LEGUMINOS^. CXLIII. Amicia. CXLIV. Poiretia. CXLV. Plaxarium. 



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279 



Native of the East Indies. 



WiUd 



spec. straight, truncate joints, separating at maturity, — Climbing shrubs, 



3. p. 1207. O. cassioides, Desv. 1. c. Flowers red ? having the habit of Glycine^ with abruptly pinnate leaves, bearing 



Senna-like Ormocarputn. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 2 pairs of leaflets, Stipulas distinct from the petiole. Racemes 



3 to 6 feet, 



4 0. coRONiLLOiDES ; shrubby, erect, branched ; leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate ; leaflets oblong, emarginate, glaucous ; flowers 

 lateral, pedunculate ; legumes with 6-7 furrowed, glabrous 



Native of the island 



joints, which taper at both ends. 



b.S. 



Coroni//a-/iA:e Ormocarpum. Shrub 6 feet. 



Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



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6 0. e'legans ; shrubby, smooth except the young leaves, 

 which are silky; leaves abruptly pinnate, with 8-10 pairs of 

 ovate-lanceolate, mucronate leaflets ; racemes axillary, not so 

 long as the leaves ; calyx smooth, slightly 5-lobed ; vexillum flowers almost terminal, glomerate. 



short, axillary. Flowers covered with glandular dots. 



1 P. sca'ndens (Vent. 1. c.) stems climbing, glabrous ; leaves 

 with 2 pairs of obovate retuse leaflets, full of pellucid dots ; 

 racemes few-flowered, shorter than the petioles. P?. ^. S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, and near Caraccas, among bushes. H. B- 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 510. Glycine, Lam. ill. t. 009. 

 f. 2. Turplnia punctata, Pers. 1. c. P. punctata, Desv. journ. 

 bot. 3. p. 122. t. 5. f. 17. Glycine punctata, Willd. spec. 3. 



p. 1066. 



Climbing Poiretia. Clt. 1 823. Shrub cl. - 



2 P. psoRALEOiDEs (D. C. prod. 2. p. 315.) stem erect, an- 

 gular ; leaves with 4 obovate leaflets, full of pellucid dots ; 



b . S. Native of Monte 



Mexico. Legumes stipitate, 3-jointed; Video, at the bottom of mountains. Psorklea tetraphylla, Poir. 



large. Tj 



joints tapering to both ends. Calyx permanent. Flowers purple. 



Elegant Ormocarpum. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



6 0. cocci'nea ; shrub rather villous, with 10-16 pairs of 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; racemes shorter 

 than the leaves ; calyx campanulate, almost truncate. ^ . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers apparently scarlet, 



iScar/e^flowered Ormocarpum. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



Cult. See Pictctiaj p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLIIL AMFCIA (in honour of Joseph Baptiot Amici, a 

 celebrated French physician). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 



6. p. 511. t. 600. D. C. prod. 2. p. 315 Zygomeris, Moc. et 



Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft, 2 upper lobes roundish, large, 2 lateral ones minute, the 

 lowest one oblong, keeled, and concave. Corolla with an or- 

 bicular vexillum, and with the wings applied to the keel. Sta- 

 nienslO, monadelphous, with the tube or sheath cleft in front, 

 legume linear, compressed, many-jointed, with the joints trun- 

 cate at both ends. — Climbing shrubs. Branches and petioles 

 pubescent. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets, 

 Jull of pellucid dots. Peduncles axillary, 5-6-flowered. Brac- 

 ^as 2, orbicular, opposite, at the origin of the pedicels. Flowers 

 yellow. This genus is nearly allied to Poiretia, but is easily 

 distinguished by the form of the calyx. 



1 A. GLANDULosA (H. B. ct Kuuth, 1. c.) leaflets obovate, 

 somewhat emarginate ; vexillum obcordate ; legume with 5 

 joints. Tj . ^, S. Native of New Granada, near Loxa. 



Crtanrfw/ar Amicia. Shrub cl. 



2 A. ZYGOMERIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 315.) leaflets cuneate- 

 oocordate, mucronate ; vexillum broadly obovate, mucronate ; 

 legumes having 2 joints. T? . ^. S. Native of Mexico. Zy- 



toTr fi ^^^' ^^^* ^* ^^^^^' ^- ™^^' ^^^"- ^"^^- According 

 "je hgure there are 2 of the stamens longer than the rest. 



