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petals cohering in the middle. Stamens monadelphous, the 
alternate anthers small. Legume sessile, compressed, 3-6- 
jointed, the joints roundish, often hispid.— FV. Cap. 11. p. 225. 
Tropical and subtropical herbs or undershrubs. Leaves digitate, of 2-4 
pellucid-dotted leaflets. Stipules broad, rigid, peltate. Bracts similar but 
larger, enclosing the small flowers.—Z. tetraphylla, a widely-distributed 
plant, occurs in the Eastern district and at Natal. 
40. HZSCHYNOMENE, Linn. 
Calyx 2-bracteate at base, more or less 2-lipped or 2-parted, 
the upper lip entire or 2-fid, the lower either entire 3-fid or 
3-toothed. Standard roundish or oblong, simple at base ; wings 
oblong, equalling or exceeding the incurved keel. Stamens 10, 
in 2 equal parcels, each of 5. Ovary stipitate. Legume sti- 
pitate, compressed, exserted, transversely jointed; joints se- 
veral.—F7. Cap. ii. p. 225. 
Subtropical herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnate, with many or few pairs of 
leaflets, stipuled. Peduncles racemose or 1-flowered, axillary, rarely terminal. 
Flowers yellow or reddish.—3 species, all from Natal. 
41. ARACHiS, Linn. 
Flowers polygamous.—Male: Calyx-tube very long and 
slender (resembling a flower stalk) ; limb 2-partite, the upper 
lip 4-toothed, the lower slender, entire. Corolla inserted in 
the throat of the calyx; standard roundish; wings oblong, 
free ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens monadelphous, inserted 
with the petals. Ovary concealed in the base of the calyx- 
tube, subsessile, 2-3-ovuled, abortive.—-Female : Calyx, corolla, 
and stamens 0! Ovary on a quickly elongating, rigid, re- 
flexed (pedicel-like) torus, stipitate, 1-celled, with 2-3 anatro- 
pous ovules; style very short; stigma dilated. Legume 
(buried underground) oblong, thick, netted, indehiscent, sub- 
torulose, 2-3-seeded. Embryo straight, with thick cotyledons. 
—Fi. Cap. ii. p. 226. 
A. hypogea (the Earth Nut) is found near Natal, introduced from tro- 
pical America. Stems diffuse or trailing. Leaves abruptly 2-jugate ; leaf- 
lets obovate, obtuse. Flowers solitary, axillary. 
42. STYLOSANTHES, Linn. 
Flowers polygamous.—Male: Calyx-tube very long and 
slender ; limb deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip 4-fid, the lower 
long, entire. Corolla inserted in the throat of the calyx ; 
standard roundish ; wings oblong, free ; keel incurved, rostrate, 
shorter than the wings. Stamens monadelphous, with a split 
tube. Ovary sessile, in the base of the calyx-tube, commonly 
abortive ; style filiform, very long.—Female: Calyx, corolla, 
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