260 CALYCIFLOR^. 



the middle of each pedicel. Calyx externally puberulous ; 

 teeth of the upper lip indistinct. Standard rounded, minutely 

 appresso-puberulous externally ; with a central greenish spot, 

 accompanied, on each side, with a minute oblong ciliated slit, on 

 the inner surface ; wings agglutinated to the keel, which is 

 cleft at the apex and at the base. Stamens submonadelphous. 

 Ovary compressed, velvety. Legume subsessile, foliaceous, 

 oblong, 4-ovuled, only one of the seeds perfected: seeds com- 

 pressed, reniform. 



I am inclined to doubt whether this be identical with the 

 P. Carthaginensis of Jacquin. It does not shed its leaves 

 during the period of flowering, like the preceding species. The 

 wood is hard, and the best adapted of any we possess for making 

 the naves of wheels. Lunau informs us, that it is known in 

 Vere and Clarendon by the name of the Bitch-wood. The 

 bark, &c., have similar properties as in the common Dog- 

 wood. 



Tribe III. Hedysarece. 



Legumes transversely articulated. Stamens almost 

 always with the filaments connected together, 



XII. Myriadenus. 



Calyx as if concealed by two leafy opposite bracte- 

 oles, tubulose, .5-tootlied. Corolla — ? Stamens — ? 

 Legume of many terete obconical 1-seeded indehiscent 

 joints. — De Cand. 



Name, from imupioi i?inumerab!e, and abrjv a gland, in allusion 

 to the under surface of the leaflets being punctulated. 



1. * Myriadenus tetraphyllus. Fow'4eaved Myria- 

 denus. 



Quadrifolium erectum, flore luteo, Sloane, I. 186. t. 116. f. 

 3. — Ornithopus tetraphyllus, Linii. Atnceii. V. 402 — Myriade- 

 nus tetraphyllus, Desv. Journ. Bot. III. 121. t. 4. f. 11. 



HAB. Savannah near Two-mile Wood. 



FL. ? 



According to Sloane this plant is about a foot in height, gla- 

 brous. Leaflets in fours, oblong, emarginate, punctulated be- 

 neath, placed at the end of the petiole. Pedicels axillary, 

 solitary, very short, 1 -flowered. Flowers yellow. 



XIII. ZORNIA. 



Calyx campanulate ; upper lip emarginate, infe- 

 rior 3-fid. Corolla inserted into the bottom of the 



