XLII. LEUUMINOSiE. 87 



60. ABRUS, Linn. 



Calyx bell- shaped, sliortly 4-fid or 4-tootlied, the upper lobe 

 entire or 2-fid. Standard ovate, about as long as the subfalcate 

 keel. Stamens 9, monadelphous, in a split tube ; no vexillary 

 stamen ! Ovary several-ovuled ; style short, incurved, gla- 

 brous. Legume oblong, compressed, 4-6-seeded, with parti- 

 tions between the seeds. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 262. 



Diffuse or climbing, slender, woody plants, chiefly of tropical Asia, but 

 naturalized in the tropics generally. Leaves abruptly pinnate, multijugate. 

 Flowers racemose, orange. Seeds oblong, red, with a black spot round the 

 hilum ; sometimes used as beads. The roots may be used as a substitute 

 for liquorice. — The common A. jprecatorius, Linn., grows at Natal ; also 

 A. Icevigatus, Em., an endemic species. 



Teibe 12. Dalbeegie^. (Gen. 61-63.) 

 61. LONCHOQAIIPUS, H. B. K. 



Calyx truncate, or shortly 4-5-toothed. Wings slightly co- 

 hering above the claw of the keel, wdiose petals slightly cohere 

 at back, above. A^exillary stamen quite free at base, above 

 connate with the rest into a complete tube ; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary 2- or several-ovuled. Legume flat, oblong or elongate, 

 membranous coriaceous or ligneous, indehiscent, with a ter- 

 minal style ; the sutures not winged. Seeds if many, distant, 

 compressed ; radicle inflexed. — Fl. Cap. ii. 'p. 263. 



Trees or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets op- 

 posite ; stipels few or 0. Kacemes simple or panicled ; flowers violet pur- 

 ple or white, but not yellow. — L. PMlenoptera^ Bth., also a native of 

 Abyssinia, occurs near Lake Ngarai. 



62. PTEROCARPUS, Linn. 



Calyx turbinate-campanulate, acute at base,oftener incurved, 

 5-toothed, sub-2-labiate. Petals of the keel at back, near the 

 apex, shortly connate or nearly free. Stamens 10, sometimes 

 monadelphous with a split tube, sometimes equally diadelphous, 

 and sometimes 1 only free ; anthers versatile. Ovary 6-8- 

 ovuled. Legume compressed,, indehiscent, orbicular or ovate, 

 more or less oblique or falcate, with a lateral or rarely terminal 

 style, bearing seeds in the middle, more or less indurated or 

 thickened, with a surrounding membranous ring or sharp ridge, 

 sometimes almost completely attenuate-coriaceous or mem- 

 branous. Seeds 1-3, separated by hard partitions. — Fl. Cap. 

 ii. p. 264. 



Unarmed, tropical and subtropical trees. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 

 alternate or irregularly opposite. Racemes simple or panicled ; flowers 

 yellow, rarely whitish, with violet shades ; petals glabrous. — P. sericeiis, 

 Bth., our only si)e(;ics, grows by tlie Ilex and Aapjes rivers. 



