— 221 — 
Calyx breviter campanulatus, laciniis acuminatis, 2 su- 
premis in labium bidentatum v. bifidum plus minus coa- 
litis, rarius a. basi liberis, 5 inferioribus liberis. Discus 
petalifer tenuis. Vexillum obovatum, basi angustatum, nec 
callosum nec auriculatum. Alae oblongae v. obovatae, sae- 
pius truncatae, carinae adhaefentes. Carina oblonga, recta 
v. leviter arcuata, obtusa, utrinque ubi alae cohaerent ap- 
pendieulata, membrana oblique transversa. Stamen vexil- 
lare vel a basi liberum vel plus minus cum caeteris in 
tubum integrum coalitum. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, 
pluriovulatum, rarius in Leptodesmia uniovulatum. | Stylus 
superne glaber, subcartilagineus, apice tenuissime capitato- 
stigmatosus. Legumen exsertum, planum, articulis mem- 
ргапасеіѕ v. coriaceis nunc quadratis v. orbiculatis, sutu- 
ra utraque recta v. aequaliter convexa, пипс semiorbi- 
culatis semiovatis v. reniformibus, sutura superiore recta 
v. concava inferiore convexa; indehiscentibus v. sutura in- 
feriore bivalvatim арегіепіе. — Herbae fruticesve per re- 
giones calidiores utriusque orbis et in America boreali nu- 
merosae. Stipulae vulgo acuminatae striatae liberae v. dor- 
so plus minus connatae. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata v. fo- 
liolis lateralibus abortientibus unifoliolata, petiolo nudo, 
foliolis saepissime stipellatis. Flores secus racemos termi- 
nales v. axillares simplices v. paniculato-ramosos gemini 
v. fasciculati, bracteis parvis stipulaeformibus, rarius axil- 
lares subfasciculati v. secus pedunculum axillarem solitarii. 
Leguminum pili saepius uncinato-prehensiles, rarius mol- 
les adpressi. 
1. bESMODIUM (Sagotia (*)) TRIFLORUM DC. Prodr. v.2. 
p. 554. — Hassk. Pl. Jav. rar. p. 559 — D triflo- 
rum В minus WicuT et Arn. Prodr. v. 1. p. 229. — 
Nicolsonia reptans Мє1ѕѕҹ. Linnaea v. 21. p. 260. — 
Sagotia triflora Warr. et Роснаѕѕ. Linnaea v. 25. 
p. 738. 
- Hab. in*Jaea et in Sumatrae graminosis dumetis, in monte Ungaran, in 
Tapanoelie inferiore, in monte Padang Apenberz (Juwcm.). 
(*) Liceat hic sectiones. Desmod?orum, imprimis Asiaticorum, enumerare: 
Sec, 1? Leptodesmia, Legumen ex ovario uniovulato uniarticulatum 
antice bivalvatim dehiscens. — Racemi breves densiflori subcapitati.  Bractcae 
