Hedysaree.) LVIL. LEGUMINOS E, 619 
Legumen elongatum, planum, articulis co v. abortu 1-2, longe oblongis tenuiter reticulatis 
vix dehise»ntibus. Semina plano-compressa, reniformia, estrophiolata.—A rbor. Folia 
pinnatim 3-foliolata, foliolis amplis stipellatis. Stipule libers, decidus. Flores albi v. 
carnei,in racemos breves ad nodos vetustos dense fasciculatos dispositi, pedicellis filiformi- 
bus secus rhachin ssepius fasciculatis. Bractes parve, squamsformes; bracteole sub 
calyce minute, persistentes. 
Species 1, Indis orientalis incola. JWigAt, Ie. t. 391 (Jalbergia) ^ Anthere ex icone citata 
2-formes, nobis in speciminibus siccis 1-formes videntur. 
170. Desmodium, Desv. Journ. Bot. i. (üi.) 122. t. 5. f. 15.—Calycis tubus brevis; lobi 
v. dentes 2 superiores plus minus connati, 3 inferiores acuti v. subulato-acuminati. Vex- 
illum oblongum obovatum y. orbiculatum, basi angustatum v. rarius supra unguem obtusum 
v. subeordatum, inappendieulatum ; ale oblique oblongse, caring plus minus adherentes; 
carina rectiuscula, incurva v. rarius subrostrata, obtusa. &Stamen vexillare cum cseteris in 
tubum clausum connatum v. jam infra medium v. a basi liberum, estera connata; an- 
ihers uniformes. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, 2—oo-ovulatum ; stylus inflexus v. incur- 
vus, imberbis, stigmate terminali capitato v. minuto. lLegumen e calyce exsertum, sessile 
v. Stipitatum, compressum, articulis membranaceis v. coriaceis, planis v. rarius turgidulis, 
glabris villosisve nee muricatis, maturitate sspissime indehiscentibus et & se invicem sece- 
dentibus, v. rarius ad suturam inferiorem 2-valvatim dehiscentibus et vix secedentibus. 
Semina compressa, orbiculato-reniforimia, estrophiolata.— Herbs  suffrutices fruticesve, 
rarius subarborescentes v. subscandentes. Folia nunc pinnatim 3- rarissime D-foliolata, 
nune l-foliolata, foliolis stipellatis seepe amplis. Stipule ssepius striatze, siccze, libere v. in 
unam oppositifoliam concrete. Flores purpurei esrulei rosei v. albi, szpius parvi, secus 
rhachin racemi terminalis v. rarius subaxillaris, simplicis v. paniculati, gemini v. solitarii, 
rarius in umbellas axillares breviter peduneulatas dispositi, v. pedicelli ad axillas fascieu- 
lati. Bractes sub flore solitario solitaricte, sub floribus geminis 3-ne (2 interioribus), 
striatze v. subulatre et persistentes v. membranaces et longe ante anthesin decidus. Brac- 
teole nunc conspicusce et, persistentes, nune minute v. 0, 
Species ad 12ó, per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis late disperse, nonnulle in America bo- 
reali vigentes, paueze in America australi extratropiea, in Africa Capensi et in Australia extratropica 
obvie, nec ulle in Nova Zelandia, in Europa v. in Asia temperata. JC. Prod. ii. 326.  Walp. 
Hep. i. 736 ; ii. 890 ; v. 525 : Ann. 3. 249; ii. 413 ; iv. 637. Benth. in PI. Jungh. i. 221, et in Mart. 
Fl, Bras. Papil. 94.  Harv. et itd FI. opi ii.228. Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 229. TÀw. Enum. 
Pl. Zeyl. 411. 
Sectiones sequentes nune habitu nune legumine distinctze, characteribus tamen levioris momenti 
et seepe quodammodo incertis limitantur : 
* Calyx basi sepius attenuatus, — Ale caring inappendiculate leviter adherentes. 
1. Dendrolobiwm, W. et Arn. Arbores fruticesve, Folia 3-foliolata. Flores in umbellas v. ca- 
pitula axillaria breviter penduneulata conferti. Leguminis articuli coriacei v. inerassati, obseure reti- 
eulati, indehiscentes.— Species 4, Asize tropieze, ins. Mascarensium et Australis tropieze incole. Jacq. 
Hort. Schenbr. t. ze (Hedysarum). | WigM, ic. t. 209, 373. DENDRorosruM, Zen/h. in PI. 
Jungh. i. 215. 
2. Phyllodium. Herbee frutícesve. Folia 3-foliolata. Flores in peduneulo brevi subumbellato- 
capitati, umbellis in racemum dispositis, singulis bractea ampla 2-foliolata stipatis, Ovula ssepius 
3. Leguminis artieuli orbiculato-truneati, plani, indehiscentes.—Species 3, in Asia orientali tropica 
et subtropica crescentes. PmvLLopivM, Desv. Journ. Bot. j. (ii.) 123. t. 5. f. 24. DicERMATIS 
sect., DC. Mem. Leg. 326, et. Prod. ii. 339. — Wight, Ic. t. 418. 
9. Dicerma. Herb suffruticesve diffusi, Folia 3-foliolata. Flores secus rhachin racemi aphylli 
scepius gemini v. subfascieulati. Ovula 2. Leguminis artieuli 2 v. abortu 1, orbieulato-truneati v 
sutura seminifera recta inzequales, plani, indehiscentes.—Speeies 3, quarum una per Asiam et Aus- 
traliam inter tropicos dispersa, 2 Australienses. DiceRMATIS sect., DC. Mem. Leg. 326, et. Prod, 
ii. 339. Wight, Ic. t. 419. 
4. Pteroloima, Desv. Herba v. suffrutex, Folia 1-foliolata, petiolo alato.. Flores secus rhachin 
racemi fascieulati. 'Vexilli unguis tenwis. Carina arcuato-rostrato, Ovula oc.  Leguminis articuli 
quadrati.—Species 1, Asize tropiez incola. PmknoroMa, Benth. in Pl. Jungh. i. 219. 
