264 105. LEGUMINOSAE 



166. Petals red, long-clawed, glabrous. Fruit ovate, turgid. Prostrate 



undershrubs clothed with long reddish-brown hairs. Leaves imbricate 

 sessile, lanceolate. Flowers in short racemes. — Species i. South 



Africa (Cape Colony) Euchlora Eckl. & Zeyh. 



Petals yellow, rarely white or red, but then short-clawed and leaves 

 fascicled 167 



167. Leaves in tufts of 3 or more, usually thread-shaped. — Species 150. South 



Africa Aspalathus L. 



Leaves scattered, flat. Petals yellow. Fruit linear or lanceolate, more or 

 less flattened 168 



168. Plant hairy. Leaves stalked. — Species 90. ... Lotononis DC- 

 Plant glabrous. — Species 30. South Africa. Some are used medicin- 

 ally Rafnia Thunb. 



169. Leaves more or less distinctly stalked, naiTow, usually'' thread-shaped. 



Flowers in racemes, yellow. Fruit linear. Funicle very short. — 



Species 25. South Africa Lebeckia Thimb. 



Leaves sessile 170 



170. Leaves many-nerved, flat, stiff. Calyx 5-cleft, with pungent segments- 



Corolla yellow ; standard villous. Fruit linear or lanceolate, slightly 



flattened. — Species 15. South Africa Borbonia L. 



Leaves one- or few-nerved, usually thread-shaped and in tufts. Fruit 

 obliquely-ovate or -lanceolate. Funicle filiform. (See 167.) 



Aspalathus L. 



171. 1163.) Calyx 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-toothed or 2-parted, the lower 



3-toothed or 3-parted. Corolla yellow. Fruit linear .... 172 



Calj^x not 2-lipped , all segments subequal or the 4 upper ones united 



in pairs 174 



172. Keel longer than the standard and the wings. Calyx deeply two-lipped- 



Fniit flat, somewhat constricted and with thin partitions between the 

 seeds, not glandular. Undershrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers 

 solitary. Bracteoles small. — Species 4. South Africa. 



Dichilus DC. 

 Keel shorter than the standard. Leaves stipulate 173 



173. Fruit glandular-hairy or viscid, flat, usually constricted between the 



seeds. Calyx tubular, usually shortly two-lipped. Shrubs or under- 

 shrubs. Flowers in spikes or racemes. Bracteoles mostly leaf-like. — 

 Species 12. South Africa. . . . Melolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. 

 Fruit hairy, but not glandular. Calyx deeply two-lipped. Standard 

 suborbicular. Bracteoles usually small. — Species 60. (Tephro- 

 thamniis Sweet, including Macrolotus Harms) 



Argyrolobium Eckl. & Zeyh. 



174. Calyx-lobes distinctly unequal, the upper 4 united in pairs, the lowest 



separate and narrow 175 



Calyx-lobes about equal 177 



