Dauhiniec.] LVII, LEGUMINOS/E. 577 
liberuni, oo-ovulatum, stylus crassiuseule filiformis, stigmate terminali obtuso. Legumen 
oblongum v. lato-lineare, plano-compressum, tenue, tardius 2-valve, sutura superiore 
anguste alata. Semina transversa, obovata, compressa, albuminosa; cotyledones plans; 
radicula recta, breviter exserta.—Arbores fruticesve inermes. Folia simplicia (foliolis 2 
connatis ?), lata, integra v. emarginato-2-loba, 3-cc-nervia. Stipule squamiformes v. mem- 
branaces, cadues. Flores rosej, in racemulos breves fascieuliformes in ramos annotinos 
v. vetustiores dispositi,  Bractes eise Epp parve, ad basin fasciculorum ssepe im- 
brieatz ; bracteole minut: v. 0. 
Species 3 v. 4, in Europa, Asia temperata, Seed et America boreali crescentes. DOC. Prod. ii. 
518. Walp. Rep.i. 808. Gertn. Fr. ii. (. 144. Sibth. Fl. Grec. 1. 867... Bot. Mag. t. 1198. A. 
"Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. Exped. ii. 0, 3. Van Houtte in Fl. des Serres, viii. t. 849. 
335. Bandeireea, Welw. gen. nov.—Calycis tubus discifer elongatus; limbus laxe cam- 
panulatus, lobis 56 brevibus latis subimbrieatis, Petala 5, oblonga, erecta, subsequalia, 
imbricata, summo intimo. Stamina 10, libera, glabra, subdeclinata; authers uniformes, 
versatiles, loculis longitudinaliter dehiseentibus. Ovarium longe stipitatum, stipite tubo 
-ealycis adnato et longe exserto, oo-ovulatum ; stylus brevis, stigmate parvo terminali. 
-Legumen longe stipitatum, oblique oblongum, compressum v. turgidum, stylo persistente 
infra apicem uncinatum, coriaceum, 2-valve. Semina 1l v. pauca (matura non vidimus).— 
Frutiees alte scandentes.. Folia simplicia (l-foliolata), petiolo brevissimo, coriacea, penni- 
mmervia, v. 9-nervia nervis lateralibus costa multo tenuioribus. Stipule minutze, Flores 
speciosi, rubri, racemosi, recurvo-patentes v. penduli, racemis terminalibus simplicibus v. 
subpaniculatis. 
Species 2 v. 3, Afriez tropicz occidentalis incole, inelusa SeAotia simplicifolia,, Vahl. Genus 
Bauhimie. valde affüne et. forte inter ejus sectiones adnumerandum, ab omnibus tamen differt, 
foliis et legumine. 
TRIBUS XVI. AMHERSTIEJ. 
.. 836. Brownea, Jacg. Pl. Amer. 194. t, 121.—Calycis tubus discifer turbinato-campanu- 
latus; segmenta swpius 4, petaloidea, parum insequalia, imbricata. Petala 5, unguiculata, 
ovata v. oblonga, parum insqualia, imbricata, summo intimo sublatiore et vix obliquo. 
Stamina 10-15,libera v. infra medium plus minus connata; antherze uniformes, oblong:e, 
loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium stipitatum, stipite calycis tubo hine 
adnato, oc-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis, stigmate terminali  capitato-dilatato. Legumen 
oblongum v. elongatum, rectum v. falcatum, plano-compressum, coriaceo-sublignosum, 
9-valve, sutura superiore ssepius inerassata v. dilatata. Semina transversa, ovata, valde 
compressa, exarillata; albumen 0; cotyledones plans, tenues; radicula brevis, recta, 
inclusa.— Arbores, ssepe humiles v. débiles; inermes. Folia abrupte "pinnata, foliolis coria- 
ceis sepe amplis. Stipule foliacez v. coloratm, cadues. Flores speciosi, rosei v. coccinet, 
rarius albidi, racemosi, racemis brevibus, in apicibus ramorum sessilibus, nune paucifloris 
nune densissime cápitatis. Bractes nune ampl:, coloratz, nune minores, caducz ; brae- 
teole colorate, plus minus connate, calycem includentes. Petala: et stamina apice 
exserta. 
Species ad 8, Americee tropies incole. DC. Prod. ii. 477.  Walp. Rep. v. 565. Jaeg. Fragm, 
| *. 16 ad 23. Pepp. et Endl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1. 292. Bot. Mag. í. 3961, 4839. — Bot. Reg. 1841, 
1. 90. Lindl.et Paxt. Fl. Gard. t. 59. Semina ex auet, fibris fungosis involuta, in speciminibus a 
nobis visis semper nuda. 
337. Elizabetha, ScAomb. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 92. —Calycis tubus discifer elongatus ; 
segmenta 4, petaloidea, parum incqualia, imbrieata. Petala 5, subsessilia, ovali-oblonga, 
parum insqualiía, imbricata, summo intimo sublatiore, vix obliquo. Stamina 9, libera v. basi 
brevissime connata, 3 longissima perfecta, antheris oblongis loculis longitudinaliter dehi«cen- 
'tibus; 6 minora, adus cassis v. ananthera, Ovarium stipitatum, stipite ealycis tubo h'ne 
adnato, oc-ovulatum; stylus filiforuris, stigmate terminali capitato v. dilatato. Legumén 
elongatum, falcatum, plano-cornpressum, coriaceo-]ignosum, 2-valve, sutura superiore incras- 
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