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obtuse, 2-fid, Stamens 10, free or counate at base, persisteut. 

 Ovary stipitate, several -ovuled. Legume membranous, com- 

 pressed, glabrescent, netted, few- or several-seeded, somewhat 

 winged along the ventral suture, the valves cohering between 

 the seeds. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 26G. 



African trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, multijugate. Kacemes 

 axillary and terminal, the peduncle often panicled. Flowers yellow. — At 

 least 6 Cape species, all Eastern. 



G7. BRACTEOLARIA, Hochst. 



Calyx 2-bracteolate, deeply 2-lipped, reflexed. Corolla ex- 

 panded; standard ample, suborbicular; wings spreading widely; 

 petals of the keel shortly connate in the middle, spurred at 

 base. Stamens 10, free, glabrous, exserted. Ovary sessile, 

 villous, few-ovuled ; style short, reflexed ; stigma simple. Le- 

 gume unknown. — Fl. Cap. \\. p. 268 ; Thes. Cap. t. 20. 



B. racemosa, Hochst., the only species, grows near Natal. Leaves 

 simple, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous. Flowers white (?), in axillary ra- 

 cemes. Another species is found in North Africa. 



SuBOEDER 2. Csesalpiniese. (Gren. 68-75.) 

 68. PARKINSONIA, Linn. 



Calyx coloured, with a short urceolate tube, and 5-parted, 

 subequal, deciduous limb. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, 

 ovate, flat, the upper one with a long claw. Stamens 10, free, 

 declined ; filaments villous at base. Ovary sessile, many- 

 ovuled ; style subulate, ascending ; stigma simple. Legume 

 very long, acuminate at each end, compressed between the 

 seeds, 2-valved, many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 269. 



Tropical and subtropical shrubs, armed with spines. Leaves pinnate, 

 multijugate ; leaflets small. Flowers racemose, yellow. — P. Africana^ Sd., 

 our only species, grows in Namaqualand. 



69. GUILANDINA, Juss. 



Calyx with a short, urceolate tube, and subequally 5-parted 

 limb. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx, sessile, nearly equal. 

 Stamens 10, free ; filaments villous at base. Ovary stipitate, 

 several-ovuled ; style short ; stigma simple. Legume ovate, 

 ventricose, compressed, 2-valved, 1-2-seeded, covered with 

 straight prickles. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 269. 



Tropical trees and shrubs, the stem and petioles armed with hooked 

 prickles. Leaves abruptly 2-pinnate. Flowers in spicate racemes ; bracts 

 long. — O. Bonduc, Ait., a native of India and Arabia, occurs on the coast, 

 near Natal. 



70. MELANOSTICTA, DC. 



Calyx deeply 5-partcd, segments deciduous, the lowest 



