. Dil. Hlth. fig. 117.

Has. Hillsidesround Capetown, £. ¢ Z./ Villett. W.H.H. $c, (Herb. Sd. D. Hk.)

A foot high, flexuous or spreading, branched near the base, every part densely _

clothed with reflexed, whitish, membranous, swollen hairs or linear scales. Leaves —

3-1 inch long, 2 lines wide, horizontal or squarrose. Cymes almost capitate. —

Corolla 3 lines long or more, revolute, white (?). Calyx sometimes quite smooth ! ©

$1. C. scabrella (Haw. ? rev. suc. 11); stem suffruticose, flexuous, =

diffuse, slender, terete, much branched, retrorsely scaly ; leaves sub- —

connate, patent or squarrose, narrow-linear, acute, channelled, retrorsely

scaly ; cymes subsessile, few-flowered, corymboso-fasciculate, with sul

ulate bracts and subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceols

mucronate, retrorsely scaly ; petals connate at base, spathulate, rect

or revolute, apiculate ; styles subulate. DC.l.c. 384. £.&Z.

_ _Has, Sandy places at the foot of Table Mt., #. & Z./ WAH.

| 346 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [ Crassula.

$3. C. pruinosa (Linn. Mant. 60) ; stem suffruticose, slender, dicho-

tomous, retrorsely squamulose ; leaves subconnate, patent, linear-sub-

ulate, subtrigonous, laxly squamulose ; cymes subsessile, few-flowered,

corymbulose, with subulate bracts and pedicellate flowers ; calyx-lobes

half as long as corolla, linear-lanceolate, sparsely scabrous ; petals linear-

spathulate, recurved or revolute ; mucronulate ; styles subulate, Zey/

665. Drege! 6906.

Has. At the 24 Rivers, Zeyher’ Boschkloof and Blauwberg, Drege/ (Herb.

Sd., Hk., Bth.)

A much branched, corymbose, laxly and minutely scaly suffrutex, 6-12 inches

high ; the level topped branches ending in small cymes of 3-6-8 pedicellate flowers.

Leaves }-} inch long, slender, scarcely equalling the internodes. Pedicels 2-3

lines long ; corolla 5 lines, hypocrateriform or revolute (cream coloured ?), Less

scaly than C. scabrella, with a different inflorescence and much larger flowers.

34. C. Dregeana (Harv.) ; stem sub-herbaceous, slender, diffuse,

branching, retrorsely hispido-squamose ; leaves connate, patent, short,

ovate-oblong or ovate, subacute, fiat, retrorsely squamose ; cymes sessile,

few-flowered, capitate, with subulate bracts and subsessile flowers ;

calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, lanceolate, acute, ciliate at back and keel;

petals oblong, mucronate, recurved; styles subulate ; squame minute,

emarginate. C. sqywamulosa, E. Mey. ! in Herb. Drege.

Has. Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D., Bth.)

A slender, weak-growing species with leaves, proportionately broader and shorter

than others of this group, and small headlike tufts of whitish flowers. Leaves 3-4

lines long, 2-24 broad, horizontal, Heads 3-6-8-flowered. Corolla 3-4 lines long.

35. C. sediflora (E. & Z.!); stem suffruticose, diffuse or decumbent,

with ascending branches, minutely scaberulous ; leaves connate, patent,

Linear-lanceolate, flat, subconcave above, thinnish, subobtuse, scabrous at

back and margins ; cymes subsessile, much branched, corymbose, with

subulate or toothlike bracts and pedicellate flowers ; calyx lobes 4 of

corolla, lanceolate, glabrous, fleshy, keeled; petals connate at base,

oblong, blunt or submucronulate, spreading ; styles shortly subulate ;

Squamez small, fleshy. Pyrgosea sediflora, E. & Z.! 1909.

Has. Sides of Kat River, Berg. E. § Z.! (Herb. Sd., D.) :

stemmed, forming wide patches ; stems 1-2 feet long, the erect, lateral

branches 4-6 inches long, leafy to the summit. Leaves squarrose, 6-8 lines long,

i — green. Flowers small, 1-14 line long, white. Scarzely belonging to

36. C, Whiteheadii (Harv.) ; stem suffruticose, erect, somewhat

Sastigiately much branched, terete, minutely albo-strigillose ; leaves sub-

connate, erecto-patent, shorter than the internodes, the lower linear, the

upper shorter and broader, sub-ovate, all keeled or trigonous, ciliate at

the margin, otherwise glabrous or sparsely hispidulous ; cymules sessile,

3-5 flowered, corymbose, with tooth-like bracts and subsessile flowers :

calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, ovate-oblong, subacute, keeled, ciliate and his-

pidulous ; petals connate, oblong-subpanduriform, recurved or revolute ;

styles shortly subulate. #

Has. Ezel’s Fonteyn, Namaqualand, Rev, H. Whitehead ! (Herb. D., Sd.)

Stems woody, 4-6 inches high, much branched below, all the branches erect and

Crassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 347

level-topped, reddish-brown. Leaves 13-24 lines long, 4 line wide, mostly shorter

than the internodes. Cymules ending all the branches. Flowers 2 lines long, white.

37, C. setulosa (Harv.); stem herbaceous, erect, subsimple, rigidly

hispid, leaf-pairs subdistant ; lower leaves oblong or obovate, upper

_ovato-lanceolate, all membranous, rigidly hispid on one or both sur-

faces and ciliate, (or glabrous except the margin) ; cymes corymboso-

paniculate, many flowered ; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, § of suberect

corolla, ciliate with or without dorsal bristles ; petals sub-connate at

base, oblong, concave, contracted in the middle ; styles shortly subu-

late ; scales minute. Zey./ 650.

Has. Doornkop, Burke § Zeyher! 401 (650). (Herb. Hk., Sd., D., Bth.)

- Radical leaves subrosulate, 2-4 pairs close together. Stems 4-8 inches high, one

or more froma the same root, simple or branched near the base. Panicle trichoto-

mous or forked, spreading ; its divisions densely corymbose. Flowers 1-1} line

long, white. The whole plant generally clothed with spreading bristles ; but the

larger leaves sometimes quite bare ; sometimes clothed on one side only.

38. C. lanuginosa (Harv.); herbaceous, diffuse, branching, clothed

with short, patent, white pubescence ; leaf-pairs lax ; leaves sub-distinct,

short, ovato-lanceolate or ovate, acute, sub-oblique, spreading ; cymes

terminal, subsessile, few flowered, forked ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx-

lobes lanceolate, acute, strigose ; petals one-third longer than the calyx,

connate at base, oblong, contracted at the sides ; stigma subsessile.

C. strigosa, Drege, non L. & C. 6901. Drege.

Has. Gaatje, near the Stormberg, 5000f. and Nieuwe Hantam, 4500-5000f.

Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.) i

A small, branching, weak-stemmed plant, 3-6 inches long, everywhere equally

albo-pubescent. ‘Leaves 3-4 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, when dry somewhat cultri-

form. Peduncle very short, once or twice forking or unilaterally cymose ; the cyme

6—12-flowered. Flowers 1 line long,

39. C. exilis (Harv.); stem short, erect, succulent, simple, closely

leafy, scabrous ; leaves connate at base, oblong, very thick and fleshy,

blunt, minutely scabro-pubescent ; peduneles terminal, short, slender,

pubescent, bearing a 3-5-flowered, corymbulose cyme ; flowers subses-

sile ; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, blunt, pubescent, half as long as the ©

recurved, obovate petals ; styles subulate ; squamz minute, fleshy.

Has, Namaqualand, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. T.C.D.) :

Bi ao one or several from i same ard — — +s lines in —

-pai Bee ae apart. ves » 2 es wide, a n pi-

pear ine “a but pa oe ower stem Sak ae ean high ;

flowers 1} line long, white. Remarkable for the disproportion between its clumsy

stems and fleshy leaves, and the slender peduncle and small size.

styles subulate; squame minute. DC.0 c. 3,

PL Grass. t. 121. Jacq. Scheenb. t. 431. Willd. Sp. 1, p. 153

C. perfossa, HL. Mey. / in Herb. Drege. 2 gi

348 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [ Crassula.

Has. Among shrubs, &c., near the Zwartkops R., Uit., F.g Z.! Zey. / 2528.

Near the Fish R., and Glenfilling, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth.)

A slender, succulent, shrubby-plant, 1-3 feet high, erect or diffuse, sometimes

rooting at the nodes. Leaf-pairs 4-1 inch apart ; petioles 2-8 lines long, cuneate ;

leaves 3-1 inch in diameter, conspicuously dotted. Panicles very lax, on longish,

terminal peduncles. Flowers small, white.

41. C. spathulata (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 293); stem suffruticose, slen-

der and weak, spreading, branched below ; branches long and simple,

4-angled; leaves opposite, petiolate, broadly cordate, subacute, cuneate

at base, glabrous, crenate ; cymes pedunculate, corymboso-paniculate,

di-trichotomous, with tooth-like bracts; calyx-lobes very short, glab-

rous, oblongo-lanceolate, keeled ; petals free, spreading, lanceolate ;

styles subulate ; squame minute. DC. 1. c.p. 386. Pl. Grass. t. 49. L.

4.! 1899. Zey.! 2529. C. lucida Lam. ©. cordata, Lodd. Cab. t. 359.

Has. Shrubby places near the Zwartkops R., E. ¢ Z.! Zoutpanshoodge and

near the Bushman’s R., Zeyher / (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.)

_ More slender and trailing than the preceding, with a shorter, more corymbose,

and denser panicle, and readily known by the crenate leaves. Flowers fle#h-coloured.

42. C. sarmentosa (Harv.) ; stem suffruticose, sarmentose, trailing

or climbing, very long, simple ; leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, the

uppermost subsessile, ovate, acute, glabrous, shining, crenato-serrate ;

cymes subsessile, laxly panicled, trichotomous, with linear bracts ;

calyx-lobes very short, lanceolate, cartilage-edged ; petals nearly free,

spreading, linear-lanceolate, acute ; styles subulate, attenuate ; squamz

minute. C. ovata, H. Mey.! MS. in Herb. Drege.

Has. Hills of Omblas, near Natal, soof. Drege !—Cult. in England. (v. v. cult, :

and in Herb. Sond.)

Stem 10-2ofeet long or more, simple, scandent. Leaf-pairs 2-4 inches apart ; peti-

oles 2-5 lines long ; lamina 1-13 inch long, 3-1 inch wide. The serratures are

minute, but sharply cut, and the edge is cartilaginous. Branches of the cyme long

and widely spreading. Cultivated at Kew and by Mr. Wilson Saunders. ‘Its vine-

like stems, if permitted to grow, would trail round a large conservatory. As the

sarmentose habit is very unusual among Crassulaceous plants, while ovate leaves

are common, I have ventured to change Meyer's manuscript name,

43. C. Turrita (Thunb. Fl. Cap. 285) ; herbaceous ; radical leaves

subrosulate, spreading, oblong or lanceolate, acute or subacute, glab-

rous, cartilagineo-ciliate ; stem simple, terete, leafy below, floriferous

above ; cymules capitato-fasciculate, sessile in the axils of opposite, leafy

bracts, forming an interrupted thyrsus; calyx-lobes % of corolla, glab-

rous, keeled; petals oblong, fleshy, concave, dorsally subumbonate ;

stigma sessile ; squame minute. DC. I. ¢. 388. Jacg. Schoenbr. t. 52.

Pyrgosea Turrita, Haw. E. & Z.1 1905. Zey. / 2543, 2544.

Var. 8B. latifolia; leaves broadly oblons or obovate, subobtuse,

pyramidalis, Zey! 2546, 2545. C. ee ey litt. b. & d. pay a Sree

Has. Fields near the Zwartko: R., Uit., #.g Z.! Olifants +» Thunb. B. n

the Zwartkops ; also on Amsterd me lakte, Algoa Bay. Zey. l Chek, Sa ae)

: Leaves crowded near the base of the stem, 2—3 inches long, 3-1 inch wide, -

ing from lanceolate to oblong and obovate. Stem 6 inches to nearly 2 feet high,

tapering with depauperated leaves. Flowers in a | icate th apts

sessile. Corolla 1 line long. eafy, spicate thyrsus ; tufts

44. C. corymbulosa (Link. Enum. 1, p. 301); herbaceous ; leaves

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) | 349

opposite, decussate, in proximate pairs, all cauline, diminishing up-

wards, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous, either smooth-edged

or papillato-ciliolate or ciliate ; stem erect, simple or with lateral, flori-

ferous branches; cymules loosely corymbulose, in the axils of opposite,

leat'y bracts, forming a long thyrsus; calyx-lobes small, deltoid, glab-

rous ; petals nearly free, oblong, thin, concave, dorsally subumbonate ;

stigma subsessile ; squame fleshy, emarginate. Link. & Otto. Abild.

t. 16. fide E.§ Z.! 1906. Zey. | 2541, 2542. Also Pyrg. thyrsiflora,

LH. & Z.! 1907 & P. alovdes, E.& Z. ! 1908. 2

Ser ne Uit. Z. § Z./ Kommandoskraal, Zondag R., Zey. / (Herb.

Root iiemuial stem 6-12 inches high, leafy throughout, ending in a thyrsus of

small, white, loosely corymbulose flowers. The stem and edges of leaves are

usually smooth ; but sometimes the leaves are either papillate or ciliate on the

edges, and the stem, especially in its upper half, more or less densely clothed with

defiexed cartilaginous hairs. Flowers scarcely 1 line long. C. acuminata, E.

Mey. /in Herb. Drege, according to a poor specimen in Herb. Sonder, is very near

this species if not the same.

45. C. barbata (Thunb. Cap. 292) ; herbaceous ; radical leaves sub-

rosulate, spreading, membranous when dry, cwneate-flabelliform, bearded

along the truncate apex with long white hairs ; stem simple, scapelike,

with opposite subdistant leaf-scales below, angular, floriferous above ;

cymules capitato-fasciculate, sessile in the axils of opposite, scale-like

bracts, forming a long spicate-thyrsus ; calyx-lobes short, ovate, nerved,

glabrous ; petals connate at base, oblong, sub-spathulate, suberect with

recurved points ; stigma sessile ; squame shortly cuneate. DC. Prod.

i. c. 388. Zey.! 655. Burke, 461.

Has. Rocky places of the Hantum Mits., in the Roggeveld, Thunberg. Geelbeck

‘Rivier, Burke & Zeyher! (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

The specimens are in an advanced state, with withered leaves. Leaves nume-

rous, 1-2 inches long, with a spathulate petiole, expanding into a shortly cuneate

lamina, 1-1} inch broad, abruptly cut off at top, and fringed with rigid hairs 2-4

lines long. Flowering stem 12-18 inches high, more than half of it occupied by the

spiked inflorescence, whose tufts are $—1 inch apart. A remarkable species.

46, C. orbicularis (Linn. Mant. 361); herbaceous, and emitting run-

mers; leaves radical, horizontally spreading, imbricating, rosulate,

spathulate-obovate, or oblong, obtuse, carnoso-coriaceous, flat, glabrous,

cartilagineo-ciliate ; peduncle scapelike, leafless ; cymes densely fasci-

cled, in an interrupted thyrsus, fascicles opposite, shortly peduncled ;

flowers subsessile, bracteate; calyx-lobes half of corolla, oblong or ovato-

lanceolate, ciliate; petals obovate-oblong, apiculate ; styles very short.

DC. 1. ¢. 389. EH. & Z.1 1900. Dill. Hlth, fig. 118. DC. Pl. Grass t. 43.

C. sedoides, Mill. C. hemispherica, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege. C. thyrsi-

Jlora, litt. e.. Drege ?

Has. Dry hills near the Gauritz R., Swell., #. § Z./ Nieuweveldt, near

fort, Drege? (Herb. Sond.) eae

_ Crown throwing out lateral runners and offsets. Leaves ing in a circle,

the undermost 2 inches long, the overlying ones gradually s , all more or less =

obovate, obtuse or scarcely subacute, fringed with cartilaginous cilia. Peduncle

‘6-8 inches long, with 3-5 pairs of opposite fascicled cymules. Flowers creamy

white, 1-1! line long. fo eta: ;

350 _ CRASSULACEA (Harv.) [Crassula.

47. C. rosularis (Haw. Rev. p. 13); herbaceous, without runners ;

leaves radical, sub-horizontally spreading, imbricate, rosulate, oblongo-

lanceolate or spathulate or strap-shaped, acute or subacute, carnoso-coria-

ceous, flat, glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate ; peduncles scapelike, leafless

or with depauperated, distant, opposite leaves ; cymes in a thyrsus or

a branching panicle ; flowers pedicellate ; calyx-lobes short, oblong,

ciliolate ; petals free, obovate, apiculate; styles short. DC. 2 ¢. 389.

£.& Z.! 1901. Zey.! 2539. Drege ! 6897.

Has. Woods near the Zwartkops, Uit. and Kat-river Settlement, Caffr., E ¢ Z. /

Adow, Zey/ Klein and Groot Fish R., Drege! Near Grahamstown, Mr. Hutton !

Natal, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Sd. Hk., D., Bth.)

Very like the preceding but with much longer and sharper leaves, taller

flower-stem and more branching inflorescence ; each flower on a distinct, short

pedicel. Leaves 3-5 inches long or more, }, {—-1} inch broad, mostly acute, some-

times acuminate, rarely blunt. Flowers small, white.

48. C. ericoides (Haw. Phil. Mag, 1825); stem suffruticose, erect,

dichotomous, fastigiate, naked below, closely imbricated with leaves

above ; leaves opposite, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, subcordate at base,

erect, flat, with sub-recurved margins, glabrous ; cymules sessile, ter-

minal, 3-8-flowered ; calyx-lobes nearly equalling the corolla, linear,

obtuse, glabrous; petals nearly free, oblong, acute, concave, nerve-

keeled ; styles subulate ; squame minute. DO. J. c. p. 385. Tetraphyle

Surcata, L. § Z.! 1866. Zey. | 2521, 2522, 2523. Drege ! 6903.

Has, Sandy flats between Krakakamma and Vanstaadensberg ; also Quagga-

vlakte and Adow, and near Grahamstown, FE. § Z./ Cradockstadt ; Zoutpanshoodge,

Sing ; and Winterhoeksberg, Zeyher ! Aasvogelsberg, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.,

A much branched, densely leafy suffrutex, with annulated, slightly pubescent or

glabrate stems or branches. Leaves quadrifariously imbricated in closely alterna-

ting pairs, 3-4 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, subacute. Flowers few at the ends of the

leafy branches, white, 2 lines long.

_ 49. C. deltoidea (Linn. £ Suppl. 189) ; suffruticose, dwarf, branch-

ing from the crown; leaves closely imbricated, 4-ranked, deltoid,

fleshy, keeled, spreading, pulverulent ‘glaucous ; peduncles terminal,

orm, elongate, pulverulent ; cymes loosely panicled, or corymbose ;

calyx-lobes ovate, scabrido-pulverulent ; petals nearly free, spreading,

oblong, bluntish, submucronulate ; stigma sessile; squame minute.

Zey.? 659. DC. 1. c. 386 ? Thunb. Cap. 288 ?

Has. Lislap, Zeyher! Wallich! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth. D.)

Branches several from the crown, 2-3 inches long, completely imbricated with

fleshy, spreading, decussate, short leaves. Leaves 3-] inch long, ovato-deltoid,

flattened above, (?) deeply keeled, bluish white. Peduncles 3-4 i ked

or tid, slender,” Flowers small, paliedlccg, “amt 3-4 inches Tong, for

50. C, anguina (Harv.) ; stem suffruticose, flexuous, irrecularl

branched, closely imbricated throughout with minute leaiian rose

4-tanked, without amillary gemme, appressed, cordate-ovate, acute, flat-

tish-subconvex, glabrous ; flowers minute, axillary ; calyx-lobes nearly

equalling corolla, lanceolate, acute, glabrous ; petals connate, erecto-

patent, oblong, acute, concave ; styles shortly subulate, Zey. / 641.

Crassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 351

ae Grootreit, Harteveld, Zeyher! Modderfontein, Rev. H. Whitehead. (Herb.

. Hk., D.)

Very near C. lycopodioides, but larger, with the leaves closely appressed, like the

scales on the back of a snake, or like tiles in a pavement,

51. C. lycopodioides (Lam. Dict. 2, 173) ; stem suffruticose, flexu-

ous, irregularly branched, densely covered with minute leaves through-

out; leaves 4-ranked, wsually with gemmee in the amils, densely crowded

or loosely overlapping, ovate or deltoid, or subrotund, acute or obtuse,

very fleshy and convex, glabrous ; flowers minute, axillary, solitary, or

2-3 together ; calyx-lobes shortly lanceolate, acute, glabrous; petals

connate, erecto-patent, oblong, acute, concave ; styles shortly subulate.

DC. 1. c. 385. C. imbricata, Ait. C. muscosa, Thunb. ex. pte. C. lyciordes,

E. Mey. ! Tetraphyle lycopodioides, E. & Z.! 1870. Zey. | 2519, 2520,

643.

Var. 8. polpodacea; more slender, with smaller leaves. 7’. polpodacea, E. § Z.!

1869. Zey./ 2519. ex pte.

Var. y. obtusifolia; leaves subrotund or deltoid, mostly obtuse. T. littoralis

§ T.propinqua, E. § Z.! 1867, 1868. Zey! 639, 640,°642, 647. C'. muscosa, Drege /

Has. Var. a. & B. frequent in Uitenhage and Albany ; also at Gauritz River,

E.&Z.! Heerelogement, Zey/ var. y. Kamiesberge, Lislap, Bitterfontein, Sal-

danha Bay and other localities of the North West, Z.é2Z./ Blaauwberg, Drege /

(Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Stems 1-2 feet long, brittle, spreading or suberect, or decumbent. Leaves 1-2

lines long, with spreading points and mostly with minute axillary leaftufts. Flowers

1 line long. I cannot separate, by readily assignable characters, the four Ecklonian

species here united. Those from the western districts have commonly more fleshy,

less imbricated and blunter leaves (var. y.), but at Heerelogement both forms were

found by Zeyher. The comparative slenderness and robustness is equally variable.

52. ©. muscosa (Linn. Sp. 405); stem herbaceous, thread-like,

branching, leafy throughout ; leaves opposite and with ax leaf-

tufts, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous ; owers

minute, axillary 2-3 or several together, minutely pedicellate ; calyx-

lobes equalling corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute ; petals connate, ob-

long, acute ; styles shortly and abruptly sub . Thunb. Cap. p. 281,

ex pte. Tetraphyle muscosa, E. § Z. | 1872. Zey.! = 646.

E.G Z.1 inzius ! Stellenbosch,

Mund! pe Ba cee cot palne, Burke! (Herb. Sd. Hk. D.)

A minute plant, spreading or suberect, irregularly branched, 2-4 inches high.

Leaves 1-2 lines long, shorter than the internodes. Flowers 1 line long, sometimes

crowded. This has the habit of Tillea verticillaris. It seems to be annual.

53. C. campestris (E. & Z.! 1873); stem herbaceous, thread-like,

erect or decumbent, branching, leafy throughout ; leaves connate at

base, often with axillary leaf-tufts, ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, acu-

minate, almost hairpointed ; flowers minute in axillary dense clusters,

minutely pedicellate ; calyx-lobes longer than corolla, subulato-lanceo-

late, very acute ; petals connate, lanceolate-acuminate or hair-pointed ;

styles abruptly subulate. Also C. lanceolata, E. § Z.! 1874. Drege!

6g10. Zey. | 2514, 2516. Boo sae

Has. Fields near the Zwartkops R., and Krakakamma, £. ¢ Z. / Buffeljagds-

rivier, Zeyher! Compasberg and Nieuweveld, Drege! Simonsbay, @. Wright /

(Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) Be

Ba2. : “ORASSULACER (Harv.) [Crassul.

_ A small annual 2-4 inches high, simple or branched. Leaves 2~4 lines long, }

line wide. Flowers 1 line long ; the calyx much longer than the delicate corolla.

‘Known from C. muscosa by the very taper-pointed leaves, sepals and petals. C. lan-

ceolata, E. § Z./ has larger leaves than the original specimens of C. campestris, but

their character varies and both plants grow together.

54. C. subulata Sone Tec. t. 590. non Lin. nec E. & Z.) ;stem her-

-baceous, erect, slender, branched from the base, the branches virgate,

leafy throughout ; leaves connate at base, erect, or spreading, subulate,

taper-pointed, concave with inflexed edges, rigid, thin ; flowers minute, in

axillary clusters, minutely pedicellate ; calyx-lobes about equalling the

corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute; petals connate, oblong or ovate-

oblong, acute ; styles abruptly subulate; squamz cuneate. Zey, / 644,

645. Drege ! 6909.

Has. Caledon R. and Doornkopf, Burke and Zeyher ! Between Kraairiver and

the Witberg, Drege! Rovelo Hills, Natal, Dr. Sutherland / (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Perennial, slightly ligneous at base ; the simple or slightly branched stems 6-12

inches high. Leaves 4-6 lines long, }-1 line wide, pale n. Flowers in dense

fascicles much shorter than the leaves. ss

55. C. parvula (E. & Z.! 1871, ex pte.); stem herbaceous, erect,

slender, branched below, leafy throughout ; leaves opposite and with

axillary leaf-tufts, ovato-lanceolate, tapering to a narrow bluntish point,

glabrous ; flowers minute, axillary, few together, subsessile ; calyx-

lobes equalling corolla, subulato-lanceolate, acute ; petals connate, ob-

long, acute ; styles abruptly subulate.

Has. Sides of mts. near Grahamstown, £. § Z./! Gen. Bolton! Mr. H. Hutton!

(Herb, Sd., D.) =

Scarcely different from C. muscosa, but more robust, with longer and blunter

leaves. Leaves 2-3 lines long. Stem } line in diameter at base, rigid, and some-

what woody. Ecklon’s specimens in Herb. Sonder partly belong to C. lycopodioides.

56. C. bergioides (Harv.) ; stem herbaceous, annual, erect, simple

or branched, densely clothed with leaves throughout ; leaves connate,

ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, taper-pointed, very acute, rough-edged,

flat, rigid, crowded or imbricated ; flowers small, in axillary tufts,

shorter than the leaves ; calyx-lobes longer than the corolla, lanceolate-

acuminate, rough-edged ; petals connate, ovate-oblong, blunt ; styles

shortly filiform ; squame cuneate. Zey.! 2575.

Has. Breede River, by Kenko, Zeyher / (Herb. Sond.) :

_ A small annual ; our specimens are 2 inches high and quite simple. Leaves 4-5

lines long, 1-13 line wide, erecto-patent, with a cartilaginous scabrous or denticu-

—— — cas a tong, hidden among the leaves. Squamz with a

an le i

is soiek — sb ty ate ae Says Known from others of this group

57. C. glomerata (Linn. Mant. 60); stem annual, many times di-

chotomous, fastigiate, scabrous or glabrous ; leaves connate, linear-

Crassula. } CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 353

form ; squame linear. DC. J. ¢. p. 389. Pl. Grass. t. 57. H. & Z.! 1929.

also C. strigosa, Lam.? EH. & Z.1 1932. Drege! 6881, 6882. Zey/ 636.

Var. 8. patens; calyx-lobes ovato-lanceolate, acute or mucronate. Thisantha

patens, E. § Z. | 1930.

Has. Sandy ground round Capetown and in the Western Districts, common.

(Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

A much branched annual, 2-4 inches high, every branch ending in a tuft of small

flowers. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, sometimes ovato-lanceolate. Our

var. 8. merely differs in the calyx-lobes ; it is scarcely worth separating.

58. C. glabra (Haw. Syn. 58); stem annual, many times dichoto-.

mous, fastigiate, glabrous or nearly so ; leaves connate, linear or linear-

lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers minute, solitary in the forks of the

stem, the terminal ones cymoso-paniculate or subglomerate, all minutely

pedicellate ; calyx-lobes shorter than the corolla, ovate-oblong, obtuse,

glabrous, fleshy; petals connate at base, oblong or laterally concave,

obtuse ; styles shortly subulate; ovary roughish; squame cuneate. DC.

lc. p. 389. #.¢ Z./ 1931. Drege ! ex pte. C. capillacea, «. LE. Mey !

Has. Moist sandy places on the Cape flats and elsewhere. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Like C. glomerata, but more laxly panicled, with narrower leaves and shorter

calyx-lobes. Stems 2~4 inches high ; leaves 2-3 lines long, 4 line wide. “ C. ca-

pillacea, b.” E. Mey! is Dinacria jiliformis.

59. C. decumbens (E. & Z.! 1933, non Thunb.) ; stem annual, diffuse

or procumbent, irregularly branched, filiform, glabrous ; leaves connate,

linear-fleshy, obtuse, glabrous; flowers minute, in tufts at the nodes, the

terminal ones cymose or subumbeliate, all on filiform pedicels ; calyx-lobes

longer than the corolla, near, blunt, glabrous, fleshy ; petals connate

at base, oblong, obtuse ; styles shortly subulate ; squams cuneate. C.

glabra, ¢., E. Mey ! in Hb. Drege.

Has. Sandy spots at Greenpoint, and near Saldanha Bay, Z. § Z. / Simons Bay,

C. Wright ! 552, 561. Berg River, Zey/ 651, (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

With the habit of an Adenogramma. It is known from C. glabra by the irregular

branching, the tufts of usually long stalked but occasionally subsessile flowers at the

nodes, and the much longer and more linear ng eee Stems 3-4 inches long,

very weak and slender. Leaves 2-3 lines rg 2 line wide. Flowers 1 line long.

shpc he * (, decumbens,” according to his Herbarium is Bulliarda trichotoma,

60. C. albicaulis (Harv.) ; perennial,? glabrous ; stem prostrate,

di-trichotomous, much branched, branches divaricating, angular, com-

pressed, very pale (or white); leaves opposite, very patent, linear or

linear-oblong or ovate-oblong, sublanceolate, obtuse; flowers minute,

on angular pedicels, solitary in the forks, the uppermost cymose or sub-

umbellate ; calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, linear, blunt, with round inter-

spaces, keeled ; petals subconnate at base, ovate, obtuse ; styles shortly

subulate ; squamz cuneate.

Has. Ezel’s Fonteyn, Namaqualand, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. T.C.D.)

Root thick, somewhat woody. Stems many from the crown, spi

ches to all sides, many times decompound, drying of an ivory whiteness and rather

rigid. Leaf-pairs about half inch apart toward the ends of the branches, an inch —

or more below, usually only at the forks of the stem. Leaves 5-8 lines long, 1-2

wide, mostly linear, some inclining to ovate or lanceolate. Pedicels 3-4 lines long,

swollen upwards. Flowers 1 line long, white. Petals exactly ovate, about one-

third longer than the stamens. en eee

VoL. I, eee |

354 CRASSULACE (Harv.) [Crassula.

61. C. expansa (Ait. Kew. 1 p. 390); stem herbaceous, scarcely

ligneous at base, irregularly dichotomous, much branched, diffuse,

glabrous ; the branches filiform ; leaves subconnate, spreading or re-

curved, linear-lanceolate, acute or subacute, fleshy, convex beneath,

glabrous ; flowers on long thread-like pedicels, axillary, solitary, or the

terminal subcymose ; calyx-lobes nearly as long as the spreading co-

rolla, linear, blunt, with obtuse interspaces ; petals connate at base,

elliptic-oblong, subacute; styles shortly subulate; squamz shortly

cuneate. DC./ c. 387. C. filicaulis, H.& Z, ! 1883. Zey ! 2524, 653,

2525. C. expansa, and C. parviflora, E. Mey ! in Hb. Drege.

Has. Near the Zwartkops R., Uit. and Gauritz R., Swell. Z. g Z. / Breede Riv.

and Hassagaiskloof ; also at Lislap, Zeyher / Between Coega and Zondag Rivers ;

also Los Tafelberg, Natal, Drege! Port Natal, Dr. Sutherland ! Gueinzius/! (Herb.

Sd., D., Hk., Bth.)

Biennial or annual? Stems 4-12 inches long or more, widely spreading and

much divided, pale, leafy throughout. ‘Leaves 4 inch apart, $-1 inch long, 1-2

lines wide, rarely wider, mostly acute, shrinking when dry. Pedicels 3—14 inches

long, very slender. Flowers 1-2 lines long. A widely distributed species. Dr.

Gueinzius’ specimens (in Hb. Hooker) have much larger leaves than usual, being 1

inch long, 3 lines wide : otherwise the plant is the same as Natal specimens of the

ordinary size.

62, C. centauroides (Linn. Sp. 404) ; stem herbaceous, distantly

forked, diffuse or prostrate, 4-angled, glabrous ; leaves connato-perfo-

liate, either cordate-ovate, ovate, elliptical, oblong or obovate, obtuse or

acute or mucronate, flat, thinnish, (pellucid when dry), margined and

often dotted within the margin, quite entire or crenato-denticulate ;

flowers on filiform pedicels, the lower axillary, the upper in a terminal

sessile or pedunculate umbel or fascicle ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acu-

minate, keeled, glabrous ; petals nearly free, spreading, oblongo-or

ovato-lanceolate, acute, concave ; styles shortly subulate, D0. 1. ¢. p.

386. Bot. Mag. t. 1765. Dill. Elth. t. 100. f. 119. E. § Z.! 1893. and C.

pellucida, 1895. Zey! 654. C. minima, E. & Z./ 1896, non Thunb.

Var. 8. marginalis; leaves cordate or ovate, subsessile, mucronate, dotted with-

in the margin. 0. marginalis, DO. l. ¢,, Jacq. Schenbr. t. 471. Zey/ 2525, 2527.

Drege | 6889. E. § Z./ 1894. C. prostrata, E. Mey lin Hb. Drege.

_ Has. Wet rocks, &c., round Table Mountain, near the summit and on the Win-

terhoeksberg, Tulbagh, Thunberg! W.H.H. &c. Simons Bay, OC. Wright / 559. 8B.

_ in Uitenhage ; ens: and on to Port Natal, in similar situations. £. ¢ Z.! Drege!

Sometimes all the leaves are cordate-ovate ; sometimes ovato-lanceolate and

even acuminate, When dry they are pellucid and veiny, often with linear purple

Table Mt.., belongs to it. ‘“C. dichotoma” of Herb. Thunb. is a form of this

species, with ) ulate, acute leaves.

68. C. brachypetala (E. Mey !); stem herbaceous, distantly forked,

diffuse, 4-angled, pubescent ; leaves sub-connate at base, the lower sub-

petiolate, oblongo or ovato-lanceolate, distant, acute, pubescent, flat, thin-

= nish, margined and dotted within the margin ; flowers on filiform

Crassula] cRASSULACE® (Hary.) 355

pedicels, in terminal umbels or fascicles; calyx-lobes subulato-lanceo-

late, acute, keeled, glabrous, setose along the keel, longer than the concave,

acute, oblong or ovate-oblong petals; styles shortly subulate.

Has. Between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege! (Herb. Sd., Bth.)

Stems 2 or more feet long, very weak and probably trailing, patently hispido-

pubescent as well as the leaves, Leaf-pairs 2-3 inches apart ; leaves 1-14 inches

long, 5—6 lines wide. Flowers 2-3 lines long. Allied to C. centauroides.

64. C. diaphana (E. Mey!) ; stem herbaceous, forked, diffuse, s/en-

der, pubescent ; leaves distant, subconnate, obovate, narrowed to the

base, obtuse, pubescent, flat, thin, entire ; flowers on filiform pedicels,

the lower solitary, the upper loosely fascicled-subumbellate ; calyx-

lobes half as long as the corolla, hispido-pubescent, oblong, obtuse ;

petals connate, obovate-oblong ; styles shortly subulate. C. diaphana,

litt. b., Herb. Drege !

Has. Between Nieuwekloof and Slangenkeuvel, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D.)

A slender herb, 3-6 inches long, pubescent in all parts. Leaf-pairs 1-2 inches

apart ; the leaves } inch long, 4 inch wide, membranous when dry. Flowers 1 line

long. Near C. Sarcolipes, but with different flowers.

- 65. C. Sarcolipes (Harv.) ; stem herbaceous, annual, forked, diffuse,

slender, pubescent ; leaves subconnate, elliptical or obovate, narrowed

at base, obtuse, thinly pubescent, flat, thin, entire ; flowers on filiform

pedicels, solitary in the forks of the stem or axils, the uppermost sub-

umbellate; calyx-lobes equalling the stellate corolla, lanceolate-oblong,

subacute, pubescent; petals scarcely connate at base, ovate, acute ;

styles shortly subulate ; squame linear. Sarcolipes pubescens, E. § Z.!

1853. C. diaphana, litt. a., Drege! :

Has. In wet places, Brakfontein, Clanw., J. § Z./ Simons Bay, C, Wright / 560.

ce (wi tel wi Se teres D. Hk., Bth.)

, weak gro 2 F

3-4, scarcely 1 ioe tes 3-5 tines wide. Flowers scarcely 1 line long, on hair-

like pedicels 6-8 lines long. This agrees well enough with Thunberg’s description of

C. pellucida, Fl. Cap. p. 282, but as that name has generally been given to a state

of C. centauroides, I let it drop. om

66. C, peploides (Harv.); herbaceous, succulent, decumbent, branched

from the base, leafy throughout; leaves connato-perfoliate, oblong, ob-

tuse, fleshy, blunt, glabrous ; flowers on slender pedicels, terminal and

from the upper axils, few; calyx-lobes oblong, glabrous, fleshy, nearly

equalling the oblong petals. Drege! 6880.

Has. Witbergen, 7000-8000f. Drege / (Herb. Sond.) ;

A small perennial species, with a fibrous root and many short, leafy stems from

the crown, rooting at the nodes, with the general aspect of Arenaria peploides.

Leaves 3—5 lines | 1-2 wide, spreading. Cymules very imperfect, reduced to

1-3 small flowers, Mature corolla not seen.

67. C. dasyphylla (Harv.) ; small, herbaceous, glabrous, procum-

bent, with flexuous branches; leaves subglobose or ellipsoidal, fleshy,

small, very obtuse, punctate; pedicels terminal or axillary, filiform,

one-flowered, short; calyx-lobes oblong, very obtuse, round-backed ;

ag nearly free, ovate or oblong, bluntish; stigma subsessile. Drege!

5+ :

age

356 ‘CRASSULACEE (Harv.) [ Crassula.

Has. Winterveld, between New Year’s Fountain and Ezelsfont. 3000-4000f.

Drege ! Cradock, and Gamke R., Zeyher / (fragments). (Herb. Sd., Hk,, Bth., D.)

A small plant, with stems 2-3 inches long, resembling Sedum dasyphyllum in habit

and foliage. Branches jointed, slender. Leaves 1-11 lines in diameter. Flowers

small, on pedicels 2-3 lines long. Fragments of a nearly similar but stronger plant

were gathered by Zeyher at Bitterfontein ; they differ from Zeyher’s plant above

in having a large woody root and somewhat larger leaves, but are too im-

perfect for description.

68. C. dentata (Thunb! Cap. 293); stem herbaceous, simple or

forked, with distant nodes ; leaves opposite or subfasciculate, on very

long petioles, reniform, at base either cordate or cuneate, repando-crenate

or lobulate, or subentire, thinnish, membranous when dry, glabrous ;

flowers patently cymose, on slender pedicels, the lower ones sometimes

crowded in the axils ; calyx lobes short, blunt, oblong, glabrous; petals

free, ovato-lanceolate, acute. £. ¢ Z./ 1857; also Petrogeton typicum,

LE. & Z. 11854. Drege! 6886.

Var. a. minor; smaller in all parts, with subentire, roundish or flabelliform

leaves, and few flowers. C. minima, Thunb! 1. ¢. 293.

Has.-Rocky mountain clefts, Bockeveld and Rodesand, and Ribek-Kasteel,

Thunberg ! Table Mountain ; also mountains near Hex River, Worces. and Ceder-

bergen, Clanw., E. § Z./ Nieuwekloof, Drege / Witsenberg at Tigerkloof, Tulbagh,

Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Thunb., Hk., D., Sd.)

A weak, soft, succulent herb, with something the habit of Chrysosplenium oppositi-

folium, variable in size, 3-6 incheslong or more. Petioles 1-3 inches long, slender.

Leaves 4-1 inch wide, shorter than their width, occasionally smaller or larger: in

the smaller forms subentire ; in the larger with a few wide crenatures or very shal-.

low lobules. Flowers 2 lines long, starlike, in a more or less developed cyme.

69. C. patens (E. & Z.! 1855); stem herbaceous, simple or forked, with

distant nodes, slender and pellucid; leaves opposite or subfasciculate,

on very long petioles, roundish-reniform, obtuse at base, repando-dentate

or lobulate, thin and membranous when dry, glabrous ; flowers in a

spreading, slightly divided cyme, on long slender pedicels ; calyx-lobes

very short, linear-oblong, acute, one-nerved ; petals free, ovato-lanceolate,

6887) styles shortly subulate. Petrogeton patens, E. & Z.1. c. Drege,

_ Has. Near the Tulbagh Waterfall, Z.§ Z.! Drakensteenberg, Drege ! (Hb. Sd.)

Scarcely differing from the preceding except by the calyx and the more sharply

lobulate or subincised leaves, and laxer inflorescence.

70. C. nivalis (E. & Z.! 1860) ; stem herbaceous, simple or forked,

with distant nodes, slender and pellucid ; leaves opposite or subfascicu-

late, on long petioles, subrotund, entire, or obscurely repand, thin and

membranous when dry, glabrous; flowers on very long threadlike pedi-

cels, axillary or terminal, or 2—3 together in an imperfect cyme ; calyx-

lobes nearly equalling the petals, thin, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, nerved ;

petals ovate or ovate-elliptical, acute ; styles shortly subulate. Petro-

_.geton nivale, B. d& Z. ! le.

Has. Mountain rocks of the Winterberg, Big Z. . Sond, )

Resembles the weaker states of C. dentata — differ : fireenioines ee

4-4 inch wide ; petioles 4-1 inch. Stem 3-4 inches long. Pedicels uncial,

71, C, nemorosa (E. & Z. ! 1859) ; stem herbaceous, filiform, with dis-

Crassula. | CRASSULACE (Harv.) B57

tant nodes ; leaves opposite, on short or shortish petioles, roundish-sub-

reniform, entire or faintly repand, thin and membranous when dry,

glabrous ; flowers in an interrupted, racemose panicle, the pedicels

threadlike, two or more together, the terminal umbellate ; calyx-lobes

2 of corolla, ovate, subacute; petals lanceolate, acute or acuminate ;

styles shortly subulate. Petrogeton nemorosum, H.& Z.! Zey.! 2518.

C. cordata. EL. Mey.!

Has. Shady places near the Zwartkops Riv., Z.g§ Z./ Between Enon and the

Zuureberg, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

A very small plant, with shorter petioles and more racemose flowers than the

rest. Drege’s specimens have however longish petioles. Stem 2-4 inches high,

including the raceme. Leaves } inch diameter or less.

72. C. Umbella (Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 352); root tuberous; stem erect,

simple or oppositely branched, each division crowned by a pair of

leaves, perfectly confluent into an orbicular, entire or subentire perfoliate

disc ; cymes pedunculate, panicled, with spreading branches and pedi-

cellate flowers ; calyx-lobes short, deltoid, subacute ; petals free, ovate-

oblong, acute; styles shortly subulate. Tratt. Tab. t. 253. Septas

Umbella, DC. 1. c. 383.

Has. Modderfontein and Zilverfontein, Drige! Rev. H. Whitehead ! (Herb. Sd.,

Hk., D., Bth.)

A very remarkable plant, at once known by its leaves united into a circular disc,

which is sometimes 6 inches or more in diameter, though often much smaller. In

floral characters it resembles C. flabellifolia,

78. C, flabellifolia (Harv.); root tuberous; stem erect, simple,

crowned by 2 (rarely 4) horizontally patent leaves ; leaves connate and

subcuneate at base, roundish flabelliform, crenato-lobulate, thinly fleshy,

glabrous ; cymes pedunculate, laaly panicled, with spreading branches

and long stalked flowers ; calyx-lobes very short, bluntly deltoid ; petals

free, membranous, ovate-oblong, acute ; styles shortly subulate ; squamz

oblong. Petrogeton Umbella, E. § Z, 1 1856, eael. syn.

. eo ao ground on mountains near Brackfontein, Clanw., £. § Z.! (Herb.

75 Ly SO.

Stem 4-6 aks high, of one internode. Leaves if 4, rosulate (the two upper

smaller). 2-3 inches wide, 14-2 inches long, multicrenate. Peduncle 4-6 inches

long, much branched. Flowers small, 1-14 line long.

74. C. Saxifraga (Harv.) ; root tuberous ; stem erect, simple, crowned

by 2 (rarely 4) horizontally patent leaves ; leaves subsessile and connate

at base, broadly cordato-reniform, coriaceo-carnose, crenato-lobulate,

glabrétus ; cymes on long, naked peduncles; simple or forked, umbellate —

or corymbose ; calyx-lobes 3 of corolla, lanceolate, subacute ; petals

connate at base, erecto-patent, sub-recurved, oblong, acute or subacute ; ~

styles subulate ; squame very minute. Septas globifera, H. d& Z./ 1862,

excl. Syn. Septas, 918, Drege! Sth sae ae

Has. Mountain sides, Steonberge, near Muysenberg, B. ¢ 2.1 W.H..1. Be Au. (ll)

tween Driekoppen, Bokkeveld and Hex river, and in Dutoits kloof, Drege! Albany,"

Mrs. F. W. Barber! Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland / 35. (Herb. Sd., Hk., D. Qt

With the habit and foliage of C. Septas and C. flabellifolia it differs from b eo

its flowers. The leaves are 1-3 inches broad, 3-2 inches long, almost exactly reni-

form, sometimes doubly crenate. The cymes in weakly grown plants are but 3-6

358 -CRASSULACEE (Harv.) [ Crassula.

wered ; in strong ly wn they are much branched, in a dense, almost fasciculate

petteers bearing thy flowers os more. In this case the corolla is rather smaller

than when there are few flowers. Petals with recurved tips, 2-3 lines long, white,

with a rosy tint.

75. ©. Septas (Thunb.! Cap. 291) ; root tuberous ; stem erect, with

1-2 internodes, simple, crowned by 2-4 horizontally patent leaves ;

leaves connate, cuneate at base, roundish-flabelliform, coriaceo-carnose,

crenate, glabrous ; cymes on long naked peduncles, simple or branched,

sub-umbellate, few or many flowered, with long, slender pedicels ; calyx-

lobes } of corolla, lanceolate ; petals 6-7-9 free, stellate, broadly lan-

ceolate, acute or subacute ; stamens 6-7-9 ; styles subulate ; squame

very small and fleshy. Septas Capensis, Linn. DC. 1. ¢. p. 383. E.& Z.!

1861. Lam. Ill. t. 276. 8. globifera, Bot. Mag. t. 1472.

Has. Moist places on mountain sides, round Capetown and on Hott. Holland,

frequent. (Herb. Thunb., Sd., Hk., D., &e.)

Stem 2-4 inches high. Leaves 1-3 inches long, 1-2 inches wide. Peduncle

seapelike, 4-8 inches high. Petals white or rosy, 3-5 lines long. Cyme very

variable in composition : 8, globifera is merely a very luxuriant, garden variety.

| Section II. PYRAMIDELLA. (Sp. 76-79.)

76. C. pyramidalis (Linn. f. Suppl. 189); stem suffruticose, erect,

simple, imbricated with leaves throughout ; leaves 4-ranked, most

closely imbricating, connate at base, broadly ovate or deltoid, acute or

subacute, with strongly reflexed margins, somewhat keeled, glabrous ;

cymes densely capitate, many flowered, sessile, terminal or axillary ;

calyx-lobes linear, obtuse, round-backed; ciliate ; pétals connate below,

tapering above into long, lanceolate channelled points, much longer

than the calyx ; stigma subsessile ; squame cuneate, stipitate, bright

orange. DC. 1. c. p. 388. Thunb.! Cap. 287. E. § Z.! 1863, also Te-

traphyle quadrangula, E. & Z.! 1864.

Has. Olifants River, Thunberg. In the Karroo between Uitenhage and Graaf

Reynet, and mountain sides near Klipplaat river, FE. ¢ Z.! Drie oppen, and

Zwaanepoelsportberge, Drege/ Gamke River, Burke and Zeyher / 656. (Herb. Sd.,

Hk., D., Bth.)

_ Stem 3-8 inches high, forming, with the closely imbricated leayes, a sharply four-

angled prism of nearly equal diameter throughout, or gradually widening upwards.

Heads of flowers mostly terminal ; in luxuriant specimens also lateral, in all cases

sessile. Points of the petals very long. E. & Z’s. Ter. quadrangula is founded on

old specimens with shrivelled leaves and withered flowers.

_ 77. ©. columnaris (Linn. f. Suppl. 1 91); stem short, erect, simple,

imbricated with leaves throughout ; leaves connate, 4-ranked, closely

imbricating, orbicular, fleshy, very obtuse, with inflewed, ciliate margins ;

cymes capitate, terminal, sessile, densely many flowered ; calyx-lobes

linear, obtuse, ciliate ; petals connate below, tapering above into long,

lanceolate, channelled points, much longer than the calyx ; stigma

subsessile ; squame cuneate, stipitate, orange. DC. J. c. 385. Thunb./

Cap. 2gt. Zey.! 657. —

Has. Under dl, Thunberg. Hex Rivier’ ‘ Zoutkloof, Burke

waa at ee

2-4 inches high, closely covered with leaves and crowned with a globose fascicle

of flowers, the whole plant resembling one of the Balanophoree. eaves nearly

an inch broad, not quite so long, more or less inrolled. Flowers white.

Orassula. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) | 359

78, C. semiorbicularis (E. & Z. ! 1890) ; stem erect, simple, densely

imbricated with leaves below, laxly leafy above, glabrous ; leaves_con-

nate, the lower ones imbricating, broadly orbicular, fleshy, very obtuse,

hispidulous, with inflexed, ciliate margins, the upper depauperated,

roundish-ovate, concave ; cymes corymbose, densely trichotomous, brac-

teate ; calyx-lobes linear, obtuse, ciliate ; petals connate below, taper-

ing above into long, lanceolate channelled points ; stigma thick, sessile;

squamee flabelliform, stipitate. C. columnaris, var. 8. elongata, L. Mey.!

Zey.! 658.

Has, Kamiesberg, Namaqualand, £. ¢ Z. ! Olifants R., Zeyher / 658, Ebenezer,

and near Mierenkasteel and Zwartdoorn River, Drege! (Herb, Sd., Hk.)

Very similar to C. columnaris, and perhaps only a smaller, but taller and more

caulescent variety, with looser inflorescence. Stem 3-4 inches high, about § imbri-

cated with leaves, 3 with subdistant nodes.

79, C. multiceps (Harv.); stem suffruticose, exspitose, multifid,

densely imbricated throughout with leaves ; leaves connato-vaginate,

from a broad base shortly subulate or lanceolate-attenuate, fleshy, with

subrecurved margins, glabrous ; cymules few flowered, capitate, sessile,

terminating the leafy branches ; calyx-lobes linear, ciliolate ; petals

connate below, tapering above into long, lanceolate points; stigma

subsessile ; squame flabelliform, stipitate. Zey.! 660.

Has. Elandsfontein, Zeyher! (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

2-3 inches high, dividing from the crown into many, short, forked, corymbose

branches, closely leafy throughout like those of Lycopodium Selago, the narrow points

of the leaves spreading or squarrose. Flowers 3-5, at the ends of the branches,

white ; the narrow lobes of the corollatwice or thrice as long as the calyx.

Section III, SPHAERITIS. (Sp. 80-88.)

80. C. Spheritis (Harv.) ; stem slender, suffruticose, erect, with

virgate branches, laxly hispid (chiefly in two opposite lines), with sub-

distant leaf-pairs ; leaves subulate, acuminate or acute, flattish or keeled,

cartilagineo-serrate or ciliate ; cymes sub-capitate, terminal ; calyx-lobes

2 of corolla, linear, subacute, entire or denticulate ; petals gradually

tapering into a subulate, channelled apex; stigma subsessile ; squamz

linear, truncate. Spherritis typica, L. & Z.! 1910, S. stenophylla, E. &

Z.1 1911, and S. murieata, B.& Z.1 1912. Drege | 6894, 6908. Zey./

erit’ inflorescence and The three Ecklonian species here united are not

distinguishable when dry ; the leaves vary from broader to narrower, flatter to more

convex, and also in the ity and strength of the marginal toothlets or cilia.

81. C. incana (E. & Z.! 1917); everywhere minutely cano-puberu-

lous; stem suffruticose, with slender, virgate branches and sub-distant

‘leaf-pairs ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, subacute, fleshy, convex beneath,

the uppermost depauperated and swbovate ; cymes capitate, terminal or

in a brachiate panicle ; calyx-lobes 4 the corolla, ovate or broadly lan-

360 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) (Crassula.

ceolate, keeled, downy and ciliate ; petals panduriform, ribbed and

keeled, gradually tapering into a channelled point ; stigma subsessile ;

squamee truncate. Sphevritis incana, LE. § Z.! Crassula pubescens, E.

Mey.! in Heb, Drege !

_ Has. In the Karroo, between Beaufort and Graaf Reynet, Drege! E. ¢ Z, (Herb.

Sd., Hk., Bth.)

_ More canescent than C. margaritifera, with different petals.

82. C. virgata (Harv.) glabrous ; stem suffruticose, erect, with vir-

gate branches, angular toward the summit ; leaf-pairs distant ; leaves

sub-distinct, fleshy, linear-trigonous, flat or channelled above, keeled

beneath, subobtuse, with smooth margin, the upper ones depauperated ;

cymules capitate, in a terminal panicle or thyrsus, pedicellate ; calyx-

lobes ovate or deltoid, bluntly keeled, rough-edged ; petals connate,

tapering into a channelled point ; stigma subsessile ; squamz oblong.

Has. Pikenier’skloof, Zeyher / 664. (Herb. Sd. Hk.)

Ramification unknown. Branches 1-2 feet long, rodlike ; the nodes 2-3 inches

apart. Lower leaves 14 inch long, 2-3 lines thick ; upper smaller, the uppermost

reduced to scales. Flowers sessile, 6-12 in each little head. The foliage is that

of several Mesembryanthemums. ;

83. C. clavifolia (E. Mey.!); glabrous, stem suffruticose, dichoto-

mous, erect, leafy ; leaves subconnate at base, oblongo-spathulate,

fleshy, tapering below, obtuse, with a smooth margin Soy elon-

gate, with two or three distant pairs of ciliolate leaf-scales; cymes

terminal, capitate, with ciliolate bracts ; calyx-lobes linear, pubescent

and ciliate, obtuse ; petals connate below, gradually tapering into a

channelled point ; stigma subsessile ; squame oblong. Globulea clavi-

Jolia, E.Mey.! in Herb. Drege.

Has. Kromrivier and by Welgelegen, 3-4000f. Drege / (Herb, Sd. Hk, Bth. D.)

A small species, with the habit and foliage of C. radicans, but with more capitate

inflorescence and yery different petals. Heads of flowers 3-5 lines across ; flowers

1-2 lines long.

84, C. ciliata (Linn. Sp. 405); stem short, robust, suffruticose, de-

eumbent, closely leafy below and slightly branched, glabrous, the

floriferous branches with distant leaf-pairs and smaller leaves ; leaves

connate at base, obovate-spathulate or oblong, obtuse, flat, glabrous,

cartilagineo-ciliate ; cymes corymbose, simple or forked, many flowered,

terminal ; calyx-lobes 2 of reflexed corolla, broadly lanceolate, keeled,

acute, with rough edges, glabrous; petals gradually tapering into a

broadish, channelled and thickened apex, connate beneath ; stigma

subsessile ; squame cuneate, large. DC. l. c. p. 387. E.&Z.! 1go2.

Dill. Eith. t. 98. f. 116. DC. Pl. Grass, t. 7. Zey.! 2 5372 2538.

Has. hills round Ca) E. oh W. ts de.

2watthoes teas, Zeyher ! eb. Sa, tik, >. Oo am iE ia

_ Root woody. Stem forked once or twice, the divisions closely leafy for 3-6

inches; then lengthened into slender, distantly leafy, erect, virgate flowering

branches, Cymes many flowered, dense or sprenling, 1-3 inches across. Flowers

small, cream-coloured. The tapering point of the petals is sometimes very narrow,

sometimés broader,

85, C. tomentosa (Linn. f. Suppl. 190) ; everywhere densely clothed

Crassula. | CRASSULACE (Harv.) 361

with rigid, reflexed bristly-hairs ; stem erect, simple, robust, densely

leafy at base, with distant leaf-pairs above, the upper leaves small or

abortive ; radical leaves broadly oblong or obovate, flat, obtuse, the

cauline narrow-oblong, all densely hirsuto-setose and ciliate ; cymules

capitate, subsessile at the nodes, forming a long interrupted spiked-

thyrsus or spike ; calyx-lobes linear, obtuse, hispid and ciliate, round-

backed ; petals gradually tapering into a channelled apex ; stigma

subsessile ; squame cuneate, short. DC. 1. c. 387. Thunb. Cap. p. 287.

Spheeritis setigera, E. § Z.! 1921, and S. tomentosa, 1920 !

_ Has. Muysenberg ; and on barren hills near Gauritz R., Swell., Z. & Z./ Nam-

——— : Schlicht. Modderfonteyn, Rev. H. Whitehead. Pikenier’s kloof, Zeyher !

erbd. . :

Root woody. Stem 1-2 feet high, robust, virgate, tapering upwards. Leaves

crowded round the base ; the upper ones diminishing to bracts. Cymules or verti-

cillasters densely many flowered. Zeyher’s specimen has shorter and less copious

bristles, but scarcely differs otherwise. In Mr. Whitehead’s specimen the bristles

on the stem are very fine and close pressed.

86. C. interrupta (E. Mey. !) everywhere hirsuto-pubescent ; stem

short, or scarcely any, closely leafy ; leaves subrosulate and almost

radical, oblate or subrotund, very obtuse, hispid and ciliate ; flowering

branches slender and virgate, with distant nodes, scapelike ; cymules

capitate, in an interrupted spiked-thyrsus ; calyx-lobes obovate-oblong,

blunt, round-backed, hispid ; petals gradually tapering into a broadish,

channelled point ; styles short and thick ; squame small. —

Has. Zilverfontein, 2000-3000f. Sep.—Oct. Drege! (Herb. Sd., Hk., Bth.)

A small, hoary species, with nearly rosulate subradical leaves and a scapelike

flowering branch 3-6 inches high, with 3-4 nodes, an inch or two apart. Cauline

leaves depauperated. Radical 4-3 inch long, as broad or broader. Thyrsus of

3-8 verticillasters. ;

87. C. glabrifolia (Harv.) stem short, scarcely any, Closely leafy ;

leaves subrosulate and almost radical, oblong-obovate, obtuse, ciliate,

otherwise glabrous ; flowering branches slender and virgate, with distant

nodes, scapelike, canescent ; eymules capitate, in an interrupted spiked-

thyrsus; calyx-lobes oblong, pbluntish, round-backed, cano-pubescent ;

_petals gradually pees fee a broadish, channelled point ; styles short

and thick, squame Ss!

Stem 4-1 inch long. Lowest leaves 14 inches long, an inch wide at top, connate

at base, 2-3 pairs crowded together ; upper oblong or sublinear. Scapelike stem

6-8 inches high, striate, canescent with minute pubescence, with 1-2 distant pair of

depauperated leaves, ending in an ip gs compound spike 3-5 inches long.

Cymules few flowered, ein the axils of short bracts. Allied to C. interrupta,

but with very different foliage.

8. C, hirtipes (Harv.); dwarf; stem short, erect, succulent, closely

leafy; leaves ok vate-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, glabrous ; peduncle slen-

der, patently hispid, ending in a capitate, few flowered cyme ; calyx-

lobes ovate, densely hispid, half as long as the petals ; petals connate

at base, the ovate limb gradually tapering into a broadish, channelled ~

point ; styles short and thick. Drege, 6900, ee

‘Han. Ebenezer Mission Station, near the mouth of the Olifant R., Clanw.,

Drege} (Herb. Sond.) Ce ae

362 - ORASSULACE (Harv.) [Crassula.

Stem 1-2 inches high, densely clothed with leaves. Leaves } inch long, 2-3 lines

wide, succulent. Peduncle 1-2 inches long, rough with stiff, spreading, dark hairs

or bristles, bearing a flat-topped dense cyme. Flowers 1-13 lines long. Described

3 from a very imperfect specimen.

Section TV. MARGARELLA. (Sp. 89-91).

_ §9.C. margaritifera (E.&Z.! 1913); stem slender, suffruticose, erect

with virgate branches, microscopically puberulent, with subdistant leaf-

pairs ; leaves linear-trigonous or nearly subulate, subacute, fleshy,

minutely punctulate; cymes sub-capitate, terminal or corymbose ;

calyx-lobes 2 of corolla, linear, truncate and thickened at point, serrulate,

keeled ; petals connate, panduriform, suddenly contracted into a fleshy,

furrowed apex ; stigma subsessile; squamz cuneate. Spheritis mar-

garitifera, LH. § Z.! Zey. 2549, 2551. Drege! 6912.

Has. Fields near the Zwartkops River and Bethelsdorf, FZ. ¢ Z. ! Drege ! (Herb.

Sd., Hk

55 eee)

Stem 12-16 inches high, divided near the base into many simple, curved branches,

each 12-14 inches long. Lower leaf-pairs }-4 inch apart, upper 14-2 inches.

Leaves uncial, mostly acute, minutely dotted with white points. Flowers small.

90. C. subaphylla (E. & Z.! 1916) ; stem slender, suffruticose, erect

or spreading, with virgate branches, puberulous or pubescent, with dis-

tant leaf-pairs ; leaves connate, minute, fleshy, semiterete-ovate or

oblong, scaberulous or puberulous, obtuse ; cymes sub-capitate, termi-

nal or panicled, with subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes 4 of corolla, ovate-

oblong, keeled, scabrous or pubescent, blunt; petals subconnate,

panduriform, suddenly acuminate into a channelled and complicate

apex ; stigma subsessile ; squame emarginate. Spheritis subaphylla,

£.§ Z. 1

Var. 8. puberula; more evidently pubescent. Sph. puberula, BE. § Z./ 1919.

Has. Dry hills near the Gauritz River, Swell., Z. § Z./ (Herb. Sd.) °

Stems 12-14 inches high, branched near the base, with simple flexuous branches.

_Leaf-pairs }-1 inch apart ; leaves 2-3 lines long, 1-1} line wide, Heads of flowers

small, solitary or in a brachiate panicle. Flowers pale. The pubescence is sometimes

very minute, sometimes copious ; in other respects the two forms indicated agree.

91. C. biconvexa (E. & Z.! 1918); stem depressed, suffruticose,

branching and ceespitose, closely leafy ; leaves shortly spathulate or obo-

vate, convex on both sides, small, retrorsely hispid, obtuse ; peduncle

scapelike, naked ; cymes capitate, terminal, with subsessile flowers ;

ealyx-lobes 4 of corolla, hispid, obdongo-linear, blunt, keeled ; petals

-panduriform, suddenly acuminate into a channelled and complicate

apex ; stigma subsessile ; squame cuneate. Spherritis biconvexa, LH. & Z.!

Has. Near the Gauritz River on dry hills. E. Z. / (Herb. Sond.)

_ Stem 2-3 inches high, closely branched and matted. “Leaves 3~5 lines long, 2-3

lines wide. Peduncle 4-6 inches long, threadlike, bearing a small head of flowers,

naked or with one of two distant pairs of dwindled leaves. Of this I have only seen

a solitary specimen. :

_ Section V, PACHYAGRIS, (Sp. 92.)

92. C. trachysantha (E. & Z.! 1915); the suffruticose, branching,

slender stem, the peduncles, leaves aaa ae densely ae pneaiae

— 8

a laxly leafy ; leaves connate, obovate elliptical, or obovate-oblong, curved,

‘DO:l.¢. 391. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1940. Dill. Hlth. f. 114. Globulea cul-

_.* Has. Shrubby places near the Zwartkops R., E. § Z.! Olifants R., Thunberg. Boon

95. ©. platyphylla (Harv.); tem seareely arty, densely leafy

Jeaves stib-tadical, rosulate, broadly obovate or nbrotund, very obtuse, —

flat, rigid, glabrous, smoo

blunt, pubescent, round-backed ; petals connate at | ase, panda!

Crassula. | CRASSULACE2 (Harv.) 363

leaves subulate, semiterete, acute, the upper ones in distant pairs ;

cymes pedunculate, much branched, corymboso-fasciculate ; flowers

subsessile ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-linear, subacute, round-backed ; pe-

tals lanceolate, rough-edged, tipped with a triquetrous, fleshy gland ; stig-

ma sessile ; squame emarginate. Spheeritis trachysantha, LE. § Z./ and

Sph. paucifolia, BE. & Z. 1 1914. Zey.! 2547, 2548. Drege | 6902.

Has. Zwartehoogdens, near Grahamstown and dry hills at Zwartkops R., E. $

Z.! Howison’s Poort, H. Hutton / Enon, Drege! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth.) e

An erect or spreading, half herbaceous succulent, densely hirsute in all parts, oe

12-18 inches high. Peduncles terminal, forked or trifid, the branches simple or

again divided ; inflorescence flat-topped. The fleshy glandular apex of the petalsis ~

ridged in front, and very prominent. The petals are scarcely connate at base. ee

Possibly this is Globulea mesembryanthemoides, Haw.? ‘Leaves sometimes short and 3 ;

subobtuse, $-3 inch long. 2 . "3

Section VI. GLOBULEA. (Sp. 93-99-) :

93. C. cultrata (Linn. Sp. 2.405); stem erect, suffruticose, subsimple;

flattish, obtuse or subacute, glabrous, smooth-edged or ciliolate ; pe-

duncle elongate, with distant leaf-scales, pubescent, panicled above, the Me

cyntules dense with subsessile flowers ; calyx-lobes linear, blunt, 2

pubescent, keeled ; petals connate at base, panduriform, with an ovate’. Pe |

dorsal gland below the apex ; stigma nearly sessile ; squame truncate. “- - 4

trata, Haw. E. § Z.! 1922. Zey.! 255%, 2557) 2558.

(Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Stem 2-3 feet high including the leafy peduncle, mostly simple. Leaves variable

in size, sometimes 1-1} inches long and } inch wide, sometimes 2-24 inches long

and 3-1 inch wide. Panicle either closely thyrsoid or much branched and spreading.

Flowers small and green.

94, C. radicans (Haw.); stem suffruticose, ascending-erect, with oe

spreading lateral branches that take root beneath, laxly leafy; leaves soe

connate, lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate, narrow, cultrate, flattish, sub- _ Roe

acute or acute, glabrous, smooth-edged ; peduncle elongate, slender,

with distant leaf-scales, glabrescent, cymoso-corymbose at the summit, the

mooth-edged ; peduncle scapelike, puberulous,

rowed, with a few minute leaf-scales and ending in a long s' ,

thyrsus ; eymules capitate-subsessile, pubescent; calyx-lobes Uoeit, =

364 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [Crassula.

with an ovate, subapical, dorsal’ gland; stigma subsessile ; squame

truncate.

Has. South Africa, Drege / 6896. (Herb. Sond.) : ix

A single specimen only seen. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 3-1 inch wide, very rigid

when dry. Scape 8-10 inches high, the upper half floriferous.

96. C. obvallata (Linn. Mant. 61) ; stem short, fleshy, simple,

densely leafy; leaves (subradical) lanceolate-oblong or obliquely cultrate,

subacute or obtuse, glabrous, cartilagineo-ciliate ; peduncle scapelike,

panicled with a few leaf-scales ; cymules densely fascicled, pubescent ;

calyx-lobes puberulent, ciliate, oblong, blunt ; petals subconnate, pan-

duriform, with an oblong, dorsal gland below the apex; stigma sessile,

capitate ; squame oblong. DO. 1. c. 391. Pl. @rass. t. 61. Globulea ob-

vallata, Haw. G. capitata, E. d& Z.! 1924. Zey.! 2554.

Has. Coegakopje &e., by the Zwartkops River, Z. § Z.! Dutoitskloof, Drege /

6916. (Herb. Sd., D., HK.)

Stem 3-6 inches long, quite covered with leaves. Leaves 2-24 inches long, 3—3}

inch wide, rigid, carnoso-cartilaginous. Panicle thyrsoid or much branched, the

tufts of flowers very dense. Flowers small and green.

97. C, canescens (Schult. Syst. 6. 374); stem short or none, fleshy,

densely leafy ; leaves “radical, oblong-obovate, lanceolate-oblong or

lanceolate, cultrate, subacute or obtuse, pubescenti-canescent, ciliolate ;

peduncle scapelike, pubescent, panicled or thyrsoid, with a few leaf-

scales ; cymules densely capitate, pubescent ; calyx-lobes pubescent,

ciliaté, oblong or linear, very blunt, convex ; petals subconnate, pan-

duriform, with an ovate or globose, dorsal gland below the apex ; stig-

ma subsessile, capitate ; squamz oblong. DGC. i. c. 391. Globulea cane-

scens, Haw, E. § Z.! 1926, also G. obvallata, E. § Z. | 1925.

Var. a. latifolia; leaves broad, cultrate-obovate or oblong. G. obvallata, E. § Z./

Van. 8. angustifolia ; leaves narrow, more or less lanceolate or linear.

Has. Near the Zwartkops R., F. § Z.! Zey.! 2553. Drege ! 6913. (Herb. Sd.,

-» Hk.

Known from 0, obvallata by its pubescence. Narrow and broad leaved varieties

grow together, and I cannot, in the dry state at least, find limits between them.

98, C. nudicaulis (Linn. Sp. 40 5); stem short or none, densely

| leafy 3 leaves ‘subradical, conferto-rosulate, semiterete, subulate, acute,

o-pubescent ; peduncle scapelike, pubescent panicled or thyrsoid,

with a few distant leaf-scales ; cymules densely capitate, pubescent ; .

calyx-lobes ciliate, subglabrous, linear-oblong, blunt; petals subcon-

nate, panduriform, concave, with a globose dorsal gland below the apex 5

stigma subsessile ; squame truncate-emarginate. DO. /. ¢. p. 391. Pl.

Grass. t. 133. Dill. Hlth. f. 115. Globulea nudicaulis, Haw. E. & Z.!

1922. Zey.! 662.

lta to Bowe Capeflats near Rietvalle = § Z./ Klipfontein, Zey. / Clan-

ong-leaved forms are known ; but th ith shorter and broader

occa narromerleaved state of C. canescens. The pubescence how-

doeurdd, 6 t=2 fost high. “5 2-5-6 inches long, 4+4 inch wide, tapering

Bae 99. C. suleata (Haw.) ; nearly stemless ; leaves incurved, subulate,

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 365

semiterete, channelled, shining green, glabrous ; peduncle scapelike,

panicled, with densely capitate cymules ; calyx-lobes pubescent and

ciliate, linear-oblong, blunt ; petals panduriform, with globose dorsal

—_ ; stigma sessile. D0. J. c. 391. Globulea sulcata, Haw, £.§ 4!

192

Has. Near the Zwartkops, Uit. Z. G Z./ (Herb. Sond.)

Very like C. nudicaulis but glabrous. ‘

Species of Section GLOBULEA unknown to us.

Globulea atropurpurea (Haw.); leaves obliquely cuneate-obovate,

dark purple ; ‘flowering stem scapelike, very long, panicled. DC. /. ¢.

391. : z

Globulea lingua (Haw.) ; leaves elongate, loriform, between cultrate

and lanceolate, ciliated as well as the calyx; scape panicled. DC.

i. ce. 391.

Globulea lingula (Haw.); similar to G. lingua, but half the size.

Globulea capitata (Haw.) ; leaves ventricosely lanceolate-cultrate, bi-

~~ convex, imbricately decussate, the younger canous. DC. 1. ¢. 391.

Globulea impressa (Haw.) ; stemless ; leaves strap-like, lanceolate,

green, impresso-punctate, the dots large, scattered, numerous. DC.

l. cc. 391- :

Globulea paniculata (Haw.) ; stemless ; leaves strap-like, acuminate,

full-green, minutely impresso-punctate ; branches of the panicle

spiked. DC. l. ¢. 392.

Globulea hispida (Haw.); leaves crowded, straplike, acuminate, convex

beneath, hispid ; stem suffruticose, hispid. DC. 1. c. 392. |

Globulea mesembryanthemoides (Haw.) ; stem suffruticose, bushy,

erect; the subulate leaves, branches, ramuli and calyces hispid.

DC. 1. ¢. 392+

Globulea subincana (Haw.); stem suffruticose, ascending ; leaves

semiterete, subulate, acute, spreading with incurved points, as well

as the branchlets softly canescent. DC. l. ¢. 392.

Globulea mollis (Haw.); leaves semicylindrical, acute, gibbous beneath,

suberect, minutely subtomentose; cymes terminal, compound. DC,

l. c. 392. :

Doubtful Species of Section Ev-Crassuna and species unknown to us.

C. argentea (Linn. Suppl. 188); DC. Prod. 3. p. 383, seems by de-

scription to be the same as C’. lactea.

C. telephioides (Haw. rev. suc. p. 9) ; stems herbaceous ? erect ; leaves

obovate-oblong, amplexicaul, minutely punctato-crenulate below;

flowers cymose. D.C. 1. c.p. 384. Leaves 3 inches long, 18 lines wide.

Petals pale rosy. Squame quadrate. In habit very like Sedum

Telephiuttc = ° age

C. rotundifolia (Haw. Ph. Mag 31. 188); subherbaceous or perennial,

erect; leaves petiolate, subrotund, firm, few-toothed ; the lowest.

entire. DC. 1. c. Stems simple, terete, thick, green, nearly as in S.

Telephium but shorter. ee ee

ny pa

366 CRASSULACEAE (Harv.) [Crassula.

C. revolvens (Haw. Ph. Mag. 1824. p. 188); stem suffruticose, slen-

der, somewhat branched ; branches erect ; leaves linear, small, acute,

_ reyolute-reflexed or arched, subdistant. DC. .c. 384, near C. fruti-

C. bibracteata (Haw.1. c.) ; effuso-decumbent, rooting at the nodes ;

leaves subulate, spreading, flat or furrowed above; bractese on the

common peduncle two. DC. /. c. 384. Flowers white ; anthers sul-

phur-coloured, turning brown. Allied to C. acutifolia.

C. filicaulis AN 1. c) ; effuse, dichotomous; leaves spreading; sub-

recurved, lanceolate-subulate, smooth, convex beneath; branches

filiform, rooting at the nodes. DC. 1. c. 384. Flowers white, subcy-

mose ; anthers yellow. Allied to the preceding. _

C. bullulata (Haw. 1. c.) ; leaves between strap-shaped and lanceolate,

as well as the stem minutely roughened with white inflated hairs;

flowers cymose. DC. 1. c. 385. Flowers yellow, allied to C. scabra.

C. muricata Sanh Fil. Cap. 283); stem frutescent, erect ; branches

4-angled ; leaves connate, trigonous, ciliate-scabrid, obtuse; flowers

subumbellate. DC. 1. c. 385. Differs from ©. tetragona by the erect

stem and scabrous leaves.

C. vestita (Linn. f. Suppl. 188); leaves connate, deltoid, obtuse, very

entire, covered with white powder, the upper ones very close toge-

ther ; flowers terminal, capitate. DO. 1. c. 385. Stem 6-8 inches

high, suberect, branching, naked at base ; flowers yellow, sessile,

crowded at the ends of the branches.

C. prostrata (Thunb. Cap. 282) ; stem herbaceous, decumbent, pellu-

cid, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, acute; flowers subumbellate, DC.

l.c. 386. Probably a form of C. centauroides.

C. corallina (Linn. f. Suppl. 188); leaves opposite, deltoid, obtuse,

close-placed, dotted ; flowers umbellate-corymbose ; stems dichoto-

‘mous, erect. DC. 1. c. 386. Stems uncial ; leaves suborbicular, pow-

dery at the point, 1-2 lines long, longer than the internodes.

C, pubescens (Linn. f. 1. c. 191); leaves connate, ovate, acute, fleshy,

villous, spreading ; stem erect, branched, glabrous ; flowers corym-

bose, small, white; calyx downy. DC. 1. ¢. 386. —

C. (Turgosea) linguefolia (Haw. Misc. Nat. 175); lower leaves dis-

tinct, opposite, tongue-shaped, ciliate, pubescent ; stem simple,

leafy ; flowers greenish white, whorled, crowded, sessile. DC. l.c.

386. Perhaps a variety of ©. tomentosa.

C. concinnella (Haw. Ph. Mag. 1822. p- 381); leaves obovate, very

densely fringed with white cilia. DC. Lc. 387.

C. cotyledonis (Linn. f.); radical leaves connate, oblong, obtuse, to-

mentose, ciliate; stem nearly naked, herbaceous, 4-angled ; floral

leaves lanceolate; fascieles of flowers corymbose. Zhunb. Cap, 289.

DC. 1. ¢. 387. Stem simple, erect, a foot high. shee

C. spicata (Linn. f. Suppl. 189); radical leaves glabrous, connate,

linear-subulate ; stem erect, herbaceous, nearly naked ; flowers

whorled. Thunb. Cap. 284. DC. 1. ¢. 387.

Crassula. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 367

C. hirta (Thunb. Cap. 284) ; radical leaves lanceolate, hairy; stem

herbaceous, erect, nearly naked, pubescent ; heads of flowers whorled.

DO. 1. ¢. 387. Near C. spicata.

C. capitellata (Linn. f. Suppl. 190) ; leaves connate, oblong, glabrous,

cartilagineo-ciliate, spreading, longer than the internodes ; heads of

flowers whorled. Thunb. Cap. 286. DC. 1. c. 387.

C. hemispherica (Thunb. Cap. 292) ; lowest leaves connate, roundish,

hemispherically imbricated, cartilagineo-ciliate, stem nearly naked ;

tufts of flowers spicato-paniculate. DC. 1. c. 387. Floral leaves very

small ; flowers small, white.

C. thyrsiflora (Linn. f. Suppl. 190); leaves perfoliate, ovate, obtuse,

ciliate, glabrous, erecto-patent ; thyrsus spiked, branched. DC. Z. c.

387.

C. obovata (Haw. Suppl. 17); leaves opposite, decussate, obovate, cili-

ate, minutely impresso-punctate ; stem hispidulous; flowers axillary,

spicato-thyrsoid. DC. 1. c. 387.

C. aloides (Ait. Hort. Kew. 1 p. 304) ; stem simple, hairy; leaves

ovate or spathulato-lanceolate, distinct, ciliate, impresso-punctate ;

heads axillary, in a thyrsus. DO. 7. c. 388.

C. punctata (Linn. Sp. 406); stem simple, smooth ; leaves opposite,

ovate, punctate, ciliate, the lower ones oblong; corymbs axillary,

very short. DC. 1. c. 388.

C. ramuliflora (Link. enum. 1. p. 301) ; stem shrubby, rough with re-

flexed hairs ; leaves opposite, obovate, acute, subconnate, ciliate ;

axillary branches few-flowered ; petals lanceolate, erect, spreading,

white. DO. 1. c. 388.

C. montana (Linn. f); leaves connate, ovate, acute, the radical close-—

placed, the cau stant ; flowers whorled in the upper axils, the

ultimate ca 1. c. 388. Stem filiform, stmple, 3 1. high

C. cephalophora (Linn. f) ; radical leaves connate, linear-oblong, ob-

tuse, entire; stem nearly naked, erect; heads opposite, stalked. DC.

l. e. 388.

C. debilis (Thunb. Cap. 280) ; stem herbaceous, trichotomous, erect ;

leaves opposite, glabrous, crowded, subterete, concave, papulose ;

flowers pedicellate ; petals linear. DC. 1. c. 388. Allied to C. glabra?

C. rupestris (Linn. f.); leaves connate, ovate, very entire, glabrous,

crowded, convex-keeled beneath ; corymb trichotomous, fastigiate,

much branched. DC. J. ¢. 388.

C. tecta (Linn. f.) ; sub-radical leaves connate, ovate, obtuse, imbricate,

cartilagineo-ciliate, powdery ; scape nearly naked, filiform ; flowers

sessile, capitate. DC. 1. c. 388.

C. minima (Thunb. Cap. 292) ; glabrous, nearly stemless; leaves pe-

tioled, roundish, entire ; peduncles subradical, one-flowered, DC. —

I. c. 388. ase

C. neglecta (Schultz.) ; stem herbaceous; leaves petioled, cordate, glab-

rous ; flowers solitary. DC. 1. ¢. 389. ; eee

368 CRASSULACEE (Harv.) [ Rochea.

C. diffusa (Ait.) stem herbaceous ; leaves oblong, tapering at base,

crenate ; peduncles axillary, solitary. DC, U. ¢. 390.

C. subulata (Linn. Mant. 360); stem herbaceous, branched ; leaves

opposite, subulate, terete, spreading ; flowers capitate. DC. I. ¢. 390.

C. sylvatica (Lichst.) ; stem herbaceous, dichotomous, strigoso-hispid ;

leaves obovate-oblong, strigose at margin and base ; flowers terminal

and axillary, solitary. DC. 1. ¢. 390.

C. ascendens (Thunb.) ; stem suffruticose, decumbent ; branches erect,

above filiform and naked ; leaves connate, triquetrous, entire,

spreading, glabrous ; corymb compound. D0. J. c. 390.

VIL ROCHEA, DC.

Calyx 5-parted or deeply 5-cleft. Corolla (more or less perfectly)

gamopetalous, salver-shaped, its tube longer than the calyx, limb

5-parted, spreading. Stamens 4, adnate with the claws of the petals;

the anthers subsessile at the throat of the tube. _ Carpels 5, pluriovu-

late ; styles conniving, subulate or clavate. Squwame very minute.

Follicles many seeded. DC. Prod, 3. P+ 393, excl. sect. 1.

Shrubby or half-shrubby succulents, known from Crassula by the salver-shaped

corolla, with a tube much longer than the calyx. Leaves connate or vaginate at

base, bordered with cartilaginous cilia, as are also the sepals. Flowers crimson,

rosy, white or pale yellow. Name in honour of M. de la Roche, a French botanist.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Stem erect ; flowers in subcapitate, many flowered cymes :

Lvs. ovate-oblong or obovate ; flowers crimson, 14-2

eee ee Ga. es a (1) coccinea, es

Lys. oblongo-lanceolate ; flowers uncial, rosy and . .

white, variable ee ee

Lvs. linear-lanceolate or subulate, channel 4

yellow orcream coloured ... ........ ... =

Stem decumbent ; flowers solitary or few together, white,

1, B. coccinea (DC. Pl. Grass. t. 1); shrubby, robust ; stem erect,

_ Ssubsimple, imbricated with leaves ; leaves connate at base, ovate-oblong

or obovate, acute or subacute ; cymes corymboso-capitate, many flowered ;

sepals uncial, linear-lanceolate ; limb of the petals ovate or ovate-ob-

long, acute. DC. 1. ¢. P. 394. E.& Z.! 1946. Crassula coccinea, Linn..

Bot. Mag. t. 495. Kalosanthes coccinea, Haw. ;

Has. Among stones at the summit of Table Mt., common. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.

_ Stem 1-2 feet high, 2~4 lines in diameter. Leaves rie esi very a

ae ae ci q-1 _ wide, the lowest ones often narrower than

pate" oray . ers bright scarlet, 14-2 inches long ; the calyx uncial.

—

2. R. versicolor (DC. Prod. 3. P- 394); suffruticose ; stem erect,

branched, imbricated with leaves ; ead connato-vaginate, oblongo-

lanceolate, acute or subacute ; cymes corymboso-capitate, several

__ flowered; sepals semiuncial, connate below, keeled, lanceolate, two-

: thirds as long as the tube of the corolla ; limb of the petals lanceolate-

(3) jasminea. a a

Rochea. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 369

oblong, subacute. Crassula versicolor, Burch. Bot. Reg. t. 320. Bot.

Mag. t. 2356. R. media, DC.? 1c. E. § Z.! 1947. Kalosanthes versi-

color, and K. media ? Haw. Q a Q

Has. Table Mt., Burchell. At Paradise, east side of Table Mt., Dr. Wallich ! asp ie

Dry hills near Zoutendals valley at Hassaquaskloof, Swell., Z. ¢ Z./ (Herb. Sd., jek ; [63

.C.D., Hk.)

Stem half woody, 1-2 feet high, branched below ; branches erect, simple, 10-12

inches long. Leaves 1-14 inch long, gradually attenuate upwards, ilagi

ciliate, flat. Flowers bright red externally, within white except for a rosy margin,

at length wholly suffused with red, not quite so long as those of R. coccinea. Tube

of the corolla about an inch long ; the calyx rather more than half an inch. Flowers

sweet-scented in the evening. Cultivated in England.

8. R. jasminea (DC. Prod. 3, 394); stem suffruticose, branched,

decumbent, the branches ascending or erect, simple, closely leafy ;

leaves connate at base, narrow-oblong or spathulate, blunt, spreading

or squarrose ; flowers terminal, solitary or few together, sessile ; sepals

semi-uncial, lanceolate-linear ; limb of the petals elliptic-oblong, blunt.

LE. & Z.! 1951. Crass. jasminea, Bot. Mag. t. 2178. Lodd. Cab. t.

1049. Kalosanthes jasminea, Haw, Rochea microphylla, E. Mey. !

Pg = On the Winterhoeksberg, Worcest., Z. ¢ Z./! Dutoitskloof, Drege! (Herb.

june 6-12 inches long, branched near the base, diffuse. Leaves 4-3 inch long,

1-2 lines wide, cartilagineo-ciliate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, opening

white, becoming rosy, 1} inch long. Cultivated in England.

. 4, R, odoratissima (DC.); suffruticose; stem erect, scabrous,

branched ; branches erect, virgate, closely or laxly leafy ; leaves con-

_nato-vaginate, erecto-patent, linear-lanceolate or subulate, channelled,

Ywcute or subacute ; cymes capitate, many flowered ; petals semi-uncial,

%onnate below, lanceolate; limb of the petals lanceolate, subacute.

E. & Z.! 1850, also 1848 wid 1849. Crass. odoratissima, Andr. Rep. t.

“26. Jacq. Schoenbr: t. 434. Kalosanthes odor, Haw. Drege, 6898.

Has. Rocky and yround. Round Capetown, common. Zwarteberg and

Kisinrivientben Ie z's Pes. (lab. 84, D., Hk., &e.)

12-18 inches high, much branched or subsimple, the branches corymbose, each

ending in a head of flowers, Leaves 1-1} inches long, 1—1} lines wide, taper-

pointed, erect or spreading. Flowers about an inch long, pale-yellow or creamy- _

white, sweet-scented, sometimes rosy. £. § Z.’s specimens of “ &. versicolor” and

“ R. bicolr,” in Herb. Sond., are undistinguishable from this.

- Imperfectly known Species.

'B. biconvexa (DC.) ; leaves narrow-linear, distinctly convex at each

surface. Kalosanthes biconvexa, Haw.

R. flava (Haw.) ; leaves connato-vaginate, linear; cyme terminal ;

‘stem shrubby. Burm. Afr. t. 23, f. 3. Crassula flava, Linn. Per- —

R. fascicularis (Shultz.)) leaves connato-vaginate, linear-lanceolate;

flowers fascicled ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, acute, ciliate, Corolla

nearly that of C. cocemea, but shorter. Crass. fascicularis, Lam.

Probably a mere variety of C. coccinea. a

R, media (DC); leaves oblongo-lanceolate ; connato-amplexicaul ;—

flowers variable in colour. How does this differ from 2. versicolor ?

VoL, 1. ia oe

370 CRASSULACE (Harv.) [Cotyledon.

VIL COTYLEDON, L.

Calyx 5-parted, much shorter than the tube of the corolla. Corolla

gamopetalous, with an ovate or cylindrical 5-angled tube, and a spread-

ing or reflexed and revolute limb, spirally twisted in the bud. Stamens

10, attached to the base of the tube of the corolla, exserted or sub-

included. Squame oval. Carpels 5, many ovuled; styles subulate ;

stigmata subcapitate. Follicles many seeded. DC. Prod. 3, p. 396.

Shrubby or half-shrubby, or herbaceous succulents, natives of South Africa.

Leaves entire, sessile or subsessile, opposite or scatte Flowers showy, either in

oid panicles or spicato-racemose, pedunculate ; gery mostly terminal.

Gans from KorvAn, a cavity ; referring to the cup-like leaves of some species.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Sect. I. Paniculate. Inflorescence a branching, corymbose-cyme

or panicle ; flowers conspicuously pedicellate. (Sp. 1-19.)

1) Leaves opposite :

a Loardi qiatetiiy peaks Squier

_ Majores; stem robust ; peduncle 1-2 feet high :

Lvs. roundish-obovate or oblong-obovate, flat (1) orbiculata.

Lvs. cuneate-oblong, subcuspidate, concave... (2) coruscans.

Lvs. broadly linear or strap-shaped, obtuse,

concave tis) $852 ees Sees ede ops eee (3) purpurea.

Lvs. subterete, elongate, subacute... ... ... (4) decussata.

Minores : stem slender ; pedunc. 6-12 inches long :

Lvs. ovoid-oblong, fleshy, acute ; stem decum- :

bent ele Nace cand ers see ee tee (5) papillaris.

Lys. obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; pedunc, 2-3-fl. (6) ramosissima

Lys. obovate-cuneate, acute ; pedunc. several

Howered .6. 5.0 as ads oe te

Lys. cuneate, tapering much at base, acute ;

pedunes. several flowered, puberulous above (8) gracilis,

Leaves pubescent, hirsute or tomentose :

Robust ; lvs. obovate-cuneate, obtuse ... ... ... (9) euneata.

Slender ; lvs, ovate-oblong, subacute, (small) ... (10) tomentosa,

Robust ; lvs. sub-cylindrical, long, acute ... ... (11) teretifolia.

(2) Leaves scattered or tufted, never opposite :—

Inflorescence ote & panicled ; flowers nodding or pen-

dulous, subsecund :

Panicle glabrous :

flowers 9-12 lineslong ... .. ... (12) fascicularis.

flowers 5-6 lines long... ... ... ... (13) Eckloniana.

Panicle and flowers viscoso-pubescent ... ...

ce corymbose or racemose ; flowers erect.

Peduncles simple, elongate, corymb. at the summit :

Corymb much branched, spreading ; fl. uncial (15) eacalioides.

Pedune. few fl. ; corolla curved, 14-24 in. long (16) tubereulosa.

oes ag-zag, several flowered; fl, 8-10

(14) Wallichii.

lines long RNG OS ais gas ese FO) VERON,

Peduncles simple, short, few flowered ; flowers

glabrous, inch long Ce ere a QQ) ON,

Peduncles divaricately much branched, zig-zag, in-

terlaced, hardening and persistent ....... ... (19) reticulata.

Sect. II. Spicate. Inflorescence an undivided or rarely forked

_ spike or raceme ; flowers subsessile or on very short pedicels, erect.

(Sp. 20-23.)

Cotyledon. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 371

Leaves, peduncles, and flowers glabrous :

Leaves obovate or subrotund or oblong, flat ... (20) hemispherica.

Leaves subpetiolate, narrow-cuneate, curled at the

summit... ... (21) cristata.

Leaves sub-cylindrical, narrowed toward each end (23) mal

Lvs. peduncles and flowers pubescent ; lvs. flabelliform (22) Zeyheri.

Section I. PANICULATE. (Sp. 1-19.)

1. ©. orbiculata (Linn. Sp. 614); leaves opposite, glabrous, pow-

dery and glaucous, rowndish-obovate or oblong-obovate, cuneate at base,

obtuse, mucronate ; peduncles terminal, very long, glabrous, loosely

panicled, many flowered; flowers glabrous, tube of the corolla 4-5 y

times as long as the ealyx, 2-24 times as long as the limb. DC. l. ¢.

396. Pl. Grass. t. 76. Bot. Mag. t. 321. E. & Z.! 1957. C. crassifolia,

E. & Z.1 1956. C. oblonga, L. § Z.! 1958. Ley. 2566, 2567, 672.

Drege! 6925. ws :

Has. N. & W. sides of Table Mt. ; near the Zwartkops R., Uit. and at Konabs- Lee t nt cant

hoogde, Caffr., FE. § Z./ Paarlberg and Weltevrede, Gamke R., Drege / (Herb. | ~J

Sd., Hk.) nankse pe

Stem robust, branching, bushy. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 1-24 inches wide, ben! PR:

varying much in shape from oblong to broadly obovate, usually tipped with an" “~~ =

abrupt point. Peduncle 2 feet long, ending in a spreading panicle. Tube of the Os C ;

corolla 3-1 inch long. Feat 53

“Wallet. Ber

9. C. coruscans (Haw. Suppl. 28) ; leaves opposite, decussate, cune-

ate-oblong, concave, with thickened margin, sharply mucronate, white-

powdery ; peduncles elongate, corymboso paniculate at the apex,

glabrous ; pedicels elongate, pendulous ; tube of the corolla 4—5 times

as long as the calyx, about equalling the lanceolate-acute limbs of the

petals. DC. 1. c. p. 396. Bot. Mag. t. 2601. Lodd. Cab. t. 1030. C.

Sens Haw. E. & Z.1 1962. Drege! 6928. C. ungulata, EB. §& Z.!

1993s :

Has. Karroo between kloof and Zwarteberg, Graaf Reynet, and near

Gauritz R., George, Z. ¢ Z.? ieuweveld, between R. and Uitvlugt, and

Stem . . Leaf-pairs 4-1 inch apart. Leaves 14-2 inches long, 4-5

lines wide, narrowed to the base. Peduncle 12-18 inches long, ending in a 9-12

flowered forked cyme. Flowers nodding, th en long, red. Calyx-lobes very

short, deltoid, acute, with wide interspaces. I cannot tinguish EF. § Z.’s speci-

mens distributed under the name “ C. ungulata, Lam.” from those of their cs |

coruscans” here described.

3. C, purpurea (Thunb.! Cap. p. 396) ; leaves opposite, concave,

broadly linear or strap-shaped, obtuse, sub-cuspidate, glabrous ; pe-

duncles elo laxly corymbose ; flowers on long pedicels, nodding,

glabrous ; tube of the corolla 4-5 times as long as the calyx, and

- Jonger than the linear-oblong, mucronate limbs of the petals. DC.

Prod. 9596 99%" ye

Has. Common on hills and mountain sides about Capetown and elsewhere,

Thunberg! (Herb. Thunb.) ee

Stem herbaceous, terete, glabrous, erect, a foot high. Leaves sessile, 3-4 inches

long, half inch wide, blunt, with a minute projecting apex. Peduncle 6-12 inches

long, sub-dichotomous ; pedicels uncial, ‘‘ compressed.” Corolla uncial, dull red.

Near C. coruscans, but with much longer and differently shaped leaves. * ’

372 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [Cotyledon.

stated by Thunberg to be ‘‘common round Capetown and elsewhere,” no collector

save himself has sent it to Europe.

4, C. decussata (Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2518); glabrous; leaves oppo-

site, decussate, sub-terete, elongate, subacute or obtuse, glaucous :

uncles elongate, corymboso-paniculate ; pedicels elongate, nodding ;

tube of the corolla 4-5 times as long as the calyx, rather longer than

the lanceolate-oblong, acute limbs of the petals. Lindl. Bot.- Reg. t.

915. C. papillaris, Haw. Suppl. p. 21. E. & Z.! 1964, non Thunb.

_Has. Dry places on mountain sides, Kamiesberge, Namaqualand, £. § Z.!

ae nee el not much branched, leafy below. Leaf- close together. Leaves

2-23 inches long, 2-3 lines in diameter, thick and fleshy, sub-cylindrical, flattish

above. Peduncles 12-18 inches long, corymbose at the summit, many flowered ;

pedicels uncial. Corolla about an inch long, red. The leaves are shorter than in

C. teretifolia, but, except for the pubescence, otherwise similar.

5. C. ramosissima (Haw. Suppl. 25); stem much branched, flexuous,

sub-dichotomous ; leaves opposite, glabrous, squamuloso-farinose, obo-

vate-cuneate, obtuse; peduncles terminal, short, 2-3-flowered ; flowers

glabrous ; tube of the corolla twice as long as the calyx, equalling the

limb. DC. Prod. 3. p. 396. E.& Z.! 1959. Zey.! 2565. Drege, 6927.

Has. Zoutpanhoogde, Zwartkops R., E. ¢ Z. istri erb. Eckl.

(ich. 84, Bh De ps § Z./ a ct of George, H

Stem bushy, 1-2 feet high, 2-3 lines in diameter, with an ash-coloured bark.

Leaves 1-14 inches long, 4~} inch wide, whitish, with powdery scales. Peduncle

2-3 inches long, commonly 2-flowered. Tube of the corolla about % inch long, 3-4

lines in diameter. 4

6. C. papillaris (Thunb. ! Cap. p. 397); stem slender, decumbent,

branched from the base, the branches flexuous, ascending, simple ;

leaves opposite, decussate, thick and fleshy, ovoid-oblong, narrowed at

base, acute, glabrous; peduncle elongate, slender, viscoso-puberulous

above, cymose at the apex, few flowered ; pedicels elongate, pendulous ;

tube of the corolla thrice as long as the calyx, about equalling the ob-

long, acute limbs of the petals. DC. 1. c. 397, excl. syn. C. angulata,

var. foliis minoribus, H. Mey.! in Herb. Drege.

Has. In the Karroo, near Camenasie, at the Olifants R., Thunberg ! Nieuweveld,

RSs = and mountain sides, near Bok » 3500-4500f,, Drege! (Herb. Thunb. !

Branches several from the crown of the root, herbaceous, 4-6 inches long, a line

in diameter, with a chestnut-coloured bark, glabrous or microscopically puberulous.

Leaves half an inch apart or rather more, scarcely an inch long, 3-4 lines wide,

drying into a nearly fusiform shape, suddenly contracted at their insertion, and acute

or apiculate. Peduncle 6 inches long ; cyme scarcely branched, 4~5-flowered.

Flowers half an inch long. Thumberg’s specimen in Herb. Upsal is very imperfect,

but agrees (so far as it goes) with Drege’s plant here described.

7. C. Meyeri (Harv.) ; glabrous; stem slender, branched ; leaves

opposite, approximate, obovate, cuneate at base, acute, fleshy ; pedun-

cles terminal, elongate, corymboso-paniculate, several flowered ; pedicels

longish, drooping ; tube of the (small) corolla twice as long as the

calyx, about equalling the lanceolate limbs of the petals. C. cuneata,

E, Mey.! in Herb, Drege, non Thunb,

Cotyledon.] CRASSULACE® (Harv.) 373

Has. Sternbergspruit, District of Albert, Drege! (Herb. Sond. )

Stem 4-6 inches high, 2 lines in diameter, somewhat corymbosely branched ;

branches 2-3 inches long, leafy, ending in peduncles 6-12 inches long. Leaves

about an inch long, 6-7 lines wide. Flowers half inch long, including the limb.

Described from a solitary and rather imperfect specimen.

8. C. gracilis (Harv.); stem slender; leaves opposite, cuneate or

cuneato-obovate, tapering much at base, sub-petiolate, acute or sub-cuspi-

date, flat, fleshy, glabrous ; peduncles terminal, corymboso-paniculate,

several flowered, viscidulo-puberulous above ; pedicels longish, droop-

ing; tube of the (small) puberulous corolla twice as long as the calyx,

and shorter than the lanceolate-acuminate limb of the petals, Zey./

2564. 2

_ Has. Riet-rivier, Tarka, Zeyher! (Herb. Sd., Hk.)

Stem 4-6 inches high (%), a line in diameter. Leaves 1-1} inches long, between

cuneate and spathulate, greatly narrowed toward the base, 3-6 lines wide toward

the apex, coriaceous when dry and not very fleshy. Peduncles 8-10 inches long ; the

young ones and the flowers minutely puberulous and viscid. Flowers 4—$ inch

long, including the reflexed limb. :

9. C. cuneata (Thunb! Cap. 395) ; leaves opposite, hispid, oblongo-

obovate, cuneate at base, subundulate, obtuse ; peduncles terminal,

very long, pubescent, loosely panicled, many flowered; panicle, calyx

and corolla viscidly hirsute; tube of the corolla twice as long as the

calyx, about as long as the limb. DC. Prod. 3. p- 398. C. undulata,

E. & Z.1 1960 and C. cuneata, EB. § Z.! 1961.

Has. Dry ground, Kamiesberg, Namaqualand; and between Gauritz R., and

Cangoberge, George, F. § Z. / (Herb. Sd., Thunb.)

Stem robust, half an inch in diameter, closely leafy for 3-6 inches above the base,

prolonged into a peduncle 2 feet long, ending in a ing or condensed panicle.

‘Leaves 3-5 inches long, 2-3 inches wide, very thick. Tube of the corolla 5-6 lines

long, and about as much in diameter, the lanceolate lobes as long or longer.

10. CG. tomentosa (Harv.); stem slender ; leaves opposite, decussate,

ovato-oblong, thick and fleshy, sub-petiolate, densely tomentose, as are

also peduncles and calyx; peduncle elongate, sub-corymbose at the

summit, few flowered ; pedicels longish, nodding; tube of the pubes-

cent corolla twice as long as the calyx, equalling the lanceolate limbs

of the petals. Zey./ Z. n. N.n. E. Crass. 3. 108. 5.

i ivier and Trom Vi . Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.

Stem eins, 14-2 tines ix di diaracter, ety leafy, en into a ies

peduncle 4-8 inches long, pearing a slightly branched, corymbose cyme of 4-6

flowers. Leaves about an inch long, half inch wide, probably convex, certainly

fleshy, thickly clothed with woolly hairs. Flowers about 4—} inch long, red ?

11. C. teretifolia (Thunb ! Prod. 83) ; leaves opposite, swb-terete,

elongate, acute or cuspidate, densely hirsute (or subglabrous); peduncles

elongate, corymboso-paniculate ; pedicels elongate; calyx and corolla

hirsute; tube of the corolla not quite twice as long as the calyx,

shorter than the lanceolate-acuminate limbs of the petals. Thunb. Cap.

p. 397. DC. Prod. 3. p- 397: E. & Z.1 1965. Zey.! 2563. eas

Var. B. subglaber ; leaves subglabrous ; peduncles and flowers minutely pubes-

cent. Zey/ 2562. of Beg:

Has. hills between Coega and Zondags River, #. ¢ Z./ te a Near the

Zwartkops River, both varieties, Zeyher / (Herb. Thunb., Hk., Sd., D.)

374 CRASSULACEE (Harv.) _ [Cotyledon. .

Stem suffruticose, 6-8 inches high, simple or branched from the base, 3-4 lines

in diameter. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, tapering at base, except in

var. 8, densely covered with short, patent hairs. Peduncles 12-18 inches high,

bearing a many-flowered corymb. Tube of the corolla 4 inch, limb 6-8 lines long.

Var. 8. differs only in less copiousness of pubescence. :

12. C. fascicularis (Ait. Kew. vol. 2, p. 106); leaves erowded

toward the end of the branches, scattered, cuneate-obovate, obtuse, flat,

fleshy, glabrous ; peduncles elongate, panicled, the branches of the pani-

cle alternate, sub-distant, patent, scorpioid, glabyous ; flowers shortly

pedicellate, subsecund, nodding; calyx and cox@la minutely puberu-

lous ; tube of the corolla more than twice as long@as the calyx, rather

longer than the lanceolate limbs of the DE. Prod. p. 397-

£. & 2.11966. Zey.! 673. Drege! 6926. C. pa ta, Thunb.! Cap.

p. 396. Burm. Afr. Pl. t. 18. C.tardiflorum, Bonpl. nav. t. 37.

Has. In the Karroo, beyond Hartequa’s kloof and in Canna Land, Thunberg /

Kochman’s kloof and Gauritz R., Z. §Z.! Boschkloof, Drege / Blankenberg, Zwart-

land, Zeyher! (Herb. Thunb., Hk., D., Sd.) :

Stem very thick and fleshy, 1-2 feet high, little branched ; branches short and

thick, tubercled with prominent leaf-scars. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 1-1} wide,

tapering into a cuneate base, deciduous. Peduncles 1-2 feetihigh, more than half

occupied by the wide panicle, whose branches are an inch tt at their insertion,

and though 6-8 inches long, seldom more than once #@@ked. Flowers dull reddish.

with a greenish 5~angled tube, 9-12 lineslong. =

13, C. Eckloniana (Harv.); leaves crowded toward the end of the

branches, scattered, (of unknown form); peduneles elongate, panicled,

the branches of the panicle alternate, patent, simple or forked, seorpioid,

glabrous ; flowers shortly pedicellate, subsecund, nodding ; calyx and

corolla glabrous ; tube of the corolla twice or thrice as long as the

calyx, longer-than the lanceolate-oblong limbs of the petals. (@. caca-

lindes, E. ¢ Z. / 1967, not of Thunb.

— Dry places on mountain sides, Kamiesberg, Namaqualand, FE. §Z./ (Herb.

nd. ,

Th though nearly allied to C. fascicularis, differs in the much more-slender pe-

duncles, looser and more racemose panicle, and smaller, glabrous flowers. The

Specimens seen are without leaves ; the leaf-scars are tubercular, closely spiral on

nearly conical ends of a fleshy stem, an inch or more in diameter. Peduncles 2 feet

high, 14-2 lines in diameter below, becoming very slender upwards ; branches of

the panicle racemose, 4-6 inches long. Flowers 4 inch long. :

14, C, eae.) leaves scattered, (of unknown form) ;

peduneles, panicle, calyx and corolla viscoso-pubescent ; peduncles elon-

gate, panicled, the branches of the panicle alternate, patent, simple or

forked, scorpioid ; flowers shortly pedicellate, subsecund, nodding ;

tube of the corolla 14 to twice as long as the calyx, rather longer than

the oblong, acute limbs of the petals.

Has. Elandsberg, Dr, Wallich i Cc

Villette in Hb. Hook. (Herb, Hook. Dt SONY Mie» Burke! Cape

Allied to C. fascicularis, but differs in pubescence, smaller flowers and larger

calyx, in proportion to corolla. Stem and leaves unknown ; leaf-scars on the

oa scattered. Flowers perhaps yellowish? half inch long. Peduncles 1-2

eet long.

15. C, cacalioides (Linn. f. Suppl. 242); leaves crowded toward the —

Cotyledon. | CRASSULACEE (Harv.) 375

ends of the branches, tereti-filiform, acute, glabrous ; peduncles termi-

nal, elongate, terete, glabrous or hispid, loosely panicled, corymbose,

many flowered; flowers erect ; panicle, calyx and corolla viscoso-

puberulous ; tube of the corolla s-angled, 4-5 times as long as the

calyx, rather longer than the narrow-oblong, obtuse-mucronate limb of

the petals. Thunb. / Fl. Cap. 397- DC. Prod. 3. 397. Drege! 9542:

Zey. | 2569.

Has, Near Olifants Bath, Thunberg/ Ataquaskloof, Drege! Kuureboomfontyn,

Olifants R., and near Kenko R., Zeyher / (Herb. Thunb., Sd., Hk.)

Stem short, fleshy, — from the base ; branches 2-6 inches long, closely

covered with spirally disposed, prominent leaf-scars. Leaves generally deciduous

before flowering, 29g inches long, 1-2 lines in diameter, tapering to a point.

Flower-stem 1-2 ich, with depauperated, spirally inserted leaves below, leaf-

less above, ending 1 ch branched, corymbose panicle. Flowers yellow, turning

orange. Corolla-tube uncial, sharply 5-angled. Drege’s 9542 and Zeyher’s 2569,

precisely agree with the specimen in Herb. Thunb.

16. C. tuberculosa (Lam. Dict. 2, p. 139) ; leaves scattered, sub-

cylindrical, linear or linear-oblong, acute, glabrous ; old leaf-scars

tubercular; peduncles elongate, angular, laxly beset with filiform,

depauperised leaves, symoso-racemose at the summit, few flowered ;

pedicels, calyx 4nd cérolla viscoso-pubescent ; flowers erect ; tube of

the corolla curved, 4-6 times as long as the calyx, twice as long as the

lanceolate-oblong limbs of the petals. DC.l.c. p. 397- B.§4.! 1969.

Zey.! 2568. Drege ! £

Has. Hills round C

tween the little and

|B. § Z.! WeHLH.1 Bufiiljagdsriver, Zeyher! Be Ae eb. a

at Fish R., Drege / (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.) ee %

Stem short, subsimple, fleshy, closely covered with spirally inserted leaves, which wor) aE

are continued at intervals ofgabout an inch, in a bractlike form, along the peduncle = |

to its summit. Flowers 4-10, in a simple raceme or bon ge branched panicle. ve te

i lim! fis aay os +)

- Vowwnl ye

Corolla 14-24 inches long, orange red, witha

17. C. racemosa (E. Mey !); leaves scattered, closely covering the ~omnide ly Re

short, fleshy stem, linear-terete, from a sheathing base, subacute, 004. ouh . [cf

- pubescent; peduncles not much longer than the leaves, lateral, nume-. 5") js 7

rous, set with a few scattered, membranous, subulate bracts, sub- < pore

corymbose at the summit, few flowered, puberulous ; flowers on longish rie bee

pedicels, erect, glabrous ; tube of the corolla not much exceeding the ““* hfe: Ms

mouth of the Gariep, Drege! (Herb. Sd.,

Stem 4-6 inches long, 4 inch in diameter, completely clothed with fleshy leaves. ‘

Leaves spreading, 2-24 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, squarrose when dry.

2-3 inches long, with 2-4 ous, scattered bracts, 4-6 flowered.

ellow ? calyx and corolla more membranous than in other species ; the sepals 5

fines dong: Corolla, inclu the erect limb, about inch long.

18, C. ventricosa (Burm, Pr. Cap. Fl, p. 13); leaves scattered,

crowded at the apex of the fleshy stem, linear-terete, elongate, acute, =

glabrous ; leaf-scars tubercular ; peduncles elongate, terminal, flexu-

ous, sparsely set with depauperated, pubescent leaves, cymoso- z

bose at the apex, viscoso-pubescent, as are also che opel ( -.

flowers on long pedicels, erect ; tube of the corolla 2-3 times longer —

than the spreading calyx, longer than the linear-lanceolate, taper-

376 CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) [ Cotyledon.

pointed limbs of the petals. DC. 1. c. p. 397, EB. § Z.! 1968. Burm.

Afr. Dee. t. 21. f. i.

Var. £. alpina; peduncles 3~4 inches high, few flowered ; corolla uncial.

Has. Karroo, between Langekloof and Zwarteberge, in Graaf Reynet, E. ¢ Z. /

B. Elandsberg, Dr. Waillich/ (Herb. Sond., Hk., D.)

Stem succulent, short. Cauline leaves glabrous, 2-3 inches long, a line in dia-

meter, on prominent tubercles crowded together. Peduncle terminal, 10-12 inches

long, 1 line in diameter, somewhat zig-zag, with subulate, uncial bracts at intervals

of 8-10 lines throughout its length. Cyme 10~12-flowered, lax, corymbose.

Flowers 8-10 lines long, greenish-yellow. Var. 8. differs in the shorter peduncles

and larger flowers, but in other respects agrees with the normal form.

19. C. reticulata (Thunb. Cap. p. 393); stem short and thick, sub-

simple ; leaves fascicled on wartlike abortive ramuli and at the apex of

the stem, small, terete, furrowed above, acute or mucronate ; peduncles

divaricately multifid, sub-dichotomous or zig-zag, persistent; flowers on

long, slender, rigid, spreading pedicels, suberect ; pedicels, calyx and

corolla viscoso-puberulous ; tube of the corolla thrice as long as the

calyx, limb short, reflexed, pubescent within. DC. 1 c. p+ 398. Zey.! 674.

Has. In the Karroo, beyond Hartequaskloof, Thunberg! Spri -keel, i

Boschjemans-Karroo, Dees ! (Herb. Thunb., Sd., Hk.) ee

Stem 6-8 inches high, 1-2 inches in diameter, simple or once or twice divided,

_ smooth or covered with wartlike abortive branchlets. Leaves 2-4 lines long, 1 line

uncles

or shortly pedicellate, erect or erecto-patent ; corolla tubular, much

longer than the calyx, with a short, spreading limb. Dill. Elth. t. 95-

f.t11. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 87. E. § Z.1 1970, also C. rotundifolia, BE. &

Z.! 1971. C. rhombifolia, E. & Z.! 1972 and C. maculata, E. & Z.t

£973: C. triflora, Thunb. Fil. Cap. p. 396. Zey.! 2570, 2572, Drege!

i =

Has. Zekoriver, Thunberg! Lion Mt. Capetown, Onderbokkeveld, Clanw. ;

between Krakakamma and Vanstadensberg, and on dry hills near the Zwartkops

R., Uit., E. ¢ Z.! Winterveld and Nieuweveld, and Camdeboosberg, Drege / Lis-

lap and on the Onrust R., Zey.! (Herb. Thunb., Sd. Hk., D.)

Stem a few inches high, thick and succulent, closely covered with leaves. Leaves

I—2 inches long, 1-1} wide, varying from obovate to oblong and nearly circular, not

much tapering at base, sometimes with a minute mucro, Peduncle 8—14 inches

high, about half of it occupied by the inflorescence. Flowers solitary or 2-3 to;

beg ee rarely 6-8 lines, thickened upwards. Corolla 6-7

21. C. cristata (Haw. Phil, Mag. 1827. p. 123); nearly stemless;

radical leaves petiolate, much ieeainided ok ua mai cGiaate.

abrupt and crispato-undulate at the summit, flat, fleshy, glabrous ;

Cotyledon. | CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 377

peduncle elongate, simple ; flowers spicato-racemose, subsessile, erect ;

corolla tubular, much longer than the calyx, with a short spreading

limb. DC. lc. p. 399. £.4Z.1 1974. C. clavifolia ? Haw. l. c.

Has. Dry hills at the Zwartkops R., Uit., ZG Z.! (Herb. Sond.)

Crown of the root shaggy, with rigid, red, curled bristles. Leaves 1-1} inches

long, very much attenuated at base into a more or less obvious petiole, the limb

cuneate, but varying in breadth from 2 to 6-8 lines ; the narrower forms answer to

the description of Haworth’s C. clavifolia. Peduncle slender, 6-8 inches long,

about half of it occupied by inflorescence. Flowers as in C, hemispherica, but

rather smaller.

92, C. Zeyheri (Harv.) ; leaves, peduncles and flowers pubescent ;

stem ascending ; leaves scattered, approximate, flabelliform, contracted

in the middle and tapering into a long, cuneate base, shortly petiolate,

rounded and crispato-undulate at the summit, flat, thinly-fleshy ;

peduncle elongate, simple ; flowers spicato-racemose, subsessile, erect ;

corolla tubular, much longer than the calyx, with a short, spreading

limb. Zey. / 2571.

Has. At the Kinko River, Zeyher/ (Herb. Sond., Hook.)

Stems 3-4 inches long, half recumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves approach-

ing in pairs but not opposite, 1} inch long, the limb subrotund, the base narrow

wedge-shaped. Flowers as in C. hemispheerica.

93, C. mamillaris (Linn. f. Suppl. 242); stem short or scarcely any ;

leaves crowded round the apex, or scattered on the short stem, terete,

somewhat fusiform, narrowed to both ends, obtuse, glabrous ; pedun-

cle elongate, simple; flowers spicato-racemose, subsessile, erect ; corolla

tubular, much longer than the calyx, with a short, spreading limb.

Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 397. DC. 1. c. p. 398. C. filicaulis, E. § Z.! 1975:

Zey.! 2897:

Hap. Qlifantsbad, Thunbery ! Kamiesberg, Namaqualand, £. § Z./ Springbok-

inches long, 2-8 lines in diameter, sub-cylindrical, somewhat tapering to each

extremity. Flowers as in C. hemispherica.

Imperfectly known and doubtful species.

C, undulata (Haw. Suppl. 50); leaves opposite, rhomb-obovate, with

a point, pale green, the oldest very largé.and thick, with a red point,

margined, the younger undulate. DC. 1.c. p. 396. Probably a form

of C. orbiculata. a

C. ungulata (Lam. Dict. 2.1 39); leaves opposite, semi-cylindrical,

ee ae purple at the callous point ; flowers sub-pani-

culate, glabrous ; stem erect. Seems to be the same as C. coruscans.

C. curviflora (Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2044); leaves scattered, semi-cylin-

drical, glabrous ; old leaf-scars prominent ; flowers panicled, nodding ;

calyces spreading ; tube of the corolla 5-angled, curved. Seemingly

a en variety of C. tuberculosa, with the pedicels “ twisted in a

fantastical manner.” cs

C. spuria (Linn. Sp. 6141) ; leaves subradical, terete, oblong, fleshy,

‘obtuse, narrower at base ; stem very short and thick ; peduncle erect ;

378 CRASSULACEE (Harv.) [ Kalanchoe.

naked ; flowers panicled. Burm. Afr. t. 19. f. 1. Pluk. alm. t. 323.

f. 1. DC. 1. ¢. p. 397. .

C. maculata (Salm.-Dyck) ; leaves scattered, ovato-spathulate, sub-

auriculate at base, fleshy, shining, marked on both sides with dark

red spots ; flowers spiked, subalternate, with a spreading limb ; stem

suffruticose. A var. of CO. hemispherica ?

C. rhombifolia ease leaves approximate, obovate-rhomboid, mu-

cronate, powdery ; stem branched, robust, decumbent. DC. l. c.

398. Allied to C. hemispheerica, but more branched and dwarf.

Flowers unknown.

C. jasminiflora (Salm.-Dyck) ; leaves crowded, green, thomboid-spa-

ulate, fleshy ; stem dwarf 3 peduncle branched ; flowers erect,

‘with a green tube, and a revolute purple and white limb ; pedicels

long, thickened upwards. DC. l. ¢.

C. caryophyllacea (N. L. Burm.); leaves aggregate, ovate, thick, flat,

glaucous ; flowers panicled on long pedicels, erect ; stem branched.

DC. 1. c. Burm. Afr. Dec. t. 17, —

C. mucronata (Lam.) ; leaves subradical, oval, flat, undulate at mar-

gin, mucronate ; stem short, branched ; flowers loosely panicled,

erect. DC. 1. c. *

C, dichotoma (Haw.) ; leaves channelled 3 eyme dichotomous, pubes-

cent, with spinous bracts ; tube of the corolla swollen, limb folded

back. DO. 1. c.

C. parvula (Burch.) ; leaves oval, compressed, thick ; panicle dichoto-

mous ; pedicels erect, very long, capillary ; stem erect. DOC. 1. CG

C. trigyna (Burch.) ; stemless ; leaves glabrous, flat, fleshy, cuneate-

oval or subrotund ; flowers erect, alternate on a simple, rarely bifid

seape. DC. 1. c. Carpels 3. =,

D~% VIII. KALANCHOE, Adans.

Calyx 4-parted, the sepals scarcely cohering at base, small, acute.

monopetalous, salver-shaped, with an urceolate tube, and a

4-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 8, adnate to the base of the tube

of the corolla. Squame 4, jitear or oblong. Carpels 4, with subulate

styles. Follicles 4, many. ed. DC. Prod. 3. p. 394.

Succulent suffrutices, with opposite, toothed or entire, or irregularly pinnatifid,

fleshy leaves. _ Flowers in panicled cymes, yellow, red or cream colour. : Natives of

Asia and Africa, The name is from the Chinese term for one of the species.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Inflorescence an o| close panicle or th: + +. (6) thyrsi

ae le sora mao feel aes

ole p mnye pO CORON, Diieid 2 irta.

Whole plant glabrous : 8)

ves narrowed to the base, but not neti, :

Lvs. fleshy, obovate or spathulate ; sepals

Nettreg ie a ++ + (1) rotundifolia.

Lvs. membranous, obovate-oblong ;

Aelteld) ole ce eee eee (4) oblongifolia.

Kalanchoe. } CRASSULACEZ (Harv.) 379

Leaves conspicuously petioled : :

Lvs. crenate ; panicle not much branched ;

sepals subulate ay WO 5. seg ees (3) CORE,

Pg Lys. subentire; panicle supra-decompound ; ~~

. sepals deltoid ... 1. ... 1. vs. (5) paniculata.

1. K. rotundifolia nee, Phil. Mag. 1825. p. 31; glabrous ; stem

slender, laxly leafy below, naked upwards ; leaves roundish-obovate, .

obovate or spathulate, subentire or crenulate, tapering at base, sub-

petiolate ; cymes trichotomous, panicled, the subdivisions flat-topped ;

bracts and sepals small, subulate ; lobes of the corolla narrow-lanceo-

late, acute. DC.1.c. p. 395. EB. § Z.! 1952. Zey./ 2561. Drege! 6920.

Has. Hills near the Zwartkops R., Uit., #.¢2./ Zoutpanshoogde, ee

Grassy Hills at Adow, and Klein Winterhoek, in a valley between | acts and

Enon, Drege! Howisons Poort, H. Hutton? (Herb. D., Sd,, Hk.)

Stems 1-3 feet high, leafy below ; the upper internodes 5-8 inches apart, with

smaller and narrower leaves. Lower leaves 1-2 inches long, {-1 inch wide, often

quite entire, fleshy. Cymes flat-topped, simple or trichotomously panicled, the

lateral divisons on’ long common peduncles. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Calyx 1

line. Corolla 4~s lines long, orange or deep yellow. Iam uncertain whether this

be Haworth’s plant or not.

2, K. crenata (Haw. Syn. p. 109); glabrous ; stem robust, laxly

leafy, the upper nodes distant ; leaves conspicuously petioled, oblong or

ovate, coarsely crenate ; cyme trichotomous, panicled, the subdivisions

flat-topped ; bracts and sepals subulate ; lobes of the corolla lanceolate,

acute. DO.l. ¢. 395. EB. § Z.! 1654. Bot. Mag. t. 1436. Andr. Rep. t. 21.

Has. Mountain sides near Philipstown, Caffr., Z. § Z./ Kreilis Country, pe &

Bowker-72 ! Between the Kei and the Gekau, Drege / (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.)

Stems 2-3 feet or more high, 3-5 lines in diameter, the nodes 3-6 inches apart.

vegewanting on our specimens ; cauline leaves 2-3 inches long, 1-2 inches

‘on petioles 1-14 inch in length, bluntly dentate. Cymes somewhat flat-

topped, dense ; the pedicels 2-3 lines long. Corolla 5 lines long, bright yellow. A

much larger plant than K, rotundifolia, with long petioles and more evidently

toothed leaves.

3. K. hirta (Harv.); stem, leaves, panicle and calyces densely hispid,

with short spreading rigid hairs ; leaves conspicuously petioled, ovate

or oblong, repando-crenate; cyme trichotomous, panicled, the subdivi-

sions flat-topped ; sepals ovate, acute; lobes of the corolla lanceolate.

Han. Olifantshoek, Uit., Zeyher (Herb. Sd)

‘Allied to K. crenata from which it differs in pubescence and the form of the sepals.

Corolla golden yellow. In pubescence this agrees with K. lanceolata, Pers., but

differs in foliage.

Has. Hopetown District, Mr. Andrew Wyley! (Herb. T,C.D.)

With the foliage of K. thyrsiflora this has the inflorescence of K. crenata and the

sepals of K. hirta. It is (apparently) a weaker growing plant than any of these,

with more membranous leaves. Flowers yellow? Described from an imperfect

specimen.

380 = @RASSULACE (Harv.)_ - [Bryophyllum.

5. K. paniculata (Harv.) ; gittibns ; stem robust, rigid, naked

upwards; lower ups oblong, obtuse, subentire, tapering at base into

a broad petiole upper leaves . . . .; cyme several times ene

tomous and icled, the partial and general panicles flat-topped’s

_ bracts subula 3,8epals ovdte or deltoid, acute ; lobes of the corolla

ovate, acute. Zey. / er % ie.

Has. Vetrivier, Burke and Zeyher? Hb. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Remarkable for its very large, spreading, flat-topped panicle which is 6-8 inches

or more in diameter. *The stem is more rigid in K. crenata, and may be 3-4

feet high. T have only seen a single leaf which, including the petiole, is 64 inches

long, and 24 wide in its widest part. .

6. K. thyrsiflora (Harv.); glabrous; stem robust, leafy ; leaves ob-

longo-spathulate, obtuse, tapering at base, sessile, very entire ; cymes

short-stalked, combined into a compact, oblong panicle or thyrsus ; bracts

minute ; pedicels equalling or exceeding the corolla ; sepals ovate or

ovato-lanceolate ; lobes of the corolla ovate, obtuse. K. alternans, E. & Z.!

1953, (not of Pers. ?)

_ Has. Near the sources of the Kat River, Z. & Z.! Rhinoster Kopf and Vaal

River, Zey./670. Districts of Cradock and Queenstown, on rocky hill sides, Mrs.

F. W. Barber, 221! Ger. Hk., Sd., D.)

Stem 24-4 feet hig simple, leafy throughout, the upper leaves equalling or ex-

ceeding the internodes. Leaves pale green, 4-6 inches long or perhaps longer, the

cuneate base half-amplexicaul. Thyrsus 9-12 inches long, cylindrical, densely

many flowered, Corolla orange. Quite distinct in inflorescence and the obtuse

IX. BRYOPHYLLUM, Salisb.

Calyx inflated, 4-cleft nearly to the middle, the lobes valyate in

estivation. Corolla gamopetalous, with a long, sub-cylindrieal tube, .

bluntly 4-angled at.base, and a 4-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 8,

adnate to the base of the tube of the corolla. Squame 4, oblong.

Carpels 4, with sububie styles. Follicles many-seeded. DC. Prod. p.

395.

Succulent suffrutices. Leaves o site, fleshy, petioled ; either imparipi te, or

by abortion of the lateral sepanedite ality ts. tae Oymen pel i

minal ; flowers yellow, changing to red. Name from Bpuw, to sprout, and pvadoy,

a leaf ; young plants sprout notches in the leaves, ,

1. B. tubiflorum (Harv.) ; leaves (unknown); corolla thrice or four

lo whorled leaves, at

each stg ihc. > 3 lines long. Corolla uncial, bright red, its Tobes almost square,

# ? % : ‘

Portulaca.) =. p PORTULACER (Sond) —~ 381

; : ae

Orper LIV. PORTULACEA, Juss.

