56 | — LVII. LEGUMINOS:E. [Sophored. 
274. Castànospermum, 4. Cunn. in Hook. Bot. Misc. i. 941. t. 51, 52.— Calycis ampli 
colorati crassi dentes brevissimi,lati. Vexillum obovato-orbiculatum, recurvum; petala 4 
inferiora vexillo breviora, erecta, oblonga, concava, subszqualia, libera. Stamina libera; 
antherze lineares, versatiles. Ovarium longe stipitatum, oc-ovulatum; stylus incurvus, 
stigmate terminali obtuso. Legumen elongatum, subfalcatum, turgidum, coriaceo-lignosum, 
2-valve, intus in*er semina spongiosum. Semina magna, subglobosa; cotyledones crass ; 
radicula brevissima, recta.—A rbor procera. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis amplis coriaceis 
exstipellatis. Flores majusculi, flavi, in racemos breves ad ramos annotinos dispositi. 
Bractez minutsz ; bracteols 0. 
Species 1, Australie subtropieze ineola. — Benth. Fl. Austral. ii. 275. 
VigrrAnDIA, Montrouz. in. Mem. Acad, Lyon. x. 196, ex ins. Art, ad oram septentrionalem Novze 
Caledoniz, a nobis non visa, ex charactere dato videtur Custanospermi species altera. 
275. Alexa, Mog. in DC. Prod. xii. pars ii. 168. (Alexandra, Schomb. Diss. 1845, 
18, cum ic, non Bunge.)—Calyx amplus, coriaceo-carnosus, brevissime sinuato-dentatus. 
Petala crassa, subsquilonga; vexillum obovatum, supra medium reflexum, emarginatum 
v. 2-lobum ; 4 inferiora erecta oblonga, inter se subsimilia, libera. Stamina libera; antherse 
oblongo-lineares. Ovarium longiusceule stipitatum, oc-ovulatum ; stylus incurvus, acutus, 
stigmate minuto terminali. Legumen elongatum, compressum, lignosum, 2-valve, intus 
continuum, Semina suborbiculata, crassa, compressa; cotyledones crassm; radicula bre- 
vissima, recta.—Arbor procera. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis amplis coriaceis exstipel- 
latis. Flores magni, aurantiaci, in racemos ad nodos defoliatos laterales pendulos diepons 
Nec bracteas nec bracteolas vidimus. Legumen 13-pedale. 
Species 1, Guian:e incola. Walp. Hep. v. 564. 
9276. Ormosia, Jacks. in Trans. Linn. Soc. x. 960. t. 25 ad 27.—Oalycis lobi 2 supe- 
riores subconnati et ssepius latiores incurvique. Vexillum suborbiculatum; ale. obliqui, 
obovali-oblongs; carinse petala alis subsimilia v. magis incurva, libera, dorso sepius im- 
bricata. Stamina libera, in:qualia, omnia perfeeta v. 1-2 ananthera; anther versatiles. 
Ovarium subsessile, 2-oc-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, apice involutus, stigmate introrsum 
laterali. Legumen oblongum v. rarius elongatum, compressum v. ad semina turgidum, 
eoriaceum lignosum v. carnosum, exalatum, 2-valve, intus continuum v. inter semina sep- 
tatum. Semina obovata v. oblonga, crassiuscula, nitida, funiculo cartilagineo flexuoso ap- 
pensa, testa coceinea v. bicolore; cotyledones erasswe; radicula (an in omnibus ?) brevissima, 
recta.—Arbores. Folia impari- v. subabrupte pinnata, foliolis coriaceis, stipellis raris. 
Stipule parvz v.inconspieus. Flores albi lilacini v. atropurpurei, in paniculas terminales 
v.rárius in racemos paniculasve minus ramosas axillares dispositi. Bractes et bracteole 
parvze, ssepius lineares, nune ninutissimze, 
Species ad 18, Ameriez et Asiw inter tropicos incole. DC. Prod. ii. 97. — Walp. Rep i. 807; 
ii. 903 (.Maerotropis) ; v. 60439: Aun.iv. 087.  Wa/l. Pl. As. Rar. t, 125. Wight, fe. t. 245 (So- 
phora). Benth. Fl. Hongk. 96, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 315. t. 125, 126. Genus stigmate et 
seminibus insigne. — Callus ad basin stigmatis (styli sie dictus lobus v. dens), haud constans videtur et 
imprimis ineunte anthesi observatur. 
Macnoruoris, DC. Prod. ii. 98, genus ex descriptione Loureiriana 4»agyris fetide, Lour., non 
Linn., et 4. inodore, Lour., constitutum, forte ad Ormosiam referendum est, Legumen tamea in 
A fetida, Lour., subteres dicitur, et in A4. inodora calyx inflatus. 
Lavra, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. 183. t. 38, ab Ormosia charaetere nullo distincta videtur. 
277. Pericopsis, 7/7w. Enum. PL Zeyl. 413.—Calycis lobi subwquales v. 29 superiores 
paullo minores subeonnati. Vexillum late orbiculatum, reflexum ; alm falcato-obovatse ; 
carina incurva, obtusa, petalis liberis. Stamina libera; anthers versatile. Ovarium 
stipitatum, co-ovulatum ; stylus subulatus, apice involutus, stigmate introrsum laterali, 
Legumen stipitatum, lato-lineare, plano-compressum, coriaceum  (indehiscens?), sutura 
utraque marginata. Semina valde compressa, late ovata v. orbiculata; cotyledones basi 
oblique cordatz, radieula versus aurieulam majorem subincurva.—Arbor, habitu Ormosie. 
Folia imparipinnata, foliolis amplis coriaeeis exstipellatis. Flores atropurpurei, in axillis 
