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466 LEGUMINOS-^. CCCIII. Cordyla. CCCIV. Cruminium. CCCV. Phyllolobium. CCCVI. Amphinomia, &c. 



globose, hispid. Style and stigma one. Drupe orbicular, thick, 

 soft, farinaceous, containing a large, hard, orbicular, compressed, 

 nut, smooth on the sutures, reticulated with interwoven fibres 

 in the valves, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed large, smooth, compres- 



CCCVL AMPHINO^MIA (from aju^i, awj^jA/, around, and 



vofjiOQy nomosy order ; flow^ers regular ?). 



xiv. prod. 2. p. 522. — Hermannia spec. Lin. — Connaris species, 



Thunb. 



D. C. legum. mem. 



sed, blackish, exalbuminous. Embryo straight, with thick, trans- Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx ovate, ventricose, h 



versely oval cotyledons, a short radicle, and an ovate plumule. — permanent, 5-cleft ; segments lanceolate, spreading. Petals 5, 

 A tree, with alternate and impari-pinnate leaves, ovate obtuse unguiculate, spatulate. Filaments 10, monadelphousatthebase; 



glabrous leaflets, which are velvety beneath. Racemes axillary, anthers minute. 



Style one, lateral, fili- 



branched, shorter than the leaves. 



1 D. Senegale'nse (Gmel. syst. 3. p. 700.) Tj . S. Native 

 of Senegal and Gambia. 



Senciial Detarium. 



Ovary ovate, rugose 



Legume roundish, crowned by the style, 



Seeds nume- 



Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 456. 



CCCIII. CORDY^LA (from KoplvXr], hordyUy a club ; shape ^^V 



of calyx before expansion). Lour. coch. p. 500. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 521. — Cordylia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 260. 



Lin. syst. Icosdndria, Monogynia* Calyx campanulate, 4- 

 cleft, pear-shaped before expansion; lobes acute, valvate in aesti- 

 vation. Corolla none. Stamens 30-35, subulate, rather mona- 

 (lelphous at the very base. Ovary stipitate, ovate, acute. Style 



form, simple, obtuse. 



muricated, 1-celled, 2-valved ; valves concave. 



rous, fixed to the superior suture, many of which are abortive, 



and one of them roundish-reniform. — A decumbent hairy herb, 



with ovate stipulas, trifoliate leaves, obovate leaflets, and axillary 



and terminal peduncles, each bearing 3-4 bracteate flowers at ibe 



The description is taken from the figure of Thunb. 



~ ~ " ^ Native of the Cape 



1 A. decu'mbexs (D. C. 1. c.) %* G. 

 of Good Hope. Hermannia triphylla, Lin. amcen. 6. p. 91. but 

 not of Cav. Connaris decumbens, Thunb. in Roem. arch. 1. 



P 



1. t. 1. 



PI. decumbent. 



Decumbent hm^Yiiuomm. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this plant, and 



short. Legume stip'itate, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 6, ovate. cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass. 



A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, bearing 19-21 oblong, 



CCCVn. SARCO^DUM (from aapKu>lm, sarcodes, fleshy; 



emarginate, glabrous leaflets, and axillary racemes of flowers, • *-- \ » - ^ ^ -^x^ijum 



which are much shorter than the leaves. Stamens long, cop- legume). Lour. codi. p. 462. D. C. prod. 2. p. .^^^. ^arcou . 



Berry edible. This genus comes very near 7)e- P^rs. ench. no. 1752. 



per-coloured. 



iarium, 



1 C. Africa'na (Lour. 1. c.) 

 coast of Africa. 



Tj 



S. Native of the eastern 



African Cordyla. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



Lin. syst. DiadSlphta, Decdndria. Calyx cup-shaped, trun- 

 cate at the apex above, but acutely 3-tooihed on the ^^^^^ ^^J; 

 Vexillum ovate, ascending; wings oblong, short, flat; keei «- 



Stamens diadelphous. Legume fleshy, terete, equ«, 



A climbing unarmed shrub, with pinnate leaves, 



Spikes terminal. Floi^ers 

 G. Native of Cochin-china 



cate. 



many-seeded. 



bearing many pairs of woolly leaflets 



rose-coloured. 



1 S. sca'ndens (Lour. 1. c.) ^ . — - • • orp* 



Leaves perhaps abruptly or perhaps nnpari-pinnaie . 



leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated. 



