Swartziee.] LVII LEGUMINOSJE, 561 
extimo latiore, czteris obliquis. Stamina oo, perigyna, filamentis filiformibus; antherz 
uniformes, lineares, acuminatee, versatiles, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 
stipitatum, pauciovulatum, stipite apice clavato sub ovario articulato; stylus breviter 
subulatus, incurvus, stigmate parvo terminali.  Legumen crassum, ovoideum (subdrupa- 
ceum?), l-spermum (maturum non vidimus).—Arbores procers, inermes. Folia impari- 
pinnata, v. superiora l-foliolata, foliolis coriaceis.  Stipule inconspicus. Flores speciosi, 
albi, racemosi, racemis ad axillas simplicibus v. ad apices ramorum panieulatis, Bractew 
parva, caducse ; bracteole O0. 
Species 4, Brasilize borealis et Guianz incole. —Walp. Rep. v. 565. 
294. Swartzia, Schreb. Gen. Pl. 518.—Calycis tubus discifer brevissimus v. subnullus, 
limbus ante anthesin integer obovoideus v. globosus, per anthesin varie ruptus. Petalum 
nunc 1 (vexillum), latum, corrugatun, ceteris deficientibus v. 2 lateralibus minimis, nune 
petala 0. Stamina oo, libera v. vix basi brevissime connata, subhypogyna, declinata et in- 
curvo-adscendentia, filamentis filiformibus; anthere uniformes v. nonnulle filamentis longi- 
oribus majores, juxta basin affixz, loculis longitudinaliter dehisc»ntibus, Ovarium stipi- 
tatum, sepius incurvum, oc-ovulatum, in stylum attenuatum, stigmate terminali parvo v. 
rarius capitato. Legumen ovoideum v. elongatum, turgidum v. subteres, coriaceum v. car- 
nosum, 2-valve v. indehiscens. Semina reniformia ovoidea v. globosa, arillata v. exarillata, 
rarius albuminosa; cotyledones carnosme; radicula ssepius brevissima, inflexa.— Arbores 
inermes. Folia imparipinnata v. 1-foliolata, foliolis coriaceis v. herbaceis, Stipule minim: 
v.rarius foliacez. — Flores racemosi, racemis scepius brevibus ad nodos vetustos fasciculatis, 
v. in ramulis aphyllis paniculatis, v. lateralibus rarius axillaribus, v. pedunculi l-fori. 
Braetes caducissim:e, sepius minim: ; bracteole parv:e, raro persistentes. 
Species fere 60, quarum 1, seminibus anomala, Afriez tropiez, estere Ameriez tropic ineolz. 
-DC. Prod. ii. 422.  Walp. Rep. i. 841 ; v. 063: Ann. ii. 446. 
Genus in seetiones sequentes, ab auctoribus nonnullis genera propria nuneupata, dividitur : 
1. Cyathostegia. Calyx globosus, herbaceus, per anthesin apertus, cyathiformis, irregulariter 4—5- 
dentatus, demum basi eireuimnscissus. Petalum obovatum, ^ Anthere omnes lineares, Ovarium 
stipitatum, stylo filiformi. Legumenimmaturum semilunatum, compressum (an demum turgidum ?). 
(Semina arillata ?)—Species 1, Peruviz occidentalis incola, 
2. Dithyria, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 89.—Calyx ovoideus v. subglobosus, membranaceus, 
per anthesin reflexus, irregulariter 2—3-valvis. Petalum obovatum.  Antherzomneslineares. Ova- 
rium subsessile v. stipitatum, stylo filiformi, stigmate capitato. Legumen ovoideum v. globosum, 
tenuiter coriaceum, turgidum, 2-valve. (Semina arillata ?)—Species 3, Brasilienses. — Deless. Ic. Sel. 
iii. 7. 74.—TnrscuripiuM, Tw. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2. xx. 141. f. 4. 
3. Tounatea, DC. Calyx globosus, coriaceus v. submembranaceus, per anthesin reflexus, irregu- 
lariter 4-valvis. Petalum late orbieulatum v. 0. Antherz (an semper ?) omnes parvze, ovat:e v. sub- 
glohosm. Ovarium stipitatum, stylo brevi inflexo uncinatum. Legumen eoriaceum v. subearnosum, 
compressum v. turgidum. Semina (ubi nota) arillata, exalbuminosa.— Species ad 12, omnes Ameri- 
cang. Vell. Fl. Flum. xi. (. 23 (Mimosa). 'TovuwaTEA, Aubl. Pl. Gui. i. 649. t. 218. In icone Vel- 
loziana, xi. t. 20, quz verisimiliter S. Flamingii, Vog., exhibet, semina quasi alata (arilla aliformi 
cireumdata) delineata sunt. 
4. Possira, DC. Calyx globosus, szpius eoriaceus, per anthesin reflexus, irregulariter 4-valv's, 
Petalum late orbieulatum. — Antherze plereque parve ovatze v. subglobosz, nonnulle exteriores ma- 
jores oblongse, filamentis longioribus. Ovarium stipitatum, in stylum ineurvum attenuatum. Legu- 
men ovoideum v. elongatum, ecoriaceum v carnosum, turgidum v. subteres, 2-valve v. subindehis- 
cens. Semina (ubi nota) magna, crassa, arillata, exalbuminosa.—Species ad 40, omnes Americans. 
DC. Mem. Leg. t. 58, 59, 60. Papp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. t. 267. Vell. Fl. Flum. xi. t, 13, 
18, (19?), 22 (Mimosa). | Aubl. Pl. Gui. (. 307 (Robinia). Possima, Aubl. Pl. Gui. ii. 934. &. 355. 
RrrrERA, Schreb. Gen. Pl. 3864; Vah, [c. Amer. t. 9, Ecl. t. 20, et Symb. t. 34. RivkntA, H. B. 
et. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vii. 266. 7. 659 bis. 
5. Fistuloides. Calyx globosus, herbaceus, peranthesin subreflexus, irregulariter lobatus, Peta- 
lum late orbieulatum.  Antherz plerzque parvz, ovato-subglobosz, nonnulle exteriores majores 
.oblongs, filamentis longioribus. Ovarium stipitatum. stylo subulato. Legumen longum, teres, eras- 
sum, indehiseens, pericarpio erassissimo, lacun:s gummosis repleto, endoearpio duro. Semina psr- 
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