108 



LEGUMINOS^. I. Myrospermum. 



ceolate, spreading. Petals 5, unguiculate. Stamens 10, mona- 



§ 1. Phyllolohce (from ^vWov, phyllon^ a leaf, and Xo/3oc, 



delphous. Style lateral. Legume roundish, 1-celled, 2 -valved, ^ohos, a lobe ; in reference to the lobes of embryo or cotyledom 



1,, /»i*i -I.* Aj li. being foliaceous). D. C. Cotyledons thin, fohaceous (i.2\, a. fX 



many-seeded, the most of which are abortive. A decumbent & ^ ^ '*' \ j/ 



hairy herb, with trifoliate leaves. 



307 Sarcodum. Calyx cup-shaped, 3-toothed. Vexillum . SOPHC 



Tribe I. 



RE^ 



ovate, ascending. Wings short. Keel falcate. Stamens dia- characters). Spreng. anl. 2. p. 741. Bronn. diss. p. 131. 

 delphous. Legume fleshy, terete, many-seeded. A climbing ^" * legum. mem. V. prod. 2. p. 94. 



shrub, with pinnate leaves, and spikes of rose-coloured flowers. 



f. 24. c). Legume continuous (f. 22. d.\ never articulated. 



308 Vare^'nnea. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed, unequal. Vexil- Cotyledons flat, leafy (f. 21. a, 6.)- This is a very natural trilje, 



known by its papilionaceous flowers, free stamens, and unarticu- 



m 



lum wedge-shaped, emarglnate. W 



Keel of 2 spatulate petals, concave above. Stamens 10, diadel- 

 phous, 9 joined, and one free. Legume compressed, rather 

 falcate, 1 -seeded. A shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves, and 

 racemes of white flowers. 



309 Crafordia. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft. Vexillum 

 large, reflexed. Wings adpressed, auricled at the base. Keel 

 obtuse, longer than the wings. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Le- 

 gume linear, torulose, usually 2 -seeded. Leaves impari-pinnate. 

 Flowers white. 



810 Ammode'ndron. Calyx calyculate. Legume flat, mem- 

 branous, winged, 1 -seeded in the middle. A spiny shrub, with 

 bifoliate leaves. 



311 Laca^ra. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed. Petals 5, un- 



rqual, unguiculate. Stamens 10, free, inserted at the bottom of 



the calyx, pilose at the base. Legume ? pilose. A shrub, with minal leaflet usually solitar3^ Perhaps a proper tribe 

 simple leaves. 



yrrh, and 



lated pods. 



. I. MYROSPE'RMUM (from fivpov, myron 



o-TTfp^a, sperma^ a seed ; the seeds and cells yield a balsam that 



has a strong smell). Jacq. amer, (1736) p. 120. Lam. ill. 341. 



D. C. leg, mem. V. prod. 2. p. 94. Myroxylon, Lin. fil. suppl 



233. but not of Forst. et Toluifera, Lin. gen. 524. 



Lin. syst. ' Decdndrta^ Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, the upper one larger than the rest. Stamens 

 10, free. Ovary stipitate, oblong, membranous, 2-6-'ovulate, 

 bearing a lateral, ascending, filiform style towards the apex. 

 Legume with a naked stipe at the base, but amply winged at tlie 

 apex, samaroid, indehiscent, 1-celled, 1-2-seeded, bearing toe 

 style laterally towards the apex. Seed enwrapped in biilsarnic 

 resin. Radicle incurved in the first section, in the rest unknown. 

 Cotyledons thick and flat. — American trees, with abruptly-pin- 

 nate leaves, and with the leaflets usually full of pellucid dots, 

 the glands or dots are oblong-linear, as in Samydece, The ter- 



312 IIaupaly'ce. Calyx bilabiate, deciduous, bibracteolate 

 at tJic base ; lips equal, entire. Corolla papilionaceous. Vex- 

 illum obovate. Wings auricled. Keel 2-eclged, twisted. Le- 

 gume compressed, narrow at the base, 4-5-seeded. A subshrub, 

 with impari-pinnate leaves, and large rose-coloured flowers. 



