the whole order, the decandrous bears but a small propor- 
tion to the diadelphous, which in Persoon’s Synopsis is to 
the former as 30 to 1. Papilionaceous plants with dis- 
tinct stamina do not in fact form a very natural subdivision 
of the whole order, though those of New Holland, with 
perhaps one or two exceptions, may be considered as such ; 
this Australian portion, however, forms nearly three fourths 
of the section at present known; the remaining part con- 
sisting of genera, most of which are very different both 
from each other and from those of Terra Australis, are 
found at the Cape of Good Hope, in /Equinoctial and 
North Africa, in the different regions of America, in New 
Zealand, in India, very sparingly in North Asia, and lastly 
in the south of Europe, where, however, only two species 
have been observed, namely, Anagyris fetida and Cercis 
siliquastrum; but the latter having a straight embryo, anda 
habit approaching to that of Bauhinia, rather belongs to 
Lomentacez.” 
J. L. 
