102. 68. CONNARACEAE— 69. LEGUMINOSAE. 



pioneer in forest succession in Drakensberg. (Oude- 

 hout.) 



5. AGRIMONIA L. "uMakhuthula." 



eupatoria L. var capensis Harv. Common in Midlands. 



6. CLIFFORTIA L. 



1. linearifolia E. & Z. Common or often dominant around 



margins of bush, Midlands and Drakensberg. 



2. oclandra Cham. 



3. serpyllifolia Ch. and Sch. In marshy ground, Inanda and 



Zululand. 



4. serrulata Diels. Zululand, 5,000 ft. 



5. strobilifera Murr. Midlands. Common. "umWele." 



6. natalensis J. M. Wood. Midlands. 



7. prostrata Schltr. Drakensberg. 



8. n. sp. Tabanhlope. (Evans.) 



7. PYGEUM Gaertn. "Dumizulu." "Xalote." "umKokoke." 



africanum Hk.f. Tree. Common in Midland forest, near 

 water. 



8. PARINARIUM Juss. 



capense Harv. var latifolia Oliv. N.E. Zululand. 



FAMILY 68— CONNARACEAE. 



Shrubs, trees or climbers. Leaves alternate, compound. 

 Flowers regular. Sepals 5, free or united. Petals 5, free, rarely 

 slightly united. Stamens 5 — 10, free or united at base. Carpels 

 1 — S, free, superior. Ovules 2 to each carpel. Fruit dry, usually 

 dehiscing lengthwise, rarely indehiscent. 1 genus 1 species. 

 Carpels 5. Capsules 1 — -2. Climbing shrub with pinnate leaves. 



CNESTIS. 

 CNESTIS Juss. "Hlozi." 



natalensis PI. & Sond. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



FAMILY 89.— LEGUMINOSAE. 



Herbs, shrubs or trees. Leaves usually compound and stipu- 

 late. Flowers regular or irregular. Sepals usually 5. Petals 

 usually 5 and free. Sometimes united, rarely 0. Stamens 5 — 10, 

 or numerous. Ovary superior, 1 celled. Ovules inserted at the 

 ventral suture. Style simple. Stigma entire. Fruit 1 — 2 or 

 transversely several celled, opening along ventral suture or separ- 

 ating transversely or indehiscent. Seeds usually exendospermic. 

 58 genera 280 species. 

 1. Petals valvate or united. Flowers regular. Leaves twice 

 pinnate. (Mimosoideae.) 2. 



Petals imbricate in bud or rarely absent. Flowers irregular, 

 or rarely nearly regular. 6. 



