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Ceucifer^ — Tribe Thelypocliece^ 

 (after Prantl, in Engler-Prantl, Natiirl. Pflanzenfam.) 



1. StanleyincB. 



1 genus in New Zealand, 1 in Kerguelen Island, 3 in North America. 



2. Cremolohince. 



4 genera in Western South America. 



3. Helioi^hilincB. 



5 endemic genera (including the large genus Heliojohila) in South 

 Africa, essentially South-Western. 



CUNONIACE^. 



Platylophus, Don. Monotypic genus in South-West Cape Colony. 



Cunonia, Linn. 1 species widely spread in South Africa ; 5 species 

 in New Caledonia. 



There are altogether 19 genera with about 120 species. The chief 

 development of the order is in the Southern Hemisphere between 

 lat. 13° and 35° ; few species go northwards beyond these limits. 

 None in Tropical Africa. 



Leguminos^. 



The distribution of some of the Leguminosce allied to South African 

 endemic genera is of special interest. The following information is 

 taken mainly from Taubert in Engler-Prantl, Natiirl. Pflanzenfam. 

 Painlionatce — Poda lyriece . 



Cyclojna, Vent. 10 species in South-West Cape Colony. 



Poclalyria, Vent. 20 species, mostly in South-West Cape Colony. 

 19 genera with 371 species in Australia, many only in West Aus- 

 tralia. 1 genus (with 2 species) from Arabia through the whole 

 Mediterranean Eegion ; 1 monotypic genus in the Himalayas ; 



2 genera with 29 species in North America and Temperate Asia ; 

 1 monotypic genus in California. 



Papilionatce — Genistece — LiparincE. 



6 genera with 38 species almost restricted to South-West Cape 

 Colony, very few east of Uitenhage. 



PajnlionatcB — Genistece — Borassiceince. 

 5 genera with 57 species, all in Australia. 



Payilionatce — GenistecE — Crotalariince. 

 10 genera (including the enormous genus As]jalathus) , restricted 

 to South Africa ; with the exception of Pleiosjoora all of them 

 essentially South-Western. 



Lotononis with 60 species, mostly in Tropical and South Africa ; 

 4 in North Africa, Spain, and the Orient. 



