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revolute margins. Stipules 0. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, 2-bracted 
at base; flowers bright yellow.—9 species, chiefly Western and South 
Western ; only 1 Eastern. 
2. PODALYRIA, Lam. 
‘Calyx widely campanulate, subequally 5-cleft, with the base 
indented. Standard ample, rounded-emarginate, with a short, 
recurved claw ; wings obovate, oblique, rather shorter than the 
standard, longer than the broad, obtuse keel. Stamens separate, 
or slightly connate at base. Ovary sessile, hairy, many-ovuled. 
Legume turgid, leathery, villous.— #7. Cap. i. p. 9. 
South African, silky or silvery shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, ex- 
panded. Stipules subulate, deciduous. Peduncles 1-2 or rarely 3-4- 
flowered. Bracts solitary, falling off before the opening of the flowers. 
Flowers purple rosy or bluish-white——17 species, chiefly Western and 
South-Western. 
Tribe 2. Lrpartem. (Gen. 3-8.) 
3. LIPARIA, Linn. 
Calyx indented at base, with a short tube, 5-lobed; the 4 
upper lobes lanceolate, acute, the lowest very large and broad, 
petaloid. Corolla glabrous ; standard oval-oblong ; the wings 
oblong, one infolding the other in the bud ; keel straight, acute, 
narrow. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile, few-ovuled.— 
Fl. Cap. ii. p. 14. 
South African shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, lanceolate, rigid, pun- 
gent, exstipulate. Flowers bright yellow, in terminal heads.—4 species, all 
Western. 
4, PRIESTLEYA, DC. 
Calyx subequally 5-cleft, the lowest lobe equal to the rest, or 
scarcely longer. Corolla glabrous ; standard roundish, shortly 
clawed; wings obtuse, subfalcate; keel mcurved, without late- 
ral processes. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile, several- 
ovuled. Legume plano-compressed, 4-6-seeded.— FV. Cap. ii. 
p. 15. 
South African shrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, exstipulate. Flowers 
yellow, in terminal heads or racemes, or axillary.—15 species, very few 
Eastern. 
5. AMPHITHALGEA, E. and Z. 
Calyx subequally 5-cleft. Standard roundish, shortly clawed, 
reflexed ; wings oblong; keel straightish, obtuse, spurred on 
each side. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary 1-4-ovuled. Legume 
ovate, 1-2-seeded, rarely oblong, 3-4-seeded.—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 
21; Thes. Cap. t. 184. 
Small, generally heath-like, South African shrubs. Leaves alternate, sim- 
