504 LVII. LEGUMINOS.E. [ Galegee. 
Stipule parvs. Flores rosei v. rubri rarius albi, in racemos axillares peduneulatos dispo- 
siti, Bractes parve ; braeteols minut: v. O. 
Species ad 30, Afric australis incole.  Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 218. Jacg. Hort. Schenbr. 
t. 2922 (Vicia) DC. Mem. Leg.t.46.  Deless. Ic. Sel. iii. t. 69, 70. — Hook. Exot. FI. t. 84. — Bot. 
Mag.t.9064. Bot. Reg. t. 910. Genus vix ae ne vix quidem a Swainsona, styli barba ssepius dor- 
sali et periearpio tenuiore differt, L. physodes, Eckl et Zeyh., stylo intus longitudinaliter barbato et 
leguminis pericarpio rigidiore etsi patria Lessertie characteres potius Swainsone ostendit, et genera 
duo arete eonneetit. 
195. Eremosparton, Fisch. et Mey. Enum. Pl. Sehrenck. 75.—Calycis dentes sub- 
rquales. Vexillum late orbieulatum, emarginatum, subreflexum, intus nudum, ungue 
brevi ; al: faleato-oblongs ; carina valde incurva, obtusiuscula, / Stamen vexillare liberum, 
estera connata; anthere uniformes. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum; stylus ineuryus, su- 
perne dorso longitudinaliter barbatus, stigmate terminali. Legumen late falcato-ovatum, 
membranaceum, plano-compressum v. demum turgidum, 2-valve. Semina sspius 1 v. 2, 
reniformia, estrophiolata,—Suffrutex v. frutex, ramis junceis aphyllis. Squams ad nodos 
parve. Flores parvi, violacei, dissiti, racemosi, racemis elongatis ad axillas squamarum 
peduneulatis. Bractesz parvs; braeteolz versus apicem pedicelli brevis minute. 
Species 1, Asie Caspiez incola. — Walp. Rep. ii. 860. 
126. Swainsona, Salisb. Parad. Lond. t. 28.—Oalycis deutes subequales v. 2 superiores 
breviores. Vexillum orbieulatum v. reniforme, patens v. reflexum, intus supra unguem 
brevem 2-callosum v. nudum; ale oblongs faleatee v. subtortze, carina sspe breviores; 
carina lata, incurva, obtusa v. in rostrum tortum producta. Stamen vexillare liberum; 
emtera in vaginam connata, Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, oc-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus 
subulatus v. apice inflexus v. involutus, superne intus longitudinaliter v. rarius dorso bar- 
batus, stigmate terminali seepevix conspieuo. Legumen ovoideum v. oblongum, turgidum v. 
inflatum, coriaceum v. membranaceum, 2-valve v. subindehiscens, intus indivisum, v. sutura 
seminifera plus minus intrusa, longitudinaliter 2-loculare. Semina subreniformia, estro- 
phiolata.— Herb: suffruticesve glabri v. pilis subappressis vestiti, Folia imparipinnata, 
foliolis oo integerrimis exstipellatis. Stipule sepius herbacesm, basi latw, rarius setacere. 
Flores esruleo-violacei purpurei rubri rarius albi v. flavidi, in racemos axillares ssepius 
' peduneulatos dispositi, Bractezre membranaces, ssepius anguste v. parvz; bracteolee nunc 
tubo calycino appressse persistentes, nunc in pedicello parvee v. O. 
Species ad 23, quarum 1 Norz Zelandiz ineola, Hook. f. Handb. NN. Zeal. Fl. 51, ezeteree. omnes 
Australienses. | Benth. Fi, Australi. 215. Andr. Bot. Rep.t.9319. Bot. Mag. t. 192 (Colutea), 
1725, 4416. — Bot. Reg. t. 994, et, 1846. £Z. 26. 
.. Üxcroaxxs, Benth. in Lindl. Swan Riv. App.16, a Swainsona characteribus nullis definitis separatur. 
DrirroroniuM, PF. Muell. in Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinb. vii. 489, est S. occidentalis, cui legumen in loculos 
E perfecte clausos separatur, sed in pluribus aliis presertim in S. Drummondii legumen intus plus 
Iuinus divisum est, 
127. Spheerophysa, DC. Mem. Leg. 288.—Calycis dentes subszquales v. 2 superiores 
approximati, Vexillum orbiculatum, lateribus reflexis, intus nudum ;. ali falcato-oblongse; 
carina apice incurva, obtusa. Stamen vexillare liberum, estera in vaginam connata; an- 
therz uniformes. Ovarium stipitatum, oo-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, superne intus 
longitudinaliter barbatus, stigmate terminali capitato v. obliquo. Legumen longe stipi- 
tatum, inflatum, membranaceum v. coriaceum, subglobosum, vix dehiscens, sutura semini- 
fera leviter intrusa. Semina reniformia, estrophiolata, funiculis breviter filiformibus.— 
Herbs perennes v. suffrutices, glabri v. canescentes, Folia imparipinnata, foliolis 3-26 
integerrimis exstipellatis. Stipule parve. Flores (an semper ?) rubri, in racemos axillares 
dispositi, 
Species 3. in Asia Rossiea v. in Oriente crescentes. DC. Prod.ii. 271. Walp. Hep. ii. 860. 
Trautv. Imag. Fl. Russ. t. 38. Genus vix ac ne vix quidem a Swainsona distinguendum. — S. zicro- 
phylla, Jaub. et Spa h, Til. Pl. Or. i. 126. t. 64, a cseteris differt foliis 3-foliolatis, floribus 2-3 sub- 
umbellatis, stylo apice inflexo, stigmate vix terminali, In Astragalo pyenorrhizo, Royle, ad Sphero- 
physam referendo, stamina omnia connata. 
