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14. LOTONONIS, DC. 



Calyx subequally 5-fid, the lowest segment narrower than 

 the rest, and unconnected with them, the four upper approach- 

 ing in pairs, and more or less connate into 2 2-fid lobes, rarely 

 quite separate, and then all the segments subequal. Standard 

 obcordate or oblong, commonly pubescent ; keel obtuse or 

 acute. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled. Le- 

 gume oblong or linear, more or less compressed, many-seeded. 

 — Fl. Cap. n.p. 47. 



A large genus, chiefly South African (a few European and Asiatic). 

 Leaves very generally 3-t'oliolate, rarely 5-foliolate, in one case 1-foliolate. 

 Flowers various, racemose umbelled capitate or solitary, yellow, rarely 

 purple. 



15. LISTIA. E. Mey. 



Calyx 3-fid, the front segment subulate, the lateral broader, 

 each 2-dentate. Keel obtuse, longer than the standard and 

 wings. Stamens monadelphous. Legume linear, compressed, 

 many-seeded, repeatedly folded and tested from side to side. 

 —Fl. Gap. ii. p. 6G. 



L. heteropJiylla, E. Mey., the only species, is a small procumbent plant, 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets narrow-cuneate or lanceolate- 

 oblong. Peduncles 1-2 inches long, bearing 6-8 subumbellate yellow 

 flowers . — Eastern . 



16. ARGYROLOBIUM, E. and Z. 



Calyx campanulate, deeply cleft, 2-lipped, the upper lip 2- 

 fid, lower 3-fid or 3-toothed. Standard ample, longer than the 

 l^eel. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled. Legume 

 linear, compressed, silky, not glandular, many-seeded. — Fl. 

 Cap. ii. p. 67. 



Small slu-ubs, undershrubs or herbs, generally silky or silvery, some 

 South European and Asiatic. Leaves 3-foliolate, stipuled. Flowers yellow, 

 peduncled or pedicelled, solitary racemose or subuinbeiled. — 30 Cape spe- 

 cies, dispersed. 



17. DICHILUS, DC. 



Calyx as in Argyrolohmm. Standard oblong, shorter than the 

 blunt keel. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary many-ovuled ; 

 stigma minute. Legume linear, compressed, subtorulose. — 

 Fl. Cap.ii.p.77. 



Erect or diffuse, subglabrous half-shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolatc. Peduncles 

 1-2-3-llowcred ; flowers yellow. — 3 species, all South African and Eastern. 



18. MELOLOBIUM, E. and Z. 



Calyx tubular, shortly or deeply 2-lippcd, the upper lip 2- 

 partite, lower 3-iid or 3-toothed. Corolla not much longer 



