458 ENUMERATION OF LEGUMINOS. 
which brings them near to the Australian Podalyriee. They 
have also a truly axillary inflorescence, whilst that of most ` 
other Genistee is terminal, becoming frequently sooner or 
later leaf-opposed. But Heylandia, and two or three Cro- 
talarie and Lotononides, form an exception, which precludes 
the making use of this circumstance as a distinctive cha- 
racter. 
The following are the most prominent characters of such 
of the Genisteous genera, as come within the scope of the 
present paper. : 
* Folia constanter simplicia. 
Borbonia. Calyx squaliter 5-fidus, laciniis acutissimis v. 
pungentibus. Vexillum villosum. Legumen lineare, compres- 
sum. Folia rigida, plurinervia. Species omnes Capenses. 
Rafnia. Calycis quinquefidi lacinia infima angustior. 
Legumen lanceolatum v. lineare, sutura superiore subalata. 
Corolla uti tota planta glabra. Folia uninervia, reticulato- . 
pennivenia, Species omnes Capenses. 
Euchlora. Calyx Rafnie. Carina obtusa. Legumen 
ovatum, turgidum. Herba humilis, hirsuta, Capensis, in- 
florescentia terminali. 
Heylandia. Inflorescentia axillaris. Carina acute rostrata. 
Legumen lenticulare. Herba Indica. 
** Folia simplicia v. palmatim composita. 
Lupinus. Carina rostrata. Legumen compressum, val- 
vulis crassis, intus seepe cellulosum. Stipule sæpius petiolo 
adnate. 
Crotalaria. Carina rostrata. Legumen (etiam junius) tur- 
 gidum, intus nudum. Stipule liber. 
Priotropis. Omnia Crotalarie, nisi? Legumen planum; 
valvulis membranaceo-chartaceis. Species unica, Indica. 
*** Folia constanter palmatim composita (v. in Lebeckiis 
perpaucis articulatione evanida subulato-simplicia.) 
Lotononis. Calycis laciniz laterales ab infima libere, cum 
