521 LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. [ Hedysarece, 
galeatum, indehiscens, sutüra superiore medio impressa, inferiore valde areuata, faciebus 
eonvexis. Semen subreniforme, estrophiolatum.—Frutex. ^ Folia 1-foliolata, foliolo am- 
plo penninervio 9-stipellato, additis rarius 2 lateralibus parvis. Stipule liberse, setaceo- 
acuminats. ^ Racemi axillares. Bractecz parvse. Pedicelli solitarii, 2-bracteolati. Flores 
flavi v. albidi. 
Species 1, Brasiliensis. 
182. Lespedeza, Mich. Fl, Bor. Amer.ii. 70. t. 39, 40.— Calycis lobi v. dentes subze- 
quales v. 2 superiores breviter connati. Vexillum obovatum v. oblongum, in unguem an- 
gustatum; als» faleato-oblongse, libere v. carin: vix adh:erentes; carina incurva, obtusa 
v. rostrata, a latere inappendiculata. Stamen vexillare liberum v. rarius eteteris cohzerens ; 
estera connata; anthere uniformes. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, l-ovulatum; stylus 
filiformis, incurvus, stigmate parvo terminali.  Legumen ovatum v. orbiculatum, yplano- 
compressum, retieulatum, indehiscens. Semen compressum, suborbiculatum, estrophiola- 
tum.— Herbs sufífrutices fruticesve, indumento sepius molli v. sericeo. Folia pinnatim 
3-foliolata, rarius l-foliolata, foliolis integerrimis exstipellatis. ^ Stipule liberz, sspe 
minime v. caducissims. ^ Flores purpurascentes rosei v. albi, in racemos fasciculosve 
axilares v. rarius in paniculas terminales dispositi.  Bractec parvee. Pedicelli solitarii, 
apice 2-bracteolati. 
Species ad 26, in America boreali, Asia temperata imprimis orientali, in montibus Asiz tropicze et 
in Australia erescentes. DO. Prod.ii. 348.  Walp. Rep.i. 748: Amn. iii. 850; iv. 5D47. Benth. Fl. 
Hongk. 85, et Fl. Austral. ii. 240. Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 50 ad 62. Rupr. Dec. Pl. Aman. t. 5. 
CauPrLorRoPIis, Junge in Amn. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. vi. 07; Walp. Rep. vw. 527: 4nm. iv. 547; 
Mig. Fi. Ind. Bat, i. t, 4 (OxvgAururs, JWall. Cat. Herb, Ind. n. 5348 ad 5300 ; Bot. Reg. 1846, 
1. 98; Klotizsch in Pr. Waldem. Bot. Reise, t. 1. f. 2; PurEBosPoniUM, Jungh. Heise, 346, ex Flora, 
1847, 508), sectionem format a ceteris speciebus non diversam nisi carina acutiore et evidentius 
rostrata. 
'TaRiBus VII. Vicigm. 
183. Cicer, Linn. Gen. n.875.—Oalycis tubus obliquus v. postice gibbus; lobi subs- 
quales v. 2 superiores subbreviores, conniventes, — Vexillum ovatum v. suborbiculatum, 
in unguem latum angustatum; als» oblique obovatez, libere; carina latiuscula, incurva, 
obtusa v. aeutiuscula.  Stamen vexillare liberum, cetera connata; filamenta superne 
dilatata; antherz uniformes. Ovarium sessile, 2—oc-ovulatum; stylus filiformis, incurvus 
v. doflexuk, imberbis, stigmate terminali.  Legumen sessile, ovoideum v. oblongum, turgi- 
dum, 2-valve. Semina subglobosa v. irregulariter obovoidea, funiculo haud dilatato, hilo 
parvo; cotyledones crassm; radicula brevis, leviter incurva, v. fere recta.—Herbse annus 
v. perennes, ssepius glanduloso-pubescentes. Folia pinnata, petiolo in cirrhum parvum 
abeunte v. spinescente, v. foliolo impari terminata; foliola dentata v. incisa, exstipellata. 
Stipulr foliaces, obliquse, ssepius dentatze v. inciss. Flores albi ezerulei v. violacei, in pe- 
duneulos axillares solitarii v. pauci pedicellati; Bractesm parv:ze; bracteolw 0. 
Species ad 7, in regione Mediterranea imprimis orientali et in Asia media et occidentali crescentes; 
una in Europa australi et Asia calidiore late culta. —JWa/p. Rep. ii. 883; 4mn.i. 242; ii. 397. 
Alefeld in (Estr. Bot. Zeitschr. 1859, ex ejusd. in Bonplandia 1861, 67. — Gertn. Fruct, ii. t, 151. 
DC. Mem. Leg. t. 54. Sibth. Fl. Gr. t. 703. — Wight, Ic. t. 20 (antheris et stigmate falsis). Jaub. 
et Spach, Ill. Pl. Or. t. 42 ad 45. Fenzl in. Riusseg. Heise, t. 9. Bot. Mag. t. 2274. Genus quodam- 
modo Ononidi affine. 
184. vicia, Linn. Gen. n. 8/3.—Calycis tubus basi sepius obliquus, obtusus; dentes v. 
lobi subsequales v. 2 supremi breviores et infimus longior. Vexillum obovatum v. oblon- 
gum, emarginatum, in unguem latum angustatum; ale oblique oblongz, caring medio 
adhsrentes; carina alis brevior, falcato-oblonga v.lata. Stamen vexillare liberum, v. eum 
ereteris plus minus connatum, vagina ore obliquo; filamenta filiformia ; antherse uniformes. 
Ovarium subsessile v. stipitatum, oc-ovulatum v. rarius 2-ovulatum; stylus inflexus, fili- 
formis, v. superne leviter a latere v. a dorso compressus, apice dorso fascieulo pilorum bar- 
batus, v. eireumeirea pubescens v. pilosus, rarius glaber, stigmate terminali ^ Legumen 
