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Calyx gamosepalous ; teeth nearly equal or 2 superior shorter, 

 valvate. Petals finally unequal ; standard suborbicular patent, often 

 unevenly gibbous within at base, rather long-unguiculate ; wings 

 falcate-oblong, finally shorter than standard ; keel broad, much 

 curved obtuse, longer than wings ; claws more or less close or con- 

 nate below. Stamens 10, 2-adelphous ; 9 connate for a considerable 

 height into a sheath cleft above, finally free subulate curved; vexil- 

 lary stamen free; anthers uniform. Germen stipitate gc -ovulate ; 

 ovules finally multiseriate 1 subhorizontal ; style curved, rather pro- 

 minent below ; apex capitate stigmatiferous ; margins thickened at 

 apex, longitudinally bearded, produced into a helmet or cowl round 

 stigmatiferous head. Legume stipitate surrounded at base by 

 persistent calyx, vesicular membranous inflated veined, indehiscent 

 or widely dehiscent by 2 valves at apex. Seeds co , reniform campy - 

 lotropous ; funicle straight, rather thick ; albumen thin pulpy ; 

 embryo rather fleshy ; radicle elongated arched accumbent. — Shrubs, 

 glabrous or somewhat silky ; leaves alternate imparipinnate ; leaflets 

 entire exstipellate articulated ; stipules 2, lateral ; flowers 2 axillary 

 racemose few, rather large ; bractlets 2, minute, inserted below 

 flower {Middle and southern Europe, temperate and subtropical 

 Asia 3 ). 



79. Sutherlandia E. Br. 4 — Flowers almost those of Col idea ; 

 corolla longer ; standard erect, patent at apex, folded back at margins, 

 shortly unguiculate ; wings oblong ; keel longer than standard, erect, 

 curved acute. Stamens 10, 2-adelphous (9-1) ; anthers uniform. 

 Germen stipitate co -ovulate ; style filiform, curved at apex, longi- 

 tudinally bearded above and within ; apex minutely capitate stig- 

 matiferous. Legume membranous inflated (of Colutea), subindehis- 

 cent. — A shrub, hoary ; leaves imparipinnate ; leaflets co , quite 

 entire, exstipellate ; stipules small narrow; flowers 5 in axillary 

 racemes ; bracts and bractlets small {Southern Africa*). 



n . 880.— J., Gen., 359.— Gjertn., Fruct., ii. 320, t. 1727.— Bot. Mag., t, 81, 2622.— Walp., #</<.. 



t. 154.— Lamk., Diet, i. 352; Suppl. i. 560 682; Ann., i. 232; ii. 367 [Baker (in Oliv. 



(part.). — DC, Prodr., ii. 270. — Endl., Gen. Fl. Trop. Afr., ii. 136) gives one species as ex- 



n. 6561.— B. R.,Gen., 505, n. 128. tending to Nile Land.] 



1 Originally 2-seriate. 4 In Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2, iii. 327 (nee 



2 White or reddish. Gmel.).— DC, Prodr., ii. 273.— Km»i... Q 



3 Species 3 or 4. Mill., Icon., t. 100.— n. 6566.— B. H., Gen., 503, n. 123.— Cohdia 

 Schkuhr, Handb., t. 201. — Duham., Arbr., McENCH, Meth., 164. 



ed. 2, i. t. 22, 23. — Sibtii., Fl. Grac, t. 707. — 5 Scarlet, handsome. 



Gren. & Godh., FL de Fr., i. 454.— Bot. Reg., 6 Species 1. S. frutescens R. Br., loe. cit. 