' (By W. Sonpzr.) o

«Flowers perfect,regular. Calys free, or nearly so, deciduous or persis-

tent, 2-leaved, the sepals imbricate, sometimes colouréd ‘within. Petals

4-6, inserted in the base ofthe calyx, free or partially connate, very

delicate, quickly twisting together, and*Uissolving iu decay. Stamens

mostly definite, as many, or 2-4 ‘times as many as the petals, rarely

more, the outermost opposite the petals and attached to their claws ;

filaments subulate ; anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary sessile, free,

one-celled, of 3 or more carpels; ovules amphitropaly rarely solitary,

inserted by long cords ona free central placenta; style terminal or

none; stigmata as many as the carpels, linear, rarely confluent and

capitate, Frwit usually a dehiscent capsule ; rarely indehiscent and

nutlike. Seeds lenticular or reniform, with floury albumen. Hmbryo

eccentric, curved round the margin of the seed, the radicle next the

hilum.

Mostly herbaceous, rarely suffruticose or shrubby plants, very generally with more

or less succulent foliage and stems. Leaves alternate or sub-opposite, quite simple

or entire, one-nerved or nerveless, without lateral veins, sessile or short-stalked.

Stipules none or membranous, often lacerated. Flowers in terminal or axillary

cymes, sometimes racemose or tufted ; rarely solitary. Natives usually of the

temperate and colder zones, in all parts of the world. None are of much use.

Portulaca oleracea is a potherb, and many others may be similarly used : all are

innoxious. Some have esculent fleshy roots, as Claytonia tuberosa of Siberia.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Portulaca.— Capsule circumscissile, one-celled ; seeds numerous. I~ <

II. Anacampseros.—Capsule 3-valved, dehiscing longitudinally ; valves often bifid. ) ~~

8 7 i

Seed: 1, numerous.

II. — Capsule 3-valved, dehiscing longitudinally. Seeds wingless, nume- » « /

rous. ' Bo P bs

IV. Portulacaria.—Frwit 3-winged, indehiscent, r-seeded.e @ o-2.

“ I. PORTULACA, Tournef. .

Calye bipartite, the tube cohering with the ovary below. Petals

4-6, with the 8-20 stamens inserted on the calyx, fugacious. Ovary

roundish. Style 3-8 parted. Capsule subglobgsm 1-celled, dehiscing

transversely about the middle. Seeds num fixed to a central

placenta. DC. l. c. Endl. gen. n. 5174 —_

Low, herbaceous, fleshy herbs, with scattered quite entire leaves, Name from

porto to carry, and lac, milk ; plants milky.

TABLE OF SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Flowers yellow. Axils of the leaves naked =... ..._ ...._ (1) oleracea.

Flowers yellow. Acxils of the leaves and joints hairy ... (2) quadrifida.

Flowers purple. Ax<ils of the leaves and joints hairy ... (3) pilosa.

1. P. oleracea (Linn. Spec. 638); annual, diffuse, very smooth; =

leaves obovate or cuneiform ; flowers sessile ; sepals keeled ; petals 5; =

stamens 7-12 ; style 5-partite. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 123. Schkuhr, Handb.

t. 130. P. oleracea et sativa, Haw, : ee ;

wn Cultivated and waste grounds, “ Common Purslane,” Aug.—Jan. (Herb. — Rawhuns

sd. &e. eae

a PORTULACEH (Sond.)« “LA nacampseros.

3 te 4

2. P. quadrifida (Linn. Mant. 78) ; annual, diffuse, creeping ; the

axils of leaves and joints pilose ; leaves elliptic-oblong, flat ; flowers ter-

minal, nearly sessile, surrounded by four leaves ; petals 4; stamens

8-12; style filiform, 4-cleft at the apex. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 399, Jacd:

Coll. 2. 356, t. 17. f. 2. DC. 1. ¢. P. meridiana. Linn. Suppl. 248.

Has. Uitvlugt near Steelkloof,@md between Limoenfontein, Brakvalley and

Buffelrivier, 3-5000f. Drege! Near Cradock, Burke § Zey. / 607. Jan.—Mar. (Herb.

Thunb., Vind., D., Sond.)

Root thick. Stem branched, 2-4 inches long, often reddish. ‘Leaves about 1 or

14 lines long. Flowers small.

3. P. pilosa (Lin. Spec. 639) ; annual, diffuse, the joints with long

hairs ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, convex on the back, about

equal in length to the axillary hairs ; floral leaves in whorls ; flowers

sessile, crowded at the tops of the branches, surrounded by long hairs ;

petals ovate, obtuse, retuse, a little longer than the calyx ; stamens

15-25; stigmas 5-6. Commel. hort. Amst. 1. t. 5. Ker. Bot. feeg. t. 792.

DC. 1. ©. 3.54.

Has. Cape, Herb. Hook.; Port Natal, Gueinzius in Herb. Sond. (Native of

South America.)

Root tuberous. Stem terete, smooth. Leaves subulate, 6-8 lines long, smooth.

2-8 flowers in the head, expanding from 10-12 o’clock in the morning, if the sun

is out.

Il. ANACAMPSEROS, Sims.

Sepals 2, opposite, oblong, subconcrete at base. Petals 5, very

fugacious. Stamens 1 5-20, filaments distinct, inserted in the bottom

of the calyx with the petals, and adhering to them. Style filiform,

trifid at the apex. Capsule conical, 1-celled, 3-valved, the valves often

longitudinally divided, and then apparently 6-valved. Sce@®mumerous,

winged, affixed to acentral placenta. DC. J. c. 355. Endl. gen. n. 5176.

dae dwarf be ern ren pes roundish, ovate = greniages —- —

very minute. es membranaceo r than leaves, or forming hair-

like abecacious fants the axils of the nineteen cendieanatacon couty

lobed into setaceous segments. Flowers sessile, involucrated or on elongated racemose

peduncles, expanding only in the heat of the sun. Name from avakaumTw, to cause

return, and epos, love. a5

ah ae all } OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Seo. I. Avonia, 2. MAP Flowers terminal, sessile or subsessile, involucrated.

Sepals sub-persistent. Seeds angular. Stipules membranous, densely imbricated,

often bearded at the base, much larger than the hemispherical, fleshy, concave-

convex leaves. (Sp, 1-3)

Stipules tongue-shaped, woolly-bearded at base ; flowers

shorter than theinvolure ... ... .. .. (1) papyracea,

Stipules broadly ovate or ovate-triangular, not bearded at base:

Stipules entire ; flowers 2-4 times longer than the

involiens a oo ee sew ese. (2) -Quitaria.

Stipules lacerate ; flowers equalling the involucre ... (3) ustulata.

Seo. II. T Dill. Flowers on J i

i . Fl scapelike peduncles, soli or race-

mose, Sepals decid uous. Seeds winged. Stipules hair-like, axillary Sp 4-9.)

Axillary stipular-hairs shorter than the leaves :

Leaves obtuse, glabrous... tte eee ate eee nee (4) Telephiastrum.

: Leaves acute or acuminate, cobwebbed ... ... ... (5) arachnoides.

Axillary stipular hairs longer than the leaves -

Anacampseros.| | PORTULACEE (Sond.) 383

Leaves ovate-globose or ovate :

Lys cobwebbed, ratherrugged above ... ... (6) filamentosa.

Lvs. densely clothed with long woolly hairs ... (7) lanigera,

Leaves lanceolate or very narrow :

SEA 5 a css 2 @ Taneotiata:

Lys. narrow-lanceolate ... ... ... ... .. (9) ifoli

Section I. AVONIA, E. Mey.! (Sp. 1-3.)

1, A. (Avonia) papyracea (E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege) ; caudex very

short, much divided ; stems simple, cylindrical or globular ;_ stipules

multifarious, imbricated, scarious, snow-white, linguiform, roundish at

top, quite entire, transversely wrinkled, woolly-barbate at base, 5-10

times longer than the thick leaves ; flowers sessile, solitary, much

shorter than the inyolucre. Fenzl, Wien. Annal. 1839. Feb. p. 295.

Has. Hills in the Great Carroo, near Bloedrivier, 2~-2500f. Drege / Gamkarivier,

in Carroo, Burke and Zey.! 649. April. (Herb. Vind., Hook., D., Sd.)

Stems 4-2 inches long, 3-4 lines in diameter. Stipules 3—4 lines long, 14 lines

wide. Flowers included in the uppermost stipules; peduncle smooth, about 4 line

— Petals roundish, yellow, 2 lines long, surpassing the calyx. Capsule 2 lines

ong.

2. A. (Avonia) quinaria (E. Mey. in Herb. Drege) ; caudex very

short, much divided ; stems sub-terminal, numerous, sterile and flower-

bearing, undivided, very short, as thick as a pigeon’s quill; stipules

scarious, white, broad-ovate, entire, not bearded at the base, spirally and

closely 5-farious, imbricated, much longer than the very minute semi-

orbicular flattish leaves ; involucral leaves larger, sphacelate at top ;

flowers exserted, 2-4 times longer than the involucre. Fenzl, J. c.

Has. Dry flats near Lislap, Boshmannskarroo, 3-3500f. Drege/ Nov. (Herb.

Vind., Sd.)

Caudex $41 inch long, fleshy. Sterile stems 1-2 lines, fertile 4-6 lines long,

terete, sil oured. Stipules 4 line, the involucre 1 line long. Flowers purple,

about 3 lines long. Sepals ovate, obtuse.

3. A. (Avonia) ustulata (E. Mey. in Herb. Drege) ; caudex much

branched from the base ; branches tortuose, densely covered with

whitish, globular, ovoid or cylindrical buds of closely imbricated scales

(stipules) ; stipules broad, ovate-triangular, acute, lacerate at the margins,

not bearded at the base, sphacelate and pate _ the point, those of

the involucre larger, quite entire ; flowers eg@@illing the involucre.

Fenzl, l. c. Tetraphyle corallina, E. § Z./ 1865. excl. synon.

. Has. Hills in the Great Carroo near Bloedrivier, 2—2500f. Drege / in Carro near

Zwarteruggens, between Uitenhage and Graafreynet, Z. ¢ Z.! Gamkarivier, Burke

and Zeyher! April. (Herb. Vind., Hook., D., Sd.)

3-4 inches high. Caudex 3-4 lines in diameter, primary branches as thick as a

about 1 inch long, dichotomously divided, branches shorter. Sterile

stems budlike, mostly globular, 1—2 lines long ; fertile ones 4-6 lines long, as thick

as a pigeon’s quill, sometimes with one or a few similar branches. Stipules very

i those of the fertile stems with a patent rusty-brown but

oe apex. Involucre 1 line long, twice shorter than the 3-valved cap-

Section II], TELEPHIASTRUM, Dill. (Sp. 4-9.)

4. A. Telephiastrum (DC. 1. c.); leaves approximate, ovate or sub-

orbicular, obtuse, glabrous ; axillary hairs filamentous, shorter than the

384 PORTULACEE (Sond.) [Anacampseros.

leaves ; racemes few-flowered, racemose or sub-panicled. Pl. Grass. t.

3. Portulaca Anacampseros, Linn. Spec. 639. Talinum Anacampseros,

Willd. Spec. 2. 862. Rulingia Anacampseros, Ehrh. Beyt. 3. 133. A. Te-

lephiastrum et intermedia, Don, Gen. Hist. 3 p. 75. A. rotundifolia, Bot.

Cab. t. 591.

Has. Nieuweveldsbergen, near Beaufort, 3-so00f. Witbergen, 7-S000f. Drege /

Stony hills near Gariprivier, Zey. Portul. 2. Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Vind., Sd., D.)

Stem 1-2 inches long. Leaves very fleshy, roundish, ovate orcuneate, about 3-4

lines long and wide, in cultivated specimens larger. Pedunclé in the wild plant 1-2

inches long, with 2 or 4 flowers ; in the garden specimens ‘often 4-6 inches long,

panicled, with many and larger flowers. Sepals 4-6 lines long. Petals large, reddish.

5, A. arachnoides (Sims. Bot. Mag. 1368) ; leaves ovate, acute

acuminated, green, shining, cobwebbed ; axillary hairs filamentot

shorter than the leaves ; racemes simple. FE. § Z./ 1800. Port

trigona, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 399. Herbar. fol. IT. specimens,

P. arachnoides, Haw. Misc. 142, Rulingia arachn. Haw. Syne12

linum arachn. Ait. Kew. 2 v. 3. 149. eae

Var. 8, rubens; more robust ; leaves often recurved at the ap ex

cocuneies ish ; flowers a little larger. Burm. Afric. t. 30. A. 7

» rubens, Haw. Mise. 142, Rulingia Haw. Syn. 125. P. trigona,

bar. fol. Il. specimen n. 4.

Var. yy. grandiflora; leaves more crowded, somewhat larg

lage as well as the peduncles and flowers. A. rufescens, DC.

. Suppl. pl. succ. 64.

Has. Carroo near Kayserkuylsrivier, Gondsrivier, Cannaland

Thunb. ! In the districts of Uitenhage and Albany, Drege! E.

Noy.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., Sond.)

Next the preceding, but the leaves are smaller, (2-3 lines lon;

webbed, the flowers smaller, excepted in var. y. Stipules woolly,

yellowish threads. Scape 2-4 inches high, with several pairs o

bearing 2—3 long peduncled flowers. Petals in var. a. white, ob!

winged.

6. A. filamentosa (Sims. Bot. Mag. 1367); lea i bvate-globose,

ibbous on both sides and cobwebbed, rather rugged above ; stipulaceous

hairs ramentaceous, straight, longer than the leaves ; raceme simple.

DC. 1. ¢c. H. & Z.! 1499. Portulaca filamentosa, Haw. Misc. 142. Ru-

lingia, Haw. Syn. 12g@iPalinum Ait. l. c.

Has. Stony s in Karroo, beyond Hartequaskloof, Masson ; Gauritzrivier,

£. § Z./ Schiloh, Klipplaatrivier, 4000f. Drege! Gamkarivier, Burke / Uitvlugt,

Zey.’ 606. Zwartskopsrivier, Zey.! 2483. Dec.—Jan. (Herb, Vind., Hk., D., Sd.)

Very similar to the preceding, but distinguished by the long ramentaceous stipules

and larger rose-coloured flowers. Leaves 2~3 lines long, very thick. Scape few-

flowered, 2~3 inches long. Petals oblong.

7. A. lanigera (Burch. Cat. Geog. n. 2169); leaves ovate, obtuse, small,

very densely clothed with long wool; axillary hairs ramentaceous,

slightly curled, much longer than the leaves; raceme simple, few-

flowered. Burch. Trav. 2. 333. DO.1.c. E.&Z.! 1801. Portulaca

trigona, Thunb.! Herbar. fol. I.

Has. Bachapin, Burchell ; Kamisberge, Namaqualand, E. ¢ Z./ Vitvlugt,

Ramos, Zey. ! 605. Zilverfontein, 2-3000f. Drege! Oct.—Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Vind.,

Hook., D., Sd.)

Portulacaria. | PORTULACEZ (Sond.) 385

Caudex short. Stems 4—1 inch, beset with many rows of minute (1-2 lines long)

thick leaves, the whole involved by a dense white wool. Stipules yellow or a little

reddish, 5-6 lines long. Scape 1-3 inches long, 2-4 flowered. Flowers rose-

coloured. Petals about 3 lines long, obtuse, surpassing the green calyx.

Very like A. filamentosa, but more densely leafy, the leaves in many rows and

woolly-tomentose, the stipules not so straight and the flowers smaller.

8. A. lanceolata (DC. 1. c.) ; leaves lanceolate, fleshy, glabrous, con-

vex beneath ; axillary hairs very long ; scape leafy, short, generally

1-flowered. Portulaca lanceolata, Haw. Syn, 126.

Has. Cape, Haworth, (unknown to me.)

Stems very short. Calyx reddish. Petals reddish. Seeds almost 3-winged. It

seems only a variety of A. telephiastrum.

9. A. angustifolia (DC.1.c.) ; leaves fleshy, narrow-lanceolate, ex-

panded ; stem short, branched. Rulingia angustifolia, Haw. Rev. 60.

Has. Cape, Haworth.

Very like the preceding, but smaller.

Ill. TALINUM, Juss.

Sepals 2, ovate, distinct and free, deciduous. Petals 5, ephemeral.

Stamens 10-30, inserted with the petals in the bottom of the calyx, and

often slightly attached to them. Style filiform, hispid at the apex.

Capsule 3-valved, 1 celled, many-seeded. Seeds wingless, attached to a

central placenta. DO.l.c. 356. Endl. gen. n. 5178.

Herbaceous or suffrutescent fleshy plants. Leaves alternate, quite entire, exsti-

pulate. Flowers cymose, racemose or panicled, fugacions. Name, probably from

Gadia, a green branch.

1. T. caffrum (E. Z. ! 1802); smooth, much branched ; branches al-

ternate, erect or patent ; leaves oblong-linear or linear-lanceolate, mu-

cronulate, with revolute margins ; flowers solitary in the axils of the

upper leaves, erect, in fruit reflexed. Portulaca caffra, Thunb. Fl. Cap.

399. Anacampseros ramosa, E. Mey.!

Var. 8. minus; branches short, 2-3 inches high ; leaves linear-oblong. 7’, minus,

E.G:Z.1 1803.42. cei os

Has. Caffraria, Thunberg! stony places in mountains Silo, Klipplaatrivier,

Tambukiland, £. §Z./ Los-Tafelberg and Zwartekeysaily viugt near Steelkloof ;

ooof, Drege ! ill, Zey./ 610. Var. B.

Katriviersberg, Ceded Territory, E. § Z.! Crocodillrivier, Zey./ 609. Nov.—Dec.

(Herb, Holm. Hook, D., Sd.)

A perennial herb, 4-1 foot high ; branches terete, mostly undivided. Leaves on

very short petioles, 8-12 lines long, 1-1} lines wide, in var. 8. 5-6 lines long.

Flowering peduncles as long as the leaves or shorter, in fruit longer, (1 inch) and

thick below the apex, bi-bracteolate in the middle. Sepals ovate, acute, 2 lines long,

shorter than the yellow (Thunb.) broad ovate petals, about as long as the stamens.

Copeale 3 lines long. Seeds sub-compressed, concentric, striated, black, the hilum

strophiolum white.

— 1V. PORTULACARIA, Jacq.

Sepals 2, persistent, membranous. Petals 5, persistent, equal, obo-'

vate, hypogynous. Stamens 5-7, inserted with the petals, but disposed

without respect to their number (perhaps 10, of which 3-5 are abortive.)

Anthers short, otten barren. Ovary ovate, triquetrous. Style none.

Vou. 0. ; 25

386 MESEMBRYACE® (Sonp.)

Stigmas 3, patulous, muricato-glandular above. rwit 3-quetrous,

3-winged, indehiscent, 1-seeded. DO.l. c. 360. Endl. Gen. n. 3175.

Glabrous, fleshy shrubs or small trees, natives of South Africa. Leaves opposite,

roundish, flat, deciduous. Peduncles opposite, denticulate, compressed ; pedicels

1-flowered, 3 rising from each notch in the peduncle, Flowers very small, rose-

coloured, Name altered from Portulaca.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Branches opposite ; peduncles compressed, branched, ... (1) afra. é

Branches dichotomous ; peduncles angular, unbranched, ... (2) namaquensis.

1. P. afra (Jacq. Coll. 1, 160. t. 22); branches opposite, smooth ;

leaves rising from the opposite nodes, obovate-roundish, flat ; peduncles

compressed, branched, branches opposite ; pedicels ternate. DC. Pl.

Grass. t. 132. E.& Z.! 1804. Claytonia Portulacaria, Linn. Mant. 221.

Lam. il, t. 144. f. 2. Crassula Portulacastrum, Linn. spec. 406. Portulaca

Sruticosa, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 399. excl. syn, Dill. Hlth, 1. t. 101, f. 120.

Has. In Karroo, in the districts of Uitenhage, Graafreynet and Albany. Nov.-

Dec. (Herb. Thunb. Jacq. Sd. D. ete.)

Speckboom of the Colonists. Small tree, 10-12 feet high. Branches articulate.

Leaves 4-6 lineslong. Flowers on short, delicate (2-3 lines) pedicels, at the base

bracteated by very minute scales. Petals about 1 line long.

2. P. namaquensis (Sond.) ; branches dichotomous, all over beset with

scattered leaf and flower-bearing nodes ; leaves minute, very fleshy,

obovate, geminate, sessile on the nodes, deciduous ; peduncles inserted

between the leaves, angular, not branched ; pedicels solitary, geminate

or ternate.

Has. Namaqualand, Dr. Atherstone, A. Wyley, Esq., Dec. (Herb. Hook, D.)

4-5 feet high. Branches greyish-green, the ultimate as thick as a goose-quill.

Leaves 2 lines long. Peduncles 6-8 lines long. Pedicels involucrated by some

_ minute ovate bracts, about 2 lines long. Calyx 2-phyllous, three times shorter than

the 5 rose-coloured, obovate, near 1 line long petals. Stamens 5 ; filaments linear.

Anthers oblong, emarginate at both ends. Ovary ovate. Style short.

OrpER LV. MESEMBRYACEA, Lindl.

Sorc (By W. SonveER.)

secular. Calyx gamosepalous, 4-5 cleft, its tube

or free. Petals indefinite (in Mesembryanthemum)

} deliquescent. Stamens perigynous, definite or

indefinite; filaments slender ; anthers 2-celled, introrse. Ovary infe-

rior or superior, 2—5—20-celled ; ovules numerous or few or solitary, on

long cords, attached to the base or inner angle of the cell, amphitropal.

Styles or stigmas as many as the carpels. Fruit capsular, variously

dehiscent; rarely nucamentaceous and indehiscent. Seeds lenticular or

reniform, with floury albumen. mbryo excentric, curved round the

margin of the seed, the radicle next the hilum.

Small shrubs, undershrubs or herbs, with ite or alternate exstipulate, undi-

vided, usually fleshy or thickened leaves, terete or triangular. Flowers

terminal or axillary, in cymes or solitary, often very showy, sometimes minute and

inconspicuous. Very numerous in 8. Africa, especially in the Karroo districts ;

thinly scattered over the warmer parts of the temperate zone. None are of much

use, except some species of Tetragonia, used as pot-herbs.

_ has been found impracticable to prepare an analytical table of the species. It is hoped, -

_ however, that the subjoined Synoptical Table, and key to the arrangement, of the

sections, 65 in number, under which the species are distributed, will greatly assist

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 387

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

* Petals very numerous, linear.

J, Mesembryanthemum.

** Petals none.

+ Stamens indefinite, numerous.

1l. Tetragonia.—Calyx 4, rarely 3-cleft. Fruit inferior, angular, indehiscent. 460

Seeds solitary.

TIT, Aizoon.—Calyx s-cleft. Stigmas 5, thick. Capsule superior, §-celled, many- G65

seeded. .

TV. Acrosanthes.—Calyx s-cleft. Stigmas 2, filiform. Capsule superior, one-

celled, 1-2 seeded. 47/

V. Diplochonium.—Calysx 5-cleft. Stigmas 2, filiform. Capsule superior, 2-celled,

many seeded. 473

++ Stamens definite, 5, 8 or rarely 10.

VI. Galenia.—Stamens 8-10, in pairs alternating with the calyx-lobes. Styles 2-5.

Capsule 2-8 (or by abortion 1) celled, loculicidal. 473

- VIL. Plinthus.— Stamens 5, alternate with the calyx-lobes. Style 3-partite. Cap-

VIII. Trianthema,—Stamens s—10, rarely more, Stigmata 2 or 1. Capsule 2-celled,

cireumscissile.

sule 3-celled, 3 valved, loculicidal. 475 =

Ap puaslicg Soe

* |. MESEMBRYANTHEMUM. L.

Calyx 5, rarely 2-8 parted, its tube adnate with the ovary, lobes

unequal, usually leaf-like. Petals very numerous, linear, in one, or

frequently in many rows, united at the base. Stamens innumerable,

in many rows united at base. Ovary 4-20, but usually 5-celled. Stag-

mas 4-20, usually 5. Capsule 5, many-celled, dehiscing in a starlike

manner at the summit, Seeds innumerable. DC. lc. p. 415. Endl.

Gen, 5163. ;

Shrubs or herbs, almost all natives of the Cape of Good Hope, abounding through-

out the arid plains and sands of the whole country to the south of the Orange Ri-

ver and west of the Great Fish River. To the east of the Fish River the species are

few. Outlying species occur in the Isle of Bourbon, in North Africa, on the Medi-

terranean coasts of Europe and on the coasts of Australia, Chili and Peru. Leaves

usually opposite, thick, fleshy, — terete or flat. Flowers mostly termina-

ting the satis, white, red or yellow, the greater part opening in the heat of the

sun, very few in the evening. The capsules are tigh sed in dry weather and

open naturally after rain. thrown into water until thoroughly soaked

and then removed, an old capsule will open out its cap valves, radiating from

a centre like a star; and will close them again when dry. This experiment may be

repeated several times without destroying their remarkable hygrometric property.

Name from peonuBpea, mid-day, and avBenoy, a flower.

GS For Synoptical Table of Sections, see next page.

+ Owing to the number of imperfectly known species in this most difficult genus, it

the student. I am indebted to the late Prince Salm Dyck for the use of his m

script characters of the sections, of which I have largely availed myself: the w

of the species however have been personally worked out, so far as the ma

my disposal permitted.—W. S. Per

,» Ringe

6, Dolabriformia,

/ Stemless or nearly so. ‘ ; I. SUBACAULIA.3¢2 } 7 Dik fo:

(Sp. 1—76.) § 8, Linguaeformia.

§ 11, Teretifolia.

§ 12, Bellidifiora.

13, Acuta.

14, Macrorhiza)

x Spec. Isle of Bourbon.

15, Corniculata.

16, Pugioniformia,

17, Sarmentosa.

18, Reptantia.

19, Acinaciformia.

20, Rubricaulia.

Leaves 21, Heteropetala,

distinct II. TRIQUETRA. 4y7 § 22, Bracteata.

or nearly (Sp. 77—138.) 23, Virgata.

50. 24, Virentia.

25, Aurea.

26,

( Leaves j 27, Amoena.

triquetrous 28, Dilatata.

or : § 29, Falcata.

§ 30, Deltoidea.

§ 31, Forficata.

32, Geminata.

Leaves gli 33, Uncinata.

Stem connate III. PERFOLIATA.j22} $ 34, Microphylla.

erect or or (Sp. 139—165.) § 35, Rostellata.

\ \ : ;

prostrate, . sheathing. L 36, Vaginata.

-_~

mun

EPAPULOSA.

subtriquetrous. \

37, Tumidula,

38, Crocea.

39, Veruculata.

40, Haworthiana.

§ 41, Spinosa.

Leaves terete or IV. TERETIUSCULA. } § 42, Cymbaeformia.

semi-terete, (Sp. 166—211.) § 43, Defoliata.

: ‘ 44, Splendentia.

45, Juncea,

Beak atk

Leaves terete or semiterete, rag V. PAPILLOSA. Beg elon

( uel unl eases cee (Sp. 212 —265.) = § 54, Spinulifera.

y } 55, Moniliformia.

> pie j

: PAPULOSA.* (taltowl n

- 2 Petes

\. Leaves flat nase bus ie tee PLANIFOLIA. )

— , be rider hte 452( § 62, Expansa.

aa?

oy Flowers solitary. Stigmas 4, § or 6.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE® (Sond.) 389

KEY TO THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE SECTIONS.

I. EPAPULOSA.

I. SuBacavria.

Fleshy corpuscula ; each — eens Bs of two ciel leaves

united into a globe . — . .. (1) Sphaeroidea.

Leaves distinct.

Flowers white or reddish.

Leaves (4-6) decussate, entire, tte flat eo con-

vex beneath ... ee poe we Subquadrifolia.

Leaves (4-6) divergent, “subterete ... oi (11) Teretifolia.

Leaves (numerous) tumid, difform, 1 abbreviate gib-

bous, 1 larger subovate ... ... (9) Gibbosa.

Leaves (numerous) cylindrical, blunt, ‘erect. Flowers

WIRIBD, Soe vse» (to) Calamiformia.

Leaves (numerous) semiterete, subtriquetrows, apex

entire. Flowers reddish... ... . ... (13) Acuta.

Leaves (numerous) triquetrous- compressed, apex den-

tate. Flowers white ... ... .. see ee» (12) Bellidifiora,

Flowers yellow.

Leaves unequalor difform. Stigmas 8 or 9-10,

Leaves obliquely-decussate, semicylindrical, with

incrassate or attenuated apex, often toothed (7) Difformia.

Leaves distichous, lingueform, one side ager :

obliquely keeled at the apex... ... 0... (8) Linguseformia.

Leaves equal.

Leaves (4-6) semiterete, attenuated, keeled at

the apex. Flowers pedunculate ... (3) Rostrata,

Leaves (4-6) triquetrous, larger in the middle,

bluntish, mucronate, entire, tuberculated. :

Flowers sessile .. (4) Aloidea,

Leaves (4-6). semiterete, near the apex dilated

and triquetrous, angles often dentate or ciliate (5) Ringentia.

Flowers ternate

Leaves — » — =e much di- =

lated oe are Dolabriformia.

II. TriqueTra.

Flowers yellow. Stigmas 10-20.

Leaves cylindrical, more or less triquetrous, not

elongated, punctate ‘ .. (15) Corniculata.

Leaves more or less triquetrous, "very long, without dots (16) Pugioniformia.

Flowers yellow. Stigmas about 5.

~— Leaves triquetrous, glaucous ; peduncles without bracts (25) Aurea.

— Leaves acinaciform, with smooth pee =. eM etulle LB 1

Leaves subacinaciform, with serrulated angles see . M.serratum L. (§ 20)

Flowers white or reddish. Stigmas mostly 5 (rarely 5-10).

Flowes Se

Stem short, nodulose, prostrate, rooting ... ... ... (18) Reptantia.

‘Stem erect or decumbent, not rooting : ee

. Paes angular, leaves connate, acinaciform eo

_ with smooth angles, flowers large .. : I Acinaciformia.

Branches angular or terete, leaves connate, ice See

acinaciform, with serrulated angles, fi. large (20) Rubricaulia aoe

Branches angular, lax, leaves very connate, tri- oe

quetrous-compressed, obtuse, toothed below

the apex, flowers large oe Gn Porficate,

Branches 2-edged, leaves subconnate, compressed-

390 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

> ®

triquetrous, erect, sub-recurved ; flowers small ; 25

peduncles with 2 bracts in the middle ... ... (23) Virgata. 416

Branches 2-edged ; leaves distinct, compressed-

eo e-$ triquetrous, hooked at the apex, scabrous-punc-

2 ge tate, peduncles with 2 or 4 bracts near the calyx (22) Bracteata. 4/4

Flowers ternate or geminate (by abortion rarely solitary) ,

Branches elongated, sarmentose or rooting ... ... (17) Sarmentose, 440

_. Branches not sarmentose or rooting :

Wate } Leaves deltoid-triquetrous, dilated and retuse at

apex, with toothed angles ... ... .... ... (30) Deltoidea. qu

Leaves compressed-triquetrous, with dilated keel

near the recurved apex, not toothed ... ... (28) Dilatata. 4lg

Leaves attenuated not dilated :

és Leaves falcate-recurved with obtuse angles (29) Faleata. 420

Leaves not falcate :

Leaves triquetrous, carinal angles drawn

out, often lacerate ; branches 2-edged,

a kf petals biform ... ... ... ... ... (21) Heteropetals. 4/3

Ruel aae Leaves subconnate, triquetrous subaci-

= ce naciform, with smooth angles, ; bran-

ches subtriquetrous ... ... ... ... (24) Virentia. 4/7

Leaves subtriquetrous, elongated, acute,

very smooth ; branches erect, rigid (26) Blanda. 4)8

Leaves subconnate, triquetrous, with

ane equal sides, gradually attenuated ;

eo branches suberect .,.

‘TI. Perrouara.

Dwart subshrub with dichotomous branches ; leaves turgid, tri-

quetrous, whitish, smooth, with cartilaginous margins ; flow-

ers unknown s eee ee ee 422

i Flowers cymose or paniculated :

a) Flowers subpaniculated ; leaves short, triquetrous, carinal

: angle rough flawus. Small. while. cr eg ga oss ay

C-) Flowers subcymose ; leaves elongated, triquetrous, angles :

smooth Flowers. gneall, whicnpebwose ... ... ... ... (37) Tamidula. 4,26

Flowers terminal, soli: : :

Dwarf, procumbent ; leaves beaked-connate, subulate ;

a flowers pale reddish ... diy tee oes tee vos (QR) ROMA CATE

| Dwarf, erect or procumbent ; leaves minute, triquetrous,

e aristate, with large dots ..f¢. Swollrddish ... ... ... (34) Microphylla. 424

of leaves short ; leaves 3-gonous, semicylin-

us, without dots ; flowers yellow :

__ &F croceous. es Us = ee, oe. say 1 oss. (98) CEOEER, 427

Erect, rigid ; of leaves long ; leaves abbreviate, un-

ini or elongate, compressed with toothed carinal

angle ; flowers small, reddish... ... ... .. ... (33) Uncinata. 422

IV. Terettuscuta.

Flowers 3-nate or biternate on terminal spines or on spi-

nous peduncles ; leaves triquetrous, terete, glaucescent, :

_foorricgoas te ualaeci agate, i ok ee oe 1,30

Flowers dichotomous, 3-nate or 2-ternate, not on spines

Or spinous peduneles ; leaves cylindrical, glaucous, de- me

Flowers solitary or ternate :

Branches ae not articulate :

Flowers yellow ; leaves cylindrical, obtuse, mu-

cronate, weak, withoutdots ... .. ... ... (39) Weruculata. 427

Flowers red ; leaves subcy ubulate,

s+. wes ee (29) Amoena, 45

ciduous, without dots — ..Newers whi aytiowe Stywask (43) Defoliata. 43t

"glaucous, dotted ; branches decussate, Sim eet (40) Haworthiana, 428

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 391

Flowers yellow or scarlet ; leaves linear-elongate, bi

9 $-9 C~)s glitrde or compressed, not hooked at the

: : apex ; branches slender ... es (46) Tenuifolia. 436

rn Alf Flowers reddish, small ; leaves: ‘subcylindrical-

SS. ie subulate, incurved and hooked at the apex ;

branches flexuous... (47) Adunca. 437

x Flowers white ; leaves subcylindrical, ‘spreading-

7§ recurved, without dots ; branches erect ; calyx

lobes foliaceous (44) Splendentia. 432

¢ 7% Flowers reddish or yellow ; " leaves ‘cymbiform,

aa turgid-triquetrous ... (42) Cymbiformia. 430 ee

: Stem and beaaisliel subarticulate ; ‘lvs. linear-subulate (45) Juncea. 43h $

II, PAPULOSA.

V. PAPILLOosA.

@-f Annual herbs... Oe ol i ae hee (58) Nodifiora. 4st 4

Perennial herbs or shrubs : Pe

ri : Branches nodose-moniliform ; joints depressed globose ... (55) ) Moniliformia. G50 .

Bowie Branches subarticulate, joints or internodes cylindrical (57) Genioulifiora. 41 t

= : Branches not articulate : > a

ri _ Leaves barbate at the apex enc He Ea Guo G.

9) Oded ) Leaves not barbate : a

§. Pranclan sotilerede 5.0: cullichcinet etna) a 444 8

_ 33 wr *8 Branches rough .. | a. se. (50) Aspericaulia. 442 10

1} Branches smooth (bluntish papillate) : ¢ see

: Leaves echinulate or hispid all over ... .. (83) Echinata. 4h ‘ 2

?$ ¢-3 Leaves punctate-scabrous ; fl. ‘Siolouinin 2 .. (48) Seabrida. a *

: Leaves minutely papulose :

Leaves semicylindrical or triquetrous-

9) : compressed ; flowers trichotomous,

: white or reddish ; branches mercy (49) Trichotoma. 440

Leaves cylindrical, sub-canalicula

e :

Fe flowers ternate, greenish ; calyx- aches: aig 2 é

. P2 Cl elongated ; branches fleshy bel vie osm: 44s

a] cans cal ite cogota Stal 7

’ di yx

: herbs os oe a din G0

VI. PLANIFOLEA, | :

Stigmas 5. ;

: Mkt Win ac gett cordate cis ss je -.. (61) Cordifolia. 4ss

Ve ves 8 o were u se ;

?s J sitar ee feo ET mye gt ... (60) PlatyphyHa. 493

Leaves spathulate-1 lanceolate, nonees: ‘root bi ... (64) Tripolia. 4st

or Leaves ovate-lanceolate, flat, subcarinate, marcescent ;

_9 calyx-lobes very unequal, Subshrub ... ... ... .-. (62) Expansa. 456

Caleb iki: Leaves oblong-lanceolate, glaucous, not marcescent; calyx- fi

a lobes subequak. 63) Relaxata.

Subshrub —

C2 eS penn oot canal flowers on long, mostly rad

aes see

Series I. EPAPULOSA. —Stem and leaves not papulose. — (Groups |

: Group I. SusacavLta.—Root — Stenia oneal

, Mere cseae nor z but not flat. (§§. 1-14.) —

— ane MESEMBRY ACER (Sond.) [ Mesembryanthemum,

§. 1. SPH #ROIDEA, Salm Dyck (Minima et Spheroidea, Haw.) ;

plants stemless, forming fleshy corpuscula, or somewhat caulescent,

- consisting of united corpuscula ; leaves opposite, very blunt, joined even

to the apex into a globe, but separating at length at the apex, and be-

coming marcescent, but sheathing at the base. Flowers sessile, solitary,

central. Calyx 4-6-cleft. Petals generally joined into a tube, reddish

_ or whitish. Stigmas 4-6. (Sp. 1-10.)

1, M. minutum (Haw. Obs. 126, Syn, 202) ; stemless, obconical, glaw-

cous, without spots ; flowers long, tubular, pale reddish ; ovary inclosed.

Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1376. DC. le. 417. M. nuciforme, Haw. Obs. 129,

Syn. 204.

Has. Gamkarivier, Burke and Zeyher, 693. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Plant hardly the size of a common bean. Sheath often with purple dots from the

middle to the base. Petals spreading, tube about 3 lines long, shorter than the

limb.

2. M. perpusillum (Haw. Rev. 82) ; stemless, obconical, green, with

_ Strong confluent branched dots ; ovary inclosed. DC. J. ¢.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. ;

Plant 4 inch, nearly allied to the following, but the colour of the flower is deeper,

and the offsets more numerous,

3. M. minimum (Haw. Obs, 126. Syn. 203) ; stemless, obconical, glau-

cescent, with confluent rather branched dots ; flowers whitish ; petals

connate at base ; ovary exserted. Petiv, gaz. t. 39. f. 3? ex Haw.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Plant 3 inch ; when cultivated, often somewhat caulescent. Offsets fewer from

this than from the other allied species, Limb of the corolla very patent.

4. M. truncatellum (Haw. Misc. 22. Syn. 203) ; stemless, much de-

pressed and rather glaucous, with the dots rather distinct ; flowers straz-

coloured ; ovary exserted. DO, 1. o.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Plant 4 inch. Calyx 5-cleft.

5. M. obcordellum (Haw. Misc. 21. Syn. 203); stemless, obconical,

glaucescent, with distinct or confluent purple dots ; flowers substipi-

tate, white; calyx 4 ; petals free ; ovary inclosed. Sims. Bot. Mag.

t. 1647. #.&Z.! 1976. Salm. Dyck. Monog. fase. 6.t. .

Has. Karroo, between Beaufort and Graafreynet, near June. (Herb. Sd.)

qinch. Sheaths pale, the Uppermost equalling or shorter than the corpusculum,

irregularly dentate or lacerate, Corpusculum often purple at the cuneate base,

plane-convex above. Flower very small, risin from the ciliolate fissure. Peduncle

inclosed. Petals about 2 lines sd » recurved, - fine rs a z

6. M. obconellum (Haw. Misc. 21, Syn. 203); stemless, odconical,

glaucous green, with prominent confluent purple dots or lines ; sheaths

membranaceous ; flowers subsessile, white 3 petals connate at the base ;

ovary inclosed. Sahm. Dyck. Monog. Fase, 1. t. 1.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very like the preceding, from which it differs b th nH Wage ee

sile flowers and subconnate petals. Calyx s-clet, Y the prominent dots, y

Mesembryanthemum.| _MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) 393

7. M. uvaeforme (Haw. Rev. 84) ; stemlessor subcaulescent, nearly glo-

bose ; sheaths densely wmbricate, thick, transversely wrinkled, obtuse,

the uppermost about equalling the pale green, prominently dotted cor-

puscula ; flowers exserted, tubular; ovary inclosed. Lycoperdastrum,

etc. Burm. Afr. t. 10. f. 2.

Bs rates near Lislap, Betchuana territory, on rocks, 3000f. May. Zeyher /

erb. .

; Garnkieenn. A stemless plant, 3 inch, caulescent 1-14 inch long; 4-6 rising

from a branched woody root. Corpusculum the size of a hazelnut. Calyx 6-cleft,

inclosed with the turbinate ovarium. Petals purplish when dried, connate at the

base, 5-6 lines long. Half ripe fruit as large as a pea, covered with the pointed,

purplish dotted calyx-lobes.

8. M. truncatum (Thunb.! Nov. Act. Ephem. nat. curios. Vol. 8, p.

5, App.) ; stemless or caulescent, obconical, exactly truncate; sheaths

thinly membranaceous, the uppermost entire, dotted at the margin, a

little longer than the retuse, glabrous, dotted corpusculum ; flower pe-

dunculate, exserted ; calyx 4-cleft; ovary inclosed. Flor. Cap. 412.

excl. syn, Burm. DC. 1.c. M. turbiniforme. Haw. Rev. 84. Burch. trav.

I, 310.

Has. Rocks in Camenasie Karroo, in Bockland and near Hexriver, Thunberg ;

Zandvalley, Burchell; Knaus, Betchuana territory, Zeyher, 2954. Jan.—May.

(Herb. Thunb. 8d.)

Root fibrous, perennial. A stemless plant, 4 inch, caulescent 1-1} inches, and

often with 1 or 2 lateral branches. Sheaths pale yellowish when dry, shining, the

uppermost including 1 or 2 corpuscula, 5-6 lines long, truncate. Corpuscula about

3 lines long. Flower exserted, the compressed peduncle inclosed in the fissure.

Petals (whitish ¢) united at the base, about 2 or 3 lines long. Half ripe fruit as

as a small pea, hemispherical, covered with the 4, pointed, purple-dotted calyx-lobes.

9. M. fimbriatum (Sond.); stemless or somewhat caulescent, obovate ;

sheaths membranaceous, imbricate, the uppermost cuneate, white but

purplish near the base, deeply lacerate-fimbriate ; corpusculum subglo-

bose, punctate, glabrous, but ciliolate at the fissure, half as long as the

sheaths.

Has. Gamkariver, May. Zeyher/ (Herb. Sd.)

Many plants, 4-3 inch high, from the perennial root. Upper vagina about 3 lines

long, the fimbriae 1 line long. Flowers unknown. Easily known by the lacerate

vagina. : Bo

10. M. fibuleforme (Haw. Misc. 22. Syn. 203); stemless or some-

what caulescent, rather canescent, depressed ; sheaths membranaceous,

the uppermost whitish, cuneate, irregularly toothed ; corpusculum very

thinly pubescent, ciliate at the fissure, not punctate, shorter than the

vagina ; styles 6. DC.l.c. 417.

Has. Cape of Good Hope, Scholl. ; Namaqualand, Zeyher! (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Root ial. Stems numerous, }-1 inch high, greyish, as thick as a pigeon’s

F upper vagina marcescent, white. Corpuscula the size of a small

Petals unknown. Z me i

§. 2. SUBQUADRIFOLIA, Salm. Dyck. DC. (Semiovata and obtusa,

Haw.) Plants almost stemless. Leaves 4-6, decussate, quite entire, ob-

tuse, flat above but pustulate at the base, convex beneath. Flowers

394 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

solitary, nearly sessile, reddish or whitish. Calyx 4-6-cleft. Stigmas

4-6. (Sp. 11-13.)

‘11, M. testiculatum (Jacq. fragm. 20, 73. t. 12. f. 2.); stemless ;

leaves 4-8, unequal, whitish, smooth, rather erect, ovate or oblong-

ovate, flat above, convex beneath, quite entire. M. testiculare, Thunb.!

Fl. Cap. 412. Haw. Syn. 265. M. octophyllum, Haw. Rev. 8 5.

Has. Near Olifantsriver, Thunberg ! Between Droogekraal and Hollriver, Gamka-

river, Zeyher / 701, Jan.-Sept. (Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

j perennial. Leaves 4 or 6, rarely 8, connate at base, very fleshy, about 1

inch long. Peduncle very short, with 2 leafy bracteas near the calyx. Flowers

white or reddish, 1-2 inches in diameter. Calyx 6-cleft.

12. M. fissum (Haw. Obs. 134. Syn. 20 5); plant almost stemless;

leaves equal, half-terete, very blunt, glaucescent. DO. 1. c. 418.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Old stem 1-2 inches high, with veryshort, alternate branches. Flowers unknown.

13. M. obtusum (Haw. Misc. 25. Syn. 206) ; plant almost stemless,

green; leaves unequal, semiterete, acinaciform, obtuse ; flower sessile ;

calyx 6-lobed, IL. fissoides, Haw. Obs. 1 35

Has. Cape of Good Hope. :

Old stem 2 inches high. Peduncle very short, with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers pale

red. Calyx thick, lobes subequal, blunt. Petals an inch long. Filaments white.

Styles 6, recurved, white.

§. 3. ROSTRATA, Haw. DC. Plants stemless or nearly so, Leaves

4-6, suberect, vaginate-connate, semiterete, attenuate, somewhat cari-

nate at the apex. Flowers solitary, pedunculate, yellow. Calyx

2-8-cleft. Stigmas 8-12, rarely more. (Sp. 14-21.)

14. M. ramulosum (Haw. Misc. 29. Syn. 21 5)3 young plant nearly

stemless ; old stem 3 inches high, branched, prostrate ; leaves subulate,

obtuse, pustulate inside at the base, when old expanded ; scape terete,

bracteate at the base ; calyx j-eleft. DC. l.¢. 421. M. rostratoides,

Haw, Obs, 154. F

- ‘Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers as in M. caninum um. Styles 9, equalling the stamens. This is the smallest

of all the section. = a :

15. M. bifidum (Haw. Misc. 29. Syn. 212); plant almost stemless ;

leaves subulate, glaucous, obtuse, with many dots ; scape nearly terminal,

1-flowered ; calyx bifid. DC. 1. c.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

: pres ares Allied to M. quadrifidum, but weaker, and the leaves ee

16, M. quadrifidum (Haw. Misc, 28, Syn. 212); plant almost stem-

less, at length branched ; leaves subulate, obtuse, hoary-glaucous,

marked by a few dots towards the apex ; scape terminal, 1-flowered,

longer than the leaves ; calyx 4-cleft. DC. l. ¢

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Old stems 2-3 inches long. Styles about the length of the stamens.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 395

17. M. robustum (Haw. Misc. 28, Syn. 211); stem robust, a little

branched, short, decumbent ; leaves subulate, obtuse, dotted, pustulate

inside at the base. DC, l. ¢.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers unknown.

18. M. denticulatum (Haw. Obs. 149. Syn. 215); stemless; leaves

very glaucous, subulately triquetrous, compressed, dilately keeled at the

apex; keel usually denticulated ; scape bibracteate, 1-flowered ; styles

12-15. D0C.l.c. M. difforme, Thunb. | Fl. Cap. 423.

Var. a. canum (Haw. Obs. 149) ; leaves canescent from minute down.

Var. 8 glaucum (Haw. Obs. 151) ; leaves glaucous-white, rather dilated at both

ends, a little toothed. :

Var. y. candidissimum (Haw. 1. c.); leaves whitish, elongated, a little toothed,

compressed on both sides.

Has. Karroo, between Olifantsriver and Bockland, in Hantum and Roggefeldt.

Oct.-Nov. Thunberg /

' Plant 2-3 inches or more high. Root perennial. Lower leaves marcescent,

whitish, upper ones trigonous, acutely green. Peduncle or scape short, angular.

& 19. M. multipunctatum (Salm Dyck, Monog. fase. 1. t.2.); plant

almost stemless, much branched ; leaves elongated, semiterete, obtuse,

keeled at the apex, glaucous-green, with very numerous pellucid dots ;

scape elongated without bracts; calyx 4-cleft.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) . :

Leaves 4-6, fleshy, 2-24 inches long, about 3 lines wide, spreading, when young

erect adpressed, with prominent dots, flat above and pustulate at the base, convex _

beneath, but compressed-keeled at the apex. Peduncle 3 inches long. Calyx-lobes

unequal, 2 smaller. Petals in 3 series, about 4 inch long. Styles 8. Capsule 8-lo-

cular.

20. M. rostratum (Linn. Spec. 696) ; plant almost stemless, branched ;

leaves subulate, elongated, subtriquetrous, acute, subglaucous, dotted ;

scape elongated, bibracteate ; calyx 4—5-cleft.

Var. a. longebracteatum ; bracteas 2, as long or longer than the scape. M. rostra- Ptobew

tum, Haw. DC. Salm.-Dyck. 1. ¢. fase. 1, t. 3. EB. § Z./ 1978.

Var. §. brevibracteatum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 4); bracts 4, shorter than the

scape. M. bibracteatum (Haw. Syn. 215. DC. l. c.)

Has. In Karroo, between Olifantsriver and Bockland, Thunberg ; in Zwartland

and near Saldanha Bay, #. ¢ Z./ var. 8. Gamkariver, Zeyher ! 692. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves 4-6, in the cultivated plant 4-5 inches long, 5-6 lines wide, in the wild

plant 1-2 inches long, flat above, but pustulate at the base, convex beneath at the

base, subtriquetrous at the apex. Peduncle or scape 2-4 inches long ; bracteas

foliaceous. Calyx-lobes unequal, Petals in 3 series. Styles 8-10. Distinguished

- from the preceding by the long, attenuated leaves.

21, M, purpurascens (Salm Dyck, Obs. Bot. ann. 1822); plant al- —

most stemless, branched ; leaves dotted, smooth, gibbous AB at the —

base, of a bluish-glancous colour, obtuse, triquetrous at the apex ; Keel

usually extended ; sheaths purplish. DC. 1. e. ee Re

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

§. 4, ALOIDEA, DC. (Aloidea et Magnipunctata, Haw.) ; stemless.

Leaves 4-6, triquetrous, gradually thickened from the base to the mid- ae

396 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

dle, attenuate at the apex, bluntish, mucronulate, keeled beneath, the

angles entire, marked on both sides by tubercles. Flowers solitary,

subsessile, yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft. (Sp. 22-26.) :

22. M. nobile (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1823. p. 381) ; stemless or nearly

so ; leaves subelongate, triquetrously clavate, obtuse, somewhat recurved,

the angles rotundate, rather concave above, marked by large elevated

tubercles ; peduncle bibracteate ; calyx 6-cleft. DC lc. 419. Salm.

Dyck. Monog. fase. 4. f. 1. M. magnipunctatum 7. affine. Haw. Rev. 87.

M. compactum, Ait. Kew, vol. 2. p. 1 gi?

Has. Gamkariver, May. Zeyher! 688.

Leaves 4-6, connate at the base, 2-24 inches long, 6-7 lines wide. Flowers 2

inches in diameter. Peduncle 4-6 lines long, with 2 lanceolate foliaceous bracteas,

Calyx subglobose. Petals linear, whitish at the base. Styles 16, erect, equalling

the stamens.

23. M. magnipunctatum (Haw. Rev. p. 86) ; stemless ; leaves perfect,

usually about 4, large, clavately triquetrous, very thick, glaucescent, flat

above, keeled beneath, obtuse at the apex, marked with very large

numerous dots ; flowers sessile. DO. l.c. M. magnipunctatum, Hav.

Suppl. 87.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

24. M. canum (Haw. Obs. 1 58. Syn. 219); stemless ; leaves hoary,

semiterete at the base, attenuated, gibbously keeled at the apex. DC. 1. c.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

det like M. magnipunctatum, but distinguished by its hoary aspect. Flowers un-

own.

25. M. albinatum (Haw. Phil. Mag., Aug. 1826, p. 126); stemless ;

leaves acinaciformly triquetrous upwards, with a recurved mucro, full of

scattered, rather elevated, whitish dots ; flowers sessile. IM. albipuncta-

tum, Haw. l. ec.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Root perennial, tufted. Leaves decussate, green, spreading. Stamens erect,

26. M. aloides (Haw. Suppl. 88) ; stemless or nearly so ; leaves erecto-

patent, entire, semiterete, green, white-dotted, acute upwards, rather con-

cave above, carinately triquetrous and mucronate at the apex ; flowers

sessile ; calyx 5-cleft. DC.l.c. Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. 3. f, 1.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

- Old plant tufted. Root fleshy, fusiform. Leaves 6-8, connate at the base, 2 in-

ches long, and at the base 4 lines wide, Flowers 1 inch in diameter. Calyx turbi-

nate, lobes equal in length, 3 of them membranaceous on the margins. Petals in

one series. erect. Styles 10,

§. 5. RINGENTTA, DC. (Ringentia et Scapi ra, Haw.) Plants stem-

less or nearly so, Leaves 4-6, semiterete at the base, gradually thick-

ening to the top and triquetrous ; lateral angles ciliate-dentate, carinal

angles mostly entire, Flowers solitary, yellow. Calyx 4— 5-cleft.

Stigmas 4-5, rarely more, (Sp. 27-37.) 4

* Sessiliflora.—Flower sessile or on a short peduncle. t{ 2

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 397

27. M. tigrinum (Haw. Obs. 164. Syn. 216) ; plant almost stemless ;

leaves ovate-cordate, glaucous-green, marbled with white, carinate-convex

beneath, carinal angle very entire, lateral ones dentate, teeth ciliated

with many long hairs; flowers subsessile. H. § Z./ 1982. Bot. Reg. t.

260. Salm. Dyck. Monog. fase. 1. t. 5. M. ringens, Thunb.! herb. a. (ex

parte).

Has, In Karroo in Onderste Roggeveld, Thunberg! Mount Bothasberg near

Vishriver, Albany, Jan. (Herb. Thunb, Sd.) .

Leaves rhomboid-dilated, 1-14 inches long, 8-12 lines wide, very fleshy, with

20-24 ciliated teeth on the margin. Calyx turbinate, §-cleft. Petals in 2 or 3 series.

Styles 5. Distinguished from the following by the larger leaves.

28. M. felinum (Haw. Obs. 161. Syn. 216); nearly stemless ; leaves

triquetrous, rhomboid-lanceolate, glaucescent, obsoletely white-dotted, cari-

nate-convex beneath, carinal angle very entire, lateral ones with 8 cili-

ate teeth ; flowers subsessile. DC. Pl. Grass. t.152. HE. & Z.! 1981.

Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. t,t. 6. Dill. Hlth. t. 187. f.230. M. ringens,

Thunb. ! herb. ex pte.

Has. Karrooin Bockland, Roggeveld, Thunberg / Zwartkopsrivier, Zeyher! 2580.

Feb.—Nov. (Herb. Thunb. D., Sd.)

Leaves 14 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, with 6-10, rigid, recurved teeth. Flowers

as large as in the foregoing. Calyx globose, 5-fid. Petals 2-3-seriate. Styles 5.

29. M. lupinum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 64-111); nearly stemless ; leaves

triquetrous, lanceolate, green, without dots, smooth above, carinate-convex

and prominently punctate beneath ; carinal angle very entire, lateral

ones with numerous long ciliated teeth; flowers subsessile. DC. 1. ¢.

419. Salm. Dyck. 1. c. fasc. 6. t.2. *

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) : ; :

Leaves 1-1} inches long, at the base 9 lines wide, with 16-20 lateral, subulate,

long ciliated. reversed teeth. Calyx turbinate, §-fid. Petals 2—3-seriate. Styles 5.

Very like M. felinum, but differs by the greener, from the base attenuated leaves

with longer and more numerous teeth, and by the much smaller flowers.

30. M. murinum (Haw. Obs. 165. Syn. 217); nearly stemless, much

branched ; leaves elongate-rhomboid, tuberculate-punctate, half cylindri-

cal at the base, triquetrous at top, carinal angle at the apex denticulate,

lateral ones with 4-6, short, acute, subciliated teeth ; flowers on short

peduneles.. DO. l. c. Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. 5. f. 1. M. ringens, Thunb.!

herb. 8. (ea pte.)

Has. Karroo in Onderste Bokke’veld, Thunberg /

Leaves 12-14 lines long, 4 lines wide, acute, glaucescent, a little thickened

towards the apex. Flowers small. Calyx turbinate. Petals in many series. Styles

s, short. Distinguished from the preceding by the short denticulated leaves with

denticulate carinal angle.

$1. M. mustellinum (Salm. Dyck. Obs. p. 9); plant almost stemless,

branched ; leaves triquetrous, gradually thickening towards the apex,

obtuse, greenish, punctate-papulose, pustulate-gibbous on the inside at

the base, carinal angle dilated, very entire, lateral ones denticulated above

the middle ; flowerson short peduncles. Monog. fase. 1. t. 7.

Has. Bitterfontein, Bechuana territory, April, Zeyher / (Herb. Sd.

Leaves 8-10 lines long, 4—5 lines wide, spathulate, flattish above. Flowers small.

398 MESEMBRYACER (Sond.) [Mesembranthemum.

Calyx turbinate, 5-fid. Petals in many series. Styles 5, short. In the wild speci-

mens the leaves are shorter, 4-6 lines long, more roundish at the apex, and often

only cartilagineous-dentate or entire.

$2. M. ermininum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Aug. 1826, p. 126); nearly

stemless, branched ; leaves triquetrous, a little thickened towards the

apex, glaucescent, wrinkled from numerous dots, carinal angle very en-

tire, subdilated, lateral ones with short teeth at the apex ; flowers on short

peduncles. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 1. t. 8. |

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 8-9 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, bluntish ; lateral angles with 6-8 very short

teeth. Flowers small. Calyx turbinate. Petals in many series, setaceous. Styles

§, short. Different from MM. mustellinwm in the leaves being smaller, glaucous, punc-

tate but not gibbous, tuberculate on the inside at the base.

33. M. musculinum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 228); stem short,

branches elongate, prostrate ; leaves triquetrous, glaucous-green, pellu-

cid-punctate, gibbous, pustulate on the inside at the base, margins and

keel usually bearing but one tooth each ; flowers on short peduncles.

Salm Dyck, l. ¢. fase. 1. t. 9.

‘Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v )

3ran angular, sometimes 6 inches long. Leaves about 8 lines long, 2-3

lines wide, bluntish, lateral angles with 2-4 very short teeth. Flowers small. Calyx

5-cleft. Petals lanceolate, about 1 line wide. Styles 5.

34. M. agninum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 127); stem very short,

‘branched ; leaves oblong, canescent, wrinkled from dots, flat and pustu-

late at the base above, carinate-convex beneath, lateral angles somewhat

toothed or entire towards the apex; flowers on short peduncles ; calyx

6-cleft. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 3. t. 2.

Var. a. denticulatum ; leaves evidently toothed at top,

Var. 8. integrifolium ; leaves smaller, entire.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Leaves with a large white pustule on the inside at the base, 13-2 inches long, at

the base 5-6 lines wide, gradually attenuated towards the apex, bluntish ; the mar-

gin in var. a. with 3-5 teeth on each side. Flowers 1 inch in diameter ; peduncle

compressed, 1 inch long. Calyx sub-compressed, with 6 triquetrous, elongated

lobes, Petals linear, in many series. Styles 6,

** Scapigera.—Flower pedunculate ; peduncle bibracteate.

35. M. caninum (Haw. Obs. 159. Syn. 217) ; stem very short, branch-

ed ; leaves glaucous, carinately-triquetrous, subelavate, incurved towards

the apex, carinal angle entire, lateral ones somewhat toothed ; peduncles

longer than the leaves ; calyx 5-fid. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 3. te 3.

Var. a. pluridentatum; leaves smaller, lateral angles denticulate, Mf. caninum,

a re Sra t. 95. M. ringens and caninum, Linn. Spec. 298. Dill. Elth. 241 §

Var. 8. paucidentatum; leaves r ; lateral angl ‘

sulpinem’ Hoo. Hor ae larger ; la angles obscurely toothed. M.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (y.y.)

Leaves very thick, not punctate, 2 inches (in var. B. 3) long, 7-8 lines wide,

acute, flat above, triquetrous-convex beneath. Peduncle 4 inches long, thickened

at top, with 2 foliaceous, vaginate-connate bracteas. Calyx turbinate. Petals in

many series, Styles 5, subulate,

eS ee

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 399

36. M. albidum (Linn. Spec. 699); stemless, smooth, whitish ; leaves

thick, swhulate, triguetrous, flat above, obtuse, with an acumen, semite-

rete at the base, quate entire ; flower large, peduncle longer than the

leaves ; calyx 5-fid. Zhunbd./ Fl. Cap. 423. Dill. Eth. t. 189. f. 232.

Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1821. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 5. t. 283.

Has. Namaqualand, Drege/ A. Wyley! (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.

Leaves (4-6) vaginate-connate, about 2 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, attenuated,

mucronate, very thick, not punctate. Peduncle as long or longer than the leaves,

thickened below the punctate calyx, with 2 foliaceous bracts at the base. Calyx-

lobes subequal, 3 with a membranaceous margin. Petals an inch long, linear. Styles

6-15, erect. Garden specimens are larger, 6 inches or more high, the leaves 3 in-

ches long, sometimes on the lateral angles with one or two short teeth ; the pedun-

cle often with two or three flowers, but calyx and petals are not different. M. hy-

bridum, Haw. is quite the same.

37. M. namaquense (Sond.); stem very short, branched; leaves

thick, smooth, whitish, punctate or wrinkled, acute but not mucronate, a

little channelled above, keeled and triquetrous beneath, quite entire; pe-

duncle 3-4 times longer than the leaves; calyx 5-fid. M. difforme,

Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 423. non Linn.

Has. Olifantsriver, in Bockland and Hantum, Thunberg ! Namaqualand, Drege !

A. Wyley ! (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

A small, well distinguished species. Branches 4-1 inch long. Leaves about 4,

not including some decayed at the base, long, connate, 5-6 lines long, about

3 lines wide, the inferior ones white-punctate, scabrous, the superior wrinkled, when

dry channelled above. Peduncle with 2 foliaceous, punctate, small bracts at the base.

Three of the calyx-lobes with a large, white-membranaceous margin. Petals 6-8

lines long, linear, gold-coloured. Style 5, short.

§. 6. DOLABRIFORMTA, DC. (Dolabriformia and Carinata, Haw.)

Plants stemlss or on short stems. Leaves entire, decussate, with a keeled,

gibbous angle. Flowers ternate, yellow ; peduncle bibracteate. Calyx

5-fid. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 38-42.)

88. M. scapiger (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824. p. 423) ; plant almost

stemless ; leaves elongate, carinately triquetrous, green, a little roughish

and dotted on the margins, carinal angle much compressed and produced ;

scape 2-edged. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. fasc. 1. t. 10.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. neta :

Radical leaves 10-12, erecto-patent, 3-4 inches long, 5-7 lines wide at the base,

cartilagineous at the apex, the two opposite unequal, one gradually attenuated,

scarcely dilated below the apex, the other with very prominent carinal angle. Scape

3 or 5-flowered, 2~3 inches long ; bracts short, subleafy. Flowers middle-sized.

Styles 5, filiform. —

39. M. multiceps (Salm Dyck, Monog. fasc. 6. t. 3); stemless, tuft-

ed ; leaves elongate, attenuated at both ends, very smooth, shining,

green, flat above, keeled beneath, triquetrous-compressed and acuminate

at the apex ; scape subterete. M. bibracteatum, E. § Z.! 1980.

Has. On fields near the Zwartkopsriver and Koegariver, Howisonsport, &c.,

Zeyher ! 2577. Suly—Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.) i ae ae 2

Leaves 1-14 inches long, }-4 lines wide, cultivated larger, attenuated near the

base, gradually narrowed at the apex and not much dilated on the carinal angle.

Peduncle sometimes 1-flowered, as long as the leaves, but generally there is a

3-flowered, rarely 5-flowered subcompressed scape, 2 or 3 lines longer than the leaves.

400 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [AMesembryanthemum.

Bracts foliaceous, pedicels 4-1 inch long, thickened upwards. Calyx-lobes 5, very

acuminate, 4 lines long. Petals 4 inch long. Much smaller than the preceding,

and with smaller flowers, but perhaps only a variety.

40. M. rhomboideum (Salm. Dyck. 1. c. fasc. 5, t. 4) ; stemless ;

leaves smooth, rhomboid-dilated, green, white-dotted, flat-concave above,

convex and carinate-keeled beneath, rotunded-obtuse at the apex, angles

white-margined ; scape terete. MU. scapiger, E. & Z.! 1984.

Has. On the fields by the Zwartkopsriver, Coega and Zondagsriver, Zey. / 2579.

Janr. (Herb. D., Sd.)

8-10 radical leaves, 1-2 inches long, about 6-8 lines wide, subglaucous-green, half

cylindrical from the base to the middle, slightly concave above, compressed-keeled

beneath from the middle to the apex. Scape 1-2 inches long. Flowers biternate.

bracts 1-2 lines long. Pedicels 4-1 inch, with or without bracts. Calyx §-cleft,

lobes ovate acute. Petals not much longer than the calyx. Styles 5.

41. M. dolabriforme (Linn, Spec. 699) ; caulescent ; leaves glaucous,

dotted, exactly dolabriform, i. e. depressed at the base and compressed

at the apex, obtuse and somewhat emarginate; scape abbreviate, com-

pressed ; pedicels short. Dill. Hlth. t. 191. f. 237. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 6.

Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 32. Salm. Dyck. l. c. fase. 3.t. 4.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Stem in the young plant very short, but when old 4-1 foot. Leaves connate,

1-1} inches long, at the base 2 lines, at the top 6-7 lines wide. Flowers ternate or

quinate. Bracts subleafy. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals lanceolate, 4 inch long. Styles 5.

42. M. carinans (Haw. Rev. 90) ; nearly stemless ; leaves elongated,

subincurved and spreading, semiterete at the base, compressed at the apex,

and dilated into a keel, whitish and dotted. DOC. l.c. 423. EB. & Z.!

1983 ? M. canum, Salm. Dyck. obs. bot. 20. non Haw.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers ternate, exactly as in M. dolabriforme, and expanding in the evening.

The specimen of £. § Z. / collected between Beaufort and Graafreynet is incomplete,

and seems not to be different from M. dolabriforme.

§. 7. DIFFORMTA, Salm. Dyck. (Cruciata and Difformia, Haw. Lin-

guef. 8. DC.) Stem very short or erect, branched. Leaves unequal,

obliquely decussate, half-cylindrical, dilated or attenuate at the apex,

variously difformed and often furnished with 1-2 fleshy teeth. Flowers

Seay eo yellow, pedunculate or sessile. Calya 4-cleft. Stigmas 8.

P- 43-52:

43. M. bidentatum (Haw. Suppl. 89. Rev. 103); nearly stemless ;

leaves semi-cylindrical, thick, soft, oblique, and compressed at the apex,

and difformed, bearing 2 large, almost opposite, fleshy teeth in the middle.

Salm. Dyck. 1. c. fase. 2. f. 1. Dill. Elth. p. 252. f. 241. (excl. f. 242.)

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Branches prostrate, Leaves unequal, about 3-4 lines wide, one 2 inches long,

the opposite 1-14 inches long, very smooth, green, punctate. Peduncle 14 inches

long, thickened upwards, Calyx turbinate. Petals uniseriate, obtuse, denticulate.

Styles short, ramentaceous.

44. M. semicylindricum (Haw. Obs. 238. Syn.228.); caulescent ;

leaves semi-cylindrical, narrow-tongue-shaped, bullate-punctate, oblique

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEX (Sond.) 401

and subecompressed at the blunt apex, furnished in the middle with 1

or 2 obsolete teeth or tubercles. Flowers on short pedicels. Salm Dyck, l. c.

fase. 1. t. 11. M. difforme Lin. ? Willd. ? Dill. Eth. p. 252. f. 242.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem erect, rigid, 4 foot or higher, bifarious, branched. Leaves difformed, one

of them 2 inches, the opposite 12-15 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. Peduncle 1 inch.

Calyx turbinate. Petals entire. %

45. M. difforme (Haw. Rev. 103. Syn. 228); rather caulescent ; leaves

obliquely cruciate, semi-cylindrical, narrow-tongue-shaped, punctate, not

dentate or tubercled in the middle, difformed, one shorter, bluntish and

mucronulate, the other longer, attenuated, compressed, and obliquely

keeled at the blunt apex. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 1.t.12. DC. lc. £.§

Z.! 1985, but not of Linn. or Thunb.

Has. In Karroo, near Olifantsrivierbad, Clanwilliam, Oct. (Herb. Sd.).

Stem short-branched. Leaves 4 inch wide, the longer 3, the other 2-2 inches

long. Peduncle 1 inch. Petals entire. Styles 8-9.

46. M. bigibberatum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Nov. 1825. p. 329) ; rather

caulescent ; leaves obliquely somewhat cruciate, small, semi-cylindrical,

scarcely tongue shaped, very smooth, usually with 2 gibbosities, swb-

equal, one attenuated and acute, the other keeled-dilated, obtuse at the

apex. Salm Dyck, l.c. fase. 6. f. 4.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Twice smaller than the preceding, leaves smaller, sub-equal. It varies with or

without gibbosities on the middle. Peduncle 8-10 lines long. Petals denticulate.

47, M. praepingne (Haw. Rev. 95. Syn. 222) ; nearly stemless; leaves

obliquely tongue-shaped, semiterete, thick, very smooth, pale green,

when young ciliated with pubescence, much difformed, one abbreviate,

subacute, the other dilated, compressed, heeled with incurved point ;

flowers nearly sessile; calyx ciliated on the angles. Salm Dyck, 1. c.

Jase. 5. t. 5.

Has. eM

ory he a. pies se go known by the triquetrous-compressed, ciliated

calyx. Opposite leaves about 14-24 inches long, 6 lines wide. Peduncle 3 inch

long. Petals biseriate, denticulate.

48, M. angustum (Haw. Obs. 176. Syn. 222) ; nearly stemless ; leaves

obliquely distichous, linear-tongue-shaped, semi-cylindrical, very long,

obliquely keeled at the apex, subincurved, punctate, subequal, one acute,

the other wncinate ; flowers subsessile, calyx glabrous. Salm.-Dyck. l. c,

Fasc. 5. t. 6. (var. pallidum, Haw.)

Var. 8. heterophyllum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 7); leaves longer and thicker, evi-

dently incurved at the apex. M. heterophyllum, Haw. Rev. 102.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Distinguished from the preceding by the less decussate more tongue-shaped and

not ciliated leaves. Calyx subtrigonous-turbinate. Petals biseriate, acute.

49. M. cruciatum (Haw. Obs. 173. Syn. 224) ; nearly stemless; leaves —

cruciate, incrassate, linear-tongue-shaped, semi-cylindrical, very soft, ob-

liquely keeled at the apex, subequal, one attenuated, the other compressed

dilated; flowers on long peduncles. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 2. t. 2

VoL, I. 26

402 MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) [JMéesembryanthemum.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem short, somewhat branched. Leaves very thick, curved upwards, og

ctate, green, 3-4 inches long, 8-9 lines wide. Peduncle thickened upwards

Gini Was Walyx turbinates,” Petals biserinto, bluntioh. Tt differs fiona all the

preceding by more semi-cylindrical, attenuated leaves, less difformed at the apex.

50. M. Salmii (Haw. Suppl. 89. Rev, 100) ; nearly stemless ; leaves

decussate, obliquely semi-cylindrical, attenuate, one acute, the other

oblique and blunt ; flowers sessile. Link. and Otto. Abbild. Gen. fase. 8.

9.95. t. 44. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 4. t. 2.

Var. £. elongatum (Salm Dyck) ; leaves somewhat smaller and longer.

Var. y. semicruciatum (Salm Dyck) ; leaves flattish, rigid and shorter, obliquely

cuneate.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Leaves 6-8, patent, 3-4 inches long, 8-9 lines wide, flattish above, with a white

spot at the inside of the base. Calyx compressed, obconical. Petals uniseriate,

obtuse, denticulate.

51. M. taurinum (Haw. Syn. 224. Rev. 100) ; planta lmost stemless ;

leaves disposed in two rows, obliquely cruciate, semiterete, obtuse, very

thick, of a yellowish green colour, incwrved ; flowers sessile. DCL. c. 422.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) :

Habit of M. cruciatum, but much larger. Old stem branched at the base, half a

foot high. Leaves about one finger long, flattish above, often oblique at the apex ;

young ones always incurved. Calyx bifid (Haw.), segments unequal. Styles 8,

ramentaceous,

52. M. surrectum (Haw. Rev. 101) ; leaves decussate, erectish or

spreading, more or less semiterete, subulate, acute, soft, usually pustu-

late at the base ; ovarium exserted, somewhat pedunculate.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

§. 8. LINGUAEFORMLIA, Haw. (Linguaef. a. disticha. DC.) Stem-

less or nearly so. Leaves difformed, distichous, tongue-shaped, one of

the margins thicker than the other, obliquely carinulate, often uncinate-

ineurved at the apex ; flowers solitary, large, sessile or pedunculate,

Calya 3~5-fid. Stigmas 8-10. (Sp. 5 3-62.)

(Perhaps all the species of this section are varieties of one plant.)

53. M. scalpratum (Haw. Obs. 187. Syn. 220); nearly stemless ; leaves

sloped down much, scalprate, very broad, one of the margins thicker,

pustulate inside at the base; flowers sessile ; calyx 4-fid ; petals emar-

ginate. Salm Dyck. 1. ¢. fase. 4. t. 3. M. linguiforme, Linn. Dill. Elth.

t. 183. fig. 224.

Var. 8. angustius (Salm.-Dyck. 1. ¢.) ; leaves smaller, more attenuated at the apex,

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 3-4 inches long, 14-2 inches wide, subequal in length, obtuse, patent,

green, not punctate. Calyx obconical, com: d 7

linear. Styles 1047. coc” pressed. Petals uniseriate, broadly

54, M. fragrans (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 4. t. 4); nearly stemless ; leaves

sloped down, obliquely tongue-shaped, thick, one side rather convex and

obtuse at the apex, the other side thrown out into a keel ; flowers sessile ;

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 403

petals obtuse, crenulate. Haw. Revis. 95. Link. et Otto. Abbild. Gen.

fasc. 8. p. 93. t. 43. DC. 1. ¢. gat.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Nearly allied to M. sealpratum, but the leaves are shorter and thicker, and the

flowers larger and fragrant. Leaves 2-3 inches long and 1 inch wide, patent.

Flowers 3 inches in diameter. Calyx 4-fid, obconical, compressed. Petals uniseriate,

broadly-linear. Styles re.

55. M. grandiflorum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Nov. 1826. p. 328); nearly

stemless ; leaves sloped down, broadly tongue-shaped, long, thick, with a

large pustule on the inside of the base, one side oblique cultrate, the

other subuncinate ; flowers sessile, very large ; petals obtuse, crenulate.

Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 4. t. 5.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) :

Leaves 4-6 inches long, 1-14 inch wide, a little attenuated at the apex, pale

green. Flowers almost scentless. Calyx globose, subcompressed, 4-fid. Petals 2—3

lines broad. It differs from the preceding by the larger, flatter, exactly linguae-

formed, more soft leaves, and from the following by the robust habit and particularly

by the very large flower.

56. M. adscendens (Haw. Syn. 220. Rev. 96); stemless or nearly so,

very proliferous ; leaves distichous, sloped down, adscendent, broadly-

tongue-shaped, flattish on both sides, very blunt, green ; flowers pedun-

culate ; peduncle and calyx pustulate. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. fase. 5, t. 8.

Dill, Elth, p. 237. t. 226.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

About 8-10 leaves, a little fleshy, subequal, 24 inches long, 9-10 lines wide.

Peduncle 1 inch long or longer, subtriquetrous at the apex. Petals subbiseriate,

narrow, acute. Styles 10. It differs from the preceding by more flattish (not ex-

cayate above) leaves, not thicker at one side and blunt, scarcely uncinate ; from the

following by the proliferous stem.

57. M. cultratum (Salm Dyck, Obs. 1820. p. 7); nearly stemless ;

leaves distichous, sloped down, exactly tongue-shaped, thick, cultrate at

the margin and blunt apex ; flowers pedunculate ; peduncle subtrique-

trous. Monog. fase. 5.t.9. LH. § Z./ 1986.

Var. 8. perviride (Salm Dyck, 1. c.) ; leaves saturate green. M. medium, Haw.

Suppl. 88,

Has. On the fields near the Zwartkopsriver. Oct. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Leaves 3 inches long, 10-12 lines wide, subdeflexed, soft, two-edged at the

margins, subequal. Peduncle 1 inch long or longer. Petals patent, subbiseriate,

acute. Styles 11-13. :

58. M. uncatum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 5. t. 10); nearly stemless ;

leaves distichous, patent, subineurvate, narrow tongue-shaped, thick,

flattish above, obliquely convex beneath, incurvate-uncinate at the apex;

flowers short-pedunculate ; petals revolute. M. longum, ¢. uncatum. Haw.

Rev. 97- |

Has. Cape of Good Hope. .

Leaves 2} inches long, 8 lines wide, incrassate at the apex. Peduncle } inch,

Calyx compressed globose, Petals subbiseriate, acute. Style 10.

59, M, depressum (Haw. Misc. p. 33. Syn. 221) ; nearly stemless,

prostrate ; leaves narrow-tongue-shaped, recurved-depressed, obtuse or

26*

404 MESEMBRYACES (Sond.) [A]esembryanthemum.

variously incurved, acute at the apex ; flowers long pedunculate ; petals

sub-recurved. Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 11.

Van. 8. lividum (Haw. Rev. p. 99) ; leaves of a livid rufous colour.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (vy, v.)

_ Leaves 24 inches long, 9-10 lines wide, flattish above, obliquely convex beneath.

Peduncle about 14 inch, subcompressed. Petals subbiseriate. Styles 11.

60. M. linguaeforme (Haw. Obs. 188. Syn. 221); stemless or nearly

so; leaves unequally tongue-shaped, distichous, subfalcate-deflexed, when

young sloped down, when old depressed, flattish above, obliquely at-

tenuated, obtuse or often keeled ; flower short-pedunculate. Salm.-Dyck.

L. c. fasc. 6. t. 5. M. obliquum, Willd. Spec. 2. 1027. excl. fig. Dill. M.

lucidum. Haw. Rev. 95.

Var. 8. latum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 6) ; leaves shorter, very blunt and thicker at

the apex, flower subsessile. M. latum, Haw. Rev. 98.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Leaves broadly tongue-shaped, 3 inches long, 1 inch wide at the base, 5—6 lines

below the apex. Peduncle 8-10 lineslong. Petals subbiseriate, lanceolate. Styles 8.

61. M. longum (Haw. Obs. 177) nearly stemless, subprostrate ; leaves

sloped down, elongated tongue-shaped, shining, deep green, obliquely

acute at the apex ; flowers long-pedunculate ; petals acute. M. linguae-

forme, DC. pl. grass. t. 71.

Var. B. declive (Haw. Rev. 96) ; leaves very long, arcuate-deflexed ; peduncle

shorter. Salim Dyck, l. c. fase. 5. t. 12. M. longum, B. flaccidum.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 3-4 inches long, 10-12 lines wide at the base, somewhat attenuated, dis-

tichous. Peduncle 2 inches long, Petals subbiseriate. Styles 9.

62, M. pustulatum (Haw. Suppl. 88. Rev. 96); stemless or nearly so ;

leaves distichous, narrow tongue-shaped, adscending, elongated, sub-

attenuate, blunt, furnished with large pustules on the inside at the

base ; flower long-pedunculate. Salm.-Dyck, 1. c. fase. 5. t. 13.

Rev. 06 B. lividum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 14) ; leayes shorter, of a livid colour. Haw.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 3-4 inches long, 8-10 lines wide. Peduncle 2 inches or more long, slightly

compressed. Petals subbiseriate, acutish. Styles 9.

§. 9. GIBBOSA, Haw. DC. subcaulescent ; stem short, decumbent,

branched. Leaves connate a great way above the base, large, unequal, one

short, gibbous, the other somewhat larger, subovate. Flowers sessile, or

on 56)" pedicels, small, reddish. Calya 6-cleft. Stigmas 6. (Sp.

3-66.

63, M. gibbosum (Haw. Obs. 137. Syn. 226); nearly stemless; leaves

of a yellowish green colour, spreading, ovate, semi-cylindrical, very rarely

keeled at the apex ; pedwneles short, 2-edged.

Has. Cape of Good H.

ope.

Calyx lobes unequal. Petals reddish, with paler eyes. Stigmas very short.

64, M. luteo-viride (Haw. Syn. 226); stem short, prostrate, weak ;

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 405

leaves oblong, semi-cylindrical, triquetrous at the apex, greenish yellow ;

Jlowers sessile. M. perviride, 8. Haw. Mise. 37.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1-2 inches. Calyx 2-edged at the base, lobes unequal. Petals numerous,

broad linear, reddish, marked by a deeper line each. Styles very short, at length

spreading. Perhaps only a variety of VW. perviride.

65. M. perviride (Haw. Obs. 186. Syn. 227); stem weak, prostrate ;

leaves semi-cylindrically-triquetrous or somewhat ovate, very green ;

pedicels very short, 2-edged.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2-3 inches long. Leaves shorter and broader than in M. luteo-viride. Calyx

small. Petals paler than those of M/. gibbosum.

66. M. pubescens (Haw. Obs. 138. Syn. 227); plant almost stemless;

old stem weak, prostrate; leaves silky-pubescent, semi-cylindrical, oblique

at the apex. ‘

Has. Cape of Good Hope. z

Flowers unknown. It differs from the two preceding species in being silky and

downy.

§. 10. CALAMIFORMIA, Haw. DC. Stemless or nearly so. Leaves

numerous, erect, terete, bluntish. lowers in short peduncles, of a dirty

white colour. Calyax 5-cleft. Stigmas 8-10. (Sp. 67-69.)

67. M. calamiforme (Linn. Spec. 690) ; leaves subulate, nearly terete,

glaucescent dotted, flat above, obtuse, mucronulate. Haw. Syn. 208.

DC. pl. grass. t. 5. Salm Dyck, monog. fase. 4. t. 6. Dill. Hith, t. 186.

J. 228,

Has, Cape of Good Hope (v. v.) ee sa

Stem 1-2 inches long. Leaves 2-2} inches long, 4 lines in diameter. Peduncle

1 inch. Calyx subglobose, 3 of the lobes leafy and longer. Petals in many rows,

linear-lanceolate. Styles 7-8. ~

68. M. vosubulatum (Haw. Mise. 26. Syn. 208) ; stemless, or nearly

so; leaves inversely subulate or gradually thickening towards the apex,

thick, obtuse, greenish, punctulate. DC. 1. c. 424.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very like M. calamiforme. Flowers unknown.

69, M. digitiforme (Thunb. Nov. Ephem. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 6. App.) ;

stemless or nearly so; leaves 3-4, approximate, terete, jfinger-shaped,

obtuse, smooth,soft ; flower subsessile. 1. cap. 412. M. digitatum, Ait.

Kew, 2. 181. Haw. Syn. 211. gizek

Has. in Karroo, between Olifantsrivier and Bocklandsberg. Oct. Novb. Thunberg

b ing in herb. Thunb.

( pe Reins ey Od sen thet, brown. Leaves about one finger long,

broad at the base. Calyx 5-cleft, lobes obtuse. Petals linear, white.

§. 11. TERETIFOLIA, Haw. DC. Stemless or subcaulescent. Leaves

(4-6) nearly terete, spreading. Flowers pedunculate, pale red. Calyx

4-cleft. Stiymas 8-12. (Sp. 70-72.)

70. M. cylindricum (Haw. Obs. 411. Syn. 209) ; almost stemless ;

406 MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) [JJesembryanthemum.

leaves bluntly triquetrous, rather glaucous, dotted, when young more

glaucous and more triquetrous; peduncles compressed at the base, bi-

bracteate. DC. Ll. c. 424. )

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Old stems 2 inches long, crowdedly branched. Leaves 3 inches long. Peduncles

1-2 inches long. Bracteas large, leafy. Calyx lobes unequal, very blunt. Petals

saturate-reddish.

71, M. teretifolium (Haw. Syn. 210); subcaulescent ; leaves nearly

terete or cylindrical, greenish, rather dotted, but when young polished,

very green and semiterete; peduncle nearly terete, bibracteate. DC. l. c.

M. cylindricum, 8. Haw. Mise. 27.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Branches procumbent. Leaves 4 inches long. Peduncle 2 inches long. Bracts

leafy. Petals often emarginate, reddish, white at the base. Styles about 10, Per-

haps a variety of the p: ing.

72. M. teretiusculum (Haw. Obs. 410. Misc. 27. excl. Syn.); stemless ;

leaves bluntly triquetrous, firm, thick, green, dotted. DC. Ll. c.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers unknown.

§. 12. BELLIDIFLORA, Haw. DC. Subcaulescent. Leaves trique-

trous, compressed, spreading-incurvate, acute at the angles, toothed at

the apex. lowers solitary, pedunculate, Petals white, with a purple

middle-rib. Calya 5-cleft. Stigmas numerous, hair-formed. (Sp. 73-)

78, M. bellidiflorum (Linn. Spec. 59c) ; caudex short, suffruticose ;

leaves triquetrous, compressed, denticulate at the apex; pedunele bi-

bracteate at the base.

Var. a. glaucum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 3. t. §); leaves spreading, glaucous,

compressed-triquetrous, 3-fariously denticulate at the apex. M. bellidiflorum, Linn.

Lam. Haw. Dill. Elth. 244. f. 233.

Van. 8. viride (Haw. Salm Dyck, lL. c. t.6) ; leaves suberect, pale green, toothed

beneath on the keel, lateral angles entire. M, bellidiflorum, Spreng. Thunb, fl. cap.

418. et herbar. !

Var. y. subulatum (Haw. Salm Dyck, |. c. t. 7) ; leaves spreading, glaucesent,

attenuate-triquetrous, the carinal angle dentate at the apex. JM. subulatum, Haw.

Syn. 208. M. bellid. B. simplex. DC. pl. grass. t. 41.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

: Leaves decussate, connate, 2 inches, in var y 1 inch long. Flowers in var. a 14

inch, im var. 8 et y1 inch in diameter. Peduncle in var. a 2 inches, in var. B 1

inch, in var. y 4 inch long. Calyx lobes broad, subequal. Petals biseriate, narrow

lanceolate, bifid or acute. Styles 5, ramentaceous,

M. Burmanni, Haw. et DC. founded on Burmann’s t. 2 5, is not different from

M. serrulatum, Haw,

§. 13. ACUT'A, Haw. DC. Stemless or nearly so. Leaves semiterete,

subulate-acute, subtriquetrous at the apex, full of pellucid dots. Flowers

pedunculate, purple. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 8-10. (Sp. 74-76.)

74, M. acutum (Haw. Misc. 26. Syn. 207) ; stemless; leaves semi-

cylindrical, triquetrous, acute at the apex, glaucous-green, full of pellucid

dots, finely wrinkled; flowers long-pedunculate, peduncles bibracteate at

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 407

at the base. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 1. t. 13. M. subulatoides, Haw.

Obs. 141. M. subrostratum, Willd. Enum. 529. excl. Syn. M. rostroides,

Haw.

Has, in Karroo, near Caledon, Zeyh. ! 2578; Gamkariver, Zeyh.! 691. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves aggregate, connate at the base, 2-2} inches long, 3-5 lines wide, at-

tenuated from the base, flat above, angles entire, sometimes a little cartilagineous,

acutish. Peduncles 2-3 inches long, terete. Calyx hemispherical, lobes acute.

Petals uniseriate, serrulate at the apex.

75, M. diminutum (Haw. Mise. 26.Syn. 230); nearly stemless, smooth,

shining; leaves semiterete, obsoletely triquetrous, terminating in a white

point at the apex, full of pellucid dots, flat above. M. corniculatum, Haw.

Obs. 226. excl. Syn. M. lorewm, Linn. Spec. :

Van. A. cauliculatum (Haw. Suppl. 90) ; stem half erect ; leaves longer and with

larger dots. Perhaps only an old plant. ss

Has. Cape of Good Hope. ;

3 or 4 times smaller than M. acutum. Flowers red or purplish,

76. M. punctatum (Haw. Obs. 411. Rev. 107); stemless, smooth ;

leaves semiterete, triguetrous at the top, flat above, full of pellucid dots,

pale green, furnished with a minute, white point at the apex. DC.

le. 425.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. ©

Perhaps only a variety of M. diminutum. Flowers unknown.

Group II. TriqueTRa.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, erect, decumbent or root-

ing. Leaves more or less triquetrous, distinct or connate at the base. (§§. 15-31.)

§. 14. CORNICULATA, Haw. DC. Caudex branched, prostrate, sub-

strumose at the knots. eaves more or less crowded at the node, elon-

gated, exactly triquetrous or cylindrical-triquetrous, i- or re-curvate.

Flowers pedunculate, yellow, in one species whitish, with purple lines.

Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 10-20. (Sp. 77-84.)

77. M. reptans (Ait. Kew. 2. 241); stems filiform, very slender, creep-

ing; leaves crowded, incurvate-erect, triquetrous, acute, glaucous, sca-

brous from pellucid dots ; petals yellow. Haw, Syn. 242. Salm.-Dyck.

l. c. fase. 6.t. 7. E. § Z! 1988, M. crassifolium, Thunb. ! fl. cap. 421.

non. Linn, M. debile(Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. 33 1). Zeyher, 2591. 2610.

Has. sandy places near Capetown, Zoutriver, and in Swartland. June—July.

ges ia i ingle 3-1 foot or longer, angulate. Leaves 8-12 lines

long, 2-3 lines wide in the middle, attenuated at the base, acute and mucronulate.

Peduncle 1-2 inches long, bibracteate. Calyx turbinate, } inch long, 2 or 3 lobes

acuminate, the others membranaceous at the margins. Petals somewhat longer than

the calyx. Specimens from rocks of Lions Mountain are more filiform, the leaves

half an inch ] and the flowers smaller and externally reddish ; but there are inter-

mediate forms : various localities.

78. M. diversifolium (Haw. Misc. 38. Syn. 230) ; stem very short ;—

branches sarmentose ; leaves crowded, exactly decussate, semi-cylin-

drical, very unequal in length, glaucous-green, rugulose, triquetrous-

compressed at top; petals yellow. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. iit. 3. M.

loreum, Dill. Elth. t. 200. f. 255. Haw. Rev. 108. M. corniculatum, B.

diversiphyllum, Haw. Willd.

408 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) |Alesembryanthemum.

Var. f. congestum (Salm Dyck. |. c. t. 4) ; leaves very numerous, crowded, the

lower ee often the AS a Elth. t. 198. f. 252. M. diversifolium, E. § Z.!

1987. :

Has. Sandy places near Greenpoint, Bethelsdorfe, and Cradockstadt. July

(Herb. D. Sd.)

Branches 3 foot or longer. Leaves capitate, flattish above, convex beneath, lower

ones 2—3 inches, upper ones 1-4 inch long, at the base 3-4 lines wide, proliferous

from the axils. Peduncle 2-3 inches long, with 2 foliaceous bracts. Calyx depressed-

globose. Petals 4 inch long, in var. 8. purplish on the under side near the apex.

Styles 14-17.

79. M. purpureo-album (Haw. Phil. Mag. Nov. 1826. p. 329) ; stem

elongate, branches short, prostrate, leafy; leaves vaginate, terete-semi-

cylindrical, subtriquetrous at the apex, very green, full of little dots,

upper ones crowded ; petals whitish, with purple lines. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢.

fase. 2. t. 5.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1 foot, branches 2-4 inches long, yellowish. Leaves bluntish, purplish-

mucronulate, 14 inches long, 2 lines wide. Peduncle 2 inches long. Calyx depressed-

globose. Petals uniseriate, twice or thrice longer than the calyx. - Styles 16-18.

80. M. laeve (Thunb. ! Nov. Oct. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 16. Ap.) ; stem

prostrate ; branches short, erect, terete ; leaves connate, elongate, blunt-

ish-triquetrous, subincurved, rather acute, punctate, green ; petals yellow,

reddish-lineate on the outside ; styles 10-14. MM. dubiuwm, Haw. Syn.

231. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 6. M. decipiens, Haw. Rev. 110. M. Thunbergii,

Haw. M. crassifolium, corniculatum et spectabile. E. & Z.! 1995. 1989.

2017.

Has. Sandy places near copperaeset Tigermountain, Sondagsriver, and in

Swartland. July-Sept. (Herb. Thunb. I. Sd.)

Stem 1 foot or more, subglaucous. Leaves 14-24 inches long, 3-4 lines broad at

the base, flat above, green or subglaucous, purplish at the sheathing base. Peduncle

1-1} inches long, with 2 short sheathing bracts. Calyx 5-cleft, depressed-globose.

Petals twice longer than the calyx. Capsule subglobose, the size of a small hazle

nut, dehiscing in 14 spreading valves. {[t comes very near M. veruculoides, Sond.

(168), from which it differs by subtriquetrous leaves and solitary flowers. Zeyh.

2586 seems to be the same, but the fruit-bearing specimens are too imperfect.

81. M. corniculatum (Linn. Spec. 676) ; stems spreading, angular,

with distant nodes; leaves rather crowded, triquetrously semi-cylindrical,

very long, glaucous, incurved, blunt, mucronulate ; petals yellow, emar-

ginate; stigmas purple. Dill. Eth. f. 253 e 254. DO. pl. grass. t. 108.

Salm Dyck, l. c.t.7. M. loreum, Linn. Hort. Clif.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Stem 1-13 foot, with decumbent, flexuous branches. Leaves 3-4 inches long,

3-4 lines wide, minutely punctate, sheathing at the base. Peduncle 2-4 inches long ;

bracts elongate, foliaceous. Calyx 5-6-cleft. Petals pluriseriate, about twice longer

than the calyx. Styles 13-14. x :

82. M. procumbens (Haw. Rev. 111); stems flexuous, procwmbent ;

leaves by pairs, recurved, corniculate, semi-cylindrically-triquetrous, glau-

cescent. DC. l. c. 426.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Allied to the following, but the leaves are shorter and more expanded.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 409

83. M. tricolorum (Haw. Obs. 233. Syn. 332); stem prostrate ;

branches distant; leaves exactly cylindrical, acute, green ; petals acute,

yellow, blood-colowred at the base ; anthers brown. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase.

1. t. 14. M. stramineum, Willd. Enum. 233.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Stem flexuous, 1 foot long. Leaves subvaginate, 2-3 inches long, 2—3 lines in

diameter, minutely punctate. Peduncle 14-2 inches long, bibracteate. Calyx de-

pressed-globose, 5-4-cleft, twice shorter than the spreading acute petals. Styles

18-20, adpressed to the ovary, ramentaceous, yellow.

84. M. validum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Nov. 1826. 329) ; stem procum-

bent ; branches flexuous ; leaves elongate, triquetrous-compressed, semi-

terete at the base, bluntish and mucronulate at the apex, erect, green ;

petals and anthers yellow. Salm Dyck, tl. ¢. t. 15.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2 feet or longer. Leaves crowded, connate, 2-3 inches long, at the base 3-4

lines wide, minutely punctate. Peduncle 2-3 inches, bibracteate. Petals twice

— than the calyx. Styles 17-20, ramentaceous. Distinguished by the robust

eaves.

§. 16. PUGIONIFORMIA, Salm Dyck, (Capitata, Haw. DC.) Stem

erect or procumbent. Leaves crowded at the tops of the branches, alter-

nate, very long, exactly or subtriquetrous, without dots. Flowers solitary,

long, pedunculate, yellow, large. Peduncle without bracts. Calyx

s-cleft, lobes elongated. Petals ciliated at the base. Stigmas 10-20.

(Sp. 85-89.)

* Stem annual.

85, M. elongatum (Haw. Obs. 236. Syn. 223) ; root tuberous ; stem

prostrate, herbaceous, annual; leaves very long, semi-cylindrical, cha-

nelled or semiterete. J. pugioniforme, DC. pl grass. t. 72. Salm Dyck,

l. c. fasc. 2. t. 8.

Van. B. minus; flowers a little smaller, petals hardly ciliated. Bot. Reg. t. 493.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. ,, :

Root thick, tuberous. Stem 1 foot or longer. Leaves 4-6 inches long, 3 lines

wide, dilated at the base, in var. a. channelled, in var 8. subconvex near the apex.

Peduncle 5-6 inches long. Calyx urceolate. Petals linear, somewhat longer than

the calyx-lobes, ** ai

‘audex perennial.

86. M. brevicaule (Haw. Rev. 113); caudex suffruticose, undivided,

erect ; leaves crowded, very long, triquetrous, green ; calyx lobes as

long as the petals. Salm Dyck, 1. c fase. 3. t. 8.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. : : .

Caudex 4-5 inches long. Leaves 4-5 inches long, 2 lines wide, linear elongate,

subcanaliculate. Peduncle 4-5 inches long. Petals about 1 inch long, scarcely

ciliate at the base, equalling the 2 longer calyx lobes. Styles 12, filiform, erect.

87. M. capitatum (Haw. Syn. 228) ; caudex suffruticose, simple or

branched ; leaves crowded, very long, triquetrous, scarcely canaliculate

above, glaucescent ; calyx lobes slightly longer than the petals ; styles 15,

recurvate. Salm Dyck. l. c. fasc. 4.t. 7. EH. & Z.! 1991. ;

Has. Sandy places in the Cape flats, also near Tulbagh. Nov. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Stem }-1 foot. Leaves equilaterally triquetrous, 5-7 inches long, 3 lines wide,

Nuw Quests

S.A

) '

2 UY tw

Toby 4 wl,

410 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

purplish at the larger base. Calyx urceolate. Petals linear, attenuate. Perhaps a

variety of the following.

88. M. pugioniforme (Linn. Spec. 699) ; caudex suffruticose, simple

or branched ; leaves crowded, very long, excavate-triquetrous, dilated

near the middle, glaucous; calyx lobes twice longer than the petals ; styles

13, erect-recurved. Dill. Hlth. t. 210. f. 269. Thunb. ! Jl. cap. 424. E,

& Z.! 1990. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 5. t. 15.

Has. Sandy places in the Cape flats, in Verlooren Valley, etc. Oct.-Nov. (Herb.

Thunb. Sd.)

Caudex 4-1 foot. Leaves 7-8 inches long, in the middle 6 lines wide, trinerved,

purplish at the base. Peduncle 4~s inches long. Calyx lobes elongate, subequal.

Petals in many rows.

98, M. corruscans (Haw. Suppl. go. Rev. 11 3); stem suffruticose ;

leaves crowded at the top, alternate, dagger-shaped, long, glittering.

DC. 1. ¢. 426.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers large, yellow. Seemingly a variety of M. pugioniforme.

§. 17. SARMENTOSA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem shrubby, angular,

branches straight or sarmentaceous. Leaves opposite, connate, elongate,

acute, triquetrous, with serrulated margins. Flowers usually ternate,

small, pedunculate. Peduncles bracteate at the base and in the middle.

Petals white or rose-coloured, with a red dorsal line. Calyx 5-cleft.

Stigmas 5. (Sp. 90-94.)

90. M. Schollii (Salm Dyck, Obs, 1820. p. 10) ; stem diffuse, with the

branches sarmentaceous-decumbent ; leaves spreading-recurvate, dotted,

elongate, attenuate-triquetrous, serrulated on the angles ; pedicels bi-

geminate or ternate. Monog. fase. 3. t.9. M. recurvum, Haw. Suppl.

go. M. aduncum, Jacq. Fragm. t. 51. f. 2. M. multiflorum, E. § Z. |

1026.

Has, On rocks in mountains. Table-mountain. Feb. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem greyish, when young compressed. Leaves glaucous, rigid, 2~3 inches long,

5-6 lines wide at the base, smaller in the branches, cartilagineous-serrulate, Ped}.

cels $-1 inch long. Calyx lobes subequal. Petals about + inch, in the cultivated

plant not or scarcely larger than in the wild specimen.

91. M. rigidicaule (Haw. Rev. 116) ; stem and branches erect, flori-

ferous, su ecumbent ; leaves erect-spreading, dotted, elongate, trique-

trous, equal-sided, with roughish margins ; pedicels bigeminate or ter-

nate. Salm Dyck, I. ¢. t. 10.

Has. Langevalley, June. Zeyher (Herb. Sd.

Near the preceding, but more erect, the ade n

late, and the flowers a little smaller. Leaves 2~3

glaucous. Petals 4-5 lines long. ‘

92. M. sarmentosum (Haw. Syn, 238);

trate, sarmentaceous, rooting at the nodes ; leaves erectish, triquetrous,

equalsided, mucronulate, roughish at the margins ; pedicels bigeminate

_ or ternate. Salm Dyck. l. ¢ t. tt. M. filament Ya

M. scabvum, Thunb.! herb. T. filamentosum, EB. & Z.! 2001.

ot recurvate, not evidently serru-

inches long, about 3 lines wide,

stem diffuse ; branches pros-

Mesembryanthemum | MESEMBRY ACE (Sond.) 411

Var. f. rigidius (Salm Dyck, 1. c.); more robust, internodes shorter ; leaves

slender. M. simile, Haw. Rev. 115.

Has. Sandy places, Cape Flats, in Zwartland. Oct.—Nov. (Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

Stem and branches often 2 feet or more long ; flowering stem erect, 3-4 inches

long. Leaves fasciculate, mostly 1 inch, sometimes 14—2 inches long, 3 lines wide,

obtuse, with often recurved point, more roughish near the apex. Upper leaves and

bracteas 4 inch or shorter. Pedicels 3-1 inch, incrassate at the apex. Calyx 2-2}

lines. Petals not much longer. Ripe capsule turbinate as in the preceding.

93. M. geminiflorum (Haw. Rev. 114); stem diffuse; branches slen-

der, creeping ; leaves erect-spreading, triquetrous, equalsided, acute,

recurved at the apex, roughish at the margins; pedicels bigeminate or

ternate. Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 1. t. 16. M. geminatum, Jacq. Fragm.

t. 50.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very like the preceding, and only distinguished by the slender, not sarmentaceous

branches, more attenuated and recurved leaves. Stems 2 feet. Leaves 2 inches

long, 2 lines wide. Petals scarcely 3 lines long.

94. M. laxum (Willd. Enum. 536); stem loose, diffuse, shrubby ;

branches creeping, very slender ; leaves connate, compressed, triquetrous,

more green than the others, tubercularly dotted, usually shorter than the

internodes ; margins and keels finely denticulated. Haw. Rev. 115.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers reddish.

§, 18. REPTANTIA, Salm Dyck. (Humillima, Haw. DC.) Stem

suffruticose, short, prostrate, nodulose, rooting at the nodes. Leaves

subconnate, opposite, triquetrous, with smooth margins. — Flowers soli-

tary, pedunculate, reddish or whitish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. [M.

clavellatum, Haw. and M. Australe, Ait. in New Holland.] (Sp. 95-99.)

95. M. crassifolium (Linn. Spec. 693); stem semiterete, creeping ;

leaves obtuse, triquetrous, mucronulate, dotless, very green, smooth,

semi-cylindrical at the base ; peduncles a little compressed, without

bracts, short. Haw. Syn. 241. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. fase. 1. t. 18.

Has. Sandy places Uylenkraal. Zeyher (Herb. Sd.) ;

Stem prostrate, very long, 1 foot or longer, terete. Leaves fasciculate, erecto-

patent, 1 inch long, 1}-2 lines wide, half cylindrical at the base, triquetrous at the

apex. Peduncles 1 inch long, thickened upwards. Calyx subturbinate, twice shorter

than the purplish petals. Very like M. lave, Thunberg, but the leaves are nearly

twice smaller.

96, M, dunense (Sond.) ; stems prostrate, adscending ; leaves trique-

trous, equal-sided, acute, glaucous-green, smooth ; peduncles with

two large flattish bracts ; calyx lobes acuminate, triquetrous, longer than _

the petals. — ra

Has. Sea shore, near Cape Town, Ecklon, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Stems 3-4 inches long, purplish. Leaves erectish, about 1 inch long, 3 lines wide,

- wider at the base, with dispersed dots. Bracts somewhat larger than the leaves,

dotted, flattish, but attenuated in a triquetrous apex, longer than the compressed

peduncle. Calyx very cuneate, lobes 4 inch long, dotted, 2 or 3 at the base, with

a brownish, large, membranaceous margin. Petals white, linear, twice shorter than

412 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

the calyx. Capsule glaucous, with 5 valves. The figure of Dillanius, t. 201. f. 257.

more resembles this species than the foregoing.

§. 19. ACINACIFORMIA (Salm Dyck.) Stem suffruticose, robust,

angular, decumbent. Leaves connate, triquetrous, acinaciform, thick,

with smooth margins, Flowers solitary, large, reddish (or, as in MV, edule.

yellow). Calyx 5-cleft, lobes unequal. Stigmas 6-10. Fruit fleshy,

[M. aequilaterale, Haw. M. Rossi, Haw. M. virescens, Haw. M. glau-

cescens, Haw. and M. abbreviatum, Haw. in new Holland.] (Sp. 97-98.)

97, M, acinaciforme (Linn. Spec. 695); stem angular, procumbent ;

leaves subglaucescent, acinaciform, compressed, carinal angle much dilated,

cartilagineous, entire or subundulate-scabrous ; peduncle with 2 large

bracts ; petals purple; stigmas 14. Dill. Hlth. f. 270-271. Andr. Rep.

t. 508. M. laenigatum, Haw. Syn. 233. M.rubrocinctum, E. § Z.! 1999.

Lindl. bot. Reg. t. 1732. M. subalatum, Haw. Syn. 235.

Has. Sandy flats, near Cape Town, and Zwartkopsriver. July-Nov. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 2-4 feet, articulate, young branches much compressed. Leaves 2-3 inches

long, 6-8 lines wide, subincurved, much compressed, the carinal angle mostly entire,

or near the apex subscabrous. Flowers the largest in the genus. Peduncle com-

pressed, 2-edged, about 2 inches long. Calyx lobes subequal. Petals in many rows,

lanceolate. Fruit eatable, Hottentot-figs or T’gaukum. A small red line at the

es is the only but variable difference between M. rubrocinctum and the true acina-

‘orme.

98. M. edule (Linn. Spec. 698) ; stem angular, expanded ; leaves

subequally triquetrous, subincurved, carinal angle serrulated ; peduncle

without bracts ; petals yellow or purple ; stigmas 8. Dill. Hlth. t. 272.

Seb. thes. 1. t. 19. f. 6. M. acinaciforme, E. § Z.! 1997. Zeyher n. 2575.

M. edule, Thunb.! et E. & Z.! 1998. Pappe. Flor. cap. med. p. 16.

é a} Very common in the sandy tracts of the colony. July-Dec. (Herb. Thunb.

‘Often confounded with the preceding, but very different. Leaves 3-4 inches long,

3-6 lines wide, the carinal angle scarcely dilated. Peduncle 1 inch long, shorter

than the uppermost leaves. Calyx turbinate. Flower large. The eatable fruit also

called Hottentot-figs, Zuwre, or Paarde Vigen.

§. 20. RUBRICAULIA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. ‘Stem suffruticose,

branches erect, hardly decumbent, usually reddish. Leaves connate, tri-

quetrous, rather acinaciform, serrulated at the angles. Flowers solitary,

pedunculate, deep red (or, in M. serratum, yellow.) Calya 5-cleft. Stig-

mas 5-8. (Sp. 99-102.)

99. M. serratum (Linn. Spec. 696); stem erect, branched ; leaves op-

sont cesrrgre bth a subulate, elongate, dotted, serrated at the

angles or only at the keel ; flowers yellow, with purple lines, calyx lobes

subulate, longer than the petals. Dill. Hlth. f. 138. nee

Has. Cape of Good Hope, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. D.)

One foot or higher ; stem reddish, terete. Leaves 3-4 inches long, flattish at the

base, and about 3 lines wide, with prominent dots. Internodes 1.-2 inches long.

Peduncle shorter than the uppermost leaves, without bracts. Calyx turbinate, lobes

subequal, subulate-triquetrous, t and 14 inch long, Petals yellow, in the upper part

with small purplish lines, about twice shorter than the calyx.

‘

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) ~ 413

100. M, filamentosum (L. Spec. 694); stem subterete, branches short,

decumbent; leaves triquetrous, subacinaciform, crowded, thick, dotted,

longer than the internodes, roughly serrulated at the angles; flowers

purplish ; calyx lobes twice shorter than the acute petals. Dullen. Hlth.

t. 212. f. 273. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 5. t. 14.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem angular. Leaves 1% inches long, 3 lines wide, equally triquetrous, the

carinal angle in the middle subdilated. Peduncle 1 inch, with two large bracts.

Calyx lobes subtriquetrous. Petals linear-lanceolate.

101. M. serrulatum (Haw. Misc. 77. Syn. 239.) ; stem shrubby, when

young erect ; branches ascending ; leaves triquetrous, subacinaci-

form, rather glaucous, thick, with cartilaginous, minutely serrulated

angles ; flowers purplish ; petals bidentate, « little longer than the calyx-

lobes. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 15.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Nearly allied to the foregoing, but the flowers are much smaller on longer pedun-

cles, with smaller bracts, and the petals cuneate and emarginate. Leaves 14 inches

long, usually longer than the internodes. Peduncle 24-3 inches long.

102, M. rubricaule (Haw. Syn. 239) ; stem and branches erect, mostly

reddish ; leaves subcompressed triquetrous, subincurved, glaucous-green,

with cartilaginous, serrulated angles ; flowers purplish ; petals lanceo-

late, acute, slightly longer than the calyx-lobes. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. t. 16.

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

By the straight reddish stem and not emarginate petals it is distinguished from

M. serrulatum. Leaves 1-1} inches long, not acinaciform, usually shorter than the

internodes.

§, 21, HETEROPETALA, Salm Dyck. (Megacephala, Haw. Forficata,

DC.) Stem frutescent, branches adscendent, 2-angled. Leaves opposite,

triquetrous, compressed, with the carinal angle drawn out, sometimes

lacerately-toothed. lowers ternately disposed, lateral ones often abor-

tive, pedunculate, reddish or whitish ; petals biformed, subulate and

linear-lanceolate. Calya 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 103-107.)

103. M. lacerum (Haw. Rev. 119); stem erect, branches erectly

spreading ; leaves rather acinaciform, acutely triquetrous, glaucous ;

carinal angle lacerately-toothed ; calyx compressed, with lacerate mar-

gins; petals numerous, linear-lanceolate, longer than the calyx. Salm

Dyck, 1. ¢, fasc. 4.t.9. M. carinatum, Vent. Malm. t. 109. M. gladiatum,

Jacg.! hort. Vind. t. 111. M. acinaciforme, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 89. M. fal-

catum, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 422.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. (Herb. Thunb. Vind.)

Stem 2-3 feet hi Leaves 14-2 inches long, 4-5 lines wide, mucronate. Flow-

ers often solitary, 2-edged, Calyx subturbinate, lobes triquetrous. Petals

covering the stamens ; inner ones short, the exterior longer than the calyx, rose-

104, M. heteropetalum (Haw. Syn. 294. Misc. 67); stem and branches ©

erect-spreading ; leaves glaucous, subfalcate, compressed-triquetrous,

carinal angle lacerate; petals unequal, shorter than the calyx, Salm

Dyck. l. c. fase. 3. t. 17+

414 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Branches subflexuous. Leaves in sterile branches crowded, in fertile ones distant,

12-14 lines long, 4 lines wide, acinaciform, mucronulate, punctate, lateral angles

entire. Flowers small, solitary, rarely geminate. Calyx globose, lobes large, thick,

triquetrous, erect. Petals pale red or whitish, interior ones very short.

105, M. mutabile (Haw. Obs. 377. Syn. 294) ; stem and branches

subtortuous, erect; leaves nearly distinct, crowded, glaucous-green,

compressed-triquetrous, acute, incurved, carinal angle entire, cartilagi-

nous ; petals dinear-subulate, a little longer than the calyx. Salm Dyck,

l. c. fase. 4.t. 10. M. tricolor, faseg. hort. Schoenb. t. 440. M. glaucinum,

Haw. Rev. 132. M. forficatum, Jacq. hort.-Vind. 1. t. 26. M. jfilamento-

sum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 60.

Has. In district of Uitenhage, Ecklon! Langevalley, Rhinosterkop, dist. Beau-

fort, et Gamkariver, April—June, Zey. 682, 689, (Herb. Sd.)

Branches straw-coloured or reddish, old ones terete. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 2-3

lines wide, mucronate, and the angles often cartilaginous undulate, but always en-

tire. Flowers mostly solitary, peduncle thickened upwards. Calyx subglobose,

about 4 lineslong. Petals rose-coloured, interior ones much shorter, pale yellowish.

106. M. inclaudens (Haw. Rev. 133) ; stem and branches tortuous,

spreading ; leaves subconnate, crowded, green, compressed-triquetrous,

acute, acinaciform, carinal angle much dilated, entire or subscabrous ;

petals subspathulate, longer than the calyx. Andr. Repos. t. 384. M. mu-

tabile and inclaudens, E & Z.! 2004 et 2005. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 3.

t. 18,

Has. Rocksin Hottentotshollandskloof, Oct. Cape flats, Zeyher/ 2918. (Hb. Sd.)

Leaves 7-30 lines long, at the dilated apex 3-4 lines wide, with large dots, Pe-

duncles 1-2, about 14-2 inches long, rarely without bracts. Calyx turbinate, lobes

triquetrous, about twice longer than the calyx-lobes ; the interior very short and

and small, purplish. Distinguished from the preceding by the subdeltoid acinaci-

form leaves and the broad petals.

107. M. Dregeanum (Sond.) ; stem and branches erect ; leaves sub-

connate, crowded, glaucous-green, compressed-triquetrous, mucronate,

acinaciform, carinal angle much dilated, entire or scarcely denticulate,

dotted ; petals (white) /inear-subulate, three times longer than the calyx.

M. strictum et eymbifolium, EL. & Z.! 2011, 2012.

Has. Sandy and stony places at h wh

Dose. ee ter. Si) i) Tulbagh and Vogelvalley, Worcester, Z. § Z./

Stem 2 feet or higher, ish or red, subpruinose, terete-angulate ; branches com- —

pressed, ultimate 2-ed reddish. Leaves smaller than in any other species of

this section, 3-4 lines long, 1}-2 lines broad, with large dots, much compressed,

Flowers terete or solitary ; the upper lateral, short branchlets often terminated by

a flower. Terminal peduncles {-1 inch long, inferior ones (branchlets) 14-24 inches.

ese Nak ae ae 2 of the lobes triquetrous, green, the rest larger, obtuse,

- subcoloured. Wi wish, lines long, e

ee on toe dry pale yellowish, 8-9 ong, acute. Capsule 4

§. 22. BRACTEATA, Salm Dyck. (Haw.) DC. Stem suffrutescent,

branches erect, much compressed. Leaves distinct, compressed-trique-

trous, hooked at the apex, subreeurved, more or less scabrous from dots.

Flowers pedunculate, girded by 2-4 broadly ovate, keeled bracts, which

generally clasp the calyx, solitary, reddish, always expanded ; inner

petals thread-like. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 108-114.)

sil

”

Mesembryanithemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 415

108. M. gracile (Haw. Rev. 144); stem and branches very slender,

straight ; leaves green, triquetrous, with equal sides mucronate, recurved

at the apex ; peduncle with 2 bracts in the middle and 2 at the top ;

petals narrow-linear, very spreading. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 4. t. 11.

M. stellatum, Haw. Mise. 91. M. ternifolium, I. herb. Thunberg !

Has. Sandy places near Capetown. (Herb. Thunb. D. Sd.)

Stem 2 feet, branches smooth. Leaves 8-11 lines long, 1 line wide, pellucid-

dotted. Peduncle 13-2 inches long ; bracts ovate, acute. Calyx obconical. Inner

petals very short, yellow ; outer biseriate, reddish, The slender habit and straight

branches distinguish this species from the others of the section.

109. M. anceps (Haw. Syn. 289. Rev. 143) ; branches erecto-patent ;)

leaves somewhat spreading, green, acinactformly triquetrous, sides rather

membranous below, with large, elevated dots, mucronate, recurved at

the apex ; peduncle at the top with 4 bracts, petals narrow, straight.

Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. t. 12. M.lacerum, E. & Z.! 2000. M. bracteatum, E. § Z. 1

2006, ex parte. Herb. Un. atino, 513. ex pte.

Has. Stony places near Tablemountain, and Swellendam. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 2-3 feet. Leaves 10-12 lines long, 1 line wide, pellucid-dotted. Bracts

as in the preceding, but near or clasping the calyx. Petals a little longer asin M.

gracile,

110. M. asperum (Haw. Rev. 145); stem and branches erect ; leaves

spreading, longish, glaucous-green, triquetrous, subequalsided, full of

ucid dots, very scabrous, hooked at the apex ; peduncle with 2 bracts

‘the middle ; petals lanceolate, patent-recurved. Salm Dyck, lc. t. 13.

~ Has. Cape of Good Hope. ©

Qistinguished from the foregoing by longer, very scabrous leaves and bractless

; “calyx. Stem 2 feet or more. Leaves 12-18 lines long, 1 line wide. Petals longer

and wider at the top. It is also closely allied to M. scabrum, but differs by the large

bracts and not punctate-scabrous calyx.

111. M. compressum (Haw. Obs. 326. Syn, 289) ; stem and branches

erect, spreading ; leaves glaucescent, triquetrous, with equal sides, some-

what scabrous from dots, recurved and mucronate at the apex ; peduncle

with 2 bracts at the top ; petals lanceolate, erect-recurved. Salm Dyck,

ki octeka:

AB. C f Good Hope.

Distinct as M. pace by the more slender branches, shorter, less scabrous

leaves, and bracts at the top of the peduncle. Except the glaucous colour, I cannot

pe find any difference from M. bracteatum. Leaves 10-12 lines long, 1 line wide.

~ ‘Pedunele 1 inch long. Calyx obconical. Petals as in the preceding, reddish.

112. M. bracteatum (Ait. Hort. Kew. 2 p. 185) ; stem and branches

erect ; branches of a reddish choke sah oe eee po

trous, with equal sides, green, do nearly smooth, recurved and mu-

pee eer at the apex; peduncle with 2 or 4, broadly ovate, keeled bracts

at the top ; petals lanceolate, spreading. Haw. Syn. 289. Lodd. Bot.

Cab. 251. Herb. Un. itin. 513. expte. M. bracteatum, E. § Z. | 2006. ex

pte. M. gracile, E. & Z.! 2010. ex pte. on

Has. Stony places on the north side of Tablemountain, and in Hottentotholland,

March-May. (Herb. D., Sd.) paises

Stem 1-2 feet, much branched. Leaves 8-12 lines long, 1 line wide. Bracts

i |

416 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum

hooked at the apex, large, equal, much dotted, membranous at the margins, clasp-

ing the punctate calyx. Petals the size of those of M. compresswm, reddish, with

many purplish lines.

113. M. patulum (Haw. Syn. 334); branches numerous, diffuse, pa-

tent-reflexed ; leaves suberect, glaucous-green, linear, triquetrous, equal-

sided, roughish with dots, recurved and mucronate at the apex ; pe-

duncle with 2 bracts on the middle and 2 at the top ; petals lanceolate,

attenuate at the base, erect, recurved. Salm Dyck, l.c.t. 15. H. § Z.!

2009. M. gracile, EZ. & Z.! 2010. ex pte. M. incurvum, L. Mey. in Heb.

Drege.

Has. Stony places in distr. Stellenbosch and near Tablebay, Mar. (Herb. Sd.)

By the spreading or subrecurved, slender branches, smaller leaves, and by the

bracts, from which the pair in the middle of the peduncle is smaller than those at

the top, itis easily known from M, gracile and bracteatum, Leaves 6-12 lines long,

7-1 line wide. Flower somewhat smaller than in M. bracteatum. Petals 4 inch

long, reddish, with darker lines. M. patulum, £. § Z.! 2008, with greyish, dotted-

scabrous branches, many dotted subscabrous, short leaves, and very short peduncles

with many approximate bracts, seems to be a distinct species, but the specimens are

insufficient.

" 114, M. radiatum (Haw. Obs. 232. Syn. 289) ; stem erect, branclies

erectish, canescent, smooth ; leaves very glaucous, triquetrous, equal-

sided, attenuated and hooked at the apex, prominently dotted or

wrinkled ; peduncle with 2 bracts above the middle, and 2 atthe tdp ;

petals spreading, lanceolate, attenuated at the base. EZ. & Z./ 2007.

Herb. Un. itin, 520. M. scabrum, fol. 2. herb. Thunberg. “= ae

Has. Stony places near Lionsmountain and Greenpoint, Jan.-Feb. (Herb.

Thunb. Sd.) oe

By the grey-bluish colour of the whole plant, it differs from the other species of

this section ; from M. patulum especially it is distinguished by the equal not hete-

rogeneous bracts. Stem 4-1} feet high, branches often crowded, 2-edged. Leaves

6-8 lines long, 1 line wide. Bracts ovate with recurved apex, somewhat membran-

ous at the base. Petals as in M. bracteatum. The figure 249 of Dillenius, cited

by Haworth, is a very bad one.

§ 23. VIRGATA, (Haw.) Stem suffrutescent, branches erect, virgate,

2-edged. Leaves subconnate, distant, compressed-triquetrous, erect-

recurved, punctate. Flowers pedunculate, peduncle with 2 bracts, soli-

tary, reddish, small. Calys 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 115-117.)

115. M. virgatum (Haw. Syn. 290) ; stem weak; branches twiggy ;

- ‘leaves glaucescent, triquetrous, compressed, recurved at the mucronate

apex ; flowers solitary ; peduncle with 2 bracts. Salm Dyck, l. c. fasc.

2. t. 9. M. compressum, Haw. Obs. App. 416.

an Cape of Good Hope.

stem 2-3 feet ; branches rigid, straight. Leaves 6-9 lines long, 1 line wide ;

carinal angle scarcely dilated. Peduncle 1 inch lo: , with 2 ciehate: cymbiform,

3-4 lines long, bracts in the middle. Flowers small. Calyx obconical. Petals

subuniseriate, about 4 lines long,

116. M. congestum (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 6. t. 8); stem and branches

straight ; leaves glaucous, subacinaciformly-triquetrous, much compressed,

uncinate at the apex ; flower solitary ; peduncle with 2 leafy bracts.

M, heteropetalum, E. & Z.! 2003. non Haw, ;

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 417

Var. 8. Stem and branches diffuse, flexuous. MM. glaucinum, E. ¢ Z./ 2002.

non Haw.

Has. Near Mt. Bothasberg, Vishriver, Albany; var. 8. near Zwartkopsriver ;

stony places near Heerelogemont, Kammapur, Zey./ 2926. Bethelsdorp, Zey. /

2595; sea shores near Cape Receif, Zey. / 2588. (Herb. Sd.)

Very near the preceding, but the leaves are larger, (7-12 lines long, 2-3 lines

wide) the carinal angle more dilated, the flowers a little larger and the bracts nearly

as large as the leaves. Stem 2-3 feet. Leaves dotted or wrinkled. Peduncle 2

inches long, thickened above. Capsule when ripe glaucous, §-valved. One of

Zeyher’s specimens has both solitary and ternate flowers.

117. M. cymbifolium (Haw. in Till. Phil. Mag. 1824, vol.'64, p. 424);

stem shrubby, erectish ; branches few, 2-edged, hoary ; leaves trigonal,

boat-shaped, obtuse, pale green, with large dots. DC. l. ¢. 43¥.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers unknown.

§. 24. VIRENTIA, Salm Dyck. Stem suffrutescent, branches erect,

rigid. Leaves subconnate, subacinaciform, thick, green, with smooth

angles. lowers ternate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large, pe-

dunculate ; peduncle with 2 thick, keeled bracts ; petals reddish. Ca-

lyx 5-6-cleft. Stigmas 5-6. (Sp. 118.)

ug M. virens (Haw. Rev. 121) ; leaves distant, compressed-trique-

trous? sb. sh, mucronulate ; flowers ternate, hexagynous; calyx

t. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 3. t. 19.

- Has. Sandy places between Bethelsdorp and Cradockstadt, Zeyher ! Hs 7. Jan.

» (Herb. D., Sd.)

‘©. Stem weak, 1-2 feet, with spreading branches and compressed branchlets. Leaves

about 1 inch long, 3 lines wide, subacinaciform, dotted. Peduncles 7-1 inch long,

the middle mostly ebracteate. Calyx subturbinate. Petals twice longer than the

the calyx. Capsule 6-locular.

§ 25. AUREA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, branches erect. Leaves

distinct, spreading, elongated, bluntish, triquetrous, glaucous. lowers

solitary, large, yellow or copper-coloured, long-pedunculate ; peduncle

without bracts. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 119-121.)

119, M. glaucum (Linn. Spee. 696); stem and branches erect, sub-

compressed ; leaves subconnate, triquetrous, much compressed, glaucous,

roughish from dots, carinal angle cartilaginous-serrulate ; flowers sul- ee a .

phur-yellow. Dill. Elth. t. 196. f. 248. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 146. Salm Q i

Dyck, fase. 3. t. 20. re pee:

Var. 8, tortuosum (Salm Dyck, 1. c.) ; leaves smaller, branches more slender, OL y/ Ly

tortuous.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Stem 2 feet or more. Leaves 9-14 lines long, about 3 lines wide, blunt, mucron-

ate. Petals subbiseriate, 1 inch long. Stigmas ramentaceous,

120. M. aurantiacum (Haw. Misc. 84. Syn. 264) ; branches fastigi-

ate, subcompressed ; leaves subconnate, bluntly triquetrous, smoo

glaucous ; flowers orange-coloured. E. § Z.! 2014. Salm Dyck, fase. 1.

t. 21. M. verruculatum, Thunb. herb. ex parte, M. glaucum, herb.

ex pte. M. aurantium, Willd. M. glaucoides, Haw,

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SHE

418 MESEMBRYACEH (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats, Doornhoogte, Rietvalley, Vygekraal, Aug.—

Oct. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Stem 3-1} feet, erect or decumbent at base, much branched, Leaves 6-12 lines

long, $-2 lines wide, acutish, prominently dotted. Peduncle thickened above.

Calyx turbinate. Petals subtriseriate, about 8 lines long.

