Hedysarea. |] LVII. LEGUMINOS/E. 515 
157. Ormocarpum, JBeauv. Fl. Ow. et Ben. i. 95. t. 58. (Diphaca, Lour. Fl. Coch. 
453. Rathkea, Schum. et Thonn. Beskr. Pl. Guin. 365.)—Oalycis lobi 2 superiores 
latiores approximati v. subconnati, infimus sublongior. Vexillum orbiculatum, unguicula- 
tum; ale oblique obovatz; carina lata, incurva, acutiuscula v. obtusa, alas subeequans. 
Stamina omnia in vaginam supra et demum sepius utrinque fissam connata; anthers 
uniformes. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus valde inflexus, filiformis, stigmate 
minuto terminali. Legumen lineare, compressum, longitudinaliter suleato-striatum et sspe 
glanduloso-murieatum, articulis oblongis utrinque angustatis duris. Semina anguste ob- 
longa, hilo prope apicem laterali; cotyledones angusts, semicordats, radicula leviter in- 
curva.—Frutices elati, ssepe glutinosi. Folia nunc iriparipinnata foliolis co parvis exstipel- 
latis, nunc 1-foliolata foliolo amplo acuto. Stipule striatz. Flores flavi albi v. purpureo- 
striati, in racemis brevibus axillaribus pauci. Bractes et bracteol; persistentes, striatze. 
Species ad 6, quarum 1 per Asiam et Africam inter tropicos late dispersa, 2 v. 3 Africze tropicze 
proprie, DC. Prod. ài. 315; Walp. Ann. i. 246 ; A. Rich. Sert. Astrol. t. 32. (JEschynomene) ; 
Wight, Ic. t. 297; 2 Mexicans, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. 279 ; Walp. Hep. ii. 888. He nobis haud 
note sunt, nisi Daubentonia Thurberi, A. Gray, Pl. Thurb. in Mem. Amer. Acad. v. 313; Walp. 
Aun. iv. 493, planta Mexicana cujus fruetus ignotus, hue pertinet. 
AcnorAPHROS, Hochst. in A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. i. 207. t. 38, species v. varietates 2 Africanas in- 
cludit, ut videtur a e:eteris non diversas nisi petalis magnis marcescenti-persistentibus; in una legu- 
men parum ineurvum parce glandulosum pubescens striatum, in altera legumen valde arcuatum et 
dense glandulosum fere Herminiere. . 
158. Herminiera, Guill et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 201. t. 51. (/Edemone, Kotschy in G5xterr. 
Monatschr. 1858, t. 1.)— Calycis profunde divisi lobi in labia 2 integra v. denticulata 
coaliti. Vexillum orbieulatum, breviter unguiculatum ; al: oblique obovat:ze, late, vexillum 
subsquantes ; carina lata obtusa v. obtuse subrostrata, petalis vix cohsrentibus. Stamina 
in vaginam supra et demum utrinque fissam connata; anthere uniformes. Ovarium 
stipitatum, oc-ovulatum; stylus filiformis, stigmate minuto terminali.  Legumen ]lato- 
lineare, plano-compressum, in annulum seu spiram contortum, marginibus subcontinuis, 
articulis quadratis demum secedentibus. Semina reniformia, estrophiolata.—Frutex elatus, 
setoso-hispidus. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis oo exstipellatis. Stipulee membranace:, basi 
non products. Flores magni, aurantiaci, in racemis brevibus axillaribus pauci. Bractem 
et bracteolaee membranace:, caducissimgse. 
Species 1, Afriez tropieze incola. Wap. Rep. v. 516. 
159. ZEschynomene, Linn. Gen. n. 888.—Oalycis lobi nunc subrquales, nune in labia 
2 connata, superiore integro v. 2-fido, inferiore integro v. 3-fido. "Vexillum orbiculatum, 
breviter unguiculatum ; ale oblique obovatsz v. oblongs, vexillum subzquantes; carina 
nunc obovata leviter incurva, nunc sepius angusta valde incurva v. subrostrata, petahs 
interdum vix cohsrentibus. Stamina connata in vaginam versus carinam v. utrinque 
fissam, uno rarissime a czeteris soluto; antherse uniformes. Ovarium stipitatum, 2-o0-ovu- 
latum; stylus incurvus, imberbis, stigmate terminali. Legumen stipitatum, articulis 
2—20 planis v. medio convexis, levibus v. muricato-corrugatis, indehiscentibus v. rarius ad 
suturam inferiorem dehiscentibus.—Herb:e suffrutices v. frutices non volubiles. Folia 
subimparipinnata, foliolis oo parvis integerrimis exstipellatis. Stipule setaces v. lanceo- 
late. Flores flavi, sepe purpureo-striati, in racemos axillares v. rarius terminales simplices 
v. ramosos dispositi. Bractere ssepius stipuliformes ; bracteol; calyci adpressse. 
Species fere 30, quarum 2 (v. 3?) per Asiam et Africam inter tropicos late dispersze, una etiam in 
Australia obvia, 1 in Ameriea australi simulque in Africa Australia et Australia tropica, 1 in America 
boreali et Africa australi, 3 v. 4 Africze proprisz, ezeterze omnes in America a Patagonia usque ad 
Amerieam borealem disperse. JC. Prod. ii. 320.  Walp. Rep.1. 732; ii. 889; v. 521: Amm. d. 
412; iv. 535. Benth, in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 91; et Fl. Austral, ii, 226. Gertn. Fruct. ii, t. 155. 
Genus a Vogelio bene in sectiones 2 divisum: 
l. Eweschynomene. Stipule et bractezee membranaceze, infra insertionem productz (infra medium 
peltatim affixz), ssepius eadues. Calycis lobi in labia 2 alte connati. . WigAt, Ic. t. 299, 405. Jacquem. 
Voy. Bot. t. 48. |. Mart. Fl. Bras, Papil. t, 12, Macnouiscus, Turcz, in Bull. Mosc, 1846, ii. 507. 
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