72 XLII. LEGUMIJfOSiE. 



pie, entire, sessile, cxstipulate, often with revolute margins. Flowers pnrplc 

 or rosy, witli the keel dark-tinted, axillary and subsessile or crowded in a 

 leaf)- spike.— 9 species, all but 3 either Western or South-Western. 



G. LATHRIOGYNE, E. aud Z. 



Calyx, ovary, and legume, as in the 1-ovuled species of Am- 

 phithalea. Corolla sc^trcely longer than the calyx ; the keel 

 incurved, beaked. — Fl. Gap. ii. p. 593. 



Only 1 species, L. parvifoUa, E. and Z., found in Hott. HoU. and 

 Zwarteberg Mountains. A small, twiggy shrub, 12-18 inches high. Leaves 

 4 lines long, lanceolate, flat, silky and silvei-y. Flowers 2-4, capitate, ter- 

 minal, yellow, almost hidden in the very hairy calyx. 



7. CGELIDIUM, Vogel. 



Calyx nearly equally 5-fid. Standard obovate, shortly clawed, 

 reflexed ; wings oblong ; keel oblong, straight, obtuse, bluntly 

 spurred at each side. Stamens monadelphous, the tube often 

 very short. Ovary 1-ovulate. Legume ovate, 1-seeded. — Fl. 

 Cap. ii. p. 24. 



Small, much-branched South African shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves 

 simple, entire, sessile, exstipulate, with the margin mostly inflexed, closely 

 pubescent on the upper, either glabrous or silky on the lower. — 8 species, 

 chiefly South-West.rn. 



8. WALPERSIA, Harv. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; the two upper lobes broader 

 than the 3 lower. Petals nearly of equal length, all attached 

 to the base of the staminal tube ; standard ovate, with a small 

 callosity at the top of the claw ; wings oblong, eared at base ; 

 keel subincurved, bluntly spurred at each side. Stamens 

 shortly monadelphous, 5 longer. Ovary 2-ovuled ; style subu- 

 late. Legume ? — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 26. 



TF. hurtonioides, H., the only species, was four\d by Zejher at Glassen- 

 bosch. A small shrub. Leaves petioled, hnear, with reflexed margins. 

 Flowers axillary, yellow. Calyx 2-bracted at base. Ovary sessile, silky, 

 with a long style. A very rare, little known plant. 



Tribe 3. Gexisteje. (Gen. 9-24?.) 

 9. BORBONIA, Linn. 



Calyx acute at base, equally 5-cleft, the segments pungent. 

 Standard hairy, emarginate ; keel obtuse. Stamens 10, mona- 

 delphous, with a split tube. Ovary 2- or several-ovuled ; style 

 filiform ; stigma capitate. Legume linear, compressed, longer 

 than the calyx, several-seeded (rarely 1-2-seeded). — Fl. Cap. 

 ii. p. 27. 



tjuuth African shrubs or undershrubs. Leaves alternate, simple, vei-y rigid, 



