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fam squans, alis angustis brevioribus. Stamina diadelpha, apice 
abrupte infracta, filamento vexillari a basi recto. Ovarium sessile, 
pauci-ovulatum. Legumen exsertum, continuum, plano-compressum, 
indehiscens, transverse reticulatum, suturis sinuatis spinoso-dentatis, 
faciebus aculeis eompressis longitudinaliter auctis.— Herba suffruti- 
cosa, ceespitosa, habitu et floribus Hedysaris subacaulibus similis, 
legumine distincto, Hversmannie affinis. 
Species unica: S. Tibetica.— Caules brevissimi, dense ceespitoso-ramosi, 
ramis rarius subelongatis 1-13-pollicaribus. | Stipule scariose, lato- 
ovate, 2-3 lin. longze, obtusiuscule, postice connate, adpresse pu- 
bescentes. Folia pinnata. Petiolus communis 1}-2-pollicaris, 
complanatus, adpresse pubescens. Foliola 8-10-juga, ovata v. ob- 
longa, obtusa, 3-6 lin. longa, supra glabra, subtus plus minus ad- 
presse pilosa. Racemi 1-4-flori, intra folia subsessiles, rachi pe- 
dicellisque seepius calyce brevioribus. Bractee lanceolate, subsca- 
riosæ, sericeo-pilosule ; bracteole consimiles, calycis tubum sub- 
eequantes v. paullo longiores. Calyx anguste campanulatus, pilis ad- 
pressis pubescens, tubo 1}lin., laciniis 2 lin. v. paullo longioribus 
inter se subeequalibus, 2 supremis tamen magis approximatis et in- 
terdum altius connatis. Vexillum 7 lin. longum, obovatum, emargi- 
natum, basi in unguem latum contractum. dle anguste oblongs, 
faleatze, obtuse, unguiculate, hine obtuse auriculate, lateraliter su- 
pra medium intus gibbz. Carina alis longior et pluries latior, 
vexillo vix brevior. Ovarium fere glabrum, ovulis eirca 4. Legumen 
sessile, pollicare v. paullo longius, 3 lin. latum, tenuiter pubescens. 
Aculei marginis et facierum sepe lineam longi, basi dilatati, faciales 
e venis transversis orti. Semina inter se distantia, reniformia, funi- 
culo brevi estrophiolato. 
CARLEMANNIA. (Nat. Ord. Rubiacee-Hedyotidee.) 
I find this plant in the herbarium of my late most valued friend Dr. 
Charles Lemann, whose zeal in the cause of botanical science is so well 
known to his numerous correspondents. Although he published but 
little, he had thoroughly investigated the botany of the island of Ma- 
deira, and liberally communicated the results of his labours on that and 
other floras, to all to whom they could be useful During the latter 
years of his life, he devoted his time and his means to the formation of 
an extensive herbarium, which he continued to increase even after the 
