XLII. LEGUMINOSE. 89 ty 
obtuse, 2-fid. Stamens 10, free or connate at base, persistent. 
Ovary stipitate, several-ovuled. Legume membranous, com- 
pressed, glabrescent, netted, few- or several-seeded, somewhat 
winged along the ventral suture, the valves cohering between 
the seeds.— FV. Cap. ii. p. 266. 
African trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, multijugate. Racemes 
axillary and terminal, the peduncle often panicled. Flowers yellow.—At 
least 6 Cape species, all Eastern. 
67. BRACTEOLARIA, Hochst. 
Calyx 2-bracteolate, deeply 2-hpped, reflexed. Corolla ex- 
panded; standard ample, suborbicular; wings spreading widely ; 
petals of the keel shortly connate in the middle, spurred at 
base. Stamens 10, free, glabrous, exserted. Ovary sessile, 
villous, few-ovuled ; style short, reflexed ; stigma simple. Le- 
gume unknown.— Fl. Cap. ii. p. 268; Thes. Cap. t. 20. 
B. racemosa, Hochst., the only species, grows near Natal. Leaves 
simple, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Flowers white (?), in axillary ra- 
cemes. Another species is found in North Africa. 
SuporpER 2. Ceesalpiniez. (Gen. 68-75.) 
68. PARKINSONIA, Linn. 
Calyx coloured, with a short urceolate tube, and 5-parted, 
subequal, deciduous limb. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, 
ovate, flat, the upper one with a long claw. Stamens 10, free, 
declined ; filaments villous at base. Ovary sessile, many- 
ovuled; style subulate, ascending; stigma simple. Legume 
very long, acuminate at each end, compressed between the 
seeds, 2-valved, many-seeded.—Fl. Cap. 11. p. 269. 
Tropical and subtropical shrubs, armed with spines. Leaves pinnate, 
multijugate ; leaflets small. Flowers racemose, yellow.—P. Africana, Sd., 
our only species, grows in Namaqualand. 
69. GUILANDINA, Juss. 
Calyx with a short, urceolate tube, and subequally 5-parted 
limb. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, sessile, nearly equal. 
Stamens 10, free; filaments villous at base. Ovary stipitate, 
several-ovuled ; style short; stigma simple. Legume ovate, 
ventricose, compressed, 2-valved, 1—2-seeded, covered with 
straight prickles.—F7. Cap. i. p. 269. 
Tropical trees and shrubs, the stem and petioles armed with hooked 
prickles. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate. Flowers in spicate racemes ; bracts 
long.—G@. Bonduc, Ait., a native of India and Arabia, occurs on the coast, 
near Natal. 
hO: MELANOSTICTA, DC. 
Calyx deeply 5-parted, segments deciduous, the lowest 
