522 LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. [.Hedysarec. 
lycis lobi subulato-aeuminati, patentes, 2 superiores (resupinatione floris inferiores) bre- 
viores, Vexillum orbieulatum v. obovatum, in unguem angustatum ; alm falcato-oblongs, 
earine adhsrentes; carina leviter incurva, obtusa. Stamen vexillare (an semper?) libe- 
rum, estera connata; antherz uniformes. Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipitatum, 2-oo- 
ovulatum; stylus filiformis, superne inflexus, stigmate capitato terminali. Legumen sub- 
sessile, inter semina constrictum, articulis ovatis compresso-turgidulis plicato-retrofraetis, 
intra calycem nidulantibus. Semina orbieulata v. subglobosa, hilo laterali, estrophiolata. 
—hHerbe suffruticesve. Folia pinnatim 3- rarius 5-7-foliolata v. inferiora rarius ommia 
l-foliolata, foliolis seepe amplis reticulato-venosis stipellatis. Stipule libere, acuminatse, 
basi striate. Flores purpurascentes v. flavicantes, in racemos terminales hirsutos nunc 
elongatos nune densos spiciformes dispositi; pedicelli gemini, apice uncinato-inflexi. 
Bractes ovatz v. lanceolatee, acuminatze, persistentes v. deciduse ; bracteolse 0. 
Species ad 8,in Asia, Africa et Australia inter tropieos indigens, una alterave hine inde Ameriete 
tropiee inquilina. JC. Prod. ii. 324. Walp. Hep.i. 735; 11.889; v. 023. Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 
236. Jacg. Ic. Rar. t. 567 (Hedysarum). Wight, lc. 2. 284, 289, 290, 411. Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 
37, 110. 
175. Aourea, Neck. er Desv. Journ. Bot. i. (iii.) 122. t. 5.—Calyx late campanulatus, 
post anthesin auctus, lobis sequalibus latiusceulis. Vexillum obovatum v. obcordatum, in 
unguem angustatum; ale oblique oblongs, carinse adh:rentes; carina leviter incurva, 
obtusa. Stamen vexillare liberum, csetera connata; anthere uniformes Ovarium 2-co- 
ovulatum ; stylus subulatus, superne inflexus, stigmate late capitato terminali. Legumen 
subsessile v. stipitatum, inter semina constrictum, articulis ovatis compresso-turgidulis, 
plicato-retrofractis, intra calycem nidulantibus. Semina orbiculata v. subglobosa, hilo 
laterali, estrophiolata.— Herbs prostratze v. erectze, glabrse v. villose. Folia 1—3-foliolata, 
foliolis stipellatis ssepe latioribus quam longis. Stipule liberz, subulats v. striate. 
Flores purpurascentes v. albidi, in racemos laxos terminales dispositi, pedicellis xin 
geminis. DBractes acuminat:e, caducissimze ; bracteolse 0. 
Species 3 v. 4, in Asia et, Australia inter tropieos crescentes, JO. Prod. ii. 323. Benth. in PL. 
Jungh.i.216. Jacq. Ie. Rar. t. 566 (Hedysarum). | Wight, Ic. t. 286. 
176. Alysicarpus, Neck. er Desv. Journ. Bot. i. (iii.) 120. £. 4.—Calycis profunde fissi 
rigidi glumacei v. striati lobi subsquales, 2 superiores smpius fere ad apicem conmati. 
Vexillum obovatum v. orbiculatum, in unguem angustatum; als oblique oblongse, carinse 
adh:wrentes; carina leviter incurva, obtusa, a latere sepius utrinque membranula appendi- 
culata, Stamen vexillare liberum, csetera connata. Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipita- 
tum, ac-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, apice incurvus, stigmate late capitato terminali. 
Legumen subteres v. compressiusculum nec planum, inter semina constrictum v. sequale, 
articulis ovatis globosis v. utrinque truncatis, convexis v. turgidulis, indehiscentibus. 
Semina suborbiculata v. globosa, estrophiolata.— Herbs diffuss v. ereetsz, glabrs v. longe 
sericeo-piloss. ^ Folia 1-foliolata, 2-stipellata, rarissime 3-foliolata.  Stipule scarioss, 
aeuminatee, liberse v. connatz. — Flores parvi, in racemos terminales v. rarius (ramulo abor- 
tiente) axillares dispositi, pedicellis sepius geminis brevibus.  Bractece scariose ut plu- 
rimum deciduse. 
Species ad 16, in Asia, Afriea et Australia inter tropicos crescentes, una etiam Ameries tropiesm 
hine inde inquilina. DC. Prod. ii. 352.  Walp. Hep.i. 749; ii. 899; v. 528: Amn.ii. 419 ; iv. 048. 
Harv. et Sond. Fl, Cap. ii. 230. — Jaeg. Fragm. t. 122 (Hedysarwm), Foxb. Pl. Corom. t. 194 (Hedy- 
sarum). Wight, Ic. t. 92, 250, 251. 
Genus calyee in sectiones 2 dividitur, in altera lobi angustissimi v. striati, per anthesin distantes 
v. vix contigui, in altera lobi latiores glumacei vix striati etiam sub anthesi imbrieati. 
HercxkTSCHWEILERA, Hegel in Schlecht. Bot. Zeit. i. 47, est, A. vaginalis, DC. 
177. Xeptodesmia, Benth. in PI. Jungh. i. 221 (sub -Desmodio).—Calycis profunde fissi 
lobi angusti subzquales. Vexillum suborbiculatum, unguiculatum ; ale oblique oblong:, 
liber; carina angustior, obtusa. Stamen vexillare liberum v. vix ima basi cum ceteris 
odbnrtdi) estera connata; antherm uniformes. Ovarium sessile, l-ovulatum; stylus 