Calyx campanulate. 



suppL 4. p. 589. The leaves are sometimes composed of 3 or 

 5 leaflets from some cause or other. 



Psoralea-like Poiretia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. See Pictetiay p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLV. PLAN A'RIUM (from 79?anariM5, plain; in reference 

 to the broad flat legumes). Desv. obs. legum. in Schlecht. Lin- 



nsea. 2. p. 511. 



LiN. SYST. Diadelphiaj DecanJria. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Legume on a short stipe, compressed, 

 8-jointed, having a prominent longitudinal nerve in the middle 

 of the valves. — A climbing shrub, with imparl-pinnate leaves. 



1 P. latisi'liquum (Desv. 1. c). Tj . ^. S. Native of Peru. 

 Poiretia latisiliqu6sa, Desv. journ. bot. and D. C, prod. 2. p. 

 316. Hedysarum latisiliquosum, Juss. herb. Poir. diet. 6. p. 

 432. Stems pubescent. Leaves with 5 oval, acute leaflets. 

 Racemes axillary, few-flowered, longer than the petioles. 



Broad-podded Planarium. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Picthia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLVL MYRIADE'NUS (from ^upioc, myrios, innumer- 

 able, and aCr]Vy aden, a gland ; in reference to the leaves being 

 beset with numerous glands). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 121. t. 4. 

 f, 11. D.C. prod. 2. p. 316. but not of Cass. 



LiK. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria? Calyx tubular, 5- 

 toothed, and appearing as if hidden within 2 opposite bracteas. 

 Corolla and stamens unknown. Legume constantly composed 

 of numerous, terete, somewhat obconical, 1 -seeded, indehiscent 

 joints. — An erect smooth herb, having 4 dotted, obovate, emar- 

 ginate leaflets at the top of each petiole, with very short, axil- 

 lary, solitary, 1 -flowered pedicels, and yellow flowers. This 

 genus is not sufficiently known, but it appears to be nearest 

 allied to Poiretia, in the leaves being of 4 glandular leaflets. 



1 M. tetraviiy'llus (D. C. prod. 2. p. 31G.). ©. S. Na- 



186. t. 116. f. 3. Orni- 



Cult. 



podded Amicia. Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 

 SeePictetia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



live of Jamaica. — Sloan, jam. 1. p. 



402. Lunan. hort. jam. 



W" !:70i«FT' A (in honour of J. L. M 



thopus tetraphyllus, Lin. amoen. 5. p 



1. p. 94. Leaflets cuneated, obtuse, or emarginate, glabrous, 



dotted beneath, all rising from the apex of the petiole. 



Four-leafetted Myr'iadenus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Ch. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant require to be sown in pots and 



La 1 ' ^'■aveller in Barbary, editor of the supplement to Cull. The seeds of this plant require to be sown m pots and 



cboT^^ * Dictionnaire de Botanique, 4 vols. 4to ). Vent, placed on a hot-bed in spring, and when the planis are strong 

 n,.i \** *^- b"t not of Gmel. nor Smith, nor Cav. D. C. enoush thev mav be removed to the stove or greenhouse, or 



Rafi 



enough they may be removed to the stove or greenhouse, or 

 of they may remain in the frame, where they will ripen seeds. 



LlK. SYST. 



Monadelph 



Calyx campanulate, 



from th It f ^^.'"'"^'■^'^"^ar, emarginate vexillum, thrown back 

 8.|q "eel. with reflexed sides; wings spreading. Stamens 

 Sti..mJ"""^. 'P'*°»*' '^"h the tube or sheath cleft in front. 



"«J™a capitate. 



Legume with 3-4, compressed, 1 -seeded,- car. 181. 



CXLVIL ZO'RNLV (in honour of John Zorn, once an apo- 

 thecary at Kempten in Bavaria, author of Icones plantarum 

 medicinalium, 8vo. Nuremberg, 1779 and 1784).^ Gmcl. syst. 

 1070. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 70. Desv. journ. bot. S. 

 p. 124. t. 5. f.25. D.C. prod. 2. p. 316.— Anonyma, Walt. 



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