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_ _ This seems to be a rare shrub. Mr. Sanderson only observed a single 
individual, by the banks of a water-course. 
Fig. 1, Cadaba Natalensis ; a flowering branch; natural size. Fig. 2, outer sepal ; 
3, inner sepal; 4, nectary, stamens, and pistil; all enlarged. 
LXI.-LXII. ERYTHRINA SANDERSONI, Harv. (Legwminosa.) 
E. Sandersoni: arborea, velutino-lanuginosa, ramis ...... , fo- 
liis longe petiolatis pinnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis latissime ovatis obtusis 
utrinque dense tomentoso-villosis penninerviis, petiolis pedunculisque 
lanuginosis, spica ovoideo multiflora, calycibus lanuginosis hine fissis 
laciniis filiformibus !, corolla glabra. 
Has.—Near Sterk Spruit, Port Natal, 1000-1500 feet, August, September. Ar. 
Sanderson! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—‘‘ A small, scrubby tree, 10-12 feet high, with dull grayish 
green foliage” (Sanderson). Branches and twigs unknown to me. Pe- 
tioles 5-8 inches long, to the lowest pair of leaflets; the terminal leaf- 
let 2-3 inches distant from the lower. Leaflets 5-8 inches broad, 4-6 
inches long, subtruncate at base, obtusely ovate, penninerved. Pe- 
duncles 6-8 inches long, 4 inch in diameter, bearing a very dense, oval- 
oblong spike of dull crimson flowers. Calyces split along the lower 
side, the 5 filiform segments nearly as long as the tube, erect. Verzd- 
lum about twice as long as the calyx. Petioles, leaflets, peduncle, and 
calyces are all densely clothed with whitish woolly hairs, which in the 
older parts are partly obliterated. Legume not seen. 
A very noble species, remarkable for its woolly covering, and for a 
calyx so unlike that of other Hrythrine as almost to warrant us in 
founding a genus for it. The name Cheirochiena, alluding to the 
hand-like calyx segments, would apply, and may, at least, be given to 
it as a sub-genus of Erythrina. It is possible that the legume may af- 
ford generic characters. Mr, Sanderson informs me that the leaves are 
sometimes very much larger than the one figured. The specimens re- 
ceived are not in good condition, and the leaves obviously but half grown. 
I am not aware whether the branches are armed or unarmed. Seeds 
would be very welcome to English horticulturists. 
Fig. 1, Leaf (young) and spike of Erythrina Sandersoni. Fig. 2, a flower; 3, the 
calyx, laid open, seen from within; 4, an ovary ; these figures slightly enlarged. 
LXIII. LOTONONIS MONOPHYLLA, Harv. (Leguminosee. ) 
%. (Oxydium) monophylla: suffruticosa, gracilis, ascendens, ap- 
presse puberula et argentea, stipulis nullis, foliis wnifoliolatis !, toliolo 
ovato v. oblongo mucronulato supra glabro subtus tenuissime argenteo, 
pedunculis elongatis, umbella 4-5-flora, bracteis minutis, calyce ap- 
presse argenteo-puberulo laciniis superioribus triangularibus acutis in 