121. M. aureum (Linn. Syst. nat.ed. 10. p. 1050) ; branches erect,

subcompressed ; leaves subconnate, cylindrically triquetrous, smooth,

glaucous, bluntish, mucronate ; flowers large, golden-coloured. Bot. Mag.

t. 262. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 11. H.& Z.1 2015. Salm Dyck. l. ¢. t. 22.

Has. Sandy places near Saldanha bay, Aug.—Sep. (Herb. D. Sd.)

_ More robust than the preceding, leaves «quilaterally triquetrous, with convex

sides, 13-2 inches long, 3 lines wide. Flowers 2 inches in diameter. Petals in

many series. Capsule obconical, 5-valved. It varies, but very rarely, with ter-

nate or geminate peduncles,

§. 26. BLANDA, (Haw. Conferta, DC.) Stem fruticose, branches

erect, rigid. eaves connate, subtriquetrous, elongate, acute, very

smooth. Flowers ternate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large,

whitish or pale rose-coloured, pedunculate ; lateral peduncles bracteate,

the intermediate bractless. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 122-124.)

122. M. blandum (Haw. Suppl. 95. Rev. 147); branches ascending ;

leaves compressed, triquetrous, with equal sides, elongated, narrow,

acutish, smooth ; peduncles subequal; petals spreading, straight, pale

rose-coloured, bidentate. Bot. Reg. t. 582. Bot. Cab. t. 599. Salm Dyck,

fasc. 4. t. 16, ‘

Has. Cape of Good Hope. -

Stem 2 feet. Branches numerous. Leaves distant, 14-2 inches long, 1} lines

wide, minutely dotted. Peduncle 2 inches long, subcompressed, scarcely thickened

above. Petals twice longer than the calyx-lobes.

123. M. curviflorum (Haw. Rev. 147); branches erect, straight ;

leaves triquetrous-compressed, the carinal angle a little dilated below the

apex, elongated, acute, smooth ; peduncles clavate ; petals incurvate,

white, bluntish. Salm Dyck, 2. t. 10.

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

More robust, leaves thicker (2~3 inches long, 2 lines wide), less crowded. Pe-

duncles much thickened at the apex, and incurved. White petals distinguish this

species from the foregoing. Stem 2-3 feet high.

124. M. turbinatum (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t.476) ; stem branched, dif-

fuse ; leaves glaucous, elongated, acute, triquetrous, crowded ; flowers

on long peduncles, reddish ; ovarium contracted into a neck beneath the

calyx. DC. I. ¢. 436,

Has. Cape of Good H

Petals numerous, isieae ith spreading.

§. 27, AMOENA, Salm Dyck. (Eximia. Haw. Conferta, DC.) Stem

suffruticose, branches erectish or adscendent. Leaves crowded, subcon-

nate, triquetrous, gradually attenuated, elongated, acute. Flowers ter-

mate, by abortion geminate or solitary, large, showy, reddish, peduncu-

ate ; peduncles bracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-6. (Sp. 125-128.)

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond_.) 419

_ 125. M. conspicuum (Haw. Syn. 240); branches tortuous, adscend-

ing; leaves crowded, green, incurved, erect, triquetrous, attenuate, acute ;

flowers and filaments purplish. Salm Dyck, fase, 2 t. 1.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v-)

Stem 1-14 feet, rigid. Leaves 2-23 inches long, 2 lines wide. Floriferous

branches erect, with distant leaves. Peduncles about 3 inches long. Calyx turbi-

—_ Petals subtriseriate, 9 lines long, beautifully red. Styles 5, thick, acutish,

suberect.

126. M. amoenum (Salm Dyck, in DC. Prod. 3. 436) pivscsees sub-

— erect ; leaves crowded, green, incurved, erect, cylindrically-triquetrous,

bluntish, mucronulate ; flowers purplish, filaments white. Monog. 2. t. 12.

Has. Near Grahamstown, Nov. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Nearly allied to the preceding, and only distinguished by the shorter stem and

horter (I-14 inches long, 2 lines wide) cylindrically-trigonous, nearly subclavate,

bluntish leaves. Peduncles 8-12 inches, petals 6-7 lines long. Styles 5, patent,

acute.

127. M. spectabile (Haw. Obs. 385. Syn. 240); branches ascending ;

leaves crowded, glaucous, ineurved, patent, triguetrous, attenuate, mu-

cronate ; flowers purplish, filaments white. Bot. Mag. t. 396. DC.

Pl. Grass. t. 153. Salm Dyck, l. ce. t. 13.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Stem prostrate, floriferous, elongate. Leaves keeled, 2-3 inches long, 3 lines

wide. Peduncles bracteate in the middle and above, 3-6 inches long. Calyx tur-

binate. Petals spreading, 1 inch long, the inner shorter. Styles 5, erect, deltoid

or obovate at the apex.

128. M. formosum (Haw. Rev. 145); sterile branches very short,

floriferous ones elongated ; leaves crowded, subdistinct, incurved-

patent, triguetrous, elongated, bluntish, mucronulate, green; petals

purplish ; filaments white. Salm Dyck, fase. 3.4. 21,

Has. Cape of Good Hope. : :

Differs from M. amoenum by the prostrate flowering branches, carinate-triquetrous,

thicker leaves, and short peduncles ; from M. spectabile by the green, not glaucous,

leaves, ternate, short peduncled, much smaller flowers. Leaves 2 inches long, 3

lines wide. Peduncles rigid, 1-14 inch long. Petals bidentate. Styles 5, erect-

spreading, thick, acute, ramentaceous. —

§. 28. DILATATA, Haw. Stem fruticose, branches erect-spread-

ing. Leaves crowded, glaucous, much dotted, compressed-triquetrous,

attenuate at the base, much dilated and recurved above the middle.

Flowers small, pale, rose-coloured, mostly solitary. Calyx 5-cleft. Stig-

mas 5. (Sp. 129.)

129. M. dilatatum (Haw. Syn. 303) ; branches subflexuous, rigid ;

leaves spreading, acute-recurvate, attenuated at the base, dilated above

the middle, triquetrous-compressed, angles obtuse, pellucid-punctate ai

flowers solitary. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 9. |

Has. Cape of Good Hope. :

Stem woody, 14 inch; branches yellowish. Leaves 1-14 inches long, 3 lines

wide, obtuse. Peduncele tender, 1 inch long, with 2 small, foliaceous bracts. Calyx

obconical. Petals uniseriate, spreading, subrecurved, lanceolate, twice longer than

the calyx-lobes. Styles 5, thick, acute.

420 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [A]esembryanthemum.

§. 29. FALCATA, DC. (Lunata and Pallidifiora, Haw.) Stem suf-

fruticose as well as the branches suberect, flexuous or divaricate.

Leaves crowded, glaucous, triquetrous or subtriquetrous-compressed,

falcate, with obtuse, smooth angles. Flowers ternate, or in a

5-flowered cyme, rose-coloured, long pedunculate, peduncle furnished

with 2-4 bracts. Calyx 5-fid. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 130-134.)

130. M. falciforme (Haw. Syn. 299); branches spreading ; leaves

much crowded, triquetrous, falcate, angles acute, the carinal acinaciformly

dilated, with numerous, large, prominent, dots ; flowers ternate or soli-

tary, showy. DC.l. ¢. 433. Salm Dyck, fase, 1. t. 23.

Has, Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Stem 1-2 feet, branches angular. Leaves 6-9 lines long, 2 lines wide, mucro-

nate. Peduncle thickened upwards, 2-3 inches long ; bracts small, leafy. Flowers

an inch and a-half in diameter. Calyx turbinate. Petals in many series, lancev-

late. Filaments white. Styles 5, short, acute, ramentaceous.

131. M. faleatum (Linn. Spec. 694) ; much branched, branches fili-

form ; leaves minute, crowded, subtriquetrous-compressed, swhfalcate,

with obtuse angles, mucronulate, attenuated on both ends, pellucid-pune-

tate ; flowers ternate, small. Dill. Hlth. t. 213. f. 275,276. Salm

Dyck, fase. 3. t 22.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1 line wide ; dots scattered, large. Peduncles very slender,

pear we long. Flowers 6-8 lines diameter. Petals biseriate, hhidentats. Styles

5, su te.

132. M. lunatum (Willd. Enum. 538); branches suberect, flexuous ;

leaves crowded, subtriquetrous-compressed, incurvedly half moon shaped ;

angles obtuse, the carinal dilated, very glaucous, dotless ; flowers ternate,

or bigeminate, small. DC. 1. c. 433. Salm Dyck, fase. 1. t. 24, M. fal-

catum, lunatum et falerforme, EB. & Z. 12019-2021.

_ Has. Stony places on mountain sides near Brackfontein and Vierentwintig Ri-

vieren, Clanwilliam. June-Sept. (Herb. Sd.)

8 Leaves thick, 5-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, obtuse, mucronulate. Flowers ternate,

bigeminate or cymose, §-nate. Peduncle 1 inch, pedicels 4~-} inch long. Petals

about 4 inch long, pale rose-coloured, acute, when dry whitish. Nearly inter-

mediate between M, falciforme et faleatum.

133, M. maximum (Haw. Obs. 402. Syn. 292); stem woody, erect,

bushy ; leaves crowded, large, very Sh eee Saree in-—

curvedly half-moon shaped, very glaucous, obtuse, half-stem-clasping, full

of pellucid dots ; flowers small. DC. 1. c. 433.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Peduncles with 2 bracts. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals reddish.

134. M. roseum (Willd. Enum. ; branches spreading, leafy;

leaves attenuate on both ends ; rele glaucous, Bdatiiresbst Wigae.

trous, the carinal angle dilated above the middle, mucronulate, punctate ;

flowers ternate or geminate, showy. Salm Dyck, fase. 5, t. 18. DM. mul-

tiradiatum, Jacq. Fragm. t. 53.f. 1. M. incurvum, var. roseum, DC.

Var. 8. confertum (Salm Dyck,1c.); branches subtortuous and leaves more

crowded. M. incurvum et decumbens, Haw. Syn. 300.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 421

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.)

Stem 14-2 feet high. Leaves 12-14 lines long, 2 lines wide, subdistinct. Pe-

duncle about 2 inches long, thickened above ; bracts small, leafy. Calyx turbinate.

Petals pale rose-coloured, biseriate, emarginate, about 8-9 lines long. Styles 5,

short, acute. In var. 8. the brauches and leaves are more crowded and the flowers

of a deeper red.

§. 30. DELTOIDEA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Muricata, Haw.) Stem suf-

fruticose, branches erect, spreading. Leaves subconnate, crowded, glau-

cous, deltoid-triquetrous, attenuate at the base, dilated, retuse at the

apex, with the angles muricately toothed, flowers ternate, rose-coloured,

small, sweet-scented, pedunculate, peduncles furnished with 2-4 leafy

bracts. Calysx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 135-137-)

135. M. caulescens (Mill. dict. ed. 8, p. 12) ; leaves incurvate-erect,

glaucous, rather long, triquetrously deltoid, acutish, with the sides ob-

tuse, toothed and the keel entire ; petals obtuse, emarginate. Dell. Hith.

t. 195. f. 243, 244. Salm Dyck, fase. 3.t. 23. M. deltoides 8, simplex.

DC. Pl. Grass. n. 53.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) :

Shrub 1} feet. Leaves 6-9 lines long, at the base 2 lines, below the apex 4 lines

wide, without dots, on the lateral angles with 2 or 3 short teeth, often red-margi-

nate. Flowers 6-8 lines in diameter, ternate or often solitary. Pedicels about 4

lines long. Petals subspathulate, obtuse or erose. Easily distinguished from the

two following by the larger leaves with entire keel.

136. M. deltoides (Mill. 1. c. p. 13) ; leaves incurvate-erect, glaucous,

deltoid, trifariously toothed ; peduncles elongate ; petals acute. Dill.

Elth. t. 195. f. 245. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 53- Salm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 24.

Has. Witsenberg, Decemb. Zey./ 694. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Stem suberect, branches reddish brown. Leaves 5-6 lines long, below the apex

3-4 lines wide, not dotted; teeth on the 3 angles acute. Flowers ternate or

cymose-tri-ternate, Peduncle 1-14 inches long, pedicels shorter. Bracts often

entire. Flowers 4 inch in diameter.

137. M. muricatum (Haw. Obs. 364. Syn. 297) ; leaves incurvate-

erect, very glaucous, deltoid, trifariously muricate-dentate ; peduncles

short ; petals acute. Dill. Hlth. t. 195. f- 246. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 25.

M. deltoides, Linn. Ait. E. & Z. | 2022.

Has. Mountain sides near Tulbagh, Worcester. Sept,-Nov. _ (Herb, Sd.)

Scarcely distinguished from the preceding. Whole plant bluish or greyish-blue.

Leaves 3-5 lines long, below the apex 3 lines wide, the angles with several short,

mucronulate teeth. Flowers ternate or tri-ternate. Peduncle 3-4 lines long.

Flowers as in the preceding ; in the wild specimens a little smaller.

§. 31. FORFICATA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, with the branches

angulate, lax. Leaves triquetrous-compressed, long connate, decurrent,

obtuse, carinal angle toothed at the apex. lowers solitary, terminal,

long pedunculate, reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 1 38.)

138. M. forficatum (Linn. Spec. 695); branches decumbent, 2-edged ;

leaves erect, much triquetrous-compressed, green, without dots, at the

rounded apex denticulate. Haw. Syn. 280. Salm Dyck, fasc. 1. t.

25. M. filamentosum 8. anceps. DC. Pl. Grass. p. 60. .

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

422 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

About 1 foot high ; branches flexuous. Leaves rather distant, 1 inch long, 4-5

lines wide ; carinal angle much compressed. Flowers showy, about 14 inches in

diameter. Peduncle 1-1} inches long. Calyx subglobose. Petals subuniseriate,

red, with a darker line from the base to the middle.

Group III. Prrror1ata.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, mostly erect. Leaves

yaginate-connate, more or less triquetrous. (§§. 32-38.)

§. 32. GEMINATA, Haw. Stem suffruticose, dwarf, as well as the

branches procumbent, dichotomous. Leaves connate a long way, turgid-

triquetrous, whitish, smooth, with cartilaginous, entire margins. Flow-

ers unknown. (Sp. 139-140.)

139. M. geminatum (Haw. Misc. 92. Syn. 280) ; branchlets dichoto-

mous, ascending ; leaves triquetrous, erect, glaucous, smooth, cartila-

ginous at the margins.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers unknown, probably white.

140. M. marginatum (Haw. Obs. 412. Syn. 294); branches erect ;

leaves triquetrous, rather acinaciform, glaucous, with whitened margins.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 4 inches high. Leaves small.

§. 33. UNCINATA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Uncinata et Lineolata, Haw.)

Stem fruticose, erect, as well as the branches rigid. Leaves sheathing,

sheaths fleshy, covering the internodes, limb of the leaves abbreviate,

solid, uncinate ; or elongate, compressed, the carinal angle toothed or

serrulate. Flowers atthe tops of the branches, solitary, short pe-

duncled, rather small, reddish. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5-8. (Sp.

141-147.)

* Leaves retuse, not compressed,

141. M. perfoliatum (Haw. Misc. 92.Syn. 281); erect, with few,

straight branches; leaves sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, dot-

ted, whitish, abbreviate, triquetrous, mucronate, hard ; keel 1—2-toothed

beneath near the apex. Bradl. Succ. Dec. 3. f. 26. dextra. Salm Dyck,

Jase. 2.t. 14. M. perfoliatum, B. monacanthum, DC. Prod. 3. 430.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2 feet or higher ; branches simple. Leaves distant, erect-spreading, obtuse-

triquetrous, mucronate, with nearly convex sides, 8-9 lines long, 3 lines wide at the

base ; carinal angle with 1, rarely 2 short teeth. Peduncle 3-4 lines long. Flower

about inch in diameter. Styles 5-6, subulate, erect.

142. M. viride (Haw. Syn. 283) ; erect, with straight branches ;

leaves sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, green, subtriquetrous-

cylindraceous, elongate, incurvate-erect, uncinately recurved at the apex,

quite entire. Salm Dyck. 1. ¢. t. 15.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 8-9 lines long, 2 lines wide at the base, shorter than the sheaths. Pe-

duncle 3-4 lines long. Flowers middle-sized, pale red. Styles 7-8, very short, |

erect, subulate. It differs from the preceding by the green colour, slender branches,

and smaller, entire leaves,

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) ; 423

143. M. uncinatum (Will. Dict. ed.8. n. 18); stem tortuose, diffuse ;

leaves sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, glaucous-green, punc-

tate, short and equal-sided, triquetrous, mucronulate, often furnished

with 1 or 2 spines underneath at the apex. Burm. Afr. t. 26. f. 3.

DC. Pl. Grass. t. 54. Salm Dyck, fase. 6, t. 10. M. edentulum, Haw.

Rev. 125.

Han. Karro, between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg, Thunberg ! Springbokk:

Mar. Zey./ 703 and 2956. (Herb. Thunb. D., Sd.) : — -

Stem erect, diffuse, much branched, branches sub-compressed, greenish, floriferous

short. Leaves spreading, 3 lines long, 14-2 lines wide, in the wild specimens often

as broad as long, fleshy, rugose when dry, three times shorter than the internodes,

at the keel near the apex with or without a short tooth. Flowers on very short,

thick peduncles, half an inch in diameter, rose-coloured. Styles 5.

144. M, uncinellum (Haw. Rev. 125); stem erect, diffuse; leaves

sheathing at the base, rather decurrent, glaucous, punctate, short, tri-

quetrous subrecurved, mostly trifariously denticulate at the apex. Salm

Dyck, fase. 5, t. 19. M. uncinatum var. minor. Salm Dyck, Catal. Dill.

Elth, t. 193. fase. 239+

Has, Karro in Zoutpanshoogde near Zwartkopsriver, Oct. Zeq. | 2598. Gamka-

river, Zey./ 685 et 688. Port Natal, Miss Owen. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Distinguished from M. wneinatum by a little longer, tridenticulate, recurved

leaves, internodes not much shorter than the leaves. Leaves 4 lines long, 1 line wide,

crowded. Flowers asin M. uncinatum. It varies with subentire or unidentate leaves.

** Leaves elongate, compressed.

145. M. semidentatum (Salm Dyck, Obs. p. 9) ; branches few, erect,

simple, straight ; leaves distant, sheathing, erecto-spreading, equalsided-

triquetrous, compressed, whitish, dotted, bluntish, mucronulate, keel

furnished with 2-4 teeth near the top. Monog. fase. 1. t. 26.

Has. Gamkariver, Zeyher! (Herb. Sd.) 2 =

Stem 2-3 feet. Sheaths compressed, long. “Leaves 12-15 lines long, 2-3 lines

wide ; the carinal angle with 2 or 4 recurved teeth. Peduncle 4 inch , com-

pressed, thickened upwards. Flowers middle sized. Petals very narrow. Styles

5, subulate.

146, M, unidens (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826, p. 331); branches numerous,

rigid, spreading; leaves crowded, sheathing, erecto-recurved, compressed-

triquetrous, elongate, whitish, dotted, attenuated-mucronate, keel gene-

rally with one tooth near the top. Salm Dyck, l. c. fase. 0: & ioe

rigidicaule, HE. & Z. 1 1992.

Has. Stony places on Mt. Bothasberg near Vischrivier, Albany, June. (Hb, Sd.)

Flowering branches short. Leaves 9-12 lines long, 2 lines wide, twice longer

than the internodes. Peduncle 6-9 lines long. Flowers rose-coloured, 6 lines in

diameter. Styles 5, linear, spreading.

147. M. lineolatum (Haw. Rev. 130) ; stem depressed ; branches nu-

merous, spreading ; leaves much crowded, sheathing, triquetrous, rigid,

mucronate ; one of a pair incurved, with dilated, roughish carinal angle,

the other recurved, subuncinate ; sheaths with a short impressed line.

Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t. 16. :

Var. 8. minus (Haw.) ; leaves shorter and glaucescent,

Var. y. nitens (Haw,) ; leaves shining green.

424 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [MJesembryanthemum.

- Has. Hills near Zwarteberg & Babylons Toorensberg, Caledon. July. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves 6-10 lines long, 2 lines wide, triquetrous, angles not dentate. Flowers

as in the preceding. Peduncle 6 lines long. Petals purplish with a dark dorsal

line.

§. 34. MICROPHYLLA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffrutescent,

short, much branched, as well as the branchlets divaricate. Leaves

minute, connate, triquetrous, aristate, with large and pellucid dots.

Flowers on the tops of the branches solitary, small, reddish. Calyx

5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 148-152.)

148. M. pulchellum (Haw. Misc. 72. Syn. 298) ; stems and branches

decumbent, tortuous, terete ; leaves minute, triquetrous, with equal

convex sides, somewhat boat-shaped, aristate-mucronate, glaucous, ciliated

with pubescence on the angles, especially on the keel. Salm Dyck,

Jase. 2. 17. M. canescens, Haw. Rev. 135.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1 foot. Branches retroflex. Leaves crowded on the tops of the branches,

erecto-spreading, 4 lines long, 14 lines wide. Peduncle 4-3 inch, thickened upwards.

Calyx turbinate, lobes subequal. Petals about 4 inch long, acute, pale rose-coloured.

Styles 5, erect, filiform, longer than the stamens.

149. M. microphyllum (Haw. Obs. 417. Syn. 297); stem short, as

well as the branches slender, crowded ; leaves minute, subconnate,

triquetrous, bluntish, mucronulate, green, shining, pustulate at the base

on the inside, carinal angle subconvex and very entire beneath. Salm

Dyck, fase. 6. t. 12.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Branches 3-4 inches high, Leaves very spreading, 2 lines long, 1 line wide.

Peduncles 4-6 lines long. Calyx obconical, lobes subequal. Petals twice longer

than the calyx, rose-coloured, whitish at the base. Styles 5, filiform, shorter than

the stamens.

150. M. aristulatum (Sond.) ; stem very short or none; branches

long, prostrate, compressed, flowering branchlets very short, leafy ; leaves

much crowded, connate, erectish, triquetrous, equal-sided, (when dry

somewhat canaliculate above), glaucous, acute, mucronate-aristate, angles

acute, very thinly ciliate. M. forficatum, E. & Z.! 2023.

Has. Stony places on the sides of Lionsmountain. August. (Herb. Sd.)

Branches 1 foot or more long, creeping, somewhat rooting at the nodes, glabrous.

Flowering branchlets half an inch long. Leaves much crowded in the axils, 3-4

lines long, t line wide, acute, dotted, mucro recurved. Peduncle shorter than the

leafy bracts, about 2-3 lines long. Calyx dotted, lobes subequal, aristate, 24 lines

long, with a small membranous in. Petals pale red (when dry) scarcely longer

than the calyx. Styles 5, subulate, as long as the stamens. Distinguished by the

et branches, acute angles, and very small flowers. In habit is like M. Ros-

um,

151. M. mucronatum (Haw. Misc. 73. Syn. 297); stem very short,

erect, much branched ; leaves oblong-ovate, triquetrous at the apex,

Sora at the base, glaucescent, terminated in a white mucro, coarsely

otted.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1-3 inches, Leaves 3 lines long. Flowers unknown.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 425

152. M. pigmaeum (Haw. Suppl. 99); stem very short, branched ;

leaves connate at the base, oblong-ovate, semiterete, awnless, in winter

united nearly to the top.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. |

Flowers unknown.

§. 35. ROSTELLATA, Haw. DC. Stem suffrutescent, dwarf, much

branched, as well as the branches prostrate. Leaves connate, terete,

subulate, recurved. Flowers at the top of the branches, solitary, white,

tipped with red. Calya 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 153-)

153. M. Rostellum (Salm Dyck, fase. 2. t. 18) ; stem and branches

prostrate, rigid ; leaves beaked, connate, semiterete, subulate, recurved,

dotted, glaucous-green ; flowers white. J. rostellatum, DC. 1. ¢. 430°.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

4-1 foot. Branches terete. Leaves 4-6, vaginate-connate at the base, 6-9 lines

long, 2 lines wide, triquetrous at the apex. Peduncle clavate, 4-6 lines long.

nae Eaten subequal, acute. Petals somewhat longer than the calyx-lobes. Styles

5, thickish.

§ 36. VAGINATA, Salm Dyck (Paniculata, Haw. DC.) Stem fruti-

cose, erect, branches rigid. Leaves crowded, sheathing-connate, with

the longitudinal lines of the sheaths more or less distinct, triquetrous,

short, the carinal angle scabrous. Flowers at the top of the flowering

branches, panicled, small, white ; pedwncles short, bracteate. Calyx

5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 154-159-) |

154. M. tenellum (Haw. Obs. 315. Syn. 283); branches erect, jili-

form ; leaves distant, much shorter than the internodes, green, rather

spreading, minute, triquetrous, acute, recwrvate at the apex, carinal angles

scabrous. Salm Dyck, fasc. 5.t. 20. M. wncinatum, E. § Z. 1 2024.

Has. Karro on hills near the Gauritzriver, Swellendam, Dec. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 1 foot or higher, with slender branches. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 3 line wide.

Flowers half an inch in diameter. Peduncle short, compressed ; bracts :

Calyx turbinate, lobes subequal. Petals uniseriate. Styles 5, short, acute, -

155. M. rigidum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 283) ; branches erect, spread-

ing, very stif’; leaves shorter than the internodes, green, horizontal,

minute, triquetrous, bluntish, mucronulate, as well as the keel scabrous

at the apex. Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 13.

Has. Karro on hills near the Zwartkopsriver, Zeyher / 2597. Gamkariver, Zey. !

690. (Herb. Sd.) se

Very near the preceding, but the branches are more robust and rigid ; the leaves

thicker, more obtuse, short, mucronulate. Internodes 6 lines, leaves 4-5 lines long.

Petals about 3 lines long.

156, M. parviflorum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 284); stem and branches.

erect; leaves erectish, glabrous ; keel finely serrulated. DC. lc. 432.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves half an inch long. Peduncles bracteate even to the calyx. Flowers

white, small, 3 lines.

157. M. vaginatum (Haw. Misc. 95. Syn. 284) ; stem and branches

426 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Aesembryanthemum.

erect, rigid ; leaves about as long as the internodes, green, spreading,

linear-triquetrous, hamate-recurved at the apex, smooth, but the angles

roughish near the top. Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 14. M. curtum, y. minus.

M. hamatam, Willd. Haw.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v.v.) = .

Shrub 2 feet. Leaves sheathing-connate, 6 lines long, equal-sided-triquetrous.

sometimes quite smooth. Peduncle very short, compressed. Petals 3-4 lines long.

Styles 5, erect, subulate.

158. M. acutangula (Haw. Phil. Mag. 64. p. 424); branches erect,

spreading, rigid ; leaves about as long as the internodes, glaucous-green,

incurvate-erect, triquetrous, compressed near the apex, carinal angle a

little dilated, scabrous. Salm Dyck, fasc. 5. t. 21.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Distinguished from M. vaginatum by the incurvate-erect, not recurved, more

scabrous leaves. Internodes and leaves 6 lines long. Petals 4 lines long.

159. M. curtum (Haw. Rev. 126. Syn. 334); branches somewhat

spreading, rigid; leaves longer than the internodes, glaucous-green,

spreading, triquetrous, attenuate, acute, carinal angle scabrous. Salm

Dyck, 1. c. t. 22. M. imbricatum, E. § Z.! 2925.

- ‘Has. Stony places Saldanhabay, Aug.Sept. (Herb. Sd.

Stem 2 feet. Leaves 6-8 lines Tote, pith a ttle Sear d, the apex ; the

internodes 3-4 lines long, a little dilated upwards. Peduncle compressed. Flowers

g-10 lines in diameter.

§. 37. ZUMIDULA Haw., Salm Dyck, (Paniculata DC.) Stem fruti-

cose, erect, with the branches rigid. Leaves subdistant, sheathing-

connate, the sheaths tumid, abbreviate ; limb elongate, triquetrous,

with smooth angles. Flowers at the top of the flowering branches, sub-

cymose, small, white or pale rose-coloured ; pedwneles bracteate. Calyx

5-clsft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 160-162.)

160. M. multifloruam (Haw. Mise. 96. Syn. 285); leaves distant,

longer than the internodes, smooth, glaucous-green, subtriquetrous, linear-

elongate ; sheaths scarcely tumid ; flowers white ; cyme many-flowered.

M. imbricatum, Haw. Salm Dyck, fase. 5, t. 23. et fase. 6. t. 3 5. Meapa-

tens, Willd. M. foliosum, E. d& Z.1 2027.

lines wide near the sheath, bluntish, mucronulate. Cyme bearing often more than

20 flowers ; pedicels short, thick. Flowers half an inch in diameter.

161. M. tumidulum (Haw. Syn. 286); leaves distant, shorter or equal-

ling the internodes, smooth, glaucous-green, subtriquetrous, Linear-elon-

gate, erect-recurved ; sheaths very tumid, abbreviate; flowers rose-

coloured, cymose, Salm Dyck, fase. 5. 24.

Var. 8. foliosum ; leaves longer, more crowded. WM. foliosum, Haw. Syn. 130.

Has. Driefonteyn, Zeyher / 698. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Branches when young often purplish. Leaves 1~2 inches long, 2 lines wide near

the sheaths, minutely eae poe Lower pedicels of the cyme elongate, slender,

bracteate in the middle, very large, white-margined. Calyx scarcely turbi-

nate. Petals longer than in the preceding and following. si

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 427

162. M. umbellatum (Linn. Spec. 481); leaves distant, Jonger than

the internodes, smooth, glaucous-green, subcylindraceous, blunt, mu-

cronulate ; sheaths tumid, abbreviate; flowers white, umbelled. Dill.

Elth. t. 208. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 16. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 414. ex pte.

E. § Z.! 2028. M. anomalum, Willd. Enum. 531.

Has. Sandy places, Capeflats, Kaeberg, Gnadenthal, Vygekraal, Heerelogement,

ete. Zey.! 697, 699. (Herb. Thunb. D., Sd.) tab

Stem robust, 2-3 feet. Leaves 2-3 inches, 2-3 lines wide, subtriquetrous at the —

apex, with a red mucro. Flowers umbellate or corymbose, often numerous, white

or purple.

§. 38. CROCEA, Salm Dyck. (Sebacea, Haw. Veruculata, DC.) Stem

fruticose, erect, branched. Leaves somewhat crowded, connate, sheaths

short, trigonous-semiterete, soft, sebaceous, mealy-glaucous, without

dots. Flowers terminal, solitary, yellow or croceous, long peduncled.

Calyx 4-cleft. Stigmas 8. (Sp. 163-165.)

163, M. luteum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Aug. 1826, p. 128) ; stem erect ;

leaves semicylindrical, attenuate, subtriquetrous at the apex, acutish,

subsebaceous, glaucous ; petals acute, yellow. Salm Dyck, fase, 3. t. 26.

M. purpureo-croceum, 8. flavo-croceum. Haw.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1-2 feet. Leaves erecto-patent, 1-14 inches long and 2 lines wide, yellow-

ish green. Peduncle cire. 1 inch long. Calyx subturbinate, 2 of the lobes trique-

trous, 2 shorter. Petals uniseriate, acute, yellow, when older croceous. Stigmas

8, erect, ramentaceous. le

164. M. croceum (Jacq, fragm. t. 59.f 2); stem erect ; leaves semi-

cylindrical, turgid, scarcely triquetrous-compressed at the apex, obtuse,

subsebaceous, mealy-pruinose ; petals erose, croceous above, more or less

purplish beneath. Salm Dyck, |. c. t. 27- M. insititium, Willd. Enum.

536. M. purpureo-croceum, Haw. Misc. 81. E. & Z.2029. M. glaucum,

E. § Z. | 2013.

Has. Stony places on mountain sides near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam, Oct. (Herb.

$d.) . e. ‘

Vv ear the preceding, differs b the thicker stem, more whitish, bluntish

inariia an erose, oe 4 fee 1-14 inches long, about 3 lines in

diameter. Petals biseriate. Stigmas 8-9, subglobose.

165. M. luteolum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826, p. 129) ; leaves crowded,

acute at the apex, and a little recurved ; branches slender and dense ;

flowers small, yellow.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Tt differs a, M. hited in the leaves and in the more dwarf stature. Flowers

more numerous than in DM. luteum.

Group IV. Trreriscuta.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, erect or nearly so.

Leaves distinct, rarely connate at the base, terete or semicylindrical or turgid-tri-

gonous. ($$. 39-47-)

g. 39. VERUCULATA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Sebacea, Haw.) Stem fru-

ticose, with spreading branches. Leaves crowded, cylindraceous, soft,

dotless, very glaucous, obtuse, mucronulate. Flowers ternate, rarely

solitary, small, yellow, or croceous, sweet-scented, short pedunculate ;

428 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Alesembryanthemum.

peduneles bracteate. Calyx 5, rarely 4-cleft. Stigmas 5, 4 or 8. (Sp.

166-168.)

166, M. veruculatum (Linn. Spec. 696) ; leaves fasciculate, incur-

vate, subsebaceous, mealy-pruinose, subtrigonous, cylindrical, mucro-

nate ; flowers yellow, mostly ternate, subsessile ; calyx 5-cleft ; stigmas

5. Dill. Hlth. t. 203. f.259. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 36. Salm Dyck, fase.

3. t. 28. EB. & Z./ 2030.

Has. Mountain sides near Brackfonteyn, Clanwilliam, Oct._Nov. (Herb Sd.)

Stem 1 foot or more, branches tortuose. Leaves connate, 1-1} inches long, 3-4

lines wide, arcuate-incurvate, when young erect, obsoletely trigonous, with an

evident, purplish mucro. Pedicels 2-4 lines long, at the base and in the middle

with 2 leafy bracts. Calyx hemispherical, lobes subequal, with broadly membrana-

crous margins. Petals yellow, scarcely longer than the calyx.

167. M. monticolum (Sond.) ; leaves fasciculate incurvate, subseba-

ceous, mealy-pruinose, obtusely trigonous, mucronate ; flowers croceous,

ternate, pedunculate, lateral peduncles enclosed by 2 connate bracts,

the intermediate bractless; calyx 4-cleft ; stigmas 8.

Has. Stoofkraal, Zeyh.! Mar. ((Herb. Sd.)

Shrub with woody, tortuous, short branches. Leaves connate, a little sheathing,

1 inch long, 3 lines wide, when dry evidently trigonous. Flowers the size of those

of M, veruculatum, or a little larger. Peduncles 5-6 lines long, compressed ; bracts

ofthe two lateral peduncles sheathing from the base to the middle, the upper or

free part leafy, trigonal, acute, equalling the flowers. Calyx-lobes subequal, keeled.

Styles subyMMte, longer than the stamens.

_ 168. M. veruculoides (Sond) ; leaves fasciculate, erectish, scarcely

incurvate, soft, mealy-pruinose, cylindrical, flattish above, obtuse, with

a very short mucro ; flowers croceous, ternate, rarely solitary, peduncu-

late ; lateral peduncles bracteate at the middle, the intermediate bract-

less ; calyx 4-5-cleft ; stigmas 5. M. veruculatum, 8. Herb. Thunb. !

Var. minus; leaves smaller, flowers mostly solitary. M. pruinosum, E. § Z.!

2110. non Thunb. /

Has. In Hantum, Thunberg ; "Kamus, Feb.; Droogekraal, Hartveld, June,

Zeyher! var. B. fields near Zwartkopsriver, Zey. / 2585 ; Rhinosterkop, dist. Beau-

fort, Zeyher ! 684 ; Roggeveld, A. Wyley. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sond.)

_ Stem procumbent, terete, soft, glabrous. Leaves connate, 1-1} inches long, 3

lines in diameter, obsoletely trigonous. Peduncles subequal, 1 inch long, com-

pressed, thickened above. vaginate, limb leafy, as long as the peduncle.

easy unequal, 2 longer and blunt. Petals a little longer than the calyx,

near, obtuse. Capsule turbinate, subangulate, 8-10 valved. QyVar. 8. is smaller,

more depressed, leaves 3—1 inch 2 lines wide, the flowé i .

Very aimaiie ts ie hank? long, wide, flowers are not different

§. 40. HAWORTHIANA, DC. (Corallina, Haw.) Stem fruticose,

erect, branches decussate. eaves subcylindrical, elongate, more or

less subulate, glaucous, punctate. Flowers solitary (or in M. productum

ternate), showy, reddish, long peduncled ; peduncles bracteate. Calyx

5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 169-173.)

169. M. Haworthii (Don. Hort. Cantab. 66); stem and branches

erect ; leaves somewhat crowded, subdistinct, incrassate, semicylindri-

cal, subcompressed at the top, attenuated on both ends, subincurved,

Mesembryanthemum.] MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 429

spreading, glaucous, smooth ; flowers large, purplish. Salm Dyck, fase.

I. t. 27. :

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2 feet high ; branches decussate. Leaves 1-1} inches long, 2-3 lines wide,

bluntish, mucronulate. Flowers about 3 inches in diameter. Peduncles 1-1}

inches long, thickened upwards ; bracts leafy. Calyx turbinate. Petals subtri-

seriate, broad-lanceolate. Styles 5, very short, roundish.

170. M. coralliflorum (Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 28); stem and branches

erect ; leaves distant, subconnate, clavate-elongate, subcylindrical, spread-

ing, in- or re-curvate, glaucous, smooth ; flowers on very long pe-

duncles. M. corallinum, Haw. Rev. 154. excl. syn. Thunb. M. laeve,

Haw. misc. 64 ?

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Distinct from the preceding by the more slender and branched stems ; subclavate,

at the apex not attenuated leaves ; longer peduncled, somewhat smaller flowers and

uniseriate petals. Leaves about 2 inches long, 1} lines wide. Peduncle 4-6 inches

long. Styles 5 or 4, acutish.

171. M. stipulaceum (Linn. Spec. 693) ; stem and branches erect ;

leaves crowded, subdistinct, linear-elongate, semiterete, spreading, recurved,

very glaucous, smooth ; axils very proliferous ; flowers purplish. Dill.

Elth. t. 209. f. 267, 268. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. t. 29. E. &. Z.1 2031. M.

laeve, E. & Z.! 2033. ea pte.

Haz. Near Gauritzriver, Swellendam, and in dist. Uitenhage, Dec. (Herb. D.

Distinct from M. coralliflorum by a shorter stem, more crowded, at the apex not

incrassate leaves, smaller flowers and effuse stamens. Stem 1—14 inches high.

Leaves 1}-2 inches long, 1-2 lines wide. Peduncles solitary, rarely subternate,

172. M. productum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1834. p. 425); stem and

branches erect ; leaves crowded, subdistinct, elongate, semiterete, erect-

incurved, glaucous, smooth ; flowers bigeminate or ternate, pale rose-

coloured ; calyx-lobes elongate, 2 longer equalling the petals. Salm

Dyck, fase. 2. t. 19. Ad. tetragonum, E.&Z.! 2035. M. tenuifolium,

Thunb.! herb. 3.

Van. B. lepidum (Salm Dyck, 1. c.) ; stem higher ; flowers whitish.

Has. Karro hills near Zwartkopsriver ; Winterhoeksberg and near Bethelsdorp,

Zeyher | 2594; Albany, Williamson. Var. B. in the Capeflats, Nov. (Herb. Thunb.

lindrical, bluntish mucronulate. Peduncles 1-14 inches long, thickened above,

as long or a ittle than the lanceolate petals. Styles 5, clavate, acute. By

the inflorescence, the elongated calyx-lobes and smaller flowers it is easily dis-

inguished from the preceding.

173. M. Zeyheri (Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t. 2 5); stem and branches

erect, subflexuous, leaves much crowded, subdistinct, elongate, terete,

incurved, erect, attenuated on both ends, acute, very smooth and green ;

flowers solitary, purplish ; calyx-lobes broad, much shorter than the

petals, M. Haworthi, E. & Z, | 2032.

430 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Alesembryanthemum

Has. In fields near Zwartkopsriver, Oct. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem straight, 14 foot. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 1 line wide. Peduncle 2 inches

long, thickened upward. Calyx-lobes subequal, 2 larger with membranaceous

margins. Petals purplish-violet, spathulate-lanceolate, bluntish, about 10 lines

long. Styles 5, acute.

§. 41. SPINOSA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose, erect ;

branches rigid. Leaves triquetrous-terete, dotted, glaucescent. Flowers

on terminal spines, ternate or biternate, numerous, or ternate, and the

peduncles after flowering spinescent, reddish, small. Calyx 5-cleft.

Stigmas 5. (Sp. 174-175.)

174. M. spinosum (Linn. Spec. 693) ; stem, erect ; branches hard,

dichotomous, spinose after flowering ; leaves nearly distinct, teretely-

triquetrous, dotted. Dill. Hlth. t, 208. f. 265. Salm. Dyck, fase. 5. t.

26. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 420. E.& Z. 1 2034.

Has. In Karro, Olifantsriver, Beaufort and Graafreynet, Rhinosterkop, Zeyher !

675, Oct.April. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Stem 2 feet or higher, branches spreading. Leaves 6-12 lines long, 13 lines wide,

in the wild plant generally smaller, (3-6 lines long), blunt, mucronulate. Peduncles

tripartite, triacanthous, flowering. Pedicels short. Flowers } inch

in diameter or smaller. :

175. M. mucroniferum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1823. 381); stem erect ;

branches straight ; leaves glaucescent, spreading, bluntly triquetrous,

mucronulate ; flowers disposed by threes ; peduncles permanent after

flowering and spinose. IM. pulverulentum, Willd. Enum. p. 583.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 1 foot and higher.

§. 42. CYMBIFORMTIA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffrutescent,

dwarf, branches often decussate. Leaves distinct, turgidly-trigonous,

obtuse, cymbiform. Flowers solitary, reddish or yellow, (Sp. 176-18c.)

_ 176. M. Lehmanni (E. & Z. ! 1996); branches compressed, ascend-

ing ; leaves spreading, subconnate, turgidly-triquetrous, subcymbiform,

dots, very smooth, glaucous ; flowers terminal, solitary, on

short peduncles ; calyx 6-cleft, lobes turgid, keeled.

Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, April. Zey.! 2576.

Stems 4-1 foot. Leaves when dry Trugose, 8-12 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, about

as long as the internodes, blunt, with a minute mucro. Flowers 1-14 inches in dia-

meter. Peduncle about 1 inch long, compressed, with 2 leaf-like bracts near the

calyx. Lobes of the calyx broad, subequal. Petals in saps, Boge interior ones

shorter, pale yellow. les 6. Ca hen ri

4 lines long, biti peule w: ripe, subang , glaucous, abou

Subshrub 1 foot. Peduncles subterete. 14 inches long, with 2 leafy bracts near

the calyx. Lobes of the calyx small, 2 membranaceous. Corolla $ itsoh in diame-

ter, pale-reddish. Filaments spreading, purple but white at the base. Styles 5,

acute,

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 431

178. M. strictum (Haw. Misc, 82. Syn. 262) ; stem woody, branched,

very stiff, straight ; leaves triguetrous, obtuse, expanded, glaucescent,

beset with large dots. DOC. l. c. 437.

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

Shrub 2-3 feet high, has never yet flowered in the gardens ; but from a speci-

— of F5 received from the Cape by Haworth, the flowers are said to be showy,

and yellow.

179. M. trichotomum (Thunb. ! Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 14. Ap.) ;

stem erect ; branches trichotomous, spreading, fastigiate, subterete, glab-

rous ; leaves spreading, connate, cylindrical, trigonous, obtuse, subcymbi-

form, quite smooth and glabrous ; flowers terminal, solitary, sessile ;

calyx 4-cleft, lobes unequal, 2 longer, leaf-like ; styles 4, very short. /7.

Cap. 419.

Has. Karro between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg, Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Th.)

Shrub 1: foot or more in height, rigid. Ultimate branches 2-3 inches long.

Leaves remote, about } inch long, 1 line broad, young ones 2 in each axil, 3-4

lines long, 1} lines broad when dry, yellowish green, very minutely punctate.

Shorter lobes of calyx carinate, obtuse, with membranous margins. Petals linear,

spreading, purple, interior ones shorter, white, (Thunb. !) Only one specimen with

imperfect flowers in herb. Thunberg.

180. M. sessile (Thunb. ! Nov. Oct. Nat. Curios. v. 8. p. 14. App.);

stem erect; branches spreading ; leaves minute, trigonous-globose, blunt,

subconcave above, smooth, dotted ; flower solitary, on a very short pe-

duncle ; calyx 5-cleft. i. Cap. 419. M. cymbiforme, Haw. Obs. 264.

Syn. 263.

Has. Karro between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg, Oct. (Herb. Thunb.)

Stem 1 foot or higher. Branches subflexuous, ultimate very short, flower bearing.

Leaves connate, 4-6, crowded, 1 line long and wide, subglobose, flattish above,

gibbous beneath. Peduncle 2-4 lines long with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers are want-

ing in herb, Thunberg ; from description in Fl. Cap. they are reddish, and the

calyx-lobes rotundate-obtuse. Ripe capsule conical, 5-locular.

§. 43. DEFOLIATA, Salm Dyck. (Noctiflora, Haw. DC.) Stem

suffruticose, slender, rigid, sparingly branched. Leaves remote, cylin-

draceous, glaucous, without dots, soon falling off. Flowers by threes or

biternately cymose, often expanding in the evening, white, yellowish

or violet. Calya turbinate, 4-cleft. Stigmas 4. (Sp. 181-183.)

181, M. defoliatum (Haw. Misc. 83) ; stem erect ; branches terete ;

leaves spreading, subcylindraceous, blunt, soon deciduous ; flowers dicho-

tomously cymose or biternate, scentless ; peduncles very short, clavate ;

ovarium terete. Salm Dyck, fasc. 3. t. 29. M. clavatum, Jacq. ! Hort.

Schoenb. t. 108. M. horizontale, Haw. Syn. 261.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Shrub 1 foot or more. Leaves distinct, 1-14 inches long, 2~3 lines wide. Cen-

tral flower subsessile, without bracts; lateral ones very short pedunculate, with 2

short bracts near the calyx. ‘Lobes of the calyx unequal, 2 are longer and half

cylindrical. Petals a little longer than the calyx, white or straw-coloured.

182. M, noctiflorum (Linn. Spec. 689) ; stem erect ; branches terete,

leaves spreading, cylindraceous, blunt, soon deciduous ; flowers biter-

432 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

nate-cymose, fragrant ; peduncles long, thickened above ; ovarium

Var. a. pheniceum (Haw. Rev. 179) ; flowers white inside, and scarlet outside.

Dill. Elth. t. 206. f. 262. Salm Dyck, fase. 4, t. 17. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 10.

Var. 8. stramineum (Haw. Rev. 179) ; flowers white inside, and straw-coloured

outside. Dill. Elth. t. 206. f. 263.

Var. y. fulvum (Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 17) ; flowers mostly ternate, white inside

and fulvous outside. MU. fulvum, DC. I. c. 445.

Has. Springbokkeel, Zeyher! 700. (Herb. Sd.)

Distinguished from M. defoliatum by somewhat thicker leaves, long peduncled

flowers, obtuse calyx-lobes and a sweet-scented, twice larger flower. Stem 2~3 feet

high. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 3 lines wide. Peduncles and pedicels t inch long,

terete, intermediate without bracts, lateral ones with two leafy bracts in the middle.

Flower 14 inch in diameter. Calyx subturbinate, 2 lobes longer, obtuse. Styles

4 subulate.

183, M. tetragonum (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 426); stem erect as well as

the branches subtetragonal ; leaves spreading subcylindrical, obtuse,

deciduous ; flowers ternate or biternate-cymose ; peduncles longish

compressed, thickened above ; ovarium fetragonal. M. fasciculatum,

Th. fl.

Has. in Hantam, Thunberg ; Springbokkeel, Komseep, Zeyher 2955, 702. Mart.

(Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

Stem t foot high, more branched than the foregoing, branches patent, pale green

straw-coloured. Leaves subincurved, 6-12 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, very obtuse,

flattish above. Peduncles about 1 inch long or shorter, intermediate bractless,

lateral ones near the middle, with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers as large as those of M.

defoliatum, yellowish (Thunberg). Calyx lobes obtuse, 2 longer. Styles 4 subulate.

Ripe capsule angulate, turbinate.

§. 44. SPLENDENTTA, Salm Dyck, DC. (Digitiflora, Haw.) Stem

suffruticose, erect, branched. eaves crowded, distinct, subcylindrical,

spreading-recurved, without dots, when young sulcate above. Flowers

solitary, or rarely ternate, white, middle-sized. Calyx 4-5 cleft, lobes

leafy. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 184-191.)

184. M. sulcatum (Haw. Rev. 173); stem and branches erect, straight ;

_ leaves crowded, linear-subulate, bluntish, green, when young erecto-

incurvate, canaliculate, when old expanded, subterete ; calyx lobes un-

equal ; flowers very pale rose-coloured. Salm Dyck, fase. 3. f. 30.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Shrub 2 feet. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 1 line wide, mucronulate. Peduncles about

1 inch long, very minutely papillate. Calyx lobes 5, subulate, three of them shorter.

Petals 8-10 lines long. Styles 5, subulate. Perhaps a variety of the following.

185. M. splendens (Linn. Spec. 689) ; stem and branches fleauous-

erect ; leaves crowded, semiterete, glaucous-green, when young erect, re-

curved at the apex, when old very patent, bluntish ; calyx lobes equal,

abbreviate, subulate ; flowers white. Dill. Hlth. t. 204. f. 260. DC.

Pl. Grass. t. 35. Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 4.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Leaves 6-12 lines long, 2 lines wide, the axils very proliferous. Peduncle short,

thickened above, a little papillate as well as the subclavate calyx. Petals bidentate,

6 lines long. Styles 5.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 433

186. M. fastigiatum (Haw. Rev. 173. Syn. 256); stem and branches

straight, fastigiate ; leaves crowded, semiterete, obtuse, glaucous-green,

when young spreading, when old very patent ; calyx lobes subequal,

abbreviate, bluntish ; flowers whitish. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 19.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2 feet, branches minutely papillose. Leaves 5-8 lines long, scarcely 1 line

wide, attenuate at the base. Peduncle short. Petals acute, linear. - Styles 4-5.

187. M. acuminatum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. p. 426) ; stem erect ;

branches fleawous-patent ; leaves crowded, semiterete, attenuate, mucronu-

late, green, when young erect-incurved, when old spreading-recurved ;

calyx lobes wnegual, abbreviate, acute ; flowers pale straw-coloured.

Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 20.)

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Leaves 6-10 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncles 1 inch long, minutely papillate,

without bracts. Calyx 5-cleft, two of the lobes longer, leafy. Petals about 4 inch ©

long, linear-lanceolate. « Styles §, subulate. It comes very near M. sulcatum.

188. M. albicaule (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 331) ; stem erect ;

branches flexuous, divergent ; leaves remote, semiterete, dcute, glaucous-

green, when young erect-recurved, when old very patent and recurved ;

calyx lobes subequal, much elongated, acute ; flowers pale yellow.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. :

Leaves 6—10 lines long, t line wide. Peduncle short, thick. Petals as in M.

splendens, of which it only seems a variety.

189, M. umbelliflorum (Jacq. Willd. Enum. 534); stem and branches

erect, flexile ; leaves crowded, curvate-spreading, depressed-terete, obéuse,

subglaucous, in the floriferous branches linear-elongate, in sterile branches

shorter, subclavate ; calyx lobes subequal, acutish ; flowers subpanicu-

late, violet-white. Salm Dyck, fase. 3.t. 31.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very near M. fastigiatum, and only distinguished by the laxer stem and branches,

less crowded leaves, and the inflorescence. Leaves 3-1 inch long, often proliferous

from the axils. Flowers rarely solitary. Calyx turbinate-clavate, papillate. Petals

acute, about 6-8 lines long.

190. M. flexuosum (Haw. Rev. 172. Syn. 2 57); stem and branches

erect-spreading, flexuous ; leaves crowded, curvate-patent, depressed-

terete, mucronulate, green, shining, in the flowering branches elongated,

in the sterile branches short, sublanceolate ; calyx lobes subulate, elon-

gate, subequal ; flowers white, a little straw-coloured. Salm Dyck, l. c.

&. 32%

Has. Cape of Good Hope. a <P

By the slender, flexuous stem and branches, very green, shining leaves, it differs

from the preceding. Leaves 6-12 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncle 4~1 inch long,

thickened above, 1-flowered. Calyx clavate, smooth, spreading. Petals 8—10 lines

long, acute, nearly white. Styles 5 short.

191. M. longistylum (DC. Pl. Grass. t. 156) ; branches elongated ;

leaves distinct, when young linear-filiform, but at length becoming a

little keeled, acute, and minutely papulose ; peduncles 1-flowered ; calyx

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434 MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) [Aesembryanthemum.

5-cleft, 2 or 3 of the acutish lobes having hyaline margins ; styles 5,

exceeding the stamens. M. pallens, Jacq.! Hort. Scheenb. 3. t. 279. not of

Ait. M. pallescens, 8. Haw. Rev. 174.

Var. B. purpurascens (DC. Prod. 3. 446); flowers purplish, M. pallescens a, Haw.

Rev. 174. M. reflexum, B. Haw. Mise. 64.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. (Herb. Jacquin.)

Leaves 6-10 lines long. Flowers about 10 lines in diameter, white, rose-coloured

or violet at the apex.

§. 45. JUNCEA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, erect. Branches her-

baceous. eaves small, linear-subulate, dotless, deciduous when dry ;

whence the stems appear to be articulated by the cicatrices of the

fallen leaves. Flowers small, pedunculate, often ternate, white or red-

dish. (Sp. 192-200.) -

a, tetramerous. (Sp, 192-193.)

192. M. junceum (Haw. Misc. 175. Syn. 255) ; smooth ; branches

-_ guberect, terete, articulate, not contracted at the joints ; leaves very

spreading, semicylindraceous, linear, acute, subcanaliculate, glaucous-

green ; flowers terminal, dichotomous, subcymose ; lobes of calyx 4, 2

longer, subulate ; petals longer than the calyx ; styles 4; capsule 4-

valved. Salm Dyck, fase. 2.t. 20. M. articulatum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap.

416. ex pte. M gunceum, E. § Z.1 2043.

Var. f. pauciflorum ; branches elongated, few-flow i

FE Pee a} nll ngated, ered at the top. M. coralloides,

Has. Karro, in Zwartsland, and near Olifantriver, and Gauritzriver, Bosjesveld,

Springbokkeel, Zeyh. 2957. (Herb. Thunb. D. Sd.)

Stem 2 feet, woody. Branches herbaceous, rugose when dry. Internodes terete,

very unequal. Leaves 4—r inch long, in the branches much shorter, 1-14 inch wide.

Flowers subunilateral, short pedicellate. Pedicels thickened above. Calyx turbi-

nate, 2 lobes subulate, 2 larger, with membranaceous margins. Petals a little longer

than the calyx, pale rose-coloured or nearly white. In var. 8 the branches are mostly

secundate, 4-1 foot high, with 2-4 flowers, and nearly leafless.

193. M. micranthum (Haw. Syn. 257); smooth, branches herbaceous,

very numerous and slender, terete, subarticulate ; leaves crowded, erect,

distinct, subterete, attenuated at both ends, pale green ; flowers on the

top of the short branchlets, solitary or ternate ; lobes of calyx 4, 2 elon-

gated, longer than the petals ; styles 4; capsule 4-valved. Salm Dyck,

1. ¢.t.22. M. parviflorum, Jacq. Hort. Scheend. 3. t. 278. M. tenue, Haw.

Rev. 175. M. aduncum et flewifolium, E. & Z.! 2050-2051. M.junceum,

Herb. Drege.

Has. Sandy places near Ri :

a6rs. Oct-Nov: (Herb. D Sa)’ near Gnadenthal ; Hassaquaskloof. Zeyher

_ Branches filiforme, the ultimate flowerbearing } inch or shorter. Leaves about 3

lines long, 4 line wide, acute, incuryed. Flowers very minute, about 3 lines long,

subsessile. Calyx turbinate. Petals linear, obtuse, very white.

B. pentamerous. (Sp. 194-200.)

194. M. bicorne (Sond.) ; quite smooth; branches herbaceous, te

numerous and slender, terete, swbarticulate ; leaves crowded, erect, spread-

ing, distinct, subterete, attenuated at both ends, pale green ; flowers

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 435

solitary or ternate ; lobes of calyx 5, 2 much elongated, subulate, longer

than the petals ; styles 5; capsule 5-valved. J. micranthum et tenue,

E.. & Z. ! 2044-2045.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver. Dec.-Jan. Zeyh. 2616. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Very near the preceding, but the leaves mostly longer (}—1 inch), the flowers pe-

dunculate, the calyx less turbinate, the capsules globose. Flowers about 2 lines

long ; the two calyx lobes as long or longer than the calyx tube. Petals white.

195. M. granulicaule (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. V. 64. p. 427); stem

and branches puberous-scabrous; branches herbaceous, erectish, terete,

articulate, not contracted at the joints ; leaves subconnate, spreading,

linear-cylindraceous, acute, pale green ; flowers solitary on the top of

the very short, subunilateral branchlets, sessile or short-pedicellate ;

lobes of calyx 5, 2 obtuse, a little longer and about equalling the petals ;

styles 5; capsule 5-valved. H. § Z./ 2042.. Salm Dyck, lc, t. 21. M.

articulatum, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. ex pte.

Has. Karro-like-hills, near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2617 ; Dickkopulakte, Vish-

river, Zeyh. 705 ; Olifantsriver, Gauritzriver, and Nieuwefeld, Beaufort. N. ov.—Jan.

(Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

Shrub 1-1} foot, smaller than M. junceum, but larger than M. micranthum, from

all others of the section distinguished by the scabrous pubescence, consisting of

very minute, acute, rigid hairs or papule, not of dots, as described by the authors.

Leaves 3-6 lines long, larger at the base. Flowers 3 lines long. Calyx subturbi-

nate. Petals obtuse, white.

196. M. simile (Sond.) ; quite smooth; stem adscending or erect ;

branches subunilateral, herbaceous, terete, articulate, not contracted at

the joints; leaves subconnate, spreading or incurvate, semicylindrical

acute, glaucous-green ; flowers cymose, rarely subsolitary, on short pe-

duncles ; lobes of calyx 5, 3 subulate and much longer, nearly equalling

the petals ; styles 5; capsule 5-valved. IM. fuloum, H. § Z.! 2037, not

of Haw.

Var. 8. Namaquense; more glaucous, joints of the branches longer, flowers some-

what smaller, cymose, paniculate.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2618. var. B, Namaqualand, V. Schlicht,

A, Wyley. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Stem often very long. Branches mostly short. Joints very unequal, 2 lines—1

inch. Leaves as in M. junceum ; the flowers also very similar, but white. Calyx

lobes ovate-lanceolate, at length subequal. Pedicels thick, in var. 6 longer and

thinner.

197. M. Schlichtianum (Sond.) ; quite smooth ; branches erect, soft,

subspongious, terete, articulate, somewhat contracted at the joints ; inter-

nodes 4-6 lines longer than broad; flowers distinct, incurvate-erect, sub-

cylindrical, attenuated at both ends; flowers terminal, cymose, subsessile ;

lobes of calyx 5, equal, acutish, equalling the petals; styles 5.

Has. Namaqualand, v. Schlicht. (Herb. Sd.)

A very distinct species, of which only a few branches were collected. The whole

plant greyish-white. Internodes 4 inch long; the leaves of the same length.

Ovarium about 1 line long, subglobose, not turbinate, very short, pedicellate. Petals

white linear, equalling or scarcely longer than the (j line long) calyx lobes.

198. M. corallinum (Thunb. ! Nov. Oct. Nat. Curios. V. 8. p. 12) ;

28*

436 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

quite smooth ; stem woody, much branched ; branches herbaceous,

terete, articulate, much contracted at the joints, internodes oval, twice

as long as broad ; leaves distinct, erect-incurved, semiterete, bluntish ;

flowers terminal, sessile, solitary ; lobes of calyx 5 ; petals white. 7.

Cap. 416.

Has. Karro, in Bockland, and near Olifantsriver. Oct. (Herb. Thunb.)

Easily known by the thick, woody, much branched stem and the oval articles.

Stem 4 foot. Branches spreading, 1 line broad. Leaves a little longer than the

articles. There are no flowers in herb. Thunb. ; from the description the calyx is

§-cleft, lobes erect, subterete, the petals spreading, linear, white.

199. M. ciliatum (Thunb.! R.c.p.11. App.) ; stem and branches

smooth ; branches secundate, erect-spreading, terete, articulate, not con-

tracted at the joints; leaves connate, a little sheathing, sheaths at the base

ciliated with long defleaed hairs; leaves subcylindrical, obtuse, papvllose ;

flowers terminal, short, peduncled, subcymose ; calyx lobes 5, equal,

obtuse, subpapulose, nearly equalling the white petals. lor. Cap. 416.

Sao ae Karro, between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg. Oct.-Nov. (Herb.

unp.

Shane 1 foot. Branches fastigiate. Articles cylindrical. 4-6 lines long. Sheaths

of the leaves nearly 1 line long, ciliated, with 1-14 line long hairs at the base, not at

the top. Leaves as long as the articles or longer. Flowers on the tops of the

branchlets ; peduncles 1-14 lines long. Calyx 3 lines long, a little shorter than the

very narrow-linear petals. Capsule as large as a small pea, §-valved.

200. M. rapaceum (Jacq. Fragm. 43. t. 52. f. 1); root tuberous ; stem

elongated, herbaceous ; branches terete and somewhat articulated; leaves

distant, terete, obtuse, dotted, spreading ; peduncles 1-flowered ; lobés

of calyx filiform ; styles 5, spreading, subulate.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. o-

Leaves 8-10 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers snow-white, g—10 lines in diameter.

Peduncles 1 inch long, with 2 bracts in the middle. Lobes of calyx nearly equal

or very unequal.

§. 46. TENUIFOLIA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose, branches

slender, effuse. Leaves elongated, linear, nearly terete or subcompressed,

punctate, in one species not punctate. Flowers solitary or ternate,

showy, yellow or scarlet, long pedunculate. Pedwneles bracteate, Calyx

5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 201-206.)

201. M. coccineum (Haw. Obs. 247. Syn. 265) ; stem and branches

erect, straight ; leaves semicylindrical-triquetrous, blunt, mucronulate,

glaucescent; peduncles smooth at the base; petals scarlet, Lodd. Bot.

Cab. t. 1033. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 83. Salm Dyck, fase. 3. t. 33. M. bico-

lorum, Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 59. M. tenuifolium, E. & Z.! 2048. Zeyh. 696.

Has. Sandy places, Cape Flats, Saldanhabay, etc. May-Sept. (Herb. D. Sd.)

__ Stem 1-3 feet. Leaves semicylindrical, subtriquetrous-compressed near the apex,

6-16 lines long, 3-1 line wide, with prominent date. Flowers solitary or ternate.

Peduncles 1 inch or longer, thickened upwards. Cal be

equal. Petals scarlet on both surfaces. P yx dotted-scabrous, lobes su

202. M. variabile (Haw. Syn. 266) ; stem and branches effuse, slender ;

leaves semicylindrical-triquetrous, acutish, glaucescent, punctate ; pe-

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 437

duncles smooth at the base ; petals variable, yellow, at length becoming

reddish. Salm Dyck, l.c. t.34. #.& Z./ 2049. Zeyh. 2612.

Has. Sandy places near the sea shore, Saldanhabay. Oct. (Herb. Thunb. 8d.)

From the foregoing it is only distinct by more spreading or effuse branches and a

different colour of the petals.

203. M. bicolorum (Linn. Spec. 95) ; stem and branches erect ; leaves

subtriquetrous, erect, acute, green ; peduncles and caleyes papulose-scabrous ;

petals yellow inside and scarlet outside. Dull. Hlth. t. 202. f. 288.

Sali Dyck, fase. 4.t. 18. E. &Z.! 2046. M. coccineum and emarginatum,

E. § Z.! 2047 and 2057. M. tenuifolium, Thund.! herb. ex pte.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats and on the sides of Tablemountain, near

Brackfontein. May-Sept. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Distinguished from M. coceinewm by the scabrous-papulose peduncle and calyx,

and yellow flowers ; the dots on the leaves are also more evident. Calyx-lobes

unequal. :

204. M. inequale (Haw. Syn. 266); stem and branches slender,

effusely decumbent ; leaves semicylindrical-triquetrous, green ; fructife-

rous peduncles compressedly clavate ; petals croccous with a red line on

the outside, Salm Dyck, lc. t. 19.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very near M. bicolorum, and perhaps a variety. Branches decumbent, peduncle

longer and more slender, flowers paler on the outside. Calyx-lobes longer than

the membrane ; in M. bicolorwm not longer.

205. M. tenuifolium (Linn. Spec. 693); stem and branches effuse-

procumbent; leaves linear-semiterete, subulate, punctate, as well as the

peduncles smooth ; flowers scarlet. Dill. Hlth. t. 201. f. 256. DC. Pi.

Grass. t. 82. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 21.

Var, B. minus; stem and branches elongate, prostrate, often creeping or root-

ing ; branches erect, short ; leaves 4-1 inch long.

Has. Near Capetown, var. B., in the Cape Flats. (Herb. Sd.)

Branches numerous, decumbent, Leaves longer than the internodes, 13-2 inches

long, 1 line wide, pellucid-punctate. Flowers solitary ; peduncle 1-2 inches long.

Calyx a little scabrous, lobes acute. It varies with suberect stem, and very rarely

with 4-cleft calyx and 4-valved capsule.

206. M, stenum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1831. 420) ; stem and branches

slender, effuse, flexuous ; leaves incurvate-erect, subterete, mucronate,

attenuate at the base, glaucescent, without dots ; peduncles compressed ;

petals rose-coloured. Sulm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 20.

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

Much branched. Leaves numerous, 6-15 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers ter-

nate, by abortion solitary, about an inch in diameter. Peduncles 1 inch long, the

lateral bracteate. Different from the other species of the section by the rosy flowers

and not punctate leaves.

§. 47. ADUNGA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, dwarf,

branches flexuous, suberect or prostrate. Leaves crowded at the top ‘of

the branches, subcylindraceous, subulate, patent, usually incurved,

hooked at the apex. Flowers solitary, small, reddish, pedunculate ;

peduncles bracteate. Calya 5-cleft, in one species 4-cleft, Stgmas 5,

very rarely 4. (Sp. 207-211.)

438 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Alesembryanthemum.

207. M. spinforme (Haw. Misc. 87. Syn. 291); stem and branches

erect ; leaves distant, subconnate, cylindrically-subulate, incwrvate-erect,

recurved at the apex ; peduncles and keels of the bracts rather scab-

rous ; styles purple. Salm Dyck, fase. 1. t. 30.

Has. Lions Mountain, May, 1838, Dr. Harvey. (Herb. D.)

Stem about 1 foot, woody, rigid ; branches greyish-brown. Leaves unequal, 1-2

inches long, 1-2 lines wide, subpunctate. Peduncle 1 inch long, with 2 small, acute

bracts in the middle. Calyx-lobes subequal. Petals 4 lines long. bluish.

208. M. curvifolium (Haw. Misc. 88. Syn. 290); branches divaricate,

crowded, flexuose; leaves crowded, connate, cylindrically-subulate,

spreading-incurvate, recurved at the apex ; flowers short pedunculate ;

calyx clavate, bracteate at the base ; styles purple.

Var. a. majus (Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 31) ; M. ceratophyllum, Willd. Enum. Suppl. 36,

Var. 8. minus (Salm Dyck, 1c.) ; M. flexifolium, Haw. Rev. 153. M.aduncum,

Willd. Enum. 534.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. : ;

Stem } foot or higher, diffuse. Leaves in var. a. 12-15 lines long, 2 lines wide, __

in var. B. a little shorter, acuminate, subflexuous, green, obsoletely punctate. Pe-

duncle 4-5 lines ; calyx 6-7 lineslong. Petals blunti nearly white at the base.

ingui from the preceding by shorter, more acuminate leaves and twice

longer, shorter peduncled flowers. ;

209. M. aduncum (Haw. Misc. 87. Syn. 291) ; branches suberect,

slender, crowded, flexuous, smooth ; leaves crow ed, connate, cylindri-

cally subulate, spreading-incurved, much recurved at the ape%t ; flowers

pedunculate ; peduncle with 2 bracts in the middle; calyx obconical :

styles yellowish. Salm Dyck: l. ¢. t. 32. M. splendens, EB. & Z.1 2038.

Has. Near Vankampsbay and on Lionsmountain, J uly. (Herb. Sd.)

Shrub 3 foot, much branched. Leaves 6-10 lines long, 1 line wide, subflexuous,

scarcely punctate. Flowers small ; peduncle 9-12 lines long. Petals about 4 lines

long, reddish, paler or whitish at the base. Styles 5, subulate, erect. Much

smaller than M. curvifolium, leaves more recurvate and smaller, calyx not clavate

and petals much shorter.

210. M. inconspicuum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826. p. 128); much

branched, branches dwaricate, slender, punctate, rough ; leaves subdis-

tant, connate, compressed-semiterete, shining, spreading, uncinate-mucro-

nulate at the apex; peduncle short, papillose, ebracteate. Salm Dyck,

Jase. 6. t, 22.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Shrub 1 foot, diffusely branched. Leaves 5-7 lines long, 4 line wide, green,

minutely punctate. Peduncle 6-8 lines long, Cal obconical, very small, 4-cleft.

Petals reddish, 3 lines long. Styles 4, areek a ye sat

211, M. filicaule (Haw. Misc. 88. Syn. 291) ; stem and branches fili-

form, prostrate, creeping ; leaves crowded, connate, cylindrically-subu-

late, spreading-incurved, recurvate at the apex ; flowers very long

peduncled; peduncles bracteate at the base ; styles yellowish-green.

Salm Dyck, fase. 1. t. 33.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

The smallest of the section and very distinct by the filiform, creeping or prostrate,

weak stems and elongated (2 inches long) peduncles. Leaves moe 1 inch long.

| f.274. M. inflecum, Haw. Rev. 138. M. glomeratum e polyanthum,

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE2 (Sond.) 439

Calyx obconical, small. Petals reddish with a deeper colour on the outside,

4 lines long.

Series II, PAPULOSA.—Stem and leaves more or less beset with glittering

papilla. (Groups V.-VI.)

Group. V. Pariiiosa.—Stem fruticose or suffruticose, as well as the branches

woody or fleshy, often rough or hispid. Leaves triquetrous or terete, beset with

scabrous or glittering dots. (§§. 48-58.)

§. 48. SCABRIDA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose, with

slender branches. eaves more or less triquetrous-compressed, elon-

gated, punctate-scabrous. Flowers ternate, reddish-violet, pedunculate ;

peduncles bracteate. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 212-218.)

212. M. glomeratum (Linn. Spec. 694) ; suffruticose, branches

slender, compressed, erect, crowded ; leaves spreading, linear, com-

pressed, semiterete, @ little incurved, green, with large, prominent dots ;

flowers mostly biternate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 23. Dill. Eith. t. 213.

E.& Z.! 2053, 2054. Herb. Un. itin, 518. M. tenurfolium, Thunb.

herb. ex pte. Drege 6998.

Var. 8. majus; leaves and flowers larger. M. laeve, E. § Z./ 2033.

Has. Near, Capetown in the flats, and on Table and Lionsmountain, and in dis- Carer Rey

trict of. Tulbagh, var. 8, at Seapoint near Adow, Uitenhage, Oct._Nov. (Herb. Shh

Thunb., D., Sd.) ss .

Stem 1-1} (ot high ; young branches compressed, purplish. Leaves 6-9 lines

long, 1 line \ in var. f. 14 lines wide, subattenuated at the base, acute. Flowers

often subpaniculate, middle sized, pedicels about 1 inch long. Calyx obconical,

3 of the lobes with a large membranaceous margin, Petals narrow-lanceolate, acute,

twice, in var. 8. three times longer than the calyx-lobes, rose-coloured. é

213, M. polyanthum (Haw. Syn. 270) ; stem and branches slender,

spreading, diffuse, flexuose ; leaves much crowded, erect-spreading, very

narrow, compressed-semiterete, blwish-glaucous, prominently dotted ;

flowers very numerous, ternately panicled. Salm Dyck, l.¢. t.24. M.

imbricans, Haw. Rev. 139. M. flewile, Haw. Rev. 140. M. violaceum,

LE. §& Z.1 2056. . ao

Has. Mountain sides at Tulbagh near the cataract, Nov. (Herb. D., Sd.) ee O cove :

Subshrub 1 foot, much branched. Leaves 4-8 lines long, 4 line wide, subtrique- g* tee Whew

trous-compressed at the top. Flowers ternate, biternate or paniculate , peduncles “~~ ""* *

1}-2 inches long, with two bracts in the middle. Calyx turbinate, lobes reflexed. (. nw %ow'—

Petals biseriate, about 3 inch long, obtuse or bidentate, rosy-violet. ¥

214. M. violaceum (DC. PI. Grass. t. 84); stem and branches erect ;

leaves crowded, spreading-incurved, compressed-semiterete, a little m-

crassate at the apex, bluntish, mucronulate, glaucous, prominently pee

dotted; flowers numerous, very long peduncled, ternately panicled ; petals

entire. Salm Dyck, l.c.t.25. M. polyphyllum, Haw. Rev. 141. M. pu-

niceum, Jacq. Hort. Scho-nb. t. 442. es

Has. C f Good Hope.

By t the Moots robust, ek stem, — aye sth tee ttl

1 istinct from th ding. ves 5-12 lines long, scarcely }

praca ea ‘ oe oak Petals twice longer than the cal

440 MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) [Adesembryanthemum.

215. M. emarginatum (Linn. Spec. p. 692) ; stem erect, branches ex-

panded, flexuose ; leaves subremote, linear-elongated, spreading, in- or

re-curved, semiterete, subcompressed at the apex, acutish, glaucous,

-scabrous-punctate ; flowers very long pedunculate, ternate ; petals emar-

ginate, Dill. Elth. t. 197. f. 250. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 26.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem 2 feet high, Flowers less numerous, very long pedunculate, and petals bi-

dentate distinguish it from M. violacewm.

216, M. elegans (Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 4. t. 436); stem suffruticose ;

‘branches compressed, decumbent or deflexed, bark whitish or red ; leaves

rather triquetrous, narrow, very glaucous, scabrous; flowers numerous,

mostly panicled ; lobes of calyx reflexed ; petals pale reddish, entire ;

stamens collected. M. retroflexum, emarginatoides, leptaleum et defleaum,

Haw. M. incurvum, E. & Z.1 2018. M. Thunbergii, BE. § Z,! 2036. ex pte.

M. flexuosum, longistylum and versicolor, E. § Z.! 2039, 2040, 2055.

M. tenuifolium, Thunb.! herb. ex pte. Herb. Un. itin. 512.

Has. Sandy places and rocks, Table and Lionsmountain, Hottentottsholland,

Swellendam, Worcester and Uitenhage. (Herb. Thunb., Sd.)

Shrub 4-1 foot or higher, much branched. Leaves crowded, 6 lines long, 3—}

line wide. Peduncle 1 inch or longer. Flowers reddish or whitish, sometimes pale

red Se darker lines. Petals 3 inch long. Smaller and more slender than the

prec 5

217. M. versicolor (Haw. Misc. 17. Syn. 268); stem shrubby,

branched ; leaves almost triquetrous, glaucescent, scabrous from the

warts ; lobes of calyx ovate, acuminated ; petals somewhatbidentate at

the apex ; stamens collected. DC. 1. ¢. p. 434.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Petals variable, of a shining white or silvery colour, but when closed in the morn-

ing and evening they are pale-reddish, Probably a variety of the polymorphous

M. elegans.

218, M. scabrum (Linn. Spec. g92); stem and branches erect,

straight ; leaves linear-elongated, spreading-recurved, triquetrous-com-

pressed, bluntish, green, as well as the calyx very rough from shining

warts ; flowers ternate ; petals often crenated at the apex ; stamens

collected. Dill. Hlth. t. 197. f. 251. Salm Dyck, l. ¢. t. 27. dd. emar-

geatum, E. & Z. ! 2057. Herb. Un. itin. 516. ex pte.

Has. Stony places on the sides of Lionsmountain and Tablemountain, Feb.—June.

Zey,! 2589. (Herb. D., Sd.) ‘

Stem. 1-1} foot. Leaves 9-15 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers ternate, or by

abortion solitary. Peduncle 14-2 inches, thickened and warted near the calyx.

Petals 2 or three times longer than the calyx, narrower than in the cultivated plant

and not crenated, obtuse or acute, veidiche ee es

§ 49. TRICHOTOMA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose,

fleshy, at — woody, erect, often with tuberous roots. Leaves

semicylindrical or triquetrous-compressed, minutely papulose. Flowers

disposed by threes, corymbose, small, white or reddish. Calyx 4-5-

clett. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 219-223.)

— 219. M. tuberosum (Linn. Spec. 693) ; root tuberous, hard ; stem

Mame date [Udaw,

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Mesembryanthemum.) MESEMBRYACER (Sond.) 441 :

erect ; branches diffuse, tortuose ; leaves rather triquetrous-compressed,

incurvate-spreading, recurved at the apex, green, beset with very mi-

nute papule ; flowers trichotomous, subcorymbose, lateral peduncles

biternate ; petals red. Dill. Elth. 275. f. 264. DC. Pl. Grass, t. 78.

Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 28. M.umbcllatum, fol. 6. and ¢. herb. Thunb.

EL. § Z.1 2058.

Has. Mountain sides, Bothasberg near Vischriver, in Karro between Beaufort

and Graafreynet ; Zwartskopriver, Rhinosterkop, Zey./ 679. 2608, Dec.—July.

(Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Root very in globose. Stem woody, much branched, about 1 foot high. Leaves

crowded, 6-10 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncles ternate, intermediate without

bract, lateral ones with small bracts. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, persistent and sub-

spinescent. Calyx subglobose, as largeasa pea. Petals 2 lines long, acute.

220. M. megarhizum (Don. Gen. Hist. v. 3. 145); root tuberous,

hard ; stem erect, with the branches straight ; leaves rather trique-

trous, compressed, incurvate-spreading, recurved at the apex, green,

beset with very minute papule ; flowers trichotomous, subcorymbose,

lateral peduncles biternate ; petals white. M. macrorbizum, Haw. Phil.

Mag. 1826. 332, not of DC. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 22.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Very like M. tuberosum, but differs in the principal stem being more equal in

thickness, straight and erect branches, and in the flowers being white.

221. M. subincanum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824, p. 427); root

woody, branched, fibrous ; stem firm, erect, branched ; leaves connate,

spreading, tyigonal-compressed, rather canescent, soft, without dots or

papule, recurved and mucronulate at the apex; flowers trichotomous,

subcorymbose, fragrant, white. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t.23. I. testaceum,

et brachiatum, E. & Z. { 2059, 2060.

Has. Karro-like hills near the Zwartkopsriver, Rhinosterkop, dist. Beaufort and

Albany, Zey. / 678. 681, 686, 2604. Nov.-April. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Most nearly allied to the preceding, but generally a little larger, the stem 14 feet

high, leaves 1 inch long, See lines wide, not papulose, but clothed with a very

minute greyish down, the flowers somewhat larger, petals about § lines long.

222, M. testaceum (Haw. Suppl. 97. Rev. 178); stem shrubby,

erect; branches often declinate, glabrous ; leaves connate, spreading,

triquetrous, compressed, glaucous-green, minutely punctate-papulose, re-

curved and mucronulate at the apex ; flowers terminal, ternate, corym-

bose or in trichotomous umbels; fiowers of a coppery-colour. J.

geminiflorum, EL. § Z.! 1991.

Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zey./ 2584. Jan.—April. (Hb. D. Sd.)

Leaves 6-12 lines long, 1-14 lines wide, more triquetrous than in the preceding ;

flowers the size of M. subincanum, often only ternate ; lateral pedicels bracteate in

the middle ; lobes of calyx subequal, acute ; petals a little longer than the calyx.

223, M. Ecklonis (Salm Dyck, 1. c. fase. 6. t. 29) ; root woody, branch-

ed ; stem and branches pubescent, at length glabrate ; leaves depressed-

triquetrous, attenuated on both ends, spreading-recurved, mucronulate,

minutely papillate and hairy ; flowers white, subtrichotomous ; calyx

5-cleft, 2 lobes elongated. M. lanceum et villosum, E. § Z./ 2105,

2106,

442 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

Has. Woods near Adow, Zwartkopsriver, Zey ! 2603. Sept._Oct. (Herb. Thunb.

D. Sd.

Branched from the base, 14 foot high, when young fleshy. Leaves subconnate,

6-10 lines long, 3-4 lines wide in the middle, flattish or a little canaliculate above,

obtusely keeled beneath. Flowers ternate or biternate, rarely by abortion subsoli-

tary ; lateral peduncles with 2 leafy bracts. Flowers 3 inch in diameter. Petals

biseriate, as long as the two longer lobes of the calyx.

§. 50. ASPERIUSCULA, Haw. DC. Stem fruticose or suffruticose ;

branches erect, slender, rough. Leaves distant ; eylindraceous or tri-

quetrous-compressed, glittering from papule, Flowers solitary, reddish,

yellow or copper-coloured, small or large. Calya 5—6-cleft. Stigmas

5-6. (Sp. 224-233.)

* Parviflora.—Flowers reddish or yellow. (Sp. 224-229.)

224. M. pulverulentum (Haw. Syn. 272); stem erect, branches

crowded ; leaves cylindrically-triquetrous, obtuse, dotted with white,

powdery, scabrous ; calyx 6-cleft ; petals reddish,

_ Has. Cape of Good Ho

Flowers almost like ies of M. barbatum, whitish at the smaller base. Fila-

ments erect. Styles 6, recurved at the apex.

225. M. asperulum (Salm Dyck, Lc. fase. 5. t.28); stem erect ;

branches numerous, slender, straight, rough ; leaves linear-elongate,

crowded, semicylindrically-triquetrous, incurvate-spreading, hooked and

mucronulate at the apex, papulose ; lowers lateral ; calyx 4-cleft.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Shrub 14 foot. Leaves 6-10 lines long, about 1 line wide, green, minutely papil-

late. Peduncle § lines long, thickened above, papillose. Petals uniseriate, 5 lines

long, pale rose-coloured, with a darker dorsal line. Stamens erect.

226. M. parvifolium (Haw. Rev. 184); stem suberect ; branches

diffuse, filiform, rough ; leaves minute, crowded, expanded, triquetrous,

subcymbeform, papulose; flowers terminal ; calyx 5-cleft ; petalsminute,

deep purple. Saln Dyck, fase. 3. t. 35. M. pulverulentum, EB. & Z!

2061, ex pte. i

Has. Rhinosterkop, Zeyher, 638 ; Namaqualand, A. Wyley! Karro-like hills

between Gauritzriver and Langekiook George. Dec. (Herb. Sd.)

The smallest of the section, 3-3 foot high. Leaves 2 lines long and wide, a little

dilated at the keel, glittering. Peduncles } inch long. Calyx with small, acute,

subleafy, equal lobes. Petals about 3 lines long. Exterior filaments spreading.

227. M. brevifolium (Ait. Kew. v. 2. 188); stem erect 3 branches

numerous, erecto-diffuse, slender, rough ; leaves small, crowded, spread-

ing, triquetrous-compressed, very blunt, papulose; flowers lateral ; calyx

5-cleft ; filaments reddish, barbate at base. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. a 3.

M. erigeriflorum, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. t. 477. M. lateriflorum, Red. yl.

grass. M. subglobosum et parvifolium, EB. & Z.} 2062, 2063. M. capil-

~~ Thunb.! herb. M. hispidum, 8, Thunb. ! herb, M. subglobosum, Haw.

Yn. 273.

by. Hap. Karro-like hills near Uite Olifantsri Stasi

i % Be 28: : rg (Hash Pace er 8 . Dae and on Gauritzriver, Swel-

Pan Ww in

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 443

1 foot or higher, much branched, branches adscendent. Leaves 2-5 lines long,

1-1} lines wide, glittering from papule. Peduncle 3-5 lines long, glittering as

well as the obtuse calyx. Petals 4 lines long. Stamens erect. Styles 5, short.

228. M. obliquum (Haw. Rev. 183) ; stem erect ; branches spreading,

filiform, rough; leaves much distant, cylindrical, obtuse, glittering from

papulee, with one of the pair deflexed, the other opposite it ascending.

Salm Dyck, fasc.2. t. 24. Bot. Reg. t. 863. M. brevifolium, LE. & Z.! 2065.

Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zeyher, 2605, 2606. Nov.—Jan.

(Herb. D., Sd.)

Very distinct by the longer (6-8 lines) reflexed and adscending leaves. Branches

when old, smooth, erect or more or less spreading. Peduncles 3-1 inch, in the cul-

tivated plant twice as long. Calyx as large as a large pea, obconical, 5-cleft, lobes

subequal. Petals purple, 4 lines long. Styles 5, filiform.

229. M. flavum (Haw. Rev. 183); stem dwarf, erectish ; branches

very slender, scabrous ; leaves much crowded, nearly terete, rather

attenuated on both ends, glittering from papule, subineurved or

variously bent ; calyx obconical, 5-cleft, lobes equal, obtuse ; petals

yellow. Salm Dyck, l.c.t. 25. M. obliquum, E. & Z.! 2064.

Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Zey. / 2590 ex pte. June-Oct. (Herb.

, nah shrub. Leaves 3-4 lines long, about 1 line wide. Peduncles 14-2 inches

long, filiform, papillate, glittering, without bract. Calyx turbinate, 2 lines long,

glittering ; petals nearly twice as long, subbiseriate. Capsule obconical, depressed,

umbilicate, 5-valved.

* Grandiflora.—Flowers croceous. (Sp. 230-233.)

230, M. collinum (Sond.) ; stem and branches erect, straight, slender,

rough ; leaves distant, erect, subtrigonous-cylindraceous, obtuse, attenu-

ate at the base, papillate ; flowers middle-sized croceous; petals linear-

subulate. M. micans, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 426. M. flavum, E. & Z.! 2066.

Has. Karro-like hills in Bockefeldt, Thunberg ; near Gauritzriver, E.G Z./ Dec.

arte ary ok filiform, purplish branchlets. Leaves 5-8 lines long, 4-} line

wide, minutely papulate, a little larger near the apex. Peduncles 14-2 inches long,

ebracteate. Flowers about 6 lines in diameter. Calyx glittering, 5-cleft, 5-horned.

Petals in many rows, very narrow. Filaments yellow, much smaller than the fol-

lowing.

931, M. micans (Linn. Spec. 696) ; stem erect ; branches elongate,

erect-spreading, slender, rough ; leaves distant, spreading, semicylindri-

cal, obtuse, subrecurved at the apex, papillate ; flowers large, purple-

croceous ; petals lanceolate. Dill. Hlth. t. 215. f. 282. DC. Pl. Grass.

t. 167. Salm Dyck, fase. 4.4.24. MM. hispidum, var. y. herb. Thunb, !

M. micans, E. & Z. ! 2068. oe

. Stony places near Puspasvalley, Swellendam, Z. ¢ Z./ Genaden a

Pes Rictkwil Zey.! 2613. Sept.Oct. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Shrub 2-3 feet high ; branches papillate-scabrous. Leaves 8-12 lines long, 1-2

lines wide, obtuse, with a short obtuse recurved mucro. Flowers 1 inch and morein

diameter. Calyx glittering with 2 longer, subulate lobes. Petals when dry nearly

blackish.

932. M. speciosum (Haw. Syn. 270) ; stem erect ; branches elongate,

erect-spreading, slender, rough ; leaves much distant, much spreading,

444 MESEMBRYACE (Sond). [Mesembryanthemum.

turgid-cylindraceous, abbreviate, acutish, papillate ; flowers very large,

deep scarlet; petals spathulate-lanceolate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6. t. 30.

£. & Z. | 2067.

Has. Karro-like hills near Gauritzriver, Swellendam. Dec. (Herb. Sd.)

Larger than J. micans, branches more divergent, leaves 6-8 lines long, 3 lines

wide. Calyx with 5 subequal lobes. Petals greenish at the base, nearly 1 inch

long.

233. M. maculatum (Haw. Syn. 272) ; stems erect, covered with

rough spots ; leaves expanded, remote, obtuse, semicylindrical and

rather compressed, papulose. M. micans, var. 8. Haw. Misc. 98.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Nearly allied to M. micans, but the stem is higher, more erect, the branches less

rough, more slender and filiform, the leaves shorter, scarcely incurved, but moré

horizontal. Flowers unknown.

§. 51. HISPIDA, DC. (Hispicaulia, Haw.) Stem suffruticose, woody

at the base, diffuse; branches slender, divergent, hispid from bristles.

Leaves cylindraceous, papulose. Flowers solitary, reddish or white ;

peduncles hispid. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 234-241.)

_ 234. M. pruinosum (Thunb. ! Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p.17. App.);

branches erect, spreading, terete, when young densely beset with seti-

ferous papule, when old only papulose ; leaves trigonous-cylindrical,

obtuse, papulose ; flowers axillary, solitary or by threes terminal, lateral

pedicels bracteate ; calyx setiferous, 5-cleft, nearly equalling the petals.

Fl. Cap. p. 425. Teter ae

Has. Karro near Lurisriver and in Cannaland, Thunbd.! near Zwartkopsriver,

Zeyher! 2596. Dec.Jan. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Subshrub }-1 foot, decumbent ; lower branches nearly smvoth, upper ones

whitish-punctate from papule, in the young state terminated by a rigid bristle.

Leaves fleshy, thick, approximate or remote, 5-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, rarely

longer ; young ones setiferous. Peduncles 2-4 lines long, thickened above. Calyx

about 2-3 lines long, lobes erect, thick, subequal. Petals reddish as it seems in the

dry specimens, not yellow, as described by Thunberg. Capsule obconical, 5-valved

on a compressed 4-6 lines long peduncle.

235. M. striatum (Haw. Syn. 275); stem and branches suberect,

setose; leaves turgid-cylindraceous, obtuse, glittering from setiferous

papule ; calyx woolly, with subequal, leafy lobes; petals rose-coloured,

purple, striate ; stamens collected. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t. 26. M. stria-

tum and hirtellum, EB. & Z. ! 2072, 2073.

_ Var. a. roseum (DC. 1 c. 441) ; petals pale rose-coloured, with a deeper coloured

line in the middle. Af. striatum, Haw. l. c. M. hispidum, y. Linn. Dill. Eth. f-

281. M. hispidum, fol. e. herb. Thunb. ! Zey.! 2593. ex pte.

Var. 8. pallidum (DC. 1. c.) ; petals white, with a red line at the base. M. stri-

atum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 132.

Var. y. hispifolium (Salm Dyck, 1. ¢.) ; papule of the leaves beset with reversed

hairs. M. hispifolium, Haw Rev. 198. M. tuberculatum, DC. l, c.

Has. In fields near Zwartkopsriver ; between Zwarteberg and Klynriviersberge,

Caledon ; near Tulbagh and on Olifantsriver. Sept.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Stem 1~2 feet, as well asthe branches beset with very spreading bristles. Leaves

6-12 lines long, 14 line in diameter, Peduncles setose, 1~3 inches long, filiform.

Calyx subcampanulate, 2 of the lobes a little shorter, with membranaceous margins.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE# (Sond.) 445

Petals subbiseriate, lanceolate, 5-6 lines or a little longer than the calyx-lobes.

Styles 5, short, erect.

236. M. attenuatum (Haw. Rev. 188); stem and branches short,

adscending, slender, setose ; leaves crowded, linear-cylindraceous, obtuse,

glittering from erystalline papule ; calyx-lobes subequal ; petals white,

reddish-striate ; stamens collected. Salm Dyck, 1. c. t. 27, E.G Zl

2O7 4.

Has. Sandy places on the sea shore near Cape Agulhas. Nov. (Herb. Sd.)

Near the preceding but much smaller, stem and branches shorter, more slender,

decumbent, and the flowers somewhat smaller. Leaves 5-8 lines long, 1 line wide.

Lobes of calyx leafy, 2 membranaceous on the margins, about twice shorter than

the petals. Styles, 5, short, recurvate.

937, M. calycinum (Haw. Rev. 187); stem and branches erect-

effuse, very slender, setose ; leaves. distant, linear-cylindrical, subattenu-

ated at the apex, bluntish, glittering from very minute papule ; calyx-

lobes unequal, 2 of them very elongated, cylindrical, leafy ; petals white.

Salm Dyck, l.c. t, 28. M. hispidum, fol. 8. herb. Thunb. ! and Fl. Cap.

418

Has. Sandy fields near Olifantsriver. Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D,)

Branches subfiliform. Leaves often crenate-recurved, 6-9 lines long, 1 line

wide. Peduncles 6-10 lines long. Calyx subcampanulate, the longer lobes equal-

938. M. candens (Haw. Rev, 186); stem and branches effuse, as-

cending, very slender, minutely setose ; leaves crowded, linear-cylindri-

cal, blunt, subattenuate at the base, glittering and canescent from

minute papule ; lobes of calyx subequal ; petals white. Salm Dyck,

fase. 4. t. 25. M. hispidum, fol. a. herb. Thunb.! and Flor. Cap. 418.

M. candens, E. & Z.! 2076.

Has, Sea shore near Cape Recief, Uitenhage, Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Stem diffuse or prostrate, often rooting, branches 1-2 feet or longer, subflexuous,

filiform, scabrous from very short setae. Leaves 4-6 lines long, scarcely 1 line

wide. ‘Peduncles terminating the short branches, 4-8 lines long. Calyx obconical,

3 lines long, a little shorter than the uniseriate, acute, white petals. Styles subu-

late, ramentaceous, equalling the stamens. Tt varies with greener and subglaucous

leaves when cultivated.

239. M. subcompressum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1826. p. 1 31) ; stem

erect ; branches slender, diffuse, when young rather pilose ; leaves

compressed-semiterete, very blunt, greenish-canescent, glittering from very

minute papule ; lobes of calyx deflexed, 2 subleafy, 3-4 shorter, flat,

with membranaceous margins ; petals purplish. Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t. 29.

Has. C f£ Good Hope.

About * eet high. Lowel part of the branches scabrous-punctate, but not beset

with very short hairs as the upper part. Leaves remote, 6-9 lines long, 1-2 lines

wide. Pedcnils 1-2 inches long, filiform, papillate. Calyx obconical, cleft,

lobes a little shorter than the spreading petals. Styles 6, filiform. Capsule 6-

locular.

240, M. hispidum (Linn. Spec. 691); stem, branches, as well as the

peduncles erect, hispid ; leaves eylindraceous, very obtuse, slittering

446 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Jesembryanthemum.

crystalline papille ; petals large, purplish; stamens effuse ; styles ex-

serted. Dill. Hlth. t. 214. f. 277 et 278. Salm Dyck, fase. 4.t. 26.

Thunb. Fl. Cap. 418. M. hispidum et Boerhaon, EB. & Z.! 2069, 2070.

Has, Mountains near Olifantsriver and between Hauwhoek and Caledon. Oct.—

Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Sd.)

In habit very near M7. micans. Stem 1-2 feet; branches with reflexed bristles.

Leaves 5-10 lines long, 14 line wide, exactly cylindrical, green, Peduncle elon-

gated. Calyx obconical, lobes equal, short, bluntish. Petals uniseriate, subspathu-

late, much longer than the calyx. M. hirtellum, Haw. Obs. 284, is the same, with

pale red flowers.

. 241. M. floribundum (Haw. Syn. 274); stem and branches tortuous,

subdecumbent, setose ; leaves cylindrical, obtuse, glittering from minute

papulz; flowers axillary, small ; petals rose-coloured ; stamens effuse ;

. styles exserted. Salm Dyck, fase. 3. t. 36. E. § Z.! 2071. M. tubercu-

latum, EB. § Z.12075, M.torquatum & furfureum, Haw. M. hispidum,

ane Aug, B. palidum, Willd. Dill. Elth. t. 214. f. 279-280.

Ke Var. £. erectius; Salm Dyck, 1.c. Branches more erect, and flowers smaller.

.. _ Has. Karro-like hills, near Gauritzriver, Hassaquaskloof, and Breederiver, E. ¢ Z.;

7" Zwartkopriver, Zeyh. 2593 ; Rhinosterkop, Zeyh. 677 ; Namaqualand, A. Wyley.

Sept.-Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.)

ranches % foot or shorter. Leaves mostly arcuate-curvate, 5-10 lines long, 1

line wide, a little thicker near the apex. Peduncles 1-14 inch long or shorter.

Calyx subturbinate, lobes equal, obtuse. Petals uniseriate, twice longer than the

calyx. Styles 5, subulate.

§.52. BARBATA, Salm Dyck, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose ; branches

erectly-decumbent, diffuse or crowded. Leaves near terete, subpapulose,

thick, bearded at the apex by radiating hairs. Flowers solitary, red-

dish. Calyx turbinate, papulose, 5—8-cleft, with as many blackish-

green tubercles on the torus, and bearded lobes. Stigmas 5-8. (Sp.

242-247.)

242, M. barbatum (Linn. Spec. 691); stem and branches diffuse, de-

cumbent, smooth; leaves remote, erect-spreading, turgid-semicylindra-

ceous, ending in 5-6 radiating hairs ; base of calyx glabrous, lobes un-

equal ; petals entire. Dill. Hlth. t. 190. f. 234. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t.

27. BH. § Z.! 2078. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 28. M. stelligerum, Haw. Phil.

- Mag. Jul. 1824.

Has. Hills in Zwartland. Nov. £.§ Z. (Herb. Sd.)

About 1-1} foot high. Leaves 5-6 lines long, 2 lines wide, pellucid-papulose,

= Flowers axillary and terminal. Calyx turbinate, 5~6-cleft, two of the lobes

longer. Petals uniseriate, twice or three times longer than the calyx, acute.

243, M. intonsum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. p. 62); stem and branches

slender, erectly-deflexed, hispid ; leaves remote, spreading-recurved,

turgid-semicylindraceous, attenuated, echinate-papulose, ending in 8-10

nutbrown radiating hairs at the apex ; lobes of calyx unequal. Salm

Dyck, fase. 2 t. 29. M. bulbosum, BE. § Z.1 2081.

Var. a. rubicundum; flowers reddish.

att = album ; flowers white, but at length becoming reddish as they fade

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond. ) | a fe

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver and Zondagsriver. Zeyh. 2581. July-Oct.

(Herb. Sd.)

Very distinct, by the slender stem, attenuated, recurvate, hispid-papulose leaves,

and the brownish hairs at the apex. Leaves 6-7 lines long, 2 lines wide. Flowers

terminal on short peduncle, Calyx setiferous, two of the lobes longer. Petals sub-

biseriate, interior row shorter.

244, M. bulbosum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824. p. 428) ; root tube-

rous; stem and branches diffuse, pubescent, at length subglabrous; leaves

crowded, horizontal, subterete, minutely echinate-papulose, terminating

in 10-15 radiating white hairs ; lobes of calyx equal. Salm Dyck, 1. ¢.

t. 30. M. intonsum, E. & Z.1 2080.

Has. Karro-like hills, near Port Elizabeth. Oct.-Nov. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Much branched, 4 foot or higher. Leaves connate, 4~5 lines long, 14 lines wide.

Peduncles short. Calyx papulose, lobes short. Petals reddish, } inch long, sub-

uniseriate, entire.

245, M. stelligerum (Haw. Rev. 190); stem and branches diffuse,

tortuose-suberect, smooth; leaves crowded, very spreading, nearly cylin-

drical, papulose, terminating in 5-10 radiating white or brownish hairs ;

lobes of calyx equal ; petals bidentate. M. barbatum, Bot. Mag. t. 7°.

DC. 1. c. 440. M. stelligerum. Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t- 39

Has. Cape of Good Hope. se

In habit near M. barbatwm, but differing by more crowded, very spreading leaves,

equal calyx lobes, and bidentate petals. Leaves 4-5 lines long, 2 lines wide, obtuse.

Flowers terminal and axillary. Petals uniserial, reddish. M. stelligerum, E. ¢

Z.1 2083, is a very different plant, nearly intermediate between M. barbatum and

entonsum.

246, M. stellatum (Mill. Dict. ed. 8. n. 14); stem and branches short,

fleshy, tufted; leaves much crowded, glaucous, nearly semiterete, papil-

lose-scabrous, terminating in many radiating hairs at the apex ; calyx

6—8-cleft as well as the peduncles hairy. Dill. Hlth. t. 199. F235,

2,3. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 29. #. § Z.! 2082. Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 31.

M. barbatum, B. Linn.. M. hirsutum, Spreng.

Has. Karro-like-hills, near Zwartkopsriver, Coega, and Zondagsriver. Zeyh.

2583. Oct.Janr. (Herb. D. Sd.)

About 3-4 inches high. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 1 line wide, scarcely attenuated

at the apex, radiating hairs (1 2-16), white. Flowers solitary, peduncle 4-6 lines

long. Calyx campanulate, 3 lines long, lobes obtuse, equal. Petals uniseriate,

narrow, reddish-violet.

247, M. densam (Haw. Syn. 279); stem and branches short, fleshy,

tufted; leaves much crowded, fiattish above, convex beneath, beset with

glittering papule, terminating in many radiating hairs at the apex,

rather ciliated at the base; calyx 6-cleft, as well as the peduncles very

hairy. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1220. Dill. Hlth. t. 190. f. 236. Salm Dyck,

fasc. 6. t. 32. H.§ Z.1 2079. M. barbatum, 8. densum, Linn. inst

Has. Karro, near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam, and near Zwartkopsriver. Leyh.

2582, ex pte. (Herb. Sd.) cay

Tt differs from M. stellatum by longer, greenish and larger, turbinate, hirsute

cflyx. Leaves 6 lines long, 2 lines wide, turgid, a little recurved ; radiating hairs

(20-25), white. Peduncle 8-12 lines long, hirsute. Calyx 5 lines long, lobes equal,

obtuse. Petals uniseriate, narrow, reddish-violet.

(448 ss MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Mesembryanthemum.

§. 58. ECHINATA, Salm Dyck, Haw. Stem suffruticose, short or

nearly wanting; branches erect-tortuose or prostrate, strumose-nodulose.

_ Leaves oblong-ovate, distinct, echinate or hispid. Flowers solitary,

white or yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 248-249.)

248. M. strumosum (Haw. Rev. 19¢); stem and branches short, de-

cumbent, fleshy, strumose; leaves much crowded, depressedly-cylindrical,

attenuated at both ends, hispid all over; calyx 5-cleft, lobes nearly equal,

obtuse ; petals emarginate. Salm Dyck, fasc. 5. t. 29.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Stem wanting or very short. Leaves spreading, 6-9 lines long, 1-1} lines wide.

Peduncle 4-6 lines long, papillate. Calyx subglobose, pilose. Petals pale-yellow or

white, with a red dorsal line, 3-4 lines long. Styles 5, short, acute,

249. M. echinatum (Ait. Kew. 2.194); stem erect, branches diffuse,

erectish-tortuose papillate; leaves turgid, ovate or oblong ovate, gibbous,

echinaceous-hispid from glittering papule ; calyx 4—5-cleft, lobes wn-

equal ; petals entire. DC. Pl. Grass. t.24. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 28.

HL. § Z.1 2084. M. setosum, Moench.

Has. Sandy places near Zoutpan, Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2907 ; Karro-like-hills,

between Gauritzriver and Langekloof, George. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Stem 1 foot, branches woody. Leaves 3-6 lines long, about 3-4 lines wide,

gibbous beneath, subtriquetrous, crowded. Peduncles very short, papulose-hispid.

pi 2h 4 or 5-cleft, a little shorter than the white or yellowish petals. Capsule 4-6-

valved.

§. 54. SPINULIFERA, Haw. DC. Stem suffruticose, often strumose

at the base. Branches fleshy, papulose: when old they appear as if

they were spiny from the permanent remains of the dried leaves.

Leaves cylindraceous, somewhat channelled, glittering from papule.

Flowers mostly ternate, greenish-yellow or greenish red. Calya 5-cleft,

lobes often elongated. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 250-256.)

250. M. nitidum (Haw. Syn. 253); stem and branches erect ; leaves

semiterete, subattenuate, obtuse, channelled above, green, glittering from

papulz ; flowers ternate, long-pedunculate, yellow; lobes of calyx elon-

gated, subulate ; styles short. Salm Dyck, fasc. 4. t. 29. M. brachia-

tum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 129. M. salmoneum, E. & Z.! 2088. non. Haw.

Zeyh. 2599.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver. Dec. (Herb. D. Sd.)

__. Stem 1-2 feet, young branches papillate, old ones terete, glabrous, Leaves 8-12

lines long, 1-2 lines wide. Flowers ternate, rarely solitary, }-1 inch long, papillate,

intermediate without bracts. Calyx turbinate, lobes equal, or 2-3 shorter, equalling

or a little longer than the yellow petals.

251. M. decussatum (Thunb.! Prod. 68) ; stem and branches erect ;

leaves semiterete, scarcely attenuate, bluntish, slightly suleate above,

green, papulose ; flowers terminal, subsolitary, white ; lobes of calyx

unequal, two of them longer, subfoliaceous, obtuse ; styles Jong. M.

brachiatum, Ait. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. 194

oe: Karro-like-hills, near Olifantsriver, and in Bocklands. Oct-Dec. (Herb.

unb. )

a bea

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (S id) 449 x

Stem 2 feet. Branches opposite, erect-spreading, subfastigiate, terete, greyish,

papulose. Leaves 1 inch long, 1 line wide, upper ones gradually shorter. Flowers

smaller than in the preceding. Peduncle 1-2 lines long. Calyx subturbinate, pa-

pulose, glittering, 5-cleft, 3 lines long ; lobes erect, two longer and more obtuse.

Petals equalling the calyx, or a little longer. Styles filiform, as long as the stamens.

252, M. auratum (Sond.); stem substrumose, with the branches

erect, crystalline-papillose ; leaves connate, terete, subcanaliculate above,

very obtuse, papulose ; flowers terminal, ternate or solitary, yellow ;

lobes of calyx unequal, three of them longer, cylindraceous, obtuse ;

styles long. M. aureum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 425. non Linn. nec Haw.

Has. Karro, between Olifantsriver and Bocklandsberg, Thunberg ; Springbokkeel

and Kamos, Zeyher. Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

Near the preceding. Stem more robust, 2-3 feet high ; colour of the branches

not greyish but yellowish. Leaves shorter and thicker (6-8 lines long, 13 line wide),

the rudiments of old remaining leaves very spinous, in M. decussatum wanting or not

spinous. Peduncles longer, intermediate 4-1 inch long without bracts, lateral ones

longer, bibracteate. Flowers golden-yellow. Calyx 5-cleft, 6 lines long or longer ;

lobes thicker, as long as the petals. Capsule turbinate, 5-valved, } inch long.

253. M. spinuliferam (Haw, Rev. 176. Syn.252); stem very thick,

strumose ; branches incrassate, tortuose-erect ; leaves connate, semicylin-

drical, canaliculate, attenuate, acute, green, erystalline-papulose ; flowers

ternate, pedunculate, pale-straw-coloured ; calyx 4-cleft ; styles very short.

Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 30.

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Stem 1 foot high ; old branches smooth. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 2-3 lines wide

at the base, gradually attenuate, not persistent and spinous. Peduncles 6-9 lines

long, thick, ebracteate. Calyx about } inch long ; lobes unequal or subequal. Petals

somewhat longer. Capsule 4-valved.

253, M. grossum (Haw. Syn. 252); stem strumose, as well as the

branches ascending; leaves connate, semicylindrical, canaliculate at the

base, flattish near the attenuate bluntish apex, green, crystalline-papu-

lose ; flowers ternate, pale-reddish ; calyx 5-cleft, lobes unequal, two

longer, cylindraceous; styles very short. Salm Dyck, lc, t. 31. M. rapa-

ceum, E. & Z.! 2086.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver. Oct. (Hb. Sd.)

It differs from the very similar M. spinuliferum by much shorter stem and branches,

subspinous as mer rudiments of leaves, bracteate lateral peduncles, and rosy

flowers. M. grossum, E. § Z.! 2085, comes very near, but differs in several points.

The specimen is insufficient.

255. M. longispinulum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Dec. 1824. p. 426) ; stem

and branches elongate, filiform, prostrate or creeping; leaves connate,

in the flowering, upper branches mostly alternate, semicylindrical, sub-

canaliculate, attenuate, acute, greenish, as well as the branches and pe-

duncles, crystalline-papulose ; peduncles 1-flowered, but often irregularly

branched, and then 3-7 flowered ; flowers pale-yellow ; calyx 5-cleft,

lobes elongated, acute, nearly as long as the petals ; styles shorter than

the stamens. Salm Dyck, l.c. t. 32. M. calycinum, E. § 2.2077.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats near Rietvalley, Sept.—Nov. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem and branches often several feet long, filiform ; young branches short, with

very crowded leaves. Remnants of leaves only on the higher branches, flexible, not

VOL, Il. 29

450 JMESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [ Mesembryanthemum.

i . Leaves about ! inch long, 1-14 lines wide at the base. Short branches

setts 1 flowered, larger ones with 2-7, often panicled flowers. Calyx turbinate,

Jobes subequal or unequal, often as long as the tube.

956. M. viridiflorum (Ait. Kew. ed. 1. v. 2. 196); stem incrassate ;

branches nodulose, erect-decumbent ; leaves opposite, connate, seml-

terete, bluntish, glittering, papulose hairy ; flowers solitary or subternate ;

calyx 5-cleft, hairy, lobes subequal, leafy ; petals narrow-linear, subfili-

form, green or greenish-red ; styles very short. Bot. Cab. t. 326. DC.

Pl. Grass. t. 159. Jacq. Fragm. t. 52. f. 2. Salm Dyck, fase. 5, t. 32-

M. tenuiflorum, Jacq. Fragm. t. 32. f 3.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Branches 1 foot or longer. Leaves distant, erect-recurved, 1-14 inch long, 2-3

lines wide, subcanaliculate or flattish above: subspinous remnant on the old

branches not frequent. Peduncles thick, papillate, 4-6 lines long. Petals as long

as the longer. cylindrical calyx-lobes.

§. 55. MONILIFORMIA, Haw. DC. Stem very short, branches

nodose-moniliform, leafless in the summer. Zeaves produced in autumn,

2, connate at the base in a green globule, elongate, semiterete, glittering-

papulose, marcescent and deciduous. Flowers solitary, whitish. Calyx

4-6-cleft. Stigmas 7-8. (Sp. 257-258.)

257. M. moniliforme (Thunb. ! Nov. Oct. Nat. Cur. v. 8p. 7. App.) ;

stem very short, as well as the branches articulate-moniliform, articles

depressed-globose ; terminal pair of leaves joined into a spherical form ;

the following ones half-terete, subulate, very long, green, and somewhat

recurved, 1. Cap. 413.

Has. Hills near Olifantsriver, Sept. (Herb. Thunb.)

Branches in Herb. Thunberg woody, 3-4 inches long, branchlets opposite or al-

ternate, subdistichous, 2-1 inch long, upper ones shorter, consisting of terete

articles about 4-6 lines in diameter, and 1 line long. Leaves and flowers are

wanting. Peduncle, as described, angulate, one flowered, erect, terminal, 2 inches

long. Calyx 4-cleft. Petals snow-white. Styles 7, ex Haw.

258. M. pusiforme (Haw. Misc. 23. Syn. 207); leaves full of crys-

talline papule ; the first two united into the form ofa pea ; the follow-

ing 2 semiterete ; stem much branched and very dwarf.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers unknown. The first leaves are produced in Autumn, and the second in

winter.

§. 56. CRASSULINA, Salm Dyck, Haw. (Spinulifera, DC.) Stem

suberect or prostrate, branches effuse, filiform. eaves linear-semiterete,

acute, often canaliculate, papulose. lowers solitary or ternate, whitish

or pale rose-coloured. Calyx 4~5-cleft, lobes elongated. Stigmas 4-5-

(Sp. 259-262.)

259. M. canaliculatum (Haw. Misc. 77. Syn. 253); stem and

branches prostrate, very slender; leaves linear-elongate, spreading oT

reflexed, convex beneath, canaliculate above, green, crystalline-papulose ;

flowers solitary, flesh-coloured ; calyx 4-cleft, turbinate. Salm Dyck,

fase. 5, t. 33. M. reflecum, Willd.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 451

Has. Karro-like hills near Zwartkopsriver, Feb. Zey./ 2614. (Herb. Sd.)

Root fleshy, somewhat tuberous. Branches 2-4 incheshigh. Leaves subdistant,

10-12 lines long, 1 line wide. Peduncle short, thickened upwards. Calyx 4, rarely

5-cleft, 7-8 lines long, lobes unequal. Petals uniseriate, as long as the longest

calyx lobe. Styles 5, erect, subulate.

260. M. salmoneum (Haw. Rev.176); stem and branches very

slender, somewhat creeping ; leaves crowded, spreading, narrow-lanceo-

late, obtuse, convex beneath, flattish, sulcate above, green, glittering from

minute papule ; peduncle subtrichotomous ; flowers yellowish, rose-

coloured at the apex; calyx subglobose, 5-cleft, Salm Dyck, fase. 2. t. 23.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

- Very similar to M, canaliculatum, but differing by its shorter (6-8 lines long) on

both ends attenuated minute papillose leaves, globose calyx, and pluriseriate, dif-

ferently coloured petals. Branches some inches long. Peduncle trichotomous,

dichotomous or rarely 1-flowered. Calyx-lobes short, subequal, three times shorter

than the petals.

261. M. crassulinum (DC. 1. c. 445); stem and branches filiform,

prostrate ; leaves distant, spreading, narrow-lanceolate, subacute, con-

vex beneath, subsulcate above, scarcely papillate ; peduncles subsolitary ;

calyx subglobose, 5-cleft ; petals white. Salm Dyck, l. c.t. 34. M. cras-

suloides, Haw. Rev. 170.

Has. Karro-like hills in Hassaquaskloof, Sept. Zeyher / 2611. (Herb. Sd.)

It differs from M. salmoneum by more distant, scarcely papillate leaves and

smaller white flowers, not 1 inch, but only 4 inch in diameter. Peduncles filiform,

without bracts. Petals subuniseriate.

262, M. incomptum (Haw. Suppl. 96); stem and branches very

slender, suberect, with elongated internodes; leaves erect, spreading,

subulate, subacute, convex on both surfaces, subglaucescent, minutely

papillate ; peduncles ternate, bracteate ; petals white. Salm Dyck, l. c.

ti 35,

2 gB. Ecklonis (Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 33) ; stem and branches more diffuse,

ae ; petals at the base and stamens rose-coloured. M. incomptum, E. § Z.!

2087.

Has. Hills near Adow, Uitenhage, Aug.-Sept. (Herb. Sd.)

4-14 foot, weak, very distantly nodulose on the nodes with fasciculate leaves ;

young branches a little papulose. Leaves 6-10 lines long, 1-14 line wide, semi-

terete, subulate. Peduncles by abortion 2 or I, subpapillate, 1-2 inches long.

Flowers 4 inch in diameter. Calyx campanulate with acute lobes, a little shorter

than the petals.

§. 57. GENICULIFLORA, DC. (Cylindracea, Haw.) Stem erect,

as well as the branches herbaceous, but woody at the base. Leaves

distinct, semiterete, papulose, marcescent-deciduous. Flowers ternate,

by abortion often solitary in the forks of the branches, yellowish. Calyx

4-cleft. Stigmas 4. (Sp. 263.)

263, M. geniculiflorum (Linn. Spec. 688) ; stem frutescent ; branches

subarticulate, divaricate, papillose ; leaves remote, spreading, linear-

semicylindrical ; flowers mostly solitary and axillary in the forks of

the branches. Dill. Hlth. t. 205. f. 261. DO. Pl. Grass. t. 17, Salm

Dyck, fase. 5. t. 34. £.& Z./ 2089.

29*

452 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) [AMesembryanthemum.

Has. Sandy places near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam ; near Papendorf, Oct.-Nov.

(Herb. D., Sd.) : : ;

Stem 2 feet or more high. Leaves 8-14 lines long, 1-1} line wide. Pedicels

short, thickened above, lateral ones foliate. Calyx turbinate, papillose, 2 lobes

elongated and about as long as the petals.

§. 58. NODIFLORA, DC. (Cylindracea, Haw.) Root annual. Stem

herbaceous, branched. Leaves subterete or linear, papulose. lowers

axillary, subsessile. Calyx 4—5-cleft, lobes longer than the very mi-

nute, white petals. Stigmas 4-5. (Sp. 264-265.)

264. M. nodiflorum (Linn. Spec. 687); stem nearly erect or diffuse ;

leaves opposite or alternate, semiterete or subterete, obtuse, sometimes

alittle cilated at the base ; flowers sessile or short-pedunculate ; calyx

4-5-cleft, lobes unequal, much longer than the minute petals. DC. Pl.

Grass. t. 88. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 413. M. copticum, Linn. Spec. 688. M.

apetalum, Linn. f. Suppl. 258. M. copticum, Jacq. hort. Vind. 3. t. 6.

M. nodiflorum et apetalum, E. § Z.! 2090, 2091.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats ; near Olifantsriver, near Grootvadersbosh, in

- Zwartland, Zey. / 2620, Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb. Jacq. D. Sd.)

Much branched, 2 inches 1 foot high, greyish-green. Branches terete, more or

less papulose, branchlets mostly secundate. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 4-1 line wide.

Flowers axillary or subterminal. Calyx turbinate, lobes subulate, as long as the

tube. A very polymorphous plant. I cannot distinguish the specimens from

Sicily, Barbary, Egypt, from the Cape plant.

265. M. caducum (Ait. Kew. 2. p. 179) ; stem and branches erectish

or diffuse, as well as the leaves and calyxes papulose ; leaves alternate

or opposite, semiterete, obtuse ; flowers sessile, in the axil of a leaf, or

terminal, girded by a pair of leaves ; calyx 5-cleft, lobes unequal, a little

longer than the whitish petals. DC. 1. c. 447. #. &Z.! 2092.

Has. Sandy places near Buffaloriver, Clanwilliam, Nov. (Herb. Sd.)

Only distinguished from M. nodiflorum by the flower with larger petals. Branches

mostly alternate.

Group. VI. Puantroria.—Stem slightly woody, fleshy, or herbaceous. Leaves

flat, more or less papulose. (§§. 59-65.)

§. 59. SCAPOSA, DC. (Limpida, Haw.) Root annual, nearly stem-

less. Leaves almost radical, linear or cuneiform, papulose. lowers

solitary, rising from a radical peduncle, reddish, yellow or white. Calyx

5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 266-268.

266. M. pyropaeum (Haw. Suppl. 19) ; plant almost stemless, branch-

ed from the base ; branches subpapulose ; leaves connate, Linear-elon-

gate, semicylindrical, obtuse, canaliculate near the base ; flowers solitary,

pedunculate ; peduncle and calyx papillose. Salm Dyck, fasc. 6 t. 34

M. tricolor, Willd. Enum, 530. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2144. M. gramineum,

rele Pe claniforme, DC. Prod. 3. 448. M. clavatum, Haw. Petiv, Gaz.

. 88. f. 7.

‘Var. 8. roseum (Haw) ; flowers rose-coloured.

Var. y. album (Haw.) ; flowers white. M. lineare, Thunb./ Fl. Cap. 411. M.

apetalum, Thunb, ! t. ¢. 417.

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond). 453

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats ; in Zwartland and Groenekloof, Sept. (Herb.

Thunb., D., Sd.)

2-3 inches high. Leaves radical or rising from the base of the very short stem,

crowded on the top of the branches, dilated at the base, opposite, linear or somewhat

broader near the apex, 1-2 inches long, 4-1 line wide. Peduncle radical or termi-

nating the branches, 4-1} inch long. Calyx-lobes unequal, 2 or 3, often 4-6 lines

long, and equalling the petals. Capsule, when ripe, depressed, globose. *

267. M. criniflorum (Houtt. Pfl. Syst. 2 D. t. 53); plant almost

stemless or branched from the base, herbaceous ; leaves obovate or cunet-

form, flat, obtuse, rather scabrous from papule ; peduncles solitary,

longer than the leaves, radical or rising from the top of the branches,

pilose-papulose. Linn. Suppl. 259. Lhunb./ Fl. Cap, 411. M. cunet-

folium, Jacq. Icon. rar. 3. t. 288. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 134. M. spathulatum,

Willd. M. limpidum, Ait. M. criniflorum and cuneifolium, BE. § Z. !

2094, 2095, Herb. un itin. 511. Zey.! 709.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats, Tablemountain, Saldanhabay, &c. Aug.—Sept.

(Herb. Thunb., Jacq., D., Sd.)

Near the preceding, butadiffering by much broader, flat and scabrous papulose

leaves and larger flowers. Leaves 1-3 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, attenuated in

the petiole with larger base ; crowded if rising from the top of the branches. Pe-

duncles 1-3 inches long. Calyx with 2 or 3 elongated, obtuse lobes, shorter than

the pale rose-coloured, red, or whitish narrow petals. It varies with narrow leaves

and resembles M. pyropacum.

268, M. papulosum (Linn. f. Suppl. 2 59); nearly stemless ; branched,

decumbent, terete, papulose ; leaves opposite, spathulately-oblong, acute,

oe cose ; peduncles solitary, terminal, shorter than the leaves ; calyx

obes unequal; flowers yellow. M. sabulosum, E. & Z.! 2096. non.

Thunb. !

Has. Sandy places near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, Aug. (Herb. $d.)

Root annual, stem 4-1 inch, with spreading, decumbent 1-3 inches long, terete

branches. Leaves opposite in the lower part, crowded at the top of the branches ;

lower ones about 2 inches long, 4 lines wide, attenuate in a linear petiole ; leaves of

the branches smaller, 1-2 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, subscabrous from pellucid

papule. Peduncles 4-6 lines long, minutely papulose. Calyx subglobose, the size

of a large pea ; 2 or 3 of the lobes longer, equalling or a little surpassing the yellow

petals. M. oligandrwm Kze, Del sem. hort. Lips. 1845 is a depauperated state of

M. papulosum.

§. 60. PLATYPHYLLA, Haw. DC. Root annual or biennial. Stem

herbaceous. eaves flat, variable in form, papulose as well as the

branches. Flowers of various colours. Calyx 5-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp.

269-278.)

269. M. crystallinum (Linn. Spec. 688); diffusely procumbent,

herbaceous, covered

nulate, terete, lobes ovate, retuse and acute. Dill. Elth. t. 130.

Thunb.? FI. Cap. 413. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 128, Pappe. Prod. . tor

med. p. 16.

Has, Sandy places frequent in the neighbourhood of Capetown,

Win ays PR ont Kinminnsl, Ubiking « Ppedhm ole

Var, 8. grandifiorum (E. & Z.! 2097); flowers larger on longer peduncles. ae 9 nic a, :

Ss especially in © ais bees

with large, white, glittering papule ; leaves oppo-

site, or in the branches alternate, stem clasping, ovate or spathulate, —

undulated ; flowers axillary, almost sessile ; calyx 5-cleft, tube pe as

454 | MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Aesembryanthemum.

flats near Rietvalley, Sondagsriver, Olifantsriver ; var. 8. Karro-like places in Gau-

ritzriver and near Uitenhage, Zey./ 711 et 2626. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

The ice-plant is also a native of Greece and the Canary Islands. The annual

plant is called by Haworth M. glaciale, the biennial M. crystallimum. Flowers

white or rose-coloured.

270. M. angulatum (Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 426) ; stem and branches an-

gulose, herbaceous, procumbent as well as the leaves, peduncles and

calyxes covered with minute, white, glittering papulz; leaves opposite,

or in the branches alternate, obovate or spathulate-rhomboid ; flowers

pedunculate, terminal and axillary ; calyx 5-cleft, tube pentagonal,

lobes unequal, 2 or 3 longer, spathulate, obtuse. M. erystallophanes,

E.§ Z. 1 2099. Salm Dyck, fase. 5. t. 35. Zey.{ 2625.

Var. B. ovatum ; leaves ovate, or obovate obtuse or acute. M. ovatum, Thunb. !

Fl. Cap. 417. M. elongatum, E. & Z.! 2098. exel. Syn. Zey.! 2623.

Var. y. gracile; stem very slender, leaves and flowers smaller. M. angulatum,

var. y. Thunb. ! Herb.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver and Sondagsriver. Var. B. in the same locali-

ties and near Howisons Poort. Var. y. on hills n@&tr Bethelsdorp, Sep.—Dec.

(Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

~ Stem 1-2 feet, not so robust as in M. erystallinum. Leaves 1-2 inches long,

6-12 lines wide, attenuated in a broad-linear channelled petiole. Peduncle angu-

late, 2-6 lines long. Calyx papillose, longer lobes often equalling the whitish

: var. ‘y. the stem and branches are much ihtunse dein a greyish-white

colour, the leaves } inch long, upper ones oblong-spathulate, and the smaller flowers

on very slender peduncles.

271. M. puberulum (Haw. Phil. Mag. Sept. 1831. p. 419); stem

branched, procumbent, papillose ; floriferous branches and margins of

leaves pubescent ; leaves opposite or alternate, obovate-spathulate,

channelled, keeled ; peduncles subcylindrical, M. papulosum, E. § Z.!

2100.

Has. Sandy places on the Sondagsriver near Graafreynet. Sept. (Herb. Sd,)

The specimen of E. & Z.! is a span high with spreading branches. Leaves }- 3

inch long, 3-1 line wide. Peduncles solitary, 6 lines long. Calyx-lobes unequal,

3 lobes rather longer and larger. Petals nearly as long as the calyx, whitish, of

pale rose-coloured in the dry plant.

272. M. sessiliflorum (Ait. Kew. 3. 193) ; branches divaricate ; leaves

flat, spathulate as well as the stems beset with papule ; flowers sessile,

yellow. Haw. Syn. 247.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

273. M. Aitonis (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 7.) branches decumbent, angu-

lar ; leaves opposite or alternate, ovate-spathulate, papulose ; pedicels

short ; calyxes angular. Haw, Mise. 48.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

_Flowers expanding in the rilaioms. pale-reddish, about the size of those of M. cor-

difoliwm. Calyx-lobes very uneq Styles 5, erect, recurved at the apex.

274, M. papuliferum (DC. 1. c. 448) ; nearly stemless ; branches

2-4, opposite, divided, fastigiate, gradually thickened, as well as the

leaves and calyxes papulose; leaves connate, ovate, obtuse ; flowers

Mesembryanthemum.] MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 455

terminal, sessile, 1-3 together, white; calyx 5-cleft. MM. fastigiatum,

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 413. non Haw.

