The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey.

  • William H. Harvey
Date:
1868
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Credit: The genera of South African plants : arranged according to the natural system / by William Henry Harvey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    late. Racemes axillary. . Easily known by its curious calyx.—D. villosa, DC., grows at the Knysna. 51. TERAMHUS, Sw. Calyx tubular-campamilate, 4i-5-ficl. Standard obovate, with a longisb claw ; wings narroAv-oblong, oblique; keel shorter, oblique, obtuse. Stamens monadelpbous, the alternate ros- trate. Ovary sessile, tvitb a short, thick style and capitate stigma. Legume linear, many-seeded, hook-pointed, septate within.—FI. Cap. ii. j?. 234. Slender, twining, trojiical plants. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate; leaflets stijiellate, tlie tenninal remote. Flowers minute, on slender, axillary peduncles, in pairs, in tufts or interruptedly racemose.— T. lahialis, a common tropical plant, grows in Caffiwia and at Natal. 52. GALACTIA, P. Br. Calyx 2-bracteate at base, 4-fid, the segments acute, nearly equal. Standard ovate or suborbicular, spreading or reflexed ; wings oblong, shorter than the subincurved keel. Stamens diadel])hous. Ovary several-ovuled, subsessile ; style filiform, incurved, glabrous ; stigma small. Legume linear, compressed, with celhilar ])artitions between the seeds, several-seeded.— FI. Cap. ii. 2^- 235. Voluble or prostrate herbs or half-shrubs. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate ; lenflets stipelled. Racemes axillary, few-flowered, Flowers small.— G. ttnuijlora, W. and A., a common coast-plant in hot countries, occurs at Natal. 53. ERYTHRIIsrA, Linn. Calyx either truncate or 2-labiate, or cleft on one side and s])athaccous. Standard ovate-oblong,without basal ears or calli, incumbent, very much longer than the wiugs and the 2-petalous keel. Stamens straight, exserted, diadel])hous or incompletely monadelphous. Ovary stipitate, many-ovuled ; style straight, glabrous, with a lateral stigma. Legume indehiscent, com- pressed between the seeds, tipped with the hardened style. Seeds oval, with a linear scar.—FI. Cap. i\. p. 236 ; Thes. Cap. t. 61, 62. Trees or shrubs, natives of warm countries. Stem and leaves often prickly. Leaves pinnately 3-folioled, the terminal leaflets remote. Stipels glandular. Flowers racemose, largo and handsome, scarlet or red. Seeds commonly red and black.—At least 5 (some new undescribed) South African species, natives of the Eastern district, CalTraria and Natal. 54. CANA VALIA, DC. Calyx 2-labiate, the upper lip very large, truncate, emargi- nate or 2-fid, with broadly rounded lobes; lower small, sub-
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