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than the calyx ; standard oblong ; keel blunt. Stamens mona- 

 delplious. Ovary several-ovuled. Legume linear, compressed, 

 torulose, glandular or hairy. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 77. 



Small South African shrubs or half-shrubs, more or less Tiscid or glan- 

 dular, variously pubescent. Leaves petioled, stipuled, 3-foliolate. Flowers 

 yellow, in spikes or spicate racemes, with 3 bracts under each flower. — 

 About 11 species, dispersed. 



19. HYPOCALYPTUS, Thunb. 



Calyx widely bell-shaped, shortly 5-toothed, hollowed at base. 

 Standard roundish, reliexed, longer than the wings and keel. 

 Stamens 10, monadelphous. Ovary lanceolate, many-ovuled. 

 Legume linear, flat, the upper suture thickened, many-seeded. 

 —m. Cap. ii. p. 81. 



S. ohcordaius, the only species, is a glabrous, densely leafy shrub, with 

 palmately 3-foliolate, stipidate leaves and purple flowers. — North-Western. 



20. LODDIGESIA, Sims. 



Calyx of Hi/pocali/ptus. Standard much shorter than the 

 wings and keel. Legume ovato-lanceolate, acute at each end, 

 flat, the upper suture thickened, few-seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 82. 



L. oxalidifoUa^ the only species, is a small, erect or diifuse, glabrous un- 

 dershrubs, with palmately 3-foliolate leaves, and small purple and white 

 flowers, in short terminal racemes. Standard and wings white ; keel dark 

 purple at the point. — Caledon and Swellendam. 



21. LEBECKIA, Thunb. 



Calyx obliquely bell-shaped, shortly 5-toothed, with rounded 

 interspaces, rarely 5-cleft. Keel obtuse or subrostrate, longer 

 than the wings, and usually than the standard. Stamens mona- 

 delphous. Ovary linear, sessile or stipitate, many-ovuled. Le- 

 gume linear, either flat subcompressed terete or turgid. — FL 

 Cap. ii. p. 82. 



South African shrubs or undershrubs, very diverse in habit. — 24 species, 

 dispersed, but chiefly Western. They are arranged under five sections, as 

 follows : — 



1. Stiza. Legumes flat. Rigid, spiny shrubs, with 1-foliolate leaves. 

 (3 species.) 



2. PnYLLODiASTEUM. Legume flat. Glabrous and glaucous, unarmed 

 half-sln'ubs and herbs, with filiform leaves. (4 species.) 



3. Etjlebeckia. Legume narrow linear, terete or subterete. Glabrous 

 and glaucous half-shrubs, with filiform leaves. (4 species.) 



4. Calobota. Legume terete or turgid. Keel obtuse, longer than wings. 

 Shrubs or half-shrubs, pubescent or cauescent, with simple or 3-foholate, 

 flat leaves. (10 species.) 



5. ViBORGioiUES. Legume terete or turgid. Keel subrostrate, scarcely 

 longer than wings. Rigid, unarmed shrubs, with subscssile, 3-foliolate leaves. 

 (3 species.) 



