8^ XLII. LEGUMTXOSiE. 



late. Racemes axillary. Easily known by its curious calyx. — JD. villosa^ 

 DC, grows at the Knysna. 



51. TERAMNUS, Sw. 



Calyx tubular-campanulate, 4-5-fid . Standard obovate, with 

 a longisli claw ; wings narrow-oblong, oblique ; keel shorter, 

 oblique, obtuse. Stamens monadelphous, the alternate ros- 

 trate. Ovary sessile, with a short, thick style and capitate 

 stigma. Legume linear, many-seeded, hook-pointed, septate 

 within. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 234. 



Slender, twining, tropical plants. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; leaflets 

 stipellate, the terminal remote. Flowers minute, on slender, axillary 

 peduncles, in pairs, in tufts or interruptedly racemose. — T. lahialis, a 

 common tropical plant, grows in CafFraria and at Natal. 



52. GALACTIA, P. Br. 



Calyx 2-bracteate at base, 4-fid, the segments acute, nearly 

 equal. Standard ovate or suborbicular, spreading or reflexed ; 

 wings oblong, shorter than the subincurved keel. Stamens 

 diadelphous. Ovary several-ovuled, subsessile ; style filiform, 

 incurved, glabrous ; stigma small. Legume linear, compressed, 

 with cellular partitions between the seeds, several-seeded. — 

 Fl. Cap. ii. p. 235. 



Voluble or prostrate herbs or half-shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; 

 leaflets stipelled. Racemes axillary, few-flowered. Flowers small. — G. 

 tenuijlora, W. and A., a common coast-plant in hot countries, occurs at 

 Natal. 



53. ERYTHBINA, Linn. 



Calyx either truncate or 2-labiate, or cleft on one side and 

 spathaceous. Standard ovate-oblong, without basal ears or calli, 

 incumbent, very much longer than the wings and the 2-petalous 

 keel. Stamens straight, exserted, diadelphous or incompletely 

 monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, many-ovuled ; style straight, 

 glabrous, with a lateral stigma. Legume indehiscent, com- 

 pressed between the seeds, tipped with the hardened style. 

 Seeds oval, with a linear scar. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 23G ; Thes. Cap. 

 t. 61, 62. 



Trees or shrubs, natives of warm countries. Stem and leaves often 

 prickly. Leaves pinnately 3-folioled, the terminal leaflets remote. Stipels 

 glandular. Flowers racemose, large and handsome, scarlet or red. Seeds 

 commonly red and black. — At least 5 (some new undescvibed) South African 

 species, natives of the Eastern district, Caii'raria and Natal. 



54. CANAVALIA, DC. 



Calyx 2-labiate, the upper 1ip very large, truncate, emargi- 

 nate or 2-fid, with broadly rounded lobes ; lower small, sub- 



