94 FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
Stamina diadelpha (9 et 1 liberum basi geniculatum.) Stylus | 
sigmoideo-flexus, glaber, a medio inde subito incrassatus ef : 
in processum falciformem teretiusculum productus. Ovarium - 
et legumen Hriosematis. E i 
Herba? scandens? stipulis membranaceis, folis pinnato- 1 
3-foliolatis exstipellatis, foliolis 3-5 nerviis, racemis spicifor- | 
mibus axillaribus longe pedunculatis, floribus singulis bracted - 
fultis. = E 
Genus e tribu Phaseolearum, facie quodammodo Fagelia, 
sed characteribus indicatis, stylo imprimis, ab omnibus bene 
distinctum. Pluribus notis propius accedunt Copisma, Scy- 
lalis et Chrysoscias, sed facile distinguuntur sive calycis, 
carine stylique forma, sive bracteolarum presentia, sive aliis. 
preterea characteribus. Nomen (ex ovypwonc, falciformis) 
styli insignem formam exprimens, Walpersie nomini olim in. 
Herb. Krauss adhibito substituimus, quum jam aliud genus. 
nuper ita vocatum sit. E 
Sigmodostyles villosa, nobis. "Tota (preter corollam) mol- 
liter villosa; caule herbaceo, volubili? 4-gono; stipulis ovato- 
oblongis, acutis ; foliis brevissime petiolatis, foliolis late ova- 
libus v. obovatis acutis, terminali longe petiolulato majore, 
lateralibus brevissime petiolulatis, pedunculis folio longiori- 
bus, spica ovata densiflora. Ad latera montis Bosjesmansrand, 
alt. 2500', prope Pieter Mauritzburg, Port Natal (V. c.) Aug. 
1839. Krauss, n. 246. : 
Stem herbaceous, somewhat lax and flexuose, most likely 
twining, with the leaves and peduncles all turned to the same 
side. Stipules patent, free, sessile, 4-6 lines long, 31. broad, 
more or less acuminate, upper side thinly veined and almost 
glabrous. Main petiole and partial ones of the lateral folioles 
1-2 lines long, terminal leaflet supported by a petiolule of 10 
13 lines in length, broadly obovate or nearly orbiculate with 9 
short acumen, 2-3 inches long, lateral ones smaller, es ia , 
narrower, more or less oblique at the base, one margin more 
curved than the other, sometimes gibbous. Peduncles 4 
inches long, roundish, quite simple and leafless ; spike 0V4 
or conic, scarcely one inch long; flowers patent, 5-6 li 