Has. On hills in very dry places near Olifantsriver, Oct. Thuwnberg!

Root annual. Branches some inches high ; branchlets very short. Leaves 4-1

inch long. Calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse, purplish. The plant is now wanting in herb,

Thunberg. 2 :

. rt

275. M. lanceolatum (Haw. Misc. 45. Rev. 159); stems decumbent ;

leaves alternate, lanceolate, bluntish, papulose ; calyx and peduncles

beset with crystalline dots; flowers white. J. Volkameri, Haw. Obs.

426. é

‘ Var. 8. roseum (Haw. Rev. 159) ; flowers reddish ; leaves lanceolate-spath

ate. | ee i

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

276. M. clandestinum (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1826, 129); stem very

short, prostrate, subwoody ; branches ascendent, terete, herbaceous ;

leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, papillose-shining ; flowers terminal,

paniculate or subsolitary, small ; petals very minute, white. Salm

Dyck, fase. 6. t. 36. M. sessiliflorum, 8. album, Haw. Rev. 158.

Has, Cape of Good Hope.

Branches 4-1 foot, green, minutely papillose. Leaves distant, thickish, 4-10

lines long, 2-5 lines wide, attenuated in a short petiole. Peduncles short, mostly

cymose or dichotomously panicled. Calyx 2 lines long, 2 lobes longer, obtuse.

Petals uniseriate, scarcely conspicuous. Styles 5, short, acute.

277. M. lanceum (Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 417); stem erect, subtetrago-

nal, subpapulose ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, acutish, flat, papulose, erect-

spreading ; flowers terminal, subternate, middle-sized, white.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. (Herb. Thunberg.) :

There ports stems ? pig in herb. Thand. ! about 1 foot high, subflexu-

ose erect, a little branched at the top. Leaves opposite, subconnate and larger at

the base, gradually attenuated, about 14 inch long, 4 lines wide, somewhat longer

than the internodes, upper ones shorter, acute. Intermediate flower short-peduncled,

without bracts, lateral ones 8-12 lines long, ey to feta gar i ate’ ao

lose, 3 inch long, lobes acute, subequal, about as long or sho’ than narro

mae It pce very near M. Cone, L. which has the leaves attenuated at the

ase.

278. M. pinnatifidum (Linn. f. Suppl. 260); stems diffuse ; leaves a

obovate, lyrate pinnatifid, lobes obtuse ; flowers axillary, solitary, pe- Moa cle

dunculate; petals as long as the calyx, yellow. Bot. Mag. t. 67. DC.”

Pl. Grass, t. 142. Salm Dyck, fase. 6. t. 35- Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. a7: a

E.& Z.1 2101, Ryne

Has. Sandy places in mountains near the cataract of Tulbagh, Sept-Oct, (Herb...)

. Sd.

Root’ annual. Stem dichotomous, branched from the base, terete, papillose. 9.)

Leaves 1-2 inches , terminal lobe the minutely as dunele in

the forks of the branches, $-1 inch long. 5-cleft,

ate. Styles 5.

§ G1. CORDIFOLIA, DC. (Platyphylla, Haw.) Stem suffruticose,

branches herbaceous, prostrate. Leaves petiolate, flat, ot

456 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [JJesembryanthemum.

papulose. Mowers pedunculate, solitary, purple. Calyx 4-cleft. Stig-

mas 4. (Sp. 279.)

279. M. cordifolium (Linn. f. Suppl. 26c); stems diffuse ; leaves

opposite, flat, petiolate, ovate-cordate, rather papulose ; peduncles ter-

minal or rather lateral on the elongated branches ; calyx obconical, 2

lobes flat, large, 2 subulate. Jacg. Icon. rar, 3. 3. t. 487. DOC. Pl.

Grass, t. 102, Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t.31. E.§ Z. | 2102.

Has. Woods near Zeekoriyer, Thunb. ; Zwartkopsriver, near Adow, and on Fish-

river, Z. § Z./ Zeyh. 706, 2621. Sept.-Dec. (Herb. Thunb, Sd.) -

1-2 feet. Stem and branches minutely papulose. Leaves 6-12 lines long and

nearly wide. Peduncles 4-8 lines ; calyx tube about 4 lines long, longer lobes

equalling the tube or longer. Petals short, linear.

§. 62. HXPANSA, DC. (Planifolia, Haw.) Stem and branches suf-

fruticose, diffuse, or procumbent, leafy at top. Leaves flat, ovate-lan-

ceolate, subcarinate, papulose, marcescent, nerves and veins persistent.

Flowers ternate or biternate in a terminal, elongated, thick peduncle,

whitish or pale yellow. Calyx 4-5-cleft, lobes very unequal. Stigmas

4-5. (Sp. 280-285.)

280. M. anatomicum (Haw. Syn. 249) ; stem-much branched, de-

cumbent, as well as the branches slender, tortuose ; leaves connate,

crowded, erectish, oblong-lanceolate, acute, flattish, crystalline-glittering,

when dead persistent; flowers ternate; calyx 4-cleft. Salm Dyck, fase.

4. 32. M. emarcidum, Thunb.! Nov. Act. Nat. Our. v. 8, p. g. App. FI.

Cap. 415. M. tortuosum, E. & Z.! 2103.

on Karro, in Bockland, and near Gauritzriver. Nov.-Dec, (Herb. Thunb.

Stem 3-1 foot. Leaves }-1 inch long, 45 lines wide, when old the nerves and

a id epiderme alone remain persistent. Flowers large. Peduncles 1-1}

inch, without bracts. Calyx pyriform, 4, rarely 5-cleft (Thunb.) Petals white, very

narrow, as long as the longer calyx lobes. Styles 4, filiform.

281. M, ‘expansum (Linn. Spec. 697); stem diffuse ; branches lax,

reflexed ; leaves connate, recurved, much-spreading, broad-lanceolate,

acute, attenuated at the base, flat, keeled by the prominent middle

nerve, rather glittering ; flowers bigeminate ; calyx 5-cleft, three of the

lobes very large, two subulate, Salm Dyck, fase. 1. t. 34. M. tortuosum,

i. C. Pl. Grass. t. 94. Dill. Elth, t. 182. f. 223,

epee Has. Cape of Good Hope (v, v.)

Ab. = Branches 4-1 foot. Taaved 1-1} inch long, 4-6 lines wide; when young

up La, thickish, green, minutely papillate, when old marcescent and membranaceous, dried

__‘ |°" nerves persistent. Flowers large. Pedicels 4-6 lines long, bracteated. Pale yel-

lowish petals, as long as the longer calyx-lobes. Styles 5, short.

282. M. tortuosum (Linn. Spec. 697) ; stem divaricate ; branches lax,

procumbent ; leaves connate, erect-recurved, ovate-lanceolate, rather con-

cave above, carinate-convex beneath ; flowers subternate ; calyx 5-cleft,

two of the lobes very large, two subulate, acute. Dill EHith. t. 181. f.

222, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 427. Salm Dyck, fasc. 2. t. 36. M. varians, Haw.

Syn. 249, according to the very bad figure, Petiv. Gaz. t 78. f. 10,

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) ai 457 -

Has. Cape of Good Hope, in Karro. (Herb. Thunb.)

Branches elongated, foliaceous at top. Leaves in the flowering branches distant,

1 inch long, 4 lines wide, attenuated on both ends ; when old marcescent and mem-

branaceous. Flowers large, white. Calyx turbinate, papulose, twice shorter than

the narrow-linear petals. Styles 5, short.

283. M. concavum (Haw. Rev. 168) ; stem suberect, much branched ;

branches slender, tortuous ; leaves connate, erect, crowded, lanceolate-

acute, rather concave above, convex beneath, crystalline-glittering ;

flowers ternate ; calyx 4-cleft. Salm Dyck, fasc. 4. t. 33.

Has, Cape of Good Hope. *

Very similar to M. tortwosum, but much slenderer and the calyx 4-fid. Leaves

1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide. Petals white, twice longer than the calyx.

984, M. crassicaule (Haw. Phil. Mag. 1824. 425) ; stem very short,

thick ; branches procumbent, papillose ; leaves connate, erectish-recur-

vate, linear-lanceolate, acute, shining, papulose, subcanaliculate above,

convex beneath ; flowers bigeminate; calyx 5-cleft, three of the lobes

larger, two subulate. Salm Dyck, l. c. t. 34+

Has. Cape of Good Hope (v. v.)

Branches subherbaceous, 3-1 foot long. Leaves fleshy, 1-2 inches long, 3-5 lines

wide, upper ones much shorter. Peduncles 1 inch or longer, bracteate. Calyx

pdr age papulose ; lobes twice shorter than the straw-coloured linear petals. Styles

80:

985. M. humifusum (Ait. Kew. 2. 179); stem suffruticose, trailing ;

leaves stem-clasping, spathulate, keeled, scabrous from conical papule ;

petals very minute.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Corolla white.

§. 63. RELAXATA, Salm Dyck (Expansa, DC. Planifolia, Haw.)

Stem incrassate, diffuse; branches flexuose, adscending. Leaves flat,

oblong-lanceolate, glaucous, with minute papule. Flowers ternate or

about 5, by abortion often solitary, reddish or white. Calyx 5-cleft,

lobes subequal, without papulz. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 286-287.)

286. M. relaxatum (Willd. Enum. Suppl. 36); stem diffuse ; branches

ascendent, flexuose ; leaves stem-clasping, distinct, linear-lanceolate,

bluntish, erecto-patent, glaucescent, subcanaliculate above, obtuse-cart-

nate beneath ; flowers purplish. Salm Dyck, fase. 1.t. 35. H&Z!

2108.

Has. Rocky places near Fort Beaufort or Katriver. July. (Herb. Sd.)

Branches 1 foot or more, terete. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 3-4 lines wide, scarcely

attenuated at the base, minutely papulose. Flowers 3 or 5, large. Calyx turbi-

nate; lobes subequal, twice shorter than the linear-lanceolate petals. Styles as long

as the stamens.

287. M. pallens (Ait. Kew. v. 2. 182); stem diffuse ; branches de-

cumbent, flexuose ; leaves stem-clasping, distinct, oblong-lanceolate,

acute, recurvate-spreading, glaucous, minutely papulose, subcanalicu-

late above, costate-carinate beneath ; flowers white. EH. & Z. / 2104.

Salm Dyck, 1. ¢. t. 36. MM. expansum, DC. Pl. Grass. t. 47. M. loratum,

a2: SNOT eso Se eee ee

SES eT Es

- 458 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [dAJesembryanthemum.

Haw, Rev, 168. E. d& Z.! 2169. M. angulatum, BE. & Z.! 2107. Zeyh.

2600. 2601. 2602.

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver, mountain sides of Bothasberg, near Vishriver,

and at Katriver. Oct.Jan. (Herb. D. Sd.)

The whole plant paler or more glaucous than the preceding ; the white petals are

not longer than the calyx lobes, The wild specimens are smaller and more erect

than in the cultivated ; the panicle is also larger but the flowers smaller.

§. 64. ZRIPOLIA, DC. (Planifolia, Haw.) Root biennial. Stem

herbaceous, lax. eaves flat, spathulate. lanceolate, opposite, without

papulz, shining. /owers terminal, peduncled, white. Calyx penta-

gonal, 8-cleft. Stigmas 5. (Sp. 288.) ‘

288, M. Tripolium (Linn, Spec. 690) ; stem herbaceous, loose, simple ;

leaves spathulate-lanceolate, dotless, shining, almost destitute of pa-

pul ; flowers pedunculate. Dill. Elth. t. 179. f. 220. Bradl. Suec. 5.

p. 14.047. Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t.36.E.& Z./ 2111. M. expansum, Herb,

Thunb. !

Has. Sandy places in the flats near Rietvalley. Oct. (Herb. Thunb. D. Sd.)

About 1 foot high. Leaves in sterile branches crowded, in floriferous distant,

2-4 inches long, 6-8 lines wide, bluntish, much attenuated at the base, minutely

papulose. Peduncles 2~3 inches long, thickened above, without bracts. Calyx

turbinate, denticulate at the angles ; lobes shorter than the linear petals.

§. 65. HELIANTHOIDEA, DC. (Pomeridiana and Hymenogyne,

Haw.) Root annual. Stem herbaceous, branched. Leaves flat, lan-

ceolate or spathulate, attenuate at the base, subpapulose. Flowers

long-peduncled, yellow. Calyx hemispherical, often rather angular at

the base, with five elongated lobes. Ovarium depressed. Stigmas 10-20.

(Sp. 289-293.)

289. M. pomeridianum (Linn. Spec. 698) ; annual ; stem erectish or

i as well as the branches, peduncles and calyxes hairy ; leaves

spathulate or spathulate-lanceolate, attenuated in a canaliculate petiole,

flat, smooth, ciliated ; peduncles elongated ; lobes of the hemispherical

calyx unequal, two leafy and longer than the petals. Bot. Mag. t. 540.

Jacq. Icon. rar. 3. t. 489. E. & Z.1 2112, Salm Dyck, fase. 4. t. 36. M.

calendulaceum, Haw. Rev. 161. M. Candollit, H. & Z. ! 2114. non. Haw.

Var. 8. glabrum (Haw. Rev. 160) ; plant glabrous or nearly so, upper leaves

a little ciliated, petals as long or a little longer than the calyx. Andr. Rep. t. 57.

branches smaller. Peduncles 2-5 inches long. Longer lobes of the calyx }-1

pri long. Petals pluriseriate, linear-lanceolate. Capsule large, flat above, about

290. M. helianthoides (Ait. Kew, 198) ; annual ; stem erectish, as

well as the branches and peduncles hairy ; leaves oblong-spathulate or

spathulate-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, flat, smooth, glabrous ;

peduncles elongated ; lobes of the subpentagonal calyx unequal, as long

_ ora little shorter than the petals. DC. Pl. Grass. i. 1 35. M. pilosum,

Mesembryanthemum.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 459

Haw, Rev. 161. M. calendulaceum, Haw. Mise. 47. Breyn. Cent. t: 79.

Moris. Hist. Sect. 12. t. 6. f. 13.

Var. 8. glabrum; plant glabrous or nearly so.

Has. Cape of Good Hope; var. 8. sandy flats between Klippfontein and Pre-

dikstoel. Nov. Zeyh. 707. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves somewhat smaller than in M. pomeridianum, and not ciliated, and the

calyxes glabrous with subangular not exactly hemispherical tubes. Stem about 1

foot high. Stigmas 12-18,

291. M. flaccidum (Jacq. Hort. Vind. t. 475) ; biennial; leaves lan-

ceolate, acute, flat, glabrous, quite entire; peduncles 1-flowered, erectish,

glabrous, very long. DC. l. c. 450.

Has. Cape of Good Hope.

Petals linear, acute on both ends. Styles §! Perhaps not belonging to this

section.

292. M. sabulosum (Thunb.! Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. v. 8. p. 17. App.) ;

nearly stemless, quite glabrous ; branches ascending, terete, at top with

crowded leaves; leaves opposite, radical ones larger, oblong or oblong-

spathulate, petiolate, acutish, minutely papillose ; peduncles longish ;

lobes of the hemispherical subangulate calyx subequal, as long as the

linear, yellow petals. M. calendulaceum, H. & Z./ 2113.

Has. Sandy places near Saldanhabay and in Zwartland. Aug.—Oct. (Herb.

Thunb. Sd.)

Habit of M-criniflorum, but easily distinguished by the yellow petals and radiat-

ing, numerous stigmas. Root filiform, annual. Stem about 4 inch, branches 1-2

inches long. Limb of the radical leaves about 1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, at-

tenuated in a broad-linear, 6 lines long petiole. Upper leaves 7-1 inch. Peduncles

2-4 inches long. Calyx lobes foliaceous, three of them with large membranaceous

ins. Petals about 6 lines long. Stigmas 10-12, not 5, as described by Thun-

berg. Capsule depressed, globose, twice smaller than in J. pomeridianum.

293. M. glabrum (Ait. Kew. 2. 198) 5, leaves petiolate, spathulately-

lanceolate, dilated at the base, and as well as the branches glabrous ;

base of calyx hemispherical, with linear, unequal lobes ; stigmas

hago 12, united into a tube at the base. Hymenogyne glabra, Haw.

ev. 192.

Has. Cape of Good Hope. -

Habit almost of M. helianthoides, Corolla straw-coloured ; petals rufescent at

the base ; sterile filaments copper-coloured. Probably the same as M,

SPECIES NOT SUFFICIENTLY KNOWN.

M. campestre (Burch. Trav. 1.259). Erect, 14 foot high. Flowers

rose-coloured. Allied to /. pulchellum, Haw.

Has. in Roggeveld.

M. arboriforme (Burch. Trav. 1. 343). Shrub 1-2 feet high,

2 ‘th the trunk mostly simple. Cymes 8-times dichoto- =

ranched, wi e y sump. ymes 0- ‘ad to 20.

mous. Flowers minute, of a testaceous colour. Species

parvifolium, Haw. a ee

Has, Gattikamma.

460 MESEMBRYACE& (Sond.) [ Tetragonia.

M. coriarium (Burch. Trav. 1,243). Used in tanning leather by the

Hottentotts. Allied to M. uncinatum.

M. magnipunctum (Burch. Trav. 1.272). Only the name.

M. humile (Haw. Misc. 80). Founded on the very bad figure of

Petiv. Gaz. t. 88, f. 8.

M. graniforme (Haw. Misc. 82). Founded on the figure. Bradl.

suce, t. 20, can be united with many others of Haworth’s species.

M. guiganense (Klotzsch in Schenb. Reise.) The description is

too imperfect to determine the section.

Excluded from the genus Mesembryanthemum.

M. filiforme, Thunb. ! herb. is not a Mesembryanthemum, but Aizoon

or Galenia.

M. crispum, Haw. (i. crispatum, Haw.) Founded on Pet. Gaz. t.

88, f. 5, is doubtless a Composita,

M.? villosum (Linn. Spec. 692), is probably a species of Aizoon.

5-28 Il. TETRAGONIA, L.

(By Pror. E, Fenzt.)

Calyx 4-cleft, rarely 3-5-cleft, its tube adhering to the 4~5-horned

ovary, lobes coloured within. Petals wanting. Stamens variable in

number, solitary, or in fascicles, anthers oblong or linear. Ovary 3-9-

celled, by abortion 1~-2-celled ; cells 1-ovulate. Styles as many as

ovary-cells, very short. Drupe or long nut, winged or horned, indehis-

cent, 1-9-locular, Seeds solitary in each cell. DC. Prod. 3, 451.

Endl. gen.-n, 5164. Fenzl. Wien. Annal. 1839.

Herbs or subshrubs with alternate, flat, fleshy, undivided, usually quite entire

leaves _ axillary, sessile or stalked flowers. Name, from retpa, four; and ywvia,

an ang!

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

IL Tetragonoides, DC. Stamens about as many as the calyx lobes.

it topshaped, with 3-4 unequal wi ive sees » (1) Microptera.

Fruit ovoid, 3-4 angled, saat — —. --- « (2) echinata,

Il, Tetragonocarpus, Comm. Stamens more than the calyx lobes.

1. Pr —Fruit with 3-4 wi

Pedunculares. Decumbent herbs. Flowers on

long peduncles,

Prostrate :

Papulose-hirsute ; lvs. rhomb-ovate or :

elliptical ; calyx lobes 3—4 lines long (3) herbacea. ~

Papulose-pruinose ; lvs. spathulate-ob-

long ; calyx-lobes 1-2 lines long ;

Decumbent or ascendi , papulose-hirsute,

Lys. obovate Se ohint | oandeds palys:

lobes 1-2 lines long; styles shorter ... (5) nigrescens.

lanceolate ... as 6) halimoides.

(4) portulacoides. ys

Lys. oblong or

mast | ine. Annuals, with axillary, sessile, clustered flowers

Calyx-lobes triangular-ovate ; Stam. 15-20; -

ede ree ves ois oes ane (9) Ghemopodionden, ald coh

Tetragona. | MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 461

Calyx-lobes linear ; stam. 5-8; styler ... (8) galenioides.

*** Macranthe. Calyx-lobes in bloom 4-6 lines

long ; a hairy undershrub, with petioled,

oblong or lanceolate leaves ... ... ...

***® Fruticulose. Calyx-lobes in bloom under 4

lines long ; shrubby or half shrubby, gla-

brous or papulose, but not hairy :

Leaves petiolate,

Stem erect ; calyx-lobes ovate, obtuse,

Flowers solitary, remote, sessile, (12) verrucosa.

Flowers 2-3 together, pedicellate,

(inaleafy raceme) ... ... (18) arbuscula.

Stem decumbent,

Flowers in a leafy raceme ; calyx- :

lobes ovate, subacute ... ... (13) spicata.

FL in a "Ba rages raceme ; 9

calyx-lobes linear *... ... (16) calycina.

Leaves sessile or subsessile, ike

Decumbent, rough with papille,

Lys. broadly ovate, subsessile, fi

flat ges ees yee ee is 4( 9) -Gepamens, 5

Lys. oblong or lanceolate, obtuse,

with revolute margins «. (t1) Zeyheri.

Erect or suberect, i

Papulose ; pruinose or canous,

Lvs. sessile, oval-oblong or

linear. Anthers oval ... (19) robusta.

Lys. tapering Bont base, sub- e

iolate. ers linear (20) sarcophylla. —

ae ee lanceolate ; cal.- Ge) P

lobes ovate, acute. Fruit 2-3

(9) hirsuta.

edie A an Tn ee

Subglabrous ; leaves lanceolate

or ?

Calyx-lobes linear, blunt.

it orbicular. Style 1 (15) psiloptera.

Cal.-lobes ovate, obtuse. Fr.

obovate, 3-4-celled ... (14) fruticosa.

Cal.-lobes ovate, bluntish.

Fr. orbicular. Style 1... (17) distorta,

—Fruit wingless, evidently ribbed. .

2. HaPLoGontia. wingl ly (on) its : °

Fruit 3-4-locular. Styles 3-4 .-. +. +. + N

Fruit concalial: Styles HaB wis ove ove -ss- (23) oaligna,

Section I. TETRAGONOIDES, DC. (Sp. 1-2.)

1. T, microptera

leaves deltoid-ovate io ovate-oblong, obtuse, attenuated in a short

iole : flowers axillary, glomerate-sessile, very minute, 1—5-androus ;

Pit 1-2 lin. long, poner iar erystalline-papulose, 3~4-quetrous at the

base, substipitate, wnegually 3-4-winged, wings alternating with 3-4

tubercles or very small wings; larger wings obverse-triangular, 1-2-

dentate or entire. :

trisperma ; flowers 4—

fruit j-vloculer, wings unequal, one or two of them often bilobed, bidentate or

Van. y. monosperma; flowers 1-3-androus, 1-2-gynous, a few 4-§-androus ;

fruit 12-locular, wings mostly very entire.

s-androus, 3-gynous, a few 1-2-androus, I-gynous ;

enzl.), annual, herbaceous, glabrous, diffuse ; _

462 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [ Tetragonia.

Has. Stony places near Zilverfontein, Namaqualand. Drege! 2932, 7023, 7029.

Var. 8. near the Garip, Drege! 7026, and Ebenezar, Drege! 7035 ; Bitterfontein,

Betchuana territory, Zeyher 716. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Stem and primary branches 3-1 foot, or only 2-5 inches high. Leaves very varia-

ble in size, 1-2 inches or 3-8 lines long, as well as the flowers green. It is distin-

guished from the following only by the winged, not echinate fruit.

2. T. echinata (Ait. Kew. 2.177); herbaceous, glabrous, diffuse ;

leaves rhomboid-ovate or oblong, petiolate, petiole very short ; flowers

axillary pedicellate, solitary or 2-4 subglomerate, very minute; fruit

ovoid, truncate at the base, 3-4-angular, 3—-4-locular, crystalline-papu-

lose, echinate by very patent or reflexed cornicles. Haw. Misc. 123. DC.

Prod. 3. 432. Pl. grass, t. 113, £. & Z. / 2116,

Has. Karrolike hills near Zwartkops, and Sondagsriver, FE. ¢ Z., Zeyh. / 2627.

Albany, Drege, 7028. (Herb-“Vind. D. Sd.)

Section II. TETRAGONOCARPUS, Commel. (Sp. 3-23.)

3. T. herbacea (Linn. spec. 687); root (rhizoma ?) tuberous or fusi-

form-strumose ; stems herbaceous, prostrate, as well as the pedicels and

flowers papulose-hirsute ; leaves 4-14 inch long, 2-6 lines wide, rhom-

boid-ovate, elliptic or oblong, attenuated in the petiole, crystalline-

papulose ; flowers axillary on very long pedicels, the lower solitary,

terminal ones 3-9 corymbose or subumbellate ; lobes of calyx broad ovate

or oblong, 13-34 lines long ; stamens very numerous ; fruit pendulous

oblong, drupaceous, fleshy, 4-winged, 3-4 often by abortion 1-2 seeded.

Commel. hort. Amstel. II. t. 102, Haw. Mise. 122, DO. 1. ¢. 452. EB. Z.!

2115.

Has. Sandy places in the Cape Flats and on mountains near Capetown, on Hex-

river, Bergvallei, and Krom river. E. § Z., Pappe. Zeyh. 715 b. Krauss. Drege!

394, 2932, 7027. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Stems very lax, simple or more or less branched, 4-1 foot. Pedicels filiform, in

flower 4-2 inches long, } line thick. It differs from the two following especially by

twice or thrice larger flowers, with longer and thicker pedicels, of which the lower

are solitary, the uppermost umbellate, and by papulose-hirsute, not minutely crys-

talline-pruinous or pubescent branches and pedicels.

4. T. portulacoides (Fenzl.); root (rhizoma?) fusiform ; stems herba-

ceous, thin, filiform, prostrate, virgately branched, as well as the leaves,

pedicels and calyxes papulose-pruinose ; leaves 8-18 lines long, 2-5

lines wide; ovoid or spathulate-oblong, obtuse, attenuated in the

petiole ; flowers axillary, lower pedicels 2~3-nate, superior 4-7 umbel-

late ; pedicels filiform, lax, 4-12 lines long; lobes of calyx ovate or

oblong, 14-2 lines long ; stamens very numerous ; styles as long as the

calyx ; fruit pendulous obovate-oblong, at length suborbicular, 3-5 locu-

lar, 8—ro lin. long, 4-winged, wings membranaceous. T.. chenopodioides

et nigrescens, E. & Z.! plant ex sice. ex parte.

Has. Sandy places in Cape Flats, Rietvalley and Duykervalley, and on moun-

tains near Cai Th 3 atoat i-

tubes, Poe.” Hak Tees CG ee oe

_ Distinguished from T. herbacea by the tender and smooth stem and leaves and

smaller flowers; from T. nigrescens by the same character and the style. (The two

specimens in herb. Thunberg belong to this, not to the preceding species. Sond.)

Tetragonia. } MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) | 463 —

5. T. nigrescens (E & Z.! 2117); root (rhizoma?) fusiform-oblong

or strumose-subbranched ; stem herbaceous, virgate-branched, procum-

bent and ascendent, fleshy, pruinose or papulose-hirsute, from the middle

flowerbearing ; lower leaves 4-1 inch long, 12 inch-4 lines wide, obo-

vate or oblong, rotundate, superior ones smaller, rhomboid-ovate or broad

ovoid, elliptic or oblong, attenuated in the petiole ; flowers axillary,

terminal pedicels 3—7, cymose-umbellate, filiform, 4-12 lines long ; lobes

of calyx ovate or oblong, 1-3 lines long ; stamens 15-25 ; styles 3-4

evidently shorter than the calyx ; fruit 4-winged.

Var. a: hirsuta; pedicels as well as the calyces dense papulose-hirsute.

Var. 8. hirta; pedicels and calyx papulose hairy. 7. heterophylla EB § Z./ 2119.

Var. y. pruinosa; pedicels and calyx beset with minute papulae. 7’. herbacea,

Fenzl. olim in herb. Drege N. 2932. a. “

Var. 5. maritima, Sond. ; branches very short ; leaves aggregated at top, obo-

vate, longish petiolate ; pedicels 3-3 inch long ; as well as the calyx beset with

minute papule ; fruit 4-winged, 2 wings larger.

Has. Sandy places near Grootepost, Zeyher ; var. 8. near Brackfontein, Clan-

william, E. ¢ Z./; near Grootepost and in Piquetbergen, 14000 ft. Zeyh. ! 715. a. ;

var. y. rocky mountain places near Kasparskloof, Drege ; var. 5. sea shore near Cape

Recief, Zeyher. 715. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Var. a. looks very like 7. herbacea, but differs by the fascicles of flowers, begin-

ning from the lower part or the middle of stem and branches. Var. y. has smaller

leaves (about 4 lines wide, lamina as long as the petiole), subsolitary pedicels, 2 or

3 styles, 4-5-locular ovarium and a suborbicular fruit about 4 lines long.

6. T. halimoides (Fenzl.) ; stems herbaceous, decumbent, branched,

papulose-hirsute, from the middle floriferous ; leaves 2-1 inch long, 9-3

lines wide, oblong or lanceolate, subacute, attenuated in the petiole, papu-

lose, when dry subleprose ; flowers axillary, flowering pedicels 13-5

lines, in fruit 6 12 lines long, terminal ones sometimes aggregate, sub-

hirsute; lobes of calyx ovate, 1-1} lin. long ; stamens very numerous ;

styles 3-5 ; fruit suborbicular, 10-16 lines long, deeply emarginate at

the apex, 4-winged, wings pergameous, smooth, often alternating with

tubercles or very minute wings. 7’. heterophylla, L$ Z. ! ex parte.

Has. On the Bergriver, Zwartland, and on Mount Paardeberg, F. § Z. ; Hex-

river, Tulbagh, Drege 7025. b. g- (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

It is dis eee from ae. of 7. nigrescens by the indument, lower solitary

flowers, and the large fruit.

7. T. chenopodioides (E & Z.! 2118); papulose, stem decumbent,

slender, branched from the base ; leaves subspathulate-elliptic or lan-

ceolate bluntish, more attenuated at the base than at the apex ; flowers

subsessile, at length very short pedicellate, disposed in an interrupted

leafy spike ; pedicels dense papulose ; calyx lobes yellowish, broad tri-

angular-ovate, acutish, 1 line long, tube 4-costate ; stamens 15-20 ;

styles 3-5, very long; fruit (probably) winged.

Has. near Saldanhabay, Z. § Z./ (Herd. Sd.)

It resembles small specimens of Chenopodium polyspermum. From 7. portulacot-

des and galenioides it differs by the slender stem, very minute, aggregate flowers,

short, only 2-4 lines long, fruit-bearing pedicels and very long styles.

8. T. galenioides (Fenzl.) ; papulose-hirsute, diffuse, branched ; leaves

elliptical acutish or obtuse, lower ones long-petiolate ; flowers glomerate,

464 | MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Tetragonia.

rarely subsolitary, very minute, yellow, hirsute, at the top of the branch-

lets fasciculate or spicate ; calyx mostly 4-parted, lobes linear ; stamens

5-8 ; styles 1; fruit sessile, monospermous, orbicular, 3-5 lines long,

4-winged, wings alternating with 4 acute triquetrous tubercles.

Has. Rocky places, Uienvallei, Onderbokkeveld and between Boschkloof and

Honigvallei, near Mount Blauwberg, 2500-3000 ft., Drege 7034. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

In habit it comes near 7. erystallina, stems 4-1 foot, much branched. Larger

leaves often 3 inches, the uppermost only 3-4 lines long, lanceolate. Flowers about

1-1} lines long. Fruit when dry, cribose-punctate with papulae.

9. T. hirsuta (Linn. fil. Suppl. 258); suffruticose, prostrate; flori-

ferous branches erect, hirsute ; leaves elliptical, oblong or lanceolate,

and attenuated at the base, petiolate, on the margins or on both sides

hirsute or denudate and papulose ; flowers axillary, 3-5 laxly glomerate

on short pedicels, forming a leafy or leafless interrupted raceme ; calyx

4-6 lines long, lobes oval or oblong, mostly hirsute; stamens very

numerous ; style deeply 3—5-parted ; fruit 4~winged, q-locular. Thund.!/

Jl. cap. 408,

Var. a. hirsutissima ; the whole plant densely hirsute by long, simple, horizon-—

tal, when dry, pellucid-paleaceous hairs. 7’. hirsuta, Haw. Misc. 119. DO. l.c.

_ Var. B. denudata; leaves denudate, papulose, lobes of calyx subglabrous, but at

the top and on the tube hirsute.

Has. Sandy hills in Zwartland near Olifantsriver, etc., Thunb. Zeyh. 713 ; Brack-

fontein and Heerenlogement, FE. § Z./ Pappe. ; Cederbergen, Langevallei and Berg-

vallei, Drege, 7024. 7025. 7032. 7052. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Branches at length woody, branchlets 3-12 inches, sometimes fasciculate.

Leaves acute or obtuse or rotundate, 1-3} inches long ; hairs often 1 line long.

Styles always connate at the base. Wings of the fruit according to Thunberg’s

description, crispate, villous. (Fruit in Thunberg’s herbarium orbicular, 1 inch

long and broad, beset with scattered hairs; the 4 wings large, membranaceous,

shining, veined, in the dry state somewhat undulated, 4-locular. Sond.)

10, T. decumbens (Mill. Dict. n. 2); suffrutescent, decumbent,

branches woody at the base, annual ones elongate, simple or with

short branchlets at the base, rough from papule ; leaves broad-ovate,

cuneate, subsessile, or ovate, rhomboid-ovate or oblong, attenuated in a

short, broad petiole, superior ones spathulate-oblong, flat ; flowers

axillary, 3—5, aggregated, on unequal pedicels, disposed in a very long,

interrupted-leafy raceme ; leafy bracts ovate or spathulate ; fruit 6-9

lines long, suborbicular, 4-5-winged, papulose-leprose, wings often al-

ternate with tubercles.

Var. a. obovata; leaves mostly obovate, subsessile or sessile, larger ones more

than 2 inches long and often 1 inch wide. 7. obovata, Haw. Rev. 73. DO. l. c-

E. & Z. | 2126. « .

Var. 8. ovalifolia; leaves mostly oval or rhomboid-obovate, 4-14 inch long, 4-6

PL crak net s, Mill. Ic. t. 263. f. 1. Haw. Misc. 121. DC. Ul. ¢. var. ¥-

Var. +. oblongifolia; lower lea: - sole. 7.

decumbens, Krauss. ees Aes long, attenuated in a petiole

Has. Sandy places, Table Bay and Zwartkopftiver, £. G Z.! Drege. 7033 ; var. B.

Table Bay and Simons Bay, . Pappe, C. Wright ; var. y. Zwartevalley, George,

Kraus. ; Zwartko ; ver, Zeyh. 2631. (Herb. Vind. D. $d.)

: -triennial, 1-1} | high, primary branches as thick as a goose’s quill, with or

without axillary fasciculate branchlets, leaves broadly-petiolate, rotundate.

Tetragowia. | MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) 465

11. T. Zeyheri (Kenzl.); suffruticose, decumbent, much branched,

rough from large papule ; primary branches elongate, thick, flexuose,

secondary numerous, approximate, leafy, often fasciculate-branched ;

leaves oblong or lanceolate, obtuse, attenuated at the base, sessile, with re-

volute or reflexed margins, when young linear ; flowers axillary, 1-3

aggregate, disposed in a mostly leafy raceme, interrupted below, but

dense above ; leafy bracts sublinear, generally as long as the flowers ;

fruit 6-9 lines long, suborbicular, papulose-leprose, 4—5-winged, wings

coriaceous-woody, often alternate with small or obsolete tubercles.

T. tetrapteris, L. § Z.! 2125, non Haw. Aizoon perfoliatum, Thunb. !

Fl. Cap. 411.

- Has. Sandy hills near Rietvalley, Thunb. E. & Z.! (Herb. Thunb. Jacq. Sd.)

Nearly allied to 7. decumbens, and only distinguished by a higher, more woody

stem, with numerous, very leafy branches, oblong, cuneate leaves, with revolute

margins. Primary branches thicker than a goose’s quill, angulate. Larger leaves

12-15 lines long, 5-7 lines wide, upper ones 2-3 times smaller. Pedicels 6 lines,

upper ones 3-1 line long. (In herb. Thunb. is only a single branch, but it agrees

pretty well with the specimens collected by Zeyher. Sond.)

12, T. verrucosa (Fenzl.) ; suffruticose, erect, papulose-crystalline ;

branches thick, rigid, at length woody ; lower leaves mostly ovate-

oblong, the rest oblong, lanceolate or linear, obtuse ; petioles long-per-

sistent, winged ; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, remote ; lobes of calyx

broad-ovate, very blunt ; stamens very numerous ; fruit sessile, orbi-

cular, 1 inch long, 3-locular, 3-winged, wings dotted, alternate with 3

triangular tubercles.

Var. a. latifolia; leafy bracts oblong or lanceolate.

Var. 8. angustifolia; superior leaves as well as the leafy bracts broadly linear,

with revolute margins.

Has. Karrolike-hills, near Ebenezer, Clanwilliam, Drege, 7031. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Subshrub }-1 foot, woody at the base, branches subtortuous, with a spo:

pith, as thick as a pigeon’s quill. Leaves 1-14inch long, very fleshy. Calyx wi

3-4 lobes,

13. T. spicata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 258) ; suffruticose, branched at the

decumbent base; branches ascendent or erect, virgate, papulose, gla-

brous or puberous ; leaves pruinose, petiolate, ovate, oblong or lanceo-

late, obtuse, acute or acuminate, rotundate or rhomboid at the base,

flat, upper ones subsessile, linear with revolute margins ; flowers axil-

lary, 3-7 aggregated, at length longish-pedicellate, disposed in a very

long, interrupted, leafy raceme ; lobes of calyx ovate, acutish; fruit 4-

winged, twrbinate, broader than long, retuse at the apex, acutely keeled

between the smooth wings.

tifolia; branches and branchlets mostly elongate, upper leaves ovate or

pee on - racemes mostly elongate, interrupted. 7. Tensile E. § Z.1 2141.

non Mill. Zeyh. 2629.

. ; branchlets numerous, more abbreviate and fasciculate ;

ion Se sessile, 0 long or lanceolate ; racemes often dense-

oewad 2 T. spicata, L. Thunb, ! Cap. 409, E.& Z./ 2122. 1. tetrapteris, Haw.

Mise. 121? nie node. etal his wae 2a

Has. Fields near Zwartkopsriver, at ebosh and Saldanha-bay,

E, § Z.! Howison’s Poort, &. Hutton ; Groenriver, Drege, 2931. Var. B. Zwart-:

VOL. I. ge

466 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [ Tetragonia.

kopsriver and Kenkoriver, Z. § Z./ Paarl and Pardeberg, Drege, 7043, 7046, 7047 ;

Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.)

A very polymorphous species —the var. a. nearly allied to 7. decumbens, var. B. to

T. fruticosa. It differs from the first by a more shrubby habit, ovate or ovate-oblong,

small petiolate leaves ; from 7. fruticosa by the abrupt petiolate leaves, with rotun-

date base, and by the twice smaller fruit. Primary flowering branches 3-12 inches

long. Larger leaves 1-2 inches long, 4-9 lines wide. The fascicles of flowers often

somewhat compound. Flowers very often hermaphrodite-monecious, pedicels of

the sterile flowers 2-3 lines, of the fertile flowers 4-7 lines long, as well as the calyx

often densely papulose-puberulous. Stamens very numerous. Styles 2-4, in the

sterile flower mostly 1. Fruit 3—5 lines long, 4-6 lines wide.

14, T. fruticosa (Linn, Spec. 687) ; suffruticose, erect or ascending,

much branched, branches virgate, branchlets fasciculate ; leaves sessile

or subsessile, lanceolate or linear, obtuse, attenuated at the base, with

more or less revolute margins, papulose ; flowers axillary, yellow, 2-5

aggregated, pedicellate, disposed in an elongated bracteolate or leafless

raceme ; pedicels 2-8 lines long as well as the calyx papulose or prui-

nose subhirsute ; lobes of calyx broad, ovate, very blunt ; fruit 14 inch

‘or larger, obovate, 4-winged, 3-4-locular ; wings very large, membrana-

— papulose, alternate with four long tubercles. Thunb.! Fl. Cap.

408,

Var. a. lanceolata; leaves much attenuated at the base, subsessile, a few revolute.

at the margins, larger ones lanceolate or broad-linear. 1’. fruticosa, DC. 1. c. Comm.

Hort. Amst. IT. t. 103. Zeyher, 2628 a.

Van. 8. linearis ; leaves sessile, with revolute or conduplicate-revolute margins.

T. linearis, Haw. Rev. 73? DC.1.¢. T. fruticosa, E. § Z.! 2124. Mill. ge. t. 263.

f. 2. Zeyh. 2630. Herb. Un. itin. n. 789.

Has. Hills near Zwartkopsriver and Zondagsriver, Z. § Z. / Olifantsriver, Drege,

ia oa? 0 — B. et en te erg the eas of Zwellendam,

3 : in es = , a .

(Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sa) Scout tts et at hd

A large under-shrub woody at the base. Flowering branches 4-1} foot high.

Leaves 4-14 inch long and }-~3 lines wide. It differs from 7’. spicata and its varieties

by the very large fruit and the leaves not rounded at the base, but gradually attenu-

ated in a short petiole, or perfectly sessile.

15. T. psiloptera (Fenzl.) ; herbaceous but suffruticose at the base,

erect ; leaves carnose, sessile, lanceolate, acutish, attenuate at the base;

leafy bracts linear, with subrevolute margins ; flowers axillary, ternate

or 5-nate, subracemose ; pedicels 14-24 lines long, densely papulose ;

lobes of calyx linear, bluntish ; stamens 10-15 ; style 1; fruit orbicular,

4-6 lines long, 4-winged, very smooth; tubercles none.

Has. Mount Giftberg, Clanwilliam, 1500-2000 ft. - Od.

4-1 foot high, with the habit of 7° ara ‘eae ar tee ak Craver

quill, The fascicles of flowers form often minute racemes. Lobes of calyx

14-2§ lines long.

16. T. calycina (Fenzl.) ; suffruticose, diffuse, much branched, prui-

nose-papulose ; flowering branches undivided ; leaves carnose, lanceo-

late or linear-lanceolate, acutish, attenuated in a distinct petiole, i

revolute ; flowers axillary, solitary or geminate, disposed in a

nearly leafless raceme ; pedicels 1 inch or shorter ; lobes of calyx linear,

Tetragonia. | MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 467

bluntish, 2-24 lines long; stamens very numerous; fruit 8-to lines

long, suborbicular, with four large wings, not costate, 3-4 locular.

Has. Cape, Drege, 7059. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Decumbent subshrub ; annual branches as large as a raven’s quill. Leaves 1 inch

or shorter, 24-1 line wide, scattered, with a few fascicles in the axils. From 7’.

fruticosa it is distinguished by the distinctly petiolate leaves and linear not broadly

ovate calyx segments.

17. T. distorta (Fenzl.) ; frutescent, much branched, squarrose-dis-

tort, nearly smooth; leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate or linear, bluntish,

conduplicate-revolute, papulose-pruinose ; flowers axillary, 2-3-nate, or

solitary ; pedicels 24-4 lines long; lobes of the pruinose calyx ovate,

bluntish, 1-14 line long ; stamens 12-15 ; style 1, filiform, elongate,

arcuate ; fruit papulose-pruinose, at length very smooth, 8—10 lines

long, orbicular, unilocular, with four wings and another four alternate

small ones on triangular tubercles.

Has. Between Ebenezer and Giftberg, near Olifantsriver, Clanwilliam, and in

Little Namaqualand, Drege, 7044. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

A small, stiff shrub, very squarrose, in habit nearer to the following than to the

preceding. ‘Leaves generally 6 lines long, 1 line wide or narrower.

18. T. arbuscula (Fenzl.); suffruticose, much branched, glabrous ;

branches diffuse, woody, virgate ; branchlets abbreviate, leafy ; leaves

ovate-oblong, lanceolate or linear, obtuse, attenuated in a short petiole,

flat, not revolute at the margins ; flowers 2-3, pedicellate in the axils

of the leaves, disposed in a long leafy raceme ; lobes of calyx broad-

ovate, very blunt ; stamens 20-30; styles 2-3, a little longer than the

calyx ; fruit 4 inch, shining, obovate-orbicular, 2-3-locular, with 3 or 4

wings and 4 alternate, obsolete coste.

Van. a. linearis ; leaves linear or lanceolate, 4-10 lines long, 4-2 lines wide ;

pedicels of flowers 24-4 lines long.

Var. 8. latifolia; leaves obovate-oblong, 4-10 lines long, 2-4 lines wide, upper-

most lanceolate ; pedicels of flowers 1-3 lines long. :

Has. Sneeuwbergen, and near Steelkloof, 4-5000 ft. Drege, 659, 7036, 7040 ;

Gamkariver, Burke and Zeyher, 712. Var. 8. Gamkariver, Drege, 7048. (Herb.

Vind. D. Sd.) :

Leaves 4-10 lines long. Calyx-lobes mostly 14 line long. Allied to 7. fruti-

cosa ; differs by the woody branches and branchlets, smaller flowers and fruit, and

more exserted styles.

19. T. robusta (Fenzl.) ; frutescent, erect, much branched ; branches

very straight, virgate, branchlets many-leaved, papulose-pruinose ; leaves

crowded, sessile, ovate, oblong or sublinear, obtuse, with revolute or eon-

duplicate margins ; flowers very numerous, solitary or 3—5-nate, pedi-

cellate, in the axils of the leaves disposed in a longish raceme, yellow,

minute, hermaphrodite-moneecious ; lobes of the 3-4-parted calyx

ovate, fertile 4-6-androus, 2-4-gynous, sterile 8-12-androus, 1-gynous, -

or by abortion of the ovary male; anthers oval, not linear; fruit orbi-

cular, 6-8 lines long, 2~4-locular, 3-4-winged, very smooth, and with-

out costae. 7 ;

Has. Namaqualand, between Koussie-river and Zilverfontein, 2000 ft. Drege, 7041.

A. Wyley. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

30*

468 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Tetragonia.

-- Distinct from 7. fruticosa by the minute, very short pedicelled, 4-12-androus

flowers and ovate anthers, Shrub about 1} foot high. Leaves 1 inch or shorter,

1-2 lines wide. Pedicels 14-1 line long. Lobes of calyx acute or obtuse, yellow,

1-13 line long. :

20. T. sarcophylla (Fenzl.) ; frutescent, much branched, erect, pa-

pulose-canous ; branches rigid, thickish, many-leaved ; leaves } inch or

smaller, carnose, obovate, obovate-oblong or oblong-linear, gradually

attenuated at the base, subpetiolate, with revolute margins ; flowers

axillary, 1-5-nate, very short-pedicelled, forming a spike at the top of

the branches, hermaphrodite-moncecious, lower ones 5—8-androus, 2—3-

gynous, superior ones sterile, larger, 12-20-androus, 1-gynous or only

male ; lobes of the 4-fid calyx oval, rotwndate ; anthers linear ; fruit

(probably) winged.

Var. 8. glabrata, Sond. ; branches minutely papulose ; leaves glabrate, obovate,

cuneate, petiole 1-3 lines long, dilated at the base ; flowers short-pedicellate, axil-

lary ; stamens nearly 15 ; ovary papulose, 3-4-locular ; style 3 or t ; fruit 3-4-

winged, cuneate at the base, peau oo ws the apex ; wings membranaceous, alter-

nate with 3 or 4 often obsolete tu

Has. Stony places of Mount Kendo, in Groote Zwartebergen, 3-4000 ft. Drege,

8018 ; var. 8. Springbokkeel, Zeyher, 714. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Subshrub erect, 4-1 foot high, very rigid, i branches as thick as a goose-

quill. Pedicels and calyx-lobes nearly 1 line long. Stem leaves more than 4 lines

long. In var. 8. the lower leaves 8-10 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, the calyx rarely

§-parted, lobes ovate or oval, the fruit about 4—6 lines long and broad.

21. T. glauca (Fenzl.) ; suffruticose, much branched, erect ? glaucous,

branches virgate, elongate, rather straight, subherbaceous ; leaves sub-

sessile, lanceolate, bluntish or acute, flat, with subrevolute margins, the

uppermost linear ; flowers axillary, 3-6-nate, long pedicellate, disposed

in a lax, interrupted, sometimes subcompound spike, near the apex

leafless ; lobes of calyx ovate, acutish; stamens very numerous ; fruit

-2—3-locular, elliptic, 4-winged, wings alternate with four obsolete coste.

T. linearis, E. & Z.! 2133. excl. specim. circa Zwellendam lectis ad 7’. salig-

nam spectantibus,

Has. Karrolike-hills, between Gauritzriver and Langekloof, dist. George, F. ¢ Z./

_Drege, 7030. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Branches 4-1 foot or longer, very smooth, glaucous or whitish. ‘Leaves 1-24

inches long, 3-6 lines wide. Pedicels 24-10 lines long, capillary. Common axil-

sl peduncle 1-6 lines long. Calyx-lobes 1-14 line long. Fruit (unripe) 4 lines

ng.

22, T. Haworthii (Fenzl.); suffruticose, branches ascendent or erect,

angular, obsoletely papulose ; leaves very short, petiolate, lanceolate,

elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, carnose, subpapulose, with subdeflexed

margins ; flowers axillary, small, 2-3-nate, on short, unequal pedicels ;

lobes of the 4-parted calyx rotundate-ovate ; stamens very numerous ;

styles 3-43 fruit subglobose, 3-4-locwlar, not winged, with 7-8 very

blunt angles. 7. fruticosa, Haw, Misc. 120 (excl. omnibus Syn. ad 1’.

fruticosam, L. spect.)

Has. Cape of Good Hope. Haworth.

Perhaps only a 3~4-gynous form of the following.

A izoon. | 3 MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 469

23. T. saligna (Fenzl.); suffruticose, decumbent, divaricately branched;

branches ascendent, virgate, greyish, smooth ; leaves subfleshy, distant,

short, petiolate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 1-2 inches long, with

subrevolute margins, minutely papulose, upper ones sessile, linear, ob-

tuse ; flowers 3-8 axillary, glomerate, sessile or subsessile, glomeruli

(clusters ?) disposed along the branches ; calyx-lobes ovate-roundish ,

stamens very numerous ; style 1, rarely 2, filiform ; fruit subglobose,

24-3 lines long, 1-locular, 8-angulate, angles obtuse or acutish. T.

linearis, FE. & Z.! 2123, partim.

Has. Karrolike-hills, near the River Zonderende and Breederiver, Zwellendam,

E. § Z,! Zwartebeestkraal, between Olifantsriver and Bergriver, Clanwilliam, Drege,

7037. (Herb, Vind. Sd.)

Subshrub 1-2 feet or higher, with the aspect of Atriplex angustifolia ; pri

branches nearly as thick as a goose-quill. Larger leaves 2-4 lines, small ones 15

line wide. Pedicels 4-1 line long. Lobes of calyx 3-1 line long.

Ii AIZOON, L.

Calyx 5-parted, coloured and petaloid within. Petals none. Stamens

about 20, inserted at the bottom of the calyx, and disposed in 3-5 tufts.

Ovary free, 5-angled, 5-celled ; cells with 2 or many ovules, Styles or

stigmas 5. Capsule 5-celled, dehiscing at the apex in a stellate manner ;

cells 2-10-seeded. Seeds pyriform or subreniform, brown, shining,

striate. DC. l. c. 3,p. 453. Endl. Gen. 5165. Fenzl. l. c. 288.

Humble herbs or subshrubs. Leaves fleshy, quite entire. Flowers sessile in the

axils of the leaves or forks of the stems, rarely pedicellate. Name from ae, always,

and (wos, alive.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves alternate.

Stem villous ; leaves obtuse, pubescent ... --- + (1) Canariense,

Stem hirsute ; leaves acute or mucronate, hihite eos OS glinoides.

Stem canous-tomentose ; leaves glaucous-tomentose .. ... «.- (4) rigidum.

Stem and leaves papulose ... --. eee eee teeter tert (2) galenioides, ~

Leaves opposite. :

Stem cppcean tases as well as the ovate leaves ... ... ... (5) Zeyheri.

Stem not sarmentose, as well as the lanceolate or spathulate J

Stem sarmentose, as well aa the linear-subulate leaves glabrous

on adey i ye = wes ae ae (7) sarmentosum.

1. A. Canariense (Linn. Spec. 709); stems herbaceous, procumbent,

much branched, villous ; leaves alternate obovate-cunciform, petiolate,

pubescent ; flowers sessile, subadnate at the origin of the branches ;

stigmas 5, thick. DC. Pl. Grass. t. 136. Glinus crystallinus, Forsk.

Descript. 95. t. 14.’ Veslingia cauliflora, Meench.

Var. f. denudata, Sond. ; stem and leaves subglabrous ; leaves long-petiolate,

punctate, ciliate. A. spathulatum, E. § Z.! 2128.

Has. Fields near Bitterfontyn, Zeyh. 718 ; var. B. sandy places near Brackfontyn,

Stem or primary branches 4 foot long. Leaves 3-1 inch, spathulate, obtuse, at-

tenuated in a petiole nearly as long or longer than the lamina, Calyx 5-angled,

lobes 1 line long or longer. Capsule much depressed.

2. A. galenioides (Fenzl. in herb, Drege) ; stems herbaceous, ascen-

470 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) ' [Aizoon.

dent-erect, as well as the leaves and calyces densely beset with papule ;

leaves alternate or subopposite, spathulate-oblong, cuneate or shortly

petiolate ; flowers axillary, sessile ; styles 5, as long as the calyx.

Has. South Africa, Drege, 7060. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

_ Nearly 4 foot high, glittermg from papule. Branches terete, primary opposite,

upper ones alternate. Leaves $-1 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, much smaller in the

branchlets, 3-4 lines long, 1 line wide. Flowers 1 line long, lobes ovate, acute.

Capsule 5-angled, twice smaller than in A. Canariense.

3. A. glinoides (Linn. fil. Suppl. 261) ; stems herbaceous, elongate,

procumbent, as well as the leaves and calyces hirsute with long white

hairs; leaves alternate, obovate, mucronate or acute, petiolate ; flowers

axillary, sessile ; lobes of the calyx ovate-acuminate ; styles § short.

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 410. A. hirsutum, E. § Z.! 2130. Fenzl. ! in herb

Drege, Zeyher, 2632.

‘Has. Karrolike places near Zwartkopsriver, Onaggasvlakt, Grahamstown, Koega-

river, E. § Z.! Col. Bolton, Drege, Krauss. T. Williamson, and near Port Natal,

Drege. AprilSept. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Stem 1-2 feet long, subflexuose, terete. Ultimate branches short, Leaves about

1 inch long, 4-8 lines wide, on the branches smaller, attenuated in the short petiole.

Lobes of the spreading calyx 2 lines long, white or yellowish-white, and glabrous

above. Stamens very numerous, shorter than the calyx-lobes. Capsule when ripe

much depressed in the middle, 5-angled, papulose, 3 lines in diameter,

4. A. rigidum (Linn. fil. Suppl. 261) ; stem suffrutescent, as well as

the alternate branches canous-tomentose; leaves alternate, flat, obovate-

acute, attenuated in a short petiole, covered with appressed, glaucous

tomentum ; flowers axillary, sessile, canescent ; lobes of the calyx ovate-

lanceolate; styles 5, filiform. Zhunb./ Fl. Cap. 409. EB. & Z./ 2127.

Zeyh. 2634 a.

Var. 8, angustifolia, Sd. ; leaves oblong-spathulate, acute or acuminate, covered

with white, subsilky tomentum. A, argentewm, E. § Z./ 2129. A. sericeum, Fenzl.

in herb. Drege, Zeyh. 2634 ¢. —

Has. Karrolike-hills near Zoutriver, Caledon, Gauritzriver, Swellendam, and be-

tween Uitenhage and Graafreynet ; var. 8. on the sea shore, near Seaview, Cape

Recief. Oct.—February. (Herb, Thunb, Vind. D. Sd.)

. Stem 4-1 foot or longer, with appremned. rarely a little spreading tomentum ;

branches terete, spreading. Leaves lines long, 2~24 lines wide, in some i-

mens about 1 inch long, 5 lines broad, upper ones often crowded and always smaller ;

in var B. 1-2 lines broad, and usually more acuminate at the apex. Flowers secun-

date, a little smaller than in A. glinoides, tube often with spreading tomentum, lobes

2% lines long, aj -tomentose. Stamens aa 8 -angl ul

Ana mecicg

5. A. Zeyheri (Sond.); suffruticose ; branches alternate, short, as

well as the leaves and calyces covered with appressed, white hairs ;

leaves opposite, very short-petiolate, ovate, acutish, concave above, obtusely-

keeled beneath ; flowers axillary, sessile; calyx-lobes ovate, acuminate ;

styles 5, filiform ; cells of the capsule 2-seeded.

A small procumbent shrub, with woody, erect, short, divided branches. Branch-

lets about 1-2 inches long ; internodes as long or shorter than the obtusely carinate

white leaves. Petiole 4-1 line, leaves or lamina 2-2} lines long, 2 lines wide.

Flowers 1 line long, smaller than in all the other species. Capsule papulose, scarcely

5-angled, depressed in the middle. Seeds 10, blackish, agreeing in size with those

f A. rigidum. ‘

BEN he Baahabioe - Tose F17 Chale Sends)

Acrosanthes.] MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond. ) 471

6. A. paniculatum (Linn. Spec. 700); stem herbaceous, decumbent

or erectish, tomentose, branched ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate,

lanceolate or subspathulate, acute, attenuated at the base, tomentose ;

flowers sessile, peduncles trichotomous, panicled. Thunb. / £1. Cap.

410. E.& Z./ 2141. A. tomentosum, Lam. Enc. Meth. 3. 418.

. Has. Sandy places in the Cape Flats, near Saldanhabay, Simonsbay. Aug-Oct.

(Herb, Thunb., Vind., D., Sd.)

From several inches to 1 foot or more high, greyish, tomentose. Branches alter-

nate or opposite. Lower leaves 2 inches long, 2-3 lines wide, upper ones about 1 Polax i.

inch long, 1-2 lines broad or smaller. Panicle terminal, few or many flowered. Qyisk 214 al

Flowers with 2 leafy bracts, sessile, or the lateral short-pedunculate. Calyx-lobes 9| 3, sf

5, rarely 4, appressed-hairy on the outside, glabrous and pale-yellowish on the in- tb:

side, 2-3 lines long. Stamens 15 or more. Styles 5, filiform, Capsule 5-angled

depressed. It varies with rose-coloured and with larger flowers.

7. A. sarmentosum (Linn. fil. Suppl. 260) ; stems suffruticose, dif- 0 ee

fuse, sarmentose, glabrous ; branches subfiliform, appressed-villous to- Lot

wards the apex ; leaves opposite, linear-subulate, rather connate ; flowers 5 TKS :

3 or ternately-panicled on the top of the branches, with 2 longer leafy

bracts. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 416. Burm. Afr.t.26.f.2. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 11.

E.& Z.l 2140. Zeyher 721. A, stellatum, Lam. l.c. Mesembryanth. heaa-

phylum, Haw. Rev. 168, ex syn. Burm.

Van. A. strigosum (E. & Z, ! 1. c.) ; stems, branches and calyces strigose-scabrous.

Var. y. hirsutum (E. Z.! 1. ¢.) branches and calyces hirsute with long spread-

ing hairs.

Has. Mountains near Capetown and in the Cape Flats. Var. 8. Zwarteberg,

Caledon, E. § Z.! eres Drege! Var. y. hills near the cataract of Tulbagh,

E. ¢ Z.1 Pappe ; Nieuwekloof, Drege | July-Nov. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., D., Sd.)

Stems many from the root, 4-1 foot, often rooting. Branches alternate or oppo-

site. Leaves subfiliform and flat above, acute, f, inch long. Flowers rarely

solitary or geminate, usually ternate or ternately-compound, the intermediate sessile.

Calyx. stellate, appressed-villous on the outside, glabrous and white inside, ovate-

lanceolate, or lanceolate, 3-4 lines long. Stamens more than 20, twice shorter

than the calyx, equalling the 5 filiform styles. Capsule shorter than the calyx, ob-

tusely 5-angled, depressed-globose, many seeded. Var. 7 is usually more robust

and erect, stem more woody and rarely sarmentose, with glabrous or pilose leaves,

but is united by var. 8. with the typical form.

“ty IV. ACROSANTHES, KE. & Z.

Calyx 5-parted, tube short, infundibuliform, lobes subfleshy, keeled,

coloured on the inside, acuminate, erect. Petals wanting. Stamens

10-40, 2-seriate and in many parcels on the top of the calyx-tube, the

exterior longer, alternate with the calyx-lobes ; filaments capillary ;

anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled, 2-ovulate, Stigmas 2, filiform. Cap-

sule subglobose, included in the persistent calyx, 1-celled, 2-valved,

Seeds 1-2, affixed at the base, globose-reniform, lacunose-tuberculate,

estrophiolate. H. § 2. / Enum. 328. Fenzl. 1. c, Endl. gen. 5191. Tri-

anthema spec. Thunb. !

Decumbent, dichotomous. quite glabrous subshrubs. Leaves subconnate, oppo-

site or by abortion of branchlets in fours. Flowers axillary, or in the forks, solitary,

pedunculate. Name from axpos, the summit, and avyOos a flower.

472 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [A crosanthes.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Flowers subsessile : :

Leaves lanceolate or nearly so ; stamens 9-10 .-. (2) humifasa,

Flowers on peduncles, longer than the calyx :

Leaves oblong, acute or sublanceolate; stamens

17-23 EP SRC SS SSS eS ae ee eae: (1) anceps. ws

Leaves linear-lanceolate ; stamens11-21.... ... ... (3) angustifolia, _

Leayes terete, filiform ; stamens 28-40 ... ... ... (4) teretifolia.

1. A. anceps (Sond.) ; stem procumbent ; branches terete, fistulose ;

leaves flat, opposite or 4-6 verticillate, oblong, acute at both ends, or

sublanceolate; flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels rather longer than the

calyx ; lobes of the ovoid calyx subequal, ovate, mucronulate ; stamens

17-23. Trianthema anceps. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 390. Acros. fistulosa,

£. & Z.! 2146,

_ Has. Sandy hills near Heerelogement, Clanwilliam, E.G Z./ Drege / Tulbaghs-

kloof, Zeyher! Oct. Herb. Thunb., Sd.)

Branches often 1-2 feet, woody, branchlets spreading. Leayes 4-10 lines long,

13-3 lines wide, very patent, when va Bo ie papulose at the margins. Pedicels

2-edged, at length recurved. Calyx tube short, longer lobes 2-24 lines long.

2. A. humifusa (Sond.) ; prostrate, tufted; branches short ; leaves

flat, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate, lanceolate-linear, attenuated at the base,

mucronulate, those of the short branches imbricate-aggregated, of the

longer branches distant ; flowers axilla , subsessile ; exterior calyx-

lobes larger, lanceolate ; stamens 9-10. Trianthema humifusa, Thunb.!

#1. Cap. 389. Acros. decandra, Fenzl. l. c, 270. Didaste pentandra, E.

Meyer!

Has. High plains of the Cederbergen, Clanwilliam, 3500—4000f. Drege! Koude

Bokkeveldt and Hexriver, Thunberg, Jan. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.)

Branchlets 1-2 inches long. Leaves spreading, 2-4 lines long, 4-1 line wide.

Internodes in the sterile branches 3-6 lines long. Flowers sometimes very shortly

pedicellate, yellowish-green, but purplish above the middle. Calyx-lobes keeled,

mucronate. Filaments purple. Very like the following, and only distinguished by

the subsessile flowers and fewer stamens.

3. A. angustifolia (E. & Z.! 2147); decumbent, branches diffuse,

elongated ; leaves opposite, verticillate, Lanceolate-linear or linear, cus-

pidate, with denticulate-scabrous margins ; flowers axillary ; pedicels

twice longer than the calyx ; exterior lobes of the calyx longer ; stamens

11-21. Didaste decandra, BE. Meyer!

Van. a. do-decandra (Fenzl.) ; stamens 11-14 ; leaves of the branchlets approxi-

mate, longer than the internodes,

Van. 8. icosandra (Fenzl.); stamens 16-21 ; leaves of the branchlets distant,

as long as the internodes.

Has. Var. a. rocks on Piquetberg, Clanwilliam, 15—2000f., Drege ; var. B. near

the cataract of Tulbagh, Z. ¢ Z. ! Witsenberg, Zeyher/ 721, Nov.-Dec. (Herb.

spreading, a little keeled, mucronate. Flowers yellowi icels 2 . Calyx

in flower campanulate, 2 lines long, in fruit 3 tis sags sien Keoleds purplish-

sphacelate at the apex, white above. Capsule I-2-seeded, 4 shorter than the calyx.

Galenia. | MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 473

4. A. teretifolia (E. & Z.! 2148) ; procumbent ; branches diffuse or

ascending, lax or rigid, virgate, nearly terete ; leaves opposite, or 4—5

verticillate, terete-filiform, acutish, sphacelate-mucronate ; flowers axil-

lary, or in the forks solitary, pedicellate ; lobes of the calyx ovate ;

stamens 28-40. Didaste icosandra, EZ. Meyer !

Has. Stony places, Mount Zwarteberg, Caledon ; near Tulbagh, Worcester,

E. § Z./ Mount Paarlberg, 1500-2000f., Drege! Nov.-Dec. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Habit of the preceding. Root thick, 3-4 inches long. Stems many, 6-10 inches

long ; branches short. Leaves }—1 inch long, } line broad. Flowers as long as the

pedicels or twice shorter, 14-2} lines long. Calyx-lobes nearly twice longer than

the turbinate tube. Capsule a little shorter than the calyx.

o-| -_-V. DIPLOCHONIUM, Fenzl.

Calyx 5-parted, tube infundibuliform, lobes petaloid-membranaceous,

Petals none. Stamens 40-70, inserted (not in sets) on the top of the

calyx tube. Anthers didymous, ellipsoid, versatile. Ovary free, 2-celled,

Cells many-ovulate. Styles 2, filiform. Capsule ellipsoid-oblong, 2-celled,

transversely dehiscent in the middle, operele obtusely conical ; the

epicarpium of the lower segment separating from the endocarpium,

Seeds subreniform, blackish, smooth, shining, with a large hilum.

Fenzl. in Endl. nov. stirp. decad. n. 65. Endl. Gen. 5169.

A fleshy, papulose, dichotomous herb. Leaves opposite, fleshy, quite entire, flat,

obovate and elliptical, attenuated at the base, with revolute margins. Flowers ses-

sile in the forks of the branches, the uppermost axillary. Name from d:r)oos,

double, and xovos, a beaker ; in reference to the separation of the endocarpium

from the persistent-epicarpium. ,

1. D. sesuvioides (Fenzl. 1. c,)

Has. Rocky places on the Garip, Drege/ Namaqualand, A, Wyley! (Herb,

Vind., D., Sd. : :

Herb vlobcly prostrate, with the habit of Seswriwm Portulacastrum, glabrous,

beset with dispersed, often whitish granules ; branches terete, as thick as a raven’s

quill. Leaves acute or obtuse, about 1 inch long, 3-4 lines wide, the upper ones

smaller. Flowers 6 lines long, tube 2 lines long, lobes much spreading, 4 lines long,

ovate, mucronate, petaloid, herbaceous in the middle. Stamens somewhat shorter

than the calyx,

* -i® VI. GALENIA, L.

or «-parted, coloured within. Petals none. Stamens 8 or

oa i 5 oe alternate with the sepals, of unequal length (a long

and short stamen in the axil of each sepal); anthers versatile, didy-

mous, cells turgid, longitudinally dehiscing. Ovary free, 2-5-celled, by

abortion often 1-celled ; cells 1-ovulate. Styles or stigmas 2-5. Cap-

sule 2-5 celled, by abortion sometimes 1-celled, 3—5-sulcate or 2-edged,

dehiscent, or, if unilocular, indehiscent. Seeds solitary, pyriform or

subreniform, brown, shining, striate, affixed to long funiculi, rising

from the base of the cell ; radicle superior, next the hilum ; embryo

on the outside of a farinaceous albumen, slightly curved. Harv. Gen.

p, 123. Fend. lc, Kolleria, Aizoonis species, and Sialoides, E. & Z.!

tat oe ch branched planta, with alternate OF opposite,

ticose, mu wi a

dapie salma? saute satire leaves and minute, axillary, sessile, rarely subpedicel

Inte Aewers, Named after Claudius Galenus, a Roman naturalist.

474 MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) [Galenia.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Subgenus I. Kolleria. Calyx 4-5-parted. Ovary mostly 3-5-celled. Styles

3-5. Flowers cymoso-spicate. (Sp. 1-9.)

Decumbent or prostrate perennial herbs or suffrutices :

Villous and hirsute with white hairs, in all parts (1) secunda.

Clothed with diaphanous, hairlike scales : :

Upper and lower leaves of similar form, obo-

sent ee ee ae (4) sarcophylla.

wer leaves oblong-spa 3 upper linear-

Bpeules as ie. ee eee oe (8) portulacen,

Clothed with appressed, rounded papille ... ... (6) papulosa.

Appressedly hairy ; lvs. obovate or spathulate ; cal.

5-parted ; styles3-5 ... ... ... ... .. «+. (2) spathulata.

Thinly pubescent ; calyx 4-parted ; styles 4.

Lys. obovate or spathulate ... ... ... ... (3) pallens. :

Lys. lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ... ... (9) herniariefolia.

Glabrous or nearly so ; lvs. obovate or spathulate ; 5 14

eal. 5-parted GR ie OP ee wae es os’ (6) eemifane, Car

Erect, shrubby ; thinly pubescent ; lvs. obovate-lanceo-

late ; cal. 5-parted ee ets eg: de> (7) atin,

Subgenus IL. Enugalenia. Calyx 4-parted. Ovary 2 or 1-celled. Styles 2.

Flowers panicled. (Sp. 10-18.)

Covered with diaphanous scales :

Scales lanceolate, spreading... tes tee ove age (10) SQuamulosa,.

Scales short, appressed ; lvs. obovate-cuneate ... (13) erystallina,

Scales short, appressed ; lys.suborbicular ..._ ... (11) Dregeana.

Covered with minute papillz, except on the old branches (12) pruinosa. re

Hairy with stiff hairs ; lvs. lanceolate-linear ..._... (18) hispidissima, *

Silky-pubescent ; leaves oblong-cuneate or lanceolate

erect and shrubby ... (14) fruticosa.

Glabrous and glaucous ; leaves linear-filiform, 4—9 lines 8

long ; stem decumbent tie ON, eee Sat Sa ee. P

Glabrous (not glaucous):

Prostrate ; leaves linear-clavate, squarrose, 1-2

dittestong i. Si a La a oslo) gpeoqumbéns,

' Erect ; lvs. linear-lanceolate or spathulate, uncial (17) Africana.

Subgen. I. Kolleria(Presl.) Ovary 4-5, very rarely 3-celled. Styles 3-5. Cap-

sule dehiscent. Prostrate perennial herbs or subshurbs ; flowers cymose-spiked,

subsecundate, in the axils of leaves, 3-5-gynous, sometimes intermixed with a few

2-gynous. Calyx 5-parted. (Sp. 1-9.)

1. G. secunda pee stem herbaceous, decumbent, elongate as

well as the branches and leaves villous or hirsute with white hairs ;

branches alternate, diffuse; branchlets short, leafy ; leaves alternate,

obovate, or obovate-spathulate, attenuated at the base, acute ; flowers

sessile, axillary, solitary, subsecundate. Aizoon secundum, Thunb! Fl.

Cap. 410. Awoon glinoides, elongatum, propinguum, et contaminatum,

E. &.Z.! 2131, 2232, 2134, 2135. Zeyher! 2633.

Var. 8. strigulosa (Sond) ; stem, branches and leayes strigose, leaves oblong-

spathulate, acute or subacuminate. . aizoides, Fenzl. in herb. Drege.

Has. Near Amsterdammbatterie and Gorrichoogde, Dr. Pappe; Zwartland,

int; 2S reseemsaremee em nee Ia tae

; 3 . B. Wi .—Dec.

(Herb. Thunb, Vind OR sate go

Stems 1-2 feet ; branches gradually shorter. Leaves, when young, often oppo-

site, on short petioles, 6-10 lines Jong, 2-4 lines wide, the upper ones much er

and more approximate, often recurved at the apex, 1-3 lines Sane. Flowers in the

‘

tee

Galenia. | MESEMBRYACE (Sond.) 475

ultimate branches appressed-hairy or hirsute, 1 line long. Calyx mostly 5-parted

Styles 3-5. In A. contaminatum, E. § Z./ the indument is sooet aummal and the

leaves subtomentose, but A. propinguum is the intermediate form,

2. G. spathulata (Fenzl. in Herb. Drege) stem and branches herba-

ceous, procumbent, as well as the leaves covered with short appressed

hairs ; leaves alternate, short-petiolate, obovate-spathulate, subcompli-

cate, obtuse, mucronate or acute, often recurved at the apex ; flowers

sessile, axillary, solitary, 5-parted ; styles 3-5. Atzoon pubescens, E. § Z.!

2133. G. heterophylla, Fenzl. Zeyher, 2635.

Has. Fields near the Zwartkopsriver, Z. § Z. ; near Grahamstown, Col, Bolton ;

Kendo, Roodesand, and Buffelriver, Drege. Octob.-Jan. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.) 5

Very nearly allied to (. secunda, and only distinguished by the more greenish or

subglaucous colour and more distant leaves in the branches. The whole plant is

very thinly pubescent, the young leaves opposite, old ones about } inch long, 2-3

lines wide, the upper smaller. Flowers usually more distant than in the preceding,

1 line long, pubescent on the outside.

3. G. pallens (Fenzl.); very thinly puberous, glaucous or pale-yellowish ;

stem suffruticose, procumbent, branches diffuse or ascendent ; leaves

alternate, petiolate, obovate-spathulate, subcomplicate, with recurved

apex, young ones opposite; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, terminal

ones mostly ternate, central sessile, lateral ones short-pedicellate ; calyx

4-parted ; styles 4. Kolleria pallens and glauca, E. & Z.1 2144, 2145.

Zeyher 2636.

Has. Fields near the Zwartkopsriver, F. § Z. ; Dec. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Habit and foliage exactly as in G. spathulata, from which it differs by the scarcely

conspicuous, sometimes wanting pubescence and tetramerous flowers, very rarely

mixed with a §-parted calyx ; 5 styles.

4. G. sarcophylla (Fenzl.) ; perennial, squamulose-pubescent ; pros-

trate or suberect, primary branches opposite ; leaves obovate or spathu-

late, obtuse, fleshy, papulose, upper ones smaller but similar, complicate ;

flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, in the ultimate branchlets approximate,

subspicate ; calyx 5-cleft ; styles 3-4. ‘

Has. Springbokkeel, Feb., Zeyher, 719. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Whole plant greyish or pale, covered with appressed, hairlike papule, 4-1 foot

high. Branches alternate, spreading, terete. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines wide,

attenuated in a short petiole, upper ones 2-1 line long. Ultimate or flowering

branchlets very short. Flowers alternate, searcely 1 line long, pubescent on the

outside. It comes very near G. crystallina, and is perhaps a 3-4 styled form. From

G. portulacoides Fenzl. it differs by the thick, uniform leaves.

5. G. portulacacea (Fenzl. in herb. Drege); perennial, sqwamulose-

puberous, stems scope er prostrate or suberect ; branches alternate,

primary ones often opposite ; leaves alternate, oblong-spathulate, flat,

obtuse, papulose, upper ones much smaller, linear-spathulate, complicate ;

flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, remote ; calyx 5-cleft ; styles 3.

Has. At pen a and Jakkalsfontyn, Drege, Sept. (Herb. Vind. $d.)

Nearly allied to the ing, but the leaves are smaller and flat, 3-1 inch long,

2 lines wide, attenuated at the base ; those of the flowering branchlets 2-3 lines

long, 4-1 line broad ; flowers not approximate, otherwise not differing.

6. G. papulosa (Sond.); densely clothed with appressed round papule ;

ties

Ge ARO

: oe atk \Salt River, Decemb. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd

476 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Galenia.

stem decumbent suffruticose ; branches alternate, rarely opposite ; leaves

alternate, obovate-cuneate, obtuse; flowers solitary, axillary, sessile ; calyx

5-cleft, papulose ; styles mostly 5. Aizoon papulosum E. § Z. | 2137.

- Has. Karrolike hills on Gauritzriver near Grootriver, Swellendam. Dec.

Habit of G. erystallina, and sarcophylla, from the first it differs by a 5-parted calyx

and 5, rarely 3 styles; from G. sarcophylla, by a very different indument, not dif-

formed leaves, and not subspiked flowers. Stem about 1 foot long. Leaves 4-6

lines long, 2-3 lines broad, floral ones nearly twice smaller, but obovate. Flowers

1 line long.

7. G, affinis (Sond.); fruticose, erect, branches alternate, virgate,

spreading, glabrous, ultimate short, as well as the leaves very thinly

and appressedly pubescent ; leaves alternate, small, obovate-lanceolate,

complicate, with acute, recurved points ; flowers axillary, solitary, ses-

_ sile, terminal ones mostly ternate, central sessile, lateral ones short-

pedicellate ; calyx 5-cleft ; styles 3-4, rarely 5. Aizoon fruticosum,

£. & Z,1 2139. non. Thunb.!

Has. Hills between Hassaquaskloof and Breederiver, Swellendam, £. ¢ Z. ;

Bitterfontyn, Zey./ 724. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

A woody greyish shrub, several feet high ; primary branches as thick as a goose’s

quill, ultimate very short and leafy. ‘Leaves crowded, 3-5 lines long, 1 line wide,

attenuated in a short petiole. Flowers secundate, 1 line long. Calyx appressed-

hairy on the outside, longer than the stamens. G. fruticosa is very similar, but is

distinguished by more silky pubescent leaves, 4-parted calyx, and 2 styles.

8. G. humifusa (Fenzl. in herb. Drege) ; suffruticose, diffuse, quite gla-

brous, or with a few appressed hairs on the young branches; leaves

alternate, spathulate or obovate, petiolate, upper one oblong-spathulate or

oblong, attenuated at the base, smaller, subcomplicate, subacute ; flowers

axillary, solitary, sessile, secundate; calyx 5-cleft ; styles 3, rarely 4.

Kollerva collina, E. § Z.! 2143. =

_ Has. Near Karakuis (LIT. B.) 1500-200 ft., and near the Garip, Drege ; Karro-

like hills near Breederiver, and on the Zwarteberg, Caledon, Zeyh. / 2637 ; Bitter-

fontein, Zeyher, 722. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.) ar:

Many stems from the woody root, very pale-greyish or whiteish, 4-1} ft. long,

with alternate, slightly spreading, similar, terete branches. Leaves 6-8 lines long,

lower ones 2-3 lines broad, upper ones about 1 line wide, those in the axils or of

the ultimate very short branches, 1-1} line long. Calyx 1 line long, glabrous.

From the preceding, different by the diffuse, weaker stems, glabrous leaves and

calyx ; from the following, by the 5-parted, 3-gynous flowers.

9. G, herniariefolia (Fenzl.) ; suffruticose, diffuse, much branched ;

branches alternate, the ultimate as well as the leaves and calyces on

the outside, covered with a very thin, scarcely conspicuous indument ;

leaves oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate-bluntish, attenuated at the base,

subcomplicate ; flowers axillary, sessile, solitary, secundate ; calyx 4-

parted; styles 4. Kolleria herniariefolia, Presl. Symb. bot. 1, p. 24, t

14. H. & Z.12142., Aizoon microphyllum Bartl.! Linnea, Vol. 7, 541

A, Herniaria, Reichbch. in Sieb. herb. fl. cap. 164. aia 2

Has. Sandy places and hills in the Cape Flats near Rietvalley and Constantia ;

"_ Stems 1-2 feet, te, woody at the base, branches spreading ; ultima in ate very

short and leafy. Resi lines ma 4-1 line wide, te smaller, often

only one line long. Calyx nearly glabrous, scarcely 1 line long, white inside.

Stamens 8, a little shorter than the calyx. Capsule depressed, 4-valved.

‘eymose panicle. . papulosa,

’ branches 4-6 lines long, 2 lines broad.

Galenia.| MESEMBRYACEE (Sond.) 477

Subgenus II. Engalenia, Fenzl. Ovary 2-celled, or by abortion r-celled. Styl

2. Capsule dehiscent or ntniad Pockets or erectish, perennial fete” oe

shrubs ; flowers cymose-panicled, in the axil of a minute leaf, 2-gynous, very rarely

mixed with a few 3-4-gynous. Calyx 4-parted. (Sp. 10-18.)

10. G. squamulosa (Fenzl.) ; densely covered with spreading, lanceo-

late squamulz ; stem suffruticose decumbent, branches erectish alter-

nate or subopposite ; leaves alternate, in the young branches opposite,

obovate or obovate-cuneate, obtuse, flat; flowers sessile, disposed in ter-

minal, lax, cymose-panicles. Aizoon squamulosum, E. &.Z.! 2136.

Has. Sandy places between Mount Kamiesberg and Orange River, Namaq

land, E. ¢ Z./ Dec. (Herb. Sd.) — a : sal

Whole plant greyish-yellowish, about 1 foot high; branches short. Leaves 4-6

lines long, 2 lines wide, on the terminal branches sometimes suborbicular, 3 lines

long and broad. Panicles subsecundate about 1 inch. Flowers in the axils of a

minute, roundish leaf, as large as the 1 line long calyx.

11. G. Dregeana (Fenzl.) ; covered with pellucid squamule ; stem

suffruticose, erect; branches opposite or alternate; leaves opposite,

rarely subalternate, suborbicular, short petioled ; flowers sessile, united

into glomerate cymes, disposed in a large terminal panicle.

Has. Plains near the Garip, Drege, Sept. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

More robust than the preceding, stem as thick as a goose’s quill ; branches erect-

spreading, pale yellowish, dichotomous at top. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 6-7 lines

broad, squamulose and papulate, upper ones 3-4 lines long and wide. Cymes of

= panicle $-} inch, Flowers 1 line long, bracteated by a minute leaf. Calyx squa-

mulose. :

12. G. pruinosa (Sond.); branches, leaves, and calyx pruinose, beset

with minute papule ; stem suffruticose erect ; branches opposite ; leaves

opposite, obovate-cuneate, obtuse 5 flowers sessile, disposed in a terminal

Fenzl. excl. Syn. Aiz. papulosum E. & Z. !

Tephras papulosa, E. Mey. in herb. Drege.

Hap. Plains near Koussie, Buffelriver and on the Garip, Drege. Sept. (Herb.

bis ic ng cg long, white, as well as the spreading branchlets. Leaves on the

Panicle dichotomous, spreading. Flowers

rarely 1 line long, in the axil of an equal or a little larger leaf. Easily known by

the white colour of stem and branches.

13: G. erystallina (Fenzl.); covered with pellucid appressed squamu-

le ; stem suffruticose, decumbent ; branches alternate, erectish; leaves

alternate, oblong-cuneate, upper ones obovate-cuneate, obtuse ; flowers

sessile, disposed in secundate subcymose panicles. Aizoon crystallinum,

EB. & Z.1 2138.

Has. Sandy places near Valleyfontein, Clanwilliam, Nov., £. § Z./ (Herb.

Vind. Sd.

eaiionet sesh more than a foot long, terete, greyish, or grey-white as the

whole plant. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 2-4 lines wide, much attenuated at the base,

upper ones smaller, those of the young branches often opposite. Flowers } line

long, bracteated by a minute leaf. It comes very near G. squamulosa and @. sarco-

478 MESEMBRYACEZ (Sond.) [Galenia.

cent ; stem fruticose erect, much branched, branches and leaves oppo-

site ; leaves oblong-cuneate or oblong-lanceolate, upper ones smaller,

complicate; flowers sessile, disposed in a terminal panicle. Avzoon

fruticosum Thunb.! fl. cap. 410. G. sericea et salsoloides, Fenzl. in herb.

Drege. ;

Has. In Zwartland, Thunberg ; Scholl. in herb. Jack. ; hills near Ebenezer, and

= between Hexriver and Buffelriver, Drege ; Bitterfontyn, Betchuanavald, Zeyh./ 723.

(Herb. Thunb. Vind. Sd.)

Greyish shrub, 1 to several feet high, woody. Branches rigid, virgate. Leaves

silky from adpressed hairs, 4-1 inch long, 1-2 lines wide, upper ones crowded and

smaller, and recurved. Panicle spreading, dichotomously divided, 1 to several inches

long. Flowers } line long, in the axil of an equal or rarely somewhat larger leaf.

15. G. procumbens (Linn. fil. Suppl. p. 227); glabrous, stem fruti-

cose, decumbent ; branches.and leaves opposite, short, linear-clavate,

canaliculate, syuarrose-recurved ; flowers sessile and short-pedunculate,

cymose-paniculate at the top of the branches. Thwnb./ fl. cap. 384.

Has. In Hantam, Thunberg ; Tarka, Zeyher ; Nieuweveld, dist. Beaufort, Drege.

Nov.-Dec. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd.)

A low, much branched shrub; upper part of the branches and leaves with very

thin, scarcely conspicuous indument, often quite glabrous. Leaves 1-2 lines long,

3 line wide, on the young branches mostly 3-4 lines long, spreading-recurved, with

impressed line above. Flowers 4 line long; the central sessile, lateral ones sub-

pedicellate. Styles 2.

16. G. glauca (Sond.); glabrous, suffruticose, subdecumbent, stems

filiform, branches and leaves opposite ; leaves connate at the base,

linear-filiform, acute, subfleshy ; flowers ternately-cymose-paniculated,

the central sessile, the lateral shortly pedicellate ; calyx shorter than

the leafy bract. Sialodes glauca, B. & Z.! 2149. Gal. Ecklonis Walp.

Rep. 2, 232.

Has. Sandy places at the base of the Winterhoeks mountains, near Tulbagh,

Woreester, Sept., E. ¢ Z. ; Predikstoel, Zeyher. (Herb. Vind. D. Sd.)

Stems several from the root, 3-8 inches long, often reddish. Internodes 1 inch

or longer. Leaves mostly crowded, 4-9 lines long, 4 line wide. Panicle terminal.

Calyx 1 line long, twice shorter than the leafy bract ; lobes acuminate, white.

17, G. Africana (Linn. Spec. 515); glabrous, fruticose, erect ;

branches and leaves opposite ; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, atten-

uated at the base, carinate above, subfleshy ; flowers sessile, dis

in a terminal, dichotomous, large panicle. G. linearis Thunb.! fl. cap-

Dp. Ste Steb. herb. fl. cap. n. 351. Herb. Un. itin. n. 309. Zeyh. 2638.

AR. B. halimifolia ; leav ~2 li i a

G. haliaaf lia, Fendl. tn -sg mae 1~2 lines broad, 1 inch long

__ Has. Fields and among shrubs in the Cape Flats, Hottentottsholland, Breede-

rivierspoort in Wup; and in the distr. of Uitenhage ; var. B. in Langevalei and

on Tarkariver. (Herb. Thunb. Vind. D. Sd. pes

alte 3 feet and more high. Branches woody, terete, greyish, erect, ultimate

subfiliform, virgate. Leaves mostly crowded, 1 inch long, 1 line wide, sometimes

longer, in the branches shorter and narrower. Panicle o very large. Flowers

4 line long, equalling the bracts, rarely shorter.

18. G. ee aap oe (Fenzl. in herb. Drege.) ; stem fruticose, pros-

_ trate; branches densely clothed with long stiff, spreading hairs ; leaves

Rhipsalis.] CACTEH (Harv.) 479

opposite, lanceolate-linear, as well as the calyx hispid ; flowers sessile,

disposed in dense cymose panicles,

Has. Cape (station not given), Drege. ! 7055. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

A very distinct species. Stem 1 foot or more long ; branches ascending short.

Leaves of the branches 4-6 lines long, $-1 line wide, hispid, at_ length subglabrous,

arr Calyx nearly 1 line long, white, with spreading white setule on the

ou e.

é VII. PLINTHUS, Fenzl.

Calyx tubulose, 5-parted, lobes erect, subequal, coloured within.

Petals none. Stamens 5, inserted in the lower part of the calyx, alternate

with the lobes ; filaments exserted. Ovary 3-celled, cells with 1 pen-

dulous ovule. Style 3-partite. Capsule ovoid, densely papillose, rotun-

date, not depressed, 3-celled, loculicidal, 3-valved, cells one-seeded.

Seeds pyriform, shining, striate. Embryo uncinate. Fenal. in nov,

stirp. decad. n. 60. Endl. Gen. 5167.

Small shrub, humifuse. branched, imbricated-leafy. Leaves very minute, ovate-

triquetrous, opposite and alternate, without stipulz. Flowers sessile, alternate,

hidden in the axil of the leaves, with 1 or 2 equal, leafy, bracteoles. Name from

aw6os, a tile ; so called in reference to the imbricated leaves.

1. P. eryptocarpus (Fenzl. 1. c.)

Has. Near Rietpoort, Nieuweveld, 3000-3500 ft., Nov., Drege. (Herb. Vind. Sd.)

Stems 1-3 inches long. Branches subunilateral, 3-4 lines long, as well as the

leaves covered with appressed, silky hairs. Leaves densely 3-5-farious, imbricated,

acutish, 3-13 line long. Flowers 4-} line long. Calyx puberous on the outside,

yellowish inside. Stamens nearly hypogynous.

Orper LVI. CACTEA, DC.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Flowers perfect, regular. Calysx and corolla confounded together, in

a many-leaved perianth. Calya-tube attached to the ovary, sometimes

much produced beyond it ; sepals numerous, in few or many rows, the

innermost petaloid. Petals also usually in several rows, of delicate tex-

ture, the outer ones confounded with the inner sepals, marcescent or

deciduous. Stamens indefinite ; filaments filiform ; anthers 2-celled,

versatile. Ovary inferior, unilocular, with numerous ovules on 3 or

more parietal placente ; style terminal, filiform ; stigmas as many as

the placent. Fruit succulent, one celled, many-seeded ; seeds lying

in pulp, usually without albumen ; embryo straight, curved, or spiral,

with the radicle next the hilum.

Succulent shrubs, very varied in form, almost exclusively natives of the American

continent, though several species (chiefly of the genus Opuntia) are now naturalized

in the warmer parts of the old world. Leaves very generally wanting, or reduced

to minute scales or spines ; the functions of a leaf being discharged a the green

bark of the succulent stems. The genus Pereskia, however, possesses large, petioled,

deciduous leaves of ordinary structure. The flowers are solitary, terminal, or axil-

lary, and of large or small size, often very showy.

I. RHIPSALIS, Gaerin.

Tube of the perianth not produced beyond the ovary, the limb rotate,

of 12-18 short, scale-like parts, the outer sepaloid, the inner petaloid.

480 _ BEGONIACE (Sond.) [ Begonia.

Stamens numerous, about equalling the perianth. Style filiform; stigmas

3-6, radiating. Berry globose, smooth, crowned with the dried up

limb of the perianth. Seeds numerous, exalbuminous ; cotyledons short,

acute. Endl. Gen. 5160.

Slender, epiphytical succulents, growing on forest trees, with whip-like or expanded

and leaf-like, often articulate stems, and small lateral flowers. Name from pu), a

willow-branch ; from the long, flexuous branches.

1, BR. cassytha ? (Gaern. ; Pfeiff. Enum. Cact. p. 133) ; stem erect or

creeping, at length woody ; branches slender, green, terete, pendulous,

more or less verticillate, remotely scaly, obtuse. DC. Prodr. 3. p. 476.

Bot. Mag. t. 3080. Cactus flagelliformis, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege.

Has. Between the Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege. Caffirland, J. Backhouse.

Whether or not Drege’s plant belong to the common 2. cassytha, which is found

in the Mauritius as well as in the West Indies, or to a new species I cannot say.

Mr. Backhouse, travelling in Caffirland in 1838, observed a Rhipsalis on trees, which

no doubt was the same as what Drege collected. We have not seen specimens from

either collector.

Orver LVII. BEGONIACEZ, R. Br.

(By W. Sorprr.)

Flowers unisexual, monecious. Male: Perianth petaloid, 4-leaved,

the two outer sepals larger, roundish. Stamens indefinitely numerous,

occupying the centre of the flower ; filaments short ; anthers extrorse,

2-celled, the cells adnate to the edges of a thickened connective. Female:

Perianth corolloid, with a 3-winged tube adhering to the ovary, the

limb 4-9 parted, with imbricate estivation. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ;

ovules very numerous, attached to axile placentae. Stigmas 3, subsessile,

bifid, incrassated, tortuous or capitate. Capsule membranous, crowned

with the withered perianth limb, 3-winged, 3-celled, opening by slits at

the base of each wing ; seeds very numerous, minute, oblong, exalbu-

minous ; cotyledons very short ; radicle long, next the hilum.

Herbaceous or half-shrubby plants, with succulent stems and foliage. Branches

swollen at the nodes. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, palmate-nerved, entire or

lobed, very generally unequal-sided or semi-cordate at base, variously toothed, often

covered with membranous scales and brightly coloured on the under surface. Stipules

e ibranous, free. Inflorescence cymose. Natives chiefly of the tropics of

Asia and America ; very few African. The roots are astringent and slightly bitter,

and occasionally employed in medicine.

I. BEGONIA, L.

Capsule opening by arched or longitudinal slits along the face of the

loculi. Placente from the inner angle of the loculi. A. DC. in An. Se.

Wat. Ser. 4. Vol. XI. p. 119.

A large genus, abundant in Asia and America, but in Africa, where until

y they were unknown. Many are denatvedly tavourites in cultivation as orna-

mental stove-plants. The name is i f

fhétany im thes FF in honor of Michael Begon, a French patron °

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Stems herbaceous :

Leaves reniform-cordate ; stipules ovate, obtuse. -

late ; wings of the fruit subequal : Z aes (1) Dregei.

Begonia. ] BEGONIACEE (Sond.) — 481

Leaves reniform-cordate ; stipules lanceolate-acuminate ; ;

wings of the fruit subequal... ok ee «» (2) Caffra.

Leaves semicordate-acuminate ; 2 wings of the fruitlarger (3) Natalensis.

Stem woody at the base:

Leaves palmately 3—4-lobed, lobes lanceolate ; wings of the

fruitequal see as i, -.. (4) suffruticosa.

1. B. Dregei (Otto & Dietr. Gartenzeitg. IV. 357) ; stem fleshy-nodose ;

leaves petiolate, unequal-sided, reniform-cordate, coarsely angulate-ser-

rate, very smooth, shining ; stipules ovate, obtuse, mucronulate ; cymes

axillary, pedunculate, few-flowered ; flowers snow-white ; wings of the

_ capsule subequal, acutangular, truncate at the apex. B. parvifolia, Gra-

ham, Bot. Mag. t. 3720. Augustia Dregei, Klotzsch, Begoniac. p. 80, t.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege. (Herb. Sond.) fae

Stem 1-3 feet. Leaves }-1} inch long, 1-24 inches wide. Petioles 1-2 inches

long, in the upper leaves shorter. Stipules 3-4 lines long, nearly 2 lines broad.

Cymes longer than the petioles. Bracts greenish, roundish-obovate. Wings of the

capsule 6-9 lines long, 2-3 lines broad.

2. B. Caffra (Meisn. Linn. 14.501) ; stem fleshy-nodose, branched ;

leaves petiolate, unequalsided-reniform-cordate, angulate-lobed, blunt-

ish-serrate, acute or acuminate ; stipules /anceolate-acuminate ; cymes

dichotomous, pedunculate, axillary, 4-flowered ; flowers whitish ; bracts

orbicular-ovate ; wings of the capsule subequal, acutangular, truncate at

the apex. B. sinuata, E. Meyer. Graham. Bot. Mag.t. 3731, not of Wallich.

Augustia Caffra, Klotzsch. l. ¢.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege (v.v.) (Herb. Sond. D.) eaiaame

Stem 2-3 feet. Leaves 2-24 inches long, 3-4 inches broad, with red nerves be-.

neath. Petioles 2-3 inches long. Stipules from a sublobate, base, acuminated,

7 lines long, at the base 3-4 lines wide. Pedicels 2 inches, broad-ovate,

blunt. Wings of the fruit near the apex 3 lines broad.

3. B. Natalensis (Hook. ! Bot. Mag. t. 4841) ; tuberous, glabrous ;

stem fleshy, at the base thick, nodose-articulate, branched ; leaves un-

equal, semicordate, acuminate, lobate, and coarsely auriculate-serrate,

acute, whitish-spotted above; cymes pedunculated, axillary, 4-6-

flowered ; flowers pale-rosy ; petals of the male flower rhomboid-orbi-

cular, of the female rhomboid-ovate ; fruit 3-winged ; 2 wings larger,

acutish-angular, one shorter, obtuse-angled. Augustia Natalensis, Kl. t. ec.

VIII. B. ,

Has. Port Natal, Capt. Garden ; Gueinzius, 210. (Herb. Hook. Sond.)

Stem 1-14 foot high, green, reddish- . Leaves 1—3 inches long, 3-4 inches

wide, with a red middle nerve. Petioles 4-14 inch long, reddish. Pedicel 1-14

inch. Fruit 8—12 lines long, larger wings 2-4 lines wide,

4. B. suffruticosa (Meisn. Linn. 14.502); tuberous, slender, very

smooth ; stem flexuous-erect, woody at the base ; stipules ovate-oblong,

acute, entire ; leaves oblique, palmately 3—4-lobed, lobes unequal, lanceo-

late, pinnate-incised, dentate or entire ; cymes axillary, pedunculate, few-—

flowered ; capsules ovate-triangular, reticulate-veined, truncate at the

apex, wings equal, obtuse-angled at the apex. pet cote

i Near a gate iragi ragga Sond.) peaueee Sele “ a

near and perha: @ varie e ing. i | lines—14 in

ie Gea 1-1} bay 8 8-12 tines breads” Beye 2 lines Eig. Pedicels

3-14 inch long. Wings of the capsule much veined, 8 lines long, 3 lines broad.

VOL. IL. 3h

9-4

482 CUCURBITACEE (Sond.)

Orper LVIIL CUCURBITACEA, Juss

(By W. SonpER.)

Flowers moncecious or dicecious. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary,

and sometimes produced beyond its summit, in the male-flowers short

and mostly campanulate ; limb 5-lobed, with imbricate estivation.

Corolla (very rarely of separate petals) usually monopetalous, rising

from the summit of the calyx-tube, with which it seems continuous,

rotate or campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens inserted in the bottom of the

ealyx, 5, rarely 3 or 2, free or united wholly or in part; anthers ex-

trorse, adnate, 1-2-locular, linear, usually very long and flexuous.

Ovary inferior, of 3-5 united carpels, at first unilocular with promi-

nent, but revolute, parietal placenta ; afterwards (by the union of the

placentze into a central column and the adherence of their revolute

edges to the walls of the ovary) 6—r1o-celled ; ovules numerous, ana-

tropous, pseudo-parietal. Style terminal, short, 3—5-cleft or parted ;

stigmas thickened, lobed or fimbriate. Fruit a gourd or berry, dry, or

fleshy or juicy ; usually by the dissolving of the septa into pulp, uni-

locular, many-seeded. Seeds flat or convex, with a succulent or

membranous envelope, exalbuminous; embryo with leafy and veined

cotyledons, orthotropous.

Herbaceous or half-shrubby, rarely shrubby plants, natives chiefly of the tropics

and of the warmer parts of the temperate zones. Stems usually prostrate or climb-

ing. Leaves alternate, petioled, simple, palmate-nerved, entire or palmatifid, or

variously lobed, mostly cordate at base. Tendrils formed out of a lateral stipule.

Flowers often of large size, either solitary, tufted, racemose, or panicled, usually

white or yellow, sometimes red. To this Order belong melons, gourds, cucumbers,

and vegetable-marrow, &c. Many however have highly acrid and poisonous or

powerfully cathartic fruits. Of the former class Momordica Elaterium (the spurting

cucumber) is one of the most virulent examples, and of the latter the Citrullus Colo-

cynthis, the source of the drag colocynth. The fruit of (. vulgaris (bitter-apple or

wild water-melon) is a useful colonial substitute for the drug.

: TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

* Stamens 5, free, Anther-cells linear, straight.

_ ** Stamens 3. Anther-cells linear, straight.

II. Zehneria. Connective without conical a e. }-/0

III. Mukia. Connective terminated by a seat wiplndics b~|

*** Stamens 3 ; two of the filaments bearing a 2-celled, the third a 1-celled

__ anther. Anther-cells flexuous or

a. Flowers coetaneous, (appearing with the event e

IV. Lagenaria. Petals white. Gourd fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds with a tumid p-Q

border. Male peduncle without bract. &

NR Mee A i Gourd at length dry and fibrous. Male peduncle ee .

V1. Momordica. Petals white or yellow. Gourd 3-valved, fleshy, prickly. Male p-\;

_ VII. Cephalandra. Corolla s- , An- 0-4

thers combined to a globose 5-parted, yellow. Many-seeded, oblong berry:

VIII. Citrullus. “Corolla 5-parted, w. Many-seeded gourd. Anther-con-}~|

nective without terminal with o! margin. oe

_ 1X. Cucumis. Corolla 5- arted, yellow. Many-seeded gourd. Anther-connec 9-8 es

tive terminated by an appendicula, Seeds not margi *

vig Flowers precocious (appearing before the leaves). |” p-

Coniandra. | CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) 483

4 I. CONIANDRA, Schrad.

Flowers monoecious or dicecious. Male: Calyx campanulate, 5-fid.

Corolla with §5-parted, spreading limb. Stamens 5, inserted on the

throat of the perianth, free or triadelphous ; jilaments short and thick ;

anthers anterior, linear-oblong, straight, one-celled. Female: Calys

and corolla as in the male flower. Stigma usually capitate, tri-lobed.

Fruit berried, beaked, pseudo-trilocular, few-seeded. Seeds obovate.

Coniandra and Cyrtonema, Scrad. in E. § Z.! Enum. pp. 275,276. Endl.

Gen. 5124, 5125.

Herbaceous, climbing plants, with a tuberous root. Tendrils simple. Leaves

palmate- or digitate-partite, rarely reniform, often scabrid. Flowers very small,

green, or a little yellowish ; the male racemose, female much shorter, pedunculate,

itary. Name from xwvos, a cone, and aynp,avdpos a man; the anther bearing

part of the stamens conniving or conical.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Flowers moncecious :

Leaves reniform, crenate-dentate, pubescent ae ... (6) mollis.

Leaves reniform-cordate and trilobed, glabrous... ... (5) Thunbergii.

Leaves digitate-partite :

segments pinnatifid, lobes flat, smooth... vit ... (2) Africana.

segments pinnatifid, lobes scabrous, with recurved margins (4) punctulata.

segments bifid or trifid, lobes flat, linear-cuneate ... ... (1) digitata.

segments bifid or trifid, lobes obovate-cuneate ... ... (3) glauca.

Flowers dicecious ... vee wus ER yee ca . (7) Zeyheri.

1. C. digitata (Sond.); leaves petiolate, orbiculate, digitate-partite ;

segments linear or linear-cuneate, lateral ones deeply bifid or trifid ; the

middle trifid or undivided, obtuse, mucronate ; uppermost leaves often

3-foliate, with linear-cuneate leaflets ; peduncle of the male flowers as

long as the leaf, racemose or panicled ; calyx-lobes with very short

bristles ; fruit oval, beaked, 4-6-seeded. Bryonia digitata, Thunb.! Fi.

Cap.35. Cyrtonema digitata, Schrad.! E.§ Z., 1780,partim. Drege, 8187.

Has. In fields among bushes near the Zwartkopsriver. — Feb.-March. £. § Z.,

Quite glabrous. Stem sulcate-angulate. Petiole 3-4 lines long. - Segments of

the larger leaves 14-2 inches , 14-2 lines broad ; of the upper leaves about

1 inch long, or shorter. aisle vatoncle capillary, with 4-8 short pedicels. Fruit

yellow, nearly 6 lineslong. a

2, C. Africana (Sond.) ; leaves petiolate, triangulate, digitate, 5-par-

tite ; segments pinnatifid, lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, mucron-

ate, entire or dentate, the terminal longer ; peduncle of the male flowers

as long as the leaf or longer, racemose at top ; calyx-lobes with long,

subulate bristles ; fruit roundish, shortly beaked. Bryonia Africana,

Linn, ! Spec. 1438. B.dissecta, Thunb. ! l.c. 36. B. multifida et pinnati-

fida, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. Coniand. pinnatisect, Schrad. ! E.& Z.1776.

B. pinnatifida, Burch. trav. 1. 547.

Hus. Near Gauritzriver, £. §Z./ Orange and Vaalriver, Zey./ 601. Great Vet-

river and near Wanderfontyn, Betchld. Zey. / 600, 599 ; Nieuwehantum, 4—5000ft. ;

‘between Basche and Morley, and near Omsamwubo, 1-2000ft., Drege. Dec.—March.

On are ay™ se ag 4 lines long. Leaves most] seit

al e pr . ole 3- ong. Leaves. e, I

segment 1}-2 Sisotte na, usually with 8-12 po ee 1-2 Ties ‘broad lobes, the

lower of which 4-8 lines long, the uppermost toothlike ; lateral segments bifid at the

g1*

484 CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) [Coniandra.

base, 1-14 inch long, outer lobe bifid, inner with 6-8, spreading or horizontal, gradu-

ally shorter lobes. Upper leaves much smaller. Peduncles as in C. digitata, An-

thers free. Ripe fruit about 4 lines long, scarlet.

_ 8. C, glauca (Schrader l.c.); leaves petiolate, orbiculate, digitate, 3—5-

partite ; segments flat, obovate-cuncate, dentate, mucronate or acute ; seg-

ments of the superior leaves smaller, with lanceolate-cuneate lobes ;

peduncle of the male flowers elongate, pedicels subumbellate ; calyx-

lobes with short bristles ; fruit ovate, beaked, 3-4-seeded. Bryonva

Africana et grossularvefolia, E. Meyer, Zey.! 604, 2476.

Var. 8. dissecta ; segments evidently dentate or inciso-serrate. C. dissecta,

Schrad. / E. § 2.11777, excl. syn. Zeyher, 2475.

Has. Among bushes in distr. Uitenhage near Adow and on Coega and Zwart-

kopsriver, E. & Z., Drege; Howisonspoort, Hutton; Port Natal, Drege. Feb.

(Herb. D., Sd.)

Habit of C. digitata, but generally smaller. Leaves about 1 inch in diameter ;

lower ones often 3-lobed or half 5-lobed, with shortly toothed lobes ; segments of the

middle and upper leaves subflabellate, cuneate, dentate or lobed ; segments of the

uppermost leaves smaller. Peduncles and flowers asin the preceding. Fruit about

4 lines long. Many of the specimens distributed by Z. ¢ Z. under the name of C.

Zeyheri, belong to C. glauca. Drege, 8188 seems not to be different from C. glauca.

4, C. punctulata (Sond.); leaves sessile or shortly petiolate, digitate,

3-partite; segments pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, lobes oblong or obovate-

oblong, obtuse, the terminal mucronulate, recurved at the margins, sca-—

brous, white-punctate above ; peduncles of the male flowers elongate,

racemose at top ; calyx shortly aristate ; fruit roundish, shortly beaked,

2—3-seeded. ;

Var. 8. tenuiloba; leaves short-petiolate ; lobes short, lanceolate or subulate,

mucronulate. *

Has. Springbokkeel, Burke, Zey., 603. Var. 8, near Orangeriver and Rhinos-

oat) distr. Beaufort, Zey./ 602 & 602%; Uitvlugt, Drege, 8189. Jan.—April.

(Herb. Hk,, Sd.) “

Near C. digitata, but the leaves are subsessile, and the segments remotely pinna-

tifid and narrower. ‘Leaves of var. 8, about 4-} inch in diameter. Racemes 3-5-

flowered. Fruit 3-4 lines long. pales aaa

5. 0, Thunbergii (Sond.); glabrous leaves petiolate, scabrous, rent-

form-cordate, s late or trilobed ; lobes ovate or cuneate-obovate,

— gab che lateral ones often si d ; peduncles of the

male flowers elongate, glabrous, racemo nicled ; fruit 3-5-

seeded, ovate, beaked. — ‘i

Var. a, all the leaves reniform-cordate, more or less angula the

_ often 3-lobed. Bryonia triloba, Thunb./ 1. c. 34. Opis ids, crete ee

1778. Sicyos angulata, Berg./ cap. p. 352. : ?

Van. 8, all the leaves trilobate or palmate 5-lobed, or the lower ones reniform-

cordate, subangulate. B. Afri Thunb. ! 1. e. 352, non Linn. B. triloba, Drege,

exs. Cyrtonema latiloba, /E. & Z., 1781.

Has. Cape Flats and in mountains near Capetown; var. B Bosjesmansriver,

Houtbay, Caps Rae Thunb., Drege, E. Zo, Hi arv. Dec.Jan. (Herb. Thunb.,

olm., D., e's ia a

Stems and petioles glabrous or with scattered hairs. Petioles 3-4 lines long.

Leaves coriaceous, 4-1 inch long and broad, palmately nerved, Raceme 6-10-

flowered, pedicels 2-1 line long. Male flower 2 lines, fruit 5-6 lines long, yellow.

What ZF. & Z. described as a green fruit, is a production of insects.

Zehneria.] CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) 485

6. C, mollis (Sond.) ; leaves petiolate, reniform, crenate-dentate,

mucronulate, pubescent on both sides; peduncles of the male flowers

elongated, pubescent, racemose at top; fruit ovate, beaked, 4-6-seeded.

Cyrtonema molle, Kunze in Linn. Vol. 20, p. 49.

oo places among shrubs near Uitenhage. March. Zey.! 2480.

erp. :

' Stem — long, as thick as a pigeon’s quill, angulate-sulcate, pubescent, when old

subglabrous. Petiole }-1 inch long, densely pubescent. Leaves 14-2 inches long,

2-21 inches broad, rarely sublobate, dentate. Male peduncle 2-3 inches long, wi

6-10, capillary, 2-3 lines long pedicels. Flowers very small, Fruit on a very short

peduncle, 4-3 inch long, yellow or a little reddish when dry.

7. C. Zeyheri Ses !) glabrous ; leaves petiolate, palmate, 3~5-par-

tite ; segments of the lower, obovate-cuneate, shortly 3-lobed; of the

upper, oblong-cuneate or lanceolate-cuneate, evidently 3-lobed, lobes

obtuse, mucronulate ; peduncles of the male flowers elongate, racemose ;

stamens 3-adelphous; fruit short-peduncled, ovate, beaked, 4-6-seeded.

E. & Z,1775. Cyrton. sphenoloba, Schrad.! E. & Z., 1779. C. digitata

E. & Z.1 (pars inferior) Zeyher, 2471, 2472, 2473- 2

Var. . angustiloba ; inferior leaves reniform-3-lobed, upper ones palmately

3-partite, with lanceolate or sublinear, bifid or trifid segments ; flowers and fruit as

in var.a. Zey./ 2474, & 592.

Has. Among bushes in fields near the Zwartkopsriver, and hills near Boshmans.

river, E. § Z.; var. B, Komandokraal and near er, Zeyher ; = age Tt.

Williamson. — near Beaufort, Burke § Zeyher. April-Sept. (Herb.

D., Hk., Sd.

Quite glabrous or a little pubescent at the base in var. 8. Petiole 3-4 lines long.

Lower leaves 3-partite, middle segments about 6-10 lines long, 6-8 lines broad, sub-

3-lobed, lateral segments shortly bilobed, lobes subacute, 3-dentate or entire ; upper

léaves smaller, often more compound, segments narrower, evidently 3 or 2-lobed.

Male peduncle 1 inch long, with 4-6, bracteated, 1-2 lines long _ . Flowers

very small. it about 4 inch long. Var. 8, is perhaps a distinct species. _

[19 IL ZEHNERIA, Endl. =

lose, 5-dentate. Corolla with 5-parted, ver ' spreading limb. Stamens

3, inserted at the base of the corolla, free, filiform-cylindraceous, termi-

nated by a subcordate connective, along each margin of which at the

back are attached the linear, straight, 1-celled, free or cohering anthers.

Female : Calyx and corolla as in the male flowers. Stigma cap-shaped,

somewhat trilobed. rust berried, oblong-fusiform, ovate or globose,

with a subcoriaceous pericarp, pseudo-trilocular or bilocular, few-seeded.

Seeds compressed. Hndl. Prod. Norfolk, (1833), p. 69. Gen. n. 5127.

Pilogyne Schrad. in E. § 2. Enum. p. 277: :

Herbaceous plants with a tuberous rhizome, simple tendrils and lobed leaves.

Flowers small, white ; the male racemose ; the female umbellate or on simple pedun-

cles. Fruit globose, as large as a pea, rarely larger. Seeds small, much-compressed,

obovate. ee sities

Flowers moneecious or dicecious. Male : Calyx campanulate or rugu-

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

§ I, Procyne.—Peduncles without bracts. Perianth campanulate. Fr

2-4-seeded. ha ’ *

ite glabrous and smooth. Leaves cordate, quite entire ... (5) hederacea.

Shen glabrous. Leaves scabrous.

- cordate, acute, dentate... Bs wes aS ... (1) seabra.

cordate, obtuse, dentate ... Bee ee ven ... (2) cordata.

486 CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) [Zehneria.

Stem pubescent. Leaves :

sub-5-lobed, serrate-dentate. Fruit glabrous... ... (3) velutina.

3-angulate-cordate, denticulate. Fruit pubescent --» (4) obtusiloba.

=+ II. Bracrgarta.—Peducles with a large bract. Perianth tubulose. Fruit

2-seeded.

Bracts ciliate. Leaves

palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes ovate. Male peduncle shorter

than the petiole... nse es ve es ... (6) Garcini.

palmately 3-partite, lobes oblong-lanceolate. Male pedun-

cle longer than the petiole —.... ts et -.. (7) pectinata.

Bracts dentate. Leaves palmately 5-partite, lobes lin.-lanceol. (8) Wyleyana.

§ III. Pie1ospermion.—Peduncles without bract. Perianth tubulose. Fruit

6-9-seeded.

Lobes of the leaves lanceolate. Fruit oval, acute ... ... (9) macrosperma.

Lobes of the leaves lin.-lanceol. Fruit subglobose, apiculate (10) debilis.

1, Z. scabra (Sond.) ; stem glabrous, young branches pilose ; leaves

cordate, angulate, acute, dentate, callous-punctate and scabrous above,

pilose or hispid by short hairs on the veins beneath, lower ones sub-

5-lobed, upper ones 3-lobed, middle lobes subacuminate. Bryonia

scabra, Thunb.! fl. cap. 34. B. punctata, Thund./ 1. c. B. angulata,

Thunb.! 1. c. 35. B. Maderaspatana, Berg.! cap. 3 51. Pilogyne sauvis,

afinis, Eckloni, cuspidata et membranacea, Schrad./ E. & Z., 1 782, 1783,

1785, 1786, 1787. Herb. Un. itin. n. 141. Zeyher, 597, 598, 2479.

Van. B, glabrata; quite glabrous, the leaves scabrously punctate above. Bryonia

dentata, E. Mey. in herb. Drege. Zeyher, 2478.

Var. +. peduncularis ; branches and leaves rough with short, stiff hairs ; peduncles

2-3 inches, pedicels 3-4 lines long, pubescent ; male flowers a little larger,

Has. Near Capetown, in the distr. of Uitenhage, Albany, George, and in Betchu-

analand ; var. 8, near Uitenhage and Port Natal, Drege ; var. 7, valley of Tarka-

ot ae Sat Natal, Gerr. § McKen.! 551. May-—Dec. (Herb. Th., Hm.,

» Hk., Sd.

Stem angulate-sulcate. Petiole 4-12 lines long. Leaves mucronate-dentate, paler

beneath, as long as broad, or somewhat longer ; lower ones 1-2} inches long, 3 or

5-lobed ; upper ones gradually smaller, usually trilobed, with an acuminate, aristate

middle lobe. Peduncles solitary or aggregated, uncial or longer, at top with many

(10-20) densely racemose, puberous, 1-1} line long pedicels. Female flowers often

on shorter peduncles. Flowers puberous or glabrous, Fruit glabrous,

minutely punctate. Seeds 1 line long.

2. Z, cordata (Sond.) ; glabrous, young branches pilose ; leaves

scabrous above, hairy on the veins beneath, lower ones broad-trian-

gular-cordate, obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate-dentate ; upper ones

subtrilobed, obtuse or subacute, denticulate 3 fruit glabrous. Bryonia

cordata, Thunb. ! fl. cap. 34. Pilogyne dilatata, Schrad.! E. & Z., 1784.

Has. Woods at Olifantshoek, Uitenhage, F. ¢ Z. Sept. (Herb. Thunb., Sd.

Near the preceding, flowers and fruit the same, but the leaves are more ee

cordate, obtuse, lower ones 2 inches broad, 14 inch long, upper ones uncial or smaller

and acute, cordate or truncate at the base. Peduncle about 4 inch long, with 6-12,

very short pedicels. Female peduncles 4 lines long.

3. Z. velutina (Schrad. !) stem and petioles pubescent ; leaves cordate,

sub-5-lobed, unequally serrate-dentate, mucronate, very scabrous above,

densely pubescent beneath ; peduncles of the female flowers elongated,

umbellate, or very short and 1-flowered ; Jruit glabrous. E.& Z.!

1788. Bryonia scabra, var. Drege, herb.

Zehneria. | CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) 487

Has. Woods on the Katriver-mountains, Caffraria, Z. § Z.; Zuurebe i

Drege. (Herb. D., Sd.) if Ilo

Leaves about as long as broad, 1-2-uncial, distinctly 5-lobed, lobes short. Flowers

pubescent. Fruit as in Z. scabra, from which it is only distinguished by the serrated

densely pubescent leaves. Bryonia levis, Thunb. / fl. cap. 35, now wanting in his

herbarium is perhaps a glabrous variety.

4, Z. obtusiloba (Sond.) ; whole plant pubescent ; leaves triangulate-

cordate, subangulate, with 2 obtuse lobes at the base, minutely-mucronu-

late-dentate, not scabrous above ; peduncles of the male flower elongated,

racemose, of the female short, and 1-flowered ; fruit pubescent. Bryonia

obtusiloba, E. Meyer in herb. Drege.

Has. Woods near Port Nai e. Gerrard § McKen., . (Herb, D.

Leaves 1}-2 inches long ee ck soft ht on otk ia entire eS ey

lobate, lobes short, often obsolete on the margins, with very short teeth, obtuse or

subacute. Male peduncles longer than the half-uncial petiole. Perianth campanu-

late. Fruit about 4 lines in diameter. Seeds 3, ovate, with a small membranaceous

margin.

5, Z. hederacea (Sond.); quite glabrous and smooth ; leaves cordate,

acute, mucronate, quite entire, trilobed or obsoletely 5-lobed, lateral lobes

short, obtuse, with or without a mucro ; in the uppermost leaves acute ;

peduncles of the male flower elongate, racemose, few-flowered, as well

as the pedicels capillary.

Has. Kromriver in woods, March, Drege. (Herb. Sd.)

Easily distinguished by the smoothness of all parts, and the entire, not dentate or

serrate leaves. Stems as in the others, lower leaves about 2 inches long and broad

or a little broader, palmately nerved, lateral lobes roundish or obtuse, 3-angular.

Peduncle 1 inch or longer ; pedicels 3-6 lines long, not densely aggregated as in the

preceding. Female flowers unknown. i ~

6. Z. Garcini (Stocks in Hook. Kew, Journ. 4, 149); leaves petiolate,

palmate-3—5-lobed, lobes ovate, mucronate-toothed, sprinkled on both

sides with minute, rigid bristles ; male peduncles shorter than the

petiole, with a cordate, ciliate bract ; fruit inverse, reniform, 2-seeded ;

seeds oblong, thickest at the margin, Harv. thes. cap. t. 96. Bryonia

Garcini, Willd. spec. 4,623. W.& Arn. Prod. 344. Sicyos Garcini, Linn.

Burm. Ind. t. 57. fr 3- !

Han. Near Port Natal, J. Sanderson. Kreili’s country, H. Bowker. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Stem several feet long, at first hispidulous, then quite glabrous. Leaves 2-3 inches

apart, spreading ; petiole scarcely uncial; lamina broader than long, 2-24 inches

long, about 3 inches broad, scabrous, 3-§-lobed, lobes ovate, coarsely toothed. Male

" peduncle about 2-flowered. Male ‘perianth nearly 4 inch long, with a cylindrical

tube, and horizontally patent, acuminate limb. Fruit (of an Indian specimen)

_ 3 lines broad, 2 lines long, glabrous, on a very short peduncle. Seeds 2, compressed.

7. Z, pectinata (Sond.) ; moneecious ; leaves petiolate or deeply pal-

mate, 5-partite, scabrous on both sides, lateral segments oblongo-lanceo-

late or oblong, deeply bifid, 2-3-dentate at the apex ; the middle seg-

ment cuneate-acute, 3-5-dentate ; bracts cordate, ciliate ; male peduncle

longer than the petiole ; the female much shorter, pedunculated ; (unripe)

fruit ovate. Bryonia pectinata, EZ. Meyer in herb. Drege.

Has. Buffelriver, Jan., Drege. Port Natal, Miss Owen. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Stem as in Z. Garcini. Petioles 3-6 lines long. Leaves very scabrous by whitish

bristles, in some specimens digitate- in other palmate-parted, the intermediate seg-

488 CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) [Mukia.

ment about 1 inch long, 3-5 lines broad, mucronulate or acute, with several acute

teeth, rarely trilobed ; the lateral segments 8-10 lines long, bifid, obovate or oblong-

cuneate ; lobes dentate, rarely entire. Bracts as long as the petiole. Male peduncle

uncial. Perianth a little smaller than in Z. Garcini, Stamens 3, with cohering,

straight anthers. Unripe fruit ovate or oblong-ovate, about 4 lines long.

8. Z. Wyleyana (Sond.) ; moncecious ? quite glabrous ; leaves petio-

_ late, deeply palmate, 5-partite, smooth ; segments linear-lanceolate, quite

entire, the lower ones often bifid, the middle longer ; bracts broad-cor-

date, dentate ; male peduncles 2-3-aggregated, nearly as long as the

bract.

Has. Namaqualand, A. Wyley. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Stem very long, angulate-sulcate. Petiole 3-6 lines long. Tendrils simple, elong-

ate. Leaves glaucous green ; middle lobe 13-14 inch long, 2 lines wide, lateral ones

a little shorter. Bracts 6—7 lines long, 8 lines broad, with short, acute teeth, not

ciliated. Tube of the male perianth 4 lines, lobes 2 lines long. Stamens exactly as

in Z. Garcini. Female plant unknown.

9. Z. macrocarpa (Sond.); perennial ; stem and branches angulate,

glabrous ; leaves palmately-digitate, 5-lobed, scabrous ; lobes lanceolate,

entire or dentate ; the lower often 2-lobed ; peduncles solitary ; peri-

anth tubulose with linear-lanceolate, spreading lobes ; ovary glabrous ;

fruit ovate, acute ; seeds scarcely compressed, ovate, in two rows.

Has. G: laces among shrubs above Mooyeriver, Burke 2 , Zey./ 579. Dec.

(Herb. Hk. Su) ng yerl 90, Zey./ 579

_ Prostrate, about 2 feet long. Tendrils simple, elongate. Petioles 4-6 lines long.

Lobes of the leaves about 1 inch long, 1-3, rarely 4 lines, broad, acute ; the lower

ones shorter. Pedicels 3-1 inch. Tube 4 inch, lobes 4-6 lines long; calyx-teeth

very short. Stamens 3, inserted near the base of the tube. Anthers connate in a

tube. Fruit 2 inches long, 1 inch broad. Seeds 5 lines long. Drege 8190 seems

to be the same, but I have not seen the fruit.

10. Z. debilis (Sond.); perennial ; stem and branches sulcate-an-

gulate, glabrous ; leaves short, pedicellate, palmate-digitate, 5-lobed,

scabrous ; lobes linear-lanceolate, entire or with a few acute teeth ;

peduncles solitary; perianth tubulose, with lanceolate, spreading lobes ;

ovary glabrous, acute ; fruit subglobose, apiculate, spuriously 3-locular ;

seeds ovate, compressed.

Has. Karro-like places at Uitvlugt near Andr. Burger’s, Dec., and at Rhinoster-

kop, near Beaufort, April, Burke, 141. Zeyher, 577. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

III. MUKIA, Arnott. _

Flowers moncecious. Male: Calyx campanulate, 5-dentate. Corolla

with 5-parted, obtuse limb. Stamens 3, inserted A the base of the

corolla, free; anthers extrorse linear, straight, cohering, terminated

_ by a short, conical appendage of the connective, Female: Calyx and

corolla as in the male flowers, Ovary ovoid, setulose, with 2-3 pla-

cent. Style short, with a fleshy, annular disc at the base ; fonts

3, erect. Fruit berried, globose, smooth or echinulate,, few-seeded.

Seeds oblong-oval, subcompressed, surrounded by a broad or narrow

Lagenaria.) CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) 489

zone. Arn. in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 276. Endl. n. 5130. Naudin

in Ann. Scienc. Nat. 1859. Bot. p. 141. Bryonia spec. Linn.

Annual, very scabrous, climbing herbs with simple tendrils, and angulate or lobed

leaves. Flowers small, yellow, the male fascicled, the female solitary or aggregated.

Fruit greenish, at length red. Name from Murra (-Peri) Rheed. Hort. Malabar ?

1, M. scabrella (Arn. 1. c.) ; Wight. Ilustr. Ind. Bot. II.t. 105. Bry-

onia scabrella, Linn. fil. Suppl. 424. W. § Arn. Prod. 345. B.micropoda, —

E. Meyer in herb. Drege.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Stem angulate. Petiole uncial or longer. Leaves cordate, 5-angled or 3-5-lobed,

middle segment triangular, very shortly toothed, hispid on both sides, as well as the

stem and petioles, 13-2 inches long and broad. Flowers short-peduncled. Fruit as

large as a large pea. Seeds rugose, or elevated-punctate, surrounded by a narrow

zone, exactly as in the Indian specimens. M. leiosperma, Arnott! from an authentic

specimen in herb. Hooker, is only distinguished from J. scabrella by perfectly smooth

seeds with a broad tumid zone.

