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XLII. LEGUMINOS®. 
Legume thick, villous, obliquely lanceolate, 
several-seeded. 
Flowers lateral or subterminal, 1-2 together 7. GRANDIFLOR&. 
Flowers terminal, subcapitate . . . 8. PACHYCARPE. 
© Legume glabrous or silky, obliquely lanceolate. 
Leaves fleshy. Flowers mediocre or large, 
subsessile. Juegume glabrous . . 9. CARNOSE. 
Leaves fleshy. Flowers small, sessile. Ths: 
gume glabrous or silky . . . . 10. PIN@UES. 
Leaves not fleshy. Flowers terminal, soli- 
tary, in pairsor racemose . . . . . 11. TERMINALES. 
Flowers 1 or few, at the end of a long filiform peduncle 12. PEDUNCULARES. 
These shrubs are dispersed over South Africa, chiefly in dry, stony or 
sandy places. 
Trize 4. Psoratipm. (Gen. 25.) 
25. PSORALEA, Linn. 
Calyx campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, the lowest lobe 
longer and usually broader than the rest. Standard broad, 
with reflexed sides; keel shorter,dark-coloured. Stamens diadel- 
phous. Ovary sessile, 1- ovuled ; style slender. Legume con- 
cealed in the calyx, 1- seeded, indehiscent.— FV. Cap. il. p. 143. 
A large, widely-dispersed, tropical and subtropical genus of shrubs half- 
shrubs or herbs, in most cases copiously sprinkled with resinous black or 
pellucid dots, and strongly resin-scented. Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate, 
rarely 1-foliolate. Stipules free or attached to the petiole—41 South 
African species, dispersed. 
Tripe 5. Trirotiem. (Gen. 26-30.) 
26. LOTUS, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft or 5-toothed. Standard roundish, 
spreading, recurved, equalling the prominent, connivent wings ; 
keel ascending, narrow, rostrate. Stamens diadelphous. Style 
ascending, subulate. Legume linear, terete or subcompressed, 
many-seeded, 1-celled, or having septa between the seeds, when 
ripe splitting into 2 valves.— Fl. Cap. ii. p. 157. 
A nearly cosmopolitan genus of herbs or half-shrubs, chiefly from tem- 
perate zones. Leaves 3-foliolate. Stipules in pairs or connate, free, large 
resembling the leaflets. Peduncles umbellately 2- or many-flowered, with 
leafy bracts under the flowers.—1 South African species, from Natal and 
Transvaal ; 3 other doubtful species. 
27. TRIFOLIUM, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped or tubular, unequally 4-cleft or toothed 
(sometimes inflated after flowering). Corolla persistent, the 
standard longer than the wings and keel. Stamens diadelphous. 
Legume minute, 1-4-seeded, enclosed in the calyx, indehiscent. 
—Fi. Cap. ii. p. 158. 
