EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
PLATE I 
Zygophyllum tenue, Glover. 
1, two leaves and flower x 4; 2, sepal x 6; 3, petal x 6; 4, stamen, front view; 
5, stamen, back view x 6; 6, gynaeceum x 10; 7, capsule x 5. 
PLATE II 
Hermannia gariepina, E. & Z. 
1, sketch of a branch, nat. size; 2, flower, side view; 3, one of the petals, front view; 
4, one of the stamens, back view ; 5, ditto, front view — all x 2 ; 6, gynaeceum x 3 ; 
7, fruit x 4. 
PLATE III 
Hermannia Helianthemum, K. Schum. 
1, sketch of a branch, nat. size ; 2, one of the petals; 3, one of the stamens, front view ; 
4, ditto, back view ; 5, andraeceum ; 6, gynaeceum — all x 2 ; 6, gynaeceum x 3 ; 7, fruit x 2 ; 
8, flower, side view x 2. 
PLATE IV 
Lebeckia obovata, Schinz. 
I , sketch of a branch ; 2, flower, front view, nat. size ; 3, longitudinal section of flower, 
x 2 ; 4, flower, side view, nat. size ; 5, calyx, laid open ; 6, vexillum ; 7, one of the alae ; 
8, carina ; 9, andraeceum, flattened ; 10, gynaeceum — all x 2. 
PLATE Y 
Melolobium karasbergense, L. Bolus. 
1, sketch of a branch, nat. size ; 2, flower, side view ; 3, bract ; 4, calyx, laid open ; 
5, vexillum ; 6, one of the alae ; 7, carina— all x 3 ; 8, andraeceum, flattened x 6 ; 9, gynae- 
ceum ; 10, longitudinal section of ditto x 2 ; 11, legume; 12, leaf with stipules x 2 ; 13, 14, 
stipules from the same branch x 3. 
PLATE VI 
Hoffmanseggia Pearsonii, Phillips. 
1, sketch of a branch, nat. size; 2, flower, side view; 3, ditto, front view; 4, calyx, laid 
open, back view ; 5, ditto, front view ; 6, petals ; 7, stamens ; 8, gynaeceum ; 9, ditto, longi- 
tudinal section ; 10, one of the pinnae; 11, young stipule — all x 2. 
