-DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. . 31; 
Stam. Filaments 8, united, inclosed in the keel. Anthers 
8, simple. : 
Pisr. Germen oblong. Style simple, upright. Summit 
terminating, rather thick, cloven. : 
S. Vess. Capsule inversely heart-shaped, compressed, _ 
acute at the edge; celis 2, Valves 2. Partition placed 
crosswise to the valves, opening at the edge on each side. 
SeeEps solitary, egg-shaped. . 
Oss. The appendages to the keel are different in differen 
species, and in many they are not to be found. Liyw. 
| DECANDRIA. 
SPAR’TIUM. Tourn, 411. Genista. Gaertn. 153. 
Car. Cup 1 leaf, heart-shaped, but tubular, small, co- 
feared ed, the upper margin very short, the lower towards 
the end set with Ai teeth. — ge ae 
Bross. butterfly-shaped. Petals 5. . meee 
"~~ Standard’ inversely heart-shaped, entirely reflected, 
ba? 
: ings egg-shaped, oblong, shorter than the standard, 
connected in the filaments. oe rae 
Keel, petals 2, -shaped, oblong, longer tham the 
wings, Tesch an abe keel- meee margin by soft _ 
hairs, fixed to the filaments. tne lao ae * 
“Sram. Filaments 10, connected, unequal, adhering tothe = 
germen, the uppermost og short, and from that grow- 
ing radualy longs the lower cloven into 9 parts, ‘ 
Anthers rather oblong. ae i 
’ Pisr. Germen oblong, hairy. Style awl-shaped, risin 
upwards. Summit fixed to the uppy, Fide of the en 
of the style, hairy. ‘ 
S. Vs. +s halk gle long, blunt, with 1 cell and 
2 valves, : 
SrEps many, globular, but somewhat kidney-shaped. 
GENIS’TA. Tourn. 419, Spartium. Gerin. 151. 
Can. , Cup Vleaf, small, tubular, 2-lipped. Upper lip with 
2 teeth, more deeply divided than the lower lip, which 
_ has 3 teeth nearly ae ae. 
Bross. butterfly-shaped. 
