te 90 XLII. LEGUMINOS®. 
largest. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx; 4 lower ob- 
ovate-oblong, subequal; upper one shorter and broader, with 
inflexed edges. Stamens 10, free, ascending, equalling the 
petals; anthers short. Ovary sessile, ovate-oblong, 4-ovuled ; 
style short, straight. Legume compressed, oblong, setose.— 
Fil. Cap. ii. p. 270; Thes. Cap. t. 2. 
Small plants, the stem, petioles, leaflets, peduncles, calyx, ovary, and 
lecumes, sprinkled with black, resinous dots. Leaves 2-pinnate, stipulate 
and stipellate. Flowers racemose.—2 species, from Transvaal and Zulu- 
land. 
71. PELTOPHORUM, Vog. 
Calyx-tube turbinate; limb 5-parted, deciduous, the seg- 
ments oblong, reflexed. Petals 5, obovate, curled at the 
edge, clawed. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals, free ; 
filaments equalling the petals, hairy at base, inflexed in bud ; 
anthers versatile, slitting longitudinally. Ovary sessile, com- 
pressed, few-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma peltate, depressed 
in the centre. Legume broadly oblong, much compressed, 
unarmed, acute at each end, 1-2-seeded. Seeds oblong, with a 
subterminal hilum and straight embryo.—FJ. Cap. 11. p. 270. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers racemose, yellow. 
—P. Africanum, Sd., our only species, is found near Crocodile river and 
at Magalisberg. 
72. BURKEA, Hook. 
Calyx 5-parted, the segments equal, imbricate. Petals 5, 
subequal, spreading. Stamens 10; filaments very short, the 
alternate slightly longer; anthers oblong, equal, tipped with 
a deciduous gland. Ovary subsessile, 2-ovuled; style very 
short ; stigma obliquely peltate, concave, with a wavy margin. 
Legume plano-compressed, oblique, narrowed at base, stipitate, 
thinly coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds ovate-orbicular ; embryo 
straight.— FV. Cap. i. p. 271. k 
B. Africana, Hook., the only species, is a shrub or small tree, with ab- 
ruptly 2-pinnate leaves, and axillary, many-flowered racemes. Grows at 
Magalisberg. 
73. CASSIA, Linn. 
Calyx 5-parted nearly to the base, more or less unequal. 
Petals 5, clawed, more or less unequal. Stamens 10, the 3 
upper commonly sterile (sometimes wanting) ; fertile anthers 
opening by 2 terminal pores or short clefts. Ovary sessile or 
stipitate, multiovulate ; style filiform; stigma simple. Le- 
gume terete or compressed, linear, many-seeded.—F7. Cap. 
ll. p. 271. 
A vast tropical genus, much diversified. Leaves abruptly pinnate, often 
