88 XI. If. r,K(KrM[NOSvE. 



G3. DALBERGIA, Liun. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, the upper teeth broader, the 

 lowest lon2:est. Petals of the keel keeled above at the apex. 

 Stamens 10, monadelphous Avith a split tube, or 9, the vexillary 

 wanting ; or equally diadelphous ; anthers small, erect, didy- 

 mous, shortly opening at the apex, or rarely longitudinally 

 splitting. Ovary stipitate, few-ovuled. Legume oblong or 

 linear, rarely falcate, flat, thin, indehiscent, either 1-seeded or 

 distantly few-seeded, slightly hardened and often netted at the 

 seed, the margins neither thickened nor winged. — Fl. Cap. ii. 

 p: 26^. 



Trees or climbing shrubs of warm countries. Leaves imparipinnate, the 

 Icallots exstipelled and mostly alternate. Inflorescence dichotomous, or ir- 

 regular. Flowers small, purple violet or white. — 3 species in Caffraria and 

 at Natal. 



Teibe 13. SoPHOEE^. (Gren. 6.t-67.) 



OL SOPHORA, Linn. 



Calyx widely bell-shaped, obliquely truncate, obsoletely or 

 shortly 5-toothed. Petals of equal length ; standard obovate or 

 roundish, erect or spreading ; wings oblong, clawed, eared at 

 base ; keel obtuse, straight, its petals imbricating and connate 

 in the middle, free above. Stamens 10, free, glabrous. Ovary 

 subsessile, many-ovuled ; style slightly curved, glabrous. Le- 

 gume constricted at intervals, indehiscent, wingless, several- 

 seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 265. 



Trees shrubs or herbs, chiefly tropical. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers 

 racemose, white blue or yellow. — S. nitens, Bth., our only species, is a 

 densely silky-silvery shrub, as yet only found by T. Williamson, near Natal. 



G5. VIRGILIA, Lam. 



Calyx widely bell-shaped, shortly 2-lipped, the upper lip 

 2-fid, lower 3-fid. Standard orbicular, strongly reflexed ; wings 

 oblong ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens 10, free. Ovary ses- 

 sile, villous, several -ovuled ; style glabrous. Legume coria- 

 ceous, compressed, tomentose, many-seeded, stuffed between 

 the seeds, the sutures very obtuse. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 266. 



V. Cajjensus; the only species, is a tree (Wilde Keureboom). Leaves 

 pinnate, in G-10 pairs, exstipulate ; leaflets linear-oblong, glossy above, to- 

 mentose beneath. Flowers rosy-purple, in many-flowered racemes. Found 

 along riversides, throughout the colony. 



66. CALPURNIA, E. Mey. 



Calyx wddely bell-shaped, shortly 5-fid, the 2 upper lobes 

 semiconnate. Standard erect ; wings oblong ; keel incurved, 



