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14. LOTONONIS, DC. 
Calyx subequally 5-fid, the lowest segment narrower than 
the rest, and unconnected with them, the four upper approach- 
ing in pairs, and more or less connate into 2 2-fid lobes, rarely 
quite separate, and then all the segments subequal. Standard 
obecordate or oblong, commonly pubescent; keel obtuse or 
acute. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled. Le- 
gume oblong or linear, more or less compressed, many-seeded. 
—FIl. Cap. i. p. 47. 
A large genus, chiefly South African (a few European and Asiatic). 
Leaves very generally 3-foliolate, rarely 5-foliolate, in one case 1-foliolate. 
Flowers various, racemose umbelled capitate or solitary, yellow, rarely 
purple. 
15. LISTIA, E. Mey. 
Calyx 3-fid, the front segment subulate, the lateral broader, 
each 2-dentate. Keel obtuse, longer than the standard and 
wings. Stamens monadelphous. Legume linear, compressed, 
many-seeded, repeatedly folded and twisted from side to side. 
Fl. Cap. ii. p. 66. 
L. heterophylla, B. Mey., the only species, is a small procumbent plant, 
nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets narrow-cuneate or lanceolate- 
oblong. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, bearing 6-8 subumbellate yellow 
flowers.—Eastern. 
16. ARGYROLOBIUM, E. and Z. 
Calyx campanulate, deeply cleft, 2-lipped, the upper lip 2- 
fid, lower 3-fid or 3-toothed. Standard ample, longer than the 
keel. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled. Legume 
linear, compressed, silky, not glandular, many-seeded.—J#7. 
Cap. ii. p. 67. 
Small shrubs, undershrubs or herbs, generally silky or silvery, some 
South European and Asiatic. Leaves 3-foliolate, stipuled. Flowers yellow, 
peduncled or pedicelled, solitary racemose or subumbelled.—80 Cape spe- 
cies, dispersed. 
17. DICHILUS, DC. 
Calyx as in Argyrolobium. Standard oblong, shorter than the 
blunt keel. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled ; 
stigma minute. Legume linear, compressed, subtorulose.— 
Fl. Cap. ii. p. 77. 
Erect or diffuse, subglabrous half-shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate. Peduncles 
1-2-3-flowered ; flowers yellow.—3 species, all South African and Hastern. 
18. MELOLOBIUM, E. and Z. 
Calyx tubular, shortly or deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip 2- 
partite, lower 3-fid or 3-toothed. Corolla not much longer 
