Indigofera sericea Linnaeus, Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 271. 1771.

"Habitat ad Cap. b. spei campis arenosis, montosis humentibus. H. U." RCN: 5545.

Type not designated.

Original material: Tulbagh 46 & 116, Herb. Linn. No. 923.1 (LINN) .

Current name: Amphithalea ericifolia (L.) Eckl. & Zeyh. ( Fabaceae: Faboideae).

Note: Although Granby (Opera Bot. 80: 28. 1985) indicated both 923.1 and 923.2 (LINN) as types, they are not part of a single gathering and so Art. 9.15 does not apply. The name remains untypified at present.