76 XLII. LEGUMINOSiE. 



22. VIBORGIA, Thimb. 



Calyx oblique, shortly 5-tootliecl. All the petals ^\dth long, 

 slender claws; standard ovate; keel incurved or rostrate, longer 

 than the others. Stamens monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, 

 few-ovuled. Legume stipitate, ovate or rarely oblong, inde- 

 hiscent, winged on the upper suture, sharp and thin along the 

 lower. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 90. 



Rigid, slender, sometimes spiny, South African shrubs, witli pahnately 

 3-foholatc leaves, and yellow, racemose flowers. — 7 species, natives of the 

 Western and Northern districts 



23. BUCHENRCEDERA, E. and Z. 



Calyx bell-shaped, subequally 5-fid. Petals villous, on long 

 claws ; keel roundish, short and blunt. Stamens monadelphous. 

 Ovary 8-10-oviiled. Legume obliquely ovate, somewhat tur- 

 gid, 1-3-seeded.— -F/. Cap. ii. p. 92. 



Densely silky or silvery small shrubs or half-shrubs, with petioled and sti- 

 puled, 3-foliolate leaves, and white or purple flowers. — 8 species, all Eastern 

 and beyond the Eastern frontier. Easily known from Aspalaihns by the 

 petioles and stipules. 



24. ASPALATHUS, Linn. 



Calyx bell-shaped, subequally 5-toothed or 5-cleft, or the 2 

 upper lobes shorter and broader. Standard short-clawed, erect, 

 keeled at back, spreading ; keel incurved or rarely straight. 

 Stamens monadelphous, with a split tube. Ovary 2-4-8- or 

 rarely many-ovuled ; style glabrous, incurved. Legume ob- 

 liquely ovate or sublanceolate, subcompressed, acute, 1- or few- 

 seeded. — M. Cap. ii. p. 94. 



A large and most natural South African genus of shrubs and half-shrubs, 

 Avitli heath-like or furze-hke, rai'ely flat and broadish, sessile, entire leaves, 

 without stipules. — About 150 species, arranged under 12 sections (fully de- 

 scribed in Fl. Cap.), which may be recognized by the following Key : — 

 Flowers sessile or short-stalked, solitary or spiked, 

 capitate or racemose. 

 Leaves flat (broad or narrow) . 



Leaves glabrous or roughly hairy (not silky) . 1. CEPHALANTHiE. 

 Leaves silky or very softly and closely hairy . 2. Seeice^. 

 Leaves terete or 3-sided, linear or subulate. 



Claws of keel and wings attached to the staminal 



tube . 3. SYNPETALiE. 



Claws of keel and wings quite free from the sta- 

 minal tube. 



Legume obliquely ovate, short. (Flowers 



small) 4. Leptanthj:. 



Legume villous, turgid, ovate or lanceolate, 



reflexed. (Flowers sessile, lateral, mediocre) 5. Lateeales. 



Legume linear-lanceolate, many-seeded . . 6. MACROCAiiPJi. 



