The Genus Calpurnia, E. Mey. (Leguminosae). 479 



base, apex rounded and shortly mueronate, densely pilose above and 

 beneath, with the mid-rib distinct beneath, obscure above. Inflor- 

 escence racemose, a little shorter than the leaves. Peduncle pilose. 

 Pedicels 6 mm. long, pilose. Calyx-tube 3 mm. long, pilose; lobes 2 

 mm. long, ovate, subacute, pilose. Vexillum 9 mm. long, 5"5 mm. broad, 

 suborbicular, bilobed at the apex, with a linear channelled claw 

 4 mm. lung ; alae 1 cm. long, 3 mm. broad, oblong, rounded at the 

 apex, with a linear claw 3 mm. long; carina 85 mm. long, 35 mm. 

 broad, plano-convex in outline, with a linear claw 4 mm. long. 

 Filaments 8 mm. long, linear; anthers -5 mm. long, oblong. Ovary 

 shortly stalked, 5 mm. long, linear, densely villous ; style 3 mm. long, 

 slightly curved ; stigma small, capitate. 



South-eastern Region. — Natal : Weenen County, South Downs, 

 5000 ft., December, Wood, 4377 ! ; slopes of the Drakensbergen, 

 4300 ft,. Wood, 3516* !. 



5. C. robinioides (E. Mey., Comm., p. 2). 



Branches glabrous. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, 3-4- jugate; leaflets 

 1-2-27 cm. long, -6-1-6 cm. broad, oblong, obovate, rounded and 

 mueronate at the apex, sometimes refuse, slightly narrowed at the 

 base, minutely pubescent, becoming almost glabrous with age, mid- 

 rib prominent beneath, sunken above. Inflorescence axillary, 5-8 cm. 

 long, shorter than the leaves. Peduncle minutely pubescent or almost 

 glabrous. Pedicel 3"5 mm. long, articulating just below the calyx, 

 terete, minutely pubescent. Calyx-tube 3 mm. long, campanulate, 

 pubescent; lobes 15 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, triangular-ovate, the 

 anterior lobe smaller, pubescent within and without. Vexillum 9 mm. 

 long, 5 mm. broad, obovate, bifid at the apex, with a short claw 2 mm. 

 long, channelled down the inner face and ciliate on the margins ; alae 

 ri cm. long, 4 mm. broad, oblong, with a linear claw 2'5 mm. long; 

 carina 1 cm. long, 45 mm. broad, almost plano-convex in outline, 

 with a linear claw 2*5 mm. long. Filaments 8 mm. long, pubescent in 

 the lowermost third ; anthers 75 mm. long, oblong. Ovary stalked, 

 8 mm. long, with ciliated sutures ; style 3 mm. long, arcuate ; stigma 

 small, capitate. Fruits 2 - 5-3 cm. long, 8 mm. broad, linear-oblong, 

 reticulately veined, glabrous. 



C. sericea, Harv., Fl. Cap., ii, 267. 



Eastern Mountain Region. — ~Ba,su.tola.nd, von Schlicht, 82 ; Leribe, 

 5-6000 ft., A. Dieterlen, 584!. Aliwal North Division: On a rocky 

 hill by the Kraai River, Drege* !. 



