Genistec.] . LVIL. LEGUMINOS E. 481 
vexillo brevior. Stamina omnia in tubum clausum v. rarius in vaginam supra fissam con- 
nata; antherz alterns breviores versatiles, alternz longiores basifix:. Ovarium sessile 
-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali sepe obliquo. Legumen lineare 
compressum, sericeum v. villosum, eglandulosum, 2-valve, intus continuum v.inter semina 
septatum. Semina estrophiolata.— Herbs, suffrutices v. rarius frutices parvi, sspius se- 
ricei v. villosi. Folia digitatim 3-foliolata. Stipule liberz. Flores flavi, solitarii race- 
mosi v. subumbellati, terminales v. oppositifolii. Bractesm et bracteole swpius parvse. 
Species ad 42, quarum 12 in Africa boreali, Europa aus'rali, Asia occidentali, v. India orientali 
ereseunt, ezeterze omnes Africze australis incole, in sectiones 2 sequentes distribuuntur : 
1l. Chasmone. Legumen haud torulosum, intus cobtinuum, valvis convexis, —Species 29, omnes 
Austro-Africans. —Harv. e? Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 67. Jacq. Hort. Schenbr, ii. 1. 220 (Crotalaria). 
Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 237 (Cytisus). Inter has species 4. speciosuza et, affines, racemis terminalibus 
elongatis, a czeteris paullulum differunt et Dichilis accedunt vagina staminea supra fissa. 
9. Eremolobium.  Legumen subtorulosum, intus inter semina sepe plus minus septatum, valvis 
planis.— Species 1, Capensis, Zarv. et Son. Fl. Cap. ii. 76; ad 12, Africze borealis Europee v. Asie 
incole, Walp. Hep. ii. 840, v. 509; Ann. i. 222, ii. 841, iv. 470 ; Brot. Phyt. Lusit. t. 69 (Cy- 
tisus) ; Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. t. 59, 60; BReichb. Pl. Crit. t. 259 ; Jaequem. Voy. t. 40 (Cytisus). 
GaxocuILUM, JWaelp. im Linnea, xii. 909, et TaicHAsMA, Jap. i.c. 510, nullo charactere ab 
Argyrolobio differunt. 
Cuawxcrrisus, Vis. Fl. Dal. 272, t. 55, species unica a nobis non visa, ex icone et descriptione 
videtur Argyrolobii species v. potius status abnormis 4. Linneani, antheris 5 abortientibus. 
58. Adenocarpus, DC. FI. Fr. Suppl. 549.—OCalycis lobi 2 superiores liberi, 3 inferiores 
plus minus connati. Vexillum suborbiculatum ; ale obovats v. oblongs; carina valde in- 
eurva v. breviter rostrata, vexillo vix brevior, unguibus liberis. Stamina omnia in tubum 
clausum connata; antherz altern; breviores versatiles, alternze longiores basifixzee. Ovarium 
sessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali eapitellato. Legumen 
lineare, compressum, glanduloso-tubereulatum v. muricatum, 2-valve. Semina estrophio- 
lata, funiculis erassiusculis.—Frutices sericeo-pubescentes v. villosi, ramis swpe divaricatis. 
Folia digitatim 3-foliolata. Stipule O v. parvse caducse. Flores flavi, in racemos terminales 
dispositi, Bractese et bracteole nunc parvse caducissim:, nunc foliaces diutius persistentes. 
Species ad 8, Europs Mediterranesz et austro-occidentalis, Africz borealis et tropies, et Ins. 
Canariensium incole. Z)C. Prod. ii. 158. | Walp. Rep. i. 621; ii. 838.  Sibzh. Fl. Grec. t. 704 
(Cytisus). Bot. Mag. t. 426, 1387 (Cytisus). Boiss. Voy. Bot. t. 41,42, Webb, Otia. Hisp. t, 4. 
Phyt. Canar. 1, 50, 50 B. Genus ab affinibus glandulis leguminum facile distinguendum. 
59. Laburnum, Griseb. Spicil. Fl. Rwm. i. T.—Calycis dentes breves, 2 in labium 
superius, 3 in labium inferius connati. Vexillum ovatum v. orbiculatum ; ale obo- 
vate; carina incurva, obtusiuseula, alis brevior, unguibus omnibus liberis. Stamina 
omnia in tubum clausum coalita; anthers alternm breviores versatiles, alternwe longiores 
basifixze, Ovarium stipitatum, oc-ovulatum; stylus glaber, incurvus, stigmate terminali 
eapitellato. Legumen lineare, plano-compressum, sutura utraque inerassata v. superiore 
alata, intus continuum, indehiscens v. demum 2-valve. Semina estrophiolata. —-Arbores 
fruticesve glabri v. puberuli. Folia digitatim 3-foliolata. Stipule inconspicuse. ds 
flavi, in racemos terminales dispositi, Bractes et braeteol: minutissim:e. 
Species 3, Europs v. Asiz minoris incole. DC. Prod. ii. 163. Jacg. Fl. Austr. 1. 306 — Bot. 
Mag. 1.176. Vis. Fl. Dalm. t. 54 (omnes sub Cytiso). Genus a Cytiso differt imprimis seminibus 
estrophiolatis. Legumen diversum in diversis speciebus: in L. vulgari, Griseb., brevissime stipita- 
tum, demum 2-valve, sutura utraque incrassata; in L. alpino, Griseb , distincte stipitatum, suturis 
tenuibus, superiore alata, tardius v. vix dehis:ens ; in L. caramanico (PopocvTIsvs, Boiss. Diagn. 
ix. T), longius stipitatum, sutura superiore latius alata, et ex Boissiero omnino indehiscens. 
60. Calycotome, Link in Schrad. Neu. Journ. ii. pars ii. 50, ex Endl. Gen. 1207.— Calyx 
membranaceus, truncatus, obsolete denticulatus. Vexillum ovatum; ale  obovato- 
oblongs; carina incurva, obtusa, vexillo brevior, unguibus liberis. Stamina ommia in 
tubum clausum connata; antherz alterne breviores versatiles, alterns longiores basifixew. 
Ovarium sessile, papas iPad ; stylus ineurvus, glaber, stigmate terminali capitato v. 
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