548 ; LVII. LEGUMINOSJE. [.Dalbergiec., 
vy. albidi, rubro v. violaceo mixti, in racemis brevibus axillaribus lateralibusve secus rhachin 
sparsi. Bracteze et bracteole parve. | Petala glabra. 
Species 3, Austro-Amerieane Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. i. 95. Genus legumine maturo ignoto 
quoad affinitates incertum. — Flores a Pterocarpo differunt calyce profundius fisso, carina parva. - 
216. Platymiscium, Vog. in Linncea, xi. 198.—Calycis basi turbinati v. rarius obtusi 
dentes breves, subzequales. Vexillum orbiculatum v. ovatum, inappendiculatum ; aloe 
oblique oblongzs ; carina recta v. leviter incurva, obtusa, petalis apice dorso connatis. 
Stamina omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata, v. vexillare rarius solutumr; anthere 
versatiles, loeulis sepe apice confluentibus. Ovarium longe stipitatum, l-ovulatum ; stylus 
filiformis, incurvus, stigmate parvo terminal. ^ Legumen stipitatum, oblongum, planum, 
membranaceum, leve, indehiscens, marginibus tenuibus v. nerviformibus. Semen magnum, 
reniforme, plamo-compressum ; radicula inflexa.— Arbores fruticesve. Folia opposita v. 
S-4-natim verticillata, imparipinnata, foliolis oppositis exstipellatis. Stipulee erassiusculwe, 
caducs. Flores lutei,in racemos ad nodos ramorum annotinorum 3-natos v. 3-fidos dis- 
positi. Braetesz et bracteolw parvi. 
Species ad 13, Ameries tropiee ineole. Benth. im Journ. Limn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 80. — Seem. Bot. 
Her. t, 21. Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. t. 96, 97. Genus foliis oppositis insigne. Legumen fere Dal- 
bergie v. Lonchocarpi. 
247. Hymenolobium, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 84.—Oalyx apice truneatus, 
subdilatatus, obseure sinuato-dentatus.  Vexilum orbieulatum, reflexum, inappendicula- 
tum ; ale oblique oblongse ; carinz petala alis paullo minora, magis faleata, libera. Stamina 
omnia in vaginam supra fissam connata; antherz versatiles. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, 
pauciovulatum ; stylus filiformis, incurvus, stigmate parvo terminali.  Legumen oblon- 
gum v. oblongo-lineare, planum, membranaceum, indehiscens, venis ramosis percursum, 
quarum 2 majores prope basin marginibus subparallele. Semen 1, transverse oblongum, 
plano-compressum ; radicula brevis, inflexa.— Arbor. Folia alterna, imparipinnata, foliolis 
oppositis exstipellatis. Stipule lineares v. lanceolatze, caducz. ^ Flores majusculi, rosei, 
in ramis aphyllis laxe panieulati. Bractese et bracteole parv:e, caducze. 
Species 1, Americse tropicz incola. | Mart. F7, Bras. Papil. t. 98. 
248. Ostryocarpus, Hook. f. Fl. Nig. 316.— Calycis truneati dentes minuti. Vexillum 
late rhomboideum, reeurvum, exappendieulatum ; alm faleato-oblongze, libere ; carina 
oblonga, incurva, obtusa, petalis dorso connatis, Stamen vexillare a basi liberum, czetera 
connata ; anthers versatiles. Ovarium sessile, pauciovulatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate 
parvo terminali. Legumen orbieulatum, plano-compressum, indehiscens, eoriaceum, ex- 
alatum, stylo terminali. Semen 1, transversum, late oblongum, plano-compressum ; radicula 
P. —lrutex alte sarmentosus. Folia alterna, imparipinnata, foliolis oppositis exstipel- 
latis. Stipule minute v. inconspieum. — Flores albido-flavescentes, secus peduneuli elongati 
axillaris ramulos breves (fasciculorum rhaches evolutas) sparsim conferti, paniculam race- 
miformem densifloram efficiente.  Bractes et bracteolze minutze, deciduse. 
Species 1, Afric tropiesz occidentalis incola. — Bent. in Journ. Linn. Soc. i. Suppl. 80. Genus 
Lonchocarpo et. Millettie valde affine. 
249. Xonchocarpus, H. B.et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 383.—Calycis truncati dentes 
brevissimi v. obsoleti. "Vexillum orbieulatum .obovatum v. rarius oblongum, basi supra 
unguem 2-appendiculatum v. nudum ; alz oblique oblongse v. faleatee, carinze supra unguem 
leviter adh:rentes ; carina subrecta v. arcuata, obtusa, petalis dorso leviter eoh:erentibus. 
Stamen vexillare ima basi liberum, medio cum cseteris in tubum clausum connatum ; 
antherz versatile. Ovarium plus minus stipitatum, 9-oo-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, 
filiformis, stigmate parvo terminali Legumen oblongum v. elongatum, planum, membra- 
naceum v. coriaceum, indehiscens, stylo terminali, suturis non alatis, superiore tamen 
nonnunquam lateraliter dilatata v. incrassata. Semina 1-2, rarius oc, compressa, reni- 
formia v. suborbiculata ; radicula inflexa.—Arbores y. frutices alte scandentes. Folia 
alterna, imparipinnata, foliolis oppositis rarissime stipellatis. Flores violacei purpurei v. 
albi, in racemos simplices v. rarius panieulatos dispositi, Pedicelli secus rhachin fasciculati 
