80 XLII. LEGUMINOSS. 
stigma. Legume papery, inflated, many-seeded, indehiscent. 
Seeds reniform.—#V. Cap. il. p. 212. 
S. frutescens, the only species, is a shrub, very variable in pubescence, 
mostly hoary or canous. Leaves imparipinnate, multijugate. Flowers 
handsome, scarlet or bright red, in axillary racemes. On dry hills throngh- 
out the colony. 
36. LESSERTIA, DC. 
Calyx bell-shaped, shortly and subequally 5-toothed. Stand- 
ard obovate, emarginate, expanded, longer than the blunt keel. 
Stamens diadelphous. Ovary substipitate, several-ovuled ; 
style filiform, ascending, bearded in front below the terminal 
stigma. Legume scarious, compressed or inflated, unequal- 
sided or linear, at length opening at the apex, several-seeded. 
—Fl. Cap. ii. p. 218. 
South African half-shrubs or herbs, mostly canescent. Leaves impari- 
pinnate, multijugate; leaflets often alternate, rarely glabrous. Flowers 
pink crimson or purple, rarely white, in axillary racemes.—About 30 African 
species, dispersed. 
37. SYLITRA, E. M. 
Calyx sub-2-labiate, 5-fid. Keel erect, round-pointed, shorter 
than the subequal standard and attached wings. Stamens mo- 
nadelphous. Ovary 4-ovuled; style glabrous, the stigma capitel- 
late. Legume scarious, indehiscent, compressed, much broader 
than the seeds.— Fl. Cap. ii. p. 224; DLhes. Cap. t. 78. 
S. biflora is a rod-like perennial, with 1-foliolate leaves, and small axillary 
flowers. Found near the Gamke river. 
TripeE 8. ASTRAGALER. 
38. ASTRAGALUS, Linn. 
Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, 5-toothed. Standard equalling 
or exceeding the wings; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary many-ovuled. Legume (variable in form) incompletely 
or completely divided longitudinally into 2 cells by the intro- 
flection of the carinal (dorsal) suture. Cap. 1. p. 224; 
Thes. Cap. t, 82. 
An immense genus, but chiefly of the northern hemisphere. A. Burkea- | 
nus, our only South African species, is a glabrous and glaucous annual, with 
large, leafy stipules, pinnate leaves, and small, slender, racemose flowers. 
Found at Magalisberg. 
Tribe 9. Hepysarem. (Gen. 39-48.) 
39. ZORNIA, Gmel. 
Calyx 2-labiate, the upper lip obtuse, emarginate, the lower 
3-fid. Corolla inserted in the base of the calyx; standard 
roundish, with reflexed sides; wings oblong; keel of lunate 
