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vexilloque brevior. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata; anther» alterns 
breviores versatiles, alternze longiores basifix;e. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus in- 
curvus, glaber, stigmate terminali,  Legumen lineare, compressum, sswpius torulosum, 
glandulosum v. villosum, 2-valve, intus nonnunquam tenuiter inter semina septatum. 
Semina estrophiolata, funieulis brevibus. — Frutices suffruticesve ramosissimi, scepius 
spinescentes, glanduloso-villosi v. viscosi. Folia petiolata, digitatim 3-foliolata. $Stipulee 
sepius foliacee. Flores parvi, flavi, in spicas racemosve breves terminales dispositi. 
Bractes et bracteols smpius foliaces. 
Species 11, Afrieze australis incole. —Harv. e£ Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 78. Genus Dichilo affine, differt 
habitu, indumento, bracteolis et carina, 
51. Dichilus, DC. Mem. Leg. 201. £. 55. (Calycotome, E. Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 
1183. Melinospermum, JValp. in Linn, xiii, 527.)—OCalycis lobi 2 superiores in labium supe- 
rius 2-dentatum, 3 inferiores in labium inferius 3-dentatum connati. Vexillum suborbicula- 
tum v. ovatum ; al: oblique oblongs ; carina obtusa, alis et vexillo longior. Stamina omnia 
in vaginam supra fissam connata; anthersm alterne breviores versatiles, alternze longiores 
basifix:e. Ovarium subsessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali. 
Legumen lineare, compressum, subtorulosum, eglandulosum, 2-valve, intus inter semina 
tenuiter septatum. ^ Semina estrophiolata, funiculis brevibus.—Suffrutices graciles, erecti, 
. non viscosi. Folia digitatim 3-foliolata. Stipule inconspicus. Flores flavi, nutantes, 
pedicellati, ad apices ramulorum v. in dichotomis solitarii. Bracteole minute. 
Species 3, Afriez australis incole. — Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 77. 
52. Heylandia, DC. Mem. Leg. 198. t. 94, et. Prod. ii. 123, (Goniogyne, DC. in Ann. 
Se. Nat. ser. l. iv. 91.)]—Calycis lobi 2 superiores breviter connati, 3 inferiores liberi. 
Petala subequilonga; vexillum suborbiculatum, supra unguem brevem basi 2-squamatum ; 1 
ale obovato-oblongs; carina incurva, breviter rostrata. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra 
fissam connata; antherse altern: breves versatiles, alternze longse basifixze. Ovarium ses- 
sile, 2-oyulatum ; stylus supra ovarium abrupte inflexum, superne intus longitudinaliter 
barbulatum, stigmate terminali.  Legumen ovatum, compressum, 2-valve, intus conti- 
nuum. Semina 1-2, estrophiolata, funiculis filiformibus. Herba prostrata. Folia sim- 
plicia, integerrima. — Flores parvi, axillares, solitarii. 
Species 1, Indiz orientalis incola. Wight et Arn. Prod. F!. Penins. i. 180. Genus nonnisi in- 
florescentia et legumine a Crotalaria differt. 
53. Crotalaria, Linn. Gen. n. 862.— Calycis lobi liberi v. rarius 2 superiores in labium 
superius, v. 3 inferiores in labium inferius plus minus connati, v. 4 superiores per paria 
subcohsrentes. ^ Vexillum orbiculutum v. rarius ovatum, supra unguem brevem sspius 
lecallosum ; ale obovatsz v. oblongs, vexillo breviores; carina incurva v. dorso angulata, 
rostrata. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata; anthersm alterne parvze ver- 
satiles, alternz long:se basifixs. ^ Ovarium sessile v. rarius stipitatum, 2—oc-ovulatum ; 
stylus supra ovarium valde incurvus v. sspius abrupte inflexus, superne intus plus minus 
"longitudinaliter barbatus. Legumen globosum v. oblongum, valde turgidum v. inflatum, 
2-valve, intus continuum. Semina estrophiolata (v. rarius substrophiolata?), funiculis 
filiformibus.—Herb:» fruticesve. Folia simplicia v. digitatim 3-foliolata, rarius l- 5- v. 
7-foliolata. Stipule a petiolo libere, nonnunquam secus caulem decurrentes, nune parvse 
v.0. Flores flavi v. rarius cszerulei v. purpurascentes, racemosi v. rarius solitarii, racemis 
terminalibus v. oppositifoliis. Bractez parvze v. O, rarius foliacese ; bracteole in pedicello 
v. in calyce ipso parv:e, rarius OQ. 
Species enumeratze ultra 200, verisimiliter vix 120 bene limitate, per regiones calidiores utriusque 
orbis late disperse. DC. Prod. ii. 124.  Walp. Hep.i. 988; ii. 880; v. 435: Amn. i. 204 ; ii. 314; 
iv. 459. Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 17. Papil. £. 2, 3, 4. Harv. et. Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 39. Benth. 
Fl. Austral. ii. 178. Gaertn. Fruct. i.t. 148. Vent. Hort. Cels. 1. 17. — Roxb. Pl. Corom. i. t. 193. 
H. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. (. 690. — Harv. Thes. Cap. t, 29. Bot. Mag. t. 490, 1933, 2027, 2561, 
2714, 3006, 3034, 3200. — Bot. Reg. t. 253, 377, 447, 982, 1137. Hook. le. Pl. t. 873, 2 830. 
Wight, Ic. t. 29, 30, 31, 200, 208, 273, 383, 421, 480, 481, 752, 885, 980, 981, 982. 