IV. LAGENARIA, Seringe.

Flowers moncecious. Calyx campanulate ; segments subulate or broad-

ish. Corolla (white) petals 5, obovate, springing from within the mar-

gin of the calyx. Male: Stamens 3 ; anthers subsessile, triadelphous,

- cells very flexuose. Style scarcely any. Stigmas 3, subsessile, thick,

2-lobed. Pepo fleshy, indehiscent. Seeds numerous, obovate, com-

pressed, with a tumid border. Mem. Soc. @hist. Geneve I1I, 2, p. t. DC.

Prod. 3, 299. Endl. Gen. n. 5136.

Climbing, annual herbs, softly pubescent. Tendrils 2-cleft ; leaves cordate, nearly

entire ; flowers solitary or fascicled, axillary ; fruit often very ry pyriform or sub-

clavate. Name from lagena, a bottle ; form of fruit of some of species.

: ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves suborbicular, cordate at base, glaucous exe pate ge

Leaves sagittate, acuminate, scabrous = ee ... (3) sagittata,

1. L. vulgaris (Ser. 1. c.) ; leaves large, suborbiculate, cordate at the

base, entire or obsoletely lobed, denticulate, somewhat glaucous, with

2 glands at the base ; flowers fascicled ; fruit pubescent, at length

nearly glabrous and very smooth. W. § Arn. Prod. 341. L. idolatrica,

Ser. 1. c. Naudin. l. c.p. 91. Cucurbita Lagenaria, Linn.

Has. Spontaneous in the gardens in Caffraria and Tambokiland, EF. ¢ Z.

Dec.—Jan.

2? L. sagittata (Harv. mst.); dicecious; stem glabrous, sulcate ;

tendrils simple ; leaves scabrous, with short, appressed hairs, sagittate,

lower ones larger, dentate or acutely lobed, upper ones entire ; pedun-

cles fascicled, 1-flowered ; flowers very small.

Has. Port Natal, J. Sanderson. (Herb. Hk., D.)

_ Many filiform stems from a tuberous, woody root-stock, 1-1} foot long. Petiole

4-6 lines long. ‘Leaves in the female specimen 2 inches long, about 1 inch broad,

ovate, acuminate, with several lanceolate teeth ; the lanceolate, basal lobes entire

or bidentate. Leaves of the male specimens exactly sagittate, lanceolate or linear-

lanceolate, very entire, 1 inch long, 4-3 lines broad. Peduncles 4-1 inch long. Male

flower about 3 lines long ; calyx campanulate, with short, subulate teeth ; corolla

5-parted, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Anthers cohering, gyrose, subsessile, shorter than

the corolla. Female flower a little smaller ; calyx and corolla the same ; ovary ob-

Gj -

490 : CUCURBITACE (Sond.) [Luffa.

long, glabrous, attenuated at the apex. Stigma (only in one flower seen) bilobed.

Fruit unknown.

y » V. LUFFA, Tournef. Cav.

Flowers moncecious or rarely dicecious. Calyx 5-toothed, tube in the

male campanulate or turbinate, in the female oblong-clavate, Petals

5, somewhat deciduous. Male: Stamens 3 ; 2-bilocular, deeply bipar-

tite, the third unilocular ; anthers very flexuous. Female : Stamens

more or less abortive. Style 3-cleft ; stigmas reniform or bipartite.

Pepo becoming at length dry and fibrous within, usually opening by

the fall or decay of a lid or stopple at the apex, sometimes indehiscent.

Seeds broad-oval, flattened. W. & Arn. 1. c. 343. Endl. Gen. 5134.

Naudin Ann. Scienc. nat. 4th Series, Bot. XII. p, 118.

Has. Herbaceous, climbing herbs with angulate stems. 2-7-partite tendrils, pal-

mate-lobed leaves, and large yellow flowers, Male peduncles racemose, female

1-flowered. Name from Louff, the Arabic name of L. gyptiaca.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Stem glabrous ; leaves palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes ovate, acute (1) spherica.

Stem pubescent ; leaves palmately 5-lobed, lobes obovate, obtuse (2) Caledonica.

1. L. spherica (Sond.) ; stem sulcate, glabrous ; leaves triangulate,

palmately 3—5-lobate, at the base subcuneate, biglandulose, lobes ovate,

acute, repand-mucronate-dentate, or the lower ones bifid, upper side

slightly scabrous, under with very short hairs and paler; male racemes

long peduncled, 2—6-flowered ; calyx campanulate, with short, subulate

teeth ; petals large, obovate. Lagenaria spherica, FE. Meyer in herb.

Drege.

Has. Between Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege ; Port Natal, Krauss, 89. Plant

103. Gerrard § McKen., 556. April. (Herb. Hk, D., Sd.)

Tendrils bifid. Petiole 2-uncial, at the base of the cuneate leaf with 2 acutish

glands. Leaves about 4 inches long and broad, deeply lobed ; lobes toothed or

lobate-dentate, especially in the smaller upper leaves. Peduncles as long as the

leaves, glabrous. Calyx about 4 lines long, glabrous. Petals 1-14 inch, much

veined. Stamens 3-4, distinct ; anthers 2-3 lines long. Female plant not seen.

2, L. Caledonica (Sond.); moncecious ; stem sulcate, as well as the

petioles with short, yellowish pubescence ; leaves palmately-5-lobate, with-

out glands at the base; lobes obovate, obtuse, shortly mucronate-dentate,

upper side glabrous, under with short, appressed hairs on the nerves

and veins; male racemes long peduncled, 2~-5-flowered ; calyx turbi-

nate, with subulate teeth, as well as the peduncle beset with long,

articulated, yellowish hairs ; petals large ; female flowers short-pedun-

cled ; fruit (half-ripe) oblong, tapering to each end, reddish, smooth,

and glabrous.

(ers Hy) Nie near Caledon river, Dec. Burke, 305 ; Zeyher, 589.

tem several feet long. Tendril bifid. Petiole uncial. inches long and

wide, middle lobeabout 14 inch broad, scarcely paler on the prvi Male, fasten

solitary or fascicled, 4-1 foot, pedicels 6-3 lineslong. Calyx-tube } inch, 3 lines

long. Petals twice or thrice longer than the calyx. Filaments 3, distinct, very short ;

anthers cohering, flexuose, about 2 lines long. Peduncle of the female flower 3-4

pe ng. Young fruit somewhat fleshy, when half-ripe, about 3 inches long,

ch broad,

Momordica. | CUCURBITACE (Sond.) 491

VI. MOMORDICA, L.

Flowers moncecious or dicecious. Male peduncle with a large sessile

bractea. Calyx 5-cleft, witha very short tube. Petals 5, much longer

than the calyx-segments, Stamens 3, one-dimidiate ; anthers flexuous,

free or connate. Ovary with 3 placente ; ovules horizontal. Style with

3 stigmata. Pepo fleshy, not fibrous, prickly, bursting when ripe, with

or without elastic force. Seeds compressed, enveloped in a fleshy aril-

lus, reticulated. DC. Prod. 3, 311. W. & Arn. Prod. 348. Endl. Gen.

5133. Naudin. 1. c p. 129.

Annual or perennial, climbing herbs, with petiolate, lobed_or compound leaves,

simple, rarely 2-fid tendrils, and yellow or white flowers. Name from mordeo,

bite ; the seeds have the appearance of being bitten.

- ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves reniform-cordate ...

Leaves palmately-s-lobed ; bracteole cordate, toothed... ..._ (1) Balsamina.

Leaves palmately-5-lobed ; bracteole reniform, quite entire ... (2) involucrata.

Leaves bipinnate ... fe ss wie ue wis ot i

1, M. Balsamina (Linn. Spec. 1453) ; annual, stem glabrous ; leaves

palmately-5-lobed, deeply acute-toothed, glabrous, shining ; male pedun-

~ cles 1-flowered ; with a toothed-cordate bracteole above the middle; calyx

lobes acute ; fruit roundish-ovate, attenuated at both ends, tubercled,

_ bursting irregularly and laterally; seeds with a red arillus. W. § Arn.

Prod. 348. Lam. Ill.t.794, f.1. Blackw. herd. 6, t. 539,46. M. gariep-

ensis, H. Meyer.

Has. On the Gariep near Verleptpram, Drege ; Namaqualand, A. Wyley; Maga-

lisberg and Vaalriver, Burke, Zeyher, 594, 595- Sept._May. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Leaves 1-1} inches long and wide ; upper ones smaller. Tendrils simple. _Pedun-

cles t-2-uncial. Bracteole about 3 lines broad, nearly as long as the pedicel ; in the

female peduncle below the middle. Petals } inch long, twice longer than the calyx.

Fruit orange-coloured, as large as a walnut.

2. M. involucrata (E. Meyer in herb. Drege) ; stem glabrous ; leaves

palmately-5-lobed, sinwate-dentate, teeth obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous ;

male peduncles 1-flowered, with a very large, reniform, quite entire

bracteole, close to the flower; calyx lobes roundish-obtuse, 2-3 times _

shorter than the petals ; fruit roundish-ovate, attenuated at both ends,

tubercled, bursting irregularly and laterally ; seeds with a red arillus,

Has. Port Natal, Drege, Krauss, (90), Dr. Grant, Hewitson, Gueinzius. April.

(Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) :

Closely allied to the preceding, the leaves are very similar, but the teeth are blunt,

with a short mucro, and about 13-2 inches long and wide; the flowers are a little

larger, the bracteole much larger, nearly $ inch broad, 3 lines broad and much longer

than the pedicels. Stamens 3, free ; anthers cohering. The fruit, of the same

size, seems to be smoother.

3. M. clematidea (Sond.) ; quite smooth and glabrous ; stem angu-

late ; tendrils simple or bifid ; leaves bipinnate, partial petioles sulcate

above the middle, at the apex 3 or 5-parted, lateral ones alternately

branched, leaflets ovate or suborbiculate dentate, mucronulate or inciso-

serrate ; male peduncle 1-flowered, with a quite entire, cordate bract

near the calyx ; petals 3 times longer than the ovate calyx-lobes,

492 CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) [ Cephalandra.

Has. Among shrubs on the Crocodile river, Magalisberg, Burke, 357, Zeyher, 578.

Dec. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) 6 Evia " ‘ i

Stem angulate-sulcate. Common petiole }-} inch long. Lower leaves 3-4 inches

long and broad. Leaflets 4-10 lines long, obtuse at the base. Male peduncle

2 inches long. Bracts and flower as in M. involucrata. Filaments 3, free, very

short, with a gland on each side near the apex. Anther cells flexuose, not cohering.

Female flower not seen.

4, M. cordifolia (Sond.) ; stem glabrous; leaves long, petiolate, rent-

form-cordate, acute, dentate, mucronulate, a little scabrous above, with

short hairs on the nerves and veins beneath ; male peduncle umbellate,

with a puberous bract at the base of the pedicels ; female peduncle

1-flowered ; calyx-lobes roundish-obtuse, fimbriate at the margin, 3 times

shorter than the petals; ovary globose, densely muricate. Cucumis ?

cordifolius, EH. Meyer.

Has. Between Omtata and Omsamwubo, Feb., Drege. Port Natal, Dr. Krauss, 47.

Gerr. & McKen.; 1560. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Tendrils simple or bifid. Petiole 2-3 incheslong. Larger leaves 3 inches long and

broad, a little paler beneath. Male peduncle as long or longer than the leaves.

Bracteole in our specimens truncate, obtuse, subcuneate, 3-4 lineslong. Pedicels

3-6, one inch or longer, as well as the calyx-lobes powdery. Calyx-tube glandular,

muricate. White petals 1 inch long, about 7-8 lines broad. Anthers connate.

Female peduncles often not shorter than the male. Style filiform with a very thick |

and lobed stigma. Fruit (nearly half-ripe) as large as a hazlenut, muricate-echinate.

Momordica latana, Thunb. | fl. cap. 36, is Citrullus vulgaris (amarus Schrad.)

~t, teat VI. CEPHALANDRA, Schrader.

Flowers Geecious, Male: Calyx short, campanulate, 5-toothed. Corolla

5-parted, flattish, the laciniz recurved at the apex. Filaments inserted

at the base of the corolla, 3, free, but the connective connate, and united

into a subglobose, antheriferous capitulum. Anthers distinct, flexuous,

two of which are 2-celled, the third 1-celled. Female ; Calyx and corolla

as in the male flower. Ovary oblong, with 3 placentas. Style with

thick, lobed stigmata. Fruit berried, many-seeded, smooth. Seeds com-

pressed, obliquely subattenuated at the base. H. & Z./ Enum. p. 280.

Endl. Gen. 5342.

, herbaceous, perennial ts, with 5-lobed leaves, simple tendrils, golden

ellowii Saddiectediirys tis. Mila: pdacicle votseanbelinte om SGamS

the female shorter and 1-flowered. N. from g ;

the alitiall aetaaiena 4c; a ‘ ame A Repent) & Read, and amp man

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Glabrous : leaves long-petioled, 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acuminate palmata.

ae short-petioled, 5-lobed ; lobes ovate or oblong a

‘ mee Be ee inqueloba.

Pubescent ; leaves petioled, s-lobed ; lobes obl ae ace

lanceolate, callous-denticulate = acon = a (2) pubescens.

Glabrous ; leaves sessile, 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute ... ... (3) sessilifolia,

1. C. quinqueloba (Schrad.! 1. ¢.); diccious, glabrous, glaucescent ;

ba () t ; glabrous, glaucescent ;

leaves shortly petiolate, palmately 5-lobed, lobes aaveetste ovate or

ovate-oblong, obtuse mucronulate, entire or with a few remote teeth ;

the sinus rounded; male peduncles umbellate, rarely 1-flowered.

a quinqueloba, Thunb. ! fl. cap. 35. Momordica quinqueloba, E.

eyer.

Citrullus. | CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) 493

Has. Woods in Uitenhage, Albany, and Kaffirland. Feb.-April. (Herb. Th.

Holm. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem angulate. Petiole 2-3 lines long. Leaves papillose-scabrous above, lower

3~4 inches long and broad, middle lobe about 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, lateral

ones shorter ; upper leaves gradually smaller, often subsessile. Male peduncles

solitary, or 2-3 in the axils of the upper leaves, about 1 inch long, terminated by

one flower or by 3-6 subumbellate, 3-6 line long pedicels. Flowers § inch or a little

larger. Calyx-teeth subulate. Petals veined, acute. Stamens short. Female pedun-

cles solitary or geminate, 1 inch long. Ovary oblong, attenuated at both ends.

Fruit as large as a pigeon’s egg, acute, containing 10-16 obovate seeds.

2. C, pubescens (Sond.) ; pubescent ; leaves petiolate, scabrous, pal-

mately 5-lobed, lobes spreading, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, mucronu-

late, callous-denticulate ; male peduncles elongated, racemose, rarely

1-flowered.

Has. On the Magalisriver, Burke, 408, Zeyher, 588. Dec. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Habit of C. quinqueloba. Petioles 4-6 lines long, as well as the stem and pedun-

cles shortly pubescent. Leaves deeply palmate-partite, in the preceding species only

to the middle, the lower nearly 3 inches long, 24 inches wide ; the middle lobe

2 inches long, 6-8 lines broad, lateral lobes evidently shorter ; all the lobes punctate-

scabrous. Male peduncle 2-3 inches long, from the middle with racemose, 4-6 lines

long, pubescent pedicels, without bracts. Flower 4 inch, and stamens as in C. quin-

queloba. Female peduncle 3-4 lines long. Ovary oblong, attenuated at both ends.

3. C. sessilifolia (Sond.) ; glabrous ; leaves sessile, punctate, scabrous

at the margins, palmately 5-lobed, lobes spreading, ovate-lanceolate,

acute, mucronate, coarsely dentate or the middle trifid ; upper leaves

with lanceolate, acuminate, paucidentate or trifid lobes ; male peduncles

solitary, 1-flowered or subumbellate. Bryonia ? lagenaria, E. Meyer.

Has. Near Mooyeriver and Vaalriver on Rhinosterkop, Burke, 289, Zeyher, 580.

Nieuwe Hantum, 4—5000ft., Drege. Dec.—Feb, (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Glaucous-green, much-bran Lower leaves 14-2 inches long and broad, at

the middle 5-lobed ; middle lobes 8-12 lines long, 8 lines wide, 5-dentate or the lower

teeth attenuated into 4 lines long, acute lobes ; lateral lobes dentate and shorter.

Upper leaves 3-fid, or, when §- the lobes often very small, 2-3 lines broad,

1-14 inch long. Peduncle about uncial. Flowers and stamens as in C. quinqueloba.

Fruit 2-24 inches long, nearly 1 inch broad, acute, with 16-20 seeds.

4, C, palmata (Sond.) ; quite smooth and glabrous ; leaves long-pedun-

culate, palmately 5-lobed, lobes ovate, acuminate, the margins denticulate

by distant calli; the 2 lower lobes very short ; male peduncles elon-

gated, racemose ; the female shorter, 1-flowered. Momordica palmata,

E. Meyer in herb. Drege.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege. April. (Herb. Hk. 8d.)

Tendrils simple, rarely bifid. Petiole 14-2 inches long. Leaves 3-4 inches long

and broad. The middle lobe about 2 inches long, 1 inch wide, the 2 lateral lobes

14 inch, the lower much shorter. Male peduncle often as long as the leaf, above

the middle racemose, pedicels }-1 inch. Calyx and stamens as in C. quingueloba,

Petals uncial. Fruit ovate, acute, in size and colour agreeing with that of C. quin-

queloba ; seeds also the same.

3] VIIL CITRULLUS, Schrad.

Flowers moncecious. Male : Calyx campanulate, deeply 5-fid. Corolla

5-partite, flattish. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of the corolla, two

bilocular, deeply partite, the third unilocular, connectivam without

terminal appendage. Anther-cells linear, flexuous, Female: Calyx and

od tach cee

= Danna Sat

ee Q 20 es j

Nowtui~

(ys

494 - CUCURBITACEE (Sond.) [Cucumis

corolla as in the male flower. Ovary with 3 placentas, ovoid, villous or

smooth. Style trifid. Stigmas 3, thick. Fruit a globose, rarely oblong,

3 or pseudo 6-celled, many-seeded pepo. Seeds oval, compressed, with

obtuse margins. ZH. § Z./ Enum. p. 279.

Annual or perennial, prostrate herbs. Tendrils bifid, rarely trifid or undivided.

Leaves deeply 3—5-lobed, lobes lobulate or dissect, with rounded sinus. Peduncles

i , I-flowered. Flowers yellow. Pepo with fleshy or spongious, white, yel-

lowish, reddish or purple, sweet or bitter, pulp. Name unexplained.

1, C. vulgaris (Schrad. 1. ¢.) ; root annual; leaves stalked ; the

upper ones 3-parted ; middle segment sinuated, pinnatifid ; lateral ones

2-fid ; lobes obovate-rotundate-obtuse, scabrid ; radical leaves 5-parted;

fruit elliptico-globose, glabrous, when young often woolly. Naudin. 1. ¢.

p. 100. Cucurbita Citrullus, Linn. Citrullus caffer, Schrad. l. c. (fruit

sweet). Citrullus amarus, Schrad.! 1. ¢. Cucumis Colocynthis, Thunb. !

herbar. var. y. e Drege herb. Momordica lanata, Thunb-! fl. Cap. 36.

(fruit bitter.) 3

Has. In the sands of the Cape downs, near Tigerberg and Rietvalley, and in

similar localities, Somerset ; Gamkariver, Zeyher, 587. Jan._May. (Herb. Th.,

~ Hm., Hk., D., Sd.)

Stem woolly or pubescent. Radical leaves often 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, on

a petiole of the same length ; upper ones gradually smaller, scabrous above, hairy

beneath or nearly glabrous. Pepo the size of an apple or of a child’s head ; when

edible or sweet it is called water-melon or Kaffir water-melon ; when bitter, it is the

bitter apple or wild water-melon of the colonists. 'The pulp of the latter may be used

like that of Colocynth; conf. Pappe Flor. Cap. med. p. 14.

IX. CUCUMIS, Linn.

Flowers moneecious or dicecious. Male: Calyx campanulate, 5-fid.

Corolla patent, limb 5-partite. Stamens 3, inserted at the base of the

corolla, one-dimidiate ; anthers posterior, linear, gyrose, terminated by

Bh.P gomec bilobed connectivum. Female : Calya and corolla as in the

e. Sti 3, thick. Frwit a pepo or gourd, 3 or spuriously 6-celled,

duicjesoden Seeds oval, compressed, not margined. Schrad. Naudin. !

Endl. Gen. 5137.

Herbaceous, annual or “pecans a sate — succulent stems, simple,

rarely r wanting iL tendrils, ir an angular axillary > soli

fascicled, yellow. Name from xucvos cucumber ! ie 2

Tendrils none or soon deciduous. Stem erect wm «s+ (9) Tigidus.

Tendrils simple. Stems prostrate.

Fruit spinous or muricate,

rie me i large, conical spines.

: ves cordate, angulate, or subtrilobed .... --. (1) metuliferus.

_ Leaves deeply palmately 5-lobed ton ... (6) Naudinianus,

rest short, thin, often weak, spinelike bristles.

< Leaves 3-5-lobed, lobes rotundate-obtuse ; ovary ob-

long ; pepo ovoid... ee ev ei ... (2) Africanus,

~ pees PR kien oe rotundate-obtuse ; ovary

3 pepo globose... as bes we myriocarpus.

Leaves 3~5-lobed, middle lobe lanceolate-acute 3 pepo 2

Perennial,

Leaves deeply 5-7-lobed, lobes lobulate and dentate ;

flowers moneecious ; pepo ovoid... oe ... (5) dissectifolius.

Leaves deeply 5-7-lobed, lobes linear, entire ; flowers

: dicecious ; pepoovoid _.... ne ips ... (7) heptadactylus.

Fruit pubescent or glabrous, not spinous or muricate (8) hirsutus.

1, C. metuliferus (E. Meyer in herb. Drege); annual, branched,

deeply green ; stem and branches angulate, hispid ; leaves long, petio-

late, palmately sub-3-lobed, dentate, with cordate base ; lobes angulate,

denticulate, the terminal acute, mucronate ; pepo oblong, bluntish-

trigonous, at both ends obtuse, armed with thick, conical, sharp

spines, Vaud. l. c. 10. . :

Has. Omsamwubo, near the river, Drege. Feb. (Herb. Sd.)

Branches long. Leaves 2—3 inches long and broad, or in the upper often longer

than broad and more acute, with shorter, lateral lobes. Male flowers nearly as in

C. Melo. Fruit of the wild specimens 4 inches long, 14-1} inch in diameter, with

red spines, about 12-20 in a pepo, 3 inch long, terminated by a conical, very hard

apex. Pulp pale green ; taste of that of C. sativus, (Naudin). Seeds 2} lines long.

2. C. Africanus (Linn. fil. Suppl. 423); annual, green, scabrous every-

where; branches angulate ; leaves deeply 3- or 5-lobed, lobes entire or

sublobed, denticulate, as well as the sinus rotundate, middle lobe ob-

ovate, longer than the lateral ones ; ovary oblong, muricate-echinate, on a

slender peduncle ; pepo ovoid, densely beset with short, but sharp spines.

Van. a, leaves mostly trilobed or the lateral ones 2-lobed. C. Africanus, Thunb./

jl. cap. 36. Drege herb. a, b,c. C. prophetarum d. herb. Drege, and b. partim.

Van. B, leaves mostly 5-lobed, lateral lobes often deeply 2-lobed, the terminal

sub-3-lobed. C. Africanus, E. § Z.! 1794. Naudin. Ll. ¢.

Has. Var. a. on the Gariep, in the distr. of George and near Omtata, Drege ; Cale-

don river, Zeyh. 584. Var. 8. Mount Winterberg, Caffirland, and in the gardens

near Capetown, £. ¢ Z. and Dr. Pappe; Port Natal, Miss Owen. Sept.—Jan.

(Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) :

Stem much branched. Leaves on longish petioles, in var. a. 14-1} inch long,

1-1} inch wide, the upper smaller ; in var. 8. 13-24 inches long, and very similar to

those of C. Anguria, L. Male flowers fascicled, very small, much shorter than the

hispid petiole; female flowers on lo peduncles. Fruit 14 inch long, } or nearly

1 inch broad. Spines 2 lines long ; the ripe fruit sometimes denudate or only tuber-

cled by the remaining base of the spines. Seeds nearly 2 lines long. C-. arenarius,

Schrad. | E. & Z. |. 1795, founded on a si specimen, is a depauperated state of

C. Africanus. C. arenarius, Arn. and P: in herb. Hook. is C. myriocarpus, Naud.

C. arenarius, Schum. and Thom. } is a quite different plant ; the branches are hispid,

tendrils very long, leaves about 2 inches long, 15 lines broad, bluntish-5-lobed, the

ovate middle lobe 1 inch long, the four lateral ones short but equal ; the whole leaf

on both sides subsilky by appressed hairs, a little hispid on the nerves beneath ;

flowers very small, fascicled and short peduncles, the tube hirsute ; the fruit un-

known. N. 4919 of Drege’s collection has some resemblance to this, but the flowers

are much larger, the tendrils very short, and the branches pubescent.

3. C. myriocarpus (Naudin.! 1. c. 22); annual, green, scabrous ;

branches angulate-striate ; leaves long petiolate, palmately 3, 5, 7-lobed,

lobes and sinus rotundate, middle lobe larger, hispidulous-scabrous be-

neath ; ovary rowndish, densely muricate ; pepo subglobose, beset with

weakly prickles, caducous; peduncle slender. C. prophetarum, Thunb.!

fl. cap. 36. Jacq. hort. Vind. t. 9. Blackw. herb. t. 589. #. § Z./1793,

and herb. Drege b. ex parte. C. Colocynthis a, herb. Thunb.

496 - CUCURBITACEZ (Sond.) [ Cucumis.

Has, On Tablemountain, near Genadenthal ; at Buffelfontein, and in the dis-

tricts of Uitenhage and Albany. (Herb. Th. Hk. D. Sd.)

Leaves 14-2 inches long and wide, upper ones much smaller, usually on very long

petioles, on the margins denticulate, with cordate base, subglabrous above, the

middle lobe roundish, cuneate, more or less 3-lobed. Peduncles fascicled, much

shorter than the hispid petiole. Flowers very small. Fruit usually very numerous,

round or nearly so, 7-1 inch in diameter, densely or sparingly beset with bristle-

like, 1 line long spines. According to Naudin the true C. prophetarum, Linn. is a

different species.

4. C. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; annual, pale green ; stem and branches angu-

late, scabrous ; leaves palmately 3-5-lobed, lobes denticulate, lateral

ones shortly obtuse, the middle elongated, lanceolate, more or less

3-lobed, acute, very scabrous on both sides; pepo pyriform-globose,

beset with very short, weak prickles.

Has, Gamkariver, May, Zey./ 582 ; Magalisberg, Nov., Zey. / 583. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 1-2 feet, branched, on the 5 angles scabrous by minute, whitish hooks.

Tendrils very short. Petiole 4-6 lines long, scabrous. Leaves 14-15 lines long,

8-10 lines broad, middle lobe cuneate at the base, 10-12 lines long, 3-4 lines wide.

Fruit 12-14 lines long, 10-12 lines in diameter, with 1 line long prickles. Seeds

not margined. A similar plant is collected by Gueinzius (398) at Port Natal, the

leaves are twice larger, very green, scarcely scabrous above, the tendrils long, the

ey oval, very prickly. If the fruit is not different, it may be a variety of

5. C, dissectifolius (Naudin. 1. c. 23); perennial, monecious, pale

green, stem and branches very long, angulate, scabrous; tendrils elon-

gate ; leaves deeply palmately 5—7-lobed ; lobes lanceolate, tobulate and

dentate, acute, the middle longer, subglabrous above, very scabrous

beneath ; pepo ovoid, with very short, weak prickles.

Has. Sandy places near Moojeriver, Burke, 276, Zey., 585. Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Root perennial (Zeyher msc.). Stem often 4-6 feet long, creeping, hooked sca-

brous on the 5 angles, especially on the branches. Tendrils 2-3 inches, petioles

about 1 inch long, hispid-scabrous. Leaves 14-2 inches long and broad, all the

lobes lobulate and inciso-dentate, the middle acutely 5-lobed. Male flowers fascicled,

arly 4 inch ; female ones solitary. Fruit 10 lines long, 8 lites in diameter ;

| 1-1} line long. Seeds oblong, not margined. It comes very near the pre-

ceding, but the leaves are more compound and the lateral lobes longer and acute.

__ 6. C, Naudinianus (Sond.) ; perennial, dicecions ; stem and branches

very long, angw te, smooth or a little scabrous-hairy on the young

branches ; tendrils short, spinous ; leaves deeply palmately 5-lobed,

scabrous on both sides, lobes narrow-lanceolate, pinnatifid, and dentate,

lower ones very short, the middle the longest ; male flowers campanu-

late; pepo ovoid, armed with large, conical spines. C. dissectifolius, Naw-

din. 1. c. partim.

Has. Sandy, grassy places near the Mooieri galis ;

Zeyher, 586. Dec. Geka)... ee eee *

‘Stem much branched, as thick as a Ppigeon’s quill, quite smooth and glabrous or

is — near the nodes. Tendrils 4 inch long, or shorter ie the young

ranches, straight. Petioles 6-8 lines long, scabrous, and urplish as the promi-

nent nerves of the leaves, Middle lobe about 1} inch long, 5 lines broad, with

46 horizontal lobes, the lower of which are 3-4 lines long or shorter in the upper

eaves, the intermediate lobes divaricate, somewhat shorter, dentate, or lobes like

the middle lobes ; the lower ones generally very short, angulate-toothed. Peduncle

4 inch. Calyx of the male flower broad-campanulate, with lanceolate, recurved

lobes. Petals pubescent outwards. Stamens and anthers as in the genus, Fruit

Cucumis. | CUCURBITACE (Sond.) 497

1} inch long, 1 inch in diameter, not fasciated or striated ; spines numerous, about

3 lines long,. at the base 2-3 lines wide. Seeds nearly 5 lines long, not margined.

7. C, heptadactylus (Naud. 1. c. 24); perennial, dicecious, greyish ;

stem and branches angulate, hispid, and scabrous ; leaves short, petio-

late, palmate-digitate ; lobes 5-7, linear, elongate, entire, acute, with

revolute margins, very scabrous ; male flowers subtubulose ; pepo ovoid,

beset with short, weakly bristles,

Has. Sandy places, Vanderwaltsfontyn, distr. Colesberg, Burke, 139, Zeyher, 591.

on the Caledonriver, Burke, 7, Zeyher 590 ; Winterfeld, distr. Beaufort, Drege, 8183

(not collected at Port Natal, as indicated by Naudin). Jan.—Feb. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Many stems from the whitish root, 1-4 feet long, flexuous, sulcate-

with a few branches, covered as well as the other — with short and stiff, spread-

ing hairs. Tendrils short. Petioles in the lower leaves 4-8 lines, in the upper 2-3

lines long. Limb of the leaves 2-3 lines ; the lobes unequal, the middle from 14-3

inches long, 1-2 lines broad, the lower ones much shorter. Upper surface glabrous

except the middle nerve. Flowers fascicled or subracemose, very small. Calyx

lobes short, subulate, erect, spreading. Corolla hispidulous. Pepo 14—15 lines long,

g—1o lines in diameter ; the bristle-like spines, 1-14 line long.

8. C. hirsutus (Sond.); perennial, dicecious, hirsute ; branches elon-

gate, sulcate-striate ; leaves short-petiolate, scabrous, ovate-cordate, den-

tate, inciso-serrate or 3—5-lobed, lobes acute, the middle much longer ;

flowers subsolitary on slender peduncles ; pepo subglobose, hirsute, at

length glabrous or nearly so.

Has. Sandy places near Wonderfontyn and Moojeriver, Betchuanaland, Burke,

297, Zeyher, 581. Dec. Near Port Natal, Krauss. 91. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem as thick as a pigeon’s quill, prostrate as the similar branches, several feet

long. Tendrils short, in some branches often wanting. Petioles 2-3 lines long,

hirsute. Leaves 1}-24 inches long, t inch broad, hirsute, and very scabrous,

with shortly dentate margins, entire or lobed ; lateral lobes short, rarely 4 inch long,

the middle lobe uncial or longer, ovate-lanceolate, rarely obtuse. Upper leaves of

the branches twice or thrice shorter, usually entire and not scabrous. Peduncles

about 1 inch long. Flowers subcampanulate, 4 inch, lobes of the corolla oblong.

Ovary densely hirsute. Fruit 1 inch long and broad, on a longer peduncle. Seeds

about 4 lines long, subeompressed, not margined. The edible fruit is acidulous,

Zeyher.

9. C. rigidus (E. Meyer in herb. Drege) ; perennial, stem erect, sul-

cate-angulate, alternately branched, very. scabrous and appressedly

hairy ; leaves petiolate, 3-lobed, scabrous and whitish by adpressed

hairs, lobes ovate or obovate, obtuse, short-dentate, the middle lobe

somewhat longer ; flowers axillary, pedunculate, scabrous-hairy out-

wards ; fruit ovoid, beset with longish, subulate spines.

Has. On the Gariep, Drege. Namaqualand, 4. Wyley. Sept. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Whole plant greyish-white. Stem several feet high, as thick as a goose’s

quill ; branchesspreading. Petioles uncial, thick, and rigid. Leaves 1 inch long

and broad ; the lateral lobes 4-5 lines long, the middle about } inch long, 4-6 lines

wide, on the margins and at the apex repand-dentate. Male flowers unknown, the

females pale yellow. Petioles short, in fruit 4 inch long, thick. Ovary ovate, spinous-

scabrous. Calyx campanulate, lobes subulate, 1 line long, green. “Style very short.

Stigma thick, 3-lobed. Fruit 1} inch long, 1 inch in diameter, red or scarlet, the

spines 2 lines long. Seeds compressed, not margined.

Cucumis spec. Drege, 8182, without flower and fruit, may be the true C. prophetarum.

Cucumis spec. Gueinzius, 397, without female flowers and fruit, seems to be a new

species.

VOL. It. 32

498 _ PASSIFLOREZ (Harv.) [ Pisosperma.

Bryonia spec. Drege, 8185, with very small, reniform, and trilobate puberulous

leaves, and racemose flowers, is perhaps a Coniandra.

Bryonia acutangula, Thund. | fl. cap. 35, and herbar. is a species of Senecio.

i. X. PISOSPERMA, Sond.

Flowers moncecious, much aggregated, on radical branches; the male

on longish, racemose, 1-flowered pedicels; the female solitary, on shorter

pedicels. Male: Calyx 5-tid, tube subcampanulate, lobes lanceolate.

Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 3, short. Anther—cells flexuose, cohering,

without appendage. Female : Calyx and corolla as in the male. Style 1 ;

stigma thick, lobed. Fruit subbaccate, pseudo-trilocular, subglobose,

apiculate, 6-12-seeded. Seeds round, subcompressed, with a tumid

margin.

A herbaceous, perennial, subscabrous plant, with tuberous root and precocious

flowers. Leafy branches prostrate, rising from the short radical flower-bearing

branches, when the fruit begins to ripen. Tendrils simple. Leaves petiolate, pal-

mate-digitate, 5-lobed ; lobes linear, the middle elongated. Flowers small, pale yel-

low, striped with green, and very thinly pubescent. Name from mos, a pea, and

omepua, a seed.

1. P. Capense (Sond.)

Has. Nieuwejaarspoint and Caledonriver, Zeyher, 593, and Cucurbit. 1; Camde-

ae sae 8188 ; Zwartekey River, Mrs. F. W. Barber. Oct.Jan. (Herb.

Leafy branches 1 foot or longer, prostrate, sulcate-angulate, hairy-scabrous, at

length subglabrous. Petioles 3-4 lines long, shorter than the tendrils. Middle lobe

of the leaves 1-2-uncial, 1-1} line wide, acute, very entire; the intermediate lobes

twice shorter ; the lower ones very short, often bilobed. Radical flowering stem

1-2-uncial ; branches with 10-16, filiform, uncial pedicels, each of which has a

small, subulate bract. Flowers 4-5 lines long. Ripe fruit the size of a large hazle-

nut, pubescent, at length nearly glabrous. Seeds as large as a pea.

OrpER LIX. PASSIFLOREZ, Juss.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Flowers perfect or unisexual. Perianth (consisting either wholly of

calya, or of caly« and corolla soldered together) monophyllous, free, the

tube long or short, sometimes scarcely any, the limb, if in a single row,

3-4-5-cleft, if double, 8-10-parted, the outer segments herbaceous, the

inner more or less petaloid. Corona-staminea occupying the bottom of

the perianth, annular, fimbriated or entire, sometimes consisting of

fleshy glands, always exterior in insertion to the stamens. Stamens as

many or twice as many as the lobes of the perianth, rarely subin-

definite, monadelphous or free; anthers introrse, either versatile or

adnate, bilocular. Ovary stipitate or rarely subsessile, free, unilaeular ;

ovules many or few, on 3-5 parietal placenta, pendulous, orthotropous.

Styles or stigmata as many as the carpels. uit either a succulent

berry or a 3-5-valved capsule, usually many-seeded. Sveds on long

seed-cords, mostly arillate, with a furrowed and ridged seed-coat, albu-

minous ; embryo orthotropous, with flat, leafy cotyledons.

Herbaceous or suffruticose, rarel i i i

of the warmer parts of America, imc La iE cuncans sarieestsegry Maman

and Australia. Leaves mostly simple, entire or variously lobed, rarely imparipin-

f}.

Modecea. | PASSIFLORE (Harv.) 499

nate, alternate, petioled or sessile. Stipules in pairs at the base of the petioles, some-

times wanting. Tendrils, when present, axillary, formed out of abortive peduncles.

The type of this Order is the well-known genus Passiflora or Passion-Flower, no

African species of which has yet been discovered, though P. caerulea (a native of

South America) is now almost naturalised and apparently wild in some parts of

or colony. The few South African species known have small or minute, greenish

owers.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

* Lobes of the perianth in two rows, those of the inner row like petals. No involucel.

I. Tryphostemma.— Each row of the perianth of 3 segments. Corona-staminea

annular, double, the outer fringed.

II. Modecea,-—-Each row of the perianth of § segments. Corona-staminea obsolete

or wanting.

** Lobes of the perianth (or calyx) in a single row. Involucral bracts present or

absent, subtending the perianth.

III. Ceratiosicyos\—A vine-like climber. Perianth 5- (or 4-) fid. Male flowers

racemose, involucrate ; females solitary, without involucre.

IV. Acharia,—A suberect, small herb. Perianth 3- (or 4-) fid. Male and female

flowers involucrate, neither racemose.

I. TRYPHOSTEMMA, Harv.

Flowers hermaphrodite. Tube of the perianth short, conical ; limb

6-parted, in two rows, the three inner segments unequal, two of them

larger, herbaceous and albomarginate, the third linear and petaloid.

Corona-staminea perigynous, annular, double ; the outer fimbriated,

the inner entire or crenulate, bearing the stamens. Stamens 5, attached

to the interior corona ; filaments subulate ; anthers erect, suagittate,

2-celled. Ovary subsessile, unilocular ; ovules few, on three or four

parietal placenta. Styles 3-4, filiform ; stigmas capitate. Capsule

shortly stipitate, membranous, 3-4-valved, few-seeded ; seeds pendu-

lous, enclosed in a membranous arillus, areolate-corrugate; embryo

not seen.

But one species known. The name is compounded of rpudos, a delicate fragment,

and oréuua, acrown; in allusion to the depauperated condition of the crown of rays

in this miniature Passion-flower.

T. Sandersoni (Harv. Thes. t. 51).

Has. Port Natal, J. Sanderson, No. 59 and 440. (Herb. D. Hk. Sd.)

Root perennial, woody. Stems numerous, 4-12 inches high or more, erect, quite

simple, angular, ribbed and furrowed. Leaves alternate, quite sessile or shortly

petiolate, ovate or ovato-lanceolate, acute, 1-25 inches long, 4-1 inch wide, distantly

ciliate-dentate, glabrous, reticulated with veins. Stipules small, subulate, free.

Peduncles axillary, as long as the leaves or shorter, 2-3-flowered, with one or more

bracteoles at the base of each pedicel. Flowers 2-5 lines in diameter, greenish,

with le dots outside. The outer lobes of the perianth and two of the inner, are

rout camel or ovate-oblong ; the third inner lobe is much smaller, narrower, and

more id than the rest. Specimens recently received from Mr. Sanderson

differ that figured in the Thesaurus in being taller and stouter, with evidently

petioled, longer, and comparatively narrower leaves, and somewhat larger flowers.

g Il. MODECCA, Lam.

Flowers wnisexual. Perianth without involucre, double ; the outer

(or calyw) tubular-conical, campanulate or subrotate, more or less deeply

4~—5-cleft ; the inner (or corolla) of 4-5, ovate, oblong, or linear petals,

32*

500 PASSIFLOREZ. (Harv.) [ Modecea.

smaller than the calycine lobes and inserted either at the summit, or

far beneath the summit of the calyx-tube. Mate: Stamens 4-5, in-

serted in the bottom of the calyx and opposite its lobes ; filaments

subulate, connate in a ring at base; anthers introrse, 2-celled, erect.

A rudiment of an ovary. Fermate: Abortive filaments 5, subulate,

surrounding the ovary, sometimes wanting. Ovary stipitate or subses-

sile, unilocular ; ovules numerous, on 3 parietal placenta. Stigmata

subsessile, dilated. Capsule fleshy (leathery when dry), subglobose,

3-valved, many-seeded ; seeds arillate, areolate-corrugate ; embryo in

fleshy albumen. Endl. Gen. No. 5130.

Herbaceous or shrubby plants, mostly climbing, natives of Asia and Africa.

Leaves alternate, undivided or lobed, the petioles biglandular at the apex. Stipules

obsolete or none. Peduncles axillary, branched, the medial branch tendriliferous.

Flowers small and greenish. Modecca is the native Indian name for one of the

§ .

sae ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Calyx-tube conico-campanulate ; limb §-cleft. Petioles short.

Leaves lanceolate-linear, obtuse, undivided —_.... ... (1) Paschanthus.

Leaves deeply 3-5-lobed, the lobes incised wee ... (2) digitata.

Calyx nearly rotate, 5-parted. Leaves on long petioles,

bluntly 3-lobed_... iv = on ae ... (3) gummifera.

1. M. Paschanthus (Harv.); stem scarcely climbing ; leaves sub-

sessile, lanceolate-linear, obtuse, distantly repand, glabrous, glaucous,

semi-complicate, reticulated, having two large glands at the apex of

the petiole, and one beneath each of the marginal inequalities. Pas-

chanthus repandus, Burch. Trav. 1, p. 533. DC. Prod. 3, p. 336.

Has. In the interior of South Africa, lat. 29°.20’, long. 23°.43’, Burchell, Cat.

‘Geogr. No. 2036 and 2486, 2. At Motito, Feb. 1842. (Herb. Hk.)

Stem about 2 feet high. Leaves of tender substance but thickish (much of the

substance of a cabbage-leaf) subglaucous, elongate-lanceolate, the margins repand

and reddish. Peduncles axillary, cirrhose. Flowers polygamous, ochraceous. Cal:

tubular, 5-cleft. Petals 5, small, lanceolate, inserted between the divisions of the

calyx. Filaments 5, inserted near the bottom of the calyx ; anthers linear. ‘

stipitate ; style very short ; stigma lacero-capitate. Capsule 1-celled, ovate, inflated,

3-6-seeded, 3-valved, purple-rosy. Seeds ovate, inclosed in a scarlet arillus. Such

is Burchell’s account. The specimen in Herb. Hook. above referred to, and which

alone I have seen, is in fruit only, but in foliage and other characters it so nearly

agrees with Burchell’s description that I feel little doubt of its identity with his

plant. By the description of the flower, as given by Burchell, I cannot see how this

species differs generically from Modecea : it probably belongs, as does the following,

to the subgenus Blepharanthes.

2. M. digitata (Harv. Thes. t. 12); stem herbaceous, climbing, an-

gularly-striate; leaves on short petioles digitately 3—5-parted, the lobes

pinnatifid, glabrous, margined, with two glands at the apex of the

petiole, and glands beneath the sinuses of the lamina ; racemes few-

flowered, equalling the petiole, sometimes cirrhiferous ; calyx funnel-

shaped, tapering at base ; petals lanceolate, inserted toward the base

of the calyx-tube, included.

Has. In the Zulu country, Miss Owen/ Macallisberg, Burke! (Herb. Hk. D.)

ih female flowers are unknown. For a full description see Thes. Cap. above

quoted.

3. M.? gummifera (Harv.); stem shrubby, extensively climbing,

Acharia. | PASSIFLOREZ (Harv.) 801

striated ; leaves on long petioles, abrupt at base, bluntly 3-lobed, the.

lobes short, round-topped or emarginate, very entire, glabrous, mem-

branous, paler, nigro-punctulate and veiny beneath, with two glands at

the apex of the petiole ; peduncles (of the female flowers) axillary,

much shorter than the petiole, 1-flowered, those of the fruit elongate

and cirrhiferous ; calyx rotate, its segments ovate, nigro-punctate ;

petals narrow-linear, minute, inserted in the sinus between the calyx-

lobes ; staminodia none; ovary subsessile ; stigmas 3, expanded, fim-

briate. Passiflorearum species, Drege | No. 5211.

Has. Omsamculo and Omcomas, Drege.! Natal, Sanderson, 555. Common

round D’Urban, Gerrard § McKen! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.)

A woody climber, rising to the tops of trees. ‘Stems green, striated, vine-like,

2-3 inches in diameter, resembling green snakes,” (Gerr.). Petioles 2-6 inches long,

slender ; leaves 1-4 inches long, 14—5"inches wide, the blunt lobes separated by wide,

rounded sinuses ; sometimes the lateral lobes are obsolete. ‘The Kafirs use a claret-

coloured, gummy substance obtained from this plant to paint their faces,” Gerrard.

“* Also used by them as an emetic, Sanderson.” Until the male flowers are known

the genus of this plant cannot be perfectly determined. If it be a Modecca it will

perhaps be referred to the subgenus Microblepharis, Arn.

III. CERATIOSICYOS, Nees.

Flowers monececious. Mate: Perianth campanulate, 4—5-lobed, sub-

tended by 4-5, slender, involucral bracts. Stamens inserted in the

base of the perianth, free, as many as its lobes and alternate with

them ; filaments dilated upwards ; anthers adnate to a clavate connec-

tive, the cells slightly separated, introrse. Glands as many as the

stamens and alternating with them, oblong, fleshy. Femae : Perianth

as in the male, but destitute of involucre, marcescent. Glands as in

the male, but smaller, opposite the lobes of the perianth. Ovary stipi-

tate, unilocular ; ovules numerous, on 4~5 parietal placente. Stigmata

4-5, subsessile, channelled, bilobed. Capsule siliqueform, 4-5-valved,

several-seeded ; seeds with a fleshy integument ; embryo in the axis of

fleshy albumen. Endl. Gen. No. 5106.

A slender, herbaceous, nearly glabrous climher, with palmately 5—7-lobed, mem-

branaceous leaves, and axillary, greenish flowers ; the male flowers in racemes, the

female solitary. The name is compounded of xepatioy, a pod or siliqua, and ovxvos,

a cucumber ; in reference to the aspect of the fruit.

C. Ecklonii (Nees. in E. & Z. Enum. No. 1797) ; Harv. in An. Nat.

Hist. 1st Ser. vol. 3, p. 421, t. 10. Modecca septemloba, E. Meyer.! in

Herb. Drege.

Has. In woods of Uitenhage, Albany, and Caffraria, Z. § Z./ Drege! Grahams-

town, General Bolton! Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Holland/ Port Natal, Gueinzius!

Gerrard ¢ McKen! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

Root ial. Stems several feet long, slender, pale, twining round other

plants. Leaves on long petioles, exstipulate, cordate at base, deeply 3, 5, 7-lobed,

the lobes acuminate and ly serrate. Flowers of one or both sexes axillary ; the

males in 3—-6-flowered, pedunculate racemes, on slender, filiform pedicels bracteolate

at base ; the female generally solitary, on a simple peduncle. Perianth 4-5 lines

long, greenish, veiny. Glands waxy. Stamens spathulate. Capsule 2-3 inches

long, 4- 5-angled, 2—4 lines wide, tapering to both extremities, on a long stipes, the

perianth remaining till the seeds are nearly ripe.

p-7 IV. ACHARIA, Thunb.

Flowers moneecious. Mate: Perianth campanulate, 3-4-lobed, sub-

ver

]

502 LOASACEZ (Harv.) [Kissenia.

tended by 3-4 involucral bracts. Stamens adnate to the perianth for

more than half their length, as many as its lobes and alternate with

them ; filaments dilated upwards, subexserted ; anthers adnate to a

broad, bilobed connective, didymous, the cells separated, introrse.

Glands 3-4, fleshy, in the base of the perianth, alternating with the

stamens. Frmaue: Perianth as in the male, but enlarged in fruit,

persistent. Ovary subsessile, with 3 glands at base, unilocular ; ovules

few, on 3-4 parietal placente. Style 3-4-fid ; stigmas 3—4-channelled,

2-lobed. Capsule shortly stipitate, membranous, 3-4-valved, few-

seeded ; seeds pendulous, with a small arillus; embryo cylindrical, in

the axis of fleshy albumen. nd. Gen. No. 5107.

A small, herbaceous, thinly pubescent plant, with branching stems, alternate,

petioled, 3-lobed and cut leaves, and small, green, axillary flowers. The name isin

honour of Erick Acharius, a celebrated Swedish botanist, author of a system of

lichenology and of several descriptive works on lichens.

1. A. tragioides (Thunb, Prodr. p. 14, cum ic.); Thunb.! Cap, p. 37.

Arn. & Harv. in An. Nat. Hist. 1st ser. vol. 3, p. 420, t. 9.

cee ed places in the forests of Uitenhage and Albany, frequent. (Herb. D.,

” “5 . OK

Root perennial, woody. Stems numerous, erect or ascending, simple or branched,

angular, pubescent. Leaves on longish petioles, exstipulate, scattered, deeply 3-

lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed or cut, pubescent. Flowers axillary, 2 or more (of

one or both sexes) together, shortly pedicellate, cernuous. Perianth usually 3-fid,

occasionally 4-fid. The connectives of the anthers are broadly spathulate and emar-

ginate, and the anther-cells so far separate as to appear like 2 anthers, The

pollen-case is inflated, and granulated or gland-toothed externally. A full analysis

of the flower will be found in the An. Nat, Hist., as above quoted.

OrpeR LX. LOASACEZ.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

_ Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, frequently

ribbed ; the limb 4~5-parted, persistent or rarely deciduous. Petals

inserted in the throat of the calyx, deciduous, rarely as many as its

lobes and alternate with them, usually twice as many, in a double row,

those of the outer row larger, concave, shortly clawed, induplicate-val-

vate in the bud, or rarely flat, sessile, and twisted in xstivation ; those

of the inner row much smaller, often resembling abortive stamens.

Stamens inserted with the petals, mostly polyadelphous, in parcels

opposite the petals; filaments filiform; anthers introrse, 2-celled.

Ovary inferior, unilocular ; ovules numerous, on 3—5 parietal placenta,

pendulous, anatropous. Style simple ; stigma undivided or 3-5-fid.

Capsule crowned with the persistent limb of the calyx, very rarely

fleshy and indehiscent, usually opening in 3-5 valves. Seeds albumi-

nous; embryo orthotropous.

Erect or twining, herbaceous or suffruticose i ica.

Leaves opposite or alternate, often lobed, and ex Berson dereneatr te anipes

stipulate. Flowers yellow or orange, often showy, solitary or many together.

Many are ornamental plants, but none of much use in medicine or the arts. Only

one is South African.

: I. KISSENIA, R. Br.

Calyx-tube 10-ribbed ; limb 5-parted, the lobes equal, enlarged in

Kissenia.| ONAGRARIEH (Harv.) — 503

fruit, persistent. Petals 10, deciduous, inserted at the summit of the

calyx-tube; 5 outer alternating with the calyx-lobes, roundish, con-

cave; 5 inner, opposite the calyx-lobes, smaller, ligulate, angularly

bent. Stamens indefinite, those of the outer row barren, with cordate

bases. Ovary turbinate, 3-celled ; cells uni-ovulate. issenia, Endl.

Gen. Suppl. IT. p. 76. Cnidone, E. Mey. MSS.

A very remarkable plant, the only Loasacea yet known on the African continent.

It was originally discovered in Arabia by a traveller named Kissen, to whose memory

Dr. R. Brown inscribed the genus in MSS. in the British Museum. Endlicher, who

first published a generic character, miscalled it Fissenia, under which name it is

figured in Thesaurus Capensis. For the correct spelling now given I am indebted

to my friend Dr. T. Anderson, who has carefully compared the Arabian with the

South African specimens, and finds no difference between them,

1. K. spathulata (R. Br. in Herb. Br. Mus.) ; Andr. Fl. Aden. p. 43.

Fissenia capensis, Endl.l. c. Harv. Thes. t. 98. Cnidone Mentzelordes,

E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege. :

Has. Between Verleptpram and the mouth of the Gariep, Drege! Aapjes R.,

Dr. Atherstone! Namaqualand, 4. Wyley/ (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

Stem robust, rigid, striate, very scabrous and pale, as are all parts of the plant.

Leaves alternate, petioled, the lower ones 5-7-lobed, 2-3 inches long, coarsely

toothed, ribbed, and veiny, thickish and very rough ; the upper smaller and less cut,

passing toward the summit into linear or lanceolate bracts. Flowers in a terminal,

scorpioid cyme, subsessile. Calyx-lobes much enlarged after flowering, spathulate-

oblong, obtuse, 3-5-nerved, much longer than the corolla ; tube obconical, shaggy

with fulvous, straight hairs. Petals pale yellow or buff, style trifid.

Orper LXI, ONAGRARIEZ.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Flowers perfect, mostly regular (rarely irregular). Calyx-tube adnate

with the ovary, frequently produced beyond its apex ; limb 4-parted,

rarely 2-3-parted, the lobes valvate in estivation, persistent or decidu-

ous. Petals inserted in the throat of the calyx, rarely absent, as many

as its lobes and alternate with them, more or less clawed, twisted in

westivation. Stamens inserted with the petals, as many or twice as

many, some occasionally sterile ; filaments filiform ; anthers 2-celled,

introrse ; pollen bluntly triangular. Ovary inferior, mostly 4-celled ;

ovules mostly numerous (rarely solitary) on axile placente, anatropous.

Style filiform ; stigma 2—4-lobed. Fruit either a 4-valved capsule

or a berry, rarely nutlike, 4-2-celled. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo

orthotropous. a

Herbaceous plants or shrubs, dispersed over the globe, but most abundant in the

temperate zones, east and west, of the northern hemisphere, particularly of the new

world. Leaves opposite or alternate, exstipulate, simple, entire or variously lobed

and cut. Flowers either axillary or in racemes or spikes, often showy. None are

remarkably useful. The numerous species and garden varieties of Fuchsia, and

Oenothera, both genera chiefly American, are much cultivated for ornament. Mon-

tinia, usually referred to this Order, will be found under Saxifragacez. S

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA. eas

* Limb of the calyx persistent. Capsule septicidal.

I. Jussizea,—Stamens twice as many as the calyx-lobes. oe -

II. Ludwigia —Stamens as many as the calyx-lobes. ee

** Limb of the calyx deciduous. Capsule loculicidal.

504 ONAGRARIEZ (Harv.) [ Ludwigia.

IIT. nothera.—Calyx-tube much produced beyond the ovary. Seeds naked.

IV. Epilobium.—Calyx-tube not produced beyond the ovary. Seeds with a tuft >. <

of hairs at one end.

I. JUSSLASA, L.

Calyx-tube not produced beyond the ovary ; the limb 4~5-parted

persistent. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10. Stigma capitate. _ Capsule

4-5-celled, crowned by the calyx segments and opening longitudinally

between the ribs. Seeds numerous, small, without any appendage.

Findl. Gen. 6109.

Herbaceous or shrubby, rarely arborescent plants, chiefly natives of marshes

in tropical and subtropical America, with a few species in Asia and Africa.

Leaves alternate, mostly quite entire. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile or shortly

pedicellate, yellow or white. Named in honour of the illustrious Jussieu, the re-

storer of the natural system of Botany, -

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Flower 4-parted. Stem erect. Lys. linear or lanceolate-linear (1) angustifolia.

Flower 5-parted. Stem decumbent or floatin g. Lea

aves much

-.. (2) fluitans.

ae Lam. Dict. 3, p. 331. IL t. 280. f. 3)5 stem her-

baceous, erect, laxly pilose ; leaves subsessile, linear-lanceolate or linear,

_ acute at both ends, minutely hispidulous on both surfaces ; flowers on

very short pedicels, 4-cleft; calyx-lobes acuminate, ovato-lanceolate,

3—5-nerved, tube 4-angled, elongate. DC. Prodr. 3. p. 55.

Van. 8, linearis; leaves very narrow, nearly linear. J. linearis, Hochst. in Pl.

Krauss, No. 73, not of Willd.

Has. Port Natal, Mr. Hewitson! . Natal, Krauss! Nototi, Gerrard and

McKen. (Herb. D.)

Stem 2-3 feet high, much branched. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 2~5 lines wide,

with a thickish midrib, and slender pennate nerves. Pedicels 2-3 lines long ; ripe

capsule an inch or rather more in length. Calyx-lobes very acute. Mr, Hewitson’s

Specimens agree well with East Indian ones distributed by Drs. Hooker and Thom-

son. It seems to be a common East Indian species.

_ 2. J. fluitans (Hochst.) ; stem procwmbent (or floating), subsimple,

in the upper part more or less villous ; leaves lanceolate or oblongo-

lanceolate, tapering much at base into a petiole, acute or obtuse at the

apex, sparsely pilose or glabrous ; flowers on shorter or longer pedicels,

5-cleft ; calyx-lobes lanceo acute, pilose or glabrous, tube elongate.

J. alternifolia, E. Mey. — oe

Has, y. Between Omtata, Omsamcul and Omcomas, Port N f.

Williamson ! Gueinzius, 459/ Krauss! No. 36. (Herb. D8 petdtions

Very nearly related to J. repens, but usually with longer and narrower, more

acute leaves, and shorter pedicels. But Dr. Gueinzius’ specimens are intermediate

in both these respects. Leaves, including petiole, 3-4 inches long, }-4 inch wide.

ae I. LUDWIGIA, L.

Characters as in Jusstma, but stamens 4~<. Petal wanting in LZ.

palustris. Endl. Gen. 6110, 6111. — SMe

Herbaceous, aquatic or marsh plants, with the habit of Jussiwa, natives of the

four quarters of the globe. The name is in honour of C. G. Ludwi fessor

of medicine at Leipsic, and author of numerous botanical a re eae

nothera. | ONAGRARIEE (Harv.) 505

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Stem procumbent ; leaves opposite; fl apetalous ... ... ... (1) palustris.

Stem erect ; leaves alternate; fl. 4-petalled... ... ... ... ... (2) jusseoides,

1. L. palustris (Ell. Car. Vol. 1. p. 211) ; stem procumbent, creep-

ing, glabrous ; leaves opposite, ovate, acute, tapering at base into a

petiole, glabrous ; flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, without petals;

calyx-lobes 4, ovate. Isnardia palustris, Linn. Sp. 175. DC. Prod. 3,

p. 61. E. Bot. t. 2593. H. & Z.! No. 1763.

Has. In ditches and marshy places. Near the baths at Kochmanskloof, Swell.,

E. § Z.! King William’s Town, Caffr., Rev. J. Brownlee/ Macallisberg, Burke

and Zeyher! (Herb. D., Sd., &e.)

Stems 1-2 feet long, subsimple, or with a few erect branches. Leaves, including

aig: 1-14 inch long. Flowers 2-3 lines long. A native also of Europe, Asia,

an merica.

2. L. jusseoides (Lam. Dict. 3, p. 588) ; stem herbaceous, erect,

nearly glabrous ; leaves te, tapering at base into a petiole,

lanceolate or ovato-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, scaberulous, especi-

ally along the margin and nerves ; flowers shortly pedicellate, 4-cleft ;

4-petalled ; calyx lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved, tube bluntly —

4-angled, elongate, slender. Jussiwa cylindrocarpa, Bow.! No. 3412.

Has. On the Nototi, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard! Mayotte, Boivin/ (Herb. T.C.D.)

Stem tall, branching, dark-coloured, bluntly 4 angled. Leaves, including the

petiole, 4-6 inches long, 1-1 inch wide, penninerved, thin. Flowers on Mr. Ger-

rard’s specimen on short lateral branchlets, racemulose, one or more from the axil

of a small floral leaf. Calyx-tube, in fruit, about an inch long, scarcely a line in

diameter. aes

Ill. ENOTHERA, L.

Calyx-tube much produced beyond the ovary, deciduous ; limb

4-parted. Petals 4, obcordate. Stamens 8. Stigma 4-lobed or capitate.

Capsule various in form and texture, 4-celled, 4-valved, many-seeded.

Seeds naked. Endl. Gen. 6115.

__A very large genus of biennial herbs or suffrutices, common throughout North

and South America, from which continents some species have become naturalized in

Europe and Asia, and two have taken effectual footing in South Africa. Radical

leaves mostly rosulate ; cauline alternate, entire or denticulate, sometimes sinuate or

pinnatifid. wers axillary, solitary, or forming a terminal, leafy spike, very gene-

rally opening in the evening ; whence the popular name of “ Evening Primrose”

given to these plants. The generic name Ocnothera is derived from ouvos, wine, and

Onpaw, to hunt ; the roots of CE. biennis were formerly eaten as incentives to wine-

# ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Cauline leaves sessile, the uppermost half-amplexicaul ... ... (1) biennis.

Cauline leaves petioled, tapermg to base and apex... ... ... (2) nocturna.

1. &, biennis (Linn. Sp. 492); stem erect, simple, hirsute ; radical

leaves rosulate, oblongo-lanceolate, acute, tapering at base, cauline ovato-

lanceolate, sessile, the uppermost short and subamplexical, all repando-

denticulate ; flowers in a terminal, leafy spike; tube of the calyx twice

or thrice as long as the ovary or as the segments ; stamens somewhat

declined; capsules oblong-linear, bluntly 4-sided, 4-ribbed. Tor. and

Gray. Fl. Bor. Amer. 1, p. 492. Bot. Mag. t. 2048. E. Bot. t. 1534. Gi.

villosa, Thunb. Cap. p. 373. EH. & Z/ 1761. mag aa

f 506 ONAGRARIEZ (Harv.) [ Epilobvum.

. Has. Naturalised from North America. In fields near Bees oes a}

oS .|. | Fields near Steandal, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! Cape Flats, J. Sturk! (Herb. D. Sd. &c.

ya ete aaa dandy Stem 1-4 feet high, in the Cape specimens wales, with long, soft hairs.

ham Lacey! Flowers pale yellow : the calyx-tube 3-4 inches long. This plant, the “ Hvening

Sewers ) |) Primrose,” has long been naturalized in Europe, and probably brought by the first

; Myr] >> settlers to South Africa. In Thunberg’s time it had already become so wild as to

' be even then mistaken for an indigenous species.

2. . nocturna (Jacq.? Ic. Rar. t. 455); stem erect, simple or

branched, pubescent ; cauline leaves lanceolate, acute or acuminate,

tapering at base into a short petiole, the uppermost subsessile, all

sinuato-denticulate, the lower ones erose, or near the base almost

runcinato-pinnatifid ; flowers in a terminal, leafy spike ; tube of the

calyx twice as long as the ovary, or as the segments ; stamens erect ;

capsules oblong-linear, very bluntly 4-sided or subterete, not obviously

ribbed. DC. Prodr. 3. p. 47% Qi. erosa, Lehm.! ind. Sem. Hort. Hamb.

Ah Ms 1820. Z£. & Zl 4 762. sy

\ qe « Has. Probably of South American (Chilian ?) origin. -Naturalized in fields and

i : waste places near Rondebosch, E. § Z.! (Herb. Sd., D.) :

| Stem 2-3 feet high, simple or with several lateral, virgate branches from the axils

i de Ih of the upper leaves. Whole plant softly pubescent. ‘Leaves 3-4 inches long, all but

me ee hake the uppermost much attenuated at base, yariably dentate, either repand, sinuate or

lune ouch aloe erose, the lowest ones frequently deeply and sharply sinuate, Flowers smaller tha’

md uy in @. biennis, of a deeper yellow, changing to reddish in decay.

YT. Oral 6

4 IV. EPILOBIUM, L.

Calyz-tube not produced beyond the ovary ; limb deeply 4-lobed or

4-parted, deciduous. Petals 4, obovate or obcordate. Stamens 8. Stigma

clavate or 4-lobed. Capsule linear, 4-sided, 4-celled, 4-valved, loculi-

cidal. Seeds with a tuft of hairs at the chalaza-end. Hndl. Gen. 6121.

Herbaceous plants or suffrutices, natives of the temperate zones, chiefly in the

northern hemisphere. Leaves alternate or opposite, entire or serrulate ; flowers

axillary, solitary or in terminal spikes, purple or rosy : very rarely yellow. Name

from em, upon, and AoBos, a pod ; a flower growing on a pod.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Stigma 4-lobed :

+ leaves sessile, softly hairy, lanceolate ... pe ... (1) hirsutum, .

x leaves subpetiolate, ovate-oblong, puberulous ... ... (2) flavescens.

Stigma undivided ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, subglabrous ... (3) tetragonum.

1. E, hirsutum (Linn.); stem tall, erect, much branched, terete, softly

hairy and villous ; leaves opposite and alternate, villous, lanceolate or

oblongo-lanceolate, sessile or half-clasping, unequally and rather sharply

serrulate ; stigma deeply 4-lobed, its lobes strongly revolute. DC. Prodr.

3,p. 42. EH. Bot. t. 838. E. willosum, Thunb. Cap. p. 374. DO. l. ¢.

Drege! 6851. Zey.! 545. ‘

Has. Moist places and by river-banks, Districts of Cape, Uitenhage, and

Albany, E. § Z.! Worcester, Papye/ Stellenbosch, W. HH. — Dutoitskloof,

(nv) See Oe and several localities in Caffraria, Drege! Natal, Sander-

eee Beal’ _ Stem 3-5 feet high, robust, pyramidal, with many lateral branches. Pubescence

copious, soft, and somewhat hoary, but variable in amount and in the length of the

hairs. Leaves mostly lanceolate ; the lower ones opposite, broader, and more ob-

long. _ Flowers bright purple. JI cannot separate this from the European £. hirsu-

tum ; Cape specimens differ as much among themselves, in hairiness, shape, and

Epilobium. | COMBRETACEZ (Sond.) 507

size of leaves and size of flower, as any of them do from the European plant.

Seringe (DC. 1. c.) chiefly relies in distinguishing F. villosum from E. hirsutum, on

-¥ stigma, which he states to be “somewhat thicker and more convolute” in

. villosum.

2. E. flavescens (E. Mey. ! in Herb. Drege); stem erect, simple,

virgate, terete, puberulous ; leaves (except the 2-3 lowest pairs which

are opposite and subsessile) alternate, minutely petiolate, rounded at

base, ovate-oblong or ovato-lanceolate, distantly repando-dentate, puber-

ulous ; stigma 4-lobed, its lobes oblong, erecto-patent ; pedicels of the

fruit much longer than the leaves. #. montanum, H. & Z.! 1759 (not

of Linn.)

Has. On the Winterberg, Kaffr., E.& 2. Between Zandplaat and Komga,

and between the Omsamwubo and Omsamcaba, Drege. Water courses in Kreili’s

country, Mrs. F. W. Barber, 285. Natal, Krauss! 154. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Stems 1-2 feet high, in all our specimens quite simple. Leaves 1-1} inch long,

4_3 inch wide, longer than the internodes ; petioles 1-2 lines long. Fruit-pedi

14 to twice as long as the floral leaf. Flowers a creamy white! Nearly allied to

E. montanum, but the leaves are more closely placed, and none but the lowest oppo-

site, and the fruit-stalks are proportionally much longer.

3. E. tetragonum (Linn.); stem erect, branched, 4-angled, nearly

glabrous or minutely puberulous ; leaves opposite and alternate, sessile,

lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, repando-dentate, glabrous or

nearly so ; stigma club-shaped, undivided ; pedicels of the fruit equal-

ling the floral-leaf or longer. DC. Prodr. 3, p. 43. H. Bot.t. 1948. £.

obscurum, E. & Z.! 1760. E. Dregeanum, E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege.

Has. Moist places at Rietvalley and Doornhoogde, Cape, £. & Z.! Cape, Capt.

Carmichael! Zwartkops R., Zeyher / Winterveld, 3000f. ; Sternbergspruit ; and

on the Witberg, 6000-7000f. ; also in Dutoitskloof, Drege / (Herb. Sd., D.) :

Pubescence, if

Flowers smaller than in £. jlavescens, purplish-pink, A very variable and widely

dispersed plant, common to most parts of the temperate zones, north and south.

Orper LXIL COMBRETACEZ.

: (By W. Sonper. )

lowers regular, perfect or unisexual. Calyx-tube adnate with the

= ; limb 4-— partic valvate in estivation, rarely persistent. Petals

(sometimes wanting altogether and often very minute) inserted on the

summit of the calyx-tube. Stamens inserted within the petals, as

many, or twice, rarely thrice as many ; the filaments subulate; anthers

introrse, 2-celled. Ovary inferior, generally crowned by a fleshy or

woolly disc, unilocular ; ‘ovules definite, 2-4, rarely 5, pendulous from

the apex of the cavity. Style single; stigma undivided. Fruit drupa-

ceous, mostly longitudinally 4— 5-winged. Seed mostly solitary, filling

the cavity of the fruit, exalbuminous ; embryo orthotropous, with

leafy, spirally twisted, folded, or flat cotyledons.

‘Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbers. Leaves alternate or opposite, simple, entire

penninerved, petiolate, exstipulate. Flowers often of small size, in spikes, racemes

or heads, naked or bracteated. The species are numerous in the tropics of both

508 COMBRETACEH (Sond.) (Combretum.

hemispheres ; a few straggling into the warmer parts of the temperate zone. None

of the South African species are found to the west of Uitenhage.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

Tribe 1. TeRMINALIEZ. Flowers without petals. Cotyledons spirally twisted.

I. Terminalia.

Tribe 2. CompreTe®. Petals 4-5. Cotyledons usually thick, plano-convex or

irregularly and longitudinally plaited, rarely thin, leafy and intricately folded.

II. Combretum.—Calyx short, 4-toothed. Petals 4- Stamens 8.

III. Poivrea.—Calyx short, 5-lobed. Petals 5. Stamens 10.

IV. Quisqualis—Calyx tubular, very long and slender, 5-toothed. Petals 5

Stamens 10.

I. TERMINALIA, L.

Flowers often polygamous from abortion. Limb of the ealyx decidu-

ous, campanulate, 5-cleft ; lobes acute. Petals wanting. Stamens 10,

in a double row, longer than the calyx. Ovary 2-3-ovuled. Style fili-

form, acutish. Drwpe not crowned by the calyx, usually dry, indehis-

cent, 1-seeded. Seeds almond-like. DC. 1. c. 3. 10. Endl. Gen. n. 6076.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite, sometimes crowded toward

the extremities of the branches. Flowers spiked, spikes often racemose or panicled,

bisexual in the lower part of the spike, male in the upper. Name from terminus,

end ; leaves and spikes at the ends of the branches.

1. T. sericea (Burch. Cat. Geog. Afr. Austr. n, 2 399) ; leaves alter-

nate, crowded at the tops of the branches, oblong, tapering at base and

shortly petiolate, mucronulate, quite entire, clothed with silky, ap-

pressed hairs on both surfaces ; spikes shorter than the leaves, pedun-

culate, ovate or oblong, silky ; drupe broad-winged, reddish. DC. Zc. 1 2

Has. On the Aapjesriver, Dec., Zey.! 548. (Herb. Sd., D., Hk.)

i fi nese eis dave x ipey ute ee ae par - a

narrowing ole, —3 Inches long, ni an inch broad. es

pedunculate, shorter than the leaves. fasten caulk Thess glabrous, +13 inde

long, 9-10 lines broad. Seed ovate, 4 lines long.

II. COMBRETUM, L.

_ Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube as short as or longer than the ovary ;

limb campanulate, 4-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4, inserted between the

lobes of the calyx. Stamens 8, in two tows, exserted. Ovary 2—5-

ovuled. Style exserted, acute, Fruit 4-winged, 1-celled, 1-seeded,

indehiscent. Seed pedulous. DC. 1. c. 18. Endl. Gen. n. 1087.

Shrubs or trees, more or less scandent. Leaves often opposite, quite entire.

Spikes. ternainal and axillary, sometimes panicled. Derivation of the name un-

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves elliptical, ovate, obovate or broadly cordate :

Adult leaves densely velvetty-tomentoso ie i

Adult leaves glabrate (at ~ on the upper surface) : ee

Inflorescence globose itat ‘i

Calyx-teeth blunt, ci faqs SF ase ie ; lomerulifiorum.

Calyx-teeth acute, glabrous ie oe oe x =yeheogigiiom.

Inflorescence oblong or cylindrical (racemose).

Branches glabrous, the twigs minutely pubescent ;

Combretum. | COMBRETACEZ (Sond.) 509

Lvs. obovate, cuneate at base ; racemes

than leaves ... we ee ss ... (4) Kraussii.

Lys. elliptic, recurved at point ; racemes equal-

ing leaves -... oe dé “ie ... (6) apiculatum,

Branches velvetty or densely tomentose :

Petals bearded ; fruit 9-10 lines long, with mode-

rate wings ... Sap os ... (3) Gueinzii.

Petals glabrous ; fruit 2 inches long, with very

wide wings ... on oa sv ... (7) Zeyheri.

Leaves lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, acute : .

Branches velvetty ; leaves pubescent beneath, about the

nerves :

Lvs. lanceolate, minutely petiolate ... ... (8) riparium.

Lvs. broadly oblongo-lanceolate, conspicuously :

petiolate... saa pe a ... (9) Sonderi.

Branches subglabrous ; leaves glabrous beneath ... (10) salicifolium.

1. C. glomeruliflorum (Sond. in Linnxa, vol. xxiii, p. 42) ;

branches unarmed, spreading, glabrous; the twigs very short, pubes-

cent; leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic, acute at both ends, quite

entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath ; spikes axillary, solitary,

subcapitate, shorter than the leaves; calyx campanulate, with blunt,

ciliolate teeth ; petals spathulate, glabrous ; stamens 8 ; filaments ex-

serted.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius, 62, 565, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Sd., D.)

‘An erect shrub, with opposite, terete, greyish, smooth branches. Leaves reddish,

about 2 inches long, 10 lines broad. Petiole 3 lines long. Spikes nearly as long as

the semi-uncial, puberulous pedicels. Calyx 1 line long, at length glabrous. Petals

yellow, glabrous as well as the filaments, Anthers oblong. Style short. Fruit

not seen.

2, C. erythrophyllum (Sond. 1. ¢. 43) ; branches unarmed, glabrous,

young ones pubescent ; leaves alternate or opposite, petiolate, acutely

ovate, quite entire, glabrous ; spikes axillary, solitary, capitate, shorter

than the leaves ; calyx campanulate, with acute, glabrous teeth ; petals

obovate, unguiculate, glabrous; stamens 8 ; filaments exserted. Ter-

minalia ? erythrophylla, Burch, trav. 1, 400. DC. 1. ¢, 13.

Has. On the banks of the Ky-gariep, Burchell ; woods on Crocodileriver, Zeyher,

550. August. (Herb. Sd., D.) ; :

« A large tree of picturesque growth and thin foliage, called by the Hottentotts

of Klarwater “ Roodeblat,” on account of the beautiful crimson colour which the

leaves assume at the autumnal season, or rather season of fading : in which circum-

stance it remarkably agrees with the Indian almond (Terminalia Catappa). It grows

trunks,

diameter, covered with a smooth, white or pale-green bark,” Burchell. It comes

very near C. glomeruliflorum, but differs by somewhat larger, glabrous, red leaves

and the calyx. —

3. C. Gueinzii (Sond. 1. c. 43); unarmed; branches terete, velvetty ;

leaves opposite, short-petioled, elliptic or obovate, acutish or obtuse-mu-

cronulate, entire, often cordate at the base, young ones appressed-pubes-

cent, when old glabrous above, ferrugineous, lepidote and reticulated be-

neath ; spikes oblong, axillary, as long as the leaves, rhachis and calyx

hairy and lepidote ; flowers 8-androus, bracteated ; petals ciliate-bearded ;

fruit sub-pedicellate, elliptic, 4-winged ; wings scarious, shining, slightly

broader than the lanceolate body of the fruit.

510 : COMBRETACE (Sond.) [Combretum.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius, 567. Attercliffe, Sanderson/ 249. Gerrard and

McKen! (Herb. Sd. D.)

Branches greyish. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 2-25 inches wide, shining above.

Petiole 3 lines long. Raceme-like spikes 2 inches long. Bracts subulate, minute.

Calyx acute, nearly 1 line long, hairy. Petals minute, obovate, unguiculate, yellow.

Filaments exserted. Style as long or longer than the stamens. Fruit obtuse at

both ends, 9 lines long, 6 lines broad ; wings yellowish, transversely striated, with

crenulate margins, lepidote.

4, C. Kraussii (Hochst.! pl. Krauss, 58) ; branches glabrous ; leaves

opposite, short-petiolate, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronu-

late or acutish, cuneate at the base, quite entire and glabrous, pale

olivaceous and reticulated beneath ; spikes oblong, axillary, usually

shorter than the leaves, glabrous ; flowers 8-androus ; petals minute ;

fruit suborbicular, emarginate at the base and apex, 4-winged ; wings

scarious, twice broader than the lanceolate body of the fruit. Sond. 1. ¢.

C. lucidum, E. Meyer. non Blume.

Has. Woods near Port Natal, Krauss. 253, Drege, Gueinzius, 566, Plant, 27.

Oct._Feb. (Herb. 8., D.)

Shrub or tree 15-20 feet high, with greyish branches. Leaves 2-3 inches long,

14-2 inches broad. Spike 2 inches, flowers sessile, not pedunculate as in the pre-

ceding. Fruit 8 lines long and broad, wings transversely striated.

5. C. holosericeum (Sond. 1. c. 44) ; arborescent, unarmed, branch-

lets terete, as well as the leaves and spikes fulvous-silky ; leaves oppo-

site, very shortly-petiolate, broad-ovate, subcordate, acute, very entire,

on both sides densely and softly velvetty with yellowish-brown hairs :

spikes oblong-cylindrical, axillary, solitary, shorter than the leaves ;

flowers 8-androus ; calyx cup-shaped ; petals obtuse, ciliate ; fruit

subsessile, elliptic, 4-winged, wings semiorbicular, thinly pubescent,

not or scarcely broader than the lanceolate body of the fruit. Harv.

Thes. Cap. p. 47, t. 74.

Has. Magalisberg, Burke, Zeyher, 575. June. (Herb. D., Sd.)

A small tree, with glabrate branches, and opposite, densely velvetty twigs.

Leaves 24-34 inches long, 2-24 inches broad, with minutely recurved margins, the

lower surface densely netted with prominent veinlets between the parallel prima:

veins. Spikes shortly pedunculate, 14-2 inches long. Flowers minute. Calyx wi

4 Shallow, broad teeth, separated by rounded interspaces. Petals very minute, ob-

re iran S vane 9-10 lines long, obtuse at each end (when young,

6. C. apiculatum (Sond. 1. ¢. 45); erect, unarmed ; branches gla-

brous ; leaves opposite, shortly-petiolate, elliptic or oblong, recurvate-

apieulate, glabrous on both sides, lepidote, reddish ; raceme-like spikes

axillary, solitary, as long as the leaves, subglabrous ; flowers 8-androus ;

calyx campanulate ; petals bearded-ciliate ; fruit 4-winged, subemargi-

nate at both ends; wings lunate, shining, glabrous, broader than the

oblong-lanceolate, lepidote body of the fruit,

Hab. Magalisberg, Zeyher, 553. Oct. (flower), Jan. (fruit). (Herb. Sd., D.)

A small, much-branched tree. Branches opposite, = i et pe young ones

at top viscous. Leaves reticulate, 2}~3 inches long, 14-18 lines broad, when young

subviscous. Racemes 14-2 inches long ; peduncle and rachis glabrous. Calyx gla-

brous, with § short, ciliolate teeth. Petals obovate, minute, yellow. Stamens ex-

serted, as long as the style. Fruit cordate-ovate, 10 lines long, 9 lines wide, golden-

Combretum. | COMBRETACEZ (Sond.) 511

yellow ; the wings a little larger at the base, with subundulate margins ; the pedicel

34 lines long.

7. C. Zeyheri (Sond. 1. c. 46) ; arborescent, unarmed ; branches, peti-

oles, young leaves, and inflorescence softly pubescent ; adult leaves

oblong-elliptic, obtuse, subemarginate, glabrate, reticulate-veined, shin-

ing above ; spikes oblong, axillary, solitary ; calyx campanulate ;

petals glabrous ; stamens 8, rarely 12 or 16 ; fruit very large, petiolate,

roundish-elliptical, emarginate at both ends, glabrous, 4-winged ; wings

semiorbicular, shining, twice as wide as the oblong-lanceolate body of

the fruit. Harv. Thes. Cap. p. 48, t. 75.

Haz. Magalisberg, Burke g Zeyher, 552. (Herb. D., Sd.)

A tree, 20-30 feet high. Leaves on petioles 2-4 lines long, 2-3 inches long,

14-20 lines broad. Spike shorter than the leaf or equalling it, densely velvetty,

cylindrical, many-flowered. Flowers with a minute bract. Calyx shortly 4-toothed,

1 linelong. Petals minute, on short claws, ovato-trapeziform. Style equalling the

stamens. Fruit 2-24 inches long, and nearly as wide ; the wings 8 lines wide,

papery in substance, cross-striate, and easily splitting in the direction of the striz.

8, C. riparium (Sond. 1. c. 47); erect, unarmed, branches pubes-

cent ; leaves opposite, very short-petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acumi-

nate, narrowed at the base, glabrous above, reticulated and pubescent

between the nerves beneath ; racemes axillary, solitary ; fruit pedicel-

late, elliptic, 4-winged ; wings lunate, glabrous, shining, broader than

the lanceolate, powdery body of the fruit.

Has. On the Magalisriver, Zey./ July. erb, Sd., D.

Branches terete, young ones sekaieile wa (aly ei casens: Leaves 24-4

inches long, 10-12 lines broad, quite glabrous above, tomentose on the nerves

beneath ; petiole 1 line long. Flowers unknown. Fruit on a pedicel 24 lines long,

6 seal long, 5 lines wide, subacute, obtuse at the base; the wings golden, cross-

striated.

9. C. Sonderi (Gerr. ! Mss.) ; arborescent, unarmed, the twigs and

petioles and peduncles densely velvetty ; leaves conspicuously petiolate,

broadly oblongo-lanceolate, (4—7 inches long), acute or acuminate, mem-

branaceous, glabrous and minutely punctate above, pubescent, especially

on the nerves beneath, penninerved and finely reticulated ; flowers

unknown ; fruit in axillary, short racemes, pedicellate, elliptical,

4-winged ; wings lunate, glabrous, shining, rather wider than the smooth

and even body of the fruit.

Has. On the Nototi R., near Natal, W. 7. Gerrard/ (Herb. T.C.D.)

A large tree, “the handsomest of the South African species (Gerr.) Leaves

often 6 or 7 inches long on the young shoots, 2-3 inches wide, of a thin substance

and bright green colour, mostly tapering to an acute point, opposite. Petioles

semi-uncial. Fruit on a pedicel 4~5 lines long ; 6-7 lines long, § lines wide, emar-

i ; the wings yellowish, cross-striated. Allied to C. riparium, but with much

eae: broader leaves, longer petioles and pedicels, and larger fruit.

10. C. salicifolium (E. Meyer. in herb. Drege) ; erect, unarmed,

branches glabrous ; leaves opposite, petiolate, lanceolate, quite gla-

brous on both sides, glaucescent ; racemose spike capitate, shorter than

the leaves, peduncle pubescent ; fruit pedicellate, elliptic or sub-orbi-

cular, subemarginate, 4-winged ; wings shining, as wide as the oblong-

lanceolate body of the fruit. Dodonca caffra, conglomerata et dubia,

E. & Z.! 421-423. Zey. 551. Drege, 6849.

512 _ _RHIZOPHOREZ (Sond.) [Quisqualis.

Has. On rivers in the districts of Uitenhage, Albany, and in Caffraria, Z. g Z.!

Drege. Oct.—Feb. (Herb. Sd.)

Tree, 20-50 feet high. Branches terete, young ones puberulous. Leaves 3 inches

long, 8 lines broad, glaucous above, pale-green, at length reddish beneath ; petioles

2 lines long. Flowers polygamous. Male-flowers capitate-racemose. Female ones

racemose ; racemes 3-6-flowered, on a 4-6 lines long peduncle ; pedicles 2 lines long.

Fruit 7-9 lines long, 6-7 lines wide, or in some specimens smaller and suborbicular.

III. POIVREA, Comm.

Timb of the calyx infundibuliform, 5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 5.

Stamens 10, protruded. Ovary 2-3-ovuled. Style filiform, protruded,

acute. Fruit oval or oblong, or 5-winged. Seed solitary, pendulous,

5-angled. Cotyledons convolute. Endl. Gen. n. 6086,

Usually climbing shrubs. ‘Leaves opposite or alternate, quite entire. Spikes

axillary and terminal. Bracteoles solitary under the flowers. Name in honour of

N. Poivre, Intendant of the Mauritius. ;

1. P. bracteosa (Hochst. ! in pl. Krauss.) ; unarmed ; branches gla-

brous; leaves opposite or ternate, shortly petiolate, ovate or ovate-ob-

long, acute at both ends or obtuse at the base, glabrous ; spikes on

axillary branches, nodding ; bracts large, pedicellate, oval, as long or

longer than the calyx, green ; calyx 5-toothed ; petals oblong, puberu-

lous outwards ; stamens exserted ; fruit wingless. Codonocroton triphyl-

lum, E. Meyer. in herb. Drege.

Has. Between Omtata and Omsamwubo, 1-2000ft., Drege / Common, near Port

Natal, Krauss. / Gueinzius, 103. Oct. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Fruit 8-10 feet high. Petioles 2 lines long, puberulous above. Leaves 23-3

inches long, 1-14 inch broad, veined, paler beneath, acutish or with a short, obtuse

acumen. Racemes terminating the lateral (and terminal ’) branches, about 1 inch

long. Bracts foliaceous, ovate, acute. Pedicels 1 line long, as well as the oblong

ovary and calyx minutely puberulous. Calyx campanulate, with 5 acute, 1 line

long teeth. Petals unguiculate, oblong, reddish, pubescent outwards, 4 lines long.

Stamens exserted, glabrous ; anthers elliptic. Ovary 1-celled. Fruit oval or slightly

— indistinctly 5-angled, glabrous, 1-seeded. Called “Hiccup-nut” in the

ony.

IV. QUISQUALIS, Rumph.

Tube of the caly« slender, produced much beyond the ovary, deci-

duous ; limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong or roundish, obtuse, longer

than the calyx-teeth, imbricate in estivation. Stamens 10, inserted

within the throat of the calyx, those opposite the petals longest.

Ovary 4-ovuled. Style filiform, exserted, its base adhering to the

calyx-tube. Drupe dry, 5-furrowed and 5-ribbed, one seeded. Seed

pendulous, 5-angled. Cotyledons plano-convex. Endl. Gen. No. 6089.

Shrubs, natives chiefly of the tropics of Asia and Africa. Branches often twining.

Leaves opposite or alternate, entire. Spikes axillary or terminal, bracteate. ‘The

name is compounded of quis, who, and A hat kind: ‘sts did

not know what SO5aiks of tk sf emia ; the older botanists

_1. Q. parviflora (Gerr. Mss.) ; twigs, petioles and young leaves

pid with patent, rusty pubescence ; leaves on short petioles, mem-

branous, reticulated, oval-oblong, acuminate, glabrescent above, pubes-

cent on the nerves and margins beneath ; bracts oblongo-lanceolate,

a ; calyx-tube uncial, its lobes deltoid, acute; petals subrotund,

ispidulous on the inner surface ; anthers globose, subsessile.

Rhizophora. | RHIZOPHORE# (Sond.) 513

Has. On dry rocks. Umhtoti, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard / (Herb. T.C.D.)

A shrub, with the aspect of Q. indica, but with very much smaller flowers.

Calyx tube about an inch long, clavate ; lobes 4-line long, tipped with rufous

bristles. Petals 1-14 lines long and nearly as wide, silky on the outside, minutely

hispidulous within. Filaments not % line long, the anthers of the longer stamens

in the throat of the calyx ; those of the shorter quite included.

Orper LXIII. RHIZOPHOREZ.

(By W. SonpEr.)

Flowers perfect, regular. Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, wholly or

in part ; limb 4-1 2-parted, persistent, with valvate estivation. Petals

as many as the lobes of the calyx, inserted on a fleshy ring within the

calyx-tube, sessile, either entire and flat, or bifid and inflexed at base,

the lobes entire or laciniate. Stamens inserted with the petals, twice or

thrice their number, rarely many times, usually in pairs opposite the

petals ; filaments subulate ; anthers 2-celled, introrse, erect, slitting.

Ovary inferior or half-inferior, 2—-4-celled, with ovules in pairs ; or very

rarely unilocular, with 6 ovules ; style filiform or conical; stigma entire

or 2-4-toothed ; ovules anatropous. Fruit coriaceous, crowned with

the persistent calyx-limb, abortively unilocular and 1-seeded; seed

exalbuminous, germinating before it falls ; radicle very long, issuing

through the summit of the fruit.

Trees or shrubs, natives of muddy sea-shores and estuaries in the tropics and

warmer parts of the temperate zone. Branches opposite ; twigs 4-angled. Leaves

opposite, petioled, simple, very entire, coriaceous, penninerved. Stipules inter-

petiolar, on each side one, convolute, deciduous. Inflorescence terminal or axillary,

cymose or capitate. Under the name of Mangroves, the shrubs of this family form

tangled thickets on the muddy seashore, the seeds germinating before they fall,

the long radicle issuing as a thread from the fruit, reaching the mud beneath before

it loosens its hold above. Mangroves are among the few shrubs that vegetate in

sea-water. The bark is astringent, and may be used as a febrifuge.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Rhizophora.—Flowers with 4 petals.

II. Bruguiera.—Flowers with 10-13 petals.

I. RHIZOPHORA, Linn.

Calyx-tube obovate, adhering to the ovary ; limb divided into 4,

ments. Petals 4, oblong, coriaceous, emarginate,

oblong, persistent seg ;

conduplicate, and when young embracing the alternate stamens, the

margins each with a double row of long, woolly hairs. Stamens 8 ;

anthers nearly sessile, large, linear-oblong. Ovary 2-celled, with

» ovules ineach cell. Style conical, short, 2-furrowed. Stigma 2-den-

tate. Fruit ovate or oblong, crowned near the base with the persistent

segments of the calyx, longer than the tube, at length perforated at the

apex by the radicle of the germinating embryo. Lam, Jil. t. 396. W.

& Arn. Prod. 310. Endl. Gen. n. 6098.

Trees, with quite entire leaves and axillary inflorescence. Name from fifa, a

root, and popeo, to bear.

1. R. mucronata (Lam. Dict. 6, p. 169) ; leaves petiolate, oval, ab-

ruptly acuminated ; racemes nodding, dichotomous.

VOL. 0. 33

514 LYTHRARIE (Sond.) [Bruguiera.

Has. On the seashore near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss. April-Aug. (Hb. Sd. D.)

Il. BRUGUIERA, Lam.

Calyx-tube turbinate, adhering to the ovary ; limb divided into

5-13, persistent segments. Petals as many as the calycine segments,

oblong, bifid, coriaceous, conduplicate, each embracing two stamens,

woolly along the margin. Stamens twice as many as petals, and in-

serted by pairs opposite to them ; filaments unequal, half the length of

the petals ; anthers linear or sagittate. Ovary 2—4-celled ; ovules

2 in each cell. Style nearly the length of the stamens. Stigma 2-4-

toothed. Fruit contained within the tube of the calyx, crowned at the

apex by its segments, at length perforated by the germinating embryo.

Lam. Ill. t. 397. W. & Arn. Prod. 311. Endl. Gen. n. 6101.

Trees or shrubs, with quite entire leaves and axillary inflorescence. Named after

the French botanist, Bruguiere. ‘

1. B. gymnorhiza (Lam. 1. c.) ; leaves ovate-oblong, acuminate at

both ends; peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, drooping ; calyx about 12-

cleft ; segments linear-acuminated, triquetrous toward the point ; petals

2-lobed, acute, 2-4-setose, and a longish setula in the sinus. B. Capensis,

Wightii, and Rheedii. Blume Mus. Lugd. Bat. 137. Rhizophora gym-

norhiza, L.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss, Gueinzius. July. (Herb. 8d., D.)

Tree 12-15 feet. Leaves in our specimens 4 inches long, 14-2 inches broad, on

longish petioles. Flowers reddish-yellow. Calyx glabrous, lobes 7-8 lines long,

1 line wide. Petals nearly as long as the calyx, hirsute at the base, subpilose at

the margins ; the setula in the sinus a little shorter than the petals. Germinating

radicle 3-4 inches long, cylindraceous, obtuse, when dry scarcely striated.

OrpeR LXIV. LYTHRARIEZ.

(By W. Sonper.)

Flowers perfect, rarely irregular. Calyx free, persistent, tubular or

campanulate, the tube nerved or ribbed, the limb few or many-toothed,

the teeth in one or two rows, with valvate estivation. Petals (rarely

wanting) inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube, alternating with its

teeth, or with those of the inner row, when they are doubled, imbri-

cated in estivation, tender in substance, deciduous. Stamens inserted

about the middle, or toward the bottom of the calyx-tube, as many as

the petals and alternate with them, rarely fewer, or twice or thrice as

many, in one or more rows ; filaments filiform; anthers introrse, bilo-

cular, erect or incumbent, opening lengthwise. Ovary free, sessile or

substipitate, 2-3~4—5—6-celled, sometimes imperfectly unilocular; ovules

numerous (rarely few) on axile placentew. Style simple, terminal ;

stigma simple or emarginate. Capsule membranous or woody, inclosed

in the persistent base of the calyx, either opening by valves, circum-

resi or irregularly bursting. Seeds exalbuminous ; embryo ortho-

Herbs, shrubs or trees, few in number, but widely diffused throughout the tem-

perate zones; much more numerous and arborescent within the tropics, especially of

America, Leaves opposite or whorled, or often on the same stem alternate, simple,

penninerved, entire, petioled or sessile, sometimes gland-dotted, exstipulate.

Ammannia.] LYTHRARIEZ (Sond.) 515

Flowers either solitary or axillary, or in tufts or cymes, or spicato-racemose, rarel

panicled, purple or white, sometimes showy. None are remarkably useful, pened

we include among useful products the Henna (prepared from Lawsonia alba), uni-

versally used by the ladies of Egypt and in the East for dyeing their nails and hair.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Ammannia,— Calyx bracteolated at the base, campanulate, 8-14-toothed. Petals

4-7 or wanting. Capsule 4-celled, or when ripe only 1-celled.

II. Lythrum.—Calyx bracteolated at the base, cylindrical, 8-12-toothed. Petals )~

4-6. Capsule 2-celled.

III. Nesaea.—Calyx not bracteolated at the base, hemispherical-campanulate, 8—12-

lobed. Petals 4-6. Ovary 4-celled.

I, AMMANNIA, Linn.

Calyx bracteolated at the base, more or less campanulate, with 4-7,

erect, flat teeth, and 4-7, horn-formed, spreading, smaller ones rising

from the sinuses. Petals 4-7, alternating with the erect teeth of the

calyx. Stamens as many or twice as many as the calycine lobes. Ovary

2-3-4-celled. Style shortish or elongated. Stigma capitate. Capsule

ovate-globose, membranous, either bursting transversally, the upper

part falling away with the style, or opening by valves. Seeds numerous,

attached to thick, central placentas. Lam. Ill. t. 77. DC. Prod. 3. 77.

Endl. Gen. n. 6146.

Herbaceous plants, growing in wet soil or in water, all nearly quite glabrous.

Stem usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, quite entire. Flowers small, axillary, ses-

sile or short-peduncled, usually pink or red. Named after John Ammann, once

professor of botany at Petersburg.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES. —

Stem erect, simple ; lvs. lanceolate ; fl. in axillary corymbs ... (1) pusilla.

Stem diffuse much-branched ; lvs. oblong ; fi, subsolitary —.... (2) anagalloides.

1. A. pusilla (Sond. in Linnea, Vol. 23, p. 40); annual ; stem erect,

simple, quadrangular, glabrous ; leaves lanceolate, sessile with auricu-

late base, paler beneath ; axillary corymbs 3—7-flowered, pedunculate,

bracteolate; flowers 4-petalous, 4-androus.

Has. Wet places near Sandriver, May, Zeyher. (Herb. 8d.) :

2-3-uncial. Leaves usually reflexed, a little scabrous above, 3-4 lines long,

i line wide. Corymbs of the lower axils on — peduncles, about as long as the

leaves. Calyx nearly 1 line long, shortly 8-toothed. Petals 4, minute, when dry,

blueish. Capsule roundish, red-brown, terminated by a style of the same length,

1-celled, many-seeded. It comes near A. awriculata, DC.

2. A. anagalloides (Sond. 1. c.); stem prostrate, at the base much-

branched ; branches quadrangular, a little scabrous; leaves oblong, acute,

upper ones oblong-lanceolate, mucronulate, sessile with cordate base,

hispidulous on both surfaces, at length glabrous ; flowers subsolitary,

shortly-pedunculate, apetalous, 4-androus.

Wet places on Rhinosterkop near Vaalriver, May, Zeyher, 541. (Herb. $d., D.)

Annual, the opposite branches 3-4 inches long. Leaves green on both surfaces,

the lower 6 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, the upper ones smaller. Flowers soli or

geminate. Calyx glabrous, j line long, with 4 erect, bluntish, mucronulate, and

4 (from the sinuses) subulate, acuminate teeth. Capsule terminated by the filiform

style, 1-celled. Nearly allied to A. aspera, Guill. and Perrot.

33°

—=516 LYTHRARIEZ (Sond.) [Lythrum.

Il. LYTHRUM, Linn.

Calyx bracteated at the base, cylindrical, striated, with 8-12 teeth,

of which from 4-6 are broader than the rest, and erect; the others

smaller and spreading. Petals 4-6, inserted in the orifice of the calyx,

alternating with its erect teeth. Stamens inserted in the middle, or at

the base of the tube of the calyx, twice as numerous as the petals, or

occasionally fewer. Style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule oblong,

included in the calyx, 2-celled, many-seeded. Placentas thick, adnate

to the dissepiment. Endl. Gen. n. 1649.

Herbs or suffruticose plants, with entire leaves and axillary, purple or purplish

flowers. Name from AvOpov, black-blood ; from the purple colour of the flowers.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

«Leaves bluntish ; peduncles axillary, subsessile, 1-flowered ;

Leaves bluntish ; peduncles axillary, nearly as long as the

leaves, 1-flowered ; stamens 12 a = ... (3) rigidulum.

Leaves acute ; peduncles axillary-corymbose ; stamens 4... (2) sagittefolium.

1. L. hyssopifolium (Linn. spec. 642); leaves linear-lanceolate,

bluntish ; lower ones opposite and often oblong, upper ones alternate ;

flowers axillary, solitary, nearly sessile, each with a pair of very small

bracts at the base; stamens 6. Jacq. flor. Austr. t. 133. Smith Engl.

Bot. t. 292. L. thymifolium, hyssopif. et tenellum, E. § Z.1 1769-1771.

Herb, Un. itin. 495.

Var. B. acutifolium, DC. Prod. 3, p. 82, leaves all or the upper ones acutish. L.

thymifolium, Hoffm. fl. germ. 213, but not of Lann.

Van. ¥. latifolium, all the leaves oblong, at the base obtuse or attenuated. L.

tenellum, Thunb. / fl. cap. 400. L. hyssopif. var. 8? tenellum, DC. l. c.

Has. Wet places or in rivulets near Capetown, in Uitenhage, Stellenbosch, Cale-

don, &e. Nov.—Jan. (Herb. Th., Sd., D., &c.)

Stem erect or at the base prostrate, 1-14 inch high, much-branched, glabrous.

Lower or larger leaves 8-10 lines long, 2 lines wide, upper ones 4-6 lines long, 1%

line broad. Calyx about 2 lineslong. Petals 6, small, light purple. Capsule oblong.

L. tenellum, Thunb., differs only from the typical form by the larger (6-8 lines long,

2 lines broad) leaves, which are attenuated at the base in young specimens as

gathered by Thunberg.

(1) hyssopifolium.

_2. L, sagitteefolium (Sond. in Linnea, Vol. 23, p. 41) ; stem suffru-

ticose, pubescent-scabrid ; leaves sessile, erect-adpressed, oblong-lanceo-

late, acute, sagittate at the base, with recurved margins, scabrous above,

smooth beneath ; corymbs axillary, pedunculate, longer than the leaves,

3-5-flowered ; flowers 4-petalous, 4-androus; pedicels and. calyx

minutely pubescent.

Has. Boggy places near Magalisberg, Nov., Zeyher, ; erb, Sd., D.

A small Berens Stem Lg! aoe Seaaties Anquan: pan % lines long, a the

base 2 lines wide, those of branches subimbricate. Peduncle of the corymbs

2-3 lines long ; pedicels 1 line long, bracteolated. Calyx striated, 1} line long, 4

teeth acutish, 4 minute, corniform. Petals obovate, light-purple, 2 lines long.

boeing exserted, glabrous as the style. Capsule covered by the calyx, glabrous,

i- .

3. Lfrigidulum (Sond. |. c. p. 42); stem suffruticulose, at the base

branched ; branches and opposite leaves scabrid ; leaves sessile; oblong-

Nesca.]| MELASTOMACE (Sond.) a

lanceolate, bluntish, with auriculate-cordate base ; peduncles amllary,

solitary, 1-2-flowered, as long as the leaves ; calyx 12-striated; petals

6; stamens 12. |

Has. Aapjesriver, Oct., Burke, Zeyher, 542, near Ladysmith, _W. T. Gerrard /

(Herb. D., Sd.)

Stems herbaceous, 3-4 inches long, erectish, at length nearly smooth. Leaves

erect, 3-4 lines long, 1} line wide. Pedicels at the base 2-bracteolate. Cal:

2 lines long, 12-toothed. Petals purplish-red. Stamens unequal, glabrous as

style. Capsule oblong, twice shorter than the style. [The upper leaves are often

alternate, W.H.H.] i

Ill. NESZA, Comm.

Calyx hemispherically-campanulate, bractless at the base, 8-12-lobed ;

the inner 4 or 6 lobes erect, the outer or those from the sinus spread-

ing and horn-formed. Petals 4-6, alternating with the erect lobes.

Stamens 8-12, nearly equal. Ovary sessile, almost globose, 4-celled.

Capsule covered by the calyx. Seeds minute, wingless. DC. Prod. 3, 90.

Endl. Gen. n. 6147.

Herbaceous plants. Leaves lanceolate or oblong, nearly sessile, obtuse or acute.

Peduncles longish, 3-flowered or capitate-manyflowered at the apex, with 2 larger

bracts and 4 minute ones at the origin of the pedicels. Name from Nesea, in

mythology, a sea-nymph.

1. N. floribunda (Sond.) ; stem herbaceous, erect ; branches pubes-

cent with spreading hairs; leaves opposite, sessile, oblong, or lanceolate

appressed-pubescent, at length subglabrous ; flowers capitate ; peduncles

pubescent, as long or longer than the many-flowered capitula. Toly-

peuma floridum, H. Meyer.

Has. On the Omblasriver, near Port Natal, Drege. April. (Herb. Sd., D.)

Branches erect-spreading, terete. Leaves quite entire, 14 inch long, 4 lines broad,

others 1 inch long, 5—6 lines. broad. Peduncles in the axils of the upper leaves,

flowering shorter than in fruit. Capitulum at the base, with 2 ovate-acuminate,

pubescent, leafy bracts, a little longer than the heads. The bracts at the base of

the pedicels (not at the calyx) linear-ciliate at the apex, shorter or nearly as long as

the calyx. Tube of the campanulate calyx glabrous, 1 line long, with 5 connivent,

short, subtriangular, and § erect, subulate, ciliate teeth. Style exserted, flexuous.

Petals not seen.

OrpEr LXV. MELASTOMACEZ.

(By W. SonpDER.)

Flowers perfect, reguwar. Calyx-tube enclosing the ovary, either

quite adnate to it, or attached by its ribs to the ovary, leaving inter-

spaces, or rarely quite free ; limb 4-6-parted or subentire, with valvate

estivation. Petals inserted at the summit of the calyx-tube, alternate

with its lobes, expanded, shortly clawed, twisted in estivation. Sta-

mens inserted with the petals, twice their number, either all perfect or

those opposite the petals abortive ; filaments bent inwards in estiva-

tion; anthers terminal, 2-celled, (hidden during estivation in the

interstices between the calyx and ovary), almost always opening by

terminal pores ; the connective most frequently prolonged downwards

below the cells and articulated with the filament. Ovary either free or

adnate, plurilocular ; ovules numerous, on axile placentz, anatropous.

518 MELASTOMACE (Sond.) [ Osbeckia.

Style simple ; stigma undivided. uit capsular or fleshy ; seeds exal-

buminous.

Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or rarely herbaceous, annuals or perennials. Leaves

opposite, one sometimes smaller than the opposing, simple, entire, very generally

3-ribbed (3—5-7-9-ribbed), with transverse, connecting nerves ; rarely penninerved,

always without pellucid dots, exstipulate. Flowers in cymes or panicles, rarely soli-

tary, brightly coloured. These plants are most abundant in the tropical or subtro-

pical regions of America, a few extending in North America to the parallel of 40° ;

they are much less frequent in tropical Asia and Africa, and in South Africa are

only known in the vicinity of Natal. Many are cultivated in European gardens as

ornamental plants. None are particularly useful.

I, OSBECKIA, Linn.

Calyx-tube ovate, usually covered with stellate bristles or pubescence ;

limb 4—5-cleft, with appendages between the lobes springing from the

outside. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10 ; filaments glabrous ; anthers nearly

equal and similar to each other, shortly rostrate or very rarely trun-

cated, opening by a single, terminal pore ; the connectivum with two

‘short auricles at the base. Ovary covered with bristles at the apex.

Capsule 4-5-celled. Seeds cochleate ; hilum orbicular, at the base.

Lam. Ill. t, 283. Endl. Gen. n, 6221.

Herbs, or usually subshrubs. Leaves quite entire or minutely serrulated,

3-5-nerved. Flowers terminal. Named in honour of Peter Osbeck, a Swedish

clergyman and naturalist.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Flowers panicled. Stem and leaves pubescent or villous :

Lvs. quite entire, oblong-lanceolate, stellate-pubescent

above ote at as Seg ne vi ... (1) Umlaasiana.

Lys. serrulate, ovate-acuminate, appressed-villous above (2) eximia.

Flowers capitate ; stem and lvs. hispid, with rigid, patent, =

yellow hairs

1. 0, Umlaasiana (Hochst. ! pl. Krauss.) ; stem erect, quadrangular,

covered with short, brown, stellate pubescence ; leaves opposite, very

short-petiolate, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, quite entire, 5-nerved, subcor-

date at the base, dotted by stellate hairs above, greyish pubescent be-

neath ; flowers racemose-panicled ; calyx greyish-puberulous, tube

ovate-globose, lobes ovate-lanceolate ; appendages very minute, subu-

late ; stamens 10, unequal, the anthers of the longer ones equalling the

petals. O. canescens, H. Mey. in herb. Drege, not of Graham.

zotae. ar Port Natal, Drege, Plant, Gueinzius, 137, 393. Jan.—Feb. (Herb.

"y ”

Several feet high, from the habit of Lythrum Salicaria, L. Branches erect,

Honing) 2 _ Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaves a little scabrous, the lower 2 inches

long, 6-8 lines broad, the upper smaller. Panicle terminal, oblong, more or less

compound ; the racemes equalling or somewhat longer than the leaves, Calyx-tube

Pe Sn lines long ; segments glabrous on the inner side, nearly as long as the tube.

‘etals rotundate-obtuse, purple, more than twice as long as calyx-lobes. An-

thers 3 lines long. Capsule ovate, glabrous, 5-celled.

2. 0. eximia (Sond. in Linnea, Vol, 23, p. 48); stem erect, quad-

rangular, pubescent ; leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, acuminate, minutely

serrulate, subcordate at the base, appressed-villous above, subtomentose

and paler beneath; panicle terminal, scabrous ; calyx covered with

Olinia. | OLINIEZ (Sond.) 519

white, fascicled, setose hairs; tube oblong, in fruit urceolate, lobes

lanceolate, pectinate-ciliate, deciduous ; appendages linear, palmate-

ciliate ; stamens 10, unequal, the anthers of the longer ones equalling

the petals. .

Has. Near Port Natal, Gueinzius, 145, 492. Gerrard § McKen/ (Herb. Sd., D.)

_ Stem densely covered with fulvous, fascicled hairs. Leaves 4 inches long, 14

inch broad, 5-nerved, subsilky on the upper, greyish on the under-surface ; petiole

6-8 lines long. Panicle about 4 inches long, the primary branches opposite or ter-

nate. Bracts acuminate, puberulous, as long as the peduncles. Pedicels 1-2 lines

long. Petals rotundate, purple, 1 inch long. Filaments glabrous, connectivum

biauriculate at the base ; anthers 1-porose. Fruit-bearing calyx § lines long. Cap-

sule roundish, silky at the apex, 5-celled. :

3. 0. pheotricha (Hochst. ! 1. c.) ; suffruticulose ; stems erect or

ascendent, hispid with rigid, yellowish hairs ; leaves opposite, very

short-petiolate or the upper ones subsessile, ovate-oblong or sublanceolate,

3-5-nerved, remotely serrulated, hispid ; flowers terminal, capitate-

aggregate, bracteated ; calyx setose, with 4, pectinate-ciliate lobes ;

appendages linear, short, palmate-ciliate ; stamens 8. O. Simsii, E.

Meyer. in herb. Drege.

Var. 8. debilis, Sond. Stems glabrous or hispid at.the apex ; leaves oblong or

oblong-lanceolate, glabrous or the upper ones hispidulous ; flowers a little smaller.

O. debilis, Sond. 1. ¢. 48.

Has. On the plains near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss., Gueinzius, 395 et 494.

Var. 8, muddy places on Magalisberg, Zeyher, 538. Dec.—April. (Herb. Sd. D. Hk.)

Stem from 3 inches to 1-17 foot, a few-branched or simple, purplish, Leaves

8-12 lines long, 5-6 lines, in var. 8. 3-4 lines broad, acute. Flowers 3-8, united

into a head, ve short-petiolated. Calyx ovate, 2 lines long, lobes ovate or oblong.

Petals 4, rotundate-obtuse, nearly 3 inch long, purple. Ripe capsule as large as a

small pea, setose at the apex, 4-celled.

(GENUS ALLIED TO MBELASTOMACE2. )

OLINIEZA, W. Arnott.

(By W. SonDER.)

OLINIA, Thunb.

Calyx tubulose, senior. to the ovary, with 5, rarely 4, minute

teeth. Petals 5, very rarely 4, inserted in the throat of the calyx.

Seales 5, minute, obovate, alternate with the petals. Stamens 5 ; fila-

ments very short, adnate to the calyx below the scales ; anthers sub-

globose, 2-celled, introrse ; connectivum thick. Ovary inferior, 4—5-

celled ; cells 3-ovulate; ovules pendulous, uniseriate, affixed to a

central placenta. Style subulate; stigma obtuse. Berry drupaceous,

elliptic or subglobose, truncate, 3-4-celled; putamens elongate, im-

curved, mostly (by abortion) r-seeded. Seed oval. Embryo without

albumen, spirally rolled ; cotyledons scarcely distinct. Klotzsch, in

Linn. Klotesch & Otto, Icon. pl. rar. hort. Berol, 1, p. 6. Endl. Gen.

nm. 6272.

A glabrous shrub or tree, with 4-angled, patent branches; opposite, petiolate,

coriaceous, green and shining above, penninerved, quite entire, not punctate leaves ;

terminal and axillary, densely cymose, subtrichotomous panicles of small, white

flowers. ‘Two opposite, obovate, mucronate, ciliate, white, deciduous bracts at the

base of a flower. Fruit scarlet-red.

520 MYRTACE (Sond.) [ Olinia.

1, 0. cymosa (Thunb.! fl. cap. 194); Sideroxylon cymosum, Linn.

Jil. Suppl. 152.

' Var. a, latifolia; leaves obovate or broad-ovate, obtuse, subemarginate, and

apiculate, sometimes acute, cuneate at the base. 0. cymosa, Thunb. l. c. Klotzsch.

l. c. 60, t. 24.

Var. 8, intermedia; leaves elliptic, acute or subacuminate at both ends, rarely

obtuse and apiculate at the apex. 0. Capensis, Klotzsch. 1. c. 6, t. 3.

Var. 5. acuminata; leaves oblong, acuminate at both ends, obtuse and mucronu-

late at the apex ; flowers generally a little smaller. 0. acuminata, K. l. c. 53, t. 21.

Has. About Tablemountain and in the districts of Stellenbosch, Caledon, George,

Uitenhage, and Albany, Zeyher, 2464, 2465, Ecklon, Drege, Thunb. Magalisberg,

Zey., 308. June-Dec. (Herb. Th., Hm., D. Sd.)

Leaves undulated or flat, a little reflexed at the margins, 1-2} inches long, paler

beneath, with short petioles. Cymes terminal, and in the upper axils, shorter than

the leaves. Bracts white, oblong-linear, ciliolate at the margins, 24 lines long.

Calyx about 2-3 lines long, greenish-white, with nearly obsolete teeth. Petals

white, spathulate, acute, twice shorter than the calyx-tube. Scales incurved, pilose.

Fruit the size of a small hazle-nut.

OrpDER LXVI. MYRTACEZ.,

2 Pte 3 (By W. SonpEr.)

Flowers perfect, regular, Calyx-tube adnate to the ovary, ‘either

wholly or in part ; limb 4-5 or many-cleft or parted, imbricated (or

valvate) in zstivation. Petals rarely wanting, inserted on the fleshy

margin of the calyx-tube, alternate with its lobes, imbricate or twisted

in estivation. Stamens indefinite or rarely definite, inserted with the

petals; filaments free or polyadelphous ; anthers introrse, slitting.

Ovary inferior or half-inferior, sometimes unilocular, with one or few

ovules; most usually 2 or many-celled, with numerous ovules. Style +

simple ; stigma undivided. Fruit either a succulent berry or a dry

capsule; sometimes dry and indehiscent. Seeds without albumen.

Trees or shrubs, very rarely herbs. Leaves usually opposite, rarely alternate or

whorled, entire, penninerved, with an intra-marginal vein, almost always pellucid-

dotted, exstipulate. Flowers either axillary and solitary, or in axillary or terminal

cymes, corymbs or panicles, or sometimes capitate or spiked. A very large Order,

extremely abundant in South America and Australia ; less common in Asia, very

thinly scattered over Africa, chiefly tropical, with a few outlying species in the tem-

perate zones. Many valuable spices, as cloves, allspice, &c. ; and many fruits, as

’ the guava, pomegranate, ugni, &c., are products of these plants. The bark in all

is astringent, and the foliage of most yields an aromatic essential oil.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA,

Tribe 1. LeprosperMe®, DC, Fruit dry, many-celled, dehiscent. Seeds exarillate.

I. Metrosideros.—Stamens free. Capsule 2-3-celled.

Tribe 2. Myrrex, DC. Fruit fleshy, baccate, many-seeded. Leaves full of

pellucid dots.

II, Syzygium.—Limb of calyx almost entire or repandly-lobed. Petals 4-5, con-)~!

crete, falling off in the 2 of a calyptra.

Ill. etre of calyx deeply 4- rarely 5-parted. Petals 4, very rarely 5,%)-S

not concrete.

Tribe 3. Barrinerontex, DC, Frwit baccate or dry, valveless, many-celled.

Leaves without pellucid dots, a~!

IV. Barringtonia.

Eugen. | MYRTACEE (Sond.) 521

I. METROSIDEROS, R. Brown.

Calya-tube adhering to the ovary, not angular ; limb 5-cleft. Sta-

mens 20-30, free, very long, exserted. Style filiform ; stigma simple.

Capsule 2-3-celled, cells many-seeded. Seeds wingless. DC. Prod. 3.

224. Endl. Gen. n, 6303.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers not adnate to the branches,

on axillary, umbellate peduncles. Name from pntpa, the heart of a tree, and o1dypos,

iron ; the wood of these trees is very hard.

1. M. angustifolia (Smith. Linn. transact. 3, 268); branches tetra-

gonal ; leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, naked; peduncles axillary,

umbellate ; bracts lanceolate, glabrous. Myrtus angustifolia, L. Thunb.!

fi. cap. 408. E. & Z.! £773. Houtt. Pflanz. Syst. 3. t. 25, f. 2-

Has. Sides of rivers in various parts of the colony, in the districts of Stellenbosch, Goats a

Worcester, Caledon, &e. Jan.-March. (Herb. Sd., D., &c.) Outil,

Tree 20 feet. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 3-4 lines broad. Umbels densely flo

subcapitate, much shorter than the leaves. Flowers yellowish. Fruit 1 line long.

Il. SYZYGIUM, Gaertn.

Tube of the calyx obovate ; limb nearly entire or repandly lobed.

Petals 4-5, roundish, joined into a calyptra, and falling off either in

that state from the calyx, or immediately after expansion. Stamens

numerous, distinct. Ovary 2-celled, with few ovules in each cell.

Style 1. Stigma simple. Berry 1-celled, 1- or few-seeded. Seed glo-

bose. Cotyledons large, fleshy, nearly hemispherical ; radicle small,

inserted between the cotyledons below their middle, and concealed by

them. DO. 1. ¢.259. Endl. Gen. n. 6320.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, glabrous. Peduncles axillary and

terminal, cymose or corymbose. Name from ov¢vyos, coupled ; in allusion to the

manner in which the branches and leaves are united by pairs.

1. §. cordatum (Hochst. ! pl. Krauss.) ; arborescent, glabrous; leaves

subsessile, suborbiculate or elliptic-cordate, quite entire, coriaceous ;

much veined, paler beneath ; cymes terminal, many-flowered, the

branches quadrangular ; calyx very short 4-tooth ; style longer than

the stamens. Jambosa cyminifera, HE. Meyer. m herb. Drege.

Has. Woods on the rivers near the seashore from Omtendo to Port Natal, Drege,

Gueinzius, Krauss, Plant. (71) Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Sd., D.)

A tree 30-40 feet. Branches spreading, tet nous, as well as the leaves oppo-

site. Petioles 1 line long. Leaves about 24 inches long, 2-2} inches wide, round-

ish or with a short, obtuse apex ; with prominent veins on the under-

Cyme 3-chotomous, leafy at the base, 3—4 inches high and wide. Calyx 2 lines long,

turbinate. Stamens exserted. Fruit the size of a small cherry, acidulous.

Ill, EUGENIA, Linn.

Calya-tube nearly globose, limb divided down to the ovary into 4,

rarely 5, segments. Petals 4, rarely 5. Stamens numerous, distinct.

Ovary 2-celled, cells many ovulate. Berry nearly globose, crowned by the

calyx, when ripe r-celled, but rarely 2-celled. Seeds 1-2, large, round-

ish. Cotyledons very thick, and conferruminated. Radiele very short,

hardly distinguishable. DCL. c. 262. Myrtus spec. Swartz. Endl. gen.

n. 6323.

_ short, obtuse apex, shining above, pale beneath and

522 _ MYRTACE2 (Sond.) [ Hugenia.

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, quite entire, pellucid-dotted. Peduncles axil-

lary or terminal, solitary or several together, simple and 1-flowered, or racemose-

cymose. Named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy, who was a protector of

.. botany.

. ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Peduncles cymose or racemose, shorter than the leaves: as

Leaves elliptic, acute, membranaceous ‘a me cous: (1) Natalitia.

Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, coriaceous pe HR ... (2) Zeyheri.

Peduncles at the apex 3-flowered, as long as the leaves ... (3) Albanensis,

Peduncles 1-flowered, about as long as the (small) leaves ... (4) Capensis.

Peduncles 1-flowered, 4 times shorter than the (large) leaves... (5) Gueinzii.

1. E. Natalitia (Sond.); glabrous, much-branched ; branches greyish-

white, young ones subangulate ; leaves shortly-petiolate, opposite,

anaceous, much veined and dotted, elliptic, acute at both ends,

with recurved margins ; peduncles axillary, cymose or racemose, much

shorter than the leaves ; calyx-tube glabrous.

Has. Port Natal, Gucinzius, 60, 568. Gerrard § McKen, 707. (Hb. Hk. Sd. D.)

Erect shrub, with opposite, erect, spreading branches. Petiole 1 line long.

Leaves 1} inch long, nearly 1 inch wide, others 1} inch long, 6-9 lines broad, with

reti with an intra-mar-

ginal vein. Cymes or racemes about 4 inch long; often intermixed with several

1-flowered, 3-4 lines long, bibracteate peduncles. Calyx-lobes rotundate-obtuse,

7 linelong. Petals 4, twice longer than the calyx, dotted, concay rounded, a little

acuminate at the apex. Fruit unknown. 2

2. E. Zeyheri (Harv. Gen. Sth. Afr. 416) ; glabrous, much-branched ;

branches greyish-white, young ones subangulate 3 leaves shortly petio-

late, opposite, coriaceous, not veined, elliptic-lanceolate, with recurved

margins ; peduncles axillary, cymose or racemose, much shorter than

the leaves ; calyx-tube glabrous. Zeyher, 2467.

Has. Woods on Vanstadesrivier, Krakakamma, and near Howisonsport, EB. ¢ Z./

Drege, 5366, a. Dec.—May. (Herb. D., Sd.)

Shrub or tree, 10-15 feet high. Petiole 1 line long. Leaves thick and not con-

spicuously dotted, attenuated at each end, but obtuse at the apex, 1-14 inch long,

4-7 lines broad, shining above, paler beneath. Peduncles cymosely or rionaiilal

3-7-flowered, intermixed sometimes with a few 1-flowered peduncles ; pedicels with

2 minute bracts near the calyx. Petals obovate. Berry 1-2- very rarely 3-seeded,

as large as a small cherry.

3. E. Albanensis (Sond.) ; branches at top appressed-hairy ; leaves

on very short petioles, opposite or ternate, coriaceous, not veined, ovate

or elliptic-oblong, with recurved margins ; peduncles solitary, axillary,

at the apex bibracteate and 3-flowered ; pedicels adpressed-hairy as well

as the 4- or 5-parted calyx,

_ Has. Hills on the Great Vishriver, Zeyher, Memecyl. 1 ; between Kovi and Kap-

river, Drege, 5366 b ; near Somerset, Bowker. N ov.—Dec. (Herb. Hk.,Sd..D.)

Dwarf shrub, 4-1 foot, a few-branched ; branches purplish. Petiole 4 line long.

Leaves opposite, rarely alternate and ternate, 8-9 lines long, 4-5 lines broad,

acutish, upper ones ovate-oblong, when dry olive-green or blueish-green and shining

above, pale fulvous- t y the young ones conspicuously dotted. Peduncle

compressed, glabrous, a little thicker upwards ; pedicels 1-2 lines long, the lateral

ones divaricate, equalling the leafy, ovate bracts. Calyx at the base with 2 minute

bracts ; lobes 4 or 5, obtuse. Petals 4 or 5, twice longer, obovate, Stamens inserted

in a large disc. Fruit not seen.

4. E, Capensis (Harv. 1. c.) ; quite glabrous, much-branched ; leaves

Barringtonia. | MYRTACE (Sond.) 523

(small) on very short petioles, opposite, coriaceous, a little veined,

1-flowered, solitary, geminate or ternate, about as long as the leaves,

glabrous as well as the calyx ; berry globose, usually 1-seeded. Meme-

cylon Capense, H. & Z./ 1772.

Var. 8, major; leaves and flowers larger.

Has. Sandy downs near the Bosjesmansriver, and between Zwartkops and Koega-

river, E. & Z./ Zey.! 2466. Var. 8. sandy hills between Omtendo and Omsamculo,

Drege. ¥Feb.—April. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.)

Shrub 4-6 feet high, with opposite or aggregated, greyish branches. Leaves pale

green, 6-8 lines long, 5-6 lines broad, in var. 8. 10-12 lines long, 8 lines broad.

Petiole 4 line long, sulcate. Peduncles about 7 inch. Petals 2 lines, in var. 8. 3 lines

long, obovate. ;

5. E. Gueinzii (Sond.) ; quite glabrous ; branches terete, when young

subcompressed ; leaves (large) on very short petioles, opposite, coriaceous,

slightly veined and dotted beneath, elliptic or broad-ovate, subcordate

at the base, with recurved margins ; peduncles axillary, geminate,

1-flowered, 4 times shorter than the leaves ; calyx-lobes obtuse, twice

shorter than the obovate petals.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

Erect shrub. Branches purplish. Petiole 1 linelong. Leaves 14-2 inches long,

14-14 inch broad, shining above, much paler beneath. Peduncles 4-5 lines long.

Calyx-lobes much dotted. Petals unguiculate, 3 lines long. Fruit unknown.

0+ IV. BARRINGTONIA, Forst.

Calyx-tube ovate ; limb 2-3-4-parted ; lobes ovate, obtuse, concave,

persistent. Petals 4, coriaceous, attached to the ring at the base of the

stamens. Stamens numerous, in several rows ; filaments filiform, long,

distinct, combined at the base into a short ring ; all bearing anthers.

Ovary 2-4-celled, surmounted by an urceolus sheathing the base of the

style ; ovules 2-6 in each cell. Style filiform ; stigma simple. Fruit

fleshy, more or less 4-angled, crowned by the limb of the calyx, 1-celled.

Seed solitary. Hmbryo large, fleshy, not separable into cotyledons and

radicle, formed of two concentric, homogeneous, combined layers. W.

& Arnott. prodr. 333. Stravadium, Juss.

