Sophoree.] LVII. LEGUMINOS,E, EBT 
superioribus racemosi v. ad apices ramorum paniculati, Bractes et braeteole minute, 
caducissimze. 
Species 1, Zeylaniea. . Genus vix nisi legumine ab Orzosia differt, 
278. Diplotropis, JBen/h. in .Ann. Wien. Mus. ii. 88.— Calycis basi turbinati dentes 
valvati, 2 superiores altius connati. Vexillum oblongum ovatum v. suborbiculatum, supra 
unguem utrinque appendieulatum v. nudum ; ale obovatz. v. oblongse, oblique v. faleatee ; 
carinz petala alis subsimilia, libera v. dorso cohswrentia. Stamina libera, alterna swype 
breviora; antherm ovatz v. oblongz. Ovarium sessile v. breviter stipitatum, 3-oc-ovu- 
latum ; stylus ineurvus, stigmate terminali parvo v. obliquo. Legumen ovatum v. ob- 
longum, compressum, crasso-coriaceum v. sublignosum, tardius 2-valve. Semina 1-2, ob- 
ovata v. suborbiculata, compressa, transversa; cotyledones crassiuseulm ; radicula brevis, 
recta.—Arbores. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis amplis coriaceis exstipellatis. Stipule 
parvz v. O. Flores rosei v. albidi, in racemos ad axillas supremas simplices v. ad apices 
ramorum panieulatos dispositi. Bractec et bracteole minutz. 
Species 7, Americz tropiez incole.  JWalp. Rep. i. 808; v. 549. Benth. im Mart. Fl. Bras. 
Papil. 319. 
Genus Ormosice affine, differt imprimis stigmate terminali, et in sectiones 2 dividitur: 
I. Dibrachion. Calyx crassus. Petala erassiuscula v. corrugato-crispa, carinze libera dorso im- 
bricata v. subdistantia, DreroTRoPzs, Benth. in Amu. Wien. Mus. l. c.; Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. 
1.127.  DisRacHION, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xx. 139, et in Archiv. Mus. Par. iv. 102. t. T. 
Walp. Rep. v. 550. 
2. Clathrotropis. Calyx herbaceus. Petala tenuiora, plana, carinz dorso valvatim applicita et 
leviter eohserentia. DrerorRoris, 7wl. iw Archiv. Mus, Par. iv. 109. 
279. Bowdichia, H. B. et. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 976.  (Sebipira, Mart. Reise, 787.)— 
Calycis basi turbinati dentes valvati. Vexillum late orbiculatum ; alee obovats v. late 
oblongs, vexillo sublongiores ; carince petala oblonga, libera, alis minora. Stamina 
libera, parum insqualia, 1-2 sspe deficientibus ; antherz versatiles. — Ovarium  stipi- 
tatum ooc-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, apice inflexus, stigmate capitato terminali. Legu- 
men oblongo-lineare, plano-compressum, membranaceum, indehiscens, sutura superiore 
anguste alata. Semina oblonga, compressa, transversa;  cotyledones plano-convexs; 
radieula brevissima, crassa, parum incurva.—Arbores procersm, ligno duro. Folia impari- 
pinnata, foliolis oo parvulis exstipellatis. Flores e:erulei v. albi, in paniculas laxas termi- 
nales dispositi, Bractesm et bracteole parv:e. Petala seepius margine crispula. 
Species 2, Americze tropieze incole.  Zen/A. in Mart. FI. Bras. Papil. 311. t. 123. 
280, Spirotropis, Tul. in Arch. Mus. Par.iv. 113.—Calyx tubuloso-cylindricus, 2-labi- 
atus, labio superiore 2-, inferiore 3-dentato, demum in lacinias 2 usque ad basin fissus, 
Petala brevissime unguiculata; vexillum ellipticum ; ale lineari-oblongse, rectze, vexillo 
breviores; carin: petala alis sequalia, lineari-oblonga, crassiuseula, dorso convexa, demum 
convoluta. Stamina libera, vix curvata, antheris parvis prope basin affixis. Ovarium sub- 
sessile, oc-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo terminali,  Legumen oblongum, 
utrinque aeutum, planum, exalatum. Semina ....—Arbor. Folia imparipinnata, foliolis 
paucijugis coriaceis; stipulre foliaces. Flores purpurei, raceemosi, racemis in panieulam 
terminalem dispositis. Bractesze et braeteolce minutz. (Char. er Tulasneo.) 
- Species 1, Guianz Galliez ineola, a nobis non examinata, — Walp. Hep. v. 548.—Specimen quod 
olim in Herb. Mus. Par. inspeximus, habitu Zipterygi affine videbatur, sed characteres a. Tulasneo 
evoluti omnino ad SopAoreas speetant. 
281. Camoensia, JVelw., gen. nov.—Calycis campanulati v. longissimi lobi imbricati- 
Petala papilionacea, unguieulata, corrugata; vexillum late orbiculatum, 4 inferiora late 
ovata v. anguste cuneata, libera. Stamina libera; antherm uniformes, lineares, versa- 
tile. Ovarium stipitatum, oc-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, in  alabastro involutus, 
stigmate terminali parvo v. capitato.  Legumen lato-lineare, plano-compressum, crasso- 
coriaceum, 2-valve. Semina transversa, obovata, compressa; albumen 0; radicula 
brevis, recta.—Frutices alte scandentes. Folia digitatim —3-foliolata, foliolis amplis 
