600 LVII. LEGUMINOSZE. [Ingee. 
polline in quoque loculo in massas 4 agglomerato. Gynoecii carpella 2-6, distincta, sessilia, 
oo-ovulata ; styli filiformes, stigmatibus terminalibus eapitellatis, ^ Legumen, . . (junius 
lineare crassum rectum, seminum funiculo in arillum carnosum inerassato).——A rbores 
Íruticesve inermes, habitu J»gce sectionis Euinge. Folia abrupte pinnata, petiolo inter 
foliola glandulifero, foliolis majusculis oc-jugis.  Stipulm persistentes, non spinescentes. 
Spies ovats v. longiores et basi laxsee v. interrupts. Flores magni, villosi, sessiles v. 
breviter pedicellati, Stamina numerosissima. Carpella villosa, vulgo 8, rarius 2, 5 v. 6 
vidimus. 
Species 4, Brasilienses. Walp. Hep. i. 644. Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ, v. t. 1. Genus ab 
Inga nonnisi gynccio pleiocarpo differt, 
Ongpo LVIII. ROSACEZE. 
Endl. Gen. 1240; Lindl Veg. Kingd. 563. CnumvsoBALtaNzEx, Endl. Gen. 1251; Lindl Veg. 
Kingd. 542. AwvaparEx, Endl. Gen. 1250. DmvPacEX, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 557. Powacrkx, 
Endl. Gen. 1236 ; Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 559. SawcuisonsACEZX, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. 561. 
Flores sepissime regulares et hermaphroditi, Calyx liber v. ovario adnatus; tubus 
brevis v. elongatus, angustus v. explanatus ; limbus sequalis (v. in Chrysobalaneis swepe 
inmqualis); lobi swpissime 5, imbricati et persistentes, nunc O-bracteolati, rarius 4 v. oo 
v.O, lobo quinto axi plantz& proximo. Discus tubum calycis vestiens, margine sepissime 
integerrimo rarissime tumido v. lobato. Petala sub margine disci inserta, numero lobis 
calycis sequalia, raro 0, sequalia v. in Chrysobalaneis insequalia, obovata oblonga rotundata 
v. Spathulata, sspissime exunguiculata, imbricata, decidua. Stamina indefinita, in spé- 
ciebus perplurimis numerosa, in paucis definita v. ad 1-2 reducta, margini disci inserta v. 
2-oc-seriata et supra discum sparsa, in orbem completum disposita (v. in Chrysobalaneis 
variis unilateralia v. irregulariter inserta); filamenta subulata v. filiformia, sestivatione 
incurva, libera v. in CArysobalaneis varie connata. .4nfhere parve, didyms, rarissime 
elongate, 2-loculares, antice longitudinaliter dehiscentes.  G'ynccii carpella 1 v. plura, 1-ac- 
seriata, libera v. inter se connata et cum tubo calycis plus minus adnata, 1l-locularia, 
rarissime spurie 2-locellata, centrica v. excentrica, in basin tubi v. faucem tubi calycis in- 
serta, sessilia v. stipitata. Styli tot quot carpella, liberi v. rarissime connati, basi v. faciei 
ventrali carpelli inserti, nunquam vere terminales; stigmata punctiformia capitellata v. 
penicillata, in paucis decurrentia.  Ovula in quovis carpello swpius 2, rarius indefinita, 
v. per paria superposita, anatropa, pendula cum raphe ventrali et micropyle supera, v. adscen- 
dentia cum raphe dorsali et micropyle infera. Fructus varius, superus y. plus minus 
inferus, nudus v. calycis tubo persistente inclusus, drupaceus pomaceus follicularis v. 
ex achsniis drupisve indefinitis toro sicco v. carnoso impositis compositus, rarissime 
baeeatus, v. eapsularis 3-oc-loeularis et loculicide v. septicide 3-oo-valvis. Semina erecta 
v. pendula ; testa membranacea v. coriacea, interdum in alam expansa. Embryo exalbu- 
minosus, rarissime albuminosus; cotyledones sspissime amygdalins, carnose, plano-con-. 
vexie, rarissime foliacerze ; radicula brevis, hilo proxima. 
Herb: frutices v. arbores, erectre v. prostrats, rarissime scandentes, interdum sarmen- 
toss. Folia varia, simplicia v. composita, alterna v. raro opposita, non raro glanduloso- 
serrata, petiolo basi sspe dilatato et apice 2-glanduloso. Stipule 2, libere v. petiolo 
adhzrentes, rarius 0 v. obsoletz Inflorescentia varia. 
Species ad 1000, sed ob characteres variabiles specierum Pozentille, Rubi, Rose, Gei, Crategi, 
ete, ab auetoribus permultis species 1500 adnumerantur. 
Ordo Sazifrageis e& Legwninoseis quam. maxime affinis, et inter illas haud dubio loeandus; a 
Legumninosis differt petalo quinto axi proximo, a Saaifrageis chavaeteribus nullis certis, tamen inflores- 
centia et, seminibus sepissime exalbuminosis pro maxima parte differt, "Transitus per Spirgas con- 
tpicuus est, ; 