Trees. Leaves crowded about the ends of the branches, opposite or verticillate,

obovate, quite entire or crenated or serrated, without pellucid dots. Flowers race-

mose. Name in honour of Dr. Barrington.

1. B. racemosa (Roxb. fl. Ind. 2. 634) ; leaves cuneate-oblong, shortly

acuminate, serrulated or crenulated ; flowers forming a long, pendulous

raceme ; pedicels short ; calyx 3-4-cleft ; fruit ovate ; endocarp fibrous.

W. § Arn. 1. c. Blume in DC. Prod. 3. 288. B Caffra, EH. Meyer. mn

herb. Drege.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius, 459, 542,575. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves 3-1 foot long, 3-5 inches broad. Raceme 1 foot or longer. Pedicels

3 lines, calyx 6 lines long, with ovate lobes. Petals ovate, 10-12 lines long. Sta-

mens longer than the petals, but shorter than the style. Fruit 2 inches long, 4 inch

wide. Seed the size of a walnut. The South African specimens are not different

from those collected by Zollinger in Java, except that in the latter the pedicels are

as long as the calyx or a little longer.

524 _ UMBELLIFER (Sond.)

Orver LXVII. UMBELLIFERZ, Juss.

(By W. SonDER).

Flowers usually perfect, in umbels, small. Calya adhering to the

ovary; its margin 5-toothed or obsolete. Petals 5, inserted on the

outside of a fleshy, epigynous disc (stylopodiwm), mostly with inflexed

points, the inflexed portion connate with the middle vein of the lamina ;

estivation slightly imbricate or valvate. Stamens 5, alternate with the

petals; anthers 2-celled. Ovary of 2-carpels, 2-celled; ovules solitary,

pendulous ; styles 2, distinct. Fruit dry, consisting of two easily

separable carpels (mericarps), which cohere by their inner face (com-

missure) to a common, filiform axis (carpophore), but at maturity

separate from it and are for a time pendulous from its summit: each

mericarp is indehiscent, marked with 5 longitudinal ( primary ) ribs,

one opposite each petal and each stamen, and often also with 4 (secon-

dary) intermediate ribs, the ribs being separated by furrows. In the

substance of the pericarp are linear, longitudinal oil-vessels (vitte ),

most commonly opposite the furrows, (vallecule ) sometimes opposite the

ribs, and sometimes wanting altogether. Albumen copious, horny, with

a minute embryo in its base. ;

A very large and most natural Order of herbaceous, or rarely shrubby plants,

common throughout the temperate zones, rare within the tropics. Leaves alternate,

very rarely opposite, usually with sheathing petioles, pinnately or ternately divided,

often cut into capillary segments, rarely entire. Flowers in umbels or rarely capi-

tate, with or without involucre. Many garden vegetables, as the carrot, ‘parsnip,

parsly, celery, &c., and several poisonous plants, of which the Hemlock (coniwm )

is the most famous, belong to this Order. The drugs asafcetida, ammoniacum,

galbanum, &c.; and the carminative seeds caraway, anise, dill, cummin, coriander,

&e., are also products of umbelliferous plants. The generic characters of many can

only be well examined when the fruit is ripe or nearly so ; this, together with the

uniformity of floral structure throughout the order, and the minute differences that

require to be noted, render the study of these plants very difficult to the student.

The peculiar terms used in the following descriptions are given in italics in the

above character, immediately after the explanation of each term.

ANALYTICAL TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRIBES AND GENERA.

Sub-Order I. Orrnospermex. Albumen (as seen in a cross section of the fruit)

flat or nearly so on its inner face (next the commissure),

Umbels simple or imperfect :

1, HYDROCOTYLE: Fruit laterally compressed ... ... 1. Hydrocotyle. \~ |)

2, SANICULEE : Fruit ovato-globose, cross section circular :

Fruit covered with hooked bristles 2. Sanicula.

Fruit tuberculated ... 2... 6... 8, Alepidea.

Umbels compound or perfect :

8, AMMINEE : Fruit laterally compressed or didymous : (IV.-XIII.)

Mericarps 3; leaves much cut or divided :

C distinct, entire (not bipartite): ae

it roundish, didymous. Petals roundish 4, Apium. ae

Fruit ovate or oblong. Petals ovate ... ... 6. Helosciadium, »~*

Carpophore bipartite :

Furrows of the fruit uni-vittate :

Margin of the calyx obsolete :

Petals roundish, apiculate, entire ... 5. Petroselinum. |~!

Petals obcordate, apiculate ... ... 8, Carum.

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UMBELLIFER (Sond.)

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed :

Petals deeply emarginate, white. Ft.

ovate or oblong ... 0 «-- +++. +s

Petals obovate, entire, involute, yel-

lowish. Fruit roundish ... ...

Furrows of the fruit with many vitte :

Fruit ovate. Neither involucre, nor in-

volucels ws emg cow hovel oy

Fruit subdidymous. Involucre and in-

volucels present ... --- e+. see ee

Mericarps equal ; leaves undivided, quite entire... -..

Mericarps unequal ; leaves entire, 3-lobed or 3-parted

4, SESELINEZ: cross section of the fruit circular or nearly so, or the mericarps

slightly compressed at back (commissure broad :—(XIV.-XXIIT.)

Vitte under the ribs of the fruit ; none inthe furrows

Vitte in the furrows of the fruit :

Mericarps unequal ... ... ---

Mericarps equal :

Mericarps hispid or scaly

Mericarps glabrous :

Calyx margin enlarged after flowering.

Carpophore indistinct epee

14.

16, Enanthe. ‘~!

Calyx margin unchanged. Carpophore distinct and free :

Ribs (of fruit) obtuse, filiform, the

lateral wider. Fl. white ... ...

Ribs prominent, bluntly-keeled, the

lateral wider. FI. yellow ...

Ribs prominent, filiform, equal ...

Ribs prominent, sharp, winglike,

@qual =... ss. - ses wehe SOP “ise

Ribs thick, rounded, corky, winglike

Ribs membranaceous, winglike

5. ANGELICEE:: Fruit much compressed dorsally, having

a double wing on each side. Raphe central. ... s+. +

6. PEUCEDANEE: Fruit much compressed dorsally, with

21. Polemannia. °~

18, Foeniculum. !~ | -

20. Sesili. ie

17. Glia. _!

92, Stenosemis. " “

a single acute or thickened wing on each side (KX V.—XXX.)

Fruit with § conspicuous dorsal ribs, and vitte in

the furrows.

Dorsal ribs slender, filiform :

5 ribs equidistant and equally filiform :

in of fruit broad. Petals emarginate

Margin of fruit narrow. Petals entire

5 ribs equidistant ; the 3 intermediate acutely

3 ribs equidistant ; 2 lateral distant, mar-

Dorsal ribs thick, keeled, tubercled or flexuous ...

Fruit without dorsal ribs, hairy ; margins thickened.

ae ee cee

7, DAUCINEH: Fruit somewhat compressed dorsally.

Mericarps with 5 primary, bristly, and 4 secondary,

Sub-Order II. Campynosperme®. Albumen with a longitudinal furrow along

25. Peucedanum. z

26, Bubon. Q -

Lichtensteinia. "\~ \»

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27. Anethum.

28, Pastinaca.

29. Capnophyllum.

30. Pappea.

31. Daucus.

(—f +)

h~f

tol

its inner face (a cross section of the fruit showing it concave on the side next the

commissure ),

8. CAUCALINEE : Fruit laterally compressed or subterete,

lateral primary ridges on the commissure, the dorsal (pri-

mary and secondary) bristly or setose Uh Raa

$2. Torilis.

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526 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle.

9. SMYRNEZ: Fruit turgid, often laterally compressed.

Ribs sometimes obliterated :—(XXXIII.—XXXV.)

Dicecious. Fruit adnate to a large, spinous involucre 33, Aretopus.

Fruit not involucrate.

Fruit sub-compressed dorsally ; dorsal ribs wing-

less, lateral very small in the commisure. Fur- r

rows multi-vittate ... .. 984, Hermas. =

Fruit ovate, laterally compressed ; “yibs eB. “equal, =

undulato-crenate. Furrows without vittee . ... 85, Conium, ~~

Sub-Order I. Ontnosperme®. DC. Prodr. 4, 58. Albumen flat on

the inner side ; neither involute nor convolute. (Gen. I—XXXI.)

I. HYDROCOTYLE, Tourn.

Calyx-tube subcompressed, limb with an obsolete margin. Petals

ovate, entire, acute, with a straight apex. Fruit flatly compressed

from the sides, bi-scutate. Mericarps without vittae ; the 5 ribs nearly

filiform, the carinal and lateral ones usually obsolete, and the 2 inter-

mediate ones joined. Seed carinately compressed. Endl. gen. N. 4355+

Usually slender, bog herbs, rarely subshrubs. Flowers sessile or pedicellate,

white. Umbel usually 3-flowered but monocarpous, 2 of the flowers being sterile.

Involucre in anthesis 4-leaved, but when fruit-bearing 2-leaved. Name from ddwp,

water, and KoTvAn, a cavity, in reference to the plants growing in moist situations,

and to the leaves often being hollowed like a bowl.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

Leaves peltate :

peduncles bearing interrupted whorls of flowers ...__ (1) verticillata.

peduncles bearing a terminal umbel ... (2) Bonariensis.

Leaves cordate or orbicularly reniform (not peltate) :

‘ umbels with 3-4 fertile flowers... we Ve ol. (3) Asiatioa.

umbels with 1 fertile flower (monocarpous)

Leaves oe reniform :

oa ah labrous ; leaves crenately Wore

ly beneath .. (4) eriantha.

nes glabrous ; leaves -sharp-toothed, els

brous... ioe (5) calliodus.

stem and leaves villous ... (6) flexuosa.

___ Leaves 3-7 toothed or angled, cordate, st subreni-

form, as well as the stem villous... (7) hederaefolia.

Leaves lanceolate, ovate, or Seva (not cordate),

_ Leaves not toothed or lo

3 Ivs. Gite nr silicate nesies wal op De ee

villous (8) villosa.

< lys. oval, oblong or lanceolate, acute or r acuminate

at both ends, 3-nerved, with the stem meron ;

or subtomentose ... (15) Centella.

lvs. linear-lanceolate, attenuate at the base, -

‘ Ion see aetase ape: quite glabrous ae (18) = inne

pple toothed or lobed : a2 Cee

Inyolucre of fruit 4-6 leaved

+ stem short, with the leaves tomentose ; leaves

obovate-cuneiform, bluntish, 7-toothed ... (9) Solandra.

stem elongate, with the leaves villous-tomen-

tose ; leaves oblong-cuneate, 9~11-toothed hermannisefolia.

stem short with the leaves vill omentone es

leaves narrow-cuneiform, 3-dentate . (14) tridentata.

Hydrocotyle. | UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 527

Involucre of fruit 2-leaved :

petals villous ; stem puberous ; leaves ovate-

acts 5-toothed ; peduncles solitary, very

shard: 42) eqqueeehs rs 2 Ga

hairy on back ; stem subtomentose ;

leaves ovate, 3—-5-toothed, or subentire ; um-

bel sessile, many-flowered ... ... ... -.- (13) montana.

*. petals glabrous ; stem glabrous ; leaves cu-

neate-ovate, 3-lobed ... ... ue ee (12) triloba.

(11) Dregeana.

1. H. verticillata (Thunb.! diss. de Hydroc. 1798, t. 3,) leaves

peltate, orbicular, doubly crenated, 1 r-nerved, glabrous as well as the

petioles ; flowers disposed in many, subdistant whorls, ultimate ones

umbellate ; fruit rather attenuated at the base, coloured. lor. cap.

asz, EH. & Z.1 2154. H. interrupta, Muehl. Catal. p. 10, (1813).

H. vulgaris, «, communis, Cham. & Schlecht Linnea, vol. 1, 356. A.

vulgaris, Thunb. fl. cap. and E. § Z. 2153. Zeyh, 2659-2660.

Has. Marshy, boggy places, and on the margins of rivulets near Capetown,

Zwartkopsriver, Howison’s Poort, Olifantsriver, ete. Oct.—April. (Herb. unb.

Hk. D. Sd.) : : ¢

Stems rooting at the nodes. Petioles 2-6 inches long. Leaves orbicular, 1-2

uncial. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Umbels in the young plant capitate,

about 5-flowered, as in H. vulgaris. Fruit about 1 line broad, j line long, usually

reddish-brown ; mericarps with 1 or 2 ribs on each side.

9. H. Bonariensis (Lam. Dict. 3. 147); leaves peltate, orbicular,

doubly-crenated, 1 5—20-nerved, glabrous as well as the petioles; scapes

umbellate at the apex and umbellately-branched ; flowers disposed in

interrupted whorls along the branchlets. Cham. &§ Schlecht. tc. H.

Caffra, Meisn.! in pl. Krauss. H. multiflora, Ruiz. § Pav. fl. Peruv. 3.p.

24. t. 246. f. a.

Has. Near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss. 127, (Gueinz. 534- Delagoa Bay, Forbes.

Dec.—April. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

ocala. Petioles 2 inches, or 1 foot or longer. Leaves perfectly round or

with an incision at the base; young ones dentate-crenated ; when old often 2-24

inches in diameter. Peduncles as long or shorter than the petioles. Umbel com-

und of 4-12 rays 4-2 inches long; the rays simple or dichotomous ; flowers in-

se tedly-verticillate ; pedicels very short. Fruit «-line broad, coloured, scarcely

cmarginate at the base and apex, mericarps with 1-2 ribs on each side.

Asiatica (Linn. Spec. 234,) subvillous or glabrescent ; leaves

a oe reniform, or reniform-cordate, crenated, 7-9 nerved ; peti-

oles and peduncles in fascicles, pubescent ; umbels capitate, on short

peduncles, 3-4 flowered, all the flowers fertile ; fruit orbicular, furnished

with 4 ribs on both sides, much longer than the involucre. Rich. Hydr.

n. 15, f: 11. Cham. & Schiect, lc. 365. H. pallida, DC. 4.¢. 63. H.

brevipes, E. Mey. in herb. Drege, H. Asiatica et ficariodes, HL. & Z.1 2155,

2150, Herb, Un. Itin. 495. Zeyh. 2661. H. ficarioides Meisn. m

herb. Krauss. é

Var. B, repanda, Jeaves reniform-cordate, repandly-toothed. H. repanda, Pers. ..

Each, t. 102. Rich. Hydr. n. 13, f. 14, -H. fiearioides, Rich. 1. ¢,.. 12, f- 32 S

Has. In humid places on the si of Table Mountain, in the Cape flats,

rivers from Zwartko ‘ver to Port Natal. Var. 8, in the same localities and near

thelsdorf. Dec.—April. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) : ?

Ss Ee vise olan Stem much-creeping and stoloniferous. Petioles 1 inch

528 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle.

or shorter, in other specimens from 2-6 inches long. Leaves thin or coriaceous,

larger and rather woolly at the base, with crenated, dentate or nearly quite entire

ins ; in small specimens 3-4 lines, in the largest 2-24 inches broad at the

base, with rotundate or subtruncate sinus; usually a little broader than long, but

sometimes and particularly in var. 8. a little longer than broad. Peduncles 2 lines,

4 or 1 inch long, terminated by 3 subsessile or short-pedicelled, fertile flowers.

Fruit 1 line long, when ripe reticulated, involucrated by 2 shorter ovate leaves.

4, H, eriantha (Rich. Hydr. n. 18. f.b.); seffruticose, stem sarmen-

taceous, elongated, much-branched, branches ascendent; leaves nearly

orbicularly reniform, erenately-toothed, woolly beneath; petioles dilated

and woolly at the base; peduncles aggregated, as long or shorter than

the leaves, villous, with a 3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; fruit obovate-

cordate, a little shorter or as long as the ovate, acuminate involucre. Cham.

et Schlecht.l.c. Sieb. herb. fl. cap.n. 247. Herb. Un. Itin. 404. EF. § Z.!

2157. H. cuspidata, Willd. H. reniformis, Spreng. H. asiatica, Thunb.!

Al. cap. 252. Zey. 2661. b.

Var. +. glabrata; nearly glabrous, peduncles villous. H. pallida, £. G Z./ 2158.

"Beam Honky platen on Tatlacamonkcta 2101 iviersberge, Caledon ; Puspasvalle

E on Tal un! : % on; ;

and on tee oe A levses ‘Viuirbisns bosch, Port Natal 3 var. y. in Mcsisctcttaholland.

ae (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.) ‘

ches woody, terete, purplish. Leaves fascicled or villous, on short or long

petioles, somewhat broader than long, 1-2 uncial, paler beneath, much reticulated,

usually coriaceous, crenated and mucronulate. Peduncles 4-1 inchlong. Inyolucre

hairy, 4 or 5-leaved, 2 or 3 falling off with the sterile flowers. Fruit 2 lines long

and broad ; the mericarps with 3 or 4 ribson each side. It differs from H. Asiatica

by the suffruticose stem, mucronately-toothed leaves, and twice larger fruit.

5. H. calliodus (Cham. & Schlecht. 1. c. 371) ; suffruticose, glabrous ;

stems elongated, dichotomous ; leaves orbicularly-reniform, coarsely,

sharply, and unequally toothed; peduncles aggregated, glabrous or

hardly pubescent, shorter than the leaves, with a 3-flowered mono-

carpous umbel ; fruit obovate, cordate, twice longer than the ovate-invo-

tucre. DC.1.c.64. E.§ Z.1 2159. Zey. 2663.

- Has. Among shrubs, mountains Tradouw, Mundt § Maire; Mount Baviensberg

near Gnadenthal and Voormansbosch, £. § Z., Pappe ; Dutoitskloof and Paarlberg,

Drege. Oct.-Feb. (Herb. Beral. Hk. D. Sd.)

Nearly allied to H. eriantha, but easily distinguished by its smoothness, by usually

smaller, thinner, searcely-reticulated leaves, and the shorter involucre. Stems and

primary branches woody, 2-3 feet, not a 5-7-nerved, rarely 1 inch

long and broad, with cordate or subtruncate ; the margin with sharp, often

incurved teeth. Petioles dilated at the base, 2-3 inches long. Peduncles }-1 inch,

filiform, puberulous or glabrous. Fruit nearly the same as in the preceding, but

a little smaller. :

6. H. flexuosa (E. & Z.! 2160); suffruticose, quite villous; stems

elongated, branched ; leaves cordate or orbicularly-reniform, coarsely

mvny-toothed ; peduncles aggregated, shorter than the leaves, with a

3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; fruit glabrous, orbicularly-cordate,

twice shorter than the villous, ovate, acuminate involucre. Zey. 2662.

Has. Sandy-stony places in Hottentottsholland, near Palmietriver, E. ¢ Z. /

Feb. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Easily known by the yellowish or greyish soft indument. Leaves 3—1 inch broad,

with 10-18 sharp, erect, t—2 lines long, ovate teeth. Peduncles 4-1 inch. Involucre,

when young, 4-leaved, subulate ; fruitbearing, consisting of 2 striated, acumi

Hydrocotyle.] UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 529

Pe aw 3 lines long. Mericarp on each side with 3 or 4 ribs, reticulated or un-

7. H. hederefolia (Burch. Trav. 1. 46); perennial, decumbent,

villous ; leaves cordately-reniform, coarsely 3—7-toothed ; teeth or lobules

subequal, acute, entire ; peduncles geminate or ternate, shorter than

the leaves, with a 3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; fruit glabrous,

suborbicularly-cordate, as long or a little shorter than the villous, ovate-

acuminate involucre. DC.1.c. 70. Herb. Un. Itin. 407. #. & Z. 2161.

s macrodus, Spreng. Cham. & Schlecht.l.c. H. moschata, Spreng. non

Has. On the Table Mountain, Burchell, E. § Z., Mundt. Nov.-Jan. (Herb.

Reg. Berol. Sd.)

Much smaller than H. flexuosa, herbaceous, not woody at the base. Petioles

filiform, 1-2 inches long. Leaves 6-8 lines broad, 4-6 lines long, usually 5-toothed

or lobed, the lobes 3-angulate, the middle sometimes larger ; greenish, with im

nerves above ; on both sides appressed villous by short hairs, at length subglabrous.

Peduncles 4-6 lines long. Fruit as in H. flexuosa, from which it is chiefly distin-

guished by the scarcely-villous, 5-angled-leaves.

8. H. villosa (Linn. fil. Suppl. 175); suffruticose, whole plant more

or less villous ; stem decumbent, branched ; branches herbaceous ; leaves

ovate or elliptic, acute, with short straight or uncinate point, entire,

3-5-nerved ; peduncles solitary or aggregated, shorter than the leaves,

with a 3-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; petals villous ; fruit obovate-

cordate, glabrous, longer than the villous, ovate-acuminate, 2-leaved

involucre. Centella villosa, Linn. Spec. 1393. Mercurialis Afra. Linn.

Mant, 298.

Van. a, minor; villous or glabrescent ; leaves about 4-6 lines long, 3-4 lines wide,

obtuse at the base. H. villosa, Thund./ Herb. var. a. E.g Z.! 2162, et var. lan-

ceolata. H. mollissima, E.Mey.in Herb. Drege. H. uncinata, Turez! Bullet. de Moscou,

vol, 20. 1847. Drege, 7610, 7615, 7611. 2 es

Van. 8, major; villous or glabrescent ; leaves 8-12 lines broad, 7-10 lines long ;

lower aes sometimes raheoetide H. villosa, Thunb. Herb. var. B. H. villosa, BE.

Mey. E. § Z./ var B. latifolia.

Has. Rocks on Table Mountain, at Tulbagh near Waterfall, Piquetberg, Blauw-

berg, Winterhoeksberg, and at Olifantsriver; var B, in the same locality and in

Dutoitskloof. Oct.Jan. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem and branches filiform, 4-1 foot. Leaves flat or undulated at the margins.

Petioles 4-2 inches long. Peduncles 6-12 lines long, villous. Involucre in anthesis

4-leaved. Petals very small, villous outward. Fruit 2 lines long and broad, com-

pressed ; mericarps wrinkled, on each side with 3 ribs. .

9. H. Solandra (Linn. fil, Suppl. 176); perennial, whole plant tomen.

tose ; stem and branches short ; leaves petiolate, obovately-cuneiform,

bluntly 7-toothed at the apex ; peduncles subsolitary, nearly as long or

» than the leaves, with a 5—6-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; petals

glabrous ; fruit elliptic-cordate, tomentose, a little longer than the

4-6-leaved, lanceolate involucre. Lam. Ill. t.188. HE. § Z./ 2163. Herb.

Un. Itin. 408. H. tomentosa, Thunb.! fl. cap. 250. Sieb. fl. cap. exs. n.

140. Solandra Capensis, Linn. Spec. 1407. excl. syn.

Van. B. longifolia (DC. 1. c. 69); peduncles shorter than the cuneate-elongated

leaves.

VOL. 11. 34

530 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle

Has. Mountains near Capetown and in Cape Flats, Paarlberg, Van Kampsbay,

near Tulbagh, etc. Var. 8. near Saldanhabay, Driekop, Brackfontein. Mar.—Oct.

(Herb. Thunb. Hk. Sd. D.)

Root or subterraneous stem long, branched. Stems very short, rarely 1-2 inches

long, densely leafy. Leaves much aggregated, about 4 inch long, 4 lines broad,

sometimes smaller, but in var. 8. 8—1o lines long and more cuneated ; with 7, rarely

5, acute teeth. Petioles much dilated at the base, $-1 inch. Peduncles filiform,

Flowers white, the sterile pedicellate, the fertile sessile. Petals ovate, } line long.

Fruit compressed, 2} lines long, truncate, wrinkled ; mericarps with 3 prominent

ribs on each side, in var. 8. sometimes subglabrous.

10. H. hermanniefolia (E. & Z.! 2164); suffruticose, whole plant

tomentose-villous ; stem elongate, branched ; leaves petiolate, oblong-

cuneate, 3-nerved, with g-11 short teeth at the blunt apex ; peduncles

very short, solitary, with a 5—6-flowered, monocarpous umbel ; petals

villous ; fruit elliptic-cordate, hairy, a little shorter than the 6-leaved

ovate, acuminate involucre. Leki. in S. Afr. Quart. Journ. 1830, p. 375.

Van. .8 brevifolia (E. & Z.! 1. c.); leaves cuneate-spathulate.

Var. ¥. littoralis; leaves linear-oblong, cuneate, 3-dentate or acute. H. littoralis,

E.G Z./ 2168,

Has. Sandy flats between Krakakamma and Van Stadensriviersberge, FE. § Z.,

Drege, 7613; var. 8. near the Zwartkopsriver, Zey. 2665; var. y. on the sea shore

near Cape Agulhas, Mundt. July-Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Readily distinguished from the preceding by the longer leaves with shorter and

usually more numerous teeth, and by the subsessile umbels with hairy petals. Root

very thick. Stem and primary branches woody. Petioles 1-2 inches long. Leaves

t-1} inch long, 3-6 lines wide ; in var. 8. 8-9 lines long, 5-6 lines broad ; in var. y.

1 inch long, 3 lines broad. Peduncles solitary, rarely geminate, 1-2 lines long.

Flowers equalling the involucre, the fertile sessile. Fruit 2-2} lines long and ticad ;

mericarps wrinkled, with 3 ribs on each side.

Al, H. Dregeana(Sond.); suffruticose, puberulous ; stems very short,

with many fascicles of petiolate leaves at top ; petioles dilated at the

base, longer than the ovate, shortly-acwminate, at the base subcwneate, °

5-toothed leaves ; peduncles solitary, very short, with a 3-flowered, mono-

carpous umbel ; petals villous ; fruit orbicularly-cordate, puberulous or

subglabrous, a little shorter than the lanceolate, acuminate 2-leaved

involucre,

Has. Near Ezelsfontyn and on the Roodeberg, 3-4000 ft., Nov., Drege. (Hb. Sd.)

Stems about uncial. Petioles 6-8 “Samy a Leaves rather coriaceous, obso-

letely 3-nerved, minutely puberulous, at length subglabrous, 4—6 lines long, 2-3 lines

broad at the margin, with about § acute teeth. Peduncles at the base of the leaves,

scarcely 1 line long. Fruit 2 lines long and broad, wrinkled ; mericarps with 2 ribs

on each side. It has the habit of H. villosa, but is quite different.

12. H. triloba (Thunb.! diss, de Hydr. p. 6. t. 3); suffruticose, gla-

brous; stem erect, branched; leaves cuneate-ovate, trilobed at the apex,

3—5-nerved, lobes or teeth acute ; peduncles much aggregated, puberu-

lous, at length glabrous, shorter than the petioles, with a 3-4-flowered,

monocarpous umbel ; petals glabrous ; fruit obovate, glabrous, longer

than the ovate, acuminate, 2-leaved involucre. Flor. Cap. 250. Rich.

Monog, 65. f. 36. HE. § 4.12166. Zey. 2664.

Has. Rocks on Klynriviersberge, Caledon, Hauhoeksberge, Hottentottsholland-

perees odes oe re Mountain, 2, ¢ Z./ Harvey, Masson. July-Sept. (Herb.

Hydrocotyle. | UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 531

Stem and branches woody, 4-14 feet, erect. Petioles 1-2 inches long. Leaves

about 1 inch long, 6-8 lines broad, sometimes narrower, attenuated at the base ;

teeth or lobes at the apex 1-3 lines long. Peduncles 4-6 lines long. Flowers very

small. Fruit 14 lines long, compressed ; mericarps with 3 ribs on each side ; fur-

rows flat, not wrinkled.

13, H. montana (Cham. & Schlecht. 1. c. 374); suffruticose, swbto-

mentose, at length glabrescent ; stems suberect; branches spreading,

elongate ; leaves ovate or elliptic-oblong, acute, entire or acutely-3—5-

_ toothed at the apex, coriaceous, 3—5-nerved, obtuse or subcuneate at the

base ; those of the branches smaller, sublanceolate, much shorter,

petiolated ; umbels sessile, many-flowered, monocarpous ; petals of the

fertile flowers hairy on back ; fruit obovate-orbicular, glabrous, shorter

or longer than the villous, ovate, cuspidate, 2-leaved involucre. H.

difformis, E. § Z.1 2165. Zey. 2666.

Has. Mountains near Langekloof and Tradow, Mundt § Maire; Hottentotts-

hollandberge near Grietjesgat on Palmietriver, near Klynriver, and between Gna-

denthal and Mount Zwarteberge, Z.¢ Z./ May. Aug. (Herb. Berol. Hk. Sd.)

Root thick and woody. Stem and branches striate, purplish, several feet long.

Leaves much aggregated at the base and on the nodes, on carinate, 2—5-uncial

petioles, usually 1-2 inches long, 8—14 lines broad ; old ones sometimes nearly 4

inches long, 2 inches broad, very thick and with revolute margins ; those of the

upper branches nearly sessile, 1-4 inch long, 4-2 lines wide. Umbels capitate,

woolly, 10-20-flowered ; sterile flowers on filiform, villous pedicels, the fertile quite

sessile. Petals white and violaceous, obtuse. Fruit 2 lines long and broad, quite

glabrous ; mericarps with 2 ribs on each side, very prominent as well as the dorsal

rib ; furrows flattish or rugose. The lower leaves are similar to those of H.

triloba, but the base is ovate, obtuse, rarely subcuneate. The specimens collected

by Mundt. § Maire are not very perfect.

14. H. tridentata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 176); suffruticose, villous-

tomentose, at length glabrescent ; stems and branches short, ascend-

ing; leaves petiolate, oblong-cuneiform or obversely-lanceolate, narrow,

with 3 acute teeth or lobes at the apex, 1-3-nerved, coriaceous ; peduncles

solitary or geminate, with a very short 4-5-flowered, monocarpous

umbel ; petals villous ; fruit cordate-orbicular, glabrous, shorter than

the villous, ovate, acuminate, 4-leaved involucre. Thunb. ! Dissert. p. 6.

t.1. Flor.Cap.250. Rich. Monog, n. 60. f.37. H.& Z./ 2167.

Has. Sandy places near Duikervalley and Doornhoogde, and near Swellendam,

Thunb. E. § Z. , Pappe. Sep.—Dec. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Root very long and woody. Stem and branches 2-4 inches, tomentose. Leaves

fasciculate, 2 lines broad, }—1 inch long, attenuated into a short or longish petiole,

dilated at the base, 3-nerved, the lateral ones often obsolete ; when young tomentose-

villous, at length nearly glabrous, with 3, rarely 2 teeth at the apex, very rarely

acute, not toothed. Peduncles 1 line long or shorter. Involucre 3 lines long.

Pedicels of the sterile flowers glabrous. Fruit sessile, 2 lines long and broad ;

mericarps with 2 lateral ribs on each side ; furrows flattish, a little rugose.

15. H. Centella (Cham. & Schlecht. 1. ¢. 37 5); suffruticose, subto-

mentose or glabrous ; stem and branches terete or subangulate ; leaves

petiolate, oval, oblong, or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at both ends,

3-nerved; peduncles fascicled, filiform, with a 3—5-flowered, monocar-

pous umbel; petals glabrous, rarely subpilose ; fruit obcordate, glabrous

or pubescent, longer than.the ovate, acute or acuminate, 2-leaved

involucre.

You. I.

532 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Hydrocotyle.

Van. a. latifolia (Cham. & Schlecht. ! 1. c.) ; leaves on longish petioles, elliptic or

cuneiform-oval, acute or acuminate at each end, 3-, rarely 5-nerved (1-2 inches long,

6-8 lines broad), the upper smaller.

aa. Woolly or subtomentose. H. villosa, Thund./ herb. var. B. H. glabrata, B.

subtomentosa, E. § Z.! Drege, 7614. :

BB. Glabrous. H. falcata, E. § Z.! 2175. H. glabrata, FE. § Z./ 2172 (incl.

var. minore). H. Centella, = latifolia Fog y. plantaginea, E. Mey. in herb.

Drege. H. bupleurifolia, Rich. Monog. 67. f. 39.

vy. tridentata ; =a koe: at top 2 or 3-dentate. H. bupleurifolia, E.G Z./

var. B.

Var. 8. plantaginea; leaves on longish or short petioles, oblong or oblong-lanceo-

late, acute or acuminate at both ends, 3-nerved (8-18 lines long, 2-4 lines broad),

the upper smaller.

aa. Subtomentose or subhirsute. H. plantaginea, Spreng. Grundz. der Pflanzenk.

t. 8. f. 5-7. H. Cent. var. lasiocarpa. Cham. § Schl.! H. montana, E. Meyer

_ _ tnherb. D. non Cham. § Schl. (villosissima). Drege, 7616.

BB. Glabrous. H. glabrata, Thunb./ fl. cap. 251. Centella glabrata, Linn. Amoen.

Acad. 6.p. 112. H. bupleurifolia and plantaginea, E. § Z./ 2173, 2174. H.

Cent, var. a. glabra, E. Mey.

Var. y. Coriacea; quite glabrous, or in the axils woolly; stem and branches

short; leaves much aggregated, linear-lanceolate, cuneate, thick, coriaceous, with

obsolete nerves, 1-2 inches long, 14-2 lines broad. H. montana and rupestris,

E. § Z.1 2169, 2170.

Var. 3. onscwesl corer L glabrous ; branches elongate ; leaves linear-

cunea‘ -nerved, the lower 3~4 inches, upper ones 1-2 i ‘

aang iays » 3 3-4 pper ones 1-2 inches long

aa, rigida ; stem erect as well as the leaves rigid. ZH. linifolia, Thunb. fl. cap.

250. H. rigescens, E. § Z.! 2179.

BB. flaccida H. linifolia, E. § Z./ 2180. H. falcata, var. B. G y. E. § Z.1 2175.

AL, afinis, £.§2.12177. H. fusca, E. § Z.! 2178, ex pte. H. cent. var. linifolia,

£. Meyer. H. virgata, c. § d. E. Mey. Drege, 7618. Zeyh. 2658.

ry. verticillata ; leaves much aggregated on the nodes, linear, attenuated at

the base, 6-9 lines long, } line broad. JH. linearis, E. Mey.

Has. Sandy and stony places in mountains throughout the Colony. :

Thunb. Berol. Hk. D. Sa) : “ —.

Very variable in form and habit. Polygamo-monoecious or dioecious, Stem

terete, striate-angulate, usually elongate ; internodes without leaves. Peduncles

4-10 lines long, villous or glabrous. Umbel 1-5-flowered, but only 1 flower is

fertile. Involucre in anthesis, 4, rarely 5-leaved. Petals 4 or 5, usually glabrous.

Fruit about 2 lines broad ; the mericarps with 5 filiform ribs ; furrows rugulose,

16, H. debilis (E. & Z! 2176); suffruticose, quite gl :

: ! : , quite glabrous; stem

erect, quadrangular ; branches elongate, filiform ; leaves longish-petio-

late, elongated-linear, attenwate at the base, quite entire, 5-nerved and

with uncinate apex; peduncle aggregated, capillary, 1-3-flowered ; fruit

elliptic, small, glabrous, twice longer than the ovate, acute, 2-leaved

involucre.

Has. Among shrubs and

Aug. E.§Z.1 (Herb. 84.)

u m the smallest forms of the preceding by the ee

jonger, filiform branches, and uncinate leaves. Lower et oe es long,

2 lines broad, incrassate on the margins, and with 5 parallel, very prominent nerves

= ae — Nei A} w pd 2-1 inch long, 1-4 line broad, at the apex

a % un i ] i ; -

> pee with pileione ong. Fruit 1 line long and broad, com

17. H. virgata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 176); suffrutic :

I ‘ ose, erect, branched,

lanuginose-villous, or quite glabrous; leaves linear-filiform, quite

high grass on the Van Stadensriviersberge, Uitenhage.

Alepidea.] UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 533

entire ; peduncles aggregated, rarely solitary, filiform, short, 1-5-

flowered ; fruit obovate or suborbicular, longer than the ovate, acute

or acuminate, 2-leaved involucre. Cham. § Schlecht.! l.c. 379.

Var. a. glaberrima (DC. |. c. 69); erect, branched, quite labrous ; flowers poly-

gamous, monoecious. #. virgata, Thunb.! fl. cap. 50. Lam./ ill. t. 188. f. 3. EB. Z./

2183. AH. filicaulis, E.§ Z./ 2184. H. fusca, E. § Z.1 ex pte. Zeyh. 727, 2668, a.

Drege, 7620, 7652, 7625, 7626, 9543-

Var. B. lanuginosa (Cham, & Schlect. 1. ¢.); erect, virgate, lanuginose-villous,

polygamo-monoecious ; leaves broader, suleate, but not flat. H. lanuginosa, E. § Z.!

2182.

Van. y. macrocarpa (Cham. & Schl. 1. c.); virgate, glabrous, ee oe

fruit larger. H. macrocarpa, Rich. Monog. 67, f. 40. E.G Z./ 2181. Zey. 2668, b.

Drege, 1839, 7623, 7624. Herb. Un. Itin. 7.

Var. 8. nana (Cham. & Schl. 1. c.); plant short, glabrous, polygamo-dioecious or

monoecious; fruit small. H. alpina et trichophylla, E. § Z./ 2171, 2185.

Has. In plains and on hills throughout the Colony; var 8. near the Gauritzriver,

Swellendam; var 8, on Tablemountain and Devilsmountain, and above the Waterfall

near Tulbagh. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem from 4-2 feet high, terete, dichotomously-branched. Leaves terete, acute,

dilated at the base, 2 or more at the nodes ; lower and intermediate ones 2-5 inches

long, }-1 line broad, the upper gradually smaller. Peduncles 2-6 lines long, in the

upper, often woolly axils, capillary. Umbels very small, the fertile monocarpous,

the male ones sometimes 4-8-flowered. Petals glabrous. Fruit more or less rugulose,

14-2 lines long, 1 line broad, in var. y, 3 lines long, 2-3 lines broad ; in var. 3,

suborbicular, about 1 line long and wide. Mericarps with § filiform ribs. The

species is easily distinguished from all the others by the filiform or terete leaves.

Il. SANICULA, Linn.

Calyx-tube bristly; its margin 5-cleft, leafy. Petals erect, conniving,

obovate, their apices inflexed. Fruit subglobose, not spontaneously

bipartite. Mericarps with obsolete ridges, many-vittate, densely covered

with hooked bristles. Carpophore indistinct. Seeds semiglobose. DC.

lc. p. 84. Endl. Gen. n. 4382.

Perennial herbs. Leaves radical, petiolate, palmate-lobed ; lobes cuneated, deeply

toothed at the apex. Stem naked or sparingly leafy. Flowers in dense heads,

sessile. General umbel with few rays. Leaves of involucre few, lobed. Umbel-

lules of many rays. Leaves of involucel many, entire. Flowers, male, female and

hermaphrodite in the same umbel. Name from sano, to heal or cure.

1. 8. Europea (Linn. Spec. 339) 5 leaves radical, palmate-parted ;

lobes trifid, serrate-toothed ; flowers polygamous, all nearly sessile, dis-

din umbellules ; lobes of calyx denticulated. Schkuhr. Handb. t.

60. Engl. Bot. 98. S. Europ. var. Capensis, Cham.§ Schl. Lnnn. 1, 352-—

S. Canadensis, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 254, excl. syn. S. Capensis, E.§ Z.12186.

Schimper Abyss. sect. 2.2. 1127.

Has. Woods and groves, districts of Worcester, Swellendam, George, etc. Oct.-

Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) : 1 :

Stems 1-3 feet high. Flowers white or tinged with red, disposed in little heads.

T have been unable to detect a character by which to separate this plant from the

European specimens.

II. ALEPIDEA, La Roche.

Calyx-tube glabrous or muricately-tuberculate ; lobes erect, leafy.

Petals inflexed. Fruit ovate, somewhat compressed and contracted

from the sides, its transverse section nearly circular. Mericarps without

Caan (4 ;

flaw /oy

534 : UMBELLIFER (Sond.) [A piwm.

vitte, but having 5 filiform or elevated-obtuse, inflated ribs, Carpo-

phore united to the mericarps, but at length free, undivided. Seed semi-

terete. Hndl. Gen. n. 4385,

Herbaceous, glabrous plants, with the habit of some Eryngium. Stems nearly

naked or leafy, branched, umbellate at the apex. Leaves not lobed, oblong, ciliately-

toothed with spinescent bristles. Universal umbels irregular, surrounded by variable

involucra ; partial umbels regular like those of Astrantia, but the flowers are sessile

and surrounded by an involucel of about 10 unequal leaves, which are connate

at the base, coriaceous and coloured inwards, Name from a, privitive, and Aems, a

scale ; these plants are glabrous.

ANALYSIS OF THE 8S. AFRICAN SPECIES,

Fruit densely muricate ; leaves 2-3 inches long... ... ... (1) ciliaris.

Fruit quite or nearly smooth; leaves 7-1 5 inches long ... (2) amatymbica.

1, A. ciliaris (L. Roche, Eryng. p. 19. t. 1); radical leaves petiolate,

oblong, obtuse ; cauline leaves smaller, stem—clasping ; fruit densely

muricate-tuberculate. Astrantia ciliaris, Linn, fil. Suppl.177. Thunb. Fl.

Cap. 196. Jasione Capensis, Berg. Act. Ups. 3. p. 187. t, Io.

Var. a, leaves oblong, truncate, or unequal-si or subcordate atthe base. 4.

serrata. E. § Z.! 2188. A. ciliaris, Drege, coll. Zeyh. 2669.

Van. 8. leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, more or less cordate at the base. A,

ciliaris et var. latifolia, E. § Z.1 2187. A. cordata, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege, Zey. 2669.

Has. Hills and mountains (1-8000 ft.) in the districts of Uitenhage, Albany and

George, on Katberg, Witbergen and Zuurebergen. Oct.Feb. (Herb. Th. Hk. D. Sd.)

Root fibrous. Stem 1-14 foot, erect, striate, somewhat branched. Petioles of

the radical leaves 1-2 inches long, carinate, its leaves 14-3 inches long, 3-1 inch

broad, coriaceous, toothed and ciliate ; stem-leaves gradually smaller. Universal

umbel of few rays. Involucel 4-6 lines in diame , usually consisting of 5 ovate,

mucronate, and § smaller, ovate-lanceolate leaflets. Flowers aggregate on a flat

cima wae Fruit subcompressed, 1 line long, crowned with the Pogue

yx-lobes and the erect styles. Stylopodium depressed, Mericarps wi often

obsolete, obtuse ribs. Albumen flat in front. 4

2. A. Amatymbica (EZ. & Z./ 2 189) ; radical leaves oblong, or linear-

oblong, cuneate, petiolate ; cauline leaves smaller, stem-clasping ; fruit

ral Be giaee quite smooth, or at the apex tuberculated. A. longifolia,

. Mey.

Van. 8, cordata ; radical leaves long—petiolate, cordate at the base.

Has. Top of Mount Winterberg, Ceded Territory, Z. § Z.! between Buffelriver

and Key, Drege; Port Natal, Gueinzius, Plant.

_ B. Bestar , near Sandriver, Zey. 728... (Herb. Hk. Sd. D.)

_ Stem 2-4 eet high, fistular, sulcate. Radical lea. -1§ inches long, 14-2

inches broad, toothed and ciliate ; stem-leaves nimwoneds | Arora one oo the

lower ones pomesnies a as large as the radical, but not cuneate. Umbels

numerous, forming a large panicle. Involucel as in the preceding, but a little

larger, the leaflets unequal, lanceolate, pale or reddish inwards, Fruit when ripe 2

lines long and broad, contracted on the Meri i

. Sted 0 tes. Mericarps broad-ovate, with 5 obtuse,

pees ‘ine ribs. A. peduncalaris, -1 im Rich, Tent. fl. Abyss, ; seems not to be

TY. APIUM, Linn.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, S¢ lopodium

depressed, Fruit roundish, laterally contracted, didymous. a

with equal, filiform ridges, the lateral on the margins. Furrows 1-

Helosciadium. | “UMBELLIFERAE (Sond.) : 535

vittate, the outer frequently 2-3-vittate. Carpophore undivided. Seeds

gibbous, convex, flattish in front. DC.l.c. p. 100, Nees ab Esenb.

Gen. pl. Germ, fasc. 26, t. 7. Endl. Gen. n, 4393.

Herbaceous. Stem furrowed, branched. Leaves pinnate, leaflets cuneiform, cut.

Umbels nearly sessile, on axillary branchlets, or at the apex of the stems. Involucre

and involucel wanting. Flowers greenish-white. Name from Apone, Celtic for —

water ; habitation of plants.

1. A. graveolens (Linn. Spec. 379); glabrous; leaves pinnate, upper

ones ternate, leaflets cuneate, incised and toothed at the apex; petals

with the point closely involute. Hngl. Bot. t, 1210. Hayn. Arm. Gew.

7,t.24. A. graveolens et decumbens, L. & Z.! 2190, 2191. Smyrnium

laterale, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 259. Helosciadiwm Ruta, DC.1.c. 106? Zeyh.

267¢. Drege, 9544-

Has. On the sea-shore near Rietvalley, Algoabay, Zwartkopsriver, Albany, Port

Natal. Dec.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

The wild state of the celery is usually smaller and more decumbent than the plant

in cultivation. The specimens from South Africa agree perfectly with those from

the sea-shore of Germany.

V. PETROSELINUM, Hoffm.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, incurved, entire,

scarcely emarginate, with a narrow incurved point. Stylopodium short,

conical, subcrenulate. Styles diverging. Fruit ovate, laterally com-

pressed, subdidymous. Mericarps with 5-filiform equal ridges, the

lateral marginal. Furrows with single vitte. Commussure bivittate..

Carpophore bipartite. Seeds gibbous, convex, flattish in front. DC. J.

c. 102. Nees ab Esenb. l. ¢. t. 8. Endl. Gen. n. 4394-

Branched, glabrous herbs. Leaves decompound, with cuneated segments. In-

volucra few-leaved ; involucels many-leaved. Flowers white or greenish, uniform :

those in the disc of the umbel frequently sterile. Name from werpos, a rock, and

ceAwor, parsley.

1, P. sativum (Hoffm. Umb. 78, t. 1, f. 7); stem erect, angular ; leaves

decompound, shining ; lower leaflets ovate, cuneate, trifidly toothed ;

upper ones lanceolate, nearly entire; leaves of involucel filiform.

Apium Petroselinum, Linn. Hayn. Arg. Gen. 7, t. 23.

Has. In cultivated grounds, naturalized from Europe. “ Parsley.”

VI. HELOSCIADIUM, Koch.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed, or obsolete. Petals ovate, entire, with a

straight or incurved apiculus. Fruit ovate or oblong, compressed from

the sides. Mericarps with 5 filiform, prominent, equal ridges, the lateral

margi Furrows with single vitte. Carpophore distinct, entire.

Seeds gibbously or teretely convex, flattish in front, Nees ab Esenb, 1.

c. t, 10. Endl. Gen. n. 4397- :

Herbs with prostrate creeping stems and white flowers. Name from éXos, &

marsh, and axadioy , an umbel. ‘

‘ ANALYSIS OF THE 8. AFRICAN SPECIES.

Glabrous, perennial, prostrate; fruit glabrous ... ...... ... (1) repens.

Hairy, annual, erect ; fruit hairy wah: coewl <peneeeeees ey Vapeene.

536 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Ptychotis.

1. H. repens (Koch. DC. 1. c. 105); glabrous, perennial ; stem pros-

trate, rooting ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets roundish-ovate, unequally and

acutely inciso serrate ; umbels on long peduncles, opposite to the leaves;

involucre of 2-4 ovate-lanceolate, permanent leaves ; fruit glabrous,

Siumrepens Linn. fil. Fl. Dan. 1514. Eng. Bot.t.1431. E.&Z.! 2195.

Has. Marshy places in Zwartland, Brehm. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 4-1 foot long, quite prostrate. Leaves petiolate, 1-2 inches ; leaflets 2-3

lines long and wide, sessile. Involucre shorter than the (3-6) rays; involucels as

long or longer than the pedicels. Flowers very small.

2, H, Capense (E. & Z.! 2196); pubescent, annual; stem erect,

branched ; leaves long, petiolate, ternately-partite ; lobes 2—3-fid, linear-

oblong, acute ; umbels axillary, with 3- 5 rays ; umbellules 1-3-flowered,

involucel few-leaved or wanting ; fruit ovate-oblong, hairy.

Has. Rocky places on the hills by the Coegariver, Uitenhage. Oct. E.¢ Z.!

(Herb, Hk. Sd.)

Stem }~1 foot, terete. Petiole of the radical leaves 1-2 inches long, of the upper

leaves shorter. Lobes of the leaves 2-3 lines long, 3-1 line broad, entire or bifid.

Rays of the umbel unequal, the longer 6-12, the shortest 12 lines long, capillary.

Umbellules of 2-4 flowers, pedicels scarcely } line long. Flowers very small. Ripe

fruit 1 line long, a little contracted at the margins. Stylopodium depressed ; styles

very short. Ridges obtuse. Commisure with 2 vitte.

VII. PTYCHOTIS, Koch.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals obovate, bifid, or deeply emargi-

nate, with a long inflexed point proceeding from the sinus. Fruit

compressed, ovate or oblong. Mervcarps with 5 equal, filiform, primary

ridges, the lateral ones marginal. nterstices with single vitte. Car-

pophore bi-partite. Seeds terete or gibbously convex, flattish in front.

DC.1.¢. p.107, Endl. Gen. n. 4400.

Flowers white. Name from mrvxn, @ plait, and ovs, wros, an ear; the petals have

(usually) a plait in the middle, emitting a little ear or segment. (The European

species of Ptychotis are characterised by a large gland they bear on the back of the

petals ; I never saw it in the exotic species. )

ANALYSIS OF THE S. AFRICAN SPECIES.

1, Euptychotis, Involucre wanting. Fruit smooth.

Segments of leaves ovate-oblo blong ; umbels °

culate; fruitoval .. ..°.. rare

eee RT RT Sed PSE oe (t) Medanerl.

Segments of leaves linear, acute; umbels sessile; fruit se

Segments of leaves filiform; umbels pedunculate ; fruit

‘ Ovate ... ... hess ee oa s+ vee aes (3) caruifolia.

. Trachyspermum. u volucre present. it muricated.

* Stem me tbwvie -»» (4) hispida.

Stem ; fruit broader than long linet ay fukn oye diapme,

__ Sect. 1, Euprycnoris, DO. 1. ¢, 108, Universal involucrum want-

ing. Fruit smooth, not muricated, (Sp. 1-3)

1, P. Meisneri (Sond.) ; smooth ; stem erect, branched ; leaves bi-

pinnate, lobes pinnatifid, segments ovate-oblong or oblong, acute, asper-

ulous on the margin; umbels Opposite to the leaves, pedunculate ;

Ptychotis.} UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) 537

leaflets of involucel few, subulate, as long or shorter than the pedicels,

persistent ; fruit oval. Petroselinum humile, Meisn.! in Hook, Lond.

Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 531+

Has. In the plains near Port Natal, Krauss, 418 ; Drege, 9545. Oct. (Herb.

Meisn. D, Sd.)

Root thin, perpendicular. Stem }-1 foot high, striated. Leaves petiolate ; petiole

at the base with a white-margined sheath; limb subtriangular, about 2-3 inches

long and broad ; leaflets ovate like those of Anthriscus Cerefolium. Umbel with 5-6

rays, shorter than the peduncle. Pedicels 2 lines long. Petals deeply emarginate.

Fruit « line long, broadest in the middle. Stylopodium short. Styles reflexed. Com-

missure with 2 vitte.

2. P. tenuis (Sond.) annual, glabrous ; stem erect, dichotomously

branched ; leaves bipinnate, lobes deeply pinnatifid, segments linear,

acute ; umbels opposite to the leaves, sessile; involucel 1-2 leafed,

much shorter than the smooth pedicels; fruit rowndish-ovate, as well

as the ovary quite smooth.

Has. Hills between Buffeljagdriver and Rietkuil, Oct.-Nov. Zeyh. 2672. (Herb.

Sd.

a small herb about a span high. Radical leaves on longer petioles. Segments

linear-filiform, 1-1} line long. Umbel with 4-5 rays, }-inch long. Pedicels 13

line long. Fruit nearly 1 line long and broad, contracted from the sides. Stylo-

podium minute, conical. Styles very short. Vallicule with one elevated vitta

each. Commissure, 2-vittate.

3. P. caruifolia (Sond.) annual, glabrous ; stem erect, dichotomous-

ly much branched ; leaves cut into numerous filiform segments : um-

bels opposite to the leaves, pedunculate ; involucel 1-2-leaved, much

shorter than the scabrid pedicels ; ovary muricated on the ridges ; fruit

ovate, smooth.

Hap. Near Riebekkasteel, Nov. Zeyher, 729. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Root whitish. Stem 1-24 feet, terete, purplish and glaucous, with many spread-

2-3 lines long, ents, 3 : t

uncle, Pedicels 2 lines long. Fruit a little compressed on the sides; 1 line

; jum subdepressed. Styles short, spreading. Mericarps with § fili-

foam sak Volieon 1 vittate ng agian Bo with 2 vite.

2 partite.

Sect. 2. Tracuysrermum, DC. 1. c. Universal involucre com-

posed of a few linear entire or trifidleaves. Fruit muricated. (Sp. 4-5.)

4, P. hispida (Sond.) annual ; stem decumbent or erect, branched,

as well as the leaves and peduncles scabrid or hispidulous ; leaves sub-

tripinnate, segments filiform ; umbels opposite to the leaves, peduncu-

late, with 5-8 rays ; fruit ovate, acute. Sium hispidum, Thunb.! fl.

c. 261. Trachyspermum rigens, E. § Z.! 2197. (excl. synon.) Phyma-

tis cyminoides, E. Meyer. Herb Un. Itin.n. 212. Zeyh. 2697, 2673.

Drege, 4945.

Has. Sandy places near Capetown ; in Hottenthold. near Tulbagh, Hassaquas-

kloof, and ott the Zwartkopsriver. Sept.-Jan. (Herb. Th. Hk. Dea)

Root long, subsimple. Stem several inches, or 1-14 foot, terete ; branches stri-

ated. Leaves 2-, or nearly 3-pinnate, the radical ones longer, petiolate, 1-3 inches

long. Segments 1-2 lines long, setaceous. Leaves of involucre usually pinnated or

compound, Rays of umbel 4-1 inch. Involucel few leaved, twice shorter than the

pedicels. Petals white, Fruit 1 line long, when ripe nearly as broad as long, con-

538 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [Pimpinella.

tracted from the sides. Mericarps with 5 filiform ribs. Vallecule with 1 elevated

vitta ; the commissure 2 vittate. Styles diverging. It varies with glabrous stem

and leaves, hispidulous or minutely muricated fruit.

5. P. didyma (Sond.) annual; stem decumbent, branched, gla-

brous ; leaves bi- or subtripinnate ; segments filiform ; umbels opposite

to the leaves, pedunculate, with 10-16 rays; fruit didymous, broader

than long. Carpophyllum Jacquini, «, herb. Drege !

Has. Woods near Tulbaghskloof, Nov. Zeyh. 730. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Stem and leaves as in the preceding, but well distinguished by the many-rayed

umbels and didymous fruit. Involucre of umbel pinnatifid. Rays 6—7 lines long,

sometimes a little scabrid. Leaves of involucel 2-4, subulate, shorter than the

pedicels. Flowers very small. Fruit } line long, } line broad, densely muricated,

much contracted from the sides. Mericarps roundish-ovate, with 5 bluntish ribs.

Stylopodium and styles very short.

VII. CARUM. Linn.

Margin of calyx obsolete or nearly so. Petals obovate or elliptic,

emarginate, with an inflexed point. Stylopodiwm depressed or shortly

conical; styles divaricate. Fruit ovate or oblong, contracted from the

sides. Mericarps with 5 filiform, equal ribs, the lateral marginating.

Furrows with 1 vitta ; commisure bi-vittate. Carpophore free, forked

or bipartite. Seed terete-convex, flattish in front. Koch. Umb. 121.

Nees. ab. Es. gen. fl. germ. fase. 26,7. 15. Endl. gen. n. 4406.

Biennial or perennial, glabrous herbs, much branched. Leaves pinnate, seg-

ments or leaflets, multifid. Both the involucra and involucels variable, often want-

ing. Flowers white. Name from Caria, in Asia Minor ; the native country of the

Caraway.

1, C. Capense (Sond.) root fleshy, stem branched, radical leaves

tripinnate, leaflets filiform, setaceously acuminated, fastigiate ; cauline

leaves sheathy, without limb, Apium, radice crassa, etc. Burm. Afr.

t. 72, f. 1. Anethum Capense, Thunb! Jl. cap. 262. Feeniculum Capense,

DO. 1. ¢. 142. Chamarea Capensis et Caffra, E. & Z.! 2220, 2221,

Drege. 7635. Zeyher, 736, 739, 2682.

Has. Flats between Constantia and Hotthld. ; karroolike places and mountains

in the distr. of Stellenbosch, Albany, Uitenhage, Caffraria, Namaqualand, &c.

Apr—July. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Root solitary or geminate, oblong, aromatic, called by the colonists ‘ Fenkelwor-.

tel.” Radical leaves aggregated ; petiole 2-3 inches, leaf 3-5 inches long ; the two

primary lateral branches about twice shorter than the middle pinnz ; the ultimate

pinnulz opposite with tridichotomously divided, numeroys, setaceous lobes, 1-2 lines

long. Umbel 4-7 rayed ; rays unequal, 3-1} inch long. Umbellules 8-12 flower-

ed, pedicels often violaceous, 2-4 lines longer than the involucel. Fruit ovate, If

line long, ovate, much contracted at the sides.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals obovate, emarginate, with the

point long and inflexed. Frwit contracted laterally, ovate, crowned

with the reflexed style, whose bases are much swollen, smooth or hairy.

Mericarps with 5 filiform, equal ridges, the lateral marginal, Furrows

with many vitte ; Commissure 2 vittate ; carpophore free, bifid. Seed

gibbous, flattish in front. DC. 1. ¢ Nees. ab Esend. 1. ¢. n. 16. Endl. gen.

n. 4410.

Sium. | UMBELLIFER2 (Sond.) 539

Herbs with radical, pinnatifid leaves, the segments roundish, dentate or cut,

rarely entire ; cauline leaves more finely divided. Involucres wanting. Flowers

white or yellow. Name from bipinnata, twice pinnate ; the leaves are often so,

ANALYSIS OF THE 8. AFRICAN SPECIES.

Radical leaves bi-pinnatisect ... 00. 0s. ee eee seer (4) Stadensis,

Radical leaves cordate-suborbicular, inciso-serrate ... ... -.. (2) Caffra.

1. P. Stadensis (Harv. gen. 135.) erect, branched, glabrous, but mi-

nutely downy above the middle ; leaves bipinnatisect, lobes pinnatifid and

trifid ; segments sublinear, cuspidate, spreading ; upper leaves pinnati-

fid or trifid or nearly entire ; the radical ones long petiolated ; involu-

crum wanting ; involucels 1-2 leaved or wanting ; rays and pedicels

as well as the ovary pubescent; fruit, when ripe, broadly ovate, hairy or

subglabrous. Anisum Stadense, HL. & Z.! 2199.

Has. Among shrubs in the Vanstadens mountains, Uitenhage, Z. dé Z/ Feb.

(Herb. Sd.) .

Habit of a small P. dissecta. Root seemingly biennial. Stem 1-1} foot, terete,

striate. Radical leaves about 1 inch long, 3 inch wide, on a twice longer, subfili-

form petiole, ; segments 1-2 lines long, the terminal often longer, nearly 1 line

broad. Umbel with 6-8 uncial rays. Involucels capillary, shorter than the pedi-

cels, Flowers’small, white. Fruit 1 line long, with short, conical stylopodium,

and spreading, short styles. Mericarps with 5 prominent ribs.

2. P. Caffra (Harv. 1. c.) erect, branched, minutely downy from the

base ; radical leaves longish-petiolate, cordate-suborbicular, inciso-ser-

rate; lower cauline leaves pinnately lobed, lobes linear-lanceolate or

cuneate; uppermost leaves trifid or undivided linear ; involucrum and

involucel wanting ; rays and pedicels pubescent, ovary glabrous or nearly

so; fruit ovate-oblong.

nearly the same, but the ovary and fruit quite glabrous or sometimes beset with a

few hairs, ‘The stylopodium is depressed. Ripe mericarps are unknown.

X. SIUM, Linn.

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed or obsolete. Petals obcordate, with

an inflexed point. Stylopodium depressed or shortly conical. Styles

divaricated or recurved. Fruit laterally compressed or contracted, and

subdidymous; mericarps with 5 filiform, equal, obtuse ridges; furrows

and commissure with many vitte. Carpophore bipartite. Seed sub-

terete. Koch. Umbell. 117. DC. 1. c. 124. |

Mostly aquatic herbs. Leaves pinnate or pinnatifid. Umbels terminal, many-

surrounded by many-leaved involucra. Flowers white. Name from siu,

water, in Celtic; habitation of most of the species.

1. S. (Berula) Thunbergii (DC.1.c. 125); root fibrous, stolonifer-

ous ; stem erect, striated ; branches angular; leaves pinnate ; leaflets

ovate, acute, regularly and callously serrated ; umbels unculate,

lateral or terminal ; involucre and involucels many-leaved. 2. & 4./

2200, 8. angustifolium, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 260. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 69.

Zeyh. 2674.

540 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [Rhyticarpus.

_. Has. Marshy spots near Zeekoevalle , in the bed of the Zwartkopsriver, and in

similar localities in the district of Albany, and near Port Natal. Feb.—Mar. (Herb.

Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem 1-3 feet high. The root called Tandpynwortel (Tooth-ache-root) by the

colonists, is renowned for its allaying tooth-ache when held in the mouth or chewed.

Pappe, Fl. Cap. meed. 18.

XI. RHYTICARPUS, Sond.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals obovate, entire, involute, the

apex acute or acuminate, Fruit roundish, laterally compressed, crowned

with the conical stylopodium and the short styles. Mericarps rugose,

with 5 filiform ridges, the lateral marginal ; furrows with single, com-

missure with 2 vitte. Carpophore bipartite. Seeds convex, flattish in

front.

Perennial, glabrous herbs, Stem erect, glaucous. Petioles ternately branched.

Leaves pinnatisect, lobes cuneate or subulate ; ramifications of petiole articulate.

Umbels compound. Involucres and involucels of many small leaves. Flowers yel-

lowish, moneecious or dicecious. Name from puis, a wrinkle, and xapmos, fruit.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaf-lobes cuneate, incised or toothed... .. oo 4a) Pagores.

Rowe Ptg. tds, farvwed a eke

1. R. rugosus (Sond.) ; radical leaves 2-3 pinnatisect, lobes cuneate,

incised or toothed, or oblong-lanceolate, trifid, or quite entire; cauline

linear-subulate ; fruit roundish - ovate, laterally contracted, rugose,

Conium rugosum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 253. Sium panwculatum, Thunb. !

lc. 261. Trinia Vitenhagensis, EB. & Z.! 2193. Lepisma paniculatum,

L. Mey. (ea parte) Zeyh. 2671.

Has. On the fields near the Zwartkopsriver, FE. & Z.! Zondagsriver, Enon, and

on the Giftberg, Drege; in the Hantum mountains, Thunberg. Nov.—June. Herb.

Thunb. Hk. Sd)

Root blackish. Stem 2-3 feet high, terete, striate ; pruinose, spotted with purple,

much branched above. Leaves glaucous, much aggregated at the base of the stem.

Petioles 2-4 inches long, terete, ternately compound. Larger leaflets generally

trifid, lobes 2-3 lines broad, incised or acutel 3-4-toothed ; other leaflets with lan-

ceolate lobes, 1 line broad ; those of the upper leaves more distant, thicker, subulate,

carinate, 3-1 line long. Umbels on longish peduncles, with 6-8 glaucous rays I-14

as the stylopodium. Fruit 14 lines long and broad, when ripe, didymous. Siwm

paniculatum, Thunb. / is the flowering, Conium rugosum the fruit-bearing plant

2, R. Ecklonis (Sond.) ; lower leaves biternate ; lobes elongate,

terete, acute, sulcate, rigid; the terminal longer ; upper leaves trifid

or undivided ; leaves of involucre and involucel short, subulate ; fruit

broad-ovate, compressed, rugose. T'rinia Swellendammensis, E. d: Z.!

2194. Bupleurum acerosum, EB. Meyer.

Has. In Karro, between Kochmanskloof and uritzriv : ; :

enthal, Drege. Oct—Nov. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) ae pete soso asp

Near! y allied to the preceding, but easily distinguished by the terete, striate-sulcate

ramifications of the terete petiole. Umbels with 5~7 ra: - involucre and involucel

4-5-leaved ; flowers and fruit as in the foregoing. This comes near Bupleurwm

difforme, but I never found a leaf or phyllodium without lobes,

Bupleurum. | UMBELLIFER (Sond.) 541

XII. BUPLEURUM, Linn.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, involute at

the apex, which is broad and retuse. /rwit laterally compressed or

somewhat didymous, crowned with the depressed stylopodium. Meri-

carps with 5 acute, winged, filiform, or obsolete ridges, the lateral

marginal. urrows with or without vittz, smooth or granulate. Seed

teretely convex, flattish in front. DC. J. c. 127. Nees ab Esenb. l. c. n.

18. Endl. Gen. n. 4414.

Herbaceous or shrubby glabrous plants. Leaves rarely divided, usually from the

abortion of the limb and dilatation of the petiole changed into phyllodia, with quite

entire margins. Umbels compound. Involucres various. Flowers yellow. Name

from Bovs, an ox, and mAevpov, a side; so called from a supposed bad quality in

swelling kine that feed on some species of the genus.

ANALYSIS OF THE S. AFRICAN SPECIES.

Herbaceous ; leaves linear-subulate, nerved ; fruit oblong ... (1) Mundtii. .

* Shrubby ; leaves filiform, rushlike; fruit obovoid ... ...... (2) difforme.

1, B, Mundtii (Cham. & Schlecht.! in Linnea I. 384); perennial, gla-

brous, much branched ; leaves linear-subulate, nerved ; radical ones taper-

ing into the petioles; umbels 5—8-rayed ; involucelsof 5 narrowlanceolate

leaves, which are equal in length to the umbellules; fruit oblong,

‘smooth, #.¢Z./ 2201. Zeyh. 2676. B. Baldense, £. Mey. in Herb.

Drege, non Host. Sium filifolium, 8. Thunb.! herb. B. faleatum, f.

Africanus, Berg. Cap. 76.

Has. Mountains near Fort Beaufort, Katriviersberge, Zuureberge, Uitvlugt, and

on downs near Zwartkops, and Koegariver, and Port Natal. Jan-Feb. (Herb.

Thunb. reg. Berol. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem 1-2 feet high, flexuous, striate. Leaves much aggregated at the base, 6-8

inches long, 1-2 lines broad, or in other specimens subsetaceous ; cauline ones not

attenuated at the base, gradually smaller. Flowers yellow. Inyolucre of 3, rarely

5 unequal, lanceolate leaves. Rays 1-14 inch long. Umbellules 8—10-flowered,

Fruit nearly 2 lines long, 1 line broad. Mericarps with very prominent, paler

ridges. Furrows with several vitte. Stylopodium depressed ; styles recurved. 2B.

Mundtii, as described by Cham. & Schlechtendal, is a depauperate state, with 2 or 3

rays in the umbels.

2. B. difforme (Linn. Spec. 343); shrubby, erect, branched ; leaves

filiform, variable on the same branch, simple or ternate ; leaflets undivided

or cut ; umbels 8—20-rayed ; leaves of involucre linear, acute, much

shorter than the peduncles; fruit obovoid, tubercled, rugulose. Thunb.

Fl. Cap. 248. Burm. Afr. t.71,f.t. H.& Z./ 2202, Tenoria diformis,

Sprengl. Oenanthe exaltata, Thunb.! 1. ¢. 254. Zeyh. 2475.

Has. Mountains in the districts of Cape, Swellendam, Worcester, Uitenhage,

and Caffraria. Feb. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.

A rigid, glabrous shrub, 2 feet and more high. Branches forming a large, leafless

icle. Leaves aggregated, often 4-1 foot long ; young ones on the lower part of

the stem composed of many small, flat leaflets, finely cut, of a sea-green colour ;

these leaves soon fall off, and the upper part of the branches are closely covered with

long, rush-like, angled leaves, coming out in clusters from each joint. Rays of

umbel uncial or longer. Involucre and involucel about 5-leaved. Calyx with acute

teeth. Fruit when ripe 2-24 lines long, 14 line broad, subcompressed. Mericarps

with blunt ridges ; furrows and commissure bivittate.

542 UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) —[ Lichtensteinia.

XII. HETEROMORPHA, Cham. & Schlecht.

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed. Petals roundish, entire, involute,

the apex broad, retuse. Fruit obovato-pyriform, 3-winged ; mericarps

of 2 forms, the outer one 2-winged, the inner one 3-winged, wings

decurrent from the teeth of the calyx. Furrows with solitary vitte,

Commissure bivittate. Linnea, 1, 385. DC.l.c. 127. Endl. Gen. n.

4415.

A glabrous shrub with the habit of Buplewrum fruticosum. Leaves petiolate,

ovate or oblong, rarely somewhat triple-nerved, sometimes quite entire, sometimes

3-lobed, tripartite or ternate. Umbels of many rays. Involucra and involucels of

= many short leaves, Flowers yellow, as in Bupleurum. Name from érepos, déverse,

a and noppn, form.

1, H. arborescens (Cham. & Schl. 1. ¢.)

Var. a. integrifolia; leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, mucronate, or acute. Bu-

pleurum , Linn. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 247; E. § Z.1 2203. Tenoria arborescens,

Zeyh. 2677. H. Abyssinica, Hochst. | Schimp. n. 1844.

Var. 8. trifoliata; leaves ternate. Bupl. trifoliatum, Wendl. § Bartl. Beyt. 2,

p. 13. #. & Z.! 2204.

. XIV. MICHTENSTEINIA, Cham. & Schlecht, +.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals elliptic, drawn out into a long

: /@, ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

ee ™ Leaves ovate or obovate, undivided or lacerate setacously-

x » ivi " y-serrate (1) lacera.

Leaves ovate or oboVate, undivided or 3-lobed, lobes mucronately-

¥ Lvs. tripartite ; segments lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ... ... trifida,

ot pen ; te ae ts linear, 2 or aroma (4) crassijuga.

vs. ; Segment pi : - ;

oe j Beg interruptedly-pinnate ; umbels 8—12-rayed ;

- Lys. interruptedly 2-pinnate; umbels 3-5-tayed ; mericarps oblong 8 Beiliana.

1.4, lacera (Cham. & Schlecht, Ls.

_ Corlaceous, scabrous from short pubese

“ a

3 leaves ovate or obovate,

nce, undivided or lacerate,

Lichtensteinia.| | UMBELLIFER2 (Sond.) 543

irregularly serrated ; serratures setaceously cuspidate ; fruit oblong, a

little compressed. Hermasrudissima, Rochb. in Spreng. syst. 4.118. Sieb.

Flor. Cap. eas. n. 213. E. & Z.! 2206,

Var. 8. pinnatifida; leaves smooth, pinnatifid-lobed.

Has. On mountains near Capetown, and near Clasenbosch and Constantia.

Jan.—Feb. (Herb. reg. Berol. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem fistulose, 3 feet and more in height, sulcate, glabrous, branched. Petioles

very large, 3-5-inches long. Leaves 3-1 foot long, 4~9 inches broad or smaller,

much-veined, and with large branched middle nerve ; the margin with a A

often 4-1 inch long serratures, terminated by a longish mucro. Umbel many-ray :

Leaves of involuére (cire. 10) 3-4 lines long. Umbellules about 10~12-flowered ;

pedicels a little longer than the involucel. Flowers white. Fruit when ripe 5 lines

long, 2 lines broad. Stylopodium conical. Mericarps with § filiform ridges.

2. L. latifolia (E. & Z.! 2207); leaves shortly petiolate, orbicular or -

obovate, coriaceous, smooth and glabrous, undivided or 3-lobed, lobes

obovate, margined with short tallous-mucronate teeth ; fruit ovate,

nearly terete.

Has. Among shrubs on the Van Stadensriviersberge, Uitenhage. Feb. £. ¢ Z./ e

(Herb. Sd.) ms

Habit of the preceding, distinguished by the minutely-toothed leaves and fruit.

Petioles 1-2 inches long. ‘Leaves 8-12 inches long, or smaller, with prominent

nerves and veins. Umbels as in L. lacera, or with somewhat longer rays. Umbel-

lules 12-16-flowered. Calyx-teeth acute, persistent. Fruit 3 lineslong,

8. L. trifida (Cham. & Schl.! 1. c. 396); leaves long-petiolate, trifid

to the base, rarely 2 or 4-fid; segments lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate,

toothed, glabrous, rarely hairy, coriaceous ; fruit ovate-oblong. 2. ¢ Z.!

2208. L. runcinata, FE. Mey. in Herb. Drege. ;

Van. B, palmata; leaves 3-5-fid, the middle segment trifid. L. palmata, DC. 1.c. * hee

138, (with hairy leaves). 2 Oe (Coy :

Var. , pinnatifida; leaves 3-fid, the segments pinnatifid. Hav. Me Wd

- ‘Hap. Var. a, in Schurfdeberg, Mundt. ¢ Maire ; Paarlberg, Drege; Zwarteberg, Moe } 6

E.¢Z.; var. B, Piquetberg, Drege, 7633; var. 7, Cape Flats, 2g Z. Jan,=Feb. . efi

(Herb. reg. Berol. Hk. Sd. : : :

Stem 2-5 feet, striate. Petioles 4—6 inches long, 6~9 lines broad. Radical

leaves 5-10 inches long, the ages decurrent on the petiole, the middle seg-

ment longer, 2-3 inches broad, shortly and callously toothed, rarely incised or

inciso-dentate, acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse, entire or 3-lobed. One of the

“art leaves often undivided, obovate. Umbels many-rayed, nearly the same as

in ZL. lacera, and also the fruit, but the latter is sometimes a little smaller and more

ovate. The var. y has narrower segments of leaves (4-8 lines broad) with uncial.

or shorter, acutely-toothed, horizontal, lateral lobes. nen

_« & I. crassijuga (E. Meyer) ; leaves longish-petiolate, trifid to the

~» base; segments linear, bi or tri-pinnatisect ; lobes lanceolate-acuminate.

ee Tan: I : - Il i. Feb. D ‘inne. 7 ‘orb. Hk. Sd. 4

Petioles 4—5 inches long, 4-6 oped poced 6-10 inches long. Segments

2 lines broad, with horizontally-spreading marginal lobes, and short, often minute, -

subulate teeth. Lobes pinnately divided or simple, 2-4 lines long. Umbels with —

6-9 rays, 2-24 inches long. Inyolucre and involucels as in the preceding.

when young, ovate. Sar ox

5. L. interrupta (E. Mey.); leaves petiolate, ternate; segments decur-

sively and interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets ovate, unequally inciso-serrate

or subpinnatifid, glabrous ; wmbels 8-12-rayed ; fruit roundish ovate ;

544 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [A nnesorhiza.

mericarps ovate. Oenanthe interrupta, Thunb.! Prod. 50, Fl. Cap. 253. O.

obscura, Spreng.! Lachtenst. pyrethrifolia, Cham. § Schlecht.! l.c. 397. L.

Sprengehiana, E. & Z.] 2212. Physospermum terebinthaceum, E. Mey.

Has. Zwartland, Thunb. ; Ruytersbosh, Mundt. ¢ Maire ; Zwartkopsriver,

E. § Z., Zeyh. 2680, Drege, 7631, 7632; Buffelriver and near Port Natal, Drege,

Krauss, Nov.—Peb. (Herb. Thunb. reg. Berol. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem 1-24 feet, subangulate or terete, striate, somewhat branched. Radical

leaves on short or longish, 1-2 lines broad petioles. Leaves 3-4 inches long, -2-3

inches broad, ternate, the lateral segments at the base with an ovate, sessile, pinna-

tifid leaflet ; the middle segment usually twice longer than the quite similar lateral

ones ; rhachis winged, dentate ; leaflets with mucronulate serratures. Sheaths at

the ramifications of the stem without limb or with a very short one. Involucre

and involucels about 6-leaved ; leaflets of involucre 4-6 lines long. Rays of umbel

1}-2-uncial. Fruit 2 lines long and broad; mericarps a little contracted at the

sides with roundish back ; ribs filiform, obtuse; commissure with a longitudinal

Wars x!

6. L. Beiliana (E. & Z.! 2211); leaves petiolate, decursively and

nterruptedly pinnate or bipinnatisect ; leaflets ovate, cuneate, serrato-

ciliate or inciso-serrate, glabrous; wmbels 3-5-rayed; fruit ovate-oblong ;

mericarps oblong. L. pyrethrifolia, E. Mey. non Cham. § Schl. Oenanthe

wnterrupta, Thunb.! Herb, ex prte. not of Fl. Cap. Zeyh. 732, 740.

_ Var. 8, simplicior; leaves decursively pinnate ; lobes 3-9, ‘mostly larger, elliptic

or elliptic-ovate, minutely and bluntish-toothed or ciliate. JZ. pyrethrifolia meek

inebrians, E. § Z./ 2209, 2210. L. triradiata, E. Mey. E f

Has. In the districts of Cape, Worcester, Stellenbosh and George. Noy.—Feb.

(Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.) a

istinguished at first sight from LZ. interrupta by the less compound leaves and

few-rayed umbels. Stem 1-3 feet, with spreading branches. Leaves on short or

very long petioles. Rachis winged, toothed. Lobes 6-12 lines long, 3-6 lines

_ broad, sharply and ciliolate-serrated ; in var. B, nearly quite entire, ciliate or crenate,

_ or shortly and bluntish-toothed, mostly coriaceous and often 14 inch long, 8 lines

wide. Involucral leaves 3-4, lanceolate. Rays of umbel 14-3-uncial. Umbellules

9-12-rayed, with § or 6 subulate involucel-leaflets. Fruit 24 lines long, 14 line broad.

Mericarps a little contracted at the sides, with roundish back and obtuse ridges.

XV. ANNESORHIZA, Cham. & Schlecht.

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed, persistent. Petals elliptical, acumi-

nate, more or less emarginate, with an inflexed point. Fruit 5-angled,

prismatic, crowned by the calyx and inflexed styles. Mericarps convex

on the back, unequal, one of them 3-winged, the central dorsal rib and

the two lateral being wing-like, the two intermediate filiform ; the other

4-winged, the central dorsal being filiform, the lateral and intermediate

tidges winged ; (in one species the mericarps are equal or subequal,

with prominent, scarcely-winged ridges). Furrows with single vitte.

Commissure bivittate. Carpophore bipartite. Linnea, vol. 1, 398. DC.

l.¢. 139. Endl. Gen. n, 4420.

Biennial or perennial herbs, known by fhe colonial name Anyswartel. Stem erect.

Radical leaves petiolate, pinnati-partite, cauline small and scale-like. Umbels with

many rays. Involucres many-leaved. Flowers white. Name from avynoov, anise,

(pia, a root.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

_ 1. Biennial, with 1-2 roots :

"Fruit oblong, 24-3 lines long; mericarps unequal... ... ... (1) Capensis.

Annesorhiza. | UMBELLIFER (Sond.) 545

Fruit oblong, much cuneated, 4—5 lines long; mericarps equal (2) filicaulis.

Fruit oblong, scarcely cuneated, 2-2} lines long ; mericarps

2. Perennial, with 5 or more roots: —

a Leaves glabrous : i NS a

Fruit oblong-cuneate, 6 lines long ; mericarps unequal... (4)

Fruit ovate-oblong, 2-3 lines long; mericarps equal ... (5) elata,

Leaves hairy : age

Lobes of leaves pinnatifid-incised ; umbels 5-6-rayed ... (6) villosa.

Lobes of leaves ovate, obtuse, toothed ; umbels 3-5-rayed (7) hirsuta.

i Capensis (Cham. & Schlecht.! 1. c.); glabrous; leaves tripinnati-

fid, segments trifid or pinnatifid, lobes spreading, lanceolate-subulate ;

umbels 3—8-rayed ; involucre 3—5-leaved, deciduous ; fruit oblong, a little

narrower at the base ; mericarps unequal. HE. § Z.12213. Chaerophyllum

Capense, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 253. Myrrhis Capensis. Spreng. Spec. Umb.

132. -- + Siete a

Has. Near Lurisriver, 7hunb.; in mountains near Capetown and in Hottentotts- .

holland, Mundt. § Maire, E.d&Z. Dec.—June. (Herb. Thunb. reg. Berol. Hook. D.)

Root (rarely 2) fusiform, a finger long, much corrugated when dry. Stem 1-14

feet high, branched, terete, leafless. Leaves radical, nearly triangular, about 4

inches long and wide, on longish petioles; ultimate lobes 1-2 lines long, } line broad,

quite entire, rugulose, acute or mucronulate. Rays of umbel 1-2 inches long. Leaves

of involucre ovate-lanceolate, 2-3 lines long ; leaflets of involucel as long or shorter

than the (10-16) pedicels. Fruit 2}-3 lines long, straw-ccloured. Stylopodium

short, conical, often purplish. The root is called by the colonists Vlackte A nyswortel. oe

The leaves are incorrectly described by Ecklon and Zeyher. _ a ro

2. A. filicaulis (E. & Z.! 2216); glabrous; leaves .. . . ; umbels Neen SluAc

3—s-rayed; rays unequal; leaves of involucre 2-3, very short ; umbel- MMe,

lules 5-12-radiate ; fruit oblong, much cuneated ; mericarps nearly equal. Ph. ee

Has. Sandy places near Olifantriver, Clanwilliam. Jan. £.gZ.! (Herb. Sd.) Mae th, mm abhe

Stem 2-2} inches long, filiform, branched above. Radical leaves unknown, as 6- Fenohu.. Ly

well as the root. Scales appressed, cuspidate. Rays of umbel filiform, 1 inch long, 9: pial nels SPT

some of them twice or thrice shorter. Leaflets of involucel subulate. Fruit 4-5 bated

lines long. Stylopodium longer than in the preceding, and styles erect-spreading. S\evsA: . «tu i

The plant is only known by a few imperfect specimens. Wa

3. A. montana (E. & Z.! 2214); quite glabrous ; leaves bi- or tri- o.4.gt. Wk.

(3) montana.

innate, segments pinnatifid ; lobes ovate-oblong, shortly dentate, mu- x php

doniiiate! Sih terminal rotundate 3-lobed ; umbels 3~-5-rayed, rays¢mom. o» Wf

subequal ; leaves of involucre 5, lanceolate; umbellules 18—24-radiate ; 2 robe are

fruit oblong, scarcely cuneated ; mericarps unequal. Acroglyphe flexuosa, iat Co. ,

EL. Meyer, ex parte. mn —_ Bomaahe

» Jb. Th mnouhtains néar Capetown and in Zwartland, #.4 Z.; Wetkamp, Zeyh. ;~“ “rg

Bergriver, between Paarl and Pont, Drege. Feb.-April. (Herb, Hk. Sd.) Ondntin

: solitary or geminate, fusiform, 2 inches to } foot long, a finger thick, called =

by the colonists Berg.-Anyswortel. Stem terete, 2-3 feet at the base of the branches,

with whitish margined, cuspidate scales. Leaves petiolate, the 3 primary branches _

3-5 inches long; the ultimate lobes about 6 lines long, 4 lines broad, paler and —

reticulated above. Rays of umbel tinch long. Fruit 2-24 lines long, with depressed

stylopodium and spreading styles, » dee ;

4, A. macrocarpa (E. & Z.! 2219); quite glabrous; stem striated,

branched above, leaves ternately 3—4-pinnatisect ; segments multipar-

tite, divaricate ; lobes minute, linear-subulate ; umbels 5-8-rayed, rays

VOL. II. 35

546 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) | Annesorhiza.

unequal ; leaves of involucre 4, ovate-acuminate; umbellules 25-30-

flowered ; involucels 7-leaved, as long as the pedicels; fruit oblong,

cuneate ; mericarps unequal. Zeyh. 2681.

Has. Sandy hills on the Zwartkopsriver, Z.§ Z. Jan.-May. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

. Roots numerous (10-20), elongated, fusiform, bluntish, 4 or 5-sided, 6-8 inches

long, 2—3 lines in diameter. Stem 3-4 feet high. Radical leaves long petiolate, 1

foot long and broad; divisions of petiole naked, the ultimate only leafy ; segments

crowded, lobes 1 line long. Rays of umbel 2~3 inches, pedicels 1} lines long. Fruit

6 lines long ; mericarps largely winged ; stylopodium conical.

A. spuria, (E. & Z.! 2217) of which the roots and leaves are unknown, is only

distinguished from A. macrocarpa by the many (12-28) rayed umbels ; stem, flowers,

and fruits are quite the same. It grows in the Cape flats, near Doornhoogde, £ ¢ Z.;

Muysenberg, W. H. Harvey.

5. A. elata (E. & Z.! 2218); quite glabrous ; stem striated, much

branched ; leaves. . . 3; umbels 3-5-rayed ; rays subequal ; leaves

of involucre 5; umbellules 20~-30-flowered ; leaflets of involucel 8—ro,

Tinear-subulate, shorter than the pedicels ; fruit ovate-oblong; mericarps

equal, with prominent, but not winged, ridges. Péimpinella Capensis,

Thunb. Fl. cap. 260.

Has. On Tablemountain near Tokay, and on the Zwarteberg, Caledon, E. § Z.

Dec.—Feb. (Herb. Sd.) 2

Five and more roots, 3 inches or more long, terete, corrugated when dry, 2-3

lines in diameter. Stem 4~5 feet, branched from the middle, branches fastigiate.

Rays of umbel 2-4 inches; pedicels 14-2 lines long. Flowers small, crowded.

Fruit 2 lines long, 1 line broad. Calyx-teeth short, acute. Stylopodium short,

conical. Styles recurved. Pimpinella Capensis is now wanting in herb. Thunberg.

6. A. villosa (Sond.); stem erect, striate, glabrous ; leaves villous,

ternately-tripinnatifid, lobes pinnatifid-incised, or inciso-serrate, rugu-

lose; umbels 5~6-rayed ; rays unequal ; leaves of involucre 5-6; um-

bellules 20-30-flowered ; leaflets of involucel s—7, shorter than the

pedicels; fruit (unripe) cuneate. Siwm villosum, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 51.

Acroglyphe hispida, EF. Meyer.

Has. Near Ezelbank, in sandy localities, 3000 ft. Dec.—Drege. (Hb. Th. Sd.)

Many terete, 4-6 inches long roots, as thick as a goose’s quill. Stem 2 feet or

more high; branches spreading, subfastigiate. Petioles of the radical leaves 1

inches long, sulcate, very | iry. Leaves 3-4 inches long and wide; segments...

ovate, 3-4 lines long, 2-3 lines broad, deeply serrate or incised, Rays of umbel 2-3

inches long ; leaves of involucre ovate, acute, with scarious margins. Half-ripe fruit

= lines long ; mericarps with wing-like ridges. Stylopodium short, conical. Styles

iverging. ‘

7. A. hirsuta (E. & Z.! 2215) ; stem erect, striated, glabrous; leaves

hairy, ternately tripinnatifid ; the secondary ramifications of the petioles

with winged thachis ; lobes ovate, obtuse, mucronulate, serrato-dentate,

the terminal trilobed ; umbels 3~5-rayed ; rays subequal ; leaves of

involucre 4-5, Oovate-lanceolate ; umbellules 20—30-flowered ; leaflets

of involucel 7-8, shorter than the pedicels ; fruit oblong, cuneate ;

mericarps unequal. Acroglyphe flexuosa, E. Mey., ex parte.

Has. Mountains of Hottentottsho: ‘ ; ich. ;

Paarl and Pont, Drege. Nov.—Jan. ab eB aes Aetna eee

_ Root as in the preceding. Stem 2-3 feet high. Leaves on long petioles, very

similar to those of A. montana, but the teeth are more numerous and sharper, an

teeth, and the longer, diverging styles.

Glia.] UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) 547

the petiole and leaf are hairy. Ultimate lobes 6-8 lines long, 4-6 lines broad, re-

ticulated.. Rays of umbel 4-6 inches long. Fruit 4 lines long. Stylopodium

short, conical ; styles spreading. It is distinguished from A. villosa by the less

divided, larger lobes, with shortly dentate margins. :

gin XVL OENANTHE, Linn.

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed, persistent, after flowering enlarged.

Petals obovate, emarginate, with inflexed points. Stylopodium conical.

Fruit cylindrical-ovate, crowned with the long, erect styles. Mericarps

with 5, obtuse, rather convex ridges, the lateral marginal, a_ little =

broader. Furrows with single vitte. Carpophore indistinct. Lam. Il.

#, 203. DG. lc. 136. Endl. Gen. n. 4418.

- Smooth, usually aquatic herbs. Umbels compound. Flowers white. Name of

owos, wine, and av@os, a flower.

1, 0. filiformis (Lam. Dict. 4, 520); annual, glabrous ; stem erect,

flexuous, striated, branched; leaves simple, filiform, linear, or linear-

lanceolate, the radical attenuated into a long petiole; umbels 3—7-rayed ;

involucre and involucels of 3-5 subulate leaves; fruit cylindrical-

prismatic. Siwm filifolium, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. 260 (var. a, im herbar).

O. filiformis, Sieb. Fl. Cap. exs. n. 209. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 54, et 761.

Zeyher; 734, 735: : 3

VAR. a, erecta; stem erect ; 1-2 feet, evidently striated ; umbels with 5-10 Sanu, ay ae

rays. Whaat bus at

Var. f, humilis; stem filiform, finely striated, mostly diffuse, or with divaricat- ag

ing branches, 3-8 inches high ; umbels with 3-5 Tays. hb

Var. 7, latifolia; stem erect ; radical leaves oblong or linear-oblong, cauline ones

. Dregeana, E. Meyer. : ‘ nae

d rocky places in the Ca: flats and in mountains near Capetown,

“Paarlberg, Tulbagh, 24-Riviers, and Olifantsriver ; var. B, Dutoitskloof, Drege.

Nov.-Jan. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

nearly 1 inch long. Stem dichotomously

Wine ora white. Fruit 14-2 lines long, crowned by the capillary, spreading calyx

: wht to be a different species, but there are intermediate forms ;

“var, y seems at first u se

the * ae are 4-1 ‘ale long, 2-3 lines broad, the cauline gradually smaller ; flow-

ers and fruit as in var. 4. 5

XVII. GLIA, Sond.

‘Margin of the calyx 5-toothed, teeth triangular, acute, persistent ;

after flowering not enlar; Petals obovate, subemarginate, with in-

flexed, lanceolate point. Fruit ovate-oblong, subterete, crowned with

the conical stylopodium and spreading styles. Mericanps with 5 equal,

sharp, nearly wing-like ridges, the lateral marginal. Furrows with

single vitte. Commissure 2-vittate. Carpophorum bipartite. Seed

semiterete, flattened in front. eas

‘ herb, with erect stem, innate leaves, com umbels, and |

Sk perenne Sih dower. Involucre and hevelanil pelea Name from oe

gu; the plant is so called by the Hottentots, who prepare from the roots an inebri- oe

ating liquor.

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35*

648 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.): [Deverra.

1. G. gummifera (Sond.) leaves aggregated, dimorphous, the radical

with obovate, trifid, - trilobed, anaes segments, the cauline with

linear or subulate segments, the uppermost linear, entire. Bubon gum-

miferum L. Comm. hort. Amst. 2,t. 58. EH. & Z.!2250. Herb. Un. Itin.

n. 563. Peucedanum Caledonicum, E. & Z.! 2233. Krauss, 1180. Gin-

anthe inebrians et tenuifolia, Thunb.! fl.cap.253. Lichtensteinia inebrians,

#. Meyer. L. pyrethrifolia, DC. 1. c. 135. Sieb. Fl. Cap. exs.n. 211. Le-

pisma paniculatum, E. Meyer, ex parte.

Has. On Platteklip, Table Mountain and Cape Flats, Paarlberg, Dutoitskloof,

Ezelsbank, Klynriviersberge, and near Tulbagh. Oct.Jan. (Hb. Thun. Hk. D. Sd.)

Root perpendicular, a finger thick, when dry, blackish, subwoody. Stem 2-5

feet high, leafy, terete, striate, branched or panicled above. Lower or radical leaves

on longish, subangulate or striate petioles ; petiole and its ramifications articulate

and sulcate. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate ; segments obovate-cuneate, incised and

toothed-serrate, rugulose, 6-12 lines long, 4-8 lines broad ; terminal lobe 3-fid, the

lateral ones often bi- or trifid. The following stem-leaves Sp boeer and more cut,

with narrower ovate or oblong-cuneate, pinnatifid, or serra egments ; the upper

leaves with linear-lanceolate or linear-subulate lobes, 6-2 lines long. Umbels with

_ 10-16 rays, 1-2 inches long. Involucre of many lanceolate-subulate leaves, 3-4

lineslong. Involucels shorter than the pedicels. Fruit about 3lineslong. Ginanthe

tenuifolia, Herb. Thunb. is the same as QO. inebrians, but without radical leaves.

- XVUIL. FOENICULUM, Adans.

Margin of the calyx tumid, obsolete, toothless, Petals roundish,

entire, involute, witha subquadrate, retuse point. Fruit in a trans-

verse section nearly circular. Mericarps with 5 prominent, obtusely-

keeled ribs, the lateral marginal and a little broader, Furrows with

single vitte. Commissure bi-vittate. Seed semicylindrical. D0. 1. ¢.

142. Endl. Gen. n. 4425.

Biennial or perennial herbs. Root fusiform. Stem terete, branched. Leaves

triply-pinnate, decompound, with linear, setaceous leaflets. Involucra and involucels

almost wanting. Flowers yellow. Name fro . Il of the plant

resembling that of hay yetow. Name from fanum, hay ; the smell of the p

1. F, officinale (All. Ped. 2. 25); radical leaves rather distinct ;

leaves all tripinnate, with capillary, elongated leaflets ; umbels 6-10-

Gana ac. ae 3. Zeyh. 2683. Anethum Feniculum, L. Hayn. Arz. .

Has. Naturalised in various parts of the Colony, near Capetown, on hills near

Zwartkopsriver and Van Reteadve: “* Fennel. ” Dec.—May. (Herb. D. 8d.)

‘XTX. DEVERRA, DC.

Margin of the calyx obsolete, toothless. Petals ovate, acuminate,

with inflexed points. Styles short, at length spreading. Fruit ovate

hae laterally subeompressed, covered with patent scales or

ars. Mervarps semiterete, with often obsolete ridges ; solitary vittz

in the furrows, and two in the : take

DC. 1. ¢. 143. Endl. Gen. n, 4427. commissure. Carpophore bipartite.

panei nearly leafless, glaucous, rigid, broom-like subshrubs. Petioles sheath-

plants or nearly so; but in

era and involucel, 4-6-lea; deciduous. Flowers white.

age

Seseli.] UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 549

ANALYSIS OF THE 8. AFRICAN SPECIES.

Fruit hairy... 2.0: ere eee cot Sn? sey. AE)

Fruit tubercula: ge ee ee ee ee es OS arshells

1. D. aphylla (DC. 1. c. 143); stem erect ; sheaths leafless, or the

lower ones furnished with simple, entire or petiolate, trifoliolate leaves,

the segments of which are linear-filiform ; frutt very hispid. Bubon

aphyllum, Cham. § Schlecht. Linnea, 1389. D.aphylla, £. § Z.1 2224.

Zeyher, 738, 2685.

Van. 6, denudata; fruit sparingly hispid. D. Burchellii, E. § Z./ 2225. excl. syn.

Has. In mountains in the districts of Clanwilliam, Beaufort, Uitenhage, Graaf-

ge in Caffraria and Little Namaqualand, 1-4000 feet. Oct.July. (Herb. Sd.

k. D.)

Root woody. Stem 1-3 feet high, terete, striate, often flexuous, panicled above.

Leaves of the lower sheaths wanting or filiform, terminating the large sheaths,

4-1 inch long, or 3-foliolate, with a short filiform petiole, the lobes 4-14 inch long.

Umbels with 3-9 rays, {-1 inch long. Involucre ovate-lanceolate, whitish-margined.

Umbellules 6—-12-flowered ; pedicels, when young, shorter than the 5-leaved involu-

cel, but friitbearing longer. Fruit ovate, 14 lines long, very villous, in var 8.

sparingly villous or muricate. Mericarps with filiform, obtuse ridges, more evident

in var, 8, the lateral marginal, equal. Stylopodium short, conical, glabrous. Styles

_ 2D, Barchellii (Sond.); stem erect ; sheaths leafléss or with simple,

_ entire or petiolate, trifoliolate leaves, the segments of which are linear-

filiform ; fruit tuberculate. D. aphylla, B, Burchellui. DC. 1. ¢.

Has. Near Kapockfontyn, district of Graafreynet, Zeyh. 738. b.; Wonderfontyn

near Vaalriver, and Magalisberg, Zeyh. 737- Dec.-Feb. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Stem, leaves and umbels as in the Perey from which it is distinguished by

the ripe fruit, not covered with hairs but with evated granules or tubercles.

XX. SESELI, Linn.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed.; teeth short, thickish, sometimes oblite-

rated. Petals ovate, with inflexed points, emarginate or nearly entire.

Fruit oval or oblong, its transverse section nearly terete, crowned by

the reflexed styles. Mericarps with 5 prominent, filiform or elongated,

thick ridges, the lateral marginal and often a little broader. Furrows

with single vitte, the outer rarely 2-vittate. Commissure 2-vittate,

- rarely 4-vittate. Seeds semiterete. DO.1.¢. 144. Endl. Gen. n. 4430.

Biennial or perennial herbs, with pinnatifid or decompound leaves. _Involucre

scarcely any ; involucel of many leaves. Flowers white, rarely yellow. Name from

Seycelyous, the Arabic name of an umbelliferous plant.

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES,

Leaves 2-pinnatipartite ; segments incised ; involucel cupuliform... (1) Caffrum.

Leaves 3-pinnatisect, segments multifid, lobes subulate ; involucel

Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets linear-lanceolate ... ... .. +. «+ (2) Natalense. —

1. 8. (Hippomarathroides) caffrum (Mcisn.! in Hook. Lond. Journ.

Bot. vol. 2. 533); quite glabrous ; stem terete, stiff, striate, with a few

branches above the middle; radical leaves aggregated, bipinnatipartite ;

segments cuneate, pinnatifid and inciso-dentate ; teeth mucronulate ;

stem-leaves reduced to a large vagina ; involucre 2-leaved or wanting ;

550 UMBELLIFERA (Sond.). [Polemannia.

involucel cupuliform, semi-5-6-parted, with acute, deciduous lobes :

rays of umbel elongated ; pedicels 2-3 times longer than the involucel ;

fruit smooth.

Has. Near Port Natal, Krauss, 403; on hills near Adow, Uitenhage, and near

Philipstown, Ceded Territory, Ecklon ; on the Kowieriver, Albany, Zeyher, n. N. n.

E. Umbell. 4.. Aug.—Oct. (Herb. D. Meisn. Sd.)

Root woody. Stem 1-2 feet high. Radical leaves petiolate. Petiole as long or a

little shorter than the leaf, canaliculate above, striate-suleate beneath. Leaves about

3 inches long and broad, the segments or leaflets 6-12 lines long, obovate or ovate.

Rays of umbel 2-3 inches long. Umbellules 12-16-flowered. Flowers white. Stylo-

podium depressed. Styles spreading. Ripe fruit unknown.

2. §. (Euseseli) Natalense (Sond.); quite glabrous ; stem terete,

fistular, multistriate, branched above the middle ; radical and the

lower stem-leaves petiolate, trifoliolate; leaflets linear-lanceolate, 3-ner-

ved, quite entire; upper leaves quite entire, linear; involucre with 4—5

unequal leaves ; leaves of involucel distinct; fruit smooth.

> = ; On the Tableland near Port Natal, Krauss, 433; Gueinzius, 535- (Herb.

_ Perennial herb, 2-3 feet hi easily known the trifoliolate leaves. Stem

finely striated. Sapiens efi Phase unec ee middle somewhat loliber, about

2 inches long, 2 lines broad, on a petiole of the same length. Cauline leaves few.

Flowers white. Rays of umbel (6-10) unequal, the longer 1-1} inches. Le of

involucre setaceous, acuminated, 4-1} lines long. Involucel of 4-5 subulate leaflets.

Fruit, when half ripe, oblong, with 5 equal, filiform ridges. Stylopodium depressed.

Styles short.

3. 8. (Euseseli) asperum (Sond,) ; glabrous ; stem terete, striate,

branched ; leaves sub-3-pinnatisect ; segments multifid ; lobes abbreviate,

subulate, sulcate above ; involucre and involucel 4-6-leaved ; pedupcles,

Laem as well as the fruit, subscabrous. Sim asperum, Thunb: ! Fl.

ap. 210.

Has. Sea shore near Capetown, Thunb., Zeyh. March, (Herb. Thunb. Sd.)

Stem 1-14 ft., erect. _ Leaves petiolate, the lower larger, 3-4 inches long. Ulfti-

mate lobes 1-2 lines long, acute. Cauline leaves much smaller. Rays of umbel

8-12, $-1 inch long. Leaves of involucre and involucel 1-2 lines long, with scarious

margins. Flowers white. Fruit 1 line long, nearly terete, a little compressed from

‘the sides. Mericarps with prominent, obtuse ridges, with the vallecule muriculate,

scabrous, at length nearly smooth, Valleculw 1-vittate. Commissure with 2 vittee.

XXI. POLEMANNIA, FE. & Z.

Margin of calyx shortly 5-toothed, permanent. Petals elliptical,

entire, with acuminate, inflexed point. J ruit oblong, its transverse

section nearly cylindrical, crowned with the depressed-conical stylopo-

dium and short. styles. Mericarps with 5 prominent, obtuse ridges,

the lateral marginal a little larger. Furrows with 1, commissure with

2, vitte. Carpophore bi ite. Seed semicylindrical, flattened in front.

E. § Z.! Enum, 347. Endl. Gen. n. 4431.

Glabrous shru i i i

wedge-shaped, hi rd Or undivided, mechan ding ormately pinnate leaves, oad ahi

flowers. Named after P. H, Polemann of Capetown,

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Leaves tripartite or 3-lobed ; umbels many-ra grossularizefo:

Leaves triternate-bipinnatifid ; umbela teittined re oi O verticillata. =

Stenosemis. | UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 551

1, P. grossulariefolia (E. & Z.! 1. ¢, n. 2227); leaves cuneiform,

trifoliolate, tripartite or subtrilobed ; lobes cuneate-rotundate, mucronate

or dentate, with diaphanous margins ; umbels terminal, with 12-16

unequal rays ; involucre none or few-leaved, deciduous. Lepisma verti-

cillatum, d. E. Mey. in Herb. Drege.

Has. Rocky places among shrubs on Mount Chumiberg, Caffraria, 2. ¢ Z.; on

the Katberg, 4-5000 ft., Drege. N: ov.-April. (Herb. Sd.)

Shrub 8-to feet high, with purplish branches. Leaves alternate, solitary or aggre-

gated, 8-12 lines long and broad. Lobes 3-fid or 3-dentate, reticulate-veined.

Petiole sulcate, as long or a little longer than the leaf. Involucre of some petiolate,

mostly undivided, obovate or cuneate leaves. Rays of umbel 6-12 lines long.

Involucel of some subulate, deciduous leaflets. Umbellules 10-1 5-flowered. Fruit

nearly 2 lines long.

2. P. verticillata (Sond.) ; leaves triternate or ternately-bipinnate ;

segments cuneate, 3-fid ; lobes tridentate, mucronulate ; umbels sub-

verticillate, with 4-8 unequal rays ; involucre of some filiform leaves.

Has. On rocks near the Gariep, and near Mierenkasteel, 500-1000 ft., Sept.;

Drege; near Kammapus, Zeyher. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Easily known by the more slender stem, more compound leaves, and elongated,

often not umbellately-aggregated rays. Leaves solitary or aggregated ; petiole 1-15

inch; the leaf 13-2 inches long and broad, more compound in the sterile than in the

flowering branch. Lobes much-cuneate, 3-5 lines long, the terminal lobes a little

longer. Rays of umbel 2-3 inches long, sometimes dispersed on the branch and

not verticillate ; the terminal umbel perfect. Involucel of 6-8 subulate leafiets,

twice shorter than the pedicels. Ripe fruit unknown.

«XXII. STENOSEMIS, E. Meyer. —

Margin of calyx minutely 5-toothed. Petals obcordate, deeply emar-

ginate, with subulate, inflexed point. Fruit roundish-ovate, its trans-

verse section terete. Mericarps with 5 large, rather winged ribs; the

3 dorsal roundish-obtuse, corky ; lateral ones marginating, a little more

dilated and sharp-winged. Furrows with single vitte. Commissure

2-vittate. Carpophore bipartite. Seed convex, flat in front.

Perennial, glabrous herbs, with erect, sulcate stem and branches, and petiolate,

ternately-pinnate leaves ; leaflets filiform or linear. Umbels terminal, compound.

Involucre and involucel of many lanceolate leaves. Flowers white. Name proba-

bly from orevos, narrow, and o7pa, in the sense of a petal.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. é

Leaves triternate ; lobules elongate RL LES a (t) Caffra.

Leaves tripinnate; lobules short... --- svt (2) angustifolia.

1. S. Caffra (Sond.) ; leaves triternate ; ultimate lobes elongated,

terete, acute, sulcate, undivided or trifid; upper ones similar, but

smaller, 3S. teretifolia, H. Mey. Krubera Caffra, £. & Z.! 2253.

Has. Rocks on Mount Bothasberg near Grahamstown, E.§ Z.; between Kap-

rivier and Vishrivier, Drege. Jun.—July. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Root seer: Stem 2-3 feet high, a goose’s quill thick. Branches erect, spread-

ing. Lower leaves on longish (4-6 inches), terete, sulcate petioles. Segments 1-3

inches long, the ultimate, if again divided, shorter. Umbel with 10-14 unequal

rays, 4-3 inch long, sulcate, twice longer than the ovate-lanceolate leaves of involu-

cre. Fruit, when ripe, 3 lines long, 2} lines broad. Mericarps with thick wings ;

the lateral ones compressed. Stylopodium depressed, much shorter than the deflexed

styles.

052 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [Cnidium.

2, 8. angustifolia (E. Mey.); leaves ternately 3-pinnate ; lobes short,

linear, sulcate beneath ; upper ones smaller.

Has. Stony hills between Morley and Omtata, Feb., Drege. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem and branches, flowers and fruit of the preceding, but the petioles are shorter

1 (2-3 inches long), and the leaves more compound. Lobes of the leaves 3-4 lines

H, long, 3 line broad, flat above, but sulcate and elevated-nerved beneath.

XXIII. CNIDIUM, Cusson,

Margin of the calyx obsolete or with very short teeth. Petals

obovate or ovate, emarginate, with inflexed points. Transverse section

of the fruit subcircular. Mericarps with 5 equal, winged ridges ; the

lateral marginal, Furrows univittate. Commuissure 2-vittate. Carpo-

phore bipartite. Seed semicylindrical, flattened in front. DO: 1. ¢. Dp.

152. Endl. Gen. n. 4436. Heteroptilis, H. Mey. Meisn. in Hk. Lond, Jour,

Bot. vol. 2, p. 534.

Decumbent or erect, perennial or suffruticose herbs. Leaves variable, mostly

pinnatifid or multifid, Umbels terminal or lateral. Flowers white or rosy. Cnidium

i was the ancient name of Orach, a potherb,

* ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

eaves tripinnatisect or ternately decompound... ... |... (1) suffruticosum.

1. C. suffruticosum (Cham. & Schl.! Linn, 3, 387) ; quite glabrous ;

stem prostrate or erect, striate, branched ; leaves fleshy, bipinnatisect

1 Thunb.! Prod. 50. Fl, Cap. 253. Sium patulum, Thunb. | Fl. Cap, 26 r.

Raila!

: Rah | 3 ~ mantha Capensis, Burm. Fl. Cap. p. 7. Zeyh. 2686.

_ 4-1 foot or more long. Leaves petiolate, duplicate-pinnate, pinnze oblong, bluntish,

_ ‘Meised, Petiole about as long as the leaf. Umbels with 9-16 rays, 3-1 inch long,

Leaves of involucre and involucel lanceolate, short. Flowers white. Ripe fruit

_ 2-24 lines long and broad. Stylopodium minute, conical, shorter than the reflexed ‘a

styles. Wings of the mericarps subequal, or 1 or 2 of the dorsal wings somewhat

_ smaller. The whole plant is usually glaucous, rarely green ; the lobes of the leaves

vary—obtuse, acute or acuminate, approximate or remote. nae

peduncles minutely downy ; lower leaves rentform-cordate, nearly as long

or a little longer than the broad petiole, duplicate-serrate or toothed ;

upper leaves gradually smaller, 3-lobed, with entire or toothed lobes ;

eee ps aoa ne involucre 1—2-leaved ; involucel few-

eaved ; frui rous, roundish, win Feeniculum ? Kraussianum,

Meisn. ! in Hook, Lond. Journ. Bot. ns ge 532.

Van. 8, elatior ; downy ; lower leaves rdate-acute, mucronately- twi

than the petiole ; upper ones bes 3- partite, wu romped cagee | tes

Var. y, glabrata; lower leaves cordate or reniform-cordate } upper ones subcor-

Peucedanum.| UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 553

date or truncate at the base, or ovate-cuneate, sharply-serrated, rarely divided ; stem

a glabrous ; peduncle and rays of umbel downy. Pimpinella cordata,

. Mey.

Has. In the plains near Port Natal, Krauss, 140; var. B, near Port Natal,

Gueinzius; var. y, between Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege. Noyv.-Feb. (Herb.

Meisn. Hook. D. Sd.)

Root fusiform, simple. Stem terete, faintly striated, 1-14 foot high, branched

above the middle. Petiole of the lower leaves 3-2 lines broad, 2-1 inch long.

Leaves 14-2 inches long and broad, with a deep and broad sinus ; the upper ones

3-fid, with cuneate lobes. Rays of umbel nearly 1 inch long, 3 times longer than

the linear involucral leaves. Pedicels 3 lines long. Flowers white. Half-ripe

fruit with winged ribs, as in C. suffruticosum. Furrows I-vittate ; commissure with

2 vitte. Styles longer than the conical, short stylopodium. Var. 8 is 3 feet or

more high ; the lower leaves 2-24 inches long, 18-20 lines broad, with equal, acute

teeth ; the upper leaves with elongated, entire, or toothed segments ; the uppermost

reduced to sheaths, without lamina. Umbels 16-20-rayed. Young fruit glabrous,

ripe unknown. Var. ¥ is 1-14 foot high, glabrous, but puberulous at the upper

part of the stem and on the rays of umbel. ‘Lower leaves as in var. a. and 8. on

very long or short, broad or narrow, petioles, duplicate-toothed or subserrate ; the

upper smaller and gradually narrower, serrate, rarely 3-fid, with linear lobes.

Umbel with 12-16 rays. Flowers white. Ripe fruit unknown.

XXIV. LEVISTICUM, Koch.

enti

each furrow, and 2-4 in the commissure. Carpophore bipartite. Seed

- convex on the back, and flattish in front. Koch. Umb. 101. f. 41. Endl.

Gen. n. 4453. Species of Ligusticum, Lannceus.

Strong, perennial, smooth and glabrous herbs. Stems erect, terete. Leaves

pinnately divided ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, toothed. Involucre and involucels of

- many leaves. Flowers yellow or yellowish. Name from levo, to assuage ; said to

relieve flatulency.

1. L. grandiflorum (Sond.); radical leaves bipinnate ; lower stem-

leaves pinnate ; segments pinnatifid or inciso-lobed ; lobes obovate or

suborbiculate-cuneate, rugose, much veined and serrate-toothed ; um-

bels with 5-8 elongated rays ; involucre and involucel 4—6-leaved ;

~ fruit with short wings, the lateral ones scarcely broader. Stum gran-

diflorum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 260. Bubon pimpinellifolium, E. § Z.! 2251.

‘Has. Stony places in Zwartland, Thunberg, Wallich ; Riebeckkasteel, Zeyh. 733;

Vierentwintig Rivieren, Worcester, E.§Z. Nov. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. D. Sd.)

Radical and lower leaves 1 foot and more long. Pinnule or segments 2-1 inch

A often rhomboid, more or less lobed or pinnatifid-incised ; on the whole margin

it rege ee mucronate teeth. Stem branched, striate, pruinose, 2 feet or more in

height. Umbels terminal. Rays unequal, 1-3 inches, sometimes 4 foot in length.

Leaves of inyolucre and involucel ovate, acuminate. Umbellules 10—12-flowered.

Petals 1 line long, reddish-veined. Calyx-teeth short, acute. Stylopodium conical,

with short, spreading styles. Fruit 4-5 lines long, 2 lines broad. Vallecule with

1 large vitta. Commissure 2-vittate. The fruit agrees well with that of Ligusticum

Scoticum, but is a little broader, and is distinguished by the solitary vitte and the

central, not marginal, raphe.

XXV. PEUCEDANUM, Koch.

Margin of the calyx 5-toothed or nearly obsolete. Petals obovate,

Margin of calyx obsolete or with short teeth. Petals incurved,

with an acute point. Jrwit compressed from the back, having —

2 wings on each side. Mericarps with 5 winged ribs; the wings of |

the lateral ribs usually twice the breadth of the others ; vitte rin

554 UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) [Peucedanum.

emarginate or subentire, with inflexed points. Fruit dorsally com-

pressed, flat or lenticular, with a dilated, flattened margin. Mericarps

with subequidistant ribs, the 3 intermediate or dorsal ones filiform, the

2 lateral confounded with the dilated margin. Furrows with single

vitte, the lateral sometimes 2-vittate. Commissure 2-vittate. Carpo-

phore 2-partite. Seed flat in front. Koch. Ub, 92. f. 28. e290. DC. 1. ¢.

176. Peucedanum et Dregea, E. § Z.! Peucedanum et Sciothamnus, Endl.

Gen. 4463, 4464.

Glabrous, perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves simply pinnate, ternately-sect or

multifid. Umbels terminal. Involucres and involucels many-leaved. Flowers

white or yellow. Name from mevkyn, & pine, and davos, parched; so called on

account of the strong smell, which resembles resin.

? ANALYSIS OF THE 8, AFRICAN SPECIES,

1. Shrubs :

Leaflets entire.

Umbels with many rays. Fruit obtuse at both ends (1) Capense.

Umbels with 4-6 rays, Fruit emarginate at both

sere nar he acer erga ag ERLE + +. (2) abbreviatum.

Leaflets cuneate, 3~5-toothed or incised s+ se «. (3) Ecklonianum.

Leaflets or lobes linear-subulate .... ... sve eee ee (4) Striatum,

_ Lobes of leaves terete, angustate, pungent ... ... ... (10) pungens,

_ Lobes of leaves linear-subulate, capillary or filiform, +

eaves SMA i ee (8) triternatum.

Leaves trichotomously decompound :

Lobes capillary or sulcate, refracted s+ s+. s.. (5) capillacenm.

Lobes subulate, erect or spreading, not refracted :

oa _ Lobes subulate, sulcate, triquetrous; fruit 3 lines

long ; stem sulcate-striate ... ... --- (6) Ferulaceum.

+ Lobes long, subulate, sulcate, triquetrous ; fruit

Z 5-6 lines long; stem sulcate... ... ++ a (7) Sieberianum.

J Lobes filiform, sulcate ; stem finely striate .... (9) lateriflorum.

Lobes of leaves ovate or oblong, or linear-oblong :

Radical leaves 3-nately sub-2-pinnate ; lobes acute,

serrate-toothed ; fruit 5—6 lines long ... ... ... (11) connatum.

Radical leaves pinnate, lobes cuneate, mucronately- ao

toothed ; fruit 4 lines long tes) ste eae nee ee. (12) platycarpum,

Radical leaves 2-pinnatisect ; lobes linear-oblong,

3. Perennial herbs with conical stylopodium :

Stem. deeply suleate, lobes of leaves lanceolate ...\) ..»- (16) suleatum.,

Umbel 20-30-rayed ; fruit obtuse at each end ; lobes

of leaves linear, spréadin; ter ste see eee a. (14) Cynorhiza.

Umbel 12—-20-rayed ; fruit elliptical, emarginate at

both ends ; lobes of leaves lanceolate... ... (15) Zeyheri.

Umbel 10_16-rayed ; fruit obovate, emarginate at the

apex ; lobes of leaves subcapillary, secundate ... (17) millefolium.

Sect. te Shrubs. Dregea, E.& Z.! Sciornamnus, Endl. (Sp. 1-4.)

. 8 Bipcaiey _?

1. P.Capense (Sond.) ; fruticose 3 leaves pinnate, bipinnate or subtri-

pinnate ; leaflets ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, with revolute or thickened

ye 3 umbels many-rayed ; Sruit elliptic-oblong or obovate, obtuse at

oth ends.

Van. a, latifolium; leaflets ovate or obl + Mutronate ; umbels with 20-40 rays-

pdm Lavense, Thun!’ Fh. Oop, 66. Drogen Capone es at ae

Pewcedanwm.] UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) 555

Var. B, lanceolatum ; leaflets lanceolate, mucronate ; umbels 10-24-rayed. P.

virgatum, Cham. § Schlecht.! Linnea I. 392. P. frutescens et lanceolatum, E. Mey.

Dregea virgata, EH. § Z./ 2241, Zeyh. 2691.

Has. Hills and mountains in the districts of Uitenhage, Albany, George, Graaf-

aes and Caffraria, and near Port Natal. March—June. (Herb. reg. Berol. Hk. -

Shrub several feet high, branches terete, sulcate-striate, yellowish-brown, few-

leaved on the upper part. “Lower leaves larger ; leaflets in var. a 14-2 inches long,

3-1 inch broad; in var. 8 4-1 inch long, 1-2 or 3 lines wide, sessile or shortly

petiolate, penninerved, entire, rarely 2 or 3-lobed. Petiole adnate to the back of

the 4-6 lines broad sheaths, angulate, striate, its ramifications articulated with the

rachis. Upper leaves much smaller and less divided, often reduced to sheaths

without limb. Rays of umbel in var. a 1-2 inches, in var. 8 1-14 inches, long.

Leaves of involucre (5-10) lanceolate, 4-8 lines long. Involucel similar, twice

shorter than the pedicels, Flowers yellow. Fruit 3 lines long, 2 lines broad, quite

flat on the dilated margin; the 3 dorsal ribs filiform, elevated. Stylopodium and

styles very short.

2. P. abbreviatum (E. Meyer) ; fruticose; leaves pinnate; leaflets

lanceolate, mucronate, attenuated at the base, subfalcate, with revolute

margins, sessile, the lower ones petiolate, binate or ternate ; wmbels

with 4-6 rays; fruit elliptical, emarginate at both ends.

Has. Camdeboosberg, stony places, 4-5000 ft. Jan.—Drege. (Herb. Sd.)

Allied to P. Capense, but a much smaller shrub with smaller leaves ; the leaflets

4-6 lines long, 1 line broad ; the rachis articulate. Involucre and involucel of few

lanceolate leaves. Rays of umbel 8-12 lines, of umbellules 14-2 lines long. Fruit

243 lines long. Be

3. P. Ecklonianum (Sond.); fruticose ; leaves pinnate; leaflets cwne-

ate, 3-5-dentate or incised, with revolute margins, teeth acute, spreading;

umbels 8-10-rayed ; fruit obovate. Dregea montana, E. & Z.! 2242.

Has. On the Winterhoekberge, near the Elandriver, Uitenhage, March. 2. § Z.

Zeyher, 2689. (Herb. Hk., Sd.)

About 1-14 foot high. Stem often a little ro Leaves short petiolate, 1 inch

long, rhachis articulate ; leaflets 4-6 lines, 1-14 line broad ; the lateral teeth 3-1

line long, often recurved. Involucre and involucel of 4-6 small leaves. Rays of

umbel 4-6 lines ; of umbellules 1 line long. Flowers yellow. Fruit 2 lines long.

Dorsal ribs filiform, elevated.

4, P. striatum oa fruticose ; leaves rigid, tripinnatisect ; lobes

linear-subulate, mucronulate, sulcate ; umbels 6-8-rayed ; fruit elliptic.

Seseli. striatum, Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 259. Dregea collina, E. & Z.1 2243.

Has. Near Buffeljagdrivier, Mundt. in herb., E.G Z.; Rietkuil and Kafferkuils-.

rivier, and between Zwarteberg and Rivierszondereinde. Zeyher, 2684 et 2682.

Sept.—Dec. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) :

_ A dwarf shrub, leafy, with green or purplish striate branches. Leaves with a

very short petiole, adnate at the back of the broad, whitish-margined vagina, about

1 inch long, 2—3-pinnatisect ; segments 2—3-partite; lobes 1 line long, often recurved,

sulcate as well as the articulate rhachis. Uppermost leaves without limb. Involucre

and involucels of 4-5 subulate leaves. Rays of umbel 4-6 lines long. Flowers yel-

lowish-green. Ripe fruit unknown. nas

Sect. 2. Perennial herbs. Stylopodium depressed. PEUCEDANUM,

Koch,, (Sp. 4-13.) : setie

5. P. capillaceum (Thunb.' Fl. Cap. 257); stem erect, terete, sul-

cate-striate, naked, a little branched; radical leaves long-petiolate,

— 556 UMBELLIFERE (Sond.) [Peucedanum.

trichotomously supra-decompound ; segments capillaceous, refracted,

sulcate; involucre and involucel 5—-8-leaved ; fruit large, elliptic-oblong.

E. & Z. 1 2236.

Var. 8, rigidum; segments rigid, longer and thickers P. rigidum, E. § Z.

2237. Zeyh. 2687. Drege, 7640.

Has. Mountains near Zoete Melksvalley, Thunb. ; River Zondereinde, and

near Genadenthal, #. & Z.; var. 8B on the same localities, and on the Loari and

Van Stadensriver, #.d& Z., Drege. Dec.-April. (Herb. Thunb. Hk. Sd.)

Stem 1-2 feet. Petiole of the radical leaves 3-1 foot, sulcate above, all the

divisions refracted at the base ; the primary about 1 inch long, the following gradu-

ally smaller and articulated, the whole leaf nearly as long and large (4-6 inches) ;

ultimate segments in var. a capillary, 1-4 lines, in var. B 5-8 lines ; in the largest

form 1 inch long or longer, and nearly 4 line broad, unisulcate above, bisulcate

beneath, thence triquetrous. Umbel 10-16-rayed ; rays 1-14 inch long. Flowers

yellow. Fruit when ripe 5 lines long, 34 lines broad, the flat margin nearly 1 line

broad. Valleculz 1-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate.

_ 6. P. ferulaceum (Thunb.! herbar.) ; stem erect, terete, sulcate-striate,

branched, leafy; leaves very short-petiolate, trichotomously decompound ;

segments subulate, sulcate-triquetrous; involucre and involucel 5-6-

leaved; fruit small, obovate or obovate-oblong. Oenanthe ferulacea,

Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 253. P. tenuifolium, E. & Z.! 2231. Herb. Un. Itin.

n. 564 et 565. Lichtensteinia pyrethrifolia, DC. Prod. 4,135. Sieb. Fl.

Cap. exs.n.211,222. P. elongatum, H. Mey. Oenanthe seseloides, Presl. -

bot. Bem. 74. am

Var. B, Stadense ; segments divaricate. P. Stadense, E. § Z./ 2232, Zeyh. 2688,

Drege, 7643.

Has, On Table- and Devilsmountain, Dutoitskloof, and in Hottentholld. 3 var B.

ee and near Grahamstown. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. Thunb. Hk.

_ Near the foregoing ; the stem is usually higher (3-4 feet) and leafy, only the

upper part is naked or nearly so. Petiole adnate to the broad, uncial vagina ;

lower leaves about 4 inches long, 2-3 inches broad ; the segments 2-6 lines long,

erect ; in var. 8 spreading, but not refract. Umbels and flowers as in P. capillaceum,

but the fruit is 3 lines long, 2 lines broad, the flat margin % line broad,

7. P. Sieberianum (Sond); stem erect, terete, sulcate, branched, leafy

at the base; eaves long-petiolate, trichotomously decompound ; segments

erect, elongated, subulate, trigquetrous; involucre and involucel 5-10-

leaved ; fruit large, elliptical. P. capillaceum DOC. l. c. Sieb.t Fl.

Cap. exs. n. 212. Ferula stricta, Spr. E. Mey. in herb. Drege. P.

Jerulaceum, BE. & Z.! 2234, excl. syn.

Has. Rocks on the Kasteel and Tablemountain, and near Sieber, i

Ed 4. ; Dutoitskloof, Drege. Dec,—Feb. (Herb. Hk., sa) ee ee

_ Distinguished from P. capillaceum by the higher, stiff stems, erect, not refracted

Segments and ramifications of petiole and larger umbel. Stem a finger thick.

Leaves radical and on the lower part of the stem. Petiole terete, striate, shorter

or as long as the 4-12 inches long leaf. Segments of leaves 1 inch long, sometimes

aad bees Rays of umbel 16-24, unequal, 1-2 inches long. Umbellules

Flowers yellow. ‘ . mer ’

Inargin 1 line broad. : Fruit, 5-6 lines lo , 3-34 lines broad ; the flat

_ 8. P. triternatum (E. & Z.! 2235); stem erect, terete, finely striate,

simple or with a few branches at top, naked ; radical leaves petiolate,

truternate ; segments linear filiform, acute ; umbels 5~6-rayed ; involucre

and involucel 5~6-rayed; fruit small, ovate-oblong,

Peucedanum.] UMBELLIFERE (Sond) 557

Has. Rocks in Hotthldbergen., near Palmietrivier, 2. d Z. Jan. (Herb. Sd.)

Stem 2-3 feet high, nearly filiform. -Petiole of the radical leaves filiform, terete,

sulcate, equalling the 2-3 uncial, simply biternate leaf, the segments of which are

1-1} inch long. Rays of umbel very unequal, 4-14 inch long. The small flowers

a = be — Fruit 23-3 lines long, 14-2 lines broad ; the flat margin nearly

ine bro

9. P.? lateriflorum (Sd.); stem erect, terete, striate, branched above

the middle, naked ; leaves radical, petiolate, 4—5 times triternate ; seg-

ments spreading, filiform, suleate; umbels often proliferous, 5—8-rayed ;

involucre and involucel many-leaved ; fruit . . . Athamantha lateri-

flora, E. & Z. 1 2229. :

Has. On the Kamiesberge, Namaqualand ; Nov.; E£. & Z., Rev. H. Whitehead.

