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 © 
