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vix pollicem lata; valvo coriaceo-lignez, interne pro seminibus excavata. SrwINA septem, in alveis totidem 
oblongis locata, podospermio brevissimo complanato suspensa, oblonga, compressa, utrinque rotundata, 
levia, castanea, glabra, ad marginem, basim leguminis spectantem, hilo longissimo lineari notata, subse- 
mipollicaria; callus angustatus, ex podospermio ortus, in hilum decurrens. lrzGUwENrUM coriaceum ; 
lamina interior tenuissima, diaphana. ExposPrmwruw nullum. Expnyo semini subconformis. Coryixpowzs 
suboblongw, plano-convexiuscule, carnose. subzquales. Rapicura parva, inflexa. 
Nil nisi fragmenta exstant. 
DOLICHOS. Laww. ' 
CaLyx urceolatus vel campanulatus , limbo subbilabiatus, basi bibrac- 
teatus; labio superiore emarginato vel bifido, inferiore trifido. Conor 
papilionacea ; vexillum orbiculatam, emarginatum, reflexum, supra 
basim callis duobus alas comprimentibus instructam, alas et carinam. 
vix superans; alee caring adherentes ; carina falcato-adscendens. SrAwiNA 
diadelpha. Ovamiux sessile vel stipitatum , 4-multiovulatum *. Srvrus infra 
apicem barbatus. SricwA obtusum vel subcapitatum. Discus urceolatus. 
Lzcuuzx forma varia, plerumque acinaciforme, 2- polyspermum, bivalve. 
Sswma dissepimentis tenuissimis distincta , lenticulari- compressa, exal- 
buminosa; hilum laterale, longum, lineare, callo fungoso obtectum. 
RapicurA uncinato- inflexa. 
Caulis herbaceus vel fruticosus , volubilis, rarissime repens vel erectus. 
Folia ternata; foliola rarissime lobata; terminale a lateralibus remotum; 
petioli proprii stipulati. Stpule petiolares libere. Pedunculi axillares, 
»-multiflori , saepe elongati. Flores albi, c«rulei , violacei, purpurei, coc- 
cinei, flavo- virescentes vel lutei; pedicellis basi bracteatis. 
1 Genus forsan in complura dividendum ob fructus structuram. 
? In D. Lablab ovarium brevissime stipitatum, 4- ovulatum. 
