02 XlAl. LKCIMINOS.E. 



tilery, tlie sutures remaining closed, but tlic loni^, ])ersistent, 

 rigid valve separating (as in a siliqua), without transverse 

 septa, and not pulpy within. — FL Cap. \\. p. 211 . 



Glabrous iinderslirubs, with large fleshy roots (Elandsboontjes). Leaves 

 2-phinate, multijugate. Flowers densely spicato-racemose. — 2 speeies, both 

 Eastern. 



78. DICHROSTACHYS, DC. 



Flowers of two kinds in the spike ; the uppermost flowers 

 liermaphrodite and sessile, as in Entada ; the lower neuter, 

 with calyx and corolla as in the perfect, 10 long, slender fila- 

 ments, ^^^thout anthers, and a rudiment of an ovary. Legume 

 linear, twisted, compressed, membranaceo-coriaceous, or some- 

 what fleshy, 1-celled, without pulp, indehiscent or the valves 

 breaking irregularly from the sutures. — Fl. Cap. \\. p. 278. 



African and Asiatic shrubs, sometimes spiny. Leaves 2-pinnate. Spikes 

 of flowers peduncled, nodding, solitary or in pairs. — 2 South African spe- 

 cies, from Natal and to the north-east of that region. 



79. XEROCLADIA, Harv. 



Flowers capitate, sessile. Calyx 5-parted to the bxise. Pe- 

 tals 5, free. Stamens 10 ; filaments free, the 5 alternate 

 shorter ; anthers with a very minute, sessile gland. Legume 

 sessile, semiorbicular, piano-compressed, 1 -seeded, indehiscent, 

 the carinal suture arched and Aving-bordered. Seed flattened ; 

 embryo straight. — Fl. Cap. \\.p. 278. 



X. Zeyheri, H., from Namaqualand, is a small, dry, and very rigid bush, 

 with pale bark, spinous stipules ; distant, 2-pinnate, deciduous leaves ; and 

 subsessile heads of flowers. 



Tribe 2. Acacie^, 



80. ACACIA, AYilld. 



Flowers frequently polygamous. Sepals 3-5, either con- 

 nate in a bell-shaped cup or free. Petals as many, more or 

 less united in a monopetalous corolla, rarely at length free. 

 Stamens numerous (mostly more than 50), free or connate at 

 base, rarely (in male flowers) collected in a central column. 

 Legume various, mostly dry. — Fl. Cap. ii. p. 279. 



Trees or shrubs of warm countries. Leaves 2-pinnate. Stipular or 

 axillary spines often present ; prickles in many. Flowers minute, yellow, 

 in heads or spikes. — About 20 South African species (some undescribed), 

 chiefly Northern, Eastern, and from Natal. 



81. ALBIZZIA, Duraz. 



Flowers mostly bisexual. Calyx bell-shaped or tubular, 5- 

 toothed. Corolla monopetalous, funnel-shaped. Stamens in- 



