88 XLII. LEGUMINOS&. 
63. DALBERGIA, Linn. 
Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, the upper teeth broader, the 
lowest longest. Petals of the keel keeled above at the apex. 
Stamens 10, monadelphous with a split tube, or 9, the vexillary 
wanting ; or equally diadelphous ; anthers small, erect, didy- 
mous, shortly opening at the apex, or rarely longitudinally 
splitting. Ovary stipitate, few-ovuled. Legume oblong or 
linear, rarely falcate, flat, thin, indehiscent, either 1-seeded or 
distantly few-seeded, slightly hardened and often netted at the 
seed, the margins neither thickened nor winged.—#. Cap. ii. 
p. 264, 
Trees or climbing shrubs of warm countries. Leaves imparipinnate, the 
leaflets exstipelled and mostly alternate. Inflorescence dichotomous, or ir- 
regular. Flowers small, purple violet or white.—3 species in Caffraria and 
at Natal. 
Tribe 13. SopHore®. (Gen. 64-67.) 
64. SOPHORA, Linn. 
Calyx widely bell-shaped, obliquely truncate, obsoletely or 
shortly 5-toothed. Petals of equal length ; standard obovate or 
roundish, erect or spreading; wings oblong, clawed, eared at 
base ; keel obtuse, straight, its petals imbricating and connate 
in the middle, free above. Stamens 10, free, glabrous. Ovary 
subsessile, many-ovuled ; style slightly curved, glabrous. Le- 
gume constricted at intervals, indehiscent, wingless, several- 
seeded.— Fl. Cap. 1. p. 265. 
Trees shrubs or herbs, chiefly tropical. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers 
racemose, white blue or yellow.—S. xitens, Bth., our only species, is a 
densely silky-silvery shrub, as yet only found by T. Williamson, near Natal. 
65. VIRGILIA, Lam. 
Calyx widely bell-shaped, shortly 2-lipped, the upper lip 
2-fid, lower 3-fid. Standard orbicular, strongly reflexed ; wings 
oblong ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens 10, free. Ovary ses- 
sile, villous, several-ovuled ; style glabrous. Legume coria- 
ceous, compressed, tomentose, many-seeded, stuffed between 
the seeds, the sutures very obtuse.— Fl. Cap. il. p. 266. 
V. Capensis, the only species, is a tree (Wilde Keureboom). Leaves 
pinnate, in 6-10 pairs, exstipulate ; leaflets lmear-oblong, glossy above, to- 
mentose beneath. Flowers rosy-purple, in many-flowered racemes. Found 
along riversides, throughout the colony. 
66. CALPURNIA, E. Mey. 
Calyx widely bell-shaped, shortly 5-fid, the 2 upper lobes 
semiconnate. Standard erect; wings oblong; keel incurved, 
