Hedysaree.] LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. 613 
involutus.—Frutex rigide ramosissimus, spinis axillaribus (ramulis pedunculisve abortivis) 
horridus. Folia simplicia, integerrima, ssepius parva. Stipule parvsw. Flores rubri, in 
racemis axillaribus ssepius pauci, rhachi rigida, apice spinescente. Bractee minime; 
bracteolz 0. 
Species descriptz 6, sed omnes ut videtur unius varietates, in aridis desertisque a Grzecia et ZEgypto 
usque ad Songariam et Himalayam sat frequentes. DC. Prod. ii. 352. — Walp. Rep. i. 149: Ana. ii. 
418. Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 120 (Hedysarum). | Jaub. et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. t. 401. 
150. Cheetocalyx, DC. Mem. Leg, 262. (Bonninghausia, Spreng. Syst. iii. 245.  Rhadi- 
nocarpus, Fog. in Linncea, xii 108.)—Calycis dentes v. lobi subsquales v. 2 superiores 
approximati. Vexillum obovatum v. suborbiculare, emarginatum ; ale oblongs, liberze, 
carinaque obtusa subrecta vexillo vix breviores. Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam 
connata v. vexillare demum liberum ; antherz uniformes. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, oo- 
ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, incurvus, stigmate parvo terminali. Legumen lineare, subteres. 
v. plano-compressum, inter semina vix constrictum, articulis linearibus oblongis v. quad-. 
ratis, longitudinaliter costatis v. striatis, Semina transverse oblonga v. orbiculato-reni- 
formia, estrophiolata.—Héerb:e volubiles. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis ssepius paucis exsti- 
pellatis. Stipule lanceolatz v. lineares. Inflorescentia axillaris, pedicellis 1-floris ebrac- 
teolatis ad axillam bractec stipuliformis 2—5-nis, in racemum brevem dispositis v. pe- 
duneulo communi subreeto ad axillam fasciculatis. Flores flavi. Pili rigiduli, e tubereulo 
oriundi, in calyce et interdum in pedunculis ramulisque sparsi. 
Species ad 8, quarum 1 Neo-Mexicana, 1 Antillana, ezter»e Americz australis tropicze imprimis 
Brasilime incole, nonnullze forte melius note reducende. DC. Prod.ii. 243.  Walp. Ann. iv. 489. 
Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Payil. 14. 0. 18. Bot. Reg. t. 799 (Glycine). 
PrawAnrvM, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. ix. 416; Benth. Bot. Sulph. 81. t. 30, species Peru- 
viana et Panamensis (Spruce, n. 5968) a ezteris Chefocalycibus non differt nisi legumine latiore 
articulis quadratis. C. Wislizenii, A. Gray, Torr. Mex. Bound. Surv, t. 18, hae ratione species est in- 
termedia, eadem species etiam quodammodo Nisso/ie accedit, articulo ultimo interdum leviter dilatato. 
15]. NissoHa, Jacq. Stirp. Amer. 198. t. 179, f. 44, et Hort. Vind. t. 167.—Calycis trun- 
cati dentes setacei subsmquales. "Vexillum ovato-orbiculatüm, reflexum, ungue brevi; alm 
faleato-oblongs ; carina incurva, obtusa. Stamen vexillare ima basi liberum, medio eum 
cseteris in tubum clausum connatum; anthere subreniformes. Ovarium subsessile, pauci- 
ovulatum; stylus filiformis, stigmate terminali. Legumen lineare, indehiscens, articulis 
planis v. convexis, oblongis v. quadratis, ultimo in alam oblique obovatam samaroideam 
expanso. Semina  orbieulato-reniformia, estrophiolata.—Herb:se suffruticesve  volubiles. 
Folia imparipinnata, foliolis paucis exstipellatis. Stipulm setacem. Flores flavi, in race- 
mulos axillares v. ad apices ramorum thyrsoideos conferti, Bractesm subulatz; brac- 
teolse 0. 
Species 2, Ameries tropies incole. DO. Prod. ii. 257 (Seet. l, Nissoliaria) — Gertn. Fruet. ii. 
309.1. 145. Deless. lc. Sel. iii. f. 68. Hook. le. Pl. t. 099. — Benth. in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 70. 
1.19. A. Gray in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 25. 
152. Poiretia, Vent. Choir, t. 42, non Sm. nec Cav. (Turpinia, Pers. Syn. ii. 314.) —Ca- 
lycis dentes breves. Vexillum late orbiculatum, reflexum: ale faleato-oblongm ; carina 
valde incurva, subrostrata v. rarius oblonga obtusa. Stamina omnia in tubum clausum 
connata; antherze subreniformes v. alternze paullo longiores. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovula- 
tum; stylus incurvus, stigmate terminali. Legumen lineare, artieulis planis oblongis v. 
quadratis, membranaceis v. subcoriaceis, reticulatis verrueosisve.— erbe  suffruticesve 
volubiles v. rarius suberecti, glandulis balsaminis punctati. Folia pinnata, foliolis 4 v. 
rarius 3, sepe minute stipellatis. Stipulwe sessiles v. basi breviter decurrentes. Flores 
flavi, in racemulos axillares v. ad apices ramorum paniculatos dispositi. Bractes lanceolate 
v. subulatz ; bracteole in pedicello parvae. 
Species 5, in America australi imprimis Brasilia crescentes, una usque ad Americam centralem et 
Mexieum calidiorem extensa. DO. Prod. ii. 315. Walp. Rep. i. 726; v. 520. — Benth, in Mart. FI. 
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