Shrub el. 



in woods. 



Climbing Sarcodum. 

 Cult, A mix 



"f* Genera belonging to Leguminbsce, hut are not sufficiently 

 Jcnmvn, and are therefore not received among the tribes. 



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CCCIV. CRUMI'NIUM (meaning not explained). Desv. obs. 

 legum. in Schlecht. Linnaea. 2- p- 512. 



Lin. syst. unknown. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Petals and ripened cuttings will roo\ 

 and stamens unknown. Legume compressed, flat, many-seeded, glass placed over them. 

 margined on both sides. 



1 C. giga'nteum (Desv. 1. c.) Pj . ? S. 



Giant Cruminium. Tree ? 



Cult.^ See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 456. 



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CCCV. PHYLLOLO^BIUM (from <}>v\\oy, phyllon, a leaf, 

 and XofioQ, lobos^ a pod ; in reference to the flat membranous 

 pods). Fisch. in Spreng. nov. prov. 33. D. C. prod. 2. p. 521. 



Lin. syst unknown. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; teeth equal, 

 subulate. Corolla papilionaceous ; the vexillum a little larger 

 than the rest of the petals. Legume turgid, compressed at the 

 sntures, falcate, 6-10-seeded, 2-valved, opening only at one of 

 the sutures.— A flexuous herb, beset with adpressed pubescence, 

 with impari-pinnate leaves, bearing 6 pairs of oval glabrous 

 leaflets. Racemes axillary, usually 6-flowered. Bracteas linear, 

 shorter than the pedicels. Flowers greyish white. According 

 to Sprengel this genus is allied to Cajanus and Rudolphia, but 

 according to Link it is allied to Indigdfera and Tephrdsia. 



1 P, Chine'nse (Fisch. L c.) T/.S. Native of China. 



China Phyllolobium. PL 



2 C. Zanzibaee'nse (Boger. mss.) l!/ . S. Native of Zan- 



rcoaum. onruu ci. ... , t 



ixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this shrub, 

 nttmas will root if planted in sand, with a nai 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia, Decdndria. 



CCCVIII. VARE'NNEA (named by De Candolle to recall 

 useful works of M. Varenne de FeniUe on agriculture, »"'' j»_ 

 table physiology). D. C. legum. mem. xiv. P^f^' 1f,/Jj,j,. per 

 Viborquia, Orteg. dec. 5. p. QQ. t. 9. but not ot iniui 



Moench, nor Roth. ^^^^^ ^^^^^^.^y «„- 



panulate, permanent, S-'toothed, the 2 superior teeth *^ J?^ ,|^ 

 Petals 5, disposed in a sub-papilionaceous nianner,^n^ ^j^^^^ 



vexillum cuneiform and emarginate ; wings spatuia ^se. 



and the carina of 2 spatulate petals, which are con ^^^^^ ^^^ 



Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the sheath clett u .^^^ 



Ortega), diadelphous, the tenth one free (ex icon. n. in_ • 



" "^ Style filiform, subulate. St.gnia wg^. ^ 



gume oblong, compressed, flat, rather falcate, ^^ a ^jj^^ib, with 

 fixed to the top of the legume, oblong-reniform.— ^^^.^^^ j^j. 

 impari-pinnate leaves, bearing many pairs of ova , ^^^ ^^ 

 pellate leaflets, the odd or terminal one obcordace, ^ ^^^.^^ 

 deficient. Racemes numerous, splcate, dispose ^^ gliouW 



which this g^ , 



Ovary oblong. 



guebar. 



Zanguehar Phyllolobium. 

 Cult. 



Clt. 1826. Ph? 



Flowers small, white. The place 

 occupy in the order is uncertain- 

 solia 



It is said to he allied to 





of 



ta and Pterocdrpus. \ u ^ Nal^^^ 



^ . ^ , , IV. POLYSTA^CHYA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 522.) ^ 'J • g^^^ J|. 



A mixture of peat and sand wdl suit the species of this Mexico. Viborquia polystachya, Orteg. h c. iVi^^- ^^ |^,^j|ets. 



mex. icon. ined. Leaves with about 20 pairs 



genus, and cuttings will root in the same kind of earth, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them in heat. 



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Flowers about 30, in a raceme. 



