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petals cohering in the middle. Stamens monadelphous, the 

 alternate anthers small. Legume sessile, compressed, 3-G- 

 jointed, the joints roundish, often hispid.— J^/. Cap. ii.^. 225. 



Tropical and subtropical herbs or undershrubs. Leaves digitate, of 2-4 

 pellucid-dotted 4eaflets. Stipules broad, rigid, peltate. Bracts similar but 

 larger, enclosing the small flowers. — Z. tetraphylla, a widely-distributed 

 plant, occurs in the Eastern district and at Natal. 



40. ^SCHYNOMENE, Linn. 



Calyx 2-bracteate at base, more or less 2-lipped or 2-parted, 

 the upper lip entire or 2-fid, the lower either entire 3-fid or 

 3-toothed. Standard roundish or oblong, simple at base ; Avings 

 oblong, equalling or exceeding the incurved keel. Stamens 10, 

 in 2 equal parcels, each of 5. Ovary stipitate. Legume sti- 

 pitate, compressed, exserted, transversely jointed ; joints se- 

 veral.— FZ. Cap. ii.p. 225. 



Subtropical herbs or shrubs. Leaves pinnate, with many or few pairs of 

 leaflets, stipuled. Peduncles racemose or 1-flowered, axillary, rarely terminal. 

 Flowers yellow or reddish. — 3 species, all from Natal. 



41. ARACHIS, Linn. 



Flowers polygamous. — Male : Calyx-tube very long and 

 slender (resembling a flower stalk) ; limb 2-partite, the upper 

 lip 4-toothed, the lower slender, entire. Corolla inserted in 

 the throat of the calyx ; standard roundish ; wings oblong, 

 free ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens monadelphous, inserted 

 with the petals. Ovary concealed in the base of the calyx- 

 tube, subsessile, 2-3-ovuled, abortive. — Eemale : Calyx, corolla, 

 and stamens ! Ovary on a quickly elongating, rigid, re- 

 flexed (pedicel-like) torus, stipitate, 1-celled, with 2-3 anatro- 

 pous ovules ; style very short ; stigma dilated. Legume 

 (buried underground) oblong, thick, netted, indehiscent, sub- 

 torulose, 2-3-seeded. Embryo straight, with thick cotyledons. 

 —Fl. Cap. ii. p. 226. 



A. Jiypogcea (the Earth Nut) is found near Natal, introduced from tro- 

 pical America. Stems difliise or trailing. Leaves abruptly 2-jugate ; leaf- 

 lets obovate, obtuse. Flowers solitary, axillary. 



42. STYLOSANTHES, Linn. 



Flowers polygamous. — Male : Calyx-tube very long and 

 slender ; limb deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip 4-fid, the lower 

 long, entire. Corolla inserted in the throat of the calyx ; 

 standard roundish ; wings oblong, free ; keel incurved, rostrate, 

 shorter than the wings. Stamens monadelphous, with a split 

 tube. Ovary sessile, in the base of the calyx-tube, commonly 

 abortive ; style filiform, very long. — Female : Calyx, corolla, 



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