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 
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