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pauea v. numerosa, in placentis tumidis septo adnatis imbricata. ^ Capsula coriacea v. 
lignosa, brevis v. elongata, subglobosa oblonga v. linearis, 2-sulca, apice contracto v. late 
areolato, 2-locularis, septicide 2-valvis, oligo- v. polysperma. Semina peltata, imbricata, 
nucleo oblongo, testa membranacea in alam integram v. laceram expansa, albumine dense 
carnoso ; cotyledones lineares v. ovato-cordatze ; radicula brevis v elongata.—Arbores v. 
frutices scandentes, sepissime glaberrimi, ramulis teretibus v. 4-gonis. Folia opposita 
y. 9-4-natim verticillata, petiolata. Stipule interpetiolares, parvse v. magnze, deciduze. 
Flores parvi mediocres v. majusculi, in paniculas terminales szpe brachiatas dispositi, 
pedicellati, albi rosei atro-rubescentes v. virescentes, bracteati et bracteolati. 
Species ad 14, Amerieze tropieze orientalis et insularum Indis occidentalis incole. | JWedd. n Anm. 
Sc. Nat. Ser. 4. i. 17. Walp. Ann. v. 181. Genus ut videtur polymorphum. 
35. Dolicholobium, A. Gray, 4n Proc. Amer. Acad. iv. 308. —Calycis tubus cylindricus, 
elongatus; limbus amplus, cyathiformis, truncatus v. sublobatus, membranaceus, persis- 
tens. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo elongato intus glabro ; limbi lobi 4-5, late oblongi; 
obtusi, stricte contorti. Stamina 4 v. b, infra medium tubi corolle inserta, filamentis 
planis; anthersz basifixse, lineares, incluse. Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare ; 
stylus superne dilatatus compressus, ramis elongatis subspathulatis sursum petaloideo- 
dilatatis ad costas stigmatosis; ovula in loculis numerosissima, minuta, acicularia, placentis 
teretibus elongatis septo adnatis inserta. Capsula teres, siliquzeformis, septicide 2-valvis, 
polysperma. Semina imbricata, nucleo ovali, testa utrinque in caudam simplicem lon- 
gissimam . producta ; albumine carnoso; embryo clavatus, radicula brevi.—Frutices 
ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, petiolata, membranacea.  Stipule interpetiolares, 
magnze, subfoliacez,, oblong:e, obtusze, deciduz. Flores majusculi, in pedunculos breves 
axillares et terminales 1-3-floros dispositi, extus pubescentes. 
. Species 3, Ins. Fiji incole. — Seem. F7. Vit. 121, t. 25. 
96. Crossopteryx, Fenzl. in Nov. Stirp. Dec. Mus. Vind. 45.—Oalycis tubus brevis; 
limbus 4-6-dentatus, dentibus erectis deciduis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha, tubo gracili, 
fauce nuda; limbi lobi 4—6, breves, obtusi, patentes, stricte contorti. Stamina 4-6, ori 
corolle inserta, filamentis brevissimis; anthercee dorso affixs, oblongs, apiculate, basi 
2-fidze. Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus filiformis, longe exsertus, apice 
clavato 2-lobo ; ovula in loculis pauca, foveolis placents septo adnats peltatim affixa. 
Capsula crustacea, globosa, 2-sulea, apice late areolata, 2-locularis, loculieide 2-valvis, 
valvis 2-partibilibus medio septiferis, placentis crassis hemisph:ericis, oligosperma. Semina 
peltata, a dorso valde compressa, nucleo ovoideo, testa membranacea in alam latam lobu- 
latam lobulis ciliatis expansa, albumine parco carnoso ; embryo ab hilo transversus, com- 
pressus, cotyledonibus late ovatis, radicula brevi obtusa.—Arbores et frutices, pubescentes 
v. glabrati, ramulis teretibus. Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, late oblonga, obtusa. 
Stipule interpetiolares, triangulares, subpersistentes. Flores inter minores, in paniculas 
depressas terminales ramosas dispositi, ochroleuci v. albi, suaveolentes, breviter pedicellati, 
bracteolati, bracteolis setaceis. Fructus magnitudine pisi. 
* Species 2, Afrieze tropieze incole. — JWa/p. Rep. vi. 70. Benth. in. Hook. Fl. Nigr. 381; Kotschy, PI, 
Tinn. t, 16 et 16 b. ] 
97. Mtolopanthera, Trcz. in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1848, i. 580.— Calycis tubus 
globosus v. hemisph:zricus; limbi dentes 4—b, decidui. Corolla 4-5-partita, intus 
glabra, alabastro curvo clavàto; segmenta lineari-oblonga, obtusa, pátenti- recurva, im- 
bricata, uno exteriore, Stamina 4-5, fundo corolle inserta, filamentis elongatis medio 
paulo dilatatis; antherz  dor$o late adnats, elliptico-lanceolate, obtuse apiculate, 
basi acute. Discus parvus. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus brevis, ramis 2 breviusculis 
linearibus obtusis ; ovula in loculis pauca, placentis prominulis septo affixis inserta. Cap- 
sula parva, didymo-globosa, coriaceo-crustacea, loculicide 2-valvis, oligosperma. Semina 
placentis globosis incrassatis inibricata, peltata, orbicularia, nucleo parvo compresso, testa 
hyalina in alam sinuato-dentatam expansa, albumine carnoso ; cotyledones ovatc ; radi- 
cula teres, infera.—Arbores v. frutices glabri v. pubescentes, ramulis gracilibus teretibus. 
