105- LEGUMINOSAE 265 



175. Keel and style straif^ht. Standard spatulate. Bracteoles bristle-like. — 



Species 3. South Africa. {Pleiospora Harv.) 



Phaenohoffmannia O. Ktze. 

 Keel and style curved inwards. Bracteoles none 176 



176. Fruit flattened, repeatedly folded and twisted from side to side. Corolla 



yellow ; keel exceeding the standard. Stigma oblique. Herbs. 

 Flowers in racemes. -- Species i. South Africa (Cape Colony). 



Listia E. Mey. 

 Fruit slightly flattened or turgid, straight or curved. (See 168.) 



Lotononis L. 



177. Fruit winged, flat, ovate or oblong, stalked, indehiscent. Petals long- 



clawed, yellow ; keel exceeding the standard. Ovary stalked. Ovules 

 few. Shrubs. Flovv^ers in racemes. — Species 7. South Africa. 



(Vihorgia Thunb.) Wiborgia Thunb. 



Fruit not winged. Ovules usually numerous 178 



178 Fruit ovate, i — 3 -seeded. Corolla white, yellowish, or red ; standard 

 with a long claw, clothed with long hairs. Shrubs. Flowers in spikes 

 or heads, without bracteoles. — Species 10. South Africa. 



Buchenroedera Eckl. & Zeyh. 



Fruit linear, lanceolate, or oblong 179 



179. Seeds with a very short funicle. Fruit linear. Corolla yellow. Shrubs 

 or undershrubs. Leaves exstipulate. Flowers in terminal racemes. 



(See 169.) Lebeckia Thunb. 



Seeds with a long funicle. Fruit flattened or slightly inflated. Leaves 



usually stipulate. (See 168.) Lotononis L. 



i8ü. (158.) Ovule I. Fruit ovate, indehiscent ; pericarp adhering to the seed. 

 Gland-dotted plants. Stipules stem-clasping. Corolla blue, rose, 



or white. Bracteoles none. (See 153.) Psoralea L. 



Ovules 2 or more 181 



181. Calyx 2-lipped 182 



Calyx subequally 5-toothed or 5-cleft. Leaves i- or 3-foliolate. . 191 



182. Calyx deeply 2-lipped 183 



Calyx slightly 2-lipped. Leaves i — 3-foliolate or wanting 188 



183. Leaves reduceed to scales or spines. Spinous shrubs. Caly.x and corolla 



yellow. Fruit oblong or ovate, 1 — 4-seeded. — Species 6. North 

 Africa ; one species [U. europaeus L.) also naturalized in South Africa, 

 the Mascarenes, and St. Helena. This species is used as a garden- or 

 hedge-plant and furnishes a dye-stuff, fodder, and a substitute for tea. 



" Furze." Ulex L. 



Leaves digitate, with 2 — 9 leaflets 184 



184. Leaflets 5 — 9. Stipules adnate to the leafstalk. Keel beaked ; wings 



cohering at the apex. — Species 10. North and Central Africa. They 

 yield manure, fodder, vegetables, medicaments, and edible seeds which 



