258 I05. LEGUMINOSAE 



114. Standard shorter than the wings. Petals yellow. Fruit septate between 



the seeds. Erect shrubs. Leaves herbaceous ; stipulas connate. 

 Flowers without bracteoles. — Species 2. North Africa. Poisonous 



and medicinal Anagyris L. 



Standard as long as or longer than the wings. Petals clawed, yellowish- 

 white. Climbing shrubs. Leaves leathery. Flowers with small, de- 

 ciduous bracteoles. — Species 3. West Africa. {Giganthemum Welw.) 



Camoensia Welw. 



115. Corolla nearly regular ; petals subequal 116 



Corolla papilionaceous ; petals conspicuously unequal, at least one of 



them (the standard) very different frcm the others it8 



116. Petals entire. Anthers linear. Ovules more than 2. (See 34.) 



Cadia Forsk. 

 Petals 2-lobed or 2-cleft. Anthers ovate. Ovules i — 2 .... 117 



117. Petals shortly lobed. Ovary short-stalked. Leaflets 9 — 11. Flowers 



in racemes. — Species i. Northern East Africa (Somaliland). 



Dicraeopetalum Harms 

 Petals deeply left. Ovary long-stalked. Leaflets 13 — 19. Flowers in 

 panicles. — Species 2. Equatorial West Africa (Gaboon). 



Amphimas Pierre 



118. Petals of the keel united 119 



Petals of the keel free 121 



119. Petals long-clawed, red. Ovary sessile. Ovules few. Fruit com- 



pressed, not winged, leathery, dehiscing in two valves. Trees. Flowers 

 in racemes. Bracteoles none. — Species i. South Africa and St. 

 Helena. Yields timber and is used as an ornamental plant. 



Virgilia Lam. 



Pel als short- or not clawed, white yellow or violet. Ovary more or less 



distinctly stalked. Fruit tardily or not dehiscing 120 



120. Fruit compressed, winged at the upper suture, membranous. Calyx-lobes 



unequal. Petals yellow ; those of the keel curved. Flowers in racemes. 

 Bracteoles none. — Species 9. South and Central Africa. 



Calpurnia E. Mey. 

 Fruit terete or nearly so, constricted between the seeds, 4-winged or 

 wingless, leathery woody or fleshy. — Species 6. Tropical and South- 

 east Africa. They yield timber, dye-stuffs, and medicaments, and are 

 also used as ornamental plants. Sophora L. 



121. Standard broad-oblong or narrow-ovate, clawed and auricled. Calyx 



very shortly toothed. Filaments slightly united at the base, excepting 

 one. Ovary long-stalked, hairy. Style very short, almost straight. 

 Ovules numerous. Trees. Flowers in panicles. — Species i. Mada- 

 gascar. (Under Cadia Forsk.) .... Pseudocadia Harms 

 Standard broad-ovate or orbicular. Ovary short-stalked or almost 

 sessile. 122 



