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having glands on the petioles. Flowers yellow or orange. — About 4 South 

 African species, all Eastern or from Natal. 



74. SCHOTIA, Jacq. 



Calyx-tube obconical ; limb 4-parted, the segments oval, ob- 

 tuse, imbricating, deciduous. Petals 6, in the throat of the calyx, 

 nearly equal. JStamens 10, more or less connate at base ; fila- 

 ments free above, the alternate shorter ; anthers ovate, longi- 

 tudinally slitting. Ovary stipitate, ovate, several-ovuled ; 

 style filiform, elongate ; stigma capitate or simple. Legume 

 coriaceous, oblong, compressed, the upper margin or both 

 margins winged. Seeds 1-6, either with the scar naked or 

 having a large, fleshy, cup-like aril. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 273. 



South African trees or shrub. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets leathery, entire. 

 Flowers panicled, crimson pink or flesh-coloured. — 3 species, from the 

 Eastern district and Natal. 



75. BAUHINIA, Plum. 



Calyx-tube cylindrical or bell-shaped ; limb 5-parted, deci- 

 duous or persistent, its segments separate or cohering in a 

 reflexed,^ strap-shaped lobe. Petals 5, clawed, subequal, va- 

 riously inserted. Stamens 10, monadelphous or free, exserted, 

 either all fertile or several (5-7-9) sterile ; filaments filiform ; 

 anthers incumbent, slitting. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 275. 



Trees or climbing shrubs, chiefly tropical. Leaves formed of 2 partially 

 connate or nearly confluent leaflets, resembling a 2-lobed leaf. Flowers 

 racemose. — At least 4 South African species, all but one Eastern. 



SuEORDER 3. Mimosese. (G-en. 76-82.) 

 Tribe 1. Eumimoseje. 

 76. ENTADA, Linn. 



Plowers sessile or shortly pedicelled. Calyx bell-shaped, 

 shortly 5-toothed. Petals 5, free or nearly so. Stamens 10, 

 anthers gland-bearing. Legume linear, piano-compressed, 

 margined with thickened, persistent sutures, the valves trans- 

 versely jointed, separating into 1-seeded, indehiscent fragments. 

 —Fl. Gap. ii. p. 276. 



Shrubs, mostly climbing. Leaves 2-pinnate, tlie terminal pair often 

 changed to tendrils. Spikes of flowers slender, solitary or panicled. — 3 

 species, all Eastern. One of them, E. scandens, Benth. (the Sword-bean), 

 grows also in the East Indies. 



77. ELePHANTORHIZA, Benth. 



Plowers pedicelled. Calyx short, 5-toothed. Petals lan- 

 ceolate, at length free. Stamens 10 ; anthers tipped witli a 

 deciduous, stalked gland. Legume straight, compressed, lea- 



