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having glands on the petioles. Flowers yellow or orange.—About 4 South 
African species, all Eastern or from Natal. 
74, SCHOTIA, Jacq. 
Calyx-tube obconical ; limb 4-parted, the segments oval, ob- 
tuse, imbricating, deciduous. Petals 6, in the throat of the calyx, 
nearly equal. Stamens 10, more or less connate at base ; fila- 
ments free above, the alternate shorter ; anthers ovate, longi- 
tudinally slitting. Ovary stipitate, ovate, several-ovuled ; 
style filiform, elongate; stigma capitate or simple. Legume 
coriaceous, oblong, compressed, the upper margin or both 
margins winged. Seeds 1-6, either with the scar naked or 
having a large, fleshy, cup-like aril.— FU. Cap. ii. p. 273. 
South African trees or shrub. Leaves pinnate; leaflets leathery, entire. 
Flowers panicled, crimson pink or flesh-coloured.—3 species, from the 
Eastern district and Natal. 
75. BAUHINIA, Plum. 
Calyx-tube cylindrical or bell-shaped; limb 5-parted, deci- 
duous or persistent, its segments separate or cohering in a 
reflexed, strap-shaped lobe. Petals 5, clawed, subequal, va- 
riously inserted. Stamens 10, monadelphous or free, exserted, 
either all fertile or several (5-7-9) sterile ; filaments filiform ; 
anthers incumbent, slitting.—FV. Cap. i. p. 275. 
Trees or climbing shrubs, chiefly tropical. Leaves formed of 2 partially 
connate or nearly confluent leaflets, resembling a 2-lobed leaf. Flowers 
racemose.—At least 4: South African species, all but one Eastern. 
Susorper 3. Mimosez. (Gen. 76-82.) 
TrisE 1. EuMIMOSE®. 
76. ENTADA, Linn. 
Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled. Calyx bell-shaped, 
shortly 5-toothed. Petals 5, free or nearly so. Stamens 10, 
anthers gland-bearing. Legume linear, plano-compressed, 
margined with thickened, persistent sutures, the valves trans- 
versely jointed, separating into 1-seeded, indehiscent fragments. 
—Fl. Cap.'ii. p. 276. 
Shrubs, mostly climbing. Leaves 2-pinnate, the terminal pair often 
changed to tendrils. Spikes of flowers slender, solitary or panicled.—3 
species, all Hastern. One of them, Z. scandens, Benth. (the Sword-bean), 
grows also in the Hast Indies. 
77. ELEPHANTORHIZA, Benth. 
Flowers pedicelled. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Petals lan- 
ceolate, at length free. Stamens 10; anthers tipped with a 
deciduous, stalked gland. Legume straight, compressed, lea- 
