Parkiee.] | LVII. LEGUMINOSZE, 689 
depresso-globosa, pedunculis nune solitariis axillaribus longissimis pendulis, nune pluribus 
ad ápices ramorum panieulatis, Flores numerosissimi (sspe ultra 2000), superiores flavi- 
cantes fusci v. rubri, inferiores steriles albi aut rubri. 
Species ad 8, 2 v. 3 Asize et, Africze tropiez, 4 v. 0 Americee tropieze incole. — Walp. Bep. i. 857; 
v. 511: Ann. ii. 449; iv. 612. Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl.i. 283. Jacg. Stirp. Amer. t. 119. f. 87 
CMimosa). JBeauv, Fl. Ow. et Ben. ii. t. 90 (Inga). 
TRIBUS XX. ADENANTHEREE, 
.974. Entada, Adans. ex DC. Mem. Leg. 419. £. 61, 62. (Adenopodia, Presl, Epimel. 
JBot. 206.)— Flores b-meri, sessiles. — Calyx campanulatus, brevissime dentatus. Petala 
libera v. leviter cohsrentia, valvata. Stamina 10, libera, breviter exserta; antherz glan- 
dula decidua coronatz; pollinis granula oc. Ovarium subsessile, oc-ovulatum ; stylus fili- 
formis, stigmate terminali truncato concavo. Legumen rectum v. arcuatum, nunc maxi- 
mum, plano-compressum, tenue v. coriaceum v. lignosum, suturis incrassatis persistentibus 
continuis, valvis inter suturas secedentibus transverse articulatis, articulis monospermis, 
endocarpio circa semina persistente ab exocarpio secedente. Semina orbiculata.—Frutices 
sepius altissime scandentes, inermes. Folia bipinnata, pinnis jugi supremi interdum in 
cirrhos aphyllos mutatis, foliolis nunc majusculis paucis nunc parvis numerosis. Stipulse 
parve, setacez ; glandule petiolares 0. Florum spice tenues, solitarie v. gemin:ze, secus 
apices itaiituloMim disposite, nune omnes breves in paniculam racemiformem aphyllam ap- 
proximate, nune elongate, dissite, inferiores axillares. Flores uniformes, hermaphroditi 
v. polygami, 
Species ad 10, quarum 6 Africans, 3 Ameries tropiee incole, 1 legumine maximo lignoso 
per regiones tropicas utriusque orbis late diffusa. DC. Prod. ii. 424. Walp. Hep.i. 808 (excl. E. 
myriadenia): Ann.ii.450.  Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 216. ; 
975. Plathymenia, Benth, in Hook. Journ. Bot. iv. 333. (Chrysoxylon, Casar. Nov. 
Stirp. Dec. 59.)—Flores b5-meri, sessiles. Calyx campanulatus, brevissime dentatus, 
Petala demum soluta, valvata. Stamina 10, libera, breviter exserta; anthere glandula 
decidua coronats; pollinis granula oo. — Ovarium stipitatum, oc-ovulatum ; stylus filifor- 
mis, stigmate terminali truncato coneavo. Legumen lato-lineare, rectum, plano-compres- 
sum, tenue, exocarpio continuo, 9-valvi, endocarpio secedente transverse articulato, arti- 
eulis l-spermis circa semina persistentibus. Semina transversa, funiculo longissimo.— 
Frutices v. arbores parv:ze, inermes. Folia bipinnata, foliolis ellipticis pinnisque s:epius 
oo-jugis; glanduls petiolares et jugales rarissime desunt. Spice cylindriez, pedunculis 
supra-axillaribus v. superioribus panieulatis, glandula ssepius sub spiea in folii axilla. 
Flores parvi, uniformes, sh im tiende v. polygami. Ovarium villosum, — Legumen 
glabrum. 
Species 2, Brasilienses. Wap. Hep. i. 858. Vell. Fl. Flum. iv. t. 72, ex Casar., sed male, 
Genus Piptadenie habitu et legumine 2-valvi valde affine, sed endocarpium Entade. 
976. Piptadenia, Benth. in Hook. Journ. Bot.iv. 334.—Flores 5-meri, sessiles, Calyx 
campanulatus, leviter dentatus. Petala ssepius ad medium connata, valvata. Stamina 
10, libera, exserta; antherz glandula decidua coronatz ; pollinis granula oc. | Ovarium 
subsessile, 3-oc-ovulatum. ^ Legumen stipitatum v. rarius sessile, lato-lineare, planum, 
membranaceum v. subcoriaceum, 2-valve, valvis integris, intus continuum, epulposum. 
Semina compressa, funiculo filiformi.—Frutices v. arbores, inermes v. aculeati. | Folia 
bipinnata, foliolis parvis oo-jugis v. rarius majoribus paucijugis; glandulsm petiolares et 
jugasles rarius deficiunt. Flores parvi, albi v. virescentes, uniformes, hermaphroditi v. 
subpolygami, spicis cylindricis v. capitulis globosis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis 
fasciculatisve, summis ad apices ramorum sepe paniculatis. 
Species ad 30, sed forte nonnulle reducendz, 2 Africz tropiez incolw, legumine ignoto adhue 
incertz, ezeterze omnes Am. rieze — calidiorum incole. Walp. Hep. i. 808; v. 578: Anm. 
ii. 450. : à 
