LEGUMINOSAE. 



Leguminosae Juss. Gen. PI. 345. DC. Mdmoires sur les Legumineuses. Endl. Gen. 1253. 

 (Classis). Meisn. Gen. 78. (b§.) — Fabaceae Lindl. Veg. Kingd. ed. II. 544. 



DlCOTYLEDONEAE POLYPETALAE (raRO APETALAe), STAM1NIBUS PERIGYNIS AUT HYPOGYNIS, 

 PIST1LLO S1MPLICI, STYLO TERMINALI CONTINUO, FRUCTU SUPERO LEGUMINOSO , SEMINIBUS EXALBUMI- 

 NOSIS. — ARBORES, FRUTICES AUT HERBAE ALTERNIFOLIAE , STIPVLATAE. MART. 3IsS. 



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Flores 5-meri, rarins 4 — 3-meri, irregulares v. regulares. Sepala alte breviusve connata 

 v. libera, quinto (exceptis Mimoseis semper) inferiore. Petala a basi libera, v. nonnulla, rarius 

 omnia, supra basin inter se v. tubo stamineo cohaerentia, rarissime in corollam gamopetalam regu- 

 larem coaliia. Stamina cum petalis disco calycis fund urn vestienti inserta, aut hypogyna, nunc 

 definita numero pctalorum duplo, rarius iis aequalia v, abortu pauciora, monadelpha v. supremo 

 (petalo supremo opposito) soluto diadelpha, v. omnia libera; nunc indefinita, libera v. monadelpha. 

 Antherae saepissime biloculares, loculis parallelis cont ignis rima longitudinali dehiscentibus, 

 rarius apice biporosae v. birimosae. Ovarium mouocarpicum, solitarium (v. hinc inde casu 2 — 5), 

 excentricum, uniloculare. Ovula plura v. rarius solitaria, angulo interior! (ad petalum supre- 

 mum spec(anti) inserta, 1 — 2-seriatim superposita, amphitropa v. anatropa. Stylus simplex, 

 marginem interiorem (superiorem) ovarii terminans, apice integrum v. dente parvo rarius appen- 

 diculatum, stigmate unico integro terminali v. sub apice styli laterali. Fructus legumen dictus 

 siccus, carnosus v. rarius drupaceus, nunc indehiscens, nunc in valvulas 2 secus suturam in- 

 teriorem (seu vexillarem) et costam dorsalem (seu suturam carinalem), v. rarius more folliculi 

 secus suturam interiorem tantum dehiscens; intus unilocularis v. interdum pulpa repletus v. 

 substantia cellulosa inter semina farctus v. transverse septatus, et tunc interdum maturitate 

 ad septa in articulos monospermos secedens; v. rarius dissepimento spurio e sutura una alte- 

 rave plus minus intrusa longitudinaliter subbilocularis. Semina suturae interior! ad margines 

 valvularum alternatim affixa, rarius per paria opposita (collateralia). Funiculus brevis v. elon- 

 gatus , tenuis v. incrassatus. Seminis integumentum coriaceum v. fere osseum, interdum circa 

 hilum caruncula appendiculatum. Albumen parcum v. saepius nullum. Embryo quoad fructum 

 inversus, aut rectus (in s. d. Rectembryis) aut (in Curvembryis) rostello (v. radjcula Auct.) 

 versus hilum inflexo incurvus. Cotyledones rostello saepius multo longiores, crasso-carnosae 

 v. subfoliaceae. 



Leguminos. \ 



