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late. Racemes axillary. Easily known by its curious calyx.—D. villosa, 
DC., grows at the Knysna. 
51. TERAMNUS, Sw. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, 4—5-fid. Standard obovate, with 
a longish claw ; wings narrow-oblong, oblique ; keel shorter, 
oblique, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, the alternate ros- _ 
trate. Ovary sessile, with a short, thick style and capitate 
stigma. Legume linear, many-seeded, hook-pointed, septate 
within.— Fl. Cap. i. p. 284. 
Slender, twining, tropical plants. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets 
stipellate, the terminal remote. Flowers minute, on slender, axillary 
peduncles, in pairs, in tufts or interruptedly racemose.—TZ. labialis, a 
common tropical plant, grows in Caffraria and at: Natal. 
52. GALACTIA, P. Br. 
Calyx 2-bracteate at base, 4-fid, the segments acute, nearly 
equal. Standard ovate or suborbicular, spreading or reflexed ; 
wings oblong, shorter than the subincurved keel. Stamens 
diadelphous. Ovary several-ovuled, subsessile ; style filiform, 
inecurved, glabrous ; stigma small. Legume linear, compressed, 
with cellular partitions between the seeds, several-seeded.— 
Fl. Cap.u. p. 235. 
Voluble or prostrate herbs or half-shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; 
leaflets stipelled. Racemes axillary, few-flowered. Flowers small.—G. 
tenuiflora, W.and A.,a common coast-plant in hot countries, occurs at 
Natal. 
53. ERYTHRINA, Linn. 
Calyx either truncate or 2-labiate, or cleft on one side and 
spathaceous. Standard ovate-oblong, without basal ears or calli, 
incumbent, very much longer than the wings and the 2-petalous 
keel. Stamens straight, exserted, diadelphous or incompletely 
monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, many-ovuled ; style straight, 
glabrous, with a lateral stigma. Legume indehiscent, com- 
pressed between the seeds, tipped with the hardened style. 
Seeds oval, with a linear scar.— 1. Cap. ii. p. 236; Thes. Cap. 
#61, G2. 
Trees or shrubs, natives of warm countries. Stem and leaves often 
prickly. Leaves pinnately 3-folioled, the terminal leaflets remote. Stipels 
glandular. Flowers racemose, large and handsome, scarlet or red. Seeds 
commonly red and black.—At least 5 (some new undescribed) South African 
species, natives of the Eastern district, Caffraria and Natal. 
54. CANAVALIA, DC. . 
Calyx 2-labiate, the upper lip very large, truncate, emargi- 
nate or 2-fid, with broadly rounded lobes ; lower small, sub- 