(Herb. Sd. D.)

Stem straight, 3-4 feet high. Petiole of the radical leaves 2-6 inches long, terete,

sulcate ; its ramifications similar, gradually narrower, ultimate segments 1-14 inch,

in other leaves only 2-6 lines long and then capillary. All the branches terminated

by umbels. Rays very unequal, some of them scarcely 6 lines, others 4 inches

long. Umbellules 8-12-flowered, pedicels unequal, 1-6 lines long. Leaves of invo-

lucre and involucel lanceolate, 2-14 lines long. Fruit when very young obovate.

Stylopodium depressed ; styles short ; ripe fruit unknown. It has exactly the habit

of the preceding, but much divided leaves.

10,-P. pungens (E. Meyer); stem erect, much branched, sulcate-

striate, leafy, but naked above the middle; leaves sessile, ternately-

pinnate ; rhachis terete, striate, as well as the attenuated spinous

segments ; umbels many-rayed ; involucre and involucel 6—8-leaved ;

fruit small, obovate. Seseli striatum, H. § Z./ 2226, non Thunb.

Has. Hills between Potrivier and Langehoogde, Caledon, £. & Z.; near Gna-

denthal, Drege. Aug.Nov. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) :

Stem several feet high. Leaves aggregated at the base or to the middle. _Petiole

adnate to the back of the large, 1-2 uncial vagina. Pinnz or segments articulated

with the rachis. Lower pinne 3-partite, the upper 3-fid, 2-fid, or undivided, at the

base as thick as a-pigeon’s, the rhachis as a goose’s, quill ; attenuated like a needle,

and pungent, the longer 1-2 inches, the shorter 4-6 lines, long. Umbel 15~-20-

rayed, rays 1 inch long. Umbellules many-flowered. Fruit 3 lines long, 2 lines

broad ; the flattened margin narrow, ly 4 line broad. Vallecule 1-vittate ;

commissure 2-vittate.

11. P. connatum (E. Meyer) ; stem erect, striate, simple or slightly

branched at top; leaves radical, ternately sub-bipinnate ; segments ovate,

cuneate, trifid or 5-fid, lobes acute, mucronately serrate-toothed ; umbels

many-rayed ; involucre 1-leaved or wanting ; involucel of 4-6 large,

membranaceous leaflets; fruit obovate, large; stylopodium short, conical;

ealyx-teeth nearly obsolete.

Has. Grassy places, and on the sea-shore ‘from Omtendo to Port Natal, Drege.

‘Feb.—April. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) i

Stem stiff, 2-3 feet high. Radical leaves on 1-3 uncial petioles. Leaves 3-6

inches long ; segments pinnatifid-incised, }-1 inch long, 6—8 lines wide, the upper

ones smaller, and, as well as the lobes of the larger segments, commonly 3-dentate

or sub-3-lobed. Cauline leaves none, or one at the base, similar to the radical. —

Rays of umbel unequal, 1-2 inches long. Flowers yellow. Fruit 5—6 lines long,

3 lines broad, the dorsal ribs scarcely prominent; the flat margin 4 line broad.

Styles diverging, as long as the stylopodium. In habit it comes near the broader

leaved form of Peuc. Oreoselinum.

12, P. platycarpum (E. Mey.); stem erect, striate, branched ; leaves

558 UMBELLIFER# (Sond.) [ Peucedanum.

radical, prnnate ; pinnz deeply pinnatifid, Jobes cuneate, mucronate-

toothed ; umbels 8-10-rayed ; involucre 5~7-leaved, deciduous ; invo-

lucel of 4-7 small, linear leaflets; fruit elliptical, middle-sized ; stylo-

podium depressed; calyx-teeth very minute.

Has. On the Katriver and Kachu- or Geelhoutriver, 2-3000 feet. Nov.—Jan.

Drege. (Herb. Sd.) : :

Radical leaves 2-3 inches long, 13-2 inches wide, 2-4 times shorter than the

terete petiole. Segments about 4 inch long, cuneate as the usually 3-dentate lobes.

Stem 2-3 feet high, with leafy sheaths at the base of the ramifications. Leaves of

involucre and involucel 1-2 lines long. Rays of umbel unequal, 1-2-uncial. Flowers

wanting. Fruit 4 lines long; 3 lines broad, much compressed ; the flat margin ?

lines broad. Dorsal ribs obtuse. Vallecule I-vittate ; and commissure 2-vittate,

as in the preceding ; the vittze superficial. It belongs to the section Selinoides,

of DC.

13. P. magalismontanum (Sonder) ; glaucous-green, stem erect,

branched ; radical leaves petiolate, bipinnatisect, segments deeply pinna-

tifid, lobes linear-oblong, acute, entire or bifid; umbel 6-r2-rayed ; in-

volucre and involucel wanting ; fruit obovate, with a dilated, rather

convex, margin ; stylopodium depressed ; calyx-tecth very minute.

Has. Grassy fields on the Magalisberg, and near Vaalriver ; Burke, 277; Zeyher,

118, 744. Nov.Jan. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) | :

Petiole of radical leaves 4-4 inches long. Leaves 4-6 inches long, the middle

pinna twice longer than the 2 lowest; the segments sessile, or the lower pair short

petiolate ; lobes 1-3 lines long, 4 line wide, the terminal mostly 3-fid, the lateral

entire or bifid. Stem 14-2 feet high, with 1 pinnate leaf or quite naked, with

sheaths at the ramifications. Rays of umbel unequal, 1-3 inches long. Flowers

yellow. Fruit 4~5 lines long, 2~3 lines broad, much compressed. Ribs filiform,

obtuse. Vallecule t-vittate ; commissure 2-vittate ; margin # line broad, more thick-

ened than in the other species. In the form of the leaves it resembles P. alsatiewm.

Sect. 3. Perennial herbs with a large, fleshy root. Leaves all radical.

Involucre and involucel many-leaved. Calyx-teeth minute, acute,

Stylopodium conical. Margin of mericarps very broad, diaphanous.

Dorsal ribs 5, filiform, obtuse, at equal distances. Vittw 1 in each

furrow, as well as the 2 commissural vitte, superficial. Cynorhiza,

E. & Z.! Enum. p. 351. This section agrees nearly with Jmperatoria

and Selinoides, DC.; from the latter it is distinguished by broader

margins and conical stylopodium 3; from Imperatoria by the involuere

and short calyx-teeth. "The taphe is marginal, not central, as indicated

by #.& Z.; the furrows are always 1-vittate, not 2-vittate, as described

by Endlicher. (Sp. 14-17.)

Has. Sandy hills near the Zwartkopsriver, E. ¢ Z.- Z, . 2693. Jan.—April.

(Herb. Hk. Sd.) pesriver, £. § Z.; Zeyh. 2693. Jan.—Ap

Stem 1-1} feet high. Petiole 2-3 inches lo: » 3-partite. Leaf 4-5 inches long

and broad. Lobes 2-3 lines long, 9-1 line wide those of the lateral segments often

A A v . umbel 14-2 inches long. Flowers

white, E. & Z. Fruit 4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines broad ; the margins 1 line broad.

Bubon.| UMBELLIFER (Sond.) 559

15. P. Zeyheri (Sond.) ; stem erect, terete, striate ; leaves petiolate,

with oblong-triangular circumference, quadri-pinnatisect ; segments pin-

natifid or ternately 3-fid ; lobes lanceolate; umbels 12—20-rayed ; rays

unequal ; leaves of involucre and involucel ovate, cuspidate, or lanceo-

late, deciduous; fruit elliptical or elliptical-obovate, emarginate at both

ends, the conical stylopodium in the notch. C. montana, E. § Z./ 2245.

Has. Stony places near Coegakopje at the Zwartkopsriver, Zeyh. 2692; Drege

7641, d. Oct.-Jan. (Herb. Hk. D. Sd.) , ; :

Stem 2-3 feet high and more, branched as in the foregoing; the leaves are often

2 feet long, the rathifications of the petiole more spreading and naked at the base ;

the segments larger and often tripartite, and the lobes in the perfectly developed

leaves 4-6 lines long, 1-2 lines broad, with acuminate point. The umbels with 14-

24 uncial rays. Fruit 4-5 lines long, 4 lines broad. Cynorhiza? alta, E. & Z.!

2246. Drege, 7641, a, ¢, e, seems to consist of gigantic specimens of P. Zeyheri; the

leaves are not different, the fruit is unknown.

16. P. suleatum (Sond.) ; stem erect, terete, deeply sulcate ; leaves

petiolate, with oblong-triangular circumference, quadri-pinnatisect ;

segments pinnatifid or twice or ternately 3-fid ; lobes spreading, lanceo-

late; umbels 30-40-rayed ; rays subequal ; leaves of involucre and

involucel ovate, cuspidate ; fruit (when young) obovate-oblong, broad-

ly-margined ; stylopodium conical. C. ? sulcata, H. & Z.! 2247.

Has. Mount Kamiesberg, Namaqualand, Zeyher. (Herb. 8d.)

Well distinguished by the deeply sulcate stem. Leaves as large as in P. Zeyheri,

the lobes 1 line broad. Rays of umbel 2}-3 inches long. Ripe fruit unknown.

17. P. millefolium (Sd.); stem erect, terete, striate, slightly branch-

ed; leaves petiolate, with oblong circumference, 4-5 times pinnatisect,

supra-decompound ; lobes erect, secundate, linear-subulate, short and

crowded ; rhachis and primary ramifications muricate, lobes glabrous ;

cauline leaves wanting, or one much smaller ; umbels terminal, with

10-16 unequal rays; leaves of involucre lanceolate-acuminate, of in-

volucel linear; fruit obovate, deeply emarginate at the apex, with

short conical style in the notch. Ferula meifolia, BE. & Z.1 2230. Analy-

rium millefolium, E. Meyer.

Has. Sandy places near Vierentwintig Rivieren, E. & Z., Drege; Cape Flats,

Zeyher. Nov. (Herb. Hk. Sd.) : ;

Stem 1-3 feet high. Leaves 4-1 foot long, on a short or 3-uncial broad petiole.

Rhachis striate at the base, 2 lines broad; the primary branches 1-2 inches long ;

the multifid segment 5-3 lines long, the lobes 1 line long, subcapillary. Rays of

the solitary umbels 1-2 inches ; pedicels 2-4 lines long. Flowers white. Fruit 5-8

lines long, 4—6 lines broad, truncate or obtuse at the cuneate base; margin 1 line

broad. the form of the leaves it has a great resemblance to Peuced. meifolium,

Boiss. !

XXVL BUBON, Linn.

Margin of the calya obsolete. Petals obovate, entire, with an acute,

involute point. Fruit dorsally compressed, lenticular, girded by a

narrow, flattened margin. Mericarps with 5 ribs at equal distances ;

the 3 intermediate ones filiform ; the 2 lateral ones confounded in the

complanate margin. ‘Vitte broad, solitary in each furrow, and rarely

(in one species) under the jugum. Commissure 2-vittate. Carpophore

bipartite, Seed rather convex, flat in front. Koch, Umb. 95, DC. . ¢.

134; Agasyllis Spec. Spreng. Endl. gen. 4466.

560 UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) [ Bubon.

Glabrous shrubs, with a resinous smell. Stems terete, branched. Leaves ter-

nately compound, leaflets veined. Umbels of many rays. Involucre and involucels

of many, linear leaves. Flowers greenish-yellow. Name from BovBwyv, the groin,

or a tumour, which this herb was supposed to cure. This genus is very nearly allied

to Peucedanum, from which it is only distinguished by the narrower margin of the

fruit, and the petals.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

* Lobes of leaves rhomboid, cuneated ... ... =... ... «. « (t) Galbanum,

* Lobes of leaves elongated, lanceolate, acute, green ... ..

. ... (2) tenuifolium,

Lobes of leaves elongated, linear-lanceolate, glaucous beneath ;

umbels many-rayed ; leaves of involucre lanceolate... ... ... (3) hypoleucum.

Lobes of leaves abbreviate, linear-subulate, glaucous beneath ;

umbels 8-12-rayed ; leaves of involucre linear-setaceous... ... (4) montanum,

Lobes of leaves elongate, filiform, glaucous; umbels many-rayed (5) Capense.

1. B. Galbanum (Linn. Spec. 364); leaves petiolate, pinnate, triter-

nate, glaucous ; segments cuneated, rhomboidal, toothed or incised, termi-

nal ones 3-lobed. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 258. Jacq. Hort. Vind. ae los

Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 2489. Pappe. Fl. Cap. med. 18. E. & Z./ 2248.

Has. Moist places, and in the ravines of mountains all over the colony. Sept.—

Jan. (Herb. Sd. etc.)

Stem leafy, 6-8 feet high. Leaves variable ; segments sometimes 2-3 inches long,

1}-2 inches broad (var. Tulbaghica, E. & Z.) ; commonly about 1 inch long, and

cuneate ; in other specimens elongate-cuneate, inciso-serrate, or subpinnatifid. Rays

of umbel often very numerous, 100 or more. Fruit 2-24 lines long, 13 line broad.

2. B. tenuifolium (Sond.) ; deaves petiolate, 2-3-pinnatisect ; segments

pinnatifid and trifid ; lobes lanceolate, acute, with revolute margins, green

on both surfaces; fruit elliptic or ovate, with filiform, bluntish ridges, and

a very narrow margin. Peucedanum tenuifolium, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 257.

Oreoselinum, uliginosum, E. & Z.! 2238. Bubon ? multiradiatum, E.

Meyer, c, d, e

Has. Mountains near Capetown, Thu & ; i GF Le -

kloof and Klipriver, Drege, PN ov.—Jan. nlc ese Ee ay sd ae

Several feet high, flexuose, very leafy. Leaves 4-} foot long, ternately pinnate,

decompound ; lobes 2-4 lines long, 3—% line broad. Umbel 30-40-rayed ; rays

14-2 inches long. Leaves of involucre 3-4 lines long, lanceolate, acuminate. Fruit

2 lines long, 1 line broad. Mericarps with univittate furrows and bivittate com-

missure ; the juga without vitte.

3. B. hypoleucum (Meisn.! in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. ii 539) 5

leaves petiolate, 2~3-pinnatisect; segments pinnatifid and trifid; lobes

linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, with revolute margins, green above,

glaucous beneath ; umbels many-rayed; leaves of involucre lanceolate-

acuminate ; fruit oblong, with very obtuse, filiform ridges, and a narrow

convex-flattened margin. 2B. gummiferum, Drege, Herb. ex pte. Oreose-

linum uliginosum, B. glaucum, E. d& Z.! 1. ¢.

Has. Near Du oormanns :

near Gnadenthal, eda Mahan Oct Den” ‘Hab ae ga) Sos eh oe

Very like the ag pt | ; the whole plant gl i i

3 A 3 glaucous, the leaves with twice or

sey 1 line broad lobes ; stem and umbels are the same. The fruit is 33.

taped ae y aa care ere more prominent, and the margin a little

ed bat See eae fiver ved by Yr. Meisner, there are not only vitte in the valle-

4, B. montanum (Sond.); leayes petiolate, 3-4-pinnatisect ; segments

Pastinaca.} UMBELLIFER& (Sond.) ‘561

pinnatifid ; lobes abbrenate, linear-subulate, with revolute margins, glau-

cous beneath; wmbels 8-12-rayed ; leaves of involucre linear-setaceous ;

fruit oblong, or ovate-oblong, with filiform, obtuse ridges, and a narrow

convex-flattened margin. JB. tenusfolium, EH. Meyer.

Has. Dutoitskloof, Drege. Oct.-Jan. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Perhaps this species is a variety of the foregoing, but the habit is very different.

The stem is much slenderer, 3—4 feet, the leaves about 1 foot in length ; the sections

with very delicate, nearly capillary, 1-2 lines long lacinule. Rays of umbel 2 inches

long. Involucre and involucel capillary, attenuated. Fruit 3-34 lines long, 1%

line broad. Mericarps with univittate furrows, but the juga always without vitte.

5. B. Capense (Sond.) ; leaves petiolate, ternately decompound ; lobes

elongate, linear-filiform, undivided or pinnatifid, with similar lacinule ;

umbels 40-50-rayed ; fruit ovate-oblong, with filiform, obtuse ridges,

and a very narrow margin. Oreoselinum Capense, Ii. § Z.! 2239. Bubon

multiradiatum, E. Mey. a. b.

Has. Mountains near Klapmuts, Stellenbosh, and on Bergriver near Paarl,

E. § Z., Drege. Oct.-Dec. (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Habit and leaves of a true Peucedanum. Stem and leaves glaucous-pruinose.

Lower leaves often more than a foot long and broad; stem-leaves similar, but

smaller. Terminal lobes 1-2 inches long, } line broad, sulcate ; when divided, with

remote, alternate lacinule. Rays of umbel 2-24 inches long. Leaves of involucre

lanceolate. Fruit 24-3 lines long, 1-1} line broad. Mericarps with 1-vittate

vallecule and 2-vittate commissures ; the juga without vitte.

(Species not sufficiently known. )

B. levigatum (Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, vol. 1, 352. ed. 2, vl. 2, 146);

stem frutescent ; leaves bipinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, bluntly and

obsoletely crenated ; fruit glabrous. erula levigata, Spreng. Umb.

Spec. 88.

Has. South Africa. ; :

Umbel depauperate. Flowers yellow. Fruit thick, solid, with 3 dorsal, obtuse

eucedanum (Dregea).

ribs (ex Spreng.) Seemingly a species of P

XXVIII. ANETHUM, Linn.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals roundish, entire, involute, with

a square, retuse point. Frat dorsally compressed, lenticular, with a

flattened margin. Mericarps with filiform, equidistant ridges, the 3

dorsal acutely carinate, the 2 lateral subobsolete, confounded with the

margin. Vitte broad, solitary in each furrow and completely filling it,

2 in the commissure. DO. J. c..185. Endl. Gen. n. 4467.

- Annual, glabrous herbs, with decomposed leaves and yellow flowers, without

- Gmvolucres. This is the avn@ov of Theophrastes ; derived from avw, upwards, and

dew, to run, alluding to the quick growth of this plant.

1, A. graveolens (L. Spec. 377); lobes of the leaves elongate, linear-

filiform ; fruit elliptic, with a flat margin. Hayne Arz. Gew. 7. t. 17.

Has. In corn-fields and in cultivated grounds, escaped from gardens.

XXVIII. PASTINACA, Linn.

Margin of the calyx obsolete or minutely toothed. Petals roundish,

entire, involute, the involute part broad and retuse. wit flat-com-

pressed dorsally, surrounded by a dilated, flattened margin. Mericarps

with very slender ridges; the dorsal and 2 intermediate ones equidistant,

VOL. I. 36

562 UMBELLIFER (Sond.) [| Pappea.

the lateral near the outer edge of the dilated margin. Vitte linear,

scarcely shorter than the ridges, solitary in each furrow, 2 or more on

the commissure. Carpophore bipartite. Seed flattened. DO. 2. ¢. 188.

Endl. Gen. n. 4473.

Herbaceous plants with a fusiform and often fleshy root. Leaves pinnated, the

segments toothed, cut or lobed. Umbels compound. 1 involucre and involucel

wanting or few-leaved. Flowers usually yellow. Name from pastinum, a dibble ;

in reference to the form of the root.

1. P. Capensis (Sond.) ; stem deep-furrowed ; leaves pinnate, nearly

glabrous above, clothed with short pubescence beneath ; lateral pinne

subsessile, entire or bifid, the terminal 3-lobed ; segments ovate, acute,

dentate ; involucre 1-, involucel 2-leaved ; calyx-teeth obsolete ; fruit

orbicular, glabrous ; lateral vitte close to the intermediate ridges ;

commissure with 2-4 vitte.

Has. Cape (special locality not indicated), Drege, 7627. (Herb. Sd.)

Root of P. sativa. Stem 2-3 feet high, angulate-suleate, glabrous, much-branched.

Leaves similar to those of P. ligusticifolia, W. & A., but the segments not serrate,

but with short, mucronulate teeth, 14-2 inches long, 1-1} inch broad. Petiole

downy, sulcate above, multistriate beneath. Rays of umbel ( 10-16) unequal, 1-2

inches long ; pedicels (16-20) a little hairy. Flowers yellow. Fruit 2 lines long

and broad or a little larger. Commissure with 2 vitte, or with 4, two of which

are larger. It is nearly allied to P. divaricata and lucida, Gouan. ; but it is dis-

tinguished by the fruit and stem. P. lucida, Linn., that I have not seen, must be

a quite different plant.

XXIX. CAPNOPHYLLUM, Gaertn.

Margin of the calyx obsolete. Petals oblong, subemarginate, with

an acute, inflexed point. fruit lenticularly compressed, girded by a

flattened, dilated margin. Mericarps having the 3 dorsal ridges

thick, carinate, flexuose or tuberculated ; the 2 lateral passing into the

dilated margin. Furrows with single vittew. Commissure 2-vittate.

Seed rather convex, but flat in front. Koch. Umb. Pp. 95. 2. 44. in add.

DC. 1. ¢. 187. Endl. Gen. n. 4470.

Annual herbs, with glaucous, multifid leaves almost like those of Fumaria.

Umbels opposite the leaves or nearly terminal, many-rayed. Involucre and involu-

cels composed of 3-6 leaves, with membranous edges. Flowers white. Name from

kanvos, the Greek name for Fumaria, and pvAdov, a leaf.

» Often thickish ; cauline leaves smaller, shorter petiolate.

Rays of the shortly pédunculate umbel 3-1} inch ; pedicels of the many-flowered

Some of the flowers of an umbellule usually sterile.

XXX. PAPPEA, Sond. & Harv. (non Eck. & Zey.)

Flowers all hermaphrodite, fertile, regular. Margin of the calyx

Daneus.] UMBELLIFER2 (Sond.) 563

obsolete. Petals glabrous, ovate, shortly acuminate, furnished exter-

nally with a longitudinal medial fold, dorsally biconvex, keeled on the

inside, with an acute, incurved point. Styles 2, broad-based, short ;

- stigmata terminal, capitellate. Stylopodium depressed. Fruit dorsally

compressed, lenticular, crowned with the styles, pilose externally, con-

sisting of 2 mericarps. Mericarps somewhat convex at back, and

covered with hairs of two kinds, one shorter, the other longer, clavate,

minutely tuberculate, and patent. ibs none, except the marginal,

which form a broad, densely villoso-ciliate margin, furnished within

with a series of oil-cells. Commissure flat, even, glabrous, completely

joined at the margin. Raphe marginal, at one side. Vitte none (save

the above-mentioned oil-cells). Carpophore reaching to the middle of

the mericarps, bipartite from the base, persistent after the fall of the

mericarps, swelling when moistened (as if gelatinous). <Albwmen rather

convex at back, flat in front.

An annual, prostrate, many-stemmed, glaucous herb, glabrous in all parts except

on the fruit. Root filiform, simple. Stems 1-2 inches long, somewhat branched.

Leaves (nearly resembling those of a Fumaria), irregularly, subternately cut, the

radical with longer petioles, about uncial, including the petiole. Lobes capillary,

obtuse, about 1 line long. Umbels at the base of the stem, at the origins of the

branches, and also at their apices, solitary, sessile. Umbellules few, 4—6-rayed,

unequally pedicellate. Pedicels about 1 line long. Involucre and involucels similar

to the leaves, equalling the flowers. Flowers white, 1 line long. Fruit 1-1} line

long and wide. Having (vol. 1, p. 241) been compelled to unite the Pappea of

Eck. & Zey. with Sapindus, we gladly seize the opportunity, now afforded us, of

dedicating to our valued friend Dr. Lupwic Pappx, Colonial Botanist, the very

remarkable plant here described, and which constitutes a genus of whose distinctness

from all others there can be no question.

1. Pappea Capensis (Sond. & Harv., non E. & Z.!)

Has. Nieuwejaarsspruit, between the Gariep and Caledon river, near the foot of

the Witberg, 4-5000 feet. Oct. Zeyher! (Herb. Sond. D.) *

XXXI. DAUCUS, Linn.

Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals obcordate, with an inflexed lobe,

exterior usually larger and bifid. Fruit dorsally compressed. Meri-

carps with bristly, primary ridges ; secondary ridges equal-winged,

with 1 row of spines. wrrows with single vittze under the secondary

ridges. Hndl. Gen. n. 4497-

Herbaceous, often biennial plants. Leaves 2-3-pinnated. Involucra of several

trifid or pinnatifid leaves ; involucels of many entire or trifid leaflets. Flowers

white or yellow ; the central one often fleshy and sterile. Aavxos, of Dioscorides,

is said to be from Saw, to make hot ; from its supposed effect in medicine.

1. D. Carota (Linn. Spec. 348); stem hispid; leaves 2- or 3- pinnated ;

leaflets pinnatifid ; lobes lanceolate, cuspidate ; leaflets of the involucre

pinnated, about the length of the umbel; umbel with a solitary,

coloured, abortive, central flower, concave when in seed. Smith. Engl.

Bot. t. 1174.

Has. Borders of fields and in gardens, probably escaped from culture, Carrot.

Sub-Order II. Campylospermes (DC. 1. c. 215); albumen involute,

or marked by a longitudinal furrow or channel on the inner side. (Gen.

XXXii., XXXV.

VoL, I, 36*

564 UMBELLIFER (Sond.) | Arctopus.

Jul XXXII. TORILIS, Spreng.

— Calyx-teeth 5, triangular-lanceolate, acute, persistent. Petals obovate,

emarginate, with an inflexed point, the outer larger, bifid. Fruit con-

tracted from the sides. Mericarps with 5 primary setulose ridges, 3

dorsal and 2 lateral (placed on the commissure); the secondary ridges

represented by rows of bristles (hook-pointed) filling the whole furrow.

Vitte solitary under the secondary bristles. Carpophore setaceous, bifid.

Seed with its margins inflexed. DO.l.c.219. Koch, Umb. 80, t. 1 5» Endl,

Gen. n. 4503.

Annual herbs, with multifid leaves, beset with short appressed hairs, which are

retrorse on the stems, and erect on the rays of the umbels. Umbels opposite the

leaves, Involucra wanting, or of 1-5 leaves. Involucels of 5-8 lanceolate, ciliated

leaves. Fl. white, those in the disk of the umbellules male. Name unexplained

1, T. Africana (Spreng. in Schult. Syst. 6, 486); umbels on long

peduncles, 2-4-fid; involucra wanting ; umbellules 3-6-flowered,

ae Sere with 4~5-leaved involucel. H#. § Z./ 2254. Caucalis Africana, Thunb. !

ool; Fl. Cap. 256. C. Capensis, Lam. Herb. Un. Itin. n. 80 5. Zeyh. 2696.

03 Has. In cultivated ground, common. Oct.-Dec. (Herb. Sd. etc.)

: Plant 1-14 foot, erect, leafy. Leaves pinnately decompound ; lobes short, lan-

ceolate, dentate. Fruit ovate, 2-2} lines long ; its prickles shorter than the breadth

of the fruit.

1, XXXIIL. ARCTOPUS, Linn.

Flowers polygamo-dioecious. Margin of calyx 5-toothed. Petals

lanceolate, with an incurved, acute, entire acumen. Male flower: stamens

twice as long as the corolla, perfect. Stylopodium flat. Styles 2, very

short, deciduous. Ovary abortive. Female; stamens none. Styles

divaricating, with thick bases. Fruit ovate, acute or rostrate, crowned

with the calyx, its lower half adnate with the involucre, marked with

# furrow, not separable into two parts, but bilocular, with one of the

cells abortive. Seed 1, roundish, convex at one side, furrowed on the

other. Lam. Jl. t. 865. DC. l.c.236, Endl. Gen. n. 4524.

Perennial, stemless plants, with stellate, ciliate leaves, close pressed to the ground.

Male umbels compound, pedunculate, sterile, but mixed with a few female flowers.

_Umbellules nearly globose. Involucrum usually of 5~7 leaves, which are joined

together after flowering. Female umbels sessile, fertile, surrounded by the 4, rarely

5, concrete leaves of the involucrum, which are coriaceous, reticulated, and spiny

arog girding the fruit. Petals white. Name from apxros, a bear, and mous,

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES,

Female involucre ovate, cuspidate, carinate, laterally 3-spinous (1) echinatus. ~

Female involucre orbicular, flat, quite entire, with 1 vps at . =

the apex... sie SR MPR ose Ni one. - Se “ba, asks.) EO) S|

Female involucre orbicular, with involute, quite entire margins, 4

and 3-5 bristle-like spines at the apex Wess ort hanes 3S sim eewid9) ee

1. A. echinatus (Linn. Spec. ed, 2, y. 2 1512); petiole flat ;

: , > Vv: 2, petiole flat; leaves

soem eo Mt toothed, ciliate-spinous ; female involucre

_ Gna’, carmmate on back, spinous-cuspidate on each side, with 3 large spines ;

a ee oe Petar, densely beset with erect, spiny bristles, 2 ae /

aD 255. 4 appe, ft. Cap. med. 19. BH. § Z.1 225°. Burm. Afr, 1.t. .

Steb. Herb. Fl. Cap.n. 141. Herb, Un. Tin n. Sig ss eat

Hermas.] UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 565

Has. Common in sandy places in the districts of Cape, Stellenbosch, rarely in Oicect Bony

Albany and Uitenhage. May—Aug.- (Herb. Sd. D. etc.)

Root long and thick. Leaves expanded, the inner smaller, suborbicular, or

subcuneate, or obovate, about 2-3 inches long and broad, slightly incised-3-fid ;

segments often again 3-fid or 3-dentate. Lobes dentate, with long yellowish cilia ;

at the incisions with 1 or several longish spines ; glabrous on both sides, thickish-

veined beneath. Petioles 1-2 inches long, 3-4 lines broad Male pedunculate

umbel, sometimes with a lateral branch. Rays 10-20, 1-1} inch long. Involucre

of many broad, linear, spinous leaves. Umbellule many-flowered. Pedicels as long

as the many-leaved, spimous involucel. Male flower 1 line long. Female umbels

shortly pedunculate. Universal involucre as in the male, mostly broader. Leaves

of the partial involucre 6 lines long, 3-4 lines broad, convex-carinate. Terminal

and lateral spines 3-4 lines long. Petals minute, erect, acute. Styles elongated.

Fruit 4-5 lines long, t-seeded, the abortive cell very narrow, to separate when fully

ripe. Dorsal ribs not conspicuous. Vitte none.

9. A. monacanthus (Carmichael!) ; petiole flat ; leaves suborbicu-

lar, cuneate, trifid ; lobes toothed, ciliate-spinous ; female involucre

orbicular, with 1 spine at the round apex, quite entire at the flat margins ;

Fruit ovate, long-rostrate, sparingly beset with short bristles.

Has, Cape, Captain Carmichael ; near Somerset in Hottentottsholland, E. ¢ Z. ;

between Paarl and Pont, on stony hills, Drege, 7648. Sept. (Herb. Sd. Hk. D.)

Habit and leaves as in the preceding, leaves often larger. Female umbel subses-

sile ; rays 1-1}-uncial. Partial jnvolucre much larger than in A. echinatus, 1-13

inch long and broad, much reticulated, with only 1 short, but hard spine. The

fruit is 6-8 lines long, the beak of which is nearly as long as the fruit. Dorsal ribs

obliterated. Male plant unknown.

3. A. Dregei (Sond.); petiole flat ; leaves suborbicular, cuneate,

trifid ; lobes toothed, subspinous-ciliated ; female involucre orbicular,

a little emarginate, with 3 or 5 short bristle-like spines at the apex, quite

entire at the involute margins ; fruit broad-ovate, acute, not rostrate,

quite smooth or scarcely tuberculated at back.

Has. Sandy hills, Agter de Paarl, Drege, 7649. Oct. (Herb. Sd.)

Distinguished from os oe by the leaves, usually ciliate, with shorter

bristles; smaller partial involucre (6 lines long and broad) and the unarmed (3 lines

long, 24 lines broad) fruit without any beak. The female umbel is shortly pedun-

culate as in A. monacanthus ; uncle 4-4 inch long, with ovate, acuminate

involucre and several short rays, nearly as long as the pedicels. Partial involucre

less veined than in the foregoing ; the spines at the apex 1 line long, and removed

1 line from each other. Fruit much striated at the back. Vitte none. Male

plant unknown. :

= XXXIV. HERMAS, Linn.

Margin of the calyx 5-parted, leafy, persistent. Petals oval-oblong,

acute, carinate, entire, equal. Fruit ovate. Mericarps somewhat in-

flated, dorsally compressed, 5-ridged, 1 dorsal exserted, 2 intermedial

larger, and the ‘2 lateral very small, in the commissure. Furrows

broad, with many vita. Carpophore undivided. Seed not adnate to

its segment, elliptic, subconcave on its inner face. Lam. Til. t. 851-

DC. 1c. 241. Endl. Gen. n. 453°- |

Large usually suffruticose plants, with simple, subdentate leaves,

ay rahe mf nearly csabosk umbels. pape many-leaved ;

involucel of about 3 leaves. Lateral umbels sterile, male. Flowers white or

purplish. Name of unknown meaning.

Marve

‘b= /os

566 UMBELLIFER& (Sond.) oe (Hy erm 8.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves ovate or obovate, ciliated ... ... vege nes ope. CL 29

Leaves oval or oblong, serrated ... ... vs ss ae (1) gigantea, ”

Leaves ovate-cordate, crenately-toothed... ... ... .,, (3)" capita 8S

Leaves ovate, cuneate at the base, 5-7-toothed ... ... (4) quinquedentata. \ 2

Lower leaves stem clasping, obovate-oblong, subcordate ... (2) villosa, x

1. H, gigantea (Linn, fil. Suppl. 435); radical leaves on long petioles,

oval or oblong, somewhat serrated, clothed with dense soft tomentum _

on both surfaces ; stem branched. Thunb. / Nov, Act. Petr. v. 14, 529,

t, 11. Fl. Cap. 249. E. & Z.! 22 56. Bupleurum giganteum, Thunb.

Prod. 50. ;

Has. Mountains near Capetown, Tulbagh in Winterhoeksberg, Duyvels and

Voormannsbosch, Swellendam, etc. Jan.—March. (Herb. Holm. Sd. D., etc.)

Radical leaves 3-1 foot long, about 3-4 inches broad, obtuse, with obtuse or

narrow base, serrulated, or from the dense tomentum, often entire, woolly as well

as the petioles. Stem terete, glabrous, purplish, 1-2 feet high, naked or with some

very small leaves at the base of the branches. Umbel with many uncial rays, the

lateral globose. Leaves of involucre lanceolate. Flowers purplish according to

Thunberg. The plant is called “ Tundelbloom” by the colonists, who use the wool

scraped from the leaves for tinder.

2. H. villosa (Thunb.! Nov. Act, Petrop. v. xiv. 531) ; leaves stem-

clasping, ovate-oblong, acute, subcordate at the base, toothed, glabrous

above, whitish-tomentose beneath ; stem tomentose between the leaves,

glabrous above. Flor. Cap. 249. E.& Z.! 22 57- Herb. Un. Itin. n.

397. Sieb.n. 214. Burm. Afr, t.71, f.2. Bupleurum villosum, Thunb.

Prod. 50.

Has. Mountains near Capetown, Thunb. E. § Z. Drege, Sieber ; Platteklipp, Zeyh.

3020. Jan.-May. (Herb. Thunb. Holm. 8d. etc.) agit

Stem 2-3 feet or more in height; leafy on the lower parts. Leaves sessile or

very short petiolate (H, depauperata, Linn.), 3-4 inches long, 13-2 inches broad

on the margins, with many short teeth. Umbel with many }-1 uncial rays. Leaves

of involucre oblong, acute. f p ree .

2 lines long and re eg Outer rays of the umbellules sterile or abortive. Frui

3. H. capitata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 43 5)3 leaves radical, petiolate,

» crenately-toothed, glabrous above, whitish-tomentose be-

Var. 8, minima ; stem filif ;

minima, E. & Z.! 2261. orm (2-4 inches), leaves and umbels smaller. JH.

Has. Rocks on the top of Tablemountain ; var. 8, Van Staadensriviersberge,

Stem about 1 foot high, with 1 or 2 short, umbelliferous eceuiie Leaves only

Umbels subcapitate 3 Tays i fruit * “

Flowers white. Fruit s tne eo 4 inch long. Leaves of involucre about 7.

ark ctinawedendata (Linn, fl Suppl. 436); leaves, from the lower

part of the stem, . petiolate, ovate, priate aad hates <b eintie gla-

brous above, whitish-tomentose beneath ; Stem tomentose between the

ao wa ee. 4

Coniwm.] if et UMBELLIFERZ (Sond.) 567

¢ leaves, glabrous above. Thunb. l.c. H. & Z.! 2262. H. quercifolia,

E. & Z.! 2263. Bupleurym quinguedentatum, Thunb. Prod. 50.

Has. Top of Tablemountain, ‘Thunb. ; near Tulbagh, and on Zwarteberg, near

Gnadenthal, &. § Z.; between Nieuwekloof and Ylandskloof, Drege. Dec.—Feb.

(Herb. Hk. Sd.) tes

Near the foregoing, but the leaves are not radical, but rise from the stem, and

.. are aggregated on shorter petioles, more oblong and attenuated at the base, 8-16

lines long, 3-8 lines broad ; the stem is filiform, naked, simple or with a few short —

branches, and the subglobose umbels smaller. The involucre of the umbel is 4-5-

leaved. Flowers white. In H. quinquedentata, E. & Z., the margins of the leaves

are more revolute, and the teeth acute or sharp; in H. quercifolia, E. & Z., the

margins are not revolute, and the teeth bluntish.

5. H. ciliata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 436) ; leaves radieal, petiolate, ovate

or obovate, obtuse, ciliated, glabrous above, whitish-tomentose beneath ;

stem glabrous, a little branched, leafless. Thunb.! l. c. Burm, Afr. t.

72, f.3. HG Z.12258. A. Uitenhagensis, H. & Z.! 2259.

Has. Mountains, Hottholld., near Somerset and Vanstadensriviersberge, Thunb.

E. & Z.; Dutoitskloof, Drege. Jan.-Feb. (Herb. Sd. Hk.)

“Stem 1-2 feet. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 1-1} inch broad, shortly ciliate. Petiole

shorter or as long as the leaf. Rays of umbel {-1 inch, twice longer than the many-

leaved involucre. Flowers white. Fruit nearly 2 lines in length.

0-} XXXV. CONIUM, Linn.

Margin of the calya obsolete. Petals obcordate, submarginate, with

a short inflexed point. Fruit ovate, compressed from the sides. Meri-

carps with 5 prominent, equal, subundulated or undulately-crenulated

ribs; lateral ones marginating. Ywrrows with many strie, but without

vittze. Carpophore bifid at the apex. Seed with a deep, narrow furrow,

and as if it were complicate. Koch, Umb. 135, f- 49- Endl. Gen. n. 4532.

Biennial, poisonous herbs. Stem terete, branched. Leaves decompound. Invo-

lucre of 3-5 leaves ; involucels dimidiate. Flowers white, all fertile. Name said to

be from, kovia, dust.

1. C. cherophylloides (E. & Z.! 2264); stem at the base, as well

as the petiole and its primary ramification, scabrid by short hairs ; leaves

3-4-pinnate, glabrous; segments deeply pinnatifid, lacinule oblong or

jinear-acute ; involucre of 4—6 short leaves ; fruit with very prominent,

‘subundulated, not crenulated ridges. Sesela cheerophylloides, Thunb.

Has. Woods in the districts of Albany and Uitenhage, E. ¢ Z.; Kilipplaatriver

and Nieuweveld, between Rhinosterkop and G: ein, 3-4000 ft., Drege ; Cale-

donriver and near the Gariep, Burke § Zeyher, n. 745- Oct.-Nov. (Herb. Thunb.

ar Eowyn round, striated, hollow. eugunges of NA maculatum ;

radical « large. Segments ovate, incised, or dee innatifid ; lacinule

- entire, sordid eres one or a few serratures. Umbels with ho rays, Rapin

‘long, a little scabrous at the apex. Involucels of few short, submembranaceous

1 "Flowers white. Fruit when ripe 2 lines long, with pale ridges. Stylopo-

dium depressed. Styles short, divergent. There is a variety with more dissect leaves

by E. & Z, and Dr. Pappe on the Zwarteberg near Caledon.

Drege n. 7636, 7639, 7644 are imperfect specimens of new or undescribed umbelli-

ferous plants. ‘

568 ARALIACE& (Sond.) [Cussonia.

OrpDER LXVIII. ARALIACEZ, Juss.

(By W. Sonper.)

Flowers perfect or unisexual, mostly umbellate. Calyx-tube adnate

to the ovary ; limb entire or toothed. Petals 5-16, alternate with the

teeth of the calyx, epigynous, valvate in sstivation. Stamens as many,

rarely twice as many as the petals, inserted on the outside of a fleshy,

epigynous disc ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary inferior, of two or several

eells ; ovules solitary, pendulous ; styles or stigmas as many as the

cells of the ovary. Fruit fleshy or nearly dry, 2—16-celled, crowned

by the limb of the calyx ; endocarp crustaceous. Albumen copious,

horny, with a minute, basal embryo.

Trees and shrubs, more rarely herbaceous plants, natives chiefly of the warmer

zones. Leaves alternate, simple or compound, digitate, pedate, or pinnate. Best

— from Umbelliferce by the fleshy fruit. There is but one 8. African genus of

the Order,

Shrubs or trees. Stem thick and somewhat succulent. Leayes long-petiolate,

approximate, glabrous, glossy, palmate or digitate, with 5-9 one-nerved, entire or

lobed leaflets. Flowers small. Name in honour of Peter Cusson, once professor of

botany in the university of Montpellier.

ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES.

Leaves palmato-partite .. ... tts ee see eee eee (1) Natalensis,

Leaves peltato-digitate :

Flowers in simple spikes, Leafi, petiolulate.

Leaflets lanceolate ; flowers sessile nee eee Sart tee wees 4)

Leaflets obverse lanceolate ; flowers pedicellate vs see (3) Kraussii.

Flowers in panicled spikes ; leaflets shortly petiolulate... ... (4) paniculatum.

Flowers in simple racemes ; leaflets sessile ste eee eee aay (SP OeURiflora,

Flowers umbellate ... |. ie (6) umbellifera,

z; C. Natalensis (Sond.) ; leaves palmato-partite, lobes lanceolate-

acuminate, serrate; spikes elongate 3 thachis from the base laxly beset

with sessile or subsessile flowers ; calyx obsoletely 5-6-toothed ; ovary

roundish ; styles two, spreading,

road, with revolute, shortly-serrated margins, attenuated in a long

apex, somewhat narrowed at the entire base. 4 =

equal or a little smaller, Spikes not » much reticulated; the lower lobes

2. C. spicata (Thunb.! Noy. Act, Ups. 3, 212, t. 13); leaves pelta

Phe 4 » t. 13); leaves to-

digitate; leaflets (about 7) inceolate, petiolulate, pie serrate or

toothed from the middle, entire or trifid 3 Spikes oblong, cylindrical,

Cussonia.| ARALIACEH (Sond.) 569

pedunculate; rhachis densely beset with exactly sessile flowers; calyx

nearly entire ; ovary roundish ; styles 2-3, short. ZH. &. Z. [ 2266.

Has. In the districts of Uitenhage, Albany, Caffraria, and near Port Natal

Nov.—Dec. (Herb. 8d. D., etc.)

Tree, 15 feet high, with the aspect of a Palm, called by the colonists “ Samareel-

boom, Nojesboom.” Leaflets 7-9, rarely 5, on longish petioles, the lower ones often

simple, the intermediate mostly ternate, the upper ones 3-nate or pinnate, with

decurrent pinne, 3-5 inches long, 1-14 inches broad, with revolute margins, serrate

or toothed at the lanceolate, terminal lobes, rarely quite entire. Spikes 8-12, um-

bellate, on a very long, common peduncle ; partial peduncle as long or shorter than

the 2-3 uncial spikes. Flowers spirally disposed along the rhachis in 6—10 series.

A specimen with very short-petiolate or subsessile leaves, collected by Zeyher at

3. C. Kraussii (Hochst. in pl. Krauss.) ; leaves peltato-digitate ;

leaflets (7-9) petiolulate, obverse-lanceolate, shortly acuminate or cuspi-

date, ternate or pinnately-incised, quite entire or a little toothed at

the apex; spikes ovate-oblong ; rhachis rather densely beset with very

short-pedicellate flowers ; calyx acutely 5—6-toothed ; ovary obovate ;

styles 2-3, short.

Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sd.)

Leaves as in the preceding, but the leaflets are not attenuated at the apex, but

obovate, shortly, or mucronately acuminate ; the intermediate and upper ones pinnate,

at the apex ternate, with much spreading, lateral leaflets. Spikes 1 inch long, twice

or 3 times shorter than the uncle. Pedicels } line long, 3 times shorter than

the linear-lanceolate, scarious bract. Calyx nearly as long as the

4. C. paniculata (E. & Z.! 2267); leaves peltato-digitate ; leaflets

(7-9) lanceolate-acuminate, attenuated in a short petiole, quite entire or

serrate or pinnatifid-incised, coriaceous, with revolute margins ; spikes

paniculated ; calyx nearly entire ; fruit globose; styles 2.

Has. Nieuweveldsberge and Bhinostelie say Beaufort, Drege, Zeyher, 746.

Stormberg, A. Wyley. J: an.-Feb. (Herb. . :

Shrub 10-12 feet high. Leaflets 6-8 inches long, 1-14 inch broad, more coriaceous

than in the preceding and following ; very often quite entire, or with a few sharp

teeth, rarely deeply incised or pinnatifid, and the upper leaflet ternate. Panicles

(or racemes) aggregated, 1 foot or more in length; the branches or peduncles

spreading, 1-2 inches long at the base, with short bracteole. Spikes 1-2 inches

long, dense. Fruit the size of a large pea, crowned with the spreading styles.

(cire. 5) sessile, obovate, cuncate, obtuse, truncate or mucronate oF shortly

acuminate, quite entire or a little toothed, upper = eon are

flowers pedicellate, disposed in an oblong raceme; Calyx 5-too ; fruit

roundish; styles 2-3. Fl. Cap. 247. E. § Z.1 2265. Jacq. fil. Eclog?

1, 89, t. 61. C. thyrsoidea Pers. Ench. 1, 98. Drege, 7607. Zeyher, 2698.

Has. In Tablemountain, Houtbay ; distr. of Uitenhage, George, etc. June-

Sept. (Herb. Sd. D., ete-) a ; é é :

ets 2-3 inches long, 1-1} inch broad, without distinct petiole, coriaceous 5

revolute, usually simple, rarely some of them jointed, the lowest joints

dilated ot end into em ge lowers, abo ot Sop Use Siem | 6-22

es 2-4 inches long, dense-tow about mele ; 8-12

ted an umbel. Pedicels 1-2 lines long at the base, with a lanceolate,

Calyx mucronate-toothed. Styles in the wild specimens usu-

570 CORNEZ (Hary.) — [Curtisia,

6. C. umbellifera (Sond. in Linnea, v. 23, p. 49) ; leaves peltato-

digitate ; leaflets (cire. 5) petiolulate, oblong or elliptic-oblong, cuneate,

undulate-serrate or quite entire, emarginate at the apex ; umbels termi-

nal, proliferous, paniculated ; umbellules with many rays; ovary hemi-

spherical or subturbinate ; styles 2, very short; fruit roundish. Dietr.

Flor. Univ. fase. 9 (1856), t. 90. C. paniculata, E. Meyer, non EB. & Z.!

Has. In woods near Port Natal and in grassy hills between Omsamculo and

Omcomas, Drege, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sd. D.,)

Tree 30-40 feet in height ; diameter of the stem 1-14 foot ; bark resinous ; wood

very soft. Petiole 3-1 foot ; the intermediate of the petiolules 11 inch, the lateral

ones shorter. Leaflets 5 or rarely 3, coriaceous, 3—6 inches long, 1-2 inches broad.

shining above. Umbels pedunculate. Rays of the terminal umbel somewhat longer

than those of the lateral ones. Involucre wanting. Pedicels 3-4 lines long. Calyx

minutely-toothed ; ovary 1 line long.

Orper LXIX. CORNEZ, DC.

(By W. H. Harvey).

Flowers bisexual or unisexual, small, regular, Calyx-tube adnate to

the ovary ; limb 4-toothed, Petals 4, epigynous, with valvate estiva-

tion. Stamens 4, alternate with the petals, inserted round the margin

of a fleshy, epigynous disc. Ovary inferior, 2-4-celled; ovules solitary,

pendulous, anatropal ; style single. Fruit fleshy and juicy, with a

2-4-celled nucleus. Hmbryo in the axis of fleshy albumen.

Trees or shrubs, natives of the temperate zone, and chiefly of the northern hemis-

phere. Leaves almost always opposite, entire or toothed, penninerved, exstipulate,

Flowers in h umbels or cymes, mostly white.

I. CURTISIA, Ait.

Calyz-tube turbinate, 4-angled ; limb 4-parted. Petals 4, oblong,

valvate. Stamens 4, inserted with the petals, and alternate with them;

filaments subulate; anthers versatile, short, didymous. Ovary 4-celled

(occasionally 3-celled), crowned with a hairy disc ; style single ; stig-

mata 3-4. Fruit thinly fleshy, with a bony, 4-celled (or 2—3-celled)

pe ; seeds one in each cell, pendulous. DC. Prod. 2, p. 12. Endl. Gen,

4577.

But one species, the well-known Hassagaywood. The name, Curtisia, is i h

bd W. Curtis, the founder and for a long time the proprietor of “ Corte 1 Botanient

agazine.”

"1 C. faginea (Ait. Hort, Kew. 1, p. 162); DC. Prod.l.c. Lam. Hl.

t. 7%. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 141. Burm. Dec. Afr. p. 23 5, t. 82.

Has. Tn forests throughout the colony ; also in Kaffirland. (Herb. D. Sd &c.)

Ps tree, 20-40 feet high, with dark-coloured, smooth bark. Leaves ovate or

oblong, acute, coarsely-toothed, Penninerved, glabrous and glossy on the upper

surface, tomentose beneath ; petioles semi-uncial. Twigs, petioles and inflorescence

tomentose and rusty. | Panicles terminal, trichotomous, much-branched ; flowers

minute, pubescent. ‘The wood is solid, extremely tough, heavy, close-grained,

very durable, and resembles plain mahogany.” Pappe, Silv. Cap. p. 17,

Gunnera. | HALORAGEH (Harv.) 571

Orprer LXX. HALORAGEA, R. Br.

(By W. H. Harvey).

Flowers minute, bisexual or unisexual. Calyx-tube adnate to the

ovary ; limb 2- 3-4-toothed or entire. Petals 2-3-4 (or more), epigynous.

with valvate or imbricate estivation, deciduous. Stamens as many or

twice as many as the petals and inserted with them, rarely fewer.

Ovary inferior, 1-3-4-celled ; ovules solitary or in fours, pendulous.

Styles (if any) separate, very short; stigmata villous or feathery. Fruit

nut-like or fleshy, 1-2-3-4-celled. Seeds pendulous ; embryo in the

axis of fleshy albumen.

Herbaceous plants or small shrubs, growing in water or in very wet soil. ‘Leaves

entire or toothed, or the submerged ones pectinate, opposite, cnet or alternate.

Flowers inconspicuous, axillary or panicled. Dispersed throughout the temperate

zones; the shrubby species are chiefly Australian. In Gunnera the stamens are

opposite the petals ; in the other genera they are alternate to them, when petals are

present.

TABLE OE THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Gunnera.— Leaves radical, on long petioles, reniform. Flowers in compound spikes,

on a common, scapelike peduncle. ‘ : :

Il. Serpicula.— Leaves sessile, alternate or opposite, entire or toothed. Flowers

axillary.

Ill. Myriophyllum.— Leaves whorled, _pectinato-partite. Flowers in terminal,

interrupted spikes. ove

L GUNNEBA, L. : 2

Flowers wnisexual or bisexual. Calyx-tube terete or angular ; limb

2-3-lobed. Petals 2 or none, coriaceous, deciduous. Stamens 1-2,

opposite the petals ; anthers innate, 2-celled. Ovary uni-locular, uni-

ovulate ; stigmata 2, elongate, simple, papillose. Fruit succulent, with

a bony endocarp. Albumen copious ; embryo very minute. Hook. f.

Fl. Tasm. 1, p. 124.

Nearly stemless, herbaceous plants, with alternate, petioled, cordate or reniform,

many-nerved leaves. Flowers in compound spikes or —— on — or oe

inute, ~ A curious genus of few species, natives of « a7 ‘asmania,

Sent i tod Sindwich Islands, Peruvian Andes, Chile and

Fuegia, besides the solitary South African species on W the genus was founded.

The name is in honor of Bishop Gunner, a Norwegian botanist of the last century,

author of a “ Flora Ne “i

1. G. perpensa (Linn Wee stemless, moncecious ; leaves on long

petioles, proadly-reniform, minutely-toothed, scabrous, pedately many-

nerved, reticulate ; scapes simple, ending in a long, compound spike

(or thyrsus), the spikelets of female flowers occupying the lower half

of the spike. Zhunb.! Fil. Cap. p. 32. Bot. Mag. t. 2376. Pe

seches throughout the colony. (Herb. T.C.D. &e.) Ma ne eke he

Leaves radical, on petioles 12-18 inches high, the lamina 6-12 inches broad. Ro Ut Rou

All the younger pubescent. Scapes at length 2~3 feet high, two-thirds of the

length occupied = the inflorescence- Flowers of both sexes in numerous slender ork}

spikes, distributed along 9 common peduncle ; the males in the upper, the females Q

in the lower spikes, neither bracteolate. Male flower : calyx 2- . Petals 2, 3 :

spathulate, entire, deciduous. Stamens 2, opposite the petals ; anthers subsessile, .

2-celled, opening laterally. Female flowers: calyx-tube eased ; limb minutely

4-toothed. Petals none. Stigmata 2, spreading, papillate. + succulent, minute.

572 BALANOPHOREE (Harv.) [Myriophyllum.

Il. SERPICULA, L.

Flowers unisexual. Male: calyx minute, 4-toothed. Petals 4,

oblong, concave. Stamens 4, alternate with the petals, or 8. Female :

calyx-tube 4-angled, 8-ribbed ; limb 4-toothed. Petals and Stamens

none. Stigmata 4, long and feathery. Ovary 1-celled ; ovules 4,

pendulous. wit 8-ribbed, fleshy, with a bony endocarp, 1-seeded.

DC. Prod. 3, p. 65. Endl. Gen. 6136. ;

Small, herbaceous, creeping plants, natives of warm countries. Leaves alternate

or opposite, entire or toothed, sessile. Flowers axillary ; the males on slender

pedicels, the female subsessile. Name from serpo, to creep.

1. §. repens (Linn. Mant. 124); leaves alternate or the lower ones

opposite, linear-lanceolate or oval, entire or 2—3-toothed, scabrous at

the margin ;. male flowers tetrandrous. DC. Prod. 3, p.64. S. rubicunda,

Burch. DC. 1.c. E. & Z.1 1765, 1766,

Has. In moist places throughout the colony, common. (Herb. D. Sd. &c.)

Very variable in size, in pubescence, and in the shape and toothing of the leaves.

Stems many from the crown, subsimple, decumbent, rooting on the under side,

glabrous or hairy. Leaves 4—7 lines long, 1-3 lines wide, entire or toothed, opposite

and alternate on the same branch.

Ill, MYRIOPHYLLUM, L.

Flowers unisexual, rarely bisexual. Male : calyx 4-parted. Petals

4, ovate, caducous. Stamens 4-6-8. Female: calyxz-limb 4-parted.

Petals none, or very small and caducous, Stamens abortive or none.

Ovary 4-celled ; stigmata 4, long, compressed, papulose on the inner

surface. Fruit 4-lobed, of 4 nut-like, indehiscent carpels. DC. Prod.

3, p- 69. Endl. Gen. 6135.

Herbaceous water plants, natives of all climates. Leaves opposite or whorled, the

submerged Ones pectinato-pinnate. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile; sometimes in

the axils of depauperated foral leaves, and then forming leafy spikes. Name from

Hupwos, a thousand, and pvAdov, a leaf.

1. M. spicatum (Linn. Spec. 1409) ; leaves whorled, pectinate, the

lobes 0 posite, capillary ; flowers in an interrupted, terminal spike, the

subten bracts shorter than the flowers. DO.Lc. E.&Z.! 1767.

Drege, 8805. E. Bot. t.83. Fl. Dan. t. 681.

Has. In the Zwartkopsri E. & Z. iri .

(Herb. Sd. D. &e.) psriver, L. dé Z./ Drege! Kraairiver and the Gariep, Drege!

Stems submerged, erect. Leaves 4stichous, 1 inch long, multipartite ; lobes

like. Spikes 2 inches long ; the whorls of flowers 8 lines apart bracts

very small. A common plant in urope and North America.

OrpDER LXXI. BALANOPHOREA, Rich.

ee TW. Hasyn),

Flowers unisexual, in dense heads, spikes or panicles, Male flower :

Sia Livia Pirie in fae or ines Stamens 1~3 oppo-

Segments of the perianth. Female flower : pervanth epigynou

3-lobed, or obsolete. Ovary inferior, 1-celled ; ovules mies, pends.

lous. Styles filiform, 1 or 2, or none, Fruit dry or succulent, inde-

Sarcophyte. | BALANOPHOREE (Harv.) 573

hiscent ; the seed filling the cavity. Embryo minute, in fleshy or

friable albumen.

Fleshy, fungous-like root-parasites, inhabiting the tropics of Asia, Africa and

America. Leaves reduced to fleshy, coloured scales. ew surrounded by

bracts, or involucrate or naked. An Order of very doubtful affinity supposed to be

related to Haloragee and Loranthacee.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Mystropetalon.— Flowers moneecious, in dense spikes.

II. Sarcophyte.—Flowers dicecious ; the males panicled; the females concrete in

globose heads.

I. MYSTROPETALON, Harv.

Flowers moncecious, in dense spikes. Male: perianth tripartite,

bilabiate, the segments with long claws, spathulate, valvate in wstiva-

tion, the two posterior connate. Stamens 2, opposite to and inserted

on the posterior segments of the perianth, conniving ; anthers 2-celled,

extrorse, opening longitudinally ; pollen cubical. Female: perianth

epigynous, tubular, 3-toothed. Ovary seated in a cup-like, fleshy dise

or receptacle, uni-ovulate ; style filiform, exserted, deciduous; stigma

capitate, 3-lobed. Fruit subtended by the unchanged receptacle, with

a thin, juicy epicarp and a crustaceous endocarp, 1-seeded, Embryo

very minute, in the base of easily friable albumen. Harv. in Ann. Nat.

Hist. 1st ser, vol. 2, p. 386. Griff. in Linn. Trans. 19, p. 336. Hook. f. in

Linn. Trans, vol. 22, p. 29. + ge

Root parasites. Stem simple, fleshy, densely imbricated with ep ati, 4" rma

scales, ending in a dense spike of flowers. Spikes monecious, the female flowers

occupying the lower, the males the upper part of the spike. Bracts, 3 under each

flower, 1 anteal, and 2 lateral. The generic name is compounded of pvotpor,

a@ spoon, and zeraaoy, a petal ; the segments of the perianth are spoon-shaped.

1. M. Polemanni (Harv. |. c.t.20); anterior bract spathulate, with

a narrow claw; female perianth tubular. Hook. f. l. c.

Has. At the Hoouw Hoek Pass, Mrs. Denys (v. v.) :

Stem about 6 inches high, ? inch in diameter. Bracts orange, the anterior ones

densely bearded. Flowers bright carmine.

2. M. Thomii (Harv. 1. c. t. 19); anterior bract broadly-oblong ; female

perianth swbglobose. Hook.f. l.c. Grif l.c.p.336. Balanophora Capensis,

L. & Z.! in Herb. .

"Has. About Caledon Baths, Thom, Ecklon, Polemann! (v. v.)

‘Stem 6-8 inches high, 3-1 inch in diameter. Anterior bract of nearly equal

breadth throughout, bearded at the apex and along the prominent keel, orange.

Flowers a dark, brownish, or dull red. :

Il. SARCOPHYTE, Sparm.

_ Flowers dicecious. Male flowers panicled ; perianth 3-lobed, valvate

in estivation. Stamens 3, opposite the lobes ; filaments free ; anthers

multilocular. Female flowers in globose heads, densely crowded. Peri-

anth none. Ovaries seated on a subglobose, common receptacle, becom-

ing concrete, unilocular. Stigma sessile, peltate. Syncarpiwm globose,

berry-like. Endl. Gen.714. Griff. in Linn. Trans. t.c. Hook. f. in Linn.

Transl. ¢.

O-k

So.

574 LORANTHACE (Harv.) [Loranthus.

A root parasite. Stem branching, thick and fleshy, imbricated with scales below,

and ending in a panicled inflorescence. Smell offensive, resembling that of rotten

fish. The generic name is compounded of capi, flesh, and purov, a plant; a fleshy-

plant.

1, S. sanguinea (Sparm. Ait. Holm. 37; P. 300, t. 7); Griff. l.c. p.

339. Hook.f. 1. c.p.37. Wedd. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, vol. 14, t. 10, f. 34-38.

Ichthyosma Wehdemanni, Schl. in Linn. vol. 2,t. 8,

Has. On the roots of Ekebergia Capensis and of Acacia Caffra in the districts of

Albany and Uitenhage.

Stems 9-10 inches high, an inch or more in diameter, dull flesh-coloured or reddish.

Male flowers purplish. The concrete fruit resembles a mulberry.

Orprr LXXII. LORANTHACEZ, DC.

(By W. H. Harvey),

Flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular. Calyx bracteate at base,

adnate ; limb short, entire or 4-8-toothed. Petals 4-8, separate or

more or less cohering, with valvate estivation. Stamens as many as

the petals and opposite to them ; filaments adhering to the base or

Shrubby plants, almost always parasitical, natives chiefly of the tropics and

warmer parts of the temperate zones. Leaves entire, opposite or alternate, coriace-

ous or fleshy, exstipulate. Flowers axillary or terminal, either solitary or clustered,

or In cymes, spikes, racemes or umbels.

TABLE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN GENERA.

I. Loranthus.— Flowers bisexual. Petals clawed, more or less united in a tubular

corolla, Style filiform.

IL. Viseum.— Flowers unisexual, minute. Petals sessile, free or connate at base.

Style none or very short.

I. LORANTHUS, L.

Flowers bisexual. Calyz-limb short, truncate or toothed. Petals

4-8, with ccmmped = or less united in a tubular corolla.

Inserted on the claws of the petals ; filaments subulate; an-

thers 2-celled. Ovule solitary. Style filiform 3 stigma capitate. B

usually oe by the limb of the calyx. DC. Prod. 4, p. 286. Endl.

A very large genus almost wholly tropical or subtropical - articularly numerous

in South America. One Species is found in Thacher 2 foweed an generally

bright-coloured, yellow, orange or scarlet. L. olewfolius was formerly cultivated in

atom Gardens, Capetown. Name from lorwm, a lash of leather, and av@os,

Corolla clothed with brittle, scabrous hairs: eayeg {) U8

mealy ee tee vee wee ves nee eee wee 2 ovalis.

Corolla clothed with Jlat scales; leaves mealy ie glaucus.

Loranthus. | LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) 575

Corolla quite glabrous (or very minutely downy) :

Leaves petiolate :

Twigs, petioles and peduncles hispid ; leaves

DORIS 5G re ne eS ee

Twigs and all parts quite glabrous :

Lobes of the corolla erect ; peduncles ax-

illary, 1-flowered ... ... ... ... .. (5) Natalitius,

Lobes of the corolla spirally revolute ; pe-

duncles umbellate... ... ... ... ... (6) oleefolius.

Leaves sessile, cordate at base ; corolla 4-5-petaled (7) undulatus.

Unopened corolla strongly constricted above the urceolate or

swollen base :

Flowers sessile, in subsessile, 3-5-flowered heads ; lobes

of corolla reflexed ... 0.0... 42. cee cee) vee wee (8) Namaquensis.

Flowers pedicellate, in pedunculate or subsessile umbels ;

lobes of corolla erect :

Leaves opposite, ovato-lanceolate, long-petioled ;

flowers quite glabrous... ec tun sen nee. we

Leaves alternate, ovate, long-petioled; flowers mi-

(4) Zeyheri.

(9) Kraussianus.

nutely puberulous ... 0... cee vee vey vee eee (40) prunifolius,

Leaves alternate, short-petioled ; flowers glabrous, : :

WHY HORNER os ease ss Ba genera,

1. L. Dregei (E. & Z.! 2284); the twigs, young leaves and peduncles

covered with ferruginous, stellate pubescence; leaves opposite or nearly

so, petiolate, elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both ends, penninerved, minutely

pulverulent-rugulose; peduncles short, 2-3—4-flowered ; flowers sessile ;

calyx hirsute; corolla densely clothed with long, silky, erect or appressed,

smooth hairs, subcylindrical, semi-5-cleft, the narrow linear segments

at length reflexed. JZ. oblongifolius, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege.

Has. Bodasberg, £. ¢ Z./ Morley, and between Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege!

pe | gt te Natal, frequent, Sanderson! Gerrard § McKen! Gueinzius/ &c. (Hb.

Robust ; fas older branches with a rough, — bark, spreading. Leaves

pal , 2-3 inches long, $-1-1} inch wide; petioles about 4 inch long. Pedun-

cles {-4 inch long, or very short. cup-shaped, obliquely-ovate. The pubes-

cence of the young parts looks powdery, on oj it is stellate, and though it

soon rubs off, is sometimes long-persistent 0: nnder surfaces of the leaves,

Corolla pale-yellowish green and red, slender, nfprly 2 inches long.

2. L. ovalis (E. Mey.!); branches, twigs, leaves, and pedicels densely

clothed with powdery and somewhat furry, glaucous indument ; leaves

scattered, shortly-petiolate, oval or elliptical-obovate, obtuse, acute at

base, thick, densely-pulverulent, without conspicuous nerves ; peduncles

axillary, 1-flowered, solitary or in pairs, ver¥*short ; bract oval ; calyx

shaggy, truncate ; corolla densely clothed with brittle, deciduous, scabrous

(spinuliferous) hairs, subcylindrical-clavate, 4-lobed, the tube splitting,

the short, spoon-shaped lobes reflexed.

Has. Kaus and Natvoet, Gariep, Drege/ Namaqualand, A. Wyley/ (Hb. D. Sd.)

- Nearly related to LZ. glaucus, but with broader and more oval leaves, and a differ-

ent indument, especially that of the flowers. The hairs on the corolla are fully a

line long, yellowish or creamy, and curiously whorled at short intervals with minute

+ Spo Leaves { inch long, 4 inch wide. Flowers 1} inch long; peduncles 1-2

es long.

3. L. glaucus a Cap. p. 295); the twigs, leaves, pedicels, and

flowers densely clothed with minute, powdery, glaucous scales; leaves

| 576 LORANTHACES (Harv.) [Loranthus.

scattered, very shortly-petiolate, obovate-oblong or lanceolate-oblong,

* obtuse, tapering at base, thick, pulverulent, without conspicuous

nerves ; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 2 or 4 together, very short ;

bract linear ; calyx pulverulent, minutely-crenate ; corolla clothed with

pulverulent scales, subcylindrical clavate, slightly swollen at base, 4- (or

sometimes 5-?) lobed, the tube splitting, the short spoon-shaped lobes

reflexed. H.& Z./ 2280, also L. Burchellii, B. & Z.1 2281. Zey.! 7535

754:

ada Has, Saldanhabay, Thunb./ B. § Z./ Drege! and near Hexriver, Worcester, and

Gaaup, and Winterveld, Beaufort, E. ¢ Z./ Heerelogement, Kraus in Bushmans-

Soup | <j land and in Graafreynet, Zey./ Snowy Mts. Burke/ Ebenezer and other stations

in N. W., Drege/ (Herb. Sd. D. Hk.)

Parasitical on Rhus, and on Lycium, &c. All parts covered with very persistent,

pale scurf, which gradually wears off. Leaves scarcely an inch long, often less,

4-4 inch wide; petioles 1-2 lines long. Peduncles 2-3 lines long. Corolla 15 inch

long, usually splitting down one side. Petals 4, 80 far as I have seen; Thunberg

says 5. Limb of the petals 2 lines long. Z. canescens (Burch. Trav. 2, p. 90) seems,

by description, to be a synonym of this species.

4, L, Zeyheri (Harv.); the twigs, petioles and peduncles hispid,

with short, spreading hairs; leaves opposite, minutely-petiolate, elliptic-

oblong or ovate, obtuse or subacute, acute at base, 3-nerved at base

and penninerved, glaucous, the younger ones scabrous and hispidulous,

especially on the lower side, at length neatly glabrate ; peduncles

axillary, 2-4 together, 1-flowered, hispid, short ; bract linear, hispid ;

calyx ciliate, repand; corolla glabrous, subcylindrical, 5-lobed, the tube

splitting, the linear-lanceolate clawed lobes erect, Zey.! No. 751.

Var. 8, minor; leaves and flowers smaller,

Has. Magallisberg, Zeyher / Gamkeriver, Burke/ (Herb. Hk. Sd. D.)

Robust, with a rough, brown bark ; all the young parts clothed with short,

whitish, rough pubescence. Leaves 1}-2 inches long, an inch or more wide ;

petioles 1-2 lines long. Peduncles 2-3 lines long. Flowers 2-24 inches long, re-

sembling those of Z. Natalitius. Bract fully as long as the calyx, or a little longer.

5, L. Natalitius (Meisn.! in Lond. Journ. Bot. 2,P. 539); glabrous;

leaves scattered or sub-opposite, shortly-petiolate, ovato- or oblongo-

lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, acute or tapering at base, penninerved ;

peduncles axillary, 4~5 together, 1-flowered, semi-uncial ; bract ob-

liquely-cupulate ; calyx truncate, crenate ; corolla subcylindrical, 5-lobed

(occasionally 6-lobed), the tube splitting, the linear-lanceolate, clawed

lobes erect. Gueinzius! 47 & 545. Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 30.

ro Array round D’Urban, Natal, Krauss/ Gueinzius! Sanderson! (Herb.

Robust, with rugose, dark-coloured bark. The lower leaves and branches fre-

quently opposite, those of the appee shoots mostly alternate. Leaves 14-24 inches

long, $-14 wide, yellow-green, wers “ waxy-white, tipped with yellow, standing

erect the pendulous branches, and called ‘ Lighted-candles’ by the children at

Natal” (Sand. in Litt.) The bie

and does not represent the tm Se he cyan teri ng unopened flowers

6. L. olewfolius (Ch. & Schl. Linn 3 ; a

: e : - 3s p> 20 glabrous ; leaves

opposite or scattered, minutely ito dene shortly petioled,

linear-lanceolate, obtuse, acute at base, faintly penninerved beneath ;

peduncles axillary, umbellate, 3~5-flowered ; bract obliquely cupulate,

Loranthus. | LORANTHACEE (Harv.) 577

acute; calyx crenulate; unopened corolla subcylindrical, at length

urceolate at base, deeply 5-parted, the narrow-linear lobes reflexed

and spirally revolute. E. & Z.! No, 2282, (not of H. Mey.). L. Lichten-

steinit, Herb. Willd. L. speciosus, Dietr. Lichtensteinia olecefolia, Wendl.

Coll. 2, p. 4, t. 39.

Var. £B, elegans; leaves sometimes ternate ; flowers rather smaller. ZL, elegans,

Cham. & Schl, lic. E. § Z.1 No. 2283. L.croceus, £. Mey./

Has. Parasitic on Acacia trees. Olifantsriver, Clanw., Z. § Z./ Betw. Dweka

and Zwart-Bulletye, Langvallei, and at the Boschjemans R., Drege’ B, Zwartkops

and Zondags Rs., Uit., Z.¢ Z./ Gamke R., Zey./ 752. Grahamstown, Gen. Bolton!

Berlin, Br. Kaffr., Mr. D’ Urban! (Herb. Sond., D., Hk.)

Robust, with ashen bark. The younger parts, under a lens, are minutely granu-

lated. Leaves 2-24 inches long, seldom quite } inch wide, tapering more or less to

a blunt point. Veins more evident in the dried specimens. Peduncles 2-6 lines

long ; pedicels 2-3 lines. Bract rusty, ovate-acute. Unopened corolla 14 inch long,

brilliant orange-scarlet, the tips of the petals blackish, at length §-parted nearly to

the base, its lobes strongly revolute. 1 can scarcely distinguish L. elegans, even as

a variety.

7. L. undulatus (E. Mey.!); glabrous; leaves mostly opposite, sessile,

cordate at base, linear-oblong or ovate-oblong, very obtuse, undulate,

thick, faintly 3-nerved ; peduncles terminating short ramuli, 2-flow-

ered; bract oblong, truncate, short; calyx obconic, truncate ; unopened

corolla suburceolate at base, clavate, at length separating quite to the

base into 5 (sometimes 4) spreading or revolute petals.

Has. Between Natvoet and the Gariep, and near Verleptpram, Drege/ Nama-

qualand, A. Wyley/ (Herb. D. Sd.) : j

Robust, with ashen back. Leaves 1-2 inches long, varying much in shape, but

always very blunt and conspicuously cordate at base. Branches virgate, with

many short, floriferous ramuli, 1-2 inches long, with 1-2 pair of leaves. Common

peduncle and pedicels both 4-5 lines long. Bract much shorter than the calyx,

somewhat ciliate. Petals at length quite separate, broad at base, narrowing in the

middle, spathulate at the apex.

8, L. Namaquensis (Harv.) ; the twigs, very young leaves, calyx,

and corollas minutely pulverulent, otherwise glabrous ; leaves opposite

or alternate, shortly petiolate, ovate-oblong or oblongo-lanceolate, ob-

tuse, sub-acute at base, thick, penninerved beneath, glaucescent ; pedun-

eles axillary, shorter than the calyx, 3-5-flowered ; flowers sessile ; bract

obliquely cupshaped ; calyx repand or truncate ; unopened corolla much

constricted above the urceolate, swollen base, obtuse, 5-lobed, the tube

splitting, the short, spoonshaped lobes reflexed. L. olecfolius, H. Mey.!

(not of Ch. and Schl.)

Has. Groenrivier, and near Verleptpram, on the Gariep, Drege! Namaqualand,

A. Wyley! Modderfontyn, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. Sd. D.) :

Robust, with a pale, ashen, or rufous bark. Leaves 14-2 inches long, 3-1 inch

wide, all but the very young ones quite glabrous and glaucous. Common peduncle

1-2 lines long. Corolla ie inch long, its blunt apex somewhat 5-umboned ; tube

splitting down one side nearly to the base. i

9. L, Kraussianus (Meisn.! in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. 2, p. 539) 5

quite glabrous in all parts; leaves opposite, on long petioles, ovato-lan-

ceolate or ovate, obtuse, 3-nerved at base, and faintly penninerved ; pe-

duncles axillary, about 5-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; bract ovate,

acute ; calyx repand ; unopened corolla much constricted above the

VOL. IT. 37

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578 LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) [Visewm.

urceolate, swollen base, obtuse, glabrous, 5-lobed, the tube splitting,

the narrow, spoonshaped lobes erect, pale within.

Has. Near D’Urban, Natal, Krauss./ Gueinzius! Gerrard § McKen! No. 640.

(Herb. Sd. D.)

Very nearly related to Z. prunifolius; but with opposite, narrower, and more

lanceolate leaves, which turn black in drying, and perfectly glabrous flowers, ovate

bracts, and nearly truncate calyces. The peduncles and pedicels are longer, and

the lobes of the corolla shorter. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 7-1 inch wide, occasionally

subacute ; peduncles and pedicels 4-5 lines long. Flowers 13 inches long.

10, L. prunifolius (E. Mey.!); glabrous, except the minutely viscoso-

puberulous pedicels, bracts and flowers ; leaves mostly alternate, on long

petioles, broadly-ovate or ovate-oblong, obtuse, faintly penninerved ; pe-

duncles axillary, umbellately 5~10-flowered ; flowers pedicellate ; bract

oblong, pubescent ; calyx minutely 5-toothed ; unopened corolla much

constricted above the swollen base, obtuse, puberulous, 5-lobed, the

_ narrow, spoonshaped lobes erect, pale within.

Has. Glenfilling and between the Keiskamma and Buffalo rivers, Drege! Albany,

_ Eck. & Zey.! H. Hutton! (Herb. D. Sd.)

_ Bark a dark ashen-grey, rough. Leaves 2-2} inches long, 1-1} wide, those of

the flowering branches mostly scattered, glawcous (7) ; petioles 4 inch long. Pedun-

cle 2-3 lines long, several-flowered ; pedicels 2—3 lines long. Flowers 14-2 inches

long, the lobes (when dry) cream-coloured within.

11. L, quinquenervius (Hochst. Bot. Zeit. 27, 11, 432); glabrous ;

leaves alternate, on short petioles, ovate or oblong, obtuse, faintly 5-

nerved or nerveless, thick and coriaceous; umbels axillary, sessile, 3-5

or several-flowered ; flowers shortly pedicellate; bract obliquely cup-

shaped, obtuse; calyx truncate ; unopened corolla constricted above

the pita ae bts were apiREnE to the middle into 5 very nar-

row, linear, erect lobes. alp. Ann. 5, p. 938. L. } .

hoon tie) lp 5, p. 938. L. tenuiflorus, Harv

Has. Natal, Hochstetter, T. Williamson! Gerrard § McKen! 639. (Herb. D.)

Bark ashen-grey, smooth. Leaves 1}—2 inches long, 1-1} wide, of a thick sub-

stance, with immersed nerves, rather more conspicuous when dry. Flowers 14

inches long, 4 a line in diameter, very much more slender than in any other Cape

IL VISCUM, L.

Flowers unisexual. Calyz-limb obsolete. Petals 3-4, short, trian-

gular or ovate. Male fl. :—Anthers sessile on the face of the “petals,

gpening ee by several pores. Fem. fl. :—Stamens none. Style

very short or none; stigma capitate. Ovules 3. Berry 1-seeded. DC.

Prod. 4,278. Endl. Gen. n. 4584.

Parasitical shrubs, natives of the Old World, ‘and chiefly of the warmer zones.

Stems dichotomous or trichotomous, often jointed. Leaves won Bort ornone. Flowers

ry wi ois he ee , Saye or solitary. The mistletoe (V. album)

na : ; ee or

Sco tks bentore oe species. ame from viscus, birdlime, which is made

ANALYSIS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SPECIES.

1. Leafy species: (1—6)

Leaves obovate or oblong, obtuse, i

pivcmenes: very tapering at base, or

Visewm | LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) 579

Twigs hexagonal ; female flowers and smooth fruit pe-

Gunctlated 26:5.” at po besc7 ere ewe cre sh on:: (4) SO

Twigs terete ; flowers and twherculated fruit sessile ... (2) obovatum,

Leaves orbicular, ovate or oblong, not tapering at base:

Leaves coriaceous, obviously 3—5-nerved ; berries pedi-

cellate.

Lys. elliptical or ovate, somewhat cuneate at base

(nearly uncial)... ewe ee uae nee ee (3) Paucifiorum.

Lys. broadly-ovate or suborbicular ($-} inch long

_ Lys. oblong or lanceolate-oblong, acute at each end,

Leaves fleshy, without obvious veins ; berries sessile ... (6) Crassulee,

2. Leafless species: (7—11)

Stem much branched and bushy : branches and twigs terete.

Berries smooth, mostly in pairs. Branches robust (3-

4linesin diam.) ... (7) robustum,

Berries smooth, mostly solitary. Branches slender

(1-2 lines ih dha ye ee

Stem much branched and bushy: branches and twigs two-

edged, flattish ... (11) dichotomum.

Stem minute, of one internode; ‘the single vagina bearing

3 sessile flowers... Fett Ce alee TUS eae AO) ID

1. V. obscurum (Thunb. Prod. 31); old branches terete, the younger

ones and twigs hexagonal, articulated ; leaves elliptical-obovate, or ob-

long, tapering at base, very obtuse, coriaceous, obscurely 3-nerved, gla-

-brous ; flowers in threes, the males sessile, the females pedicellate ;

peduncle of the fruit mostly longer than the white, or yellowish-white,

smooth berry. Fl. Cap. p. 154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 285.

Van. a, longifolium; leaves narrow-obovate, 14-2 inches long, much attenuated

at base. V. obscurum, £. § Z./ 2273.

Van. 8, brevifolium ; leaves broadly-obovate, $-13 inches long, acute at base.

V. rotundifolium, E. § Z.! 22972. Zey.! 2700. V. paueciflorum, E. Mey. in Herb.

Drege. V. obscurum, E. Mey. !

Has, Var. a, Grootvaders and Duyvelsbosch, Swell., and at the Chumiberg,

Kaftr., E. § Z./ Van. B, chiefly on willows, in Uitenhage, Albany, and Kaftirland,

E. § Z,! Kaymansgat, Drege! (Herb, Sd. D.) :

Much branched, bushy, dichotomous or trichotomous ; the young twigs sharply

hexagonal. Internodes 1-3 inches long, the nodes somewhat swollen. Leaves

variable in length and breadth. Peduncles of the fruit 3-6 lines long. Style 4

line long. This comes very near V. Orientale of the East Indies, but has a more

evident style, and somewhat different berries.

2. V. obovatum (Harv.); branches and digs terete, articulated ;

leaves broadly-obovate, acute at base, very obtuse, coriaceous, obscurely

3-nerved, glabrous; flowers in pairs or solitary, both sexes sessile ;

fruits sessile, tuberculated.

Has. Near D’Urban, Port Natal, Gerrard § McKen! 659. (Herb. T.C.D.)

Robust, bushy, much branched. Very similar in foliage to Vz obscurum, var. B,

but readily known by the terete twigs, and especially by the fruit. Leaves j inch

long, more than 4 inch wide.

8. V. paucifloram (Thunb. Prodr. 31); old branches terete, the

younger ones and twigs sharply 6-12-angled ; leaves elliptical or ovate,

sessile, somewhat cuneate at base, obtuse or subacute, carnoso-corraceous,

VOL, Il. a

(8) Capense, ~_

580 LORANTHACEZ (Harv.) [Visewm.

_ 3-nerved, glabrous “ pubescent”) ; flowers on minute, 2—3-flowered

peduncles, the females minutely pedicellate; pedicel of the fruit shorter

than the oblong, smooth, yellowish-white berry. Thunb. Cap. 154.

DC. Prod. 4, p. 285. HE. & Z.! 2274. Drege, No. 7650.

Var. B, Euclez; leaves subacute or obtuse; berries reddish. FE. § Z./ 2275.

Has. Near Tulbagh and on mountains in the Onderbokkeveld, Clanw., E § Z./

Paarlberg and in Dutoitskloof, Drege! 8. Parasitical on Huclea near Driefontein

in Groenekloofveld, EZ. ¢ Z.! On Rhus, at Heerelogement, Clanw., Zeyh.! 750.

Herb, Sd.

, Robust, aL wickeaibibuc brittle, with dark-coloured bark. Internodes 1-14 inches

long, the nodes somewhat swollen. Leaves }-1 inch long, 4-7 lines wide, most

commonly elliptical, erecto-patent. Pedicel of the fruit 2-3 lines long. Style

scarcely any. This has much larger, and thicker, and more oblong leaves than V.

_rotundifolium. Thunberg describes them as being “‘alternate and canescent” ; in

our plant they are opposite, glabrous, but probably glaucous when fresh, blackish

when dry. £. § Z.’s V. Euclee scarcely differs, but is said to have reddish berries.

4. V. rotundifolium (Thunb. Prodr. 31); old branches terete, the

younger ones and twigs sharply hexagonal ; leaves broadly-ovate or sub-

rotund, sessile, broad-based, obtuse or subacute, coriaceous, glaucous,

obscurely 3-nerved, glabrous; flowers on minute, 2—3-flowered pedun-

cles, the females pedicellate; pedicel of the fruit shorter than the ovate,

red berry. Thunb. Cap.154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 279. V.glaucum, E. § Z./

2276. Drege, 7651. Zeyh./ 2701.

Has. In woods near the Zwartkops river, Uit., also in Albany and Kaffirland,

£. § Z./ Klein Winterhoek and near Beaufort, Drege /! Gamke river, Burke! Ma-

galisberg, J. Sanderson ! Albany, Hutton ! &c. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.)

Robust, frequently trichotomous, brittle, with pale bark. Internodes 1-1} inch

long, the nodes swollen. Leaves 4-3} inch long, sometimes exactly orbicular, but

more commonly roundish-ovate, obtuse and acute on the same branch. Pedicels of

the fruit 1-2 lines long. Style scarcely any.

5. V. tricostatum (E. Mey.!); old branches terete, the younger ones

and twigs sharply hexagonal ; leaves oblong-ovate or lanceojate-oblong,

subsessile, acute at both ends, horizontally-spreading, coriaceous, 3-nerved, .

glabrous, glaucous; flowers on short, 2-3-flowered peduncles, the fe- -

males pedicellate ; pedicel of the fruit about as long as the smooth, |

reddish berry. Zeyh.! 747. Drege, 7652, 7651. ay

Has. Between Verleptpram and the mouth of the Gariep, Drege/ Parasitical on

willows by the Gariep, Zey./ Namaqualand and Hopetown district, A. !

(Hab st. HE, aS ie a a aa = dt

This has the habit of V. rotundifolium, but differently-shaped leaves. It is more

slender than V. paucijlorum, with pale bark, spreading branches, remarkably patent,

more uniformly acute, and evidently glaucous leaves, not turning black in drying.

Leaves 5-7 lines long, 2-4 lines wide. Pedicels of the fruit 2 lines long. Style

scarcely any. ee

6. V. Crassule (E. & Z.! 2277); branches and twigs terete, succu-

lent (rugose when dry); leaves suborbicular, sessile, very thick and fleshy,

without obvious nerves; flowers sessile, 3-4 together, axillary ; berries

— ay truncate, red, smooth, tipped with a style. V. Huphor-

ie, EL. Mey. :

Has. Parasitical on shrubby Crassule on the Bothas Albany, £. & Zit

Zondagsrivier on Euphorbia (1), Drege! (Herb, Sd. D.) di .

Visewm. | LORANTHACEE (Harv.) 581

- Very robust, much branched, articulated, and brittle, with swollen nodes ; inter-

nodes 3-1 inch long. Leaves 4 lines long, 3 lines wide, very obtuse or rounded,

cuneate at base. Berries 2-2} lines long ; style 4 line long.

7. V. robustum (E. & Z.! 2279); leafless, much branched, articu-

lated, di-trichotomous ; stem and branches terete (very robust), flexu-

ous; leaf-scales connate, shortly ovate, patent, acute, scabrous at the

edge; flowers 2-3-together in the axils of the scales, sessile; berries

globose, smooth.

Has. At the T’Kaussi river, Namaqualand, £. & Z.! (Herb. Sond.)

Branches 3-4 lines in diameter, very fragile, pale, sulphur-yellow, wrinkled when

dry. Leaf-scales (vagine) patelleform, decussate, their ovate points 1-1} lines

long. Flowers mostly in pairs. Style.4 line long. Perhaps merely a robust variety

of V. Capense. :

8. V. Capense (Thunb. Prod. 31); leafless, much branched, articu-

lated, trichotomous ; stem and branches terete, the twigs opposite,

bluntly 4-angled ; leaf-scales connate, short, patelleeform, scabrous at

edge ; flowers solitary or in threes, opposite, sessile, in the axils of the

scales; berries globose, minutely pedicellate, smooth. Thunb. Cap. p.

154. DC. Prod. 4, p. 283. E. & Z.! 2278. Zey.! 749. V. continuum,

E. Mey. ! Drege! 7653.

Has. iti d shrubs in the Cape, Worcester, Swellendam, and Q> * §

Uitenhage districts, B tree ese! Wallich! Gatnkeriver, Burke/ Namaqualand, Sons Vong -

Wyley! (Herb. Sd. D.) : R ee

Bushy, the lesser branches 1-2 lines in diameter, the twigs more slender, generally

opposite and widely-spreading ; all of a pale, yellowish-green colour, sometimes ‘/,

turning blackish in drying, wrinkled when dry. Leafless vagine short, spreading, ~

decussate. Flowers and fruits mostly solitary and opposite. Style 4 line long. h [ 0 Hg

9? V. verrucosum (Harv.); leafless, much-branched, articulated, |

di-trichotomous ; stem and branches terete ; leaf-scales connate, short, |

patellasform ; berries in pairs or solitary, globose, covered with wart-like

prominences.

“ Natal, 3-5000f., Dr. Sutherland! Magalisberg, J. San-

Has. Weenen coun aa

derson! (Herb. Hook. D. Sd.) are required fully to establish this oS

et seen have the fruits uniformly tubercu-

More numerous and

as distinct from V. Capense. All those y

lated, and look normal, They may, however, be in a diseased condition.

. V. minimum (Harv.) ; leafless, nearly stemless, very minute, unt- }

ae =. 5 a pair of ovate, connate leaf-scales, and oy

with 3 flowers. rig ih the plant that bears them : when quite ripe the long,

cylindrical radicle shoots out, turns round, and plants itself on the Euphorbia stem.”

_-Y. dichotomum (Don. Pr. Nep. p. 147); leafless, much-branched,

ot Seow | old stems terete, branches and tugs

strongly-compressed and two-edged, striate or ridged when dry ; inter-

nodes linear, slightly narrowed at each end, many times longer than

582 LORANTHACEH (Harv.) [Viscwm. |

broad, truncate ; leaf-scales patelleform ; berries globose, minutely

pedicellate or sessile, mostly warted. DC. Prod. 4, p.284. V. Nepalense,

Spreng. V. anceps, E. Mey.! Zey.! No. 748.

Has. Morley, and between the Omtata and Omsamwubo, Drege/ Magalisberg,

Burke & Zeyher! Natal, J. Sanderson! (Herb. Sd. Hk. D.)

Robust, the older stems nearly terete, with smooth, rather glossy, oblivaceous

bark ; all the branches and twigs striate, and plano-compressed. Mature internodes

3-4 inches long, 4-5 lines wide; younger ones about uncial, 13-3 lines wide,

yellowish-green. The South African specimens are very similar to those from

several parts of India, where this species seems to be common.

END OF VOL. II.

583

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

THE FIRST VOLUME,

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Page 9, after Guatteria, introduce :

III. ANONA, L.

Sepals 3, minute, united at base. Petals 6, in two rows, valvate in

zstivation ; the outer fleshy, triquetrous, hollow at base, or altogether

concave. Stamens indefinite ; connective produced as an oval process

beyond the linear, extrorse, contiguous cells of the anthers. Torus

hemispherical. Ovaries numerous, concrescent ; styles terminal, ob-

long. Ovules solitary, erect. Carpels numerous, united into a many-

celled, fleshy, ovoid or roundish fruit. Seeds one in each cell, erect,

with a shining skin. Hook. f. dé Thoms. Fl. Ind. 1, p. 114. Endl. Gen.

No. 4723.

African and American trees and shrubs, with edible fruits, commonly called

“‘ Custard-apples.” Leaves alternate, entire, penninerved, sometimes pellucid-

dotted. Peduncles axillary or opposite the leaves, solitary or tufted, one or few-

flowered, bracteolate. Flowers greenish or yellowish. Anona is the native name

of these plants among the aborigines of St. Domingo.

1, A. Senegalensis (Pers. Syn. 2, p. 95); leaves broadly-elliptical

or ovate, acute or obtuse, rounded or cordate at base, strongly netted-

veined and thinly pubescent beneath ; twigs, petioles, and peduncles

pubescent or tomentulose ; peduncles 1-3, lateral, 1-flowered. Rich.

Fl. Seneg. 1, p. 5. DC. Prodr. 1, p. 86, Deless. Ic. vol. 1, t. 86.

Has. On the Nototi river, Natal, W.7. Gerrard! (Herb. D.) _

“A shrub, 6-8 feet high. Fruit edible, 14-2 inches in diameter, with the flavour

of A. reticulata; foliage resembling that of A. Cherimolia.” W.T.G@. Dr. Barter,

who sends it from the Niger river, says, “10 feet high ; flowers fleshy, cream-

coloured, fragrant ; fruit size of an apple, deep orange, when ripe of an apricot

flavour, the best of indigenous fruit.” As yet I have only seen a single leaf and

seeds of the Natal plant ; these quite agree with Dr. Barter’s, and also with speci-

mens from Dr. ‘Kirk collected in 8. E. tropical Africa, near Moramballa. It appears

to be generally distributed throughout tropical Africa, north and south. ,

Page 67, after Oncoba Kraussiana, Pl., introduce ; 5

2. 0. spinosa (Forsk. Augypt. p. 103); armed with axillary spines,

glabrous; leaves on short petioles, ovate-acuminate, membranaceous,

reticulate, denticulate ; peduncles terminal, 1-flowered ; petals varying

an ae

584 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

from 5 to 12, denticulate ; anthers mucronate, Lam. Encycl. t. 471.

Guillm. Fl. Senegamb. t. 10. O. monacantha, Steud. Lundia monacan-

tha, Schum. & Thonn.

Has. Near Port Natal, W. 7. Gerrard / Shiré river, Dr. Kirk. (Herb. Hk. D.)

A shrub, 6 feet high and more. Stems thick, with whitish, tuberculated bark.

Leaves 3-4 inches long, 14-24 inches wide, gradually or suddenly acuminated,

finely and bluntly toothed, acute or obtuse, in our specimens rounded at base.

Spines 4-1} inch long. Flowers white, 2 inches across, resembling wild roses.

Anthers tipped by a fleshy point, sometimes obsolete. Fruit ‘ gourd-like, one-

celled, with a solid shell, internally pulpy and many-seeded ; Well known to the

Natal and Zulu Kaffirs, who wear it hung round the neck, and use it as a snuff-

box, calling it ““Thunga!” Dr. Kirk’s specimens from the Shiré (in Hb. Hook.)

are precisely similar to Mr. Gerrard’s. Those of O. monacantha, from the N iger

and Sierra Leone (Hb. Hook.), have rather more coriaceous leaves, less evidently

denticulate, and more acute, or even tapering at base, with more evident points to

the anthers ; the petals are 10.

_ 8, 0, Tettensis (Hook. f.) ; twigs, petioles, foliage, peduncles, and

calyx densely pubescent, with short, stiff, spreading hairs ; leaves short-

petioled, rounded at base, oblong, obovate, obtuse, penni-nerved and

netted-veined, with slightly reflexed, very entire margins ; peduncles

lateral and terminal, 1-flowered; petals 10-12 ; ovary and young fruit

densely tomentose and deeply furrowed ; old fruit glabrous and angular,

cuspidate. Chlanis Tettensis, and Ch. macrophylla, Klotsch. in Peters’

Reise nach, Mosamb, 1, p. 145,

Has. Delagoa bay, Forbes / Tette, Dr. Kirk! (Herb. Hook. D.)

"_ Readily known by its dense and rigid, though short, somewhat rusty pubescence.

Forbes’ specimens haye rather smaller leaves and shorter petioles than those from

Dr. Kirk, which were collected in the same locality as those described by Klotsch.

_ Page 68,—The genus “ Phoberos,” Lour., is the same as Scolopia

Schreb, which name is to be substituted. The following new spaiiee

is to be added :—

4. S, Gerrardi (Harv.); armed with spreading spines; leaves broad-

ly-rthomboid, not tapering at base, obtuse, entire or subrepand ; ra-—

cemes and calyces glabrous; sepals obtuse.

Has. Nototi river, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard / erb, T.C.D.

A shrub, 10-12 feet high, with With ales t bark, coma wiih axillary spines,

2 or more inches in length. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 2-24 inches wide. It differs

from 8. Ecklonii in the much broader and more rhomboid leaves and the axillary

spines ; and from S. Zeyheri in the perfectly glabrous inflorescence, &c.

Page 70, alter the generic char. of Aberia as follows :—

“Ovary sessile, on a lobed, fleshy dise, imperfectly 2—-6-celled or 1-

celled ; placentae prominent, 2-6, each with 2-6 ovules ; styles 2-6,

divergent ; stigmas expanded or bifid.”

Add the following new species :—

3. A. Caffra (Hk. f. & Harv.) ; arborescent, thorny, glabrous; leaves

membranaceous, obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, 3-nerved and veiny,

quite entire, with slightly revolute margins, concolourous ; female

flowers solitary, on axillary peduncles about twice as long as the leaf-

TO THE FIRST VOLUME. 585

stalks; calyx pubescent, sepals 5-6, oblong, acute, spreading ; ovary

ovate, glabrous, with 5-6 divergent styles.

me "ah) Eastern districts and Kaffirland, R. Hallack, Mrs. Holland, &c. (Herb.

" shrub, or small tree, with the habit of Dovyalis rhamnoides. Leaves 14 inch

long, 7-1 inch wide, pale green; petioles 2-3 lines long, Fruit edible, “like a

small, yellowish apple.” Colonial name, “ the Kei apple.

4. A.? longispina (Harv.); arborescent, armed with long, divergent

spines, glabrous ; branches and spines warted ; leaves coriaceous, rhom-

boid-ovate or elliptical, obtuse, 5-nerved at base and veiny, quite entire,

concolourous; female flowers unknown; male flowers fascicled, shortly

pedicellate ; calyx 5-parted, tomentose ; sepals ovate, acute, nearly

valvate.

Has. Near D’Urban, Natal, Gerrard § McKen, No. 541, §42. (Herb. D.)

A shrub or small tree, resembling Célastrus buvxifolius. Bark dark-coloured,

minutely warted. Leaves 2-2} inches long, 1-1} inch broad, petioles 2 lines long.

Male flowers 6-12 in a tuft, on pedicels 1-2 lines long. Stamens numerous ; anthers

subglobose.

Page 74, after Blackwellia rufescens, introduce ;

2. B. dentata (Harv.); leaves on long petioles, broadly elliptical, or

ovate, coarsely and bluntly toothed; panicles axillary, shorter than the

leaves ; pedicels shorter than the calyx-tube; perianth 16-18-parted ;

stamens 8-9.

Has. Near Port Natal, Gerrard ¢ McKen. (Herb, D.)

Perhaps only a variety, though a strongly marked one, of B. rufescens. Petioles

uncial. Lamina of the leaves 2-3 inches long, 14-24 inches broad, membranaceous.

Panicle about twice as long as the petioles, many-flowered.

Page 74, after Ionidium Caffrum, introduce:

2*. I, Natalense (Harv.) ; suffruticose ; stems erect, wrgate, pubes-

cent ; leaves on very short petioles, ovate-oblong or rhomboid, obtuse

or subacute, flat, repando-dentate or sub-entire, when young 3

afterwards glabrous; stipules subulate; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ;

sepals lanceolate, ciliate, and hispid; labellum somewhat obovate, cuneate

at base, with a very short spur.

Has. Near Port Natal, J. Sanderson / 415, Gerrard § McKen/ (Herb. Hk.

D. Sd.

By ak the largest of the S. African species. Stems 12-18 perp Leaves

14-24 inches long, 7-1 inch wide, pale green, the full grown quite . Pe-

duncles much shorter than the leaves, pubescent. Labellum smaller than in Z.

Cafrwm, differently shaped, and much narrower in proportion to its breadth.

Page 113, at the end of Polygales, add :

IV. SECURIDACA, Linn.

Sepals 5, unequal, the two lateral (ale) much larger than the rest,

Sd aed, Petals 5, the two lateral adnate to the base of the

staminal tube, distinct from the carina, erecto-connivent ; carma of

equal length, concave-helmetshaped, or 3-lobed ; rudiments of the

upper petals minute or none. Stamens 8, united into a slit tube and

586. ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

hidden within the carina; anthers 2-celled, opening by terminal pores.

Ovary 1-celled, 1-ovuled ; style bent upwards, terete or dilated. Pract

samaroid, indehiscent, produced at the apex into a wing. Benth. &

Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1, p. 138. Endl. Gen. No. 5652.

Shrubs or woody climbers. Leaves alternate, mostly entire and bi-glandular.

Racemes terminal or axillary, often panicled. Chiefly natives of America, a few

Asiatic and African. The name is from securis, a hatchet, alluding to the shape of

the wing of the fruit.

1. 8. oblongifolia (Bth. & H. f.1.c.); shrubby, divaricately branched,

the old twigs often spinescent; twigs, petioles, peduncles, and pedicels

pubescent or hispid; leaves short-petioled, oblong, obtuse, glabrous.

and somewhat glaucous, with slightly recurved margins; peduncles

terminating short ramuli, racemose, many-flowered ; pedicels longer

than the flowers ; wing nearly thrice as long as the dorsally umbonate

fruit. Lophostylis oblongifolia, Hochst. Fl. Ratisb. 1842, n. 15. Schimp.

Pl. Abyss. No. 771.

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk. D.)

A middle-sized shrub, with pale bark and foliage, the defoliated twigs often hard-

ening into spines. ‘Leaves 1-2 inches long, 4-6 lines wide, obtuse at both ends,

Racemes 12 or more flowered ; pedicels 4 inch long. Fruit umbonate or bluntly

cristate at back, by an abortive second carpel, the wing 14-14 inches long, and 4-3

inch wide. A native of Abyssinia and Senegambia ; found also by Dr. Kirk at

Moramballa, 8S. E. Africa, where it is called “ Buazé”: the “ young branches yield

an excellent, durable fibre ; the seeds a valuable oil,” Livingstone.

Page 170, after Pavonia preemorsa, Willd., introduce :

5. P. urens (Cav. Diss. 3, t. 49, f. 1 & 5, p. 283); herbaceous, erect,

the stem, petioles, and leaves setose, with spreading, rigid, subfasciculate,

yellow hairs ; leaves on very leng petioles, 5~7-angled-or shortly 5—7-

lobed, the lobes acuminate, coarsely toothed ; stipules filiform; flowers

axillary, tufted, subsessile ; involucel of many linear leaflets; calyx

densely setose. Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 522. DC. Prodr. 1, p. 443. Gerr. &

McKen.! No. 443.

Has. A kloof near the Tugela R., Natal, W. 7. Gerrard. (Herb. D.)

Stem 7-8 feet high. Pubescence rigid, bright yellow, copious on the younger

pe Petioles 6-10 inches long. Leaves 5-8 inches long, 4-6 inches wide.

wers pale rosy, with a deeper centre. A native also of Mauritius and Bourbon.

6. P. odorata (Willd. Sp. 3, p. 837); herbaceous, diffuse or pros-

trate, the stem, petioles, and peduncles viscidulous, hispid with long,

patent hairs ; leaves on long petioles, cordate-hastate, bluntly 3-angled

or lobed, the middle lobe largest, crenate or subentire, stellate-hispid,

especially beneath ; stipules filiform ; peduncles axillary, slender, one-

flowered, equalling the petiole ; involucel of 10-12 narrow-linear, rigidly

ciliate leaflets, twice as long as the calyx; carpels unarmed. DC.

Bit ba: 444. W. § A. Prodr 1, p. 40.

AB. In and about D’Urban, Natal, Gerrard and McKen. (Herb. T.C.D.

‘A prostrate herb, with several stems 1-2 feet long from the va pina Lvs.

_ various in size and shape, from } to 14 inches long and broad. Flowers white,

more than half inch across ; petals semi-transparent, with prominent nerves.” W.

T. G. Pav. triloba, Hochst. in Kotsch. Pl. Nos. 220, sat" vectie to be a variety of

this : and I fear that Sonder’s Hibi: . ;

be'w synonym alvo, vhiseus leptocaly, if afresh examined, may prove to

TO THE FIRST VOLUME. ~ 587

Page 176, next Hibiscus cannabinus, L., introduce,

20* H. Natalitius (Harv.) ; annual, thinly sprinkled with simple

or stellate hairs ; stem and petioles prickly ; leaves on long petioles,

deeply 5—7-lobed, the lobes acute or acuminate, crenate-toothed, gland-

less ; flowers axillary (small), subsessile ; involucel of g-10 subulate,

hispid leaflets, shorter than the ovate, acute, glandless, sparsely pilose

calyx-lobes ; capsule veiny, ciliate ; seeds glabrous, granulated,

Has. Palmiet R., near the Umgena, Natal, Gerrard and McKen! (Herb. D.)

A tall, leafy species, 4-5-feet high, allied in several respects to H. cannabinus, but

with different foliage and calyx, and much smaller flowers. Petioles 3-4-inches

long. Leaves as long as broad ; lobes 2 inches long, inch wide, lower surface

rather paler. Corolla yellow, witha dark centre, about 1} inch in diameter. More

perfect specimens are needed to establish the species.

Page 177, after Hibiscus Surattensis, introduce :

23. H. Gibsoni (Stocks) ; annual, glaucous, sparsely setulose ; leaves

petiolate, digitate, 3-5-phyllous ; leaflets ovato-lanceolate, acute, or

acuminate, coarsely serrate, glabrous or sprinkled with a few trifid

bristles ; stipules subulate ; peduncles longer than the leaves, spread-

ing, jointed just beneath the flower ; involucel of 8-10 rigid, stellately

patent, setulose and pungent leaflets ; calyx deeply parted, its segments

ovato-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-ribbed, ciliate ; seeds glabrous.

Has. Damara land, Miss Elliott! (Herb. D., Hk.) es ive

A tall, sparingly branched plant, 2-4 feet high? Stems purplish. Foliage re-

markably pale. Flowers yellow with adark purple eye. Stamens few, in interrupt-

ed whorls. Stigmas clavate. Remarkable for its star-like involucel. It is a native

of the Deccan and of Afghanistan, and was also found by Dr. Kirk in 8. E. Africa.

*aet® Tnvolucel wanting.

24, H. Elliottie (Harv.); suffruticose, finely stellato-pulverulent and

canescent ; branches virgate ; leaves petiolate, ovate, crenulate; stipules

setaceo-subulate; peduncles axillary, equalling the leaves; involucel

none; calyx-segments lanceolate, acuminate ; petals stellate along the

dorsal ridge ; ovules 3 ; seeds (young) quite glabrous.

Has, Damara land, Miss Eliott / (Herb. T.C.D.) :

A slender undershrub, clothed with very minute, yellowish stellulate pubescence.

Leaves 1-1} inches apart. Petioles 3-4 lines long. Lamina j-1 inch long, 3-3

inch wide. Flowers an inch across, bright scarlet or crimson. Staminal column

antheriferous in the middle. Very unlike any Cape Hibiscus ; but closely related

to H. denudatus (Benth! Sulp. p. 7. t- 3.), a native of Lower California and New

Mexico, from which it scarcely differs save in the more minute pubescence, the

smaller flowers, and the glabrous seeds. It is also allied to H. micranthus, L., a

native of North Africa and tropical Asia ; but differs in pubescence, want of invo-

lucel, and in the glabrous seeds.

Page 17%, after Paritium, introduce :

XJ. FUGOSIA, Juss.

Involucel 3 or several leaved, often small or deciduoi 8. Corolla and

Stamens as in Hibiscus. Ovary 3-4 celled ; cells 3 or several ovuled ;

style club-shaped, either 3-4 furrowed at the point, or shortly cleft into

588 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

3-4 erect lobes, Capsule 3-4 celled, loculicidal ; seeds subglobose ;

often pubescent or woolly. Endl. Gen. No. 5279. Benth. & Hook. Gen.

Pl. 1. p. 208,

Shrubs or subshrubs, with the habit of Hibiscus, chiefly natives of America, one

Australian. Leaves entire or lobed. Flowers mostly yellow. The name is in

honour of Bernard Cienfuegos, a Spanish botanist of the 16th century.

1, F, Gerrardi (Harv.); suffruticose, diffuse or decumbent, sparsely

stellulato-pubescent ; leaves petiolate, cordate at base, broadly-ovate or

reniform, bluntly 3-lobed or entire, the lobes mucronulate, nigro-punctate

beneath ; stipules leafy, ovato-lanceolate or spathulate ; calyx cam-

panulate, its lobes oblong, acute, with rounded interspaces ; involucel

few-leaved, its leaves shorter than the calyx-tube ; one-half of each

petal glabrous and nigro-punctate, the other half tomentose ; seeds

thinly woolly.

Has. On dry plains near Ladysmith, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard, No. 632. (Hb. D.)

“A trailling, shrubby plant, the branches 3 feet long or more ; flowers deep-

yellow.” —Gerr. in litt. Petioles about uncial. Leaves 1-14 inch long, 14-2

inches broad, 3-5-nerved, most frequently 3-lobed or 3-angled, the upper ones

roundish or reniform, Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves. Stipules green

and leaf-like, tapering at base, midribbed and veiny, }—} inch long, 2-4 lines wide.

A very distinct species; most like F. heterophylla, Juss., but abundantly different.

2. F. triphylla (Harv.) ; suffruticose, densely stellato-pulverulent

and canescent ; leaves petiolate, triphyllous; leaflets broadly-lanceolate,

acute, very entire, nigro-punctate ; stipules subulate, deciduous ; calyx

campanulate, its small lobes deltoideo-cuspidate, with rounded inter-

spaces ; involucel 3-leaved, its lanceolate leaves equalling the calyx-

tube ; one-half of each petal glabrous and nigro-punctate, the other

half thinly stellulate ; ovary trilocular ; style much longer than the

stamens, tricrenate.

Has. Damaraland, Miss Elliott, (Herb, T.C.D.)

A branch only seen. Petioles 3 inch long. Leaves digitately triphyllous ;

leaflets 2 inches long, 4 inch wide, both surfaces canescent with extremely minute,

stellulate pubescence. Peduncles equalling the petioles. Stipules 2-3 lines long,

4 line wide. Flowers pale-yellow with a dark-purple centre. Very unlike FP.

digitata in pubescence, the shape of leaflets, and especially the involucre. The

calyx, involucre, petals, and foliage are nigro-punctate,

Page 185, after Hermannia decumbens, W., introduce :

4,* H. Gerrardi (Harv.); procumbent, suffruticose; the stem and

_ petioles hispid with stipitate-stellate, rigid hairs ; leaves petiolate (very

large), oblong, obtuse, cordate at base, green, repando-crenate, laxly

clothed on both sides with stipitate and sessile stellate hairs ; stipules

very broad, amplexicaul, palmatifid ; flowers in lateral or terminal

branched racemes ; pedicels slender, equalling the calyx ; bracts lan-

ceolate or bifid, with lanceolate lobes ; calyx semi-quinquefid, densely

stellato-canescent ; lobes lanceolate, acute ; petals not much exceeding

0 calyx, the _ feng claw equalling the ovate limb ; filaments

near or subulate, with very narrow wings, ste - ;

turbinate, pubescent. = eae

Has, Dry rocks near the Mooi river, W. 7. Gerrard / (Herb. D.)

TO THE FIRST VOLUME. 589

Stems 2-3 feet long, trailing, subsimple or branched. Petioles about uncial.

Leaves 24-5 inches long, 13-3 inches wide, of thinnish substance, with prominent

nerves and reticulate veins. Pubescence copious and rough, chiefly of stalked,

stellate hairs, especially on the older parts. Flowers orange-yellow. This has quite

the habit and even the cloven stipules of Mahernia chrysantha, but the filaments are

those of a Hermannia, though extremely narrow.

Page 209, after Mahernia heterophylla, Cav., introduce :.

3.* M. Elliottiana (Harv.); erect, suffruticose ; the stems, leaves,

peduncles and calyces densely glandular, with stipitate glands; leaves

spuriously whorled, 2 or 3 or more in each whorl, pinnatifid or sub-

bipinnatifid, the rest linear, entire ; peduncles much longer than the

leaves, 2-flowered ; bracts 3—6-parted, the lacinie linear ; calyx deeply

parted ; the segments narrow-lanceolate, acute, much longer than the

calyx, obovate, retuse, tapering at base ; anthers bicuspidate.

Has. Damaraland, Miss Elliott. (Herb. T.C.D., Hk.)

Stems 6-12 inches high? copiously glandular and viscidulous in all parts. Leaves

4-3 inch long ; leaf-stipules 3-4 lines long. Peduncles 14-2 inches long. The

flowers are nearly as large as those of M. grandiflora, and of similar form and

colour ; the foliage quite different.

Page 211, after Mahernia pulchella, Cav., introduce :

9.* M. vernicata (Burch. Cat. 1461. Trav. 1, p. 278); erect, suffru-

ticose, glabrous, resiniferous ; leaves petiolate, inciso-pinnatifid or

sub-bipinnatijfid, the bluntly-lobed lacinie and the sinuses very obtuse,

the margin somewhat inflexed ; stipules small, oblong, subacute ;

peduncles shorter than the leaves, 2-flowered; bracts connate, hood-

shaped, incised ; calyx semi-quinquefid, resinous-dotted, the segments

ovate, subacute, half as long as the obovate petals; ovary obovoid,

stellato-pubescent. DC. Prod. 1, p. 496.

Has. South Africa, Burchell; Modderfontyn, Namaqualand, Rev. H. Whitehead!

erb. D.

Ce yecy viailar to M. pulchella, but more copiously resinous, with a different calyx.

In M. palchella the calyx-lobes are sensibly acuminate ; here they are broader, and

barely acute. I describe from Mr. Whitehead’s specimen.

Page 221, after Dombeya rotundifolia, H., introduce:

4. D. densiflora (Planch.!); young branches stellato-tomentose,

older glabrous; leaves subsessile, suborbicular, wnequally denticulate or

multilobulate, densely stellato-pubescent on both sides, prominently

3—5-nerved and netted beneath; peduncles equalling the leaves, sim-

le or forked, tomentose, each arm densely 6—12-flowered ; involucel

Teaflets narrow-linear, shorter than the bud, deciduous ; sepals lanceo-

late, reflexed, tomentose ; ovary tomentose.

. isberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk. Sd.)

Fels gcce a B this og DB. rothadifolia to which it is very nearl. allied,

but from which it differs in the subsessile, much more densely stellate, thicker, and

more acutely toothed leaves, and crowded flowers. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Leaf

about an inch long and broad, subacute. 5 :

5. D. osa (Harv.); young branches thinly stellulate, older gla-

brous ; inte Melk stellato-tomentose petioles, cordate, acute or

590 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

acuminate, denticulate, minutely and sparsely stellato-pubescent, 5—7-

ribbed ; peduncles filiform, axillary, equalling the leaves, cymoso-corym-

bose, many-flowered, canescent ; invol. leaflets narrow-linear, shorter

than the bud, deciduous ; ovary tomentose.

Has. Kreili’s country, Kaffraria, H. Bowker / 216. (Herb. Hk. D.) ie

This has flowers of nearly the same size and structure as those of D. rotundifolia,

with the cordate, acuminate leaves of D. Natalensis. Flowers scarcely 3 inch across,

white. Pedicels 4-4 inch long, slender.

6. D. Burgessie (Gerr.! MSS.) ; young branches, petioles, and pe-

duncles densely villous; leaves on very long petioles, cordate at base,

shortly and bluntly 3-5-lobed, softly villoso-tomentose on both sides,

especially the under; peduncles equalling the petiole, cymoso-corym-

bose, many-flowered ; invol. leaflets . . . 1%; sepals lanceolate, acumi-

nate, villous; ovary tomentose.

Has. Zululand, J. M. McKen. Klip river, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard / (Herb. T.C.D.)

A much-branched shrub, 8-10 feet high, with beautiful, pale-green foliage, resem-

bling that of Sparmannia Africana. Petioles 4-6 inches long ; stipules } inch,

ovato-lanceolate. Leaves 5-7 inches long and broad, 5-7-nerved, with as many

shallow and blunt lobes, clothed with long, soft, simple hairs. Flowers 13-13 inches

across, white, pencilled with pink or rosy lines, showy and fragrant. Discovered

by Mr. McKen in Zululand, and raised by him in the botanic garden, D’Urban. It

is named in compliment to Miss Burgess, of Birkenhead,

Page 223, after Melhania Burchellii, DC., introduce:

5. M. Damarana (Harv.); diffuse, densely stellato-tomentose and

canescent; leaves conspicuously petioled, broadly ovate or oblong, sub-

cordate at base, obtuse, unequally toothed, with prominent veins be-

neath ; peduncles 1-flowered ; invol. leaflets Zanceolate, shorter than

the lanceolate-acuminate, stellato-tomentose calyx lobes,

Has. Damara land, Miss Elliott. (Herb. T.C.D.)

_ Nearly related to M. ovata, Cav. (M. oblongata, Hochst.), but with much broader

involucral leaflets, Petioles uncial. Leaves 1-1} inches long, 3-1 inch wide.

Petals expanded, twice as long as the sepals. Filaments of the fertile stamens very

texts —— 3-4 times ne a Beg io sir subspathulate. Style

as long as the staminodia. of tl t densely to: , with whitish

pepe Se 329 parts P. y tomentose, with w

Page 225, line 24, for G. officinalis, read G. ocecidentalis.

Page 225, after Grewia cana, introduce:

5*. G. bicolor (Juss. An. Mus. p. go, t. 50, f. 2); twigs velvetty-

canescent; leaves on short petioles, oblong, acute, minutely serrulate,

minutely puberulous, becoming glabrous above, velvetty and canescent

beneath; peduncles solitary, 2—3-flowered ; flower-buds oblong, velvetty;

sepals 3-nerved, longer than the petals ; ovary hairy. 7. Senegamb. p.

96. DC. Prodr.1,p. 509. Also G. Rothii, DC.; and.@. salifolia, Roth.

Has. Damara land, Miss Elliott. (Herb. T.C.D.)

A native of North and East Africa, and of India. Pubescence very short, thin,

soft, and whitish. Petiole 1-2 lines long. Leaves 1323 inches long, green above,

white beneath, $-1 inch wide. Petals cream-coloured ?

Page 227, at the end of Grewia, add :

me Doubtful Species. i

Grewia robusta (Burch. Cat. No. 2845), “branches robust, rigid ;

TO THE FIRST VOLUME. 591

leaves small, ovate, obtuse, crenulate, whitish-tomentose beneath 3; fruit

somewhat hairy, 4-lobed; peduncles solitary, opposite the leaves and a

little shorter than them, 1-2 flowered ; flowers purple.” Beh. Trav.

2, p. 133.

On the descent of the Schneeuweberg, Burchell.

Page 233, after Triaspis, introduce :

Ill. TRISTELLATEIA, Thouars.

Calyx 5-parted, with minute glands or none. Petals clawed, keeled

externally, glabrous, sagittate-ovate. Stamens 10, fertile, connate at

base, those opposite the petals longer. Ovary 3-lobed, the lobes many-

crested dorsally ; style 1 (the other 2 reduced to papille), slender,

elongate. Samare 3, many-winged ; the wings narrow, elongate,

presse ne gira Endl. Gen. No. 5571. Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. 1,

p. 258.

Climbing shrubs, with opposite or quaternate leaves ; the petioles often 2-glanded,

minutely stipulate at base. Racemes terminal and lateral. Flowers yellow. Name

from tres, three, and stella, a star; the wings of the three carpels spread like a star.

1. T. Madagascariensis (Poir. Suppl.) ; leaves elliptical-ovate,

obtuse or mucronulate, quite glabrous, the lower ones in fours, the

upper opposite ; filaments exserted ; pedicels bibracteolate below the

middle ; carpels commonly 7-winged. Juss. 1. ¢. p. 241, #. 16,

Has. Delagoa Bay, Commr. Owen. (Herb. D. ex Herb. R. Br.)

A nearly glabrous climber. Leaves 1}-24 inches long, commonly obtuse and

exactly oval, sometimes ovate and subacute. Racemes laxly many-flowered ;

pedicels uncial. Glands of the calyx 2 at the base of each segment, minute.

Calyx and pedicels minutely-strigillose.

Page 234, after Erythroxylon pictum, FE. M., insert :

3. E. (Sethia) monogynum (Roxb. Cor. 1, t. 88); leaves oblong-

obovate, obtuse, cuneate at base, membranaceous, reticulated, paler

beneath, glabrous ; stipules broadly-subulate, deciduous ; peduncles

axillary, 1-3, twice as long as the petiole ; calyx-lobeg triangular ;

styles combined beyond the middle, longer than the stamens. Sethia

Indica, DC. Prod. 1, 576.

Has. Near Natal, Gerrard § McKen! (Herb. D.) sis

A shrub, 8-10 feet high. Leaves 14-1} inch long, 4-} inch wide, very acute

at base, of thin substance. Petioles 1-2 lines long. Flowers small, white. W. 7.

Gerrard’s specimens are very similar in foliage to those from India, where this

Same is common: they want flowers; the character of the style therefore requires

Verification.

Page 255, after Monsonia umbellata, Harv., insert :

5.* M. Senegalensis (Guill. & Perr. Fl. Senegamb. p. 131) :— _

Var. hirsutissima (Harv.); annual, much-branched, diffuse, densely hairy with

patent, white hairs; leaves on longish petioles, ovate or cordate, toothed and plaited ;

stipules membranaceous, lanceolate ; peduncles 1- or rarely red Short ; sepals

with a reflexed mucro ; petals not much longer than the es ginate.

Has. Sandy flats near the Orange R., Namaqualan

(Herb. Hk. D.)

592 ADDENDA TO THE FIRST VOLUME.

Much more hairy than the North African M. Senegalensis, with which in most

other respects it agrees, or than any specimens we have seen of M. wmbellata ; from

which species this is chiefly known by its inflorescence.

Page 278, after Pelargonium Caffrum, E. & Z., insert :

66.* P. Bowkeri (Harv.); stem short and succulent ; radical leaves

on long petioles, tri-quadri-pinnati-partite, with a linear-lanceolate

outline, the segments short, filiform, multifid, canescent with appressed

pubescence ; ultimate lobes setaceous ; stipules lanceolate-acuminate,

_ adnate ; scapes longer than the leaves, pubescent ; umbel many-flowered,

the pedicels about equalling the oblong, villous bracts, and, as well as

the calyx, villoso-canescent ; petals bipartite, their segments fimbriato-

multifid.

Has. In the Trans-Kei country, H. Bowker. (Herb. T.C.D.)

_The petioles are 5—6 inches long; the decompound lamina about as long, and not

more than 2 inches wide or less, multijugate, each segment as finely divided as a

fennel-leaf. The pubescence generally is very short and white ; that of the leaves

and petioles appressed, of the scapes and calyx spreading. Scapes 12-14 inches

high. Calyx-tube 14 inch long; the lobes 4-5 lines long, obtuse, at length reflexed.

Petals twice as long as the calyx-lobes, dark-coloured at base, with yellow, capillary,

fringe-like lobules. A very distinct and handsome species.

Page 456, after Celastrus tenuispinus, introduce :

9.* C. (Gymnosporia) ruber (Harv.) ; armed with slender spines ;

twigs roughly-puberulous ; leaves on very short petioles, ovate, mem-

branaceous, veiny, sharply-serrate, obtuse, glabrous ; eymes on long

peduncles, forked, diffuse ; bracts and stipules subulate ; petals pink

or rosy!

Has. On the Nototi river, Natal, W. 7. Gerrard! (Herb. T.C.D.)

Quite unlike any South African species. Twigs slender and possibly scandent,

covered with minute, but rigid, white hairs. Petiole 1-2 lines long. Leaves j-1

inch long, 4-3 inch wide, broad-based, exactly ovate, of a thin substance. Pedun-

cles longer than the subtending leaves, 1-14 inch long, slender, smooth, or slightly

seabrid. Petals oblong, twice as long as the sepals, rosy or purplish-pink! Anthers

short, didymous. Ovary sunk in the disc, 3-celled, with 2 erect ovules in each cell.

Page 526; after Balsamodendron, insert :

VIII.* PROTIUM, W. & A.

Character nearly as in Balsamodendron ; but, inflorescence panicled ;

panicle pedunculate, diffuse. Benth. § Hook. Gen. Pl.t,p.336..

1. P, Africanum (Harv.) ; glabrous ; leaves impari-pinnate or tri-

foliolate, leaflets oblongo- or ovato- lanceolate, acute at base, taper-

pointed, veiny, serrulate; panicles alternately-branched ;

beyond the middle. 3 alternately-branched ; calyx. cleft

known by the

branched, not di

593

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

THE SECOND VOLUME. -

_ Page 24, the following genus, accidentally omitted, ought to be

introduced, between Amphithalea and Celidium :

VI. LATHRIOGYNE, Eck. & Z.

Calyx, ovary and legume as in the one-ovuled Amphithalee. Corolla

scarcely longer than the calyx ; the carina incurved, rostrate. Benth.

in Lond. Journ. 2, p. 453-

Only one species. The name is compounded of Aafpios, hidden, and yun, here

meaning an ovary; because the one-seeded legume is concealed in the hairy calyx.

1, L. parvifolia (E. & Z.! No. 1244). Heudeusa decipiens, H. Mey. !

Comm. p. 153. Liparia tomentosa, Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 568.

cane Hott. Holl. Mts., Z. § Z./ Zwarteberge, Drege? (Herb. Th. Hk. Bth.

ait. as

A small, virgate shrub, 12-18 inches high. Branches erect. Leaves 4 lines

long, lanceolate, flat, silky canescent. Flowers 2-4, capitate, terminal. Corolla

yellow, almost hidden in the very hairy, fulvous calyx. j

Page 47, after Crotalaria Natalitia, Msn., introduce :

25. C. podocarpa (DC. Prod. 2, p. 133); erect, herbaceous, divari-

cately-branched, thinly clothed with long, patent, soft hairs; stipules

leaf-like, one-sided, falcate, ribbed, ciliate ; leaflets oblong or oblongo-

lanceolate, acute, ciliate on margin and midrib ; racemes opposite the

leaves, 2-6-8-flowered ; flowers subdistant ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-

acuminate, much longer than the tube; legume stipitate, many-seeded,

glabrous. Benth. Lond. Journ. 2, p. 589. 2

Has. Damaraland, Miss Elliott/ (Herb. D.)

1-2 feet high, much-branched ; the branches pale. Pubescence long, loose,

yellowish. Petioles 1-14 inch long. Leaflets (on our specimens) 1-1} inch long,

the medial longest, lanceolate, 2}-3 lines wide. Stipules 6-7 lines long, dimidiate,

14 line wide. A native also of Tropical and North Africa. It varies with obovate

leaflets and in amount of pubescence. The calyx-lobes in our specimen are glabrous.

Carina long-rostrate. on ae

Miss Elliott has also sent from Damaralan imen of

a Crotalaria, allied to C’. podocarpa, differing ¢ having appres-

sed and rigid pubescence ; and in the stip

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594 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

secundly trifoliolate, a character so remarkable that I fear to assume

it to be normal without further evidence. If this specimen prove to

. belong to a new species, it may be called C. diversistipula,

Page 51, under Lotononis carnosa, Bth., introduce’:

Var. 8, condensata (Harv.); leaflets and leafy stipules linear-lanceolate, acute,

the stipules longer than the petioles; racemes terminal, sub-wmbellate, densely

several-flowered.

