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Amicia Zygomeris. Yoke-leaved 

 Amicia. 



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C7«ss *md Order. 



DlADELPHIA DeCANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Leguminose. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx campanulatus, 5-fidus, lobis 2 super, rotundatis 

 maximis, lateralibus minutis, inferiore oblongo carinato 

 concavo. Corolla vexillum orbiculatum, alae carina adpli- 

 catae. Stamina 10, monadelpha, tubo superne fisso. Le- 

 gumen lineare compressum pluri-articulatum, articulis 

 utrinque truncatis. — Frutices. Ramuli et petioli pubes- 

 centes. Folia abrupte bijuga pellucido-punctata. Pedun- 

 culi axillares 4 — Q-fiori. Bracteae 2, orbiculatce, opposite 

 ad originem pedicellorum. Flores flavi. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Amicia Zygomeris ; foliis bijugis cuneato-obcordatis trun- 



cato-retusis, legumine biarticulato. 

 Amicia Zygomeris. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 315. Lin- 



ntea, v. 5. p. 582, et v. 12. p. 308. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 



c. p. 294. 

 Amicle sp. Hort. 



The Genus Amicia was so named by Messrs. Humboldt 

 and Kunth in honor of John Baptiste Amici, of Modena, 

 who has so much distinguished himself by his microscopical 

 observations, especially on the movement of the fluids in 

 plants. It is chiefly distinguished from Poiretia by the 

 peculiar form of its calyx. There is another remarkable 

 feature in the entire plant, leaves, calyx, and even the 

 corolla : that they are every where filled with pellucid, glan- 

 J dular 



