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 
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