XLII. LEG@UMINOS™. $3 
47, HALLIA, Thunb. 
Calyx subequally 5-fid. Standard ovate ; wings oblong, 
longer than the obtuse keel. Stamens completely monadel- 
phous. Ovary substipitate, l-ovuled. Legume compressed, 
membranous, 1-seeded.— FV. Cap. 1. p. 231. 
Small, ascending or trailing slender plants, all South African. Leaves 
alternate, simple, very entire, often black-dotted, 2-stipuled. Flowers axil- 
lary, solitary, small, purple.—6 species, dispersed. 
48. ALHAGI, Tournef. 
Calyx shortly 5-toothed. Standard obovate, complicate ; 
wings oblong; keel straight, obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary several-ovuled ; style filiform. Legume stipitate, ligne- 
ous, terete, few-seeded, irregularly constricted here and there, . 
but not jointed, indehiscent.—F7. Cap. 11. p. 233. 
Undershrubs, natives of the deserts of Northern Africa and Central Asia. 
Leaves simple. Peduncles axillary, spinous ; flowers few, red.— Manna is 
collected from these plants in the East. 4. Waurorum is said to grow in 
the Karroo ; but requires evidence to establish it. 
Tripe 10. Vicirm. (Gen. 49.) 
49. VICIA, Linn. 
Calyx bell-shaped, subequally 5-cleft or toothed. Corolla 
much exserted; standard expanded. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary subsessile ; the style bent upwards at a right angle, 
with a tuft of hairs under the stigma. Legume compressed 
or turgid, 2- or many-seeded. Seeds subglobose, with an oval 
or linear scar.—F7. Cap. ii. p. 233. 
Annual or perennial, climbing herbs, natives of the northern temperate 
zone ; naturalized in South Africa. Leaves abruptly pinnate, the com- 
mon petiole produced into a tendril. Peduncles axillary, 1-2- or many- 
flowered. Flowers blue purple yellow or white.—V. sativa and V. atro- 
purpurea, both introduced. 
Tripe 11. PuHasrotem. (Gen. 50-60.) 
50. DUMASIA, DC. 
Calyx cylindrical, obliquely truncate, entire, 2-bracteolate 
at base. Claws of the petals equalling the calyx; limb of the 
standard cordate-oval; keel obtuse. Stamens diadelphous. 
Ovary few-ovuled ; style filiform at base and apex, dilated be- 
yond the middle. Legume tapering at base, 2-valved, com- 
pressed, few-seeded, contracted between the seeds.—¥Fl. Cap. 
ll. p. 234. 
Twining undershrubs, common in tropical Asia. Leaves pinnately-3-folic” 
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