478 LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. [ Genistece. 
y.sericeo-pubescentes. Folia digitatim 3-foliolata. Stipule parve v. O0. Flores flavi, in 
racemos terminales szepe unilaterales dispositi. Bractes et braeteole parvs v. inconspicus. 
Species 7, Afriez australis incole.  Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap.ii. 90.  Deless. le. Sel. iii. £. 64. 
DC. Mem. Leg. t. 91. f. 2 (Pterocarpi Peltaric fr.). 
A7. Aspalathus, L/»n. Gen. n. 860 — Calycis dentes seu lobi adiuti v. 2 superiores 
breviores et latiores v. infimus longior. "Vexillum oblongum ovatum v. orbiculatum, un- 
gue sepius brevi; ale oblongz v. falentz ; carina obtusa, ineurva v. subrostrata, vexillo 
brevior. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata; anthere alterne breviores 
versatiles, alterne longiores basifix:e. Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipitatum, 2—oc-ovula- 
tum; stylus incurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali recto y. obliquo. Legumen semiovatum 
v. semilanceolatum, oblique acutum, nune oblique subrhombeum, compressum v. turgidu- 
lum, l- v.oligo-spermum. Semina estrophiolata, funiculis filiformibus.—Frutices suf- 
fruticesve nune ericoidei, nunc spinescentes v. carnosuli. Folia simplicia, seepius ternata 
(foliola 8, digitata, petiolo abortiente P), rarius solitaria, tuberculo insidentia cum aliis ex 
axilla oriundis fasciculata, ericoidea v. rarius plana.  Stipule 0. Flores flavi, rarius pur- 
pureo-ezrulei rubri v. albi, nune in spicam v. capitulum terminale conferti, nunc solitarii 
intra fasciculos laterales foliorum. — Bractez et bracteole ssepius foliace:e. 
Species ad 100, Afriez australis ineolze. — Hav. e£ Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 91. — Benth. in Hook. Lond. 
Journ. vii. 983.  G«erín. Fruct. 3.1. 144. — Lan. Illustr. (. 620. —.Bot. Mag. t. 344, 829, 1289, 2225, 
2233, 2329. 
Genus naturalissimum in sectiones accurate definitas hucusque non divisum. Species in operibus 
supra citatis in series 12 sat naturales sed limitibus quodammodo incertis d.stribuuntur. Genera 
PacuynaPHEA, CxvPHocALYx, PraarosriGMA, SrREPTOSsEMA, PsiroLEPUS, PaRAsPALATHUS, TRi- 
NkuRrA, et HxTkROLATHvus, à Preslio, Bot. Bem. 126 ad 131 proposita, nequaquam admittenda, 
characteres enim vel valde incerti vel eum speciebus inclusis minime conveniunt. 
SancoPHYLLUS, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 573, seu SancocALYx, Walp. im Linnca, xii. 479, est 4spala- 
thus carnosa, AcRoPoDiUM, Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat. ix. 408, est A4. pedunculata. 
48. Buchenreedera, Jl. et Zeyh. Enum. 194. (Colobotus, E. Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. 
Austr. 156?)— Calycis dentes seu lobi breves, subsequales. Vexillum longiuscule ungui- 
culatum, orbieulatum v. ovatum ; ale oblongse ; carina obtusa, vexillo brevior. Stamina 
omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata; anthere alternm breviores versatiles, alternse 
longiores basifixze. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum; stylus incurvus, glaber, stigmate ter- 
minali. Legumen ovatum, oblique acutum, turgidulum, calycem parum superans. Se-. 
mina 1-3, estrophiolata, funiculis filiformibus. — Frutices sericeo-pubescentes v. villosi. 
Folia petiolata, digitatim 3-foliolata. . Stipule foliaces. Flores albi v. purpurascentes, 
in spicas v. capitula terminalia conferti, Bractes foliacez ; bracteols 0. ; 
Species 8, Africze australis incole. — Harv. et Sond, Fl. Cap. ii.92. Genus potius habitu et folio- 
rum indole quam characteribus florum v. fructus ab 4spalatho differt. 
49. Anarthrophyltum, Jen/h. gen. nov.—Calycis tubulosi lobi 2 superiores liberi, 3 in- 
feriores in labium inferius coaliti. Vexillum obovatum ; al: oblongs ; carina leviter incurva, 
obtusa, a latere utrinque plica aucta, unguibus liberis. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra 
fissam connata ; antherz alterns breviores versatiles, alternze longiores basifixze. Ovarium 
subsessile, pauciovulatum ; stylus ineurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali capitato. Legumen 
oblique ovato-cuspidatum, oblongo-rhombeum v. lato-lineare, compressum, 2-valve, intus 
continuum, valvis coriaceis convexis. Semina estrophiolata, funieulis brevissimis.—Fru- 
tices ramosissimi, subsericei, rigidi. Folia parva, integra v. inarticulatim 3-fida, smpius 
spinescentia, basi eum stipulis in annulum seu vaginulam amplexicaulem coalita. Flores 
ad apices ramulorum solitarii (flavi P). 
Species ad 5, in Ameriea australi extratropica crescentes. Hue Genista desiderata, DC. Prod. ii. 
152, ex G«nistz Americanze, in Walp. Rep. i. 629. Hook. Bot. Misc. iii. £. 108. 
DO. Mtelolobium, Ecl. e£ Zeyh. Enum. 188. (Sphingium, E. Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. 
Austr. 65.)—Calycis angusti lobi 2 superiores liberi v. connati, 3 inferiores in labium 
2-dentatum connati. Vexillum ovatum, oblongum v. suborbiculatum ; carina obtusa alis 
