508 LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. [ Galegee. 
nali. Legumen lineare, indehiscens, a dorso complanatum, intus septo longitudinali an- 
gustissimo suturas (in medio facierum sitas) connectente divisum, valvis naviculari-com- 
pressis, carinis, leguminis margines mentientibus, sinuato-dentatis. Semina orbiculato- 
reniformia, estrophiolata; radicula longa.—Herba diffusa, pubescens. Folia imparipin- 
nata, foliolis oo emarginatis exstipellatis, Stipule membranaces. Flores parvi, ccru- 
lescentes, in spicas breves axillares pedunculatas dispositi. 
Species 1, in Europa australi, Afriea boreali, et Oriente crescens. DC. Prod. ii. 307.  Walp. 
Ann. ii. 397.  Gerín. Fruct. t. 154. Lam. Ill. (, 622. — Sibth. Fl. Grac. t. 131. Genus Astragalo 
affine, differt legumine singulari. 
136. Glycyrrhiza, Linn. Gen. n. 882.— Calycis lobi subsequales v. 2 superiores breviores 
v. basi connati. Vexillum anguste ovatum v. oblongum, erectum, basi breviter contrac- 
tum; ale oblique oblongs, acutiuscule, liber; carina alis brevior, acutiuscula v. obtusa, 
petalis vix connatis. Stamen vexillare liberum v. cum esteris in vaginam supra fissam 
connatum ; &ntherze loculis apice confluentibus sub-2-valves, alternz minores valvis 
magis inzqualibus profundius apertis. Ovarium sessile, 2-oc-ovulatum; stylus filiformis 
y. erassiusculus, apice incurvus, stigmate terminali. Legumen ovatum oblongum v. bre- 
viter lineare, rectum v. arcuatum, turgidum v. compressum, glandulosum muricatum v. 
rarius leve, indehiscens v. tardius 2-valve, intus continuum, Semina reniformia v. sub- 
globosa, estrophiolata.—Héerb:e perennes, ssepe glandulosm, radice (an semper?) dulci. 
Folia imparipinnata, foliolis oo, rarius 8, integerrima v. glanduloso-denticulata, exstipel- 
lata. Stipulsm anguste, membranacesm, caducs. Flores cwrulei violacei albi v. flavicantes, 
in racemos v. spicas axillares pedunculatas sessilesve dispositi. Bractes anguste, mem- 
branaces, caducissim:e; bracteole 0. 
Species ad 12, imprimis in Asia temperata v. subtropiea et in regione Mediterranea crescentes, sed 
etiam in America boreali-oecidentali, in Ameriea australi extratropiea et in Australia obvie. DC. 
Prod. à. 247. Walp. Hep. i. 672; ii. 867: 4mm. i. 2831. Benth. FT. Austral. ii. 225. Gerín. 
Fruct. ii. t. 148.  Jaeg. Hort. Vind. t. 98. Jacq. f. Ecl. t. 56. Sibth, Fl. Grec. t. 108, 709. 
Desf. Fl. Atl. (. 199. Bot. Mag. 1.2150, 2154. Genus naturale, quodammodo anomalum, ab om- 
nibus Galegeis differt antherarum loculis apice confluentibus,  Habitu et floribus Asíragalo 
aecedit, differt, przeter antherarum formam, legumine in pluribus speciebus compresso, in aliis tamen 
valde turgidum est. 
LiqviRriTiA, Pers. Syn. Pl. ii. 313, est, G. glabra, Linn., a cxteris speciebus separata ob legumen 
elongatum non muricatum. 
Mznisrornoris, Fisch. et Mey. Ind. Sem. Hori. Peirop.ix. 95, species 1, Indica et Caspica, vix 
differt, foliolis sepissime 3, rarius 0. Legumen turgidum, echinatum. 
CripawTHERA, Dr. im App. Sturt Exped. 10, species 1, Australiensis, non differt nisi legumine 
Szpissime 1-spermo. Ovarium semper 2-ovulatum vidi. Legumen echinatum. Antherarum 
Structura, a Brownio primum observata, in omnibus speciebus plus minus obvia est. 
GrvcvnmRnurzopsis, Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Or. ser. 2. v. 82, species 1, Orientalis, differt legumine 
majore turgido levi 2-valvi. Carine petala ut in JMeristotropide et in nonnullis -— saepius 
libera, Ovula, ut in Clidanthera, 2. ' Antherze omnino Clidanthere. 
Tarsus VI. HEpysAREX. 
137. Scorpiurus, Linn. Gen. n. 886.—Oalycis lobi 2 superiores alte connati. Petala 
longe unguiculata; vexillum suborbiculatum; alc oblique obovatse v. oblongs; carina 
incurva, rostrato-acuminata, Stamen vexillare liberum, csetera connata, filamentis alternis 
superne dilatatis; anthers uniformes. Ovarium sessile, co-ovulatum; stylus inflexus, 
medio subdilatatus, apice attenuatus, stigmate terminali capitato.  Legumen subteres, 
circinato-involutum, profunde sulcato-costatum, costis sspe tuberculosis muricatisve, in- 
dehiscens, articulatum v. articulis vix solvendis subcontinuum. Semina ovoideo-globosa 
hilo laterali, v. transverse oblonga, estrophiolata; cotyledones elongats, contortuplicatee. 
—Herbs» subacaules v. decumbentes. Folia simplicia, integerrima, cum petiolo continua. 
Stipule petiolo adnatz. Flores flavi, sepius parvi, in pedunculis axillaribus solitarii v. 
umbellati, nutantes. Bractes minuts; bracteolee 0. 
