Hedysaree.] LVIH. LEGUMINOSJE. 917 
sequantes ; carina subrecta, obtusa, alis brevior. Stamina omnia connata in vaginam demum 
utrinque fissam, vexillari infimoque fere a basi liberis; antherz uniformes, Ovarium 
breviter stipitatum, 2-3-ovulatum; stylus incurvus, imberbis, stigmate parvo terminali 
obliquo. Legumen breve, sutura superiore subrecta, versus suturam inferiorem expansum 
in articulos v. discos horizontales 3, quorum intermedius maximus, reniformis, reticulatus, 
indehiscens, l-spermus, infimus et supremus multo minores, steriles, — Semen lunato-reni- 
forme, strophiolatum.—Suffrutices. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis oo rarius 1-3 exstipellatis. 
Stipulz parve. Flores (flavi?) in racemos axillares dispositi, pedunculo elongato rigido, 
pedicellis solitariis. Bractew et bracteole parv:e, persistentes. 
' Species ad 5, Brasilienses, nonnulle imperfecte notz forsan in futurum reducende. Bent. in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 72. t. 17.—Genus ZEschynomeni affine, habitu et legumine facile distinctum. 
Seminum strophiolum in nullo alio inter Hedysareas obvium. 
161. Adesmia, DC. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. iv. 94.—Oalyeis lobi subsquales v. infimus 
paullo longior. Vexillum orbiculatum ; ale oblique oblongse; carina obtusa, acuta v. ros- 
trata, vexillo paullo brevior. Stamiáa inter se libera, filamentis 2 rarius basi dilatatis et 
vexilli ungui adnatis; anthers uniformes. Ovarium sessile, 2-oc-ovulatum; stylus fili- 
formis, stigmate parvo terminali. Leguminis sutura superior ssepius recta, inferior pro- 
funde sinuata, articulis planis v. convexis, omnino v. a margine superiore secedentibus, 
indehiseentibus v. 2-valvibus. Semina orbiculata v. subglobosa, estrophiolata.— Herbie v. 
suffrutices inermes, v. fruticuli petiolis spinescentibus interdum armati. Folia abrupte 
v. imparipinnata, foliolis oo v. rarius 3, integris dentatisve exstipellatis. Stipule infra 
insertionem non productz. Flores flavi ssepe rubro-striati, in racemum terminalem dis- 
positi, pedicellis solitariis, infimis interdum axillaribus. Bractes parvze ; bracteole O. 
Species descriptze ad 110, sed plures a diversis auctoribus bis terve repetite, et vix ultra 80 species 
bons in herbariis nostris servantur, omnes Americe australis extratropieze v. subtropicce incole. 
DC. Prod. ii. 318. Walp. Hep. i. 728; ii. 889: A4na-. i. 246; ii. 407; iv. 594. Benth. in. Mart. 
Fl. Bras, Papil. 53. t. 11. Philippi, Fl. Atacam. 15. Jaeg. fe. Har. t. 668 (Hedysarum) DC. 
Mem. Leg. t. 48 ad 50. — Presl, Symb. Bot. t£, 61 ad 63. — Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. t. 9. | Hook. Bot. 
Misc. t. 104, 108... C. Gay, Fl. Chil. t. 18. .Bot. Heg. t. 1720. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2. t 
222, 230, 322. 
STREPTODESMIA, 4. Gray, Jot, Amer, Expl. Exped. i. 427. t. 47, species Patagonica, a cseteris 
separatur ob legumen plicatum intra petala marcescentia inclusum, articulis subglobosis a margine 
superiore 2-valvatim secedentibus ; sed habitus et flores omnino 4desnie, et characteres dati in aliis 
speciebus nunc singillatim, nune cm minus conjuncti observantur. 
165. Chapmannta, Torr. e£. Gr. Fl. N. Am. i. 355.—UCalycis membranacei tubus basi 
attenuatus, breviter, stipitiformis; lobi 4 superiores connati, infimus angustus distinctus. 
Vexilum suborbiculatum ; alz oblique obovatse; carina incurva, obtusa, vexillum sub- 
squans. Stamina omnia in tubum clausum connata ; anthere omnes oblong:e, alternse sub- 
basifix;e, alternze versatiles. Ovarium sessile, oc-ovulatum; stylus elongatus, filiformis, 
stigmate minuto terminali. Legumen lineare, subteres, sutura superiore subrecta, inferiore 
sinuata; articulis ovoideis longitudinaliter striatis et glanduloso-muricatis. Semina sub- 
reniformia, estrophiolata.— Herb erectz, basi ramosr. — Folia imparipinnata, foliolis paucis 
integerrimis exstipellatis. Stipule subulatz. Flores flavi in racemos terminales breves 
subramosos longe peduneulatos dispositi. Bractesz parvze, 2-stipulatze. 
Species 1, Floridana, habitu Adesziis nonnullis aecedit. . Charaeter fere S/ylosantAis, sed calycis 
tubi pars tenuis multo brevior. 
100. Stylosanthes, Swartz, Prod. 108, et Fl. Ind. Occid. 1280. t. 95.— Calycis tubus 
filiformis; lobi membranacei, 4 superiores eonnati, infimus angustus distinctus, — Petala et. 
stamina ad apicem tubi inserta; vexillum orbiculatum; ale oblongsz, libere; carina 
incurva, subrostrata. Stamina omnia in tubum clausum connata; antherse alterns 
longiores subbasifixz, alternse breves versatiles. Ovarium ad basin tubi calycis subsessile, 
2-3-ovulatum ; stylus longe filiformis, stigmate minuto terminali, post anthesin prope 
basin v. versus medium ruptus, parte inferiore persistente recurva v. revoluta apice calloso- 
dilatata stigma mentiente.  Legumen sessile, compressum, apice styli basi persistente 