Has. Trans-Kei country, H. Bowker, No. 107. (Herb. D.)

_ This may prove to ey nies species, very closely allied to Z. carnosa, from

which, without further evidence, I do not venture to separate it.

Page 52, after Lotononis dichilioides, Sond., introduce :

11* L. Wrightii (Harv.); herbaceous, prostrate, many-stemmed ;

stems filiform, subsimple, glabrous, or sparsely appressed-pubescent ;

leaves (or phyllodia) scattered, falcato-subulate, acute, fleshy, com-

pressed, glabrate ; stipules in pairs, small, subulate ; flowers pedun-

culate, terminal, or in terminal 2-3-flowered racemes, bibracteate

below the calyx; calyx appressedly-pubescent, nearly equalling the

glabrous corolla; vexillum small; carina obtuse ; legume oblongo-

lanceolate, acute, many-seeded, compressed, appressedly-pubescent.

Has. Mountain sides near Simonstown, C. Wright! (Herb. Wright, D.)

Root simple, vertical. Stems many from the crown, 1-13 foot long, trailing.

Leaves an inch or more apart, reduced to phyllodia, which are 1-14 inch long,

laterally-compressed, curved or arched backwards, and scarcely a line wide ; the

young ones are appressedly-puberulous, the older glabrate. Stipules a line or two

in length. Hos opposite the leaves or terminal, imperfectly racemose, of

a “deep, dark-purple” (C. W.) Calyx acute at base, 3 lines long, the lateral lobes

lanceolate, the anteal subulate. Petals with longish claws. Ovary multiovulate.

Legume an inch or more in length, 2-24 lines wide, compressed. Staminal tube

slit. Very distinct from any other species. The habit is that of a Hallia.

Vol. 2, page 68, under Argyrolobium speciosum, E. & Z., introduce :

Var. 8, glaberrimum; more slender than the normal form, with shorter petioles

and more lanceolate leaflets ; the rachis and calyx perfectly glabrous.

Has. Kreili’s Country, H. Bowker. (Herb. D. Hk.)

Said to have “the properties of Spanish liquorice,” Mrs. F. W. Barber.

Page 69, after Argyrolobium speciosum, E. & Z., introduce :

3*. A. Sandersoni (Harv.); glaucous, and nearly glabrous (except

the inflorescence) ; stem erect, bluntly angular, branching ;_ stipules

narrow-subulate, longer than the petioles; leaflets obovate or oblong,

mucronate ; racemes elongate, terminal ; lower lip of the silky calyx

minutely 3-toothed ; petals glabrous. Sanderson, No. 99.

von ee ster a soa Hills, Natal, J. Sanderson! (Herb. Hk. D.)

ery near A. speciosum, ith di ¢ stipules and cal Le inch

long, 14 line wide, slightl y curved, tray Wiebarseni the penis ee ee

3.°* A. Sutherlandi (Harv.); thinly hairy and ciliate with long,

soft yellow hairs ; stem erect, angular ; stipules broadly lanceolate, all

much longer than the very short petioles ; leaflets obovate-oblong,

mucronulate, ciliate ; raceme densely many flowered, elongate, terminal ;

lower lip of the cah rply trifid ; petals quite glabrous.

TO THE SECOND VOLUME. _ 595

Has. Near Pieter Maritzberg, 2-3,000 ft., Dr. Sutherland / (Herb. Hk. D.)

Nearly intermediate between A. speciosum and baptisioides ; having the stipules,

calyx and petals of the former, and the pubescence and general aspect of the latter.

The inflorescence is more dense than in any of this group.

Page 74, after Argyrolobium molle, E. & Z., introduce :

22.* A. lotoides (Harv.); slender, erect, branching, glabrescent ;

stems substrigillose ; stipules broadly ovate or subrotund, shorter than

the long petiole ; leaflets broadly obovate, mucronulate, veinless, ciliate

along the margin and midrib; peduncles longer than the leaves,

umbellately 5-7 flowered ; lower lip of the nearly glabrous calyx

deeply trifid ; corolla glabrous.

_Has. Tyomo River, Kaffraria, H. Bowker, No. 366 (Herb. D.)

A small herbaceous plant, 5-6 inches high, with the aspect of Lotus corniculatus,

nearly glabrous, except for a few scattered hairs and appressed bristles. Petioles

4-1 inch long. Stipules 3 lines long, 2 lines wide. Leaflets 4 lines long, 24 wide.

Peduncles 1-2 inches long. Vexillum equalling the carina. Legume unknown,

Page 184, after Indigofera corniculata, E. M., introduce :

54.* I. Gerrardiana (Harv.); suffruticose, ascending or suberect,

branched, tomentose and canescent ; branches curved, angular ; leaves

short-petioled, 5—6-jugate, the common petiole recurved, glandless ;

leaflets lanceolate, acute, mucronulate, tomentose, the terminal sessile ;

stipules small, subulate; racemes laxly many-flowered, elongate, on

peduncles (at first) equalling the leaves ; calyces albo-tomentose, their

segments lanceolate ; petals silky with fulvous hairs; legumes adbo-

tomentose, cylindrical, many-seeded, spreading.

Has. Bushman’s River, Natal, Gerrard and McKen/ 431. (Herb. D.)

Two feet or more high ; the stem, foliage and calyces covered with short, whitish

curled pubescence. Common petiole 1-14 inches long, the leaf-pairs 2-3 lines

= apart, without gland-stipells. Leaflets 5-6 lines long, 1 line wide, pubescent on

both sides. Stipules almost setaceous. Peduncle 14-2 inches long, having a

raceme which lengthens to 2-24 inches additional ; pedicels 2-3 lineslong. Flowers

purple, the vexillum and keel tawny without. Legume an inch long, acute,

Page 239, after Canavalia Bonariensis, Lindl., introduce :

3. C. gladiata (DC. Prodr. 2, 404); stem voluble, glabrous or

downy ; leaflets broadly ovate, mostly acuminate, rigidly membranous,

glabrous or pubescent underneath ; upper lip of the calyx bilobed,

shorter than the lobe, lower trifid ; carina not beaked. Benth lim

Mart. Fl. Braz. p. 178. Wight, Ic. t. 753. Can. Braziliensis, Mart.—

Dolichos gladiatus, Linn. Jacq. Ie. Rar. t. 560. D. acinaciformis,

Jacq. Le. t. 559. eed: ‘ :

MeKen! (Herb. D.

Pe dnt oer ‘ite, iniie and % America. Stem extensively

climbing, the younger parts pubescent. Petioles 4-6 inches long. Leaflets 4-5

inches long, 2-3-4 inches wide, acute or acuminate, green, prominently nerved and

veined beneath ; our specimens pubescent underneath, the nerves on sides

hairy. Peduncles 8-12 inches long, several flowered beyond the middle ; nodes

tubercular. Ovary densely and appressedly hirsute. Legume 4-12 inches long,

1} inch wide. P

Page 241, under Vigna triloba, Walp., insert

equal-sided, with

Var. y. acutifolia; leaflets ovate-hastate, acute, the | nedi

obsolete faecal lobes, the lateral leaflets dimidiate-ha ate, the outer lobe —

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596 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

Has. Near D’Urban, Natal. Sanderson! 451. Gerrard §& McKen, 387. (Herb. D.)

A slenderer plant than the normal form, with thinner leaves, constantly acute,

and less obviously 3-lobed. Were it not for such plants as var. 8, I should be

tempted to regard this as a species.

Page 261, under Eriosema squarrosum, Walp., insert :

Var. ¢, longatum (Harv.) ; stems weak, distantly leafy ; lower leaves frequently

unifoliolate ; peduncles very long (8-12 inches) flowering at the summit ; pubescence

silvery. Gerrard & McKen, No. 421.

Has. Near D’Urban, Natal, Gerrard ¢ McKen./ (Herb. D.)

Apparently a specimen drawn up among long grass.

Page 275, after Bauhinia tomentosa, L., introduce,

1* B. [Pauleta] Bowkeri (Harv.) ; shrubby, unarmed ; leaves

rounded at base, netted-veined beneath, glabrous ; leaflets obliquely

oblong, 3—4-nerved, obtuse, concrete for a short distance above the

; peduncles terminal, very short, 2-3-flowered ; flowers very

shortly pedicelled ; calyx tube cylindrical, puberulous, its limb spatha-

ceous, reflexed ; petals lanceolate, tapering at base, strongly midribbed

and penninerved ; stamens 10, fertile, unequal.

Has. Along the Basche River, Fort Bowker, Caffraria, H. Bowker, Esq. (Herb. D.)

“A tree, covered with white blossoms ; would make a good ornamental tree for

a garden, H.B.—Allied to B. tomentosa, from which it may be at once known by

its very different petals; those of B. tomentosa are broadly obovate, retuse, and.

neither strongly midribbed (ribbed only at base) nor penninerved. The young

twigs, petioles, and nerves of leaves, and the calyx are minutely puberulous,

Stipules inconspicuous. Leaflets 1 inch long, 6-7 lines wide ; petiole } inch long.

~ Petals 1} inch long, scarcely 4 inch wide.

Page 285, in the Table of Genera, under Rosaces, introduce

Sar tg the numbers of the 3 Sub-Orders there enumerated to Nos. 2,

3, 4

Sub-Order I.—Curysopatanex. Calyx tubular or campanulate.

Ovary composed of one carpel, unilocular or bilocular ; mostly adnate

to one side of the calyx-tube ; ovules 1-2, erect. Style lateral or basal.

Fruit drupaceous. :

‘T.* Parrarium.

Page 286, before Rubus, introduce:

L* PARINARIUM, Juss.

Flowers bisexual. Calyx-tube short or long, subequal or unequal-

sided ; limb 5-parted, subequal, imbricate. Petals 5, rarely 4, sessile

or clawed, inserted in the throat of the calyx, deciduous. Stamens 10

or indefinite, inserted with the petals, shortly connate at base (or

united in a unilateral parcel), all perfect, or some barren ; filaments

filiform ; anthers short. Ovary adnate at one side to the calyx-tube,

exserted, 2-celled (or incompletely so) ; ovules one in each cell, erect ;

style basal, filiform, hairy ; stigma truncate. Drupe ovoid or spherical,

with fibrous or pulpy flesh, and a bony, one-seeded putamen, Cotyledons

fleshy ; radicle very short. Endl. Gen. No. 6411.

Trees or shrubs, natives of the tropics of i : several i i

Africa... Leaves alternate, pernistent Palinioasved acai Seinen stay

TO THE SECOND VOLUME. 597

bi-glandular at base. Stipules subulate or lanceolate. Flowers racemose, corymbose

or panicled, 2-bracteolate, white or rosy. Fruits sometimes edible. Parinari is

the name of P. montanuwm, in Guiana.

1. P. Capense (Harv.) ; a dwarf shrub ; twigs and petioles rufo-vil-

lous ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, acute or tapering at base,

glabrous above, albo-tomentose and netted with veins beneath ; inflo-

rescence corymbulose, shorter than the leaves; bracts ovate ; calyx-

lobes ovate, acute ; petals oblong, sessile ; stamens 10, shorter than

the calyx-lobes. Zey.! 537. Burke! 518.

Has. Aapjes River, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.)

Apparently a dwarf, but ligneous, branching shrub, 6-12 inches high, the younger

parts clothed with foxy hairs. Leaves 24-4} inches long, 3-1 inch broad, coriaceous,

9 ac penninerved and strongly veiny. Panicles 1-14 inch long, not much

ranc. .

Page 288. Erase the name Potentilla Gariepensis, and substitute :

(retaining the specific chararcter and remarks)

1 P. supina (Linn. Sp. 711); DC. Prodr. 2. p. 580. Jacg. Fl. Austr.

5.t.406. Lehm. Pot. 43. P. Gariepensis, EZ. Mey.! in Herb. Drege.

Our S. African Potentilla proves, on re-examination, to be merely a small-flowered

and weaker-stemmed variety of P. supina, Linn.

Page 304, at the end of Cliffortia, introduce the following :—

Doubtful Species.

40? C. flabellifolia (Sond. MSS.); glabrous, robust, much-branched

and ramulous, procumbent (?) ; twigs angular, the bark splitting length-

wise ; leaves opposite, decussate, sessile, cuneate-flabelliform, plaited,

6-7-crenate on the subtruncate apex ; stipules one at each side, minute,

subulate; flowers unknown.

Has. Magalisberg, Zeyher/ (Herb. Sond.) . : :

A small shrub, whose genus cannot at present be satisfactorily ascertained. It

has the general aspect of a Cliffortia, but the leaves are opposite/ Leaves very

rigid, 6—7 lines long, 3-4 lines wide.

Page 309, at the end of Saxifragaces, introduce :

BREXIA, Thouars. :

Calyx free, 5-cleft, persistent, with short, acute, coriaceous segments,

imbricate in estivation. Petals 5, pete ror “ mae ed a

rigynous ring, coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, imbricate In esttvation.

Miles = tetas with the petals and inserted with them ; filaments

subulate; anthers oblong, erect, basifixed, slitting. Annular disc thick,

adnate to the base of the ovary, with 5 fimbriated lobes. Ovary supe-

rior, 5-angled, 5-celled, ovules very numerous, on axile placenti. Style

very short; stigma 5-lobed. Fruit’ oblong, with a ligneous pericarp,

5-celled, many-seeded. Hmbryo exalbuminous, straight, almond-like ;

cotyledons fleshy, ovate, obtuse ; radicle very short, Endl. Gen. No.

4081.

i M: and South Africa, with alternate, exstipulate,

eee, goeite passer ay and axillary or terminal subumbellate, green

flowers. ‘The name is said to be from Apetis, rain; because the foliage may afford

shelter in rain.

598 ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

1. B. Madagascariensis (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 730); leaves oblong or

obovate, quite entire, with revolute margins, netted-veined beneath.

Venana Madagascariensis, Lam. Encycl. t, 131.

Has. Delagoa Bay, Forbes! (Herb. Hk. D.) ae

A glabrous and somewhat glaucous shrub. Leaves in our specimens shorter and

more obovate than in those from Madagascar, but otherwise similar ; 3-4 inches

long, 24-3 inches wide. Ripe fruit 23 inches long, obscurely 5-angled, tapering to

a conical, acute point; the rind thick and woody. Seeds horizontal.

Page 310, line 38, for Brunia alopecuroides, Zhwnb.? read Thunb. /

Page 320, line 1, for B.microcephala, E.M., read B. macrocephala, E.M.

Page 470, under Aizoon Zeyheri, Sond., add:

Has. Bitterfontein, Zeyher. / 717. (Herb. Sond.)

Page 479, the following genus, accidentally omitted, ought to be

introduced after Plinthus :—

VII. TRIANTHEMA, Lam.

Sepals 5, persistent, united at the base, coloured on the inner surface

and mucronate below the apex. Petals none. Stamens 5 or 10, rarely

more, free, inserted on the tube of the calyx. Anthers cordate-ovate.

Ovary ovate. Styles (or stigmas) filiform, 1-2, rarely 3. Capsule cir-

cumscissile below the middle, bilocular ; seeds subsolitary in each cell.

DC. 1. ce. 3. 353. Endl. gen. n. 5168.

Subfleshy herbs, sometimes suffrutescent at the base ; leaves opposite, entire,

petiolate. Petiole dilated at the base at each side into a stipuloid membrane.

Flowers bibracteolate, axillary, sessile, solitary, glomerate or cymose. Name from

tps, three, and avdos, a flower.

1. T. crystallina (Vahl. Symb. 1. 32.) ; perennial, cespitose, woody

at the base ; stems prostrate, terete, papulose ; leaves ovate or somewhat

spathulate, opposite, one of them smaller than the other 3 flowers

crowded, axillary; stamens 5; style simple. Wight & Arn. Prod. 1.

355- Papularia crystallina. Forsk. descr. 69.

ihechlooke = ope nearly mt at the apex papulose, reddish as well as

e u eaves ; flowe ; i

= spa os ig hotertliat Pee ee omerate ; tube of the calyx finely striated.

Var. ‘y. corymbosa, stems elongate, epapulose or nearly so, pale ; leaves oblong-

oe ee evidently petiolate ; flowers in loose cymes. 7’. corymbosa, E. Meyer in

Has. (var. a. Arabia, East Indies); var. 8. on the Garip River, Drege ; near

Springbokkeel, Zeyher, 633 partim ; var. +. near Caletohen on the Garip, Drege ;

Namaqualand, A. Wyley, Sept. (Herb. D. Sd.)

Stem from several inches to 1 foot long, filiform, with opposite branches. Leaves

4-6 lines long, 1-1} line wide ; petiole 1-2 lines long, membranaceous. Glomerule

of flowers many flowered, usually shorter, rarely equalling the leaf ; calyx reddish,

1 line long ; lobes acute, a little longer than the tube. Stamens equalling the calyx.

Seeds glabrous, reticulate-punctate, exactly as in 7’. crystallina.

2. T. parvifolia (E. Meyer in herb, Drege); perrennial? cespitose,

herbaceous ; stems terete, prostrate or diffuse, papulose or subglabrous ;

leaves suborbicular, opposite, one of them generally smaller than the

other; flowers ternately aggregated, axillary ; stamens 5; style simple.

Has. Zwartbulletje, stony hills, and on the Gamk Ri — f

Springbokkeel, Zeyh. 633, Feb.-Apr. (Herb, D.Sd) 0 °°? St? D8ee®

TO THE SECOND VOLUME. _ 599

It comes very near the preceding, and is only distinguished by the roundish

leaves and the 3-flowered, not many flowered glomerules. Stipules very large, in-

closing the young flowers. Leaves 1-3 lines long and wide. Flowers 1 line long,

tube finely striated.

Page 502, after Passifloresx, insert :—

Orper LIX.* TURNERACEZ, DC.

(By W. H. Harvey.)

Flowers regular, bisexual. Caly« tubular, 5-cleft, with imbricate

estivation. Petals 5, alternate with the lobes of the calyx, and in-

serted on the tube or in the throat, twisted in estivation, deciduous.

Stamens 5, inserted below the petals, with which they alternate; fila-

ments subulate, flat; anthers erect, dorsally affixed. Ovary free, unilo-

cular; placentz 3, parietal, multi-ovulate ; styles 3, terminal, distinct,

opposite the placente ; stigmata fimbriate. /ruct capsular, 3-valved ;

valves placentiferous. Seeds numerous, with fleshy albumen, and a

crustaceous, hollow-dotted testa; embryo straight, axile.

Herbs, half-shrubs, or small shrubs, natives chiefly of tropical America; a few

African. Leaves alternate, simple, entire or toothed, rarely pinnatifid, often with

2 glands at base. Stipules none. A small Order, of 3 or 4 genera, closely related

to Passifloree.

I. TURNERA, Plum.

Calyx coloured, tubular-funnell-shaped, more or less deeply 5-parted.

Petals inserted in the throat of the calyx, alternate with its lobes,

short-clawed. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. Styles undivided ;

stigmata flabellate-multifid. Capsule ovate or oblong, 3-valved. Endl.

No. 5056.

Suffrutices or small shrubs, chiefly American. 7. ulmifolia is naturalized through-

out the tropics of both hemispheres. The generic name is in honour of William

Turner, M.D., Prebendary of York, Canon of Windsor, and Dean of Wells, who

died 1568. He was the author of a ‘“ New Herbal.”

1. T. Capensis (Harv.) ; dwarf, suffruticose, many-stemmed, densely

hirsute; leaves lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, coarsely toothed, tapering at

base into a short petiole; peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, free, much

shorter than the leaves ; calyx deeply 5-parted, laciniz linear-lanceo-

late, acute ; petals obovate.

je’s river, Burke § Zeyher ! erb, Hook. D.

Boot em ach woody. wd ne soadaets erect, aie or slightly branched.

Every part of the plant thickly clothed with loose, coarse pubescence. ves I-I}

inches long, 4—5 lines wide, very hairy. Peduncles 4-7 lines long, curved or nod-

ding. Flowers small, white? Calyx-tube not one-fourth as long as the lobes. Fila-

ments flat, subulate, scarcely half as long as the petals. Ovary hirsute. Styles

longer than the stamens ; stigmas expanded, chann fimbrato-multifid.

Page .

Aseria, Hehst.

Caffra, Hf.g H. . 584

longispina, Harv. . 585

Abrus, L. “ee

levigatus, 2. Mey. . 263

precatorius, Z. . . 262

squamuloses, E, M. . 263

OM ee ee ea

arabica, Hei ee aL

atomiphy .~. 880

Burkei, Bth. . . . 282

Caffra, Willd. . . 282

Capensis, Bch, . . 281

clavigera, E.M. . 281

detinens, Bch. . . 282

elephantina, Bch. . 277

iza, DC. 277

lenia, Bth. . . 283

rime ee eats

fallax, ; . 282

ferox, Ba. 5. . 982

Giraffe, Bch, 280

hematoxylon, W. . 280

hebeclada, DC. . -. 280

heteracantha, Bch. . 280

hirtella, #. M. . 281

horrida, Willd. . . 281

Kraussiana, Msn. . 283

Litakunensis, Bch. . 283

Natalitia, FE. M. . 281

pennata, Willd. . . 283

robusta, Bch. . . 281

spinosa, £. Af. . 283

stolonifera, Bch.. . 284

viridiramis, Bch. . 284

Aomna, Vahl. . . . 290

latebrosa, Ait. . . 291

sarmentosa, Carm. . 291

= Le-

i aoe. 82

decumbens, E. & Z. 52

- Acnarta, Th. . . . 601

tragioides, Th. . . 502

601

INDEX,

[Synonyms In italics.]

‘

Acroglypha

Jflecuosa, E. M. 545, 546

hispida, E. M. . 546

Acrosantues, E. &. Z. 471

anceps, Sond. . . 472

angustifolia, E. &. Z. 472

decandra, Fenzl. . 472

Jistulosa, E. & Z. 472

humifusa, Sond... . 472

teretifolia, Z, § Z. . 4738

Actinocladus

cinerascens, E. M. . 562

AESCHYNOMENE, DL, . 225

bispinosa, Jacq. . . 212

erubescens, FH. M. . 226

micrantha, DC. . . 226

uniflora, £. M. + 226

Acrimonia, L . 290

bracteosa, E. . 290

decumbens, oe ee

Eupatoria, Z. . . 290

repens, Baz. . | 200

& i . .

Arzoon, L. o i a 469

&Z. . 470

Betas 469

crystallinum, #.¢Z. 477

elongatum, E, & Z. . 474

Fruticosum, E. & Z. 476

Fruticosum, Th. . . 475

galenioides, Fenzl. . 469

glinoides, Z.. . . 470

glinoides, E.& Z. . 474

Herniaria, Rchb 476

hirsutum, E.& Z. . 470

microphyllum, Bartl. 476

paniculatu ae 471

papulosum, .

ire 476, 477

perfoliatum, Th. . 465

1 : i? & Z. 474

pubescens, E.& Z. . 475

rigidum, J, . . . 470

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Page

AIZOON (con.)

sarmentosum, J. . 471

secundum, Th. . . 474

sericeum, Fenzl. . . 470

spathulatum, E. & Z. 469

stellatum, Lam. 471

tomentosum, Lam 471

Zeyheri, Sond, 470

ApizziA, Duraz, . . 284

te tee: ee ae

i 2 Seay mae

on L. paar 29

Capensis, Th. . 291

elongata, F.d@ Z, . 292

ArpipEA, La Roche . 533

Amatymbica, 2. §Z. 534

ciliaris, Za R. . 534

602

Page

AMPHITHALEA (con.)

phylicoides, E. & Z. 23

violacea, Bth. . ~

virgata, E.G Z.. . 2

Vogelsi, Walp. . . 22

Williamsoni, Harv. 23

ANACAMPSEROS, Sims . 382

angustifolia, DC. . 385

arachnoides, Sims . 384

filamentosa, Sims . 384

intermedia, Don. . 884

lanceolata, DC. . . 385

lanigera, Burch . 384

papyracea, LZ. M. . 383

quinaria, £. M. 383

ramosa, E. M. . 885

rotundifolia, Lodd. . 384

, DC. . 384

rufescens, De. . . 884

Telephiastrum, DC. 383

ustulata, F. M. . . 383

Analyrium

millefolium, E. M. . 559

robusta, E. M. . 229

Ancistrum

decumbens, Th. . . 291

ANETHUM, Z. . 561

Capense, Th. . 538

feniculum, L. 548

graveolens, ZL. 561

Anisum

Caffrum, E. & Z. . 589

Stadense, E.& Z. . 539

ANNESORHIZA, C. & S. 544

Capensis, C. § Sch. . 545

elata, E.G Z. . . 546

filicaulis, 2. & Z. 545

hirsuta, 7. gZ.. . 546

macrocarpa, FE. g Z. 545

montana, £.&@Z, . 545

spuria, E.& Z. . . 546

villosa, Sd. . . . 546

Anona, ZL.

583

graveolens, Z. . . 535

Petroselinum, L. 535

A podynomene, — Teph-

Todi For eS S00

Brees Sie gee ieee)

YP; Le ee aT

ARALIACEE - . 568 |

Arctopus, [. . 564

Dregei, Sond. . 565

echinatus, Z. 564

monacanthus, C. . 565

Anrcrrotosium, EF. & Z. 67

adscendens, Walp. 75

INDEX.

Page

ARGYROLOBIUM (con.)

Andrewsianum, Std. 75

angustifolium, E.&Z. 69

argenteum, E.& Z.. 72

baptisioides, Walp. . 69

barbatum, Walp. . 74

biforum, E.& Z. . 74

candicans, H. g Z. . 71

collimum, £.éZ. . 72

connatum, Harv. . 72

crassifolium, F. ¢ Z. 70

crinitum, Walp.. . 68

filiforme, Z. & Z. 73

incanum, 7. § Z. . 70

involucratum, Harv. 75

lanceolatum, FZ. 6 Z. 76

longifolium, Walp. . 69

lotoides, Harv. . . 595

molle, Bok. imho

obsoletum, Harv. 70

patens, F.g Z. .. . 175

paucifiorum, £.¢ Z. 74

petiolare, Walp. . 72

pilosum, Harv. . 71

polyphyllum, Z. $Z. 69

pumilum, 2.@Z. . 74

rupestre, Walp. . 73

Sandersoni, Harv. . 594

sericeum, Rei ee TO

speciosum, F.fZ . 68

splendens, Walp. . 76

stipulaceum, FE. § Z. 71

strictum, Steud. + J4

Sutherlandi, Hat. - 594

tente, Walp... . 78

tuberosum, #.f Z. . 69

umbellatum, Vog. 76

uniflorum, Harv. . 72

velutinum, Z. § Z. . 71

venustum, KE. & Z. 74

Aspatatuus, L. 94

abietina, Th. . . 134

abietina, E. M. 129

acanthes, F.d Z. . 119

acanthophylla, E.&Z. 122

acicularis, E. M. . 137

aciphylla, i, 129

aculeata, Th. 110

acuminata, Lam. 137

—— E.G Z. 131

mula, #.M, . 110

affinis, Th. r..ek8O

afinis, 3 rae kel

afinis, E. ~ 182

Agardhiana, . 189

Albanensis, E.& Z. . 121

albens, Z.. Hz

albens, E. M. . 136

albiflora, EB. & Z 116

alopecuroides, E, M. 121

ASPALATHUS (con.)

alopecurus, Bch,

alpina, E. & Z.

alternifolia, Harv.

Page

. 122

. 141

angustissima, ZH, M, 104

anthylloides, Bth.

anthylloides, Berg.

- 105

- 108

appendiculata, E. M. 111

arachnoidea, Hort. .

araneosa, Th.

argentea, DZ. .

argentea, Th.

argentea, EK. & Z.

argyrea, DC. .

arida, #. M. .

armata, Th.

ascendens, EK. M. .

asparagoides, J.

astroites, Z. .

aulogena, E. & Z.

batodes, E.& Z. .

Benthami, Harv.

bicolor, E, & Z. .

biflora, E. M.

bracteata, Th.

calcarata, Harv. .

Gallo f

canaliculata, E. M..

candicans, Ait. .

canescens, Z.

capillaris, Bth.

capitata, Z. . .

capitella, Bch.

carnosa, Berg.

carnosa, las <4. .5

carnosa, E.& Z. .

cephalotes, Th. .

cephalotes, Bth. .

cerrantha, E. & Z.

Chamissonis, Vog.

chenopoda, Th. .

chortophila, B. & Z.

ciliaris, JZ. . .

collina, A.dZ. .

comosa, Th. .

comosa, E.& Z. .

comosa, E.M. .

conferta, Bth,

corrudefolia, DC

corymbosa, Z. M.

costulata, Bie. x

cymbeformis, DC I

142

« dae

- 109

. 106

ae at)

. 133

- 129

. 139

<1ee

. 116

. 136

eS 5

. 129

pee 8 |

. 135

. 140

eee 81)

Burchelliana, Bih. .

119

ih 6

- 126

104

Sey §

va 63 |

- 139

- 128

Othe er

ASPALATHUS (con.)

dasyantha, £.g Z. .

Page

deciduefolia, E. & Z. 114

densifolia, Bth. .

diffusa, E. § Z.

divaricata, Th.

divergens, E. M. .

Dregeana, Walp.

dubia, H.M.. .

echinata, E.M. .

elongata, E.M. .

elongata, H. ¢ Z.

ericifolia, J...

ericoides, E. M. .

eriophylla, Bth. .

erythrodes, E. ¢ Z. :

exigua, 7. GZ. .

exigua, Bth. . .

exilis, Harv. .

falcata, Bth. .

ferox, Harv. .

ferruginea, Bhs.

filicaulis, ZL. & Z.

filifolia, E. M.

flavispina, Pr.

flecuosa, Th. . .

floribunda, Bth. .

Forbesii, Harv. .

forficata, Bth. . .

. 112

frankenioides, DC. . 121

Frankenioides, E. & Z. 116

fusca, The 25%

glomerata, Bth. .

glomerata, L. £. «

grandiflora, Bth.

heterophylla, Z. M. :

hiantuum, E.& Z. .

hilaris, E.& Z. «

ineurva, E. & Z. .

incurvifolia, Walp. . 122

iniqua, E. & Z.

inops, Z. & Z. os

- 118

INDEX.

Page

ASPALATHUS (con.)

intermedia, E. & Z. . 121

involucrata, Pappe. . 114

involucrata, E.M. . 101

_ jacobea, FE. M. . . 107

Joubertiana, E. & Z. 121

juniperina, Th. . 185

- Kannaensis, E. & Z, 115

Kraussiana, Msn. . 105

lactea, Th. « 132, 183

lanata, EF. M. 2. 141

laricifolia, Berg.. . 120

laricifolia, Lam. . 124

laricina, DC.. . . 120

lepida, F. M.. . .:188

leptocoma, E.& Z. . 138

leptocoma, Pappe. . 135

leptophylla, £. § Z. 124

leptothria, E.&Z. . 121

leucccephala, EK. M. . 107

leucophea, Harv. . 112

linearifolia, DC. . . 105

linifolia, Steud. . . 108

linifolia, E.M. . . 105

longifolia. Bth. . . 120

longipes, Harv. . . 141

lotoides, Zh... . . 107

lotoides, E. M. . . 106

macrantha, Harv. . 124

macrocarpa, £. éZ. 123

inata, rs: < re

marginalis, #.¢ Z. . 13

melanoides, E. & Z.. 114

Meyeri, Harv. . . 106

Meyeriana, HE. & Z, . 111

micrantha, E.M, . 116

microdon, Bih. .

microphylla, DC. . 138

minutifiora, Vog. . 131

mollis, dive = «115

mucronata, Th. 91

multifiora, E.M. . 116

multifiora, Sieb 1 EAB

muraltioides, EK. & Z. 115

myrtillefolia, Bth. . 103

neanthes, E.& Z. . 121

nervosa, £. M. : aK

nigra, L. .

nigrescens, E.& Z 114

nivea, Th... . 141

nodosa, Vog. « 142

nudiflora, Harv. 140

obymets: es esiisie ae

opaca, . ° « .

orbiculata, Bth. . . 102

oresigena, E.&Z. . 111

pachyloba, Bth. . . 129

pallens, E.&Z. . . 114

pallescens, EF. d Z. . 130

papillosa, E.& Z. . 111

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ASPALATHUS (con,)

Pappeana, Harv. . 117

parviflora, Berg. . 114

pedicellata, Harv, . 135

pedunculata, L’Her. 140

pilosa, E.&Z. . . 169

NCR, FA. 463s «AS

pinea, Bth. . ... 124

pinguis, 72. . . . 131

pinguis, E.& Z. .

pinguis, E.M. . . 130

Plukenetiana, Z. g Z. 105

polycephala, Z. M. . 102

polotes, E.&Z. . . 121

Priori, Harve, o4°:.. 127

procumbens, E. M. . 108

propinqua, #.M. . 126

prostrata, #.g¢ Z. . 113

psoraleoides, Bih. . 104

pulchella, E.M.. . 93

pungens, Th. . . 137

purpurascens, E. M. 109

purpurea, £. ¢ Z. . 109

quinguefolia, Th. . 107

quinquefolia, L. . . 108

ramulosa, E.M.. . 110

recurva, Bth.. . . 132

- retroflexa, Z.. . . 135

retrofleca, E.& Z. . 134

rigescens, EF. M.. . 118

rostrata, Bth, . . 124

rubens, Th. . . . 186

rubescens, E.&Z. . 131

rubrofusca, E. § Z. . 117

sarcodes, Vi i +H

scaphoides, E. & Z. . 1

i. E. M. 1387

suaveolens, EF. f Z.. 101_

604

ASPALATHUS (con. )

subinermis, Bth. 138

subtingens, E. & Z. . 131

subulata, 7h. 128

succulenta, E. M. 130

suffruticosa, DC. 142

tenuifolia, DC. 139

teres, F. § Z.. oF

thymifolia, Z. ll

Chomifolia Th. 113

tomentosa, E.M.. . 121

trichodes, E.M. . . 93

tridentata, Z. . . 108

tridentata, BE. & Z. . 109

triquetra, 7h. . . 125

truncata, £. ¢ Z. 103

tylodes, E.& Z. . . 126

ulicina, E.G Z. . 142

undulata, #. GZ. . 101

uniflora, Z. . . 118

uniflora, The. . . 124

uniflora, E. & Z. 125

varians, B.&Z. . . 115

variegata, EL. §Z. - 127

venosa, 2. MM... 101

vermiculata, Zam. . 138

verrucosa, J. . . 130

verrucosa, Willd. 124

versicolor, E. M. 129

villosa, Th. - 106

viminea, E.M. . 93

virgata, Th. Jak06

vulnerans, 7h. . 137

vulnerans, Bth. . . 118

Willdenowiana, Bih. 124

Wurmbeana, DO. . 132

Astracatus, L. -. . 224

Burkeanus, Bth. . 224

Astrantia

ciliaris, Th. . . . 584

Athamantha

Capensis, Berg. . . 552

lateriflora, E.&Z. . 557

Aupournia, Brong. . 323

capitata, Br. . . 823

Augustia

Caffra, K1. . 481

Dregei, Kl. ee BE

Aulacinthus, ,==Lotononis 50

Beobotrys

rufescens, E.M.. . 308

BALANOPHOREAL 572

Barrinctonia, Font. . 523

Caffra, E.M. . . 523

racemosa, Rzb. . . 523

Bavuinia, Plum. . . 275

Bowkeri, Harv. . . 596

Burkeana, Bth... . 275

Garipensis, FE. M. . 275

tomentosa, LZ. . 275

Beckea Pee re cone

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Beckea (con.)

Africana, Burm.. . 314

cordata, E.&Z.. . 314

laurifolia, E.& Z. . 315

thyrsiflora, E.& Z. . 314

Breonra, Ll. .. . 480

Caffra, Men... 6. 481

Dregei, Otto § Dietr. 481

Natalensis, Hk. . . 481

parvifolia, Grah. . 481

sinuata, £. VM. . 481

suffruticosa, Msn. . 481

BEGONIACEZE . . 480

Berarpia, Brongn, . 318

affinis, Br... . 819

affinis, Sond. . . . 320

angulata, Sond. . . 320

aspera, Sond.. . . 321

Dregeana, Sond. . 321

fragarioides, Schl. . 320

globosa, Sond. . . 320

levis, E.M. . + 319

microphylla, Sond. . 320

paleacea, Br. . . 319

phylicoides, Br. =. 321

spherocephala, Sond. 319

Berzevia, Brongn. . 310

abrotanoides, Br. . 311

alopecuroides, Br. . 310

brevifolia, E.&Z. . 311

commutata, Sond. . 310

comosa, E.& Z. . . 810

cordifolia, Schl. . . 312

ericoides, EH. & Z. . 311

formosa, E.& Z. —. 311

intermedia, Z. § Z.. 311

lanuginosa, Br. . . 311

rubra, Schl, + 812

squarrosa, Sond.. . 312

Wendlandiana, E.&Z. 311

BiacKWELLIA

dentata, Harv. 585

Bewnonta, Bo oes 87

alata, Willd... . . 29

alpestris, Bih. . . 29

angustifolia, Lam. . 28

barbata, Lam. . . 27

Candolleana, E.& Z. 30

ciliata, Willd. . . 30

commutata, Vog. . 30

complicata, Bthe. 5 29

cordata, L, ee BT

crenata, L. wi cS

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BoRBONIA (con.)

parviflora, H.M. . 30.

perfoliata, Th. . . 382

perforata, Th. . . 80

perforata, E.M. . 30

pungens, Mdt ee

ruscifolia, B. M 29

serrulata, Th Pe,

tomentosa, L 18

trinervia, Th 28

trinervia, DC. . . 28

undulata, Th. «. . 380

- undulata, E,.& Z. . 30

villosa, Harv, . . 28

villosa, Th. . 17

BRACTEOLARIA, Hochst. 268

racemosa, Hochst. . 268

Brexta, Thouars. . . 597

Madagascariensis, P.598

Broueureria, Lam. . 514

Capensis, Bl.. . . 514

. Soe Lam. . 514

Bhs OL

Wighti, Bl. . . 514

BRUNIA Gs Ss . 313

abrotanoides, L ait

alopecuroides, Th. . 310

alopecuroides, Br. . 316

arachnoidea, Wendl. 312

capitellata, E.M. . 816

capitella, Th. . . 822

comosa, Th. . BEL

cordata, Sond. . 314

deusta, W. . 321

ericoides, Wendl. « 812

fragarioides, Willd. 320

globosa, E.&Z, . . 314

globosa, Th - 820

glutinosa, L. . . 322

levis, TA. 22> .2 49818

lanuginosa, L. «. . 811

laurifolia, Walp. . 315

Mee Ths oc BS

Willd. 314

macrocephala, E.M. 3820

microphylla, Th.. . 320

nodiflora, ZL... . 813

paleacea, Wendl. . 311

paleacea, Berg. 319

passerinoides, Schl. . 321

phylicoides, Th. . . 321

phylicoides, E. M. . 321

pinifolia, Br. . . 314

plumosa, Lam. . . 312

racemosa, Br.. . . 314

racemosa, Sond.. . 315

radiata, LL. . . . 822

rubra, Willd. . . 312

squalida, Sond. . 815

squarrosa, Sw. 811

squarrosa, Th. 312

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BRunIA (con.)

staavioides, Sond. . 316

superba, Don. 311

superba, Rehb. 312

tenuifolia, Willd. 311

verticillata, Th. . 315

verticillata, E. M. 322

villosa, £. ca 815

virgata, Br. . 815

BRUN TACEE 309

Bryonia

acutangula, Th. . . 498

486

dentata, E. M 486

digitata, Th - 483

dissecta, Th. . . 483

Gareini, Willd. . 487

grossulariefolia, M, 483

Lagenaria, E.M. . 493

Maderaspatana, Bg. 486

micropoda, E.M. . 489

multifida, E.M.. . 483

obtusiloba, E.M. . 487

pectinata, E.M. . . 487

pinnatifida, Bch. —. 483

punetata, Th. . . 486

quinqueloba, Th.. . 492

scabra, Th. . .. . 486

- scabrella, L.f. . . 489

triloba, Th. ~.. 484

Bryopuyiuum, Salish. 380

tubiflorum, Harv. . 380

Buson, Z. . ee 6569

aphyllum, C. &S.

Capense, Sd. .

Galbanum, re 5

gummiferum, L. . 548

gummiferum, Drege 560

hypoleucum, Msn. . 560

levigatum, Ait. . . 561

montanum, Sd. . 560

multiradiatum, 7.M.

560, 561

pimpinellifolium, E. & a

tenuifolium, Sd.. . 560

tenuifolium, E. M. . 560

BucHENROEDERA, E.G Z. 92

alpina, E.&Z. . . 98

gracilis, B.&Z. . «93

holosericea, Bth. . 92

Meyeri, Bth.. . . .98

multiflora, F.gZ. . 93

polyantha, Walp. . 93

spicata, Harv. . . 93

tenuifolia, F.g Z. .* 93

teretifolia, E.&Z. . 139

trichodes, Pr. . . 94

umbellata, Harv. . 93

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BUCHENROEDERA (con.)

viminea, Pr... . . 94

Buiirarpa, DC. 329

alpina, Harv.. . . 330

brevifolia, E.G Z. . 330°

Capensis, E.M. . . 329

Dregei, Harv. . . 330

elatinoides, E.& Z. . 329

jiliformis, E. & Z. 329

trichotoma, F.4Z., 330

Vaillantii, DC. . . 329

Bujacia

gampsonychia, E,M. 225—

Burrevruy, L. . . 541

acerosum, E. M 540

arborescens, L. 542

Baldense, E. M. 541

capitatum, Th. . . 566

difforme, Z, . . . 541

falcatum, Berg. 541

giganteum, Th. . . 566

Mundiii, Ch. § Sch. 641

quinguedentatum, Th. 567

trifoliatum, Wendl. 542

villoswm, Th. . 566

Burkna, Hk . + . 271

Africana, Hk. 271

CACTEX 479

Cactus

flagelliformis, E.M. 480

Caillea

dichrostachys, Guill. 278

Calobota, = Lebeckia. 86

Catpurnta, £. M.. . 266

floribunda, Harv. . 267

intrusa, #. M. . 268

lasiogyne, £. M.. . 267

sericea, Harv. 267

sylvatica, E.M.. . 267

villosa, Harv. 268

Calycotome

penile, B.& Ze 277

CANAVALIA . . . 238

Bonariensis, Lindl 238

Braziliensis, Mart. . 595

eryptodon, Msn. . . 238

emarginata, Don. . 238

gladiata, DC. . . 595

MSs =. 288

obtusifolia, DC.. . 238

CaPNoPHYLLUM, Gir. . 56%

Africanum, Kch. . 562

Jacquini, POs 562

Jacquini, Hb. —— 538

Oxnom, 2°. : 538

Capense, Sd. . 538

Cassra, 2. 271

angustissima, Jan. 273

605

Page

Cassta (con.)

arachoides, Burch. . 272

Burmanni, DC. . . 273

Capensis, Th. . - 273

comosa, EK. M. » 2738

Delagoensis, Harv. . 272

mimosoides, Z. . . 273

multiglandulosa, Jacq. 272

Natalensis, a + 272.

occidentalis, Z. ~ 272

plumosa, E. Mee 273

stricta, E.M.. . . 278

tomentosa, Z. . 872

Caucalis

Africana, Th. . 564

Capensis, L. . . 564

CELASTRUS

ruber, Harv. . « 592

Centella

glabrata, L. . 532

villosa, L. . «Boe

CEPHALANDRA, Schr. . 492

palmata, Schr. 493

pubescens, Sd. . . 493

quinqueloba, Sd. . 492

sessilifolia, Sd. . . 493

Crratiosicyos, ees, . 501

Ecklonii, Nees. . 501

Cherophyllum

Capense, Th. . . 645

Chamarea

Cafra, E.& Z. . . 588

Capense, E.& Z.. . 538

Chasmone, E. M., =

Argyrolobium . . 68

Chirocalyx,—Erythrina 238

Chlanis

macrophylla, K1. 584

Tettensis, Kl. . 584

Chioryllis, =Dolichos . 246

Cuoristyuis, Harv. 308

rhamnoides, Harv. . 308

Chrysoscias,—=Rhyncho-

eae ere

CITRULLUS, Schr, . . 493

amarus, Schr. . . 494

Caffer, Schr. . . . 494

vulgaris, Schr. 494

Claytonia

Portulacaria, L 386

Currrortia, Z . 292

baccans, Harv. . . 303

berberifolia, Lam. . 24

complanata, E. M. .

_concavifolia, Z. g Z. 300

cordifolia, Z. M. i

peo if. i rae 47g

cuneata, Ait. . . 296

dentata, Willd. . 299

606 INDEX.

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Currrortia on? Codonocroton COTYLEDON (con.)

B. Mas 909 triphyllum, E.M. . 512 canalifolia, Haw. . 371

dentata, E.&Z.. . 298 Cortipium, Vog. . . 24 caryophyllacea, Bm. 378

Dregeana, Pr. . . 295 Bowiei, Bth.. . . 25 clavifolia, Haw. . . 377

drepanoides, 2. § 2. 301 | bullatum, Be. . . 24 crassifolia, E.g Z. . 371

ericefolia, Lf. . . 302 ciliate, Yop.) 2 0°. 25 cristata, Haw. . . 376

ericefolia, E.M. . 302 muraltioides, Bth. 26 coruscans, Haw. . 371

ueinzii, Sd.. . . 509 ovata, Mill. . . . 337

holosericeum, Sd. . 510 | paniculata, Th. . . 374

Kraussii, Hehst.. . 510 papillaris, Th. . . 372

lucidum, E.M. . . 510 papillaris, Haw. . 372

riparium, Sd. . . 511 parvula, Burch. . . 378

salicifolium, £. M. . 511 purpurea, Th, . . 371

octandra, Ch. § Sch. 298 Sonderi, Ger. . . 511 racemosa, FE. Mey. . 375

odorata, L. . . .296| Zeyheri, Sd. . . . 511 ramosissima, Haw. . 372

phylicoides, E.& Z. . 302 | Contanpra, Schr. . . 483 reticulata, Th. . . 876

polycephala, #. M. . 302 Africana, Sd. . . 483 rhombifolia, Haw. . 378

polygonifolia, Z.. . 298 digitata, Sd. . . . 483 rhombifolia, EB. & Z, 376

polyphylla, Pte Zs ot «wai ; Ps ove £84 rotundifolia, E. & Z. 376

glauca, serve ABS 8 tA, £8

pulchella, Uf : 297 mollis, Schr... . 495 rir . 874

purgans, Pr. ' pinnatisecta, Schr. . 483 | — teretifolia, Th. . . 373

reticulata, E.&Z. . 296 So ones . » 484 tomentosa, Harv. 373

rubricaulis, Pr + 294 unbergii, Sd... 484 trifora, Th. os 878

ruscifolia, L.. . .295| Zeyheri, Schr. . trigyna, Burch. . . 378

icing, EEE” pee peep rods ee . « 667 Lam. . 875

2 friconum, L. . . 662 | undulata, Haw. . . 377

serpyllifolia, C. & S. 301 churophylloides, £. ¢ Z. undulata, BE. &Z. . 378

_ serpyllifolia, E.M. . 299 567 ungulata, Lam. . . 377

serrata, TBS oe 08 vigens, Th. 2°. $62 ventricosa, Burm. . 375

strobilifera, 2. . . 300| rugosum,Th.. . . 540 Wallichii, Harv. . 374

teretifolia, Th. . . 304 | — suffruticosum, Bg. . 552| Zeyheri, Harv. . . 377

ternata, Li. . . . 298 Copisma,—Rhynchosia 248 | Crassuta, LZ. . . . 332

) Ww CORNEA er albioaulis, Hares. 368

« «670 i Harv...

smal Th. 221 nes ee

" se . ee ae | aloides, BE AAAS

_Menteioides, EM, 5083 : i au re euina, — 350

— anguina, Harv.

cacalioi » 374 arborescens, Willd. . @

suffruticosum, C. $8. 662 cacalioides, E &Z. . 374 argentea, J. . . . 365

CRASSULA (con.)

ascendens, 7h. . . 368

barbata, Phas 8 dO

bibracteata, E.& Z. . 340

biconvexa, F.g Z. . 862

biplanata, Haw. . 340

brach E. M. 354

brevitoln, Harv, . 339

eephalophora if. . 367

ci ta, L. . 7 . . 360

clavifolia, EM... 360

coccinea, L, . . «. 868

columnaris, J. . . 358

corallina, Lf. . : 366

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CRASSULA (con.

hirta, Th. . 367

hirtipes, Harv. - 361

imbricata, Ait. - 351

inanis, Th. Me eae ys)

incana, E.G Z. . . 359

interrupta, E. M. . 361

jasminea, B.M. . . 369

lactea, Ad. 6. Ve 2 BST

lanuginosa, Harv. . 347

sen rR M. . 344

ingueefo ia, Haw. « 366

lucida, eee Oh8

lycioides, E.M. . . 351

lycopodioides, J. . 351

margaritifera, £. § Z. 362

marginalis, DC... . 854

Meyeri, Harv. . . 844

minima, Th. . . . 867

minima, E,&Z.. . 864

montana, [f.. . . 367

multiceps, Harv. . 359

muricata, Th. . 366

muscosa, J. . . 351

muscosa, Th. 2861

natans, Th. . . . 828

neglecta, Schultz. . 367

nemorosa, #.g Z. . 356

nivalis, #.g-Z. . . 356

See Bi nhs Fo er

oblig ud, t. * .

obliqua, Andr. . . 338

obovata, Haw. . . 367

obvallata, Z.. . . 364

_ odoratissima, Andr. 369

orbicularis, JZ. . . 349

ovata, E.M. ow 848

portulacea, Lam. . 337

prostrata, - . 366

prostrata, E.M. 354, 330

pruinosa, Z. . . . 346

_ pubescens, E.M. . . 360

pubescens, Zf. . . 366

punctata, Z.. . . ih

is, L. . . 858

radicans, Haw. . . 363

_ telephioides, Haw. .

tetragona, Eee

gate

virgata, Harv. .

607

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CRASSULA (con.)

ramosa, Aid, . . . 339

_ ramulifiora, Zk... - 367

& ‘retroflexa, Th. oe 331

- revolvens, Haw. .

- rosularis, Haw. .

Beer Haw.

ru icunda, £. M..

rubricaulis, £. g Z.

rupestris, Lf... .

sarcocaulis, F. ¢ Z. .

Sarcolipes, Harv.

m8 nie on

arv.

sotee +

scabrella, Haw.

sediflora, £. Z.

sedoides, Mill. . . 349

semiorbicularis, Z. ¢ Z.

3859

Septas, Th. . . . 858

setulosa, Harv. . . 347

spathulata, Th. . . 348

Spheeritis, Harv. 359

spicata, If. . . . 366~

squamulosa, Willd. . 345

squamulosa, E.M. . 346

stachyera, 2.g Z. . 343

i Lam. . . 353

ace pe E.G Z. . 362

subulata, Hook . . 852

subulata, E.& Z. . 342

subulata, DZ. .. =. 868

sulcata, Haw. . 364

sylvatica, Lichst. 368

des 367

. 860

Whiteheadii, Harv. 346

CRASSULACE®

CROTALARIA, pee

» 827

608. INDEX.

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CROTALARIA (con.) Cucumis (con.) Cyrtonema (con.)

coluteoides, Lam.. . 46 Nanudinianus, Sd. . 496 digitata, E.&Z.. « 485

cordifolia, L. . . 82 Prophetarum, E.M. 495 latiloba, Schr. . . 484

diffusa, EM. . . 4 Prophetarum, Th. . 495 molle, Kze. . . . 485

distans, Pth. . . 43 rigidus, #.M.. . . 497 sphenoloba, Schr. . 485

diversifolia, E. M. . 68 Zeyheri, Sd... . . 496 triloba, Sch. . . « 485

Ecklonis, Harv.. . 42 | Cucurbita Dahlia

effusa, £.M. Ree 8: Citrullus, Le . . 494 crinita, The . . . 325

effusa, EM... . 41 Lagenaria,L.. . . 489 | Daupereta, Z.. - - 264

elegans, Hort. wit CUCURBITACEA . 482 armata, E.M. . . 265

elongata, 7h.. . - 45 | Cunonta, Z.. . . . 306 multijuga, EM. . 265

floribunda, Lodd. . 90 Capensis, Z.. . . 807 myriantha, Msn. . 265

globifera, HM. . . 44 | Curtista, dit. . . - 570 obovata, H.M. . « 265

_ Grantiana, Harv. . 48 faginea, Ait. . . . 570 rotundifolia, Sond. . 264

humilis, .¢Z. . . 41 | Curtogyne "| Davous, L.. . ».> + 563

imbricata, L. . . «21 Burmaniana, B. &Z. 2438 @arote; Di. 2s ve5 3008

incanescens, L. . . 46 dejecta, DC. . « 842 | Desmanthus

UTR Galt by cede meee rey flava, E. &Z. . » 342 divergens, DC. . .« 278

lanceolata, £.M. . 43 undulata, DC. . «. 342 leptostachys, DC. . 278

lenticula, E.M. . 62 | Cussonta, Th. . . . 568 nutans, DC. . . « 278

lotoides, Bith.. . . 42 Kraussii, Hehst.. . 569 trichostachys, DC. . 278

lunaris, L. . . » 76 Natalensis, Sd. . . 568 | Desmoprum. . . . 227

ahaa a E.M. . 45 paniculata, E.G Z. . 569 Caffrum, B.& Z.. + 229

micrantha, E.M. . 58 spicata, Th. . ... 568 de, B.M. .... « 228

mollis, £.M. sow nek thyrsiflora, Th. . . 569 Nat: iti

Natalitia, Msn. . . 46 thyrsoidea, Pers. . 569 setigerum, Bth. . . 229

Nubica, Bth.. . . 465 triptera, Colla. . . 569 squarrosum, DC. . 260

obscura, DC... . 42 umbellifera, Sd. . . 570 strangulatum, W.g A. 228

tera, E.M. . . 58 | Cyctopra, Vent. . 6 | Duverra, DC... . . 548

parvifolia, Th. . . 24 Bowieana, Harv. 9 | aphylla, DC. eee

perplexa, SMe Dt brachypoda, Bth. . 6 Burchellii, Sd. . . 549

pilosa, Th. . ..+ 42 cordifolia, Bth. . 6 | Dicutus, DC. 77

platysepala, Harv. . 45 galioides, DC. . 8 candicans, E.M.. . 78

podocarpa, DC. . . 593 genistoides, Br. . 7 | seiliatus, E.&Z.. . 75

pulchella, Andr.. . 87 grandifiora, ADC. 6 ilis, F.¢Z.. « 77

purpurea, Vent.. . 46 heterophylla, E. & Ze 8 lanceolatus, BMa 16°

quinata, E.M. . . 58 intermedia, E.M. . 7 lebeckioides, FE. Me nL &

-serpens, E.M. . . 89| latifolia, DC.. . . 6 | obovatus, E. ager 4 3

sparsiflora, Bilt a 41 laxiflora, Bth. . 7 patens, E.M.. + « 77

spartioides, BO: 6380 longifolia, Vog. . . 7 pusillus, Bthh . . 77

— spartioides, E.M. . 40 pubescens, E.G Z.. 8 sericeus, E.M. « 70

vopl E.&Z.. 43 sessiliflora, 7.M. 8 spicatus, E.M. . 80

striata, DC. . . . 44| sessiliflora, E.&Z.. 6| _ strictus, EM... 77

trichopoda, EM. . 57 | subternata, Vog. . 6 | Dicurosracuys, DC. . 278

versicolor, E.M.. . 66| — tenuifolia, Lehm. 7| Caffra,Msn.. . . 278

verillata, EM. . . 58}. teretifolia, E.&Z. . 7 | Forbesii, Bth. . . 278

virgata, Th. Se es OO Vogelii, Harv. . . 6 nutans, Bith.. . 278

virgultalis, Bch... 30 | Cylista Didaste

Cryphiantha angustifolia, E.M. . 249 |g decandra, E.M.. . 472

imbricata, E.&Z. . 23 | angustifolia, E.&Z.. 249 | sécosandra, E.M.. « 473

Cucumis, Z.. . . . 494 argentea, E.&Z. . 249 |* pentandra,E.M. .- 472

Africanus, Lf, . . 495 | lancifolia, B. &Z. . 249 | Duwaceta, Harv. . . 330

Colocynthis, Th. . . 494 ane *

cordifolius, EM. . 492 alta, E.&Z.. . . 559 | Diosma

dissectifolius, Vd. . 496 montana, E.& Z. . 559 capitata, Thh. + « 823 -

_heptadactylus, Nd. . 497 | suleata, E.&%. . . 559 | deusta, Th. ae

hirsutus, Sd... . 497 |. typica, GZ, . . 658 | cuspidata, Th. . - 318

metaliferus, E.M. . 495 Cyrtonema at E.M. . 818

myriocarpus, Nd, . 495 digitata, Schr. . . 483 Dercounbelca, Fenal. . 4738

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DIPLOCHONTIUM (con.)

sesuvioides, Fenzl. . 473

Dodonea

Caffra, E.& Z. . §11

conglomerata, KE. & Z. 511

dubia, E.&Z. . . 511

Douicnos, LZ. . . 242

acinaciformis, Jacq. 595

angustifolius, E. g Z. 245

-angustissimus, E.M. 245

axillaris, 2.M. . . 245

Benthami, Msn.. . 244

Capensis, E.& Z. . 244

Chloryllis, Harv. . 246

decumbens, 7h.. . 246.

emarginatus, Jacq. . 238+}

falciformis, #.M. . 246

gibbosus, 7h. . 244

gladiatus, L. . . §95

hasteformis, 2.M,. . 244

Lablab, Linn. . 243

linearis, EM. . 245

minimus, L. . . 254

pentaphyllus, E.M. . 245

sericeus, £. sipentdd

smilacinus, £.M. . 244

DoMBEYA

Burgessie, Ger. . . 590

cymosa, Harv. . . 589

densiflora, Pl. . . 589.

edt

Capensis, E.&Z. . 554

collina, E.& Z, . . 555

virgata, B. &Z. . . e555

Dumasta ce

Capensis, E. va . 234

pubescens, F . 234

villosa, DC. . . . 234

no ra ee ag Bth. 277

Burchellii, Bth. . . 277

Burkei, Bh. . . . 278

Enraba, EE SPO at ae 27 6

monostachya, DC. . 276

Natalensis, Bth. . 276

Pursetha, DC. . . 276

scandens, Bth. 276

Eptnopium, L. EM. .

Dregeanum, oe

flavescens, .M. . ie"

hirsutum, Z. . «a 5

montanum, EB. & Z. «|

obscurum, E. e end

tetragonum, mi ate?

villosum, Th.. . . 506

Epistemum, Walp... 21

-Ertosema, DG... . . 258

Burkei, Bth. vee OO

cajanoides, Bih. . . 261

capitatum, E.M. 156, 262

INDEX.

ERIOSEMA (con. )

cordatum, £.M. .

Dregei, #.M.

Gueinzii, Sond.

Kraussianum, Msn. .

oblongum, Bth.

parviflorum, £ M.

podostachyum, Hf. .

polystachyum, E.M. .

populifolium, Bth. .

puberulum, E.& Z. .

reticulatum, HM. .

reticulatum, Msn.

salignum, EM, .

sericeum, KE. & Z. .

trinerve, #./.

Zeyheri, E.M.

Eryrurina, L. .

acanthophora, EM.

Oaifra, TR. 6

Caffra, Ker. .

Humei, 7.M. .

Humeana, E. & Z.

latissima, #.M. .

Raja, Msn.

Sa ‘

levigata, Spr.

meifolia, K. &Z.

stricta, oe

alega

Capensis, Th. .

- squarrosum, Walp .

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GALEGA (con.)

ia, Jacq. . 220

filiformis, Th ‘73

enistoides, Th 8

grandifiora, Vahl. . 209

humilis, Th 222

lupinifolia, Burch . 204

mucronata, Th. . . 228

pinnata, Th. . . « 250

rosea, Lk. . » . . 209

sericea, ‘THe 4245. 74

striata, Th. ee tI

ternata, Th. . . 109

trifoliata, Th. rot)

affinis, Sond. . 476

Africana, Z.. . . 478

aizoides, Fenzl. . . 474

crystallina, Fenzl. . 477

Dregeana, Fenzl. 477

Ecklonis, Walp. . 478

fruticosa, Sond. 477

glauca, Sond. . ~ 478

halimifolia, Fenzl. . 478

herniarizfolia, Fenel.

heterophylla, Fenzl. . 475

hispidissima, Fenzl. . 478

humifusa, Fenzl. 476

linearis, Th... . « 478

pallens, Fenzl 475

papulosa, Sond. . . 475

Fenzl. . . 477

portulacea, Fenzl. . 475

procumbens, Z. . . 478

pruinosa, Sond. . . 477

salsoloides, Fenzl. . 478

sarcophylla, Fenzl. . 475

secunda, Sond. . . 474

sericea, Fenzl. 478

spathulata, Fenzl. . 475

squamulosa, Fenzl. . 477

Gamochilum, =Argyrolo-

bium 70

Globulea_ . ‘

atropurpurea, Haw. 365

canescens, Haw. . -

610 — : INDEX.

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: HAL ta (con.) YDROOTYLE (con.

paces sana angustifolia, DC. . 232 Calliodus, Ch.G Schl. 528

Haw. 365 asarina, 7h. . . . 232 Mann - & Schl. ae

mesembryanthemoides, convera, Bch. . «~ 232 cuspidata, W. . .

E. M. 345 cordata, Th. Pree it debilis, H.&Z. . . 582

mollis, Haw. . . 3865 filiformis, Harv. . , 232 difformis, E.& Z. . 581

nudicaulis, Haw. . 364 Riccida, Th: +. <5 5-282 Dregeana, Sd. . . 530

obvallata, Haw.. . 364 imbricata, Th. . «. 232 eriantha, Rich. . . 528

paniculata, Haw. . 365 virgata, Th. .... . 232 falcata, E.& Z. . . 582

radicans, Haw. . . 363 | HALORAGEAD . . 571 ficarioides, Msn. . 527

stricta, E.M. . . 842 | HAMAMELIDEA. 324 filicaulis, EF. & Z. . 583

subincana, Haw. . 365 | Hedysarum flexuosa, F.g:Z. . 528

sulcata, Haw. . . 865 ciiatum, Th.. . . 255 fusca, BE. & Z. . 582, 583

ine squarrosum, Th.. . 260 glabrata, Th. 46 cc BBB

abyssinica, Hchst. . 235 tetraphyllum, Th. . 225 glabrata, E.& Z. . 582

angustifoli . . 249 | Hetopuyrum, £. & Z. 328 hederfolia, Bch. . 529

— S . 828 | hermannizefolia, Z.Z. 530

. 828 | interrupta, Mhl. = 527

aribea, Jacq. . . 255 inane, F.4d Z. . . 829 lanuginosa, E. & Z. 533

: os ‘ . 328 | linearis, E.M. . . 532

.&Z. .329| linifolia, Th. . . 582

ylla, Th. . 256 | Herosctapium, Koch. . 535 littoralis, E. & Z. . 580

1S Fa ee st Capense, £. GZ. . 536 macrocarpa, Reh. . 533

memnonia, Del. . . 253 repens, Koch. . . 586 macrodus, Spr. . . 529

parvifiora,L. . . 235 Ruta, DC... . 585 mollissima, E. M. . 529

Totta, Th. . . 256 | Hermann, L. montana, Ch. G Schl. 531

Goodia Gerrardi, Harv.. . 588 montana, E. M.. . 532

polysperma, DC. . 75 | Hermas, Z.. . . . 565 moschata, Spr. . . 529

GramMantuHEs, DO, . 331 capitata, Zf.. . . 566 multifiora, R.. & 8. . 527

cesia, E.M.. . . 331 Ciliata, Zf,... .. 567 pallida, E. & Z.. . 528

chlorefolia, Haw. . 331 gigantea, If, . . 566 pallida, DC. . . . 527

depressa, E.& Z. . 331 mimima, BE. & Z.. . 566 plantaginea, Spr. . 532

Sleformis, E.& Z. . 331 quercifolia, E. & Z. . 567 reniformis, Spr. . . 528

flava, E.M. . . . 331 quinquedentata, Lf. 566 repanda, Pers. . . 527

gentianoides, D.C. . 331 rudissima, Rchb. . 543 rigescens, E. & Z. . 532

sebeoides, E.& Z. . 331 Vitenhagensis, B, &Z. 567 rupestris, E.& Z. . 532

Gravenhorstia villosa, Th, . ... 666 uae es se BED

Jastigiata, Nees. . 317 | Hereropon a 629

Grewia, L. superbum, Msn. . . 312 wichophyila: 4 EB. & Z. 533

bicolor, Juss. . . 590 | Hergromorrna, C. §8. 542 tridentata, J. -. . 531

robusta, Bch. . . 590 abyssinica, Hchst. . 542 triloba, Th. . . . 580

Grey, H, & A, arborescens, C. § S. 542 uncinata, Tez. . . 529

Sutherlandi, 1. & H. 309 collina, E.& Z. . . 542 verticillata, Th. . . 527

GriELuM, Z.. . . 304 | Heteroptilis villosa, Th. . .. . 582

jlagelliforme, E. M, . 305 arenaria, E.M. . . 552 | | villosa, Z. . . . 529

humifusum, 7h.. . 305 | Heudusa : virgata, Tf. . . . 5382

humifusum, E.M. . 304 decipiens, E.M. . 598 vulgaris, The. . . 527

obtusifolium, 7. M@.. 305 | Hrerscus, L. Hypocatyprus, Th. . 81

tenuifolium, Z. . . 304 Elliottiz, Harv... . 587 obcordatus, Th. . . 81

Grupstia, Berg.. . . 325 Gibsoni, Stochs. . . 587 Capensis, Th. . . 266

hirsuta, Z,.M. . . 327 Natalitius, H. . . 587 Ibbetsonia—Cyclopia ee.

latifolia, Sch. . . 327 | Hidrosiabullata, E.M. 257 Icthyosma

pinifolia, Sond. . . 326 | Hyprocoryte, eae 526 Wehdemanni, Schl. . 574

rosmarinifolia, Berg. 326 afinis, E.& Z. . . 532 | Inpicorwra, LZ. . . 168

stricta, DO. . + 4 Bt alpina, E.& Z. . . 538 adenocarpa, E.M. . 196

GUILANDINA, Juss. . 269 Asiatica, Z. . . . 527 adiensis, E.M.. . 185

Bonduc, Ait. . . 269 Asiatica,Th.. . . 528 adscendens, E. & Z. 173

Gunnmra, Ll. . . . 571 Bonariensis, Lam. . 527 affinis, Harv... . . 184

perpensa, Z.. . . 571 brevipes, BE. a. , Bat alopecuroides, DC. . 187

Hatsts, Th... .... . 281 bupleurifolia, Rch. . 532 alpina, E.& Z. . . 176

sista, TA. ». .-231 Caffra, Msn.. .... 527 alternans, DC. . . 199

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INDIGOFERA (con.)

alternans, E. M. . 200

amena, EK. M - 191

- amoena, Azé. . 01

anceps, Vahl. . ., 199

angustata, E. M. . 171

angustifolia, JZ...

186

arenaria, HE. M.. . 199

argyrea, FA. dé Z. . 201

argyroides, Z. M. . 191

arrecta, Bth. . . 188

astragalina, DC. . 194

athrophylla, E. & Z. 170

auricoma, #. Mr . 200

bifrons, Z. M. . . 179

brachystachya, 2. M7. 181

Burchellii, DC. . . 179

Burchellii, E. M. . 201

Burkeana, Bth.. . 197

talva, TM oss

199

candicans, Att. . . 172

candicans, ER. M. . 172

candicans, Sieb. . ~. 187

corniculata, Z, M. . 184

capillaris, 7h. . . 188

cardiophylla, Harv. 175

centrota, B. & Z.. . 170

cinerascens, E. & Z. 185

circinata, Bth. . . 202

collina, E.& Z. . . 201

complicata, £.g Z. 172

concava, Harv. . . 186

coriacea, Att...

cryptantha, Bih. .

cuneifolia, Z. & Z,

cylindracea, DC.

eytisoides, Zh. . .

daleoides, Bth. . .

dealbata, Harv. .

187

195

eAT7

- 193

192

200

- 170

declinata, Z.M.. . 198

defleca, Hchst. . «198

denudata, 7h. acA7O

depressa, Harv... . 175

digitata, Zh. . . «179

dillwynioides, Bth. ..178

dimidiata, Vog.. . 176

discolor, E.M. . . 174

disticha, Z. GZ... 197

Dregeana, F. M. . 182

dumosa, E.M. . . 171

effusa, E. M.. . . 199

elliptica, Z. M. . . 185

Enonensis, EF. M. . 197

endecaphylla, Jacg. 199

enneaphylla, BE. & Z. 199

erecta, E.&Z. wit

eriocarpa, E.M. . 1

exigua, Be Me ss, 400

exigua, E.& Z. . . 199

falcata, E. M. . . 201

fastigiata, 2. M. . 183

INDEX.

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INDIGOFERA (con.)

filicaulis, E.G Z. . 178

filifolia, Th. . . 168

filiformis, Th. . . 186

filipes, Bth. . . . 198

flabellata, Harv. . 180

flexuosa, E.&Z. =. 171

florida, E. M. add

folicsa, 2.2, 64:18]

frutescens, Z. pee ep 4

fruticosa, Berg. . . 187

fulcrata, Harv. . . 192

Gerrardiana, Harv. 595

glaucescens, £. & Z. 189

glomerata, Z. M. . 177

gracilis, Spr... . 173

grata, Z. M. Peres ||,

hedranophylla, £.§ Z. 201

hedyantha, Z. g Z.. 188

heterophylla, 7h. . 172

heterotricha, DC. . 189

hilaris, Z. § Bere {RS

hirsuta, 2. 2. eo = 194

Hirt, KM 63 AGF

hispida, 7. g Z. «180

hololeuca, Bth. . . 200

‘humifusa, FZ. G Z. . 198

incana, The <s7: e475

intermedia, Harv. . 190

juncea, DC. . . . 168

leptocarpa, FE. § Z.. 173

leptocaulis, E. & Z. . 186

leptophylla, E.M. . 185

lotoides, E. M. . ~ 181

macra, F.M. . . 197

malachostachys, Bth. 184

Mauritanica, L.. . 187

melanadenia, Bth. . 195

melolobioides, Bth. . 201

Meyeriana, E. & Z.. 179

micrantha, F. M. . 195

mollis, 7. Z. . . 176

monostachya, £.g Z. 177

Mundtiana, Z. § Z. 186

nana, E.& Z. . . 185

nigromontana, KE. & Z. 170

fivea, FE. Mic 2 + AF8

nudicaulis, 7. M. . 169

obcordata, £. G Z.. 169

ides, EH. M. =. 177

ovate, Then s+ -<<369

ovina, Harv.. . . on

0: is, Bth. vii

rerilnss Heyne . 198

parvifiora, E.M. . 181

paucifiora, Z. § Z. . 196

patens, F.¢ Z.. . 201

pentaphylla, Bch. . 178

a “ 3 =

podophylla, B oe

voliotes, E. ¢Z.2 6186

611

tenuissima, #. M. .

Page

INDIGOFERA (con.)

polycarpa, Bth.. . 191

porrecta, E. gf Z. . 174

procumbens, Z.. . 174

psoraleoides, Z.. . 172

punctata, Th. . . 185

punctata, HE. & Z. . 185

pungens, 7. M@.. . 170

quinquefolia, #. Mf. 179

- wechodes, BE. & Z. . 170

refleca, E.M. . . 189

rhytidocarpa, Bth. . 202

rigescens, E. M.. . 170

rufescens, 7. M. . 193

rupestris, E. & Z. . 185

sarmentosa, J. f. 187

sarmentosa, Hk. 77

secunda, E, M. 188

sericea, L. . 21

sericea, Th. 22

sessilifolia, De: . 202

seticulosa, Harv. 196

setacea, E. M. . . 174

sordida, Bth. - 190

spinescens, Z. M. . 169

stenophylla, #. g Z. 171

stipularis, Z. AiG

stricta, L. f. 181

stricta, L. f. . « 205

subtilis, E. M. = 178

Suleata; DO. .= > <-180

tenuifolia, HE. & Z. . 186

171

tetragonoloba, #.M. 190

tomentosa, £. § Z.. 175

torulosa, H. M. . . 202

triquetra, Z. M. . 173

tristis, HM... . . 182

varia, EZ. M. . « 195

velutina, A.M... . 194

venusta, #.d& Z.. . 171

verrucosa, EK. & Z. . 185

vestita, Harv. +382

viminea, E. M.. . aoe

Zeyheri, Spr. . . 1

Zeyher, E@2@.¢ 2171

Ingenhoussia, EF. M. . 19

ericefolia, E.M. . 22.

micrantha, E. M. 23

rosea, EH. M.. . 25

rugosa, EK. M. ae)

tortilis, EH. M. 25

verticillata, E.M. . 19

violacea, E. M eer 22

JTonrpIuM Pes

Natalense, Harv. . 585

palustris, L. . . . 505

eyminifera, E. M. . 521

asione

Page

Jasione (con)

Capensis, Berg 534

Jussima, LD. . . 504

alternifolia, E. M. . 504

angustifolia, Lam. . 504

cylindrocarpa, Boiv. 505

fluitans, Hehst. . . 504

linearis, Hehst. . 504

KatancnHor, Andr. . 378

alternans, E. & Z. . 330

crenata, Haw. 379

a ne E. & Z. 380

gyi ce ee

oblongitele Harv. . 379

paniculata, Harv. . 380

rotundifolia, Haw. . 379

thyrsiflora, Harv. . 380

Kalosanthes,=Rochea . 368

os “< Ree 17)

= ta, R. Br. . 508

Kolleria, =Galenia . 475

Krebsia,—=Lotononis 50-51

aa E. & Z. 55

é 3 . 661

Lablab,==Dolichos. . 243

Lacenaria, Ser. . . 489

idolatrica, Ser. . . 490

sagittata, Harv.. . 489

spherica, E. M. 490

vulgaris, Ser. . . 489

Larochea,—=Rochea 368

Laserpitium

_ Capense,Th.. . . 554

Larurioerne, FE. § Z. 593

candicans, BE. & Z. 22

parvifolia, Z. ¢ Z, . 593

. i 82

ambigua, 2. M. . 86

ambigua, E. M 86

angustifolia, E. M 88

armata, Th. . 91

armata, E. M. - 88

an BO

Candolleana, Walp. 85

canescens, EB. M. . 88

cinerea, Z. M. . . 87

contaminata, Th. . 139

contaminata, Bth. 85

isoides, Th. . 87

ipiens, E. M.. 88

decutiens, EeM.... 88

fasciculata, Bth. . 89

flexuosa, E. M, . * 88

gracilis, E.& Z. . . 86

grandiflora, Bth. 85

humilis, Th. . . 89

leptophylla, Bth 87

linearifolia, #. M. 86

macrantha, Harv. . 83

marginata, 2. M. 89

Meyeriana, F. & ‘, 84

INDEX.

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LEBECKIA con.)

microphylla, #. M.. 88

mucronata, Bth. 87

multiflora, #. M. 88

paucifiora, E, ¢ Z. 85

pawiflora, Bth. 85

Plukenetiana, 2.¢Z. 84

psiloloba, Walp. . 84

pungens, Th. . 84

sarcophylloides, EM. 86

sepiaria, Th. . . . 86

sepiaria, Bth. 86

sericea, Th. . . 88

sessilifolia, Bth. . 89

Simsiana, E. § Z. 86

spinescens, Harv. . 88

subnuda, DC. . 87

, -=Lotononis 60

paniculatum, E. M.

540, 548

verticillatum, E. M. 551

Leptis,=Lotononis 60, 61

Lessentia, DO. . . 218

abbreviata, H, M. . 223

acuminata, E.M. . 218

annua, DC. 217

annularis, Bth. 223

arcuata, EL. ¢ Z. . 223

argentea, Harv.. . 221

. astragalina, Msn. 218

brachypus, Harv. . 214

brachystachya, DC, 222

candida, FE. M. . . 217

capitata, E. M. . . 219

carnosa, £.d@Z. . 221

depressa, Harv. . 219

diffusa, R. Br. . 220

diffusa, E. & Z 220

excisa, DC. . 220

excisa, E. & Z. 220

falciformis, DC.. . 221

falciformis, E. & Z. 223

flexuosa, #. M, . . 215

fruticosa, Lindl 215

inflata, Harv. - 219

lanata, Harv. - 224

linearis, DC.. . . 217

macrostachya, DC, 216

macrostachya, BE. & Z. 215

margaritacea, #. M. 215

microcarpa, #. M. . 219

mucronata, DC. 223

obtusata, DC. . . 223

obtusata, E. & Z. . 223

Pappeana, Harv. . 218

paucifiora, Harv. . 222

perennans, DC. . 216

perennans, E. & Z. . 220

ph E. &Z. . 218

polystachya, Harv. . 216

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LESSERTIA (con. )

procumbens, DU. . 223

. propinqua, #. GZ. . 217

prostrata, DC. . 221

prostrata, E. & Z. « 219

pubescens, DC. . . 223

pubescens, E. &Z. . 218

pulchra, Sims . . 217

rigida, E. M. . 215

spinescens, Z. M. .« 214

stenoloba, #. M. . 223

subumbellata, Harv. 217

sulcata, £. M. . . 224

tenuifolia, Z. M. . 218

tomentosa, DC’ . 220

tomentosa, E.& Z. . 224

tumida, E. & Z . 218

vesicaria, DC. - 223

vesicaria, E.& Z. . 221

vesicaria, E. M. . 219

villosa, H.M. «. . 221

Levucosipka, £.& Z. . 289

sericea, HL, & Z. 289

Levisticum, Keh. . . 553

grandifiorum, Sd. . 553

pee eng pe §S. 542

Beiliana £. ¢. . 644

crassijuga LZ. iM . 543

inebrians, E. M. « 548

inebrians, E.&Z. . 644

interrupta, A.M. . 543

lacera, Oh. & Sch. . 542

latifolia, 2.6 Z. . 543

palmata, DC. . 643

pyrethrifolia, DC. 548, 556

pyrethrifolia, C. & 8, 544

runcinata, E. M. . 543

iana, B, &Z. 544

trifida, Oh. § Sch. . 843

triradiata, E. M, . 544

Lichtensteinia.

oleefolia, Wendl. . 577

C 3 “, DC we BBS

apense, Oe eee ee

Loyoonta, Ll, ... « 817

ides, Z . 318

Banks. . 319

cuspidata, Sw. . . 818

tamariscina, E. M.. 314

thymifolia, Sw. 318

Liparia, Z.. . 14

Burchellii, Bth.. . 15

capitata, Th... . . 17

comantha, F. § Z.. 15

inervia, Msn. 15

graminifolia, L.. . 16

Riredta, The 6 18

levigata,Th. . . 18

myrtifolia, Th «48

parva, Vogel. «fb

i 14

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LiPARIA (con.)

teeta, Vs erecting oO

fered, Theo pr ai ode

tomentosa, Th. . «. 19

umbellifera, Th. 17

vestita, E. & Z 19

villosa, Th, 18

villosa, Andr. 19

villosa, L ‘ 20

Lipozygis, = Lotononis

55, 59

Depry Fi Mis ig ie 86

heterophylla, EZ. .M. 66

LOASAC a aq: e 402

LoppigEsta, Sims . . 82

oxalidifolia, Sims . 82

Loncuocarpus, H. B. K 263

Philenoptera, Bth. . 263

Loncuostoma, Wickstr. 316

acutiflorum, Wickstr. 317

acutiflorum, E. & Z. 317

monostylis, Sond. . 317

obtusiflorum, Wickstr. 316

Lophostylis.

oblongifolia, Hchst. 586

LORANTHACE . 574

Lorantuus, Z. . . 574

Burchellti, BE. & Z. . 576

canescens, Bch. . . 576

croceus, E. M a if

Dregei, £. § Z 575

elegans, Ch. & Sch. . 577

laucus, Th. . - 575

ussianus, Msn. . 577

7 inti, MS stead

Namaquensis, Harv. 577

Natalitius, Msn. . 576

ifolius, E. M. 575

olesefolius, Ch. § Sch. 576

oleafolius, E. M, . 577

ovalis, #. M.. . . 675

prunifolius, #, M. . 578

quinquenervius, /Zcht.578

speciosus, Dietr. . . 577

tenuiflorus, Harv. . 578

undulatus, 2, M. . 577

Zeyheri, Harv, . . 576

Lorononis, DC. . . 47

acuminata, H.g Z.. 54

acutiflora, Bth.. . 58

afinis, E.& Z.. . 4

angustifolia, Steud. .

anthylloides, Harv.. 59

argentea, H.¢Z, . 54

er ; Btn wi oo

oba, Bth. .

Seipichan Bth. . 53

Burchellii, Beh. 61

calycina, Bth. 65

carinalis, Harv. 60

carinata, Bth. 64

- INDEX.

Lorononis (con.)

carnosa, Bih. .

clandestina, Bth.

corymbosa, Bth..

crumaniana, Bth.

cytisoides, Bth. .

debilis, Bth. .

decidua, E. & Z.

densa, Harv. .

depressa, 4. § Z.

dichilioides, Sond. .

diffusa, E. & Z. .

digitata, Harv. .

divaricata, Bth. .

falcata, Bth.. .

genuflexa, Bth. .

hylla, B. & Z.

humifusa, Beh. .

involucrata, Bth.

lanceolata, Bth, .

laxa, BiG Z...

Leobordea, Bth. .

lenticula, Bth.

microphylla, Hare.

mollis, Bth. . .

monophylla, Harv. .

oxyptera, Bth.

pallens, Bth. .

peduncularis, Bth. .

613

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| Lotus (con.) ‘

amplexicaulis, 2. M. 158

anthylloides, Vent. . 158

discolor, Z. M. . . 157

linearis, Walp 158

microphyllus, Hk. . 174

Lupwieia, L. . « 504

jusseeoides, Lam. . 506

palustris, Hl. . . 505

Lurra, Tourn. . . 490

Caledonica, Sd.. . 490

spherica, Sd. . . 490

LTundia 5

monocantha, S. & T. 584

LYTHRARIEA. 515

LytHrum, J. . . 516

hyssopifolium, Z. . 516

rigidulum, Sd. . . 516

sagittifolium, Sd. 516

tenellum, Th. . 516

thymifolium, Th. . 516

Mesa.

palustris, Hochst. . 808

Elliottana, Harv. . 589

vernicata, Bih. . . 589

Mepicaco .... . 4 162

denticulata, Willd. . 162

laciniata, All. . . 163

nigra, Willd. . «. 163

sativa, L. . fee 4

Metanosticta, DC. . 269

Burchellii, DC. . . 270

Sandersoni, Harv. . 270

MELASTOMACEA 517

MELHANIA

. 590

MaiaoTus 3... 3 161

alpinum, E. ¢ Z.

calycinum, Bth.. .

candicans, H. § Z. .

exudans, Harv. .

humile, E.g Z.. .. 79

microphyllum, E.G Z. 79

Bib 81

viscidulum, Steud. . 81

Memecylon

Capense, E. & Z 523

Mercurialis

614

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Mercurialis (con.)

A pa 4 eee

MESEMBRYANTHEMUM 1.387

. acinaciforme, Z.. . 412

acinaciforme, DC. . 413

acuminatum, Haw. . 433

acutangula, Haw. . 426

-acutum, Haw. . 406

adscendens, Haw. . 403

aduncum, Haw. . 438

aduncum, Willd. . 438

aduncum, K. & Z 434

aduncum, Jacq, 410

agninum, Haw. . . 398

Aitonis, Jacq. . . 454

albicaule, Haw. . . 433

albidum, Z. . . . 399

albinatum, Haw. . 396

albipunctatum, Haw. 396

aloides, Haw. . . 396

_amoenum, S. Dyck. . 419

_anatomicum, Haw. . 456

aristulatum, Sond. . 424

articulatum, Th. 434, 485

asperulum, S. Dyck, 442

asperum, Haw. . . 415

attenuatum, Haw. . 445

aurantiacum, Haw. . 417

aurantium, Willd. . 417

auratum, Sond, . . 449

aureum, DZ. . 418

aureum, Th 449

barbatum, Z.. . . 446

barbatum, Br. . 447

bellidiflorum, ZL. 406

ose Haw, 395

i ‘ . 4387

bicolorum, Curt.. . 436

bicorne, Sond. . 434

bidentatum, Haw. - 400

bifidum, Haw. . 894

bigibberatum, Haw, 401

blandum, Haw. . . 418

brachiatum, ‘

brachiatum, BE. & Z 441

brachiatum, Ait. . 448

bracteatum, Ait. . 415

brevicaule, Haw. . 409

brevifolium, Ait. . 442

brevifolium, E. & Z, 443

bulbosum, Haw. . 447

bulbosum, E. & Z. . 446

caducum, Ait, . . 452

calamiforme, Z.. . 405

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con.)

calendulaceum, BE. & Z. 459

calendulaceum, Haw. 458

calycinum, Haw. . 445

calycinum, E. & Z. . 449

campestre, Bch. . . 459

canaliculatum, Haw. 450

eandens, Haw. . 445

Candollei, E. & Z. . 458

canescens, §. Dyck. . 424

caninum, Haw. . . 398

canum, Haw. . . 396

canum, 8. Dyck. . 400

capillare, Th. . . 442

capitatum, Haw. 409

carinans, Haw. . . 400

carinatum, Vent. . 413

caulescens, Mill. . 421

ceratophyllum, W. . 438

ciliatum, Th. . . 436

clandestinum, Haw. 455

clavatum, Haw. . . 452

RR, | . 431

claviforme, vw 452

coccineum, Haw. . 436

coceineum, E. & Z. . 437

collinum, Sond. . . 443

compactum, Ait. . . 896

compressum, Haw.

415, 416

concavum, Haw. . 457

congestum, 8. Dyck. 416

conspicuum, Haw. . 419

copticum, L. . . . 452

coralliflorum, S. Dyck 429

corallinum, 7h. . . 435

corallinum, Haw. . 429

cordifolium, Z. . . 456

coriarium, Beh. 460

corniculatum, Z 408

corniculatum, Haw. . 407

crispum, Haw. . . 460

croceum, Jacg. . . 427

cruciatum, = 401

erystallinum, £.. . 453

erystallophanes, E.&Z.454

cultratum, 8. Dyck. 403

cuneifolium, Jacq. . 453

curtum, gee Sec a

curviflorum, Haw. . 418

curvifolium, Haw. . 438

cylindricum, Haw. . 405

eymbifolium, Haw. . 417

cymbifolium, EB. & Z. 414

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con.)

cymbiforme, Haw. . 431

debile, Haw 407

decipiens, Haw 408

decussatum, 7h 448

deflecum, Haw. . . 440

defoliatum, Haw. 431

deltoides, Mill. . . 421

densum, Haw. . . 447

denticulatum, Haw. 395

de um, ZZaw. 403

difforme, Haw . . 401

difforme, Th. . 395, 399

difforme, L. . . « 401

digitiforme, Th. . . 405

dilatatum, Haw. 419

diminutum, Haw. . 407

diversifolium, Haw. 407

dolabriforme, Z. .

Dregeanum, Sond. . 4

dubium, Haw. . «. 408

dunense, Sond 411

echinatum, Ait. 448

Ecklonis, S. Dyck. . 441

um, Haw 423

oe a

acq. ce

elongatum, Haw, . 409

elongatum, KE. & Z. . 454

emarcidum, Th. . . 456

emarginatoides, Haw. 440

emarginatum, J. . 440

emarginatum, E. & Z,

437, 440

erigerifolium, Jacq. 442

ermininum, Haw. . 398

expansum, J, . . 456

expansum, DC. . . 467

expansum, Th. . . 458

falcatum, Z.. . . 420

falciforme, Haw 420

fasciculatum, Th. . 482

fastigiatum, Haw. . 433

fastigiatum, . 455

felinum, Haw. . 897

fibuleforme, Haw. . 393

filamentosum, Z 413

filamentosum, E. & Z. 410

filamentosum, DC. . 414

filicaule, Haw. . 438

jiliforme, Th. 460

fimbriatum, Sond, . 393

fissum, Haw. . . 304

flaccidum. Jacg.. . 459

flavum, Haw. . . 4383

flavum, EB. & Z. . . 433

jlexifolium, Haw. or

Hexifolium, E. ™ Z. —

, Haw.

flexuosum, Haw. . 488

Jlexwsum, BE. & Z. . 440

INDEX. 615

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con.) MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con.) | MESEMBRYANTHEMUM ons

floribundum, Haw. . 446 lve, Th 3S F408 nodiflorum, Z. . . 452

FSoliosum, Haw. . . 426 leve, Haw. . . . 429 nuciforme, Haw. . 392

foliosum, E.& Z. . 426 levigatum, Haw. . 412 obconellum, Haw. . 392

forficatum, Z. . . 421 lanceolatum, Haw. . 455 obcordellum, Haw. . 392

formosum, Haw. . 419 lanceum, Th.. . +. 455 obliquum, Haw. . . 443

fragrans, S, Dyck. . 402 lanceum, BE. & Z. . 441 obliquum, E. & Z. . 443

wreum, Haw. . 446 lateriflorum, Red. . 442 obliquum, Willd. . 404

fulvum, E. & Z.. . 435 laxum, Willd. . . 411 obsubulatum, Haw.. 405

geminatum, Haw. . 422 | Lehmanni, &. ¢ Z. . 430 obtusum, Haw. . . 394

geminatum, Jacq. . 411 leptalewum, Haw.. . 440 octophyllum, Haw. .

iniflorum, Haw. 411 lineolatum, Haw. . 423 ovatum, Th... .

geminiflorum, E.&Z. 441° lingueeforme, Haw. . 404 pallens, Ait. . . . 457

gibbosum, Haw.. . 404 lingueforme, L. . . 402 pallescens, Haw. . 434

glabrum, Ait. . . 459 longispinulum, Haw. 449 papuliferum, DC. . 454

i Jacq. . 413 longistylum, DC. . 433 papulosum, Z. . . 453

glaucinum, Haw. . 414 longistylum, E. & Z. 240 papulosum, E.& Z. . 454

glaucinum, E, & Z. 417 longum, Haw, . . 404 parviflorum, Haw. . 425

glaucoides, Haw. . 417 loratum, Haw. . . 457 parvifiorum, Jacq. . 434

glaucum, Z. . . . 417 loreum, Dill. . . . 407 parvifolium, Haw. . 442

glaucum, E.& Z. . 427 loreum, L. . 407, 408 parvifolium, E. & Z. 442

glomeratum, J. . . 489 lucidum, Haw. . . 404 patens, Willd. . . 426

gracile, Haw.. . . 415 lunatum, Willd... 420 patulum, LZ. . . . 416

gracile, E. & Z. 415, 416 lupinum, Haw. . . 397 perfoliatum, Haw. . 422

gramineum, Haw. . 452 luteolum, Haw. . . 427 perpusillum, Haw. . 392

diflorum, Haw. . 403 luteo-viride, Haw. . 404 perviride, Haw... 405

graniforme, Haw. . 460 | luteum, Haw. . . 427 ; » Haw, . 425

granulicaule, Haw. . 435 macrorhizum, Haw, 441 Haw. . . 458

grossum, Haw. . . 449 maculatum, Haw. . 444 pinnatifidum, Z. . 455

iganense, Ki. . . 460 magnipunctatum, H. 396 polyanthum, Haw. . 439

Fiaworthii, Don.. . 428 magnipunctum, Beh. 460 | polyanthum, E. & Z. 439

Haworthii, E. & Z. . 429 marginatum, Haw. . 422 polyphyllum, Haw. . 439

helianthoides, Ait. . 458 maximum, Haw. . 420 pomeridianum, LZ. . 458

heteropetalum, Haw. 413 | megarhizum, Don. . 441 prepingue, Haw, . 401

um, B.&Z. 416 tmicans, Z. . . . 443 procumbens, Haw. . 408

hyllum, Haw. 401 micans, Th. . . ~ 448 productum, Haw. . 429

yllum, Haw. . 471 micranthum, Haw. . 434 pruinosum, 7h... 444

hirtellum, E. & Z. . 444 micranthum, E. & Z. 435 pruinosum, E. & Z.. 428

hirsutum, Spr... 447 microphyllum, Haw. 424 puberulum, Haw. . 454

hispidum, Z.. . . 445 minimum, Haw, . 392 pubescens, Haw. 405

hispidum, Th. 442, 443 minutum, Haw.. . 392 pugioniforme, Le sa

hispifolium, Haw. . 444 molle, Ait. . . . 480 pugioniforme, DC. . 409

horizontale, Haw. . 4381 moniliforme, Th. . 450 pulchellum, Haw. . 424

humifusum, Ait. . 457 monticolum, Sond. . 428 pulverulentum, Haw. 442

humile, Haw. . . . 460 mucronatum, Haw. 424 | pulverulentum, E.&Z.442

imbricatum, E. & Z. 426 mucroniflorum, Haw. 480 | _pulverulentum, Willd. 430

imbricatum, Haw. . 426 | multiceps, S. Dyck . 399 | _ punctatum, Haw. .

inequale, Haw. . . 437 | ~multiflorum, Haw. . 426 puniceum, Jacq. . . 439

inclaudens, Haw. . 414 multifiorum, BE. & Z. 410 purpurascens, S. Dyck 395

incomptum, Haw. . 451 multipunctatum, Dk. 395 purpureo-album, Haw.408

inconspicuum, Haw. 438 multiradiatum, Jacq. 420 purpureo-croceum, H. 427

incurvum, E. M. . 416 muricatum, Haw. . 421 pusiforme, Haw. . 450

incurvum, E. & Z. . 440 murinum, Haw.. . 397 pustulatum, Haw, . 404

inflecum, Haw. . . 439 musculinum, Haw. . 398 pyropeum, Haw. . =e

insititium, Willd. . 427 mustellinum, 8. Dyck 397 quadrifidum, Haw. . 39

intonsum, Haw. . . 446 mutabile, Haw. . . 414 radiatum, Haw. . . 416

intonsum, BE. & Z. . 447 Namaquense, Sond. 399 ramulosum, Haw. - oh

junceum, Haw. . . 434 nitidum, Haw. . . 448 rapaceum, Jacq. . 4

‘lacerum, Haw. . . 413 nobile, Haw.. . . 396 rapaceum, B.&Z. . 4 4

lacerum, E.& Z . 415 noctiflorum, Z. . . 481 recurvum, Haw.. ~ 41

616

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con.)

reflecum, Haw. . . 4384

reflecum, Willd.. . 450

reptans, Ait. . . 407

retroflecum, Haw. . 440

rhomboideum, Dk. 400

rigidicaule, Haw. . 410

rigidicaule, E. & Z. . 423

rigidum, Haw. . 495

ringens, Th. . 397

robustum, Haw. . . 395

roseum, Willd. . . 420

rostellatum, DC.. . 425

Rostellum, S. Dyck. 425

rostratum, Z. . . 395

rubricaule, Haw. . 413

rubrocinctum, E.&Z. 412

sabulosum, 7h . 459

sabulosum, E. & Z. . 453

Salmii, Haw. . - 402

ae . 440

| Th... - 416

scalpratum, Haw, 402

scapiger, Haw. 399

scapiger, E. & Z 400

Schlichtianum, Sd. . 435

Schollii, 8. Dyck 410

semicylindricum, Hiv. 400

semidentatum, 8. D. 423

serratum, Z. . - 412

serrulatum, Haw. . 413

qeaniie, Ths ||... AB)

sessiliflorum, Ait. . 454

setosum, Moench. . 448

simile, Sond.. . . 435

sumile, Haw.. . . 411

_ spath manag ly . 453

speciosum, Haw. . 443

spectabile, Haw, . 419

spectabile, E& Z. . 408

spiniforme, Haw. . 438

spinosum, Z.. . . 430

_ spinuliforme, Haw. . 449

splendens, Z. . 432

E.&Z. . 438

stellatum, Mill... 447

stellatum, Haw.. . 415

stelligerum, Haw. . 446

stenum, Haw. . . 437

stipulaceum, Z.. . 429

stramineum, Willd. . 409

striatum, Haw. . 444

_ strictum, E.& Z. . 414

strictum, Haw. . . 431

_Strumosum, Haw. . 448

aw... 412

subcompressum,Haw. 445

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con. )

subglobosum, Haw. . 442

subglobosum, E. & Z. 442

subincanum, Haw. . 441

subulatum, Haw. . 406

sulcatum, Haw. . . 432

surrectum, Haw. . 402

taurinum, Haw. . . 402

tenellum, Haw. . . 425

tenue, Haw. . . 434

tenue, EK. &Z. .. 485

tenuiflorum, Jacq. . 450

tenuifolium, Z. . . 437

tenuifolium, Th. 429, 437,

439, 440

tenuifolium, E.& Z. 436

teretifolium, Haw. . 406

teretiusculum, Haw. 406

ternifolium, Jacq. . 415

testaceum, Haw. . 441

testaceum, E.& Z. . 441

testiculare, Th. . . 394

testiculatum, Jacg. . 394

tetragonum, Th. 432

tetragonum, EK. & Z.. 429

Thunbergii, Haw 408

Thunbergii, E. & Z.. 440

tigrinum, Haw. . . 397

torquatum, Haw. . 446

tortuosum, ZL. . 456

tortuosum, DC. . . 456

tortuosum, FE. & Z. . 456

trichotomum, a Seer O97

tricolor, Willd . 452

tricolor, Jacq. . 414

tricolorum, Haw. . 409

Tripolium, ZL. - 458

truncatellum, Haw.. 392

wmbellatum, Th.. . 441

umbelliflorum, Jacg. 433

uncatum, 8, Dyck . 403

uncinatum, Willd. . 423

uncinatum, E. & Z. . 425

uncinellum, Haw. . 423

unidens, Haw. . . 423

uveforme, Haw.. . 393

vaginatum, Haw. . 425

validum, Haw. . 409

variabile, Haw. . . 436

varians, Haw. . 456

versicolor, Haw.. . 440

versicolor, B. & Z. . 440

veruculatum, J.. . 428

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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM (con. )

veruculatum, Th. . 417

veruculoides, Sond. . 428

villosum, L. . 460°

villosum, EB. & Z. 441

violaceum, DC, . 439

violaceum, Haw, 439

virens, Haw. . 417

virgatum, Haw. . . 416

viride, Haw. . Be |

viridiflorum. Azt. . 450

Volkameri, Haw. . 453

vulpinum, Haw.. . 398

Zeyheri, S. Dyck . 429

Metrosiperos, &. Br. 521 .

angustifolia, Sm. . 521

Microtropis, E. M.==Eu-

chlora 38

MILLErTIa

Caffra, Msn... . . 211

Sutherlandi, Harv. . 211

Mimosa

scandens, 1, . ..-, 276

spicata, E.M. . . 276

Mopgoca, Z. . . . 499

digitata, H. . 500

laterifiora, E, & Z. .

Momorpica, L. .

Balsamita, LD. ‘

clematidea, Sd...

cordifolia, Sd, . .

Gariepensis, E.M. . 491

involucrata, FE. M. . 491

lanata, Th.. . 492, 494

palmata, E.M.. . 493

quinqueloba, E. M. . 492

Monsonta

Senegalensis, G. & C. 591

Montini, L. f. . 807

acris, L. f. - 308

caryophyllacea, Th. . 308

Frutescens, Gertn. . 308

Moxia, Arn. . . 488

scabrella, Arn. . 489

Myriopuytium, L. 572

spicatum, Z. 572

Myrrhis

Capensis, Spr. . . 545

MYRTACEE. 520

Myrtus

angustifolia, Th. . 521

MYSsTROPETALON, A. . 573

Polemanni, ZH. 573

Thomii, H. 573

Ns“, Comm... .. 517

floribunda, Sd. . 617

Nicholsonia

Page

Nicholsonia (con.)

caffra, E. M. . 228

setigera, E.M. . . 229

@dmannia=Rafnia . 34

CinanTHE, J. . . . 547

Dregeana, EF. M. . 547

exaltata, The . . 541

Serulacea,Th. . . 558

filiformis, Z. . 547

inebrians, Th . §48

interrupta, Th. . . 544

obscura, Spr. . 544

seseloides, Pr. - 556

tenurfolia, Th. - 548

GinotHera, Z. . 505

biennis,Z. . . . 505

erosa, Lehm. . - 506

nocturna, Jacq 506

villosa, Th. 505

Oninta, Th... 519

acuminata, Kl, . 520

Capensis, K1, 520

cymosa, Th. . 520

OLINIEH. .. . 519

ONAGRARIEA. . 503

ONcOBA

monacantha, Steud... 584

spinosa, Forsk, . . 583

Tettensis, Hf. 584

Ononis

anthylloides, DC. . 55

aspalathoides, DC. . 56°

capillaris, Th. . . 140

cernua, Th: . . . +4

elongata, Th. . . 5

enced; Th. 41

fasciculata, The. . 101

glabra, Th. 57

heterophylla, Th. 58

hirsuta, Th. . 39

atin a 56

L gl bs | nee rrr |

micrantha, Th 58

microphylla, Th. . ~ :

quinata, cae

racemosa, Th. 41

secunda, Th. 56

sericea, Th. ities re

spicata, Th. : 10

stipulata, The . . 81

strigosa, Th. . 55

umbellata, ‘Th. 56

villosa, Th. . . 53

Ophira

ad aa ee oar

stricta, Mont. 2

CO oe E. & Z, 561

a; » WZ.

uliginosum, E. & Z. 560

= Rhyn-

chosia 257

INDEX.

Osprckia, LZ, 513

canescens, Ei. M. + 518

debilis, Sd... 519

eximia, Sd. . 518

phezotricha, Hehst. . 519

Simsii, E.M. 519

Unmlaasiana, Hehst.. 518

Otoptera

Burchellit, DC... 329

Oxydium—=Lotononis. 57

Pappna, Sond. & Harv. 562

Capensis, S.g H. . 563

Papularia

crystallina, Forsk. .

Parryarium, Juss. 596

Capense, Harv. . . 597

Parkinsons, L. . 269

Africana, Sond. . 269

Paschanthus

repandus, Bch. . . 500

PASSIFLOREA. 498

Pastinaoa, ZL. . 561

Capensis, Sd. 562

Patagonium

odorata, Willd. . 586

urens, Cav. . 586

PELARGONIUM

Bowkeri, Harv. 592

Pelecynthis=Rafnia 36

Peliotes

detrita, E. M. 2817

PELTOPHORUM, Vog. . 270

Africanum, Sond. ». 270

Petrogeton

alpinum, E. & Z. . 830

dentatum, E. & Z. . 356

nemorosum, E. & Z. . 357

nivale, E.& Z. . . 356

patens, B,& Z. . . 356

‘ typicum, E.& Z. . 356

Umbeila, HE. & Z. . 357

PETROSELINUM, Hm. . 585

humile, Msn. . 5387

sativum, Hf. 535

Prvucepanum, Keh. . 558

abbreviatum, -: 3 re

Caledoni

C&ipense, Sond. . . 554

capillaceum, Th. 555

capillaceum, DC. 556

connatum, £. M. . 557

Cynorhiza, Sd. 558

Ecklonianum, Sond. 555

elongatum, E. M. . 556

ferulaceum, _; ‘

erulaceum, E. & 5

eta E.M. . 555

lanceolatum, E. M. . 555

lateriflorum, Sd.. . 557

617

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PEUCEDANUM (con.)

Magalismontanum, Sd.

558

millefolium, Sd.. . 559

platycarpum, F. M. 557

pungens, F.M. . 557

rigidum, E.M. . . 556

rigidum, E.M.. . 554

Sieberianum, Sond. . 556

Stadense, E. & Z. . 556

striatum, Sond. . . 555

sulcatum, Sond.. . 559

tenuifolium, Th.. . 560

tenuifolium, E. & Z. 556

triternatum, F. § Z. 556

virgatum, Ch. & Sch. 555

Zeyheri, Sd. . . . 559

Phaseolus

Capensis,Th.. . . 240

vexillatus, L. . - 248

Phylica

elongata, Willd.. . 323

globosa, Th, . . . 328

imbricata, Th. . .. 314

pinifolia, L. . . 314

racemosa, Th. . 815

radiata, —* Si pig BID

squamosa, W. + 821

“lees ages oe B28

Phymatis

ee ides, E.M. . 537

Physospermum

terebinthaceum, E.M. 544

Pilogyne

afinis, Schr. . . . 486

cuspidata, Schr. . . 486

dilatata, Schr. . . 486

Ecklonii, Schr. . . 486

membranacea, Schr. . 486

suavis, Schr. . . aa

Be. 53

ec ag aang

Capensis, Th. . . 548

Stadense, Harv. . . 589

Ca Fo Ee eae |

Plaspanel Don. . 307

trifoliatus, Don. 807

Pierospora, Harv.. . 47

cajanifolia, Harv, 47

Puintuus, Fenzl. . . 479

cryptocarpus, Fenzl. 479

Popatrria, Lam. . . 9

albens, E. & ds ait “A

ment, E.& Z.. .

angustifolia, E. & Z. 18

anomala,Lehm.. . oo

argentea, i.

argentea, E.&Z. . 18

biflora, Lam.. . . 13

biflora, Sims. . . 18

613

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PoDALYRIA (con.)

Biirchellii, DC. . 12

buxifolia, Willd 10

buaifolia, Lam. {210

buarfolia, Ex &Z. . 13

calyptrata, Willd. . 12

canescens, HL. M. 11

canescens, E. & Z. 14

Capensis, Andr. 266

Gordata, 2. Br... . 11

cuneifolia, E.& Z. . 18

cuneifolia, Vent. . 14

uca, DO. . 10

EB. & Z. 14

hirsuta, Willd. il

intermedia, E.& Z. . 11

lanceolata, Bih. . 12

lancifolia, E. & Zs . 12

liparioides, E. & Z 13

Uiparioides, DC. . 13

Meyeriana, E.& Z.. 11

microphylla, E.M.. 11

‘nyrullifolia Willd, 13

: ™m 0. , 4 .

myrtillifolia, B.& Z 13

orbi i, 2. Mf, «10

pallens, E. & Z.. 14

patens, E. & Z. 14

pedunculata, EB. & Z. 18

racemiflora, E. & Z. 10

racemulosa, DO.. . 13

reticulata, Harv. . 11

# i Br. . eee

sparsifiora, E. & Z.. 10

speciosa, F. & Z. 10

splendens, E. & Z. . ‘14

styracifolia, B. M. . 12

——- Aimer fo oe

IVREA, Comm. . . 512

bracteosa, Achst. 512

Porzmannia, E. § Z.. 550

grossulariefolia, £.Z.551

verticillata, Sd. . . 561

Polylobivm,—Lotononis 55

Polytropia, =Rhyn-

chosia 248

Portvnaca, Tournef. . 381

Anacampseros, L. . 384

Caff ra, Th, Ha . . 385

fruticosa, Th. . . 886

lanceolata, Haw. 885

meridiana, L. . . 882

oleracea, Z, . + 881

i dak buns

quadrifida, J, - 382

Sy Haw. . B84

sativa, Haw. . 881

. 884

INDEX.

Page

PORTULACARIA, Jacq. . 385

afra, Jacg. . - 386

Namaquensis, Sond. 386

PORTULACEZ. . 381

PorentTinia, LT. . . 288

Gariepensis, E. M. . 288

supinum, Z. . . . 288

Porrerium, Z. . =

Sanguisorba, L.. . 292

Priestunya, DC. . . 15

angustifolia, £.j'Z. 16

axillaris, DC... 22

axillaris, E.M.. . 21

capitata, DC. . .° 17

cephalotes, E. M. . 17

elliptica, DC. . . 19

elliptica, E. M. . . 22

graminifolia, DC. . 16

hirsuta, DO. x... 18

levigata, DG) -37<5 re

levigata, E. & Z. 17

levigata, EK. M.. . 17

latifolia, Bth. . 19

leiocarpa, E.g§ Z. . 19

Meyeri, Meisn. wees

myrtifolia, DC. . 18

sericea, #. M. . 20

sericea, DC. . wagl

tecta, DC. ec: 20

teres; DGe? 5: 17

Thunbergii, Bth. 18

umbellifera, DC. 17

wmbellifera, E. M. . 17

umbellifera, E. & Z. 18

vestita, DC. . . . 19

elephantina, E.M. . 277

Protium, W. g: A « 592

Africanum, Harv. . 592

Psoratea, Z. ... «143

‘pculeata, Z. . . . 148

enteric BS

acuminata, BR. & Z. . 154

afinis, E.&Z. . . 145

albicans, BE. & Z. =. : 158

algoensis, E.&Z. . 154

angustifolia, Jacq. . 147

aphylla,Z. . . .%145

arborea, Sims . . 145

argentea, Th. . . 153

axillaris, L. youl

awillaris, E.& Z. . 147

biflora, Harv. . . 157

i Harv. . 154

bracteata, Z.. . . 158

bracteolata, E.&Z. . 154

Caffra, Bog Z. . . 155

cajanifolia, Bth. 47

candicans, Eg Z. . 150

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PSORALEA (con. )

capitata, D. . 151

carnea, #. M. . 149

cephalotes, KE. M. . 151

cephalotes, E.& Z. . 154

decidua, Berg. . . 145

decumbens, Ait.. . 150

decumbens, Willd. . 148

densa, E.§M.. . . 154

diffusa, E.& Z. . . 149

Eckloniana, Otto. . 1538

exigua, E.&Z. . . 156

fascicularis, DC. 146

fascicularis, E. M. . 146

filifolia, E.& Z.. . 146

glabra, EF. M. . . 145

glaucescens, H. & Z, . 146

glaucina, Harv. . . 147

Gueinzii, Harv. . . 145

hamata, Harv. . 152

hirta, Th. + 160

hirta, Z. . 152

Jacquiniana, E. & Z. 145

levigata, BE. & Z. . 145

linearis, 7.4 Z. . 147

macradenia, Harv. . 148

am 149

multicaulis, Jacq. 151

Mundtiana, £.¢Z. 148

obliqua, Z.M. . . 148

obtusifolia, DO.. . 156

odoratissima, Jacq. . 144

oligophylla, Z. ¢ Z. 146

parviflora, E.M. . 154

pedunculata, Bt, Rg. 156

pinnata, Z. . . 144

plicefolia, E. & re 156

polyphylla, #. § Z.. 148

polysticta, Bth.. . 150

prostrata, ee i!)

racemosa, E.M.. . 152

racemosa, 7h. . . 152

repens, 26> a: jaynodt9

restioides, Z. GZ. . 146

rotundifolia, Z. . . 155

rupicola, BE. '&Z. + 163

sericea, Poir. . . 156

spathulata, Z.M, . 148

speciosa, E. & Z. < 145

Spicata, Li: 0°. 2a

stachydis, Z. . . 152

stachyera, E.& Z. . 154

stachyos, Th.. , . 152

striata, Th. . . 158

tenuifolia, E.& Z. . 145

tenuifolia, Th. . . ie

tenuissima, 7. M. . 14

Thomii, Harv, . . 155

Thunbergiana, E.&Z. 146

triantha, A.M... . 150

, ttiflora; DO, >... 147

PSORALEA (con.)

triflora, Th. » «

tomentosa, Th. .

uncinata, EF. § Z.

velutina, #. M. .

venusta, £.g Z..

verrucosa, Willd.

Zeyheri, Harv.

Prerocarpus, L.

Peltaria, DC.

sericeus, Bth, .

Prycuotis, Kch. .

mie olia, Sond.

idyma, Sond.

hispida, Sond. .

Meisneri, Sond. .

Pyrgosia

corymbulosa, E & Z.

linquefolia, Haw. .

pyramidalis, Zey.

thyrsifiora, E. & Z. .

Turrita, Haw.

QuIsquALis, Rph. .

parviflora, Gerr.

Rarnia, Th. ,

acuminata, EB. M.

affinis, Harv.

alpina, E.& Z.

amplexicaulis, Th.

angulata, 7h. .

cuneifolia, E. M.

dichotoma, £. ¢ Z.

diffusa, Th. .

diffusa, E.& Z. .

Ecklonis, i. Ms

INDEX.

RAFNIA (con.)

retroflexa, E.&Z. . 83

retrofleca, Bth. . 38

I 9 Walp. 37

spieata, Th. . . ., 88

spicata, EH. & Z. . 36

Thunbergii, Harv. . 36

triflora, Th... 838

virens, Z, M. 82

Raspalia, Brogn.

angulata, E.M. . 820

aspera, EK. M.. . 820

capitella, Pr.. . . 816

microphylla, Brogn. 320

phylicoides, Pr. . . 821

struthioloides, Pr. . 320

teres, E, M 320

villosa, 315

REQUIENIA . . . 230

sphzerosperma, Du. 231

Ruresauis, Gerin.. . 479

Cassytha, Gin. - 480

Ruizorpora, L. - 613

gymnorhiza, L. . 514

mucronata, Z. . . 513

RHIZOPHOREZ . 513

Ruynenosta, Lowr. . 247

acuminata, BE. & Z. . 255

adenodes, #.4Z. . 254

amatymbica, E. & Z. 254

argentea, Harv.. . 252

bullate, Bik... 5 257

cajanoides, Gl. & Pr. 262

chrysoscias, Bith. . 248

crassifolia, Bth. . . 252

ferulefolia, Bth. . 249

ficifolia, Bth. . , mol

gibba, Z. M. . 256

bra, EB. & Z . 256

glandulosa, DC. . 256

grandifolia, Harv. . 250

hirsuta, #. & Z. » 252

* humilis, B.& Z.. 255

leucoscias, Bth . . 249

Memnonia, DU.. . 253

microscias, Bth.. . 249

minima, DC. . . 254

nervosa, Brh. . 253

nitens; Bh. 2. 2 257

nitida, 7: Mf.. . . 258

Orthodanum, Bth. . 257

pilosa, Harv. . . 256

pinnata, Harv. . . 250

puberula, Harv.. . 255

quadrata, Harv.. . 254

rigidula, iste Za 56

- piparia, E.& Z.. . 256

rotundifolia, Walp. . 250

secunda, #. & Z. 251

sigmoides, Bth, . 251

simplicifolia, 2. M. 251

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RHYNCHOSIA (con.)

Totta, DC. . - 255

trichodes, 2. M.. . 258

uniflora, Here . 249

viscidula, Stewd,. . 251

Ruyticarrus, Sond. . 540

Ecklonis, Sond. . . 540

rugosus, Sond. . 540

Rocuga, ig O68

albiflora, DC. . . 348

biconvexa, DC. . . 869

falcata, DO. « . . 888

fascicularis, Sch.. . 369

flava, DC. 2. S848

Jasminea, DC. . . 869

media, DC. . 869

microphylla, E M. . 369

odoratissima, DC. . 369

perfoliata, DO...

versicolor, DC. 368

ROSACEZ . 285

Rusvs, L. ‘: 286

Berg, E.& Z. . . 288

chrysocarpus, C. & 8. 287

discolor, E.M. . . 287

fruticosus, = Saree]

Ludwigii, 2. GZ. . 287

Mundtii, Ch. & Sch. 287

Pappei, E&Z.. . 287

pinnatus, Willd.. . 287

rhodacantha, E. M. 287

rigidus, Sm. . 287

rosefolius, Aan, s.. 286

384

Russelia

Capensis, L. . . 306

Santouna, Z. . 583

Canadensis, Th. . 583

Capensis, EB. & Z. . 588

Europea, LZ. . 533

Sarcocalyx

Capensis, Walp. . . 127

Sarcolipes °

pubescens, BE. & Z. . 355

carnosum, Th. 127

carnosum, Sims . . 86

griadifor im, EM. 85

iflorum, :

Sarcopuyts, Sparm. . ae

sanguinea, nm. s

SAXIFRAGACE . aad

Son “ne.

ouabiiiites: E. M. . 274

- brach, Sond. . 274

diversifolia, Walp. . 274

latifolia, Jacq . 274

speciosa, J¢ 7 me

stipulata, Ait. . . 274

620

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ScHortra (con.)

tamarindifolia, Afz. 274

ee ee

Sconopra, Schr. . . 584

Gerrardi, Harv. . 584

Scytalis, Vigna. . 241

Sucurmpaca, L. . 585

oblongifolia, Bth. . 586

Capensis, DC. - 357

globifera, B.M. . . 358

globifera, E.&Z. . 357

mbella, DC. . 857

Serpiouna, LZ. . « bT2

repens, Z. . 572

I ) ee Ve

SESBANIA ee eke

aculeata, Pers. - 212

L. ~ Roa eie <1")

; . 550

Caffrum, Msn. .. . 549

Gheropyitsides, Th 567

oe -B60

Miners mn aos, + 000

striatum, E.& Z. . 557

Sethia

indica, DO. . . 591

plea ith :

g E.&Z. . . 478

angulata, B, 484

y DE

Gareini, L 487

Sideroaylon

cymosum, L. . . 520

Sigmadosty ae

Srom, Z. . é . 539

¥ angustifolium, Th. . 539

asperum,Th.. . . 550

ilifolium, Th. 541, 547

: m, Th. . 553

hispidum, Th. . . 537

Th. . 540

patulum, The. . . 552

repens, L. f. . « 686

Thunbergii, DC. . 539

sum,Th.. . . 546

yrnium

laterale, Th. . 535

Solandra z

Capensis, ee O20

Sopora,Z. . . . 265

. _Capensis, L. . . . 266

nitens, Benth. . . 266

oroboides, Berg. 266

sylvatica, Burch. 267

Spartium

cuspidosum, Boh. . 84

sophoroides, Berg. . 82

Spheritis

INDEX.

Spherritis (con)

ceritis (con.

biconvera, E.&Z. . 862

incana, H.& Z. . . 859

margaritifera, E.&Z. 862

muricata, E.& Z. . 859

paucifolia, B. & Z. . 363 |.

puberula, E. & Z. . 362

setigera, H.& Z.. « 861

stenophylla, E. & Z. 359

subaphylla, E. & Z. 3862

tomentosa, EK. & Z. . 361

trachysantha, E. & Z. 363

typica, BK. & Z. - 359

Sphenostylis—=Vigna . 240

Sphingium—=Melolobium 78

SRAAVIA, Ph. 3... 321

adenandrefolia, EK. Z. 323

capitella, Sond. .. . 823

ciliata, Br. 323

eee ‘ fs 6 ACEO

» Dr. . 322

glaucescens, EB. M. '. 322

globosa, Sond. . . 322

glutinosa, Th. . . 322

nuda, Br. 322

nuda, E. & Z, 823

pinifolia, Willd 322

ta, + 322

rupestris, EH. & Z. . 323

Zeyheri, Sond 323

Srenosemis, E. M. 551

angustifolia, Z. M, . 552

Caffra, Sd. . 551

teretifolia, E. M.. - 551

Stiza=Lebeckia . . 82

Strobilocarpus

diversifelius, RL. 397

Strophostyles—=Vigna . 240

StrLosantrues, Z.. . 227

setosa, Harv. . . 227

SuTHERLANDIA, R. Br. 212

a oe 212

macrophylla, - 213

tomentosa, E.& Z. . 2

Synrrra . . =

biflora, Z.M. . . 294

Syzyerum, Gin... . 521

cordatum, Hchst. . 521

TALINUM, Juss... 385

arachnoides, Ait. 384

Caffrum, E GZ. B85

jilamentosum, Ait os

Taxus tomentosa, Th. 3

Pelina—Lotononis,50, 51,53

arborescens, Spr... . 542

difformis, Spr. . . 541

Tephras ;

papulosa, E.M . . 477

TarnRosta, Pers, | | 203

emula, Z.M. . , 210

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TEPHROSIA (con.)

ameena EL. M. 206

angulata, E. M.. 205

brachyloba, E.M, . 207

canescens, EH. M. 204

Capensis, Pers. . . 207

coriacea, Bth.. . . 208

diffusa, 2. M. 210

discolor, 7. M. . . 207

Dregeana, #. M. 207

elongata, #.M. . . 208

ensifolia, Harv. .

glomerulifiora, Msn. 209

grandiflora, Pers. 209

Kraussiana, Msn. . 206

longipes, Msn. . . 208

lupinifolia, DC. . . 204

lurida, Sond... . . 208

macropoda, #. M@. . 210

oblongifolia, Z. M.. 209

pallens, Pers. . . 205

polystachya, Z. M.. 206

Semiglabra, Sond. . 205

stricta, Pers... 205

suberosa, DC. . . 204

TERAMNUS, Sw. 234

labialis, Spr... . . 235

TERMINALIA, Paice: 5 ae BUS

eryhrophylla, Beh. . 509

sericea, Bch... . .°508

Terragonia, Z. . . 460

arbuscula, Fenzl. 467

calycina, Fenzl. . . 466

chenopodioides, BE. Z. 463

chenopodioides, BE. Z. 462

decumbens, Mill. . 464

» E.& Z. . 465

distorta, Fenzl. . . 467

echinata, Ait, . . 462

fruticosa, Z. . . . 466

Fruticosa, Haw. . . 468

galenioides Fenzl. . 463

lauca, Fenzl. . . 468

halmoides, Fenzl. . 463

worthii, Fenzl. . 468

herbacea, Z. . 462

herbacea, Fenzl. . | 463

Se ag E. & Z. 463

hirsuta, . 464

linearis Tew, - . 466

linearis, pe Ae

microptera, Fenzl. :

nigrescens, E.G Z.. 463

nigrescens, B. & Z. . 462

obovata, Haw. . . 464

portulacoides, Fenzl. 462

i . 466

sarcophylla, Fenzl. . 468

TETRAGONIA (con.)

spicata, LZ.

tetrapteris, Haw.

tetrapteris, E. & Z. .

verrucosa, Fenzl.

Zeyheri, Fenzl. .

Tetraphyle |

campestris, E. &

corallina, E. &

Surcata, E. & Z. .

lanceolata, E. &

littoralis, E.

TricHocLaDus, Pers. .

crinitus, Pers. .

ellipticus, Z. & Z,

vittatus, Msn.

Trirouium, L :

Africanum, Ser. .

agrarium, L.. .

angustifolium, J.

Burchellianum, Ser,

jiliforme, E. & Z.

hirsutum, E.M.. .

micropetalum, E. M.

stipulaceum, Th.

Page

. 465

- 465

465

. 465

. 851

. 383

. 850

. 851

. 351

. 851

- 851

. 352

a OL

. 851

. 808

. 858

. 824

. 852

. 828

- 312

, 313

. 313

. 517

. 664

. 564

. 587

. 598

. 472

- . 598

. 598

. 472

. 598

324

. 825

. 325

- 158

. 159

- 160

. 160

159

- 161

159

160

Aid|

. 160

159

. 160

INDEX.

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TRIFOLIUM (con.)

tomentosum, L. . 159

TRIGONELLA, L. 161

armata, Th. . 79

glabra, Th. . 162

hamosa, JZ. . 161

hirsuta, Th. . s- 80

subinermis, Th. 79

tenwior, Th. . 79

tomentosa, Th 156

villosa, Th 79

Trinia

Vitenhagensis, E.& Z. 540

Swellendamensis, E.Z. 540

TRISTELLATEIA, Thrs. . 591

Madagascariensis, Pt. 591

TryPHostEmMa, H. . 499

Sandersoni, H. . . 499

TURNERACE®. . 599

TuRNERA, Plum. . 599

Capensis, Harv, . . 599

CE ec . 524

Vania, Th, . 306

Capensis, Th. . . 806

Vascoa, = Rafnia 31

Venana

Madagascariensis, L. 598

Veslingia

cauliflora, Mt. . 469

Viporcia; Th. ss. 98

armata, Harv. . 91

cuspidata, Bth, 91

flexuosa, #.M. . 90

floribunda, E. M 90

fusca, E. & Z 90

fusca, Th. . 90

grandiflora, E.M 89

heteroclada, E. M 91

incurvata, E. M. . 91

lanceolata, E. M. 91

obcordata, Th. 90

oblongata, E. M. 91

sericea, TRS 91

sericea, EK. & Z. . 90

spinescens, EK. &Z. . 91

tenuifolia, E. M. 92

tetraptera, F. M. 92

VIcIA , ies 208

albicans, Lowe . . 234

atro-purpurea, Desf. 234

Capensis, Berg. . - . 218

eativa, Bo 6 5 0 288

Viana, Sam. -. . .. 289

angustifolia, Sond. . 240

Burchellii, Harv. . 239

decipiens, Harv.. . 241

helicopus, Walp,. . 242

hirta, Hook. . . . 240

621

Page

VIGNA (con.)

hispida, £. M. . 242

luteola, Bth.. . . 241

marginata, Bth.. . 240

retusa, Walp.. . . 242

scabra, Sond. . . 240

tenuis, F. M. . 242

triloba, Walp. . 241

vexillata, Bth. . 240

Vireitia, Lam. . 266

aurea, Lam. . . . 267

Capensis, Zam. . 266

sylvatica, DO. - 267

Viscum, Z. . . . 678

anceps, E. M. . 682

Capense, Th. - 581

continuum, E.M. . 581

Crassule, #. GZ. . 580

dichotomum, Don. . 581

Fuclee, E.& Z.. . 580

Euphorbie, E. M. . 580

glaucum, E. &Z. . 680

minimum, Harv. . 581

Nepalense, Spr. - 582

obovatum, Harv. . 579

obscurum, Zh. 579

paucifiorum, 7h. 579

pauci

robustum, £. 4 Z. .

rotundifolium, 7h. . 580

rotundifolium, E. & Z. 579

tricostatum, E. M. . 580

verrucosum, Harv. . 581

Watperrsia, Harv. . 26

burtonioides, Harv.. 26

Weinmannia

trifoliata, Th. 307

Xerociapia, Harv. . 278

Zeyheri, Harv. . 278

Xiphotheca—Priestleya 20

ZEHNERIA, Endl. . . 485

cordata, Sd. . 486

debilis, Sd. . 488

Garcini, Stocks. . . 487

hederacea, Sd. . . 487

Sd.. . 488

obtusiloba, 2% See =

Siete. :

velutina, ee ‘ a

Wyleyana, wis

tou. Sm. . « 226

Capensis, Pers. . . 225

linearis, E.M. . ~ 225

tetraphylla, Mich. . 225

NT ee oe eee |

fastigiata, E. M. . 285

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