82 XLTT. LEGr:NriN0S7"E. 



and stamoi 0. Ovarj subsessile, erect, 2-ovuled ; style short, 

 hooked. Legume sessile, mostly 2-jointed ; joints compressed, 

 the lower often sterile, the upper 1-seeded, separating. — Fl. 

 Cap. ii. p. 227. 



Weed-like herbs or iindershrubs, frequently viscid-pubeseont, common in 

 hot countries. Leaves pinnately 3-folioled. Flowers in dense terminal or 

 axillary spikes, or solitary or in pairs. — aS'. setosa, our only species, grows 

 at the Aapjes river. 



43. DESMODIUM, DC. 



Calyx 5-parted or deeply 2-lipped, the upper lip 2-fid, lower 

 3-fid. Standard roundish ; wings oblong, longer than the 



. straight, obtuse keel. Stamens diadelphous. Ovary sessile, 

 41 any- ovule d. Legume several-jointed, the joints compressed, 

 l-^eeded, membranous or rigid, separating at maturity. Seeds 



^<c</mpressed, reniform. — JFl. Cap. ii. p. 227. 



<, Sarbs or half-shrubs, common in warm countries. Leaves pinnately 



• ^-folioLed or 1-folioled. Racemes terminal, slender or dense ; flowers small, 



p,urf\le/Or white. — 5 South African species, natives of Caffraria and Natal. 



44. ANARTHHOSYNE, E. Mey. 



■Same jas Desmodium, but — Legume compressed, linear-sub- 

 falcate,, >>^;e?yec^/y jointed, but not spontaneously separating 

 into; l-g€Gded fragments. — FL Cap. ii. p. 229. 



Tyopi(??l and s\ibtropical plants, with the habit of Desmodium. A. robust a, 

 E. M.,, a, ji^ll,, robust plant, 3 feet high, softly tomentose, is found near 

 Natal.' 



45. ALYSICARPUS, ^^eck. 



C^lyx .pera»tent, glumaceous, deeply 4-parted, the upper 

 segment, emarginate or 2-fid. Corolla papilionaceous, small, 

 scarcely Jon^er than the calyx. Stamens diadelphous. Le- 

 gume terete 'QT subcompressed, several -jointed, the joints 

 equal-sided,: separating. — Fl. Cap. ii.^.,230. 



Small weed-like jplasits of hot countries. Leaves 1-folioled, 2-stipuled ; 

 .stipules and bract* dry. Flowers racemose, pedicelled, in pairs, [)uri)le, 

 inconepicuQUS. — J3 .Souith African species (endemic), found in Natal and 

 2ulul?ind. 



4G. REQUIENIA, DC. 



Calyx 1)0lLshaped, 5-fid, the segments acute, the lowest 

 longest, i^tandard obovate ; keel obtuse, 2-petalous. Stamens 

 mojiadelphoiis, the tube cleft above. Ovary sessile, 1-ovuled ; 

 •style short, inourved. Legume oval, compressed, mucronate, 

 1-seeaed.— FZ. Cap. iL p. 230. 



Tomentose-canescent half-shrubs of doubtful affinity. Leaves alternate, 

 1-folioled ; leaflets obcordate, closely penninerved, mucronate. Stipules 

 free. Flowers very small, subsessile, solitary or clustered. — R. sphrero- 

 sperma, PC, our only species, is found in Transvaal. 



