XLII. LEGUMINOS2. "5 
than the calyx ; standard oblong; keel blunt. Stamens mona- 
delphous. Ovary several-ovuled. Legume linear, compressed, 
torulose, glandular or hairy.— Fl. Cap. ii. p. 77. 
Small South African shrubs or half-shrubs, more or less viscid or glan- 
dular, variously pubescent. Leaves petioled, stipuled, 3-foliolate. Flowers 
yellow, in spikes or spicate racemes, with 3 bracts under each flower.— 
About 11 species, dispersed. 
19. HYPOCALYPTUS, Thunb. 
Calyx widely bell-shaped, shortly 5-toothed, hollowed at base. 
Standard roundish, reflexed, longer than the wings and keel. 
Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary lanceolate, many-ovuled. 
Legume linear, flat, the upper suture thickened, many-seeded. 
— Fl. Cap. i. p. 81. 
HT. obcordatus, the only species, is a glabrous, densely leafy shrub, with 
palmately 3-foliolate, stipulate leaves and purple flowers.—North-Western. 
20. LODDIGESIA, Sims. 
Calyx of Hypocalyptus. Standard much shorter than the 
wings and keel. Legume ovato-lanceolate, acute at each end, 
flat, the upper suture thickened, few-seeded.— FV. Cap. ii. p. 82. 
L. oxalidifolia, the only species, is a small, erect or diffuse, glabrous un- 
dershrubs, with palmately 3-foliolate leaves, and small purple and white 
flowers, in short terminal racemes. Standard and wings white; keel dark 
purple at the point.—Caledon and Swellendam. 
21. LEBECKIA, Thunb. 
Calyx obliquely bell-shaped, shortly 5-toothed, with rounded 
interspaces, rarely 5-cleft. Keel obtuse or subrostrate, longer 
than the wings, and usually than the standard. Stamens mona- 
delphous. Ovary linear, sessile or stipitate, many-ovuled. Le- 
gume linear, either flat subcompressed terete or turgid.— #7. 
Cap. ii. p. 82. 
South African shrubs or undershrubs, very diverse in habit.—24 species, 
dispersed, but chiefly Western. They are arranged under five sections, as 
follows :— 
1. Sriza. Legumes flat. Rigid, spiny shrubs, with 1-foliolate leaves. 
(3 species.) 
2. Puytiopiastrum. Legume flat. Glabrous and glaucous, unarmed 
half-shrubs and herbs, with filiform leaves. (4 species.) 
3. EuLEBEcKIA. Legume narrow linear, terete or subterete. Glabrous 
and glaucous half-shrubs, with filiform leaves. (4 species.) 
4. CaLopota. Legume terete or turgid. Keel obtuse, longer than wings. 
Shrubs or half-shrubs, pubescent or canescent, with simple or 3-foliolate, 
flat leaves. (10 species.) 
5. ViporaiorpEs.: Legume terete or turgid. Keel subrostrate, scarecly 
longer than wings. Rigid, unarmed shrubs, with subsessile, 3-foliolate leaves. 
(3 species.) 