313 DiPLo'pRiON. Calyx tubular, 5-toothed. Corolla papi- 



Sect. I. Calu'sia (meaning unknown). Bert. ined. D» ^' 

 prod. 2. p. 94. Myrospermum, H. B. et Kunth. nov. ge»' 

 amer. 6. p. 572. Stamens with permanent filaments. 



1 M. frute'scens (Jacq. amer. 120. t. 174. f. 34.) leaves 

 membranous, deciduous ; legume with a reticulately-veinedwmgi 

 style permanent. Tj. S. Native of South America, in busby 

 places at Carthagena and St. Martha, on the declivities ot 

 mountains in Caraccas, as well as on the banks of the Rio ^^' 



honaceous. Stamens 10, monadelphous. Legume 1-celled, ^j^^^ H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. t. 570. and 571. Leaflets 



^^^^k. ^^ Arm ^ # ^v ^^ ^^ ^^m ^^ ^-A ^^^fc K — . ^^ 11^^ ^ -^^ ^_ .^ ■ . ^ ^ _ WW. ■- _- ■ ■ ■_ ._^^V J__._ - -^ ■ « . ^ __ ^0m. n FU 



many-seeded, spirally involute. A hairy annual herb, with tri- 

 foliate leaves and heads of yellow flowers. 



314 RivE^RiA. Flowers unknown. Legume stipitate, ob- 

 liquely-elliptic, flattish, mucronate, 2-valved, 1 -seeded. Cotyle- 

 dons thick. A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, with the rachis 



winged. 



Di 



vision 



I. 



MBRI^E 



h.e.fS), Radicle curved back upon the edge of the cotyledons. 



Suborder I. 



PAPILIONA'CE^ (from papUio, a butterfly; in allusion 

 to the disposition of the petals resembling that of a butterfly 

 f. 22. f 23. iKc). Lin. ord. nat. 32. D. C. prod. 2. p. 94. 

 CurvcmbrycD, Bronn. dis. p. 131. Cyteophytum, Neck. elem. 3. 

 p. 1. Loj^uminosa?, Batsch. tabl. aflT. 95. 



7-8 pairs, alternate, somewhat crenulated, oval, emarginatei 

 marked w^ith pellucid lines. Legume nearly 2 inches long, ^J^^ 

 the stipe inclosed in the calyx. According to Jacquin this is 



an inelegant shrub. Leaves alternate, pinnate, deciduous, ^f 

 commonly 3 pairs of leaflets and an odd one, which are qui^ 

 entire and smooth. Flowers of a whitish rose-colour, disposeo 

 in terminal, simple, or bifid racemes. The seeds and the ce 

 of the legume yield a balsam that has a strong unpleasant sineU* 

 Shrubby Bahsam-seed. Shrub 10 feet. 



Sect. II. Myroxylon (from fivpor, myron, myrrh, and^j^^^/' 

 xylon, wood; the wood is resinous and sweet-scented). M^^*^ 

 Lin. fil. el Kunth. Stamens deciduous. 



2 M. pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 95.) branches and p^^ 

 tioles hairy; leaflets ovate-lanceolate or oblong, rather membr^' 



smooth above and pubescent beneath, rather acurnin* 

 ated, emarginatc. Tj . S. Native of South America, near C^' 

 thagena and Popayan. Myroxylon pubescens, H. B. et Kun^^' 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 374. M. peruiferum, Lamb. ill. cinch. 9-' 



nous 



Embryo with the radicle curved back upon the edge of the t. 1. Leaves rather membranous, marked with line-like dot^"* 



cotyledons, lying above the commissure formed by the lobes (f. 

 21.6. e.f,). Sepals usually imbricate in aestivation, rarely some- 

 what valvate. Petals disposed into a papilionaceous corolla or 

 a pea flower (f. 24. 6. f. 25. 6., &c.), therefore always irregular. 

 Stamens inserted in the bottom of the calyx (f. 22. c), or f>eri- 

 gynous. — Plants with simple, trifoliate or simply pinnate leaves. 



An elegant tree 

 The bark is filled 



, with white flowers disposed in terminal i^^^^"]^ 

 d with white resin, which, according as itaboun<P 

 more or less, changes the colour to citron-yellow, red, or o^f 

 chesnut; the smell and taste are grateful, balsamic, and aroma"*^; 

 resembling those of Red Peruvian Balsam, and sold in drugg*^^ 

 shops under the name of white balsam. The legume contains 



