SUBORDO II. 
CAESALPINIE A E. 
CAESALPINIEAE subordo Leguminosarum DC. Prodr. И. 473. Benth. et Hook. Gen. Pl. I, A51. 562. — 
Leguminosarum seu Papilionacearum tribus Endl. Gen. Pl. 1310. et Auctt. 
CALYX USQUE AD DISCUM PARTITUS V. RARIUS ALTIUS GAMOPHYLLUS. PETALA AESTIVATIONE 
IMBRICATA, SUMMO INTIMO. RADICULA RECTA V. RARISSIME LEVITER OBLIQUA. STAMINA SAEPIUS LIBERA,") 
Fores irregulares, rarius regulares, 5- rarius 4-meri. SEPALA 5, v. 2 summis coalitis 4, 
usque ad discum, nunc calycis tubum brevem v. elongatum vestientem, nunc brevissimum v. sub- 
nullum soluta, v. rarius in limbum lobatum coalita, aestivatione imbricata, infimo extimo, v. 
rarius valvata. PETALA 5 v. abortu pauciora, rarius nulla, summo per aestivationem intimo, 
caeterum varie imbricata. Stamina 10 v. abortu pauciora, rarissime plura, libera v. rarius nonnulla 
v. omnia breviter v. alte coalita; ANTHERAE variae. Qvarium liberum v. stipite calycis tubo 
discifero plus minus saepius unilateraliter adnato. SEMINA varia, ALBUMINE Copioso a. parco v. 
nullo. EMBRYONIS RADICULA recta v. rarius leviter obliqua, intra cotyledonum emarginaturam 
inclusa v. breviter exserta, 
ARBORES FRUTICESre т. rarius herbae. Forra pinnata v. bipinnata, rarius simplicia v. 
unifoliolata, stipellis raris minutis v. nullis. Frores varii, in nonnullis magni speciost, racemos? 
v. cymosi, in paucis vix iis Mimosearum majores denseque spicati; inflorescentiae axillares, 
laterales v. ad apices ramorum paniculatae. 
*) Character subordinis primi Papilionacearum, in volumine I. Leguminosarum р.3 datus, sic emendetur: 
Subordo I. PAPILIONACEAE. Calyx ultra discum gamophyllus. Petala aestivatione imbricata, summo extimo. Radicula inflexa 
accumbens, v. rarius brevissima et recta. 
