90 XT.II. LEUUMIXOS.E. 



largest. Petals 5, in the throat of the calyx; 4 lower ob- 

 ovate-oblong, subequal ; upper one shorter and broader, with 

 inflexed edges. Stamens 10, free, ascending, equalling the 

 petals ; anthers short. Ovary sessile, ovate-oblong, 4-ovuled ; 

 style short, straight. Legume compressed, oblong, setose. — 

 Fl. Cap. ii. p. 270 ; Tlies. Cap. t. 2. 



Small plants, the stem, petioles, leaflets, peduncles, calyx, ovary, and 

 legumes, sprinkled with black, resinous dots. Leaves 2-pinnate, stipulate 

 and stipellate. Flowers racemose. — 2 species, from Transvaal and Zulu- 

 land. 



71. PELTOPHORUM, Yog. 



Calyx-tube turbinate ; limb 5-parted, deciduous, the seg- 

 ments oblong, reflexed. Petals 5, obovate, curled at the 

 edge, clawed. Stamens 10, inserted with the petals, free; 

 filaments equalling the petals, hairy at base, inflexed in bud ; 

 anthers versatile, slitting longitudinally. Ovary sessile, com- 

 pressed, few^-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigma peltate, depressed 

 in the centre. Legume broadly oblong, much compressed, 

 unarmed, acute at each end, 1-2-seeded. Seeds oblong, mth a 

 subterminal hilum and straight embryo. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 270. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnate. Flowers racemose, yellow. 

 — P. Africanum, Sd., our only species, is found near Crocodile river and 

 at Magalisberg, 



72. BURKEA, Hook. 



Calyx 5-parted, the segments equal, imbricate. Petals 5, 

 subequal, spreading. Stamens 10 ; filaments very short, the 

 alternate slightly longer ; anthers oblong, equal, tipped with 

 a deciduous gland. Ovary subsessile, 2-ovuled ; style very 

 short; stigma obliquely peltate, concave, w^ith a wavy margin. 

 Legume piano-compressed, oblique, narrowed at base, stipitate, 

 thinly coriaceous, indehiscent. Seeds ovate-orbicular ; embryo 

 straight. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 271. 



B. Africana., Hook., the only species, is a shrub or small tree, with ab- 

 ruptly 2-pinnate leaves, and axillary, many-flowered racemes. Grows at 

 Magalisberg. 



73. CASSIA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted nearly to the base, more or less unequal. 

 Petals 5, clawed, more or less unequal. Stamens 10, the 3 

 upper commonly sterile (sometimes wanting) ; fertile anthers 

 o[)ening by 2 terminal pores or short clefts. Ovary sessile or 

 stipitate, multiovulate ; style filiform ; stigma simple. Le- 

 gume terete or compressed, linear, many-seeded. — Fl. Cap. 

 u.p. 271. 



A vast tropical genus, much diversified. Leaves abruptly pinnate, often 



