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Legume thick, villous, obliquely lanceolate, 

 several-seeded. 

 Flowers lateral or subterminal, 1-2 together 7. GEANDiPLORiE. 



Flowers terminal, subcapitate 8. Pachycarp^. 



Legume glabrous or silky, obliquely lanceolate. 

 Leaves fleshy. Flowers mediocre or large, 



subsessile. Legume glabrous . . . ' . 9. Caenos^. 

 Leaves fleshy. Flowers small, sessile. Le- 

 gume glabrous or silky 10. PiNGUES. 



Leaves not fleshy. Flowers terminal, soli- 

 tary, in pairs or racemose 11. Teeminales. 



Flowers 1 or few, at the end of a long filiform peduncle 12. Pedunculaees. 

 These shrubs are dispersed over South Africa, cliiefly in dry, stony or 

 sandy places. 



TeIEE 4. PsOEALIEiE. (GrGn. 25.) 



25. PSORALEA, Linn. 



Calyx campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, tlie lowest lobe 

 longer and usually broader than the rest. Standard broad, 

 with reflexed sides ; keel shorter, dark-coloured. Stamens diadel- 

 phous. Ovary sessile, 1-ovuled ; style slender. Legume con- 

 cealed in the calyx, 1-seeded, indehiscent. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 143. 



A large, -widely-dispersed, tropical and subtropical genus of shrubs half- 

 shrubs or herbs, in most cases copiously sprinkled with resinous black or 

 pellucid dots, and strongly resin-scented. Leaves pinnate or 3-foliolate, 

 rarely 1-foliolate. Stipules free or attached to the petiole. — 41 South 

 African species, dispersed. 



Teibe 5. Trieolie^. (Oen. 26-30.) 



26. LOTUS, Linn. 



Calyx bell-shaped, 5-cleft or 5-toothed. Standard roundish, 

 spreading, recurved, equalling the prominent, connivent wings ; 

 keel ascending, narrow, rostrate. Stamens diadelphous. Style 

 ascending, subulate. Legume linear, terete or subcompressed, 

 many-seeded, 1-celled, or having septa between the seeds, when 

 ripe splitting into 2 valves. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 157. 



A nearly cosmopolitan genus of herbs or half-shrubs, chiefly from tem- 

 perate zones. Leaves 3-foliolate. Stipules in pairs or connate, free, large 

 resembling the leaflets. Peduncles umbellately 2- or many-flowered, with 

 leafy bracts under the flowers. — 1 South African species, from JSTatal and 

 Transvaal ; 3 other doubtful species. 



27. TRIFOLIUM, Linn. 



Calyx bell-shaped or tubular, unequally 4-cleft or toothed 

 (sometimes inflated after flowering). Corolla persistent, the 

 standard longer than the wings and keel. Stamens diadelphous. 

 Legume minute, 1-4-seeded, enclosed in the calyx, indehiscent. 

 —Fl. Cap. ii. p. 158. 



