8 XL. LEGUMINOSiE. 



4-tootlic(l by tlie complete union of the 2 up])cr sepals, or 2-lobfid. the upper 

 lobe or lip entire or 2-toothed, the lower entire or 3-toothecl, rarely irregu- 

 larly split, " Corolla very irregular, nsuaWy pajnlionaceoKs^ that is of 5 petals, 

 the upper one or standard {vexilhtm) outside in the bud, the 2 lateral ones 

 or wings (aJa) intermediate, the 2 lowest ones more or less united along the 

 lower edge or approximate, face to face, into a boat-shaped keel (carina), more 

 or less enclosing the stamens and style. Stamens usually 10, either all free 

 or all united in a tube or sheath enclosing the style^ closed or open along the 

 upper edge, or the upper stamen more or less tree from the others, the 

 filaments all free for some distance under the anthers. Ovules usually am- 

 phitropous, and the radicle of the embryo more or less curved over the edge 

 of the cotyledons, rarely short and straight. 



The subdivision of this large suborder into tribes is attended Mnth very great difTiculties, 

 nor Las any one character by which it has as yet been attempted proved constant. Tho^c 

 here adopted are such as have appeared the least objectionable, but there are connecting gcucia 

 between all of them. 



_ Tribe I. Podaiyrie;e. — Shrubs, rarely licrLs or small trees. Leaves 

 simple or digitately compound (except in a few species of GompJiolohium and 

 nurtonia). Stipellse none. Stamens all free or scarcely united at the base. 

 Pod not articulate. 



_ This tribe was fonnevly united witli Sophorea, and technically cliaracterized as Papi- 

 Uonaceee with free stamens; but the affinity has always appeared to me much greater with 

 GenistecB with which it i§ connected by some S. African genera. The Sop/iorem seeiii 

 rather to represent the Galeyem and Dalhergiece, connecting them by small gradations with 

 Casalpmtece. The connecting links between Pothlt/riece and Sophurea- are sup^jlied bv the 

 pmnale Gompholobiums, which, however, are verj' unlike SopJiorecs, and by a few almost 

 heibacecus northern species of Sophora itself, which are certainly- allied to the Podalyriea 

 of the northern hemisphere. 



1. JANSOWIA, Kipp. 



(Cryptosema, Meissn) 



Flowers 4 together, enclosed in the bud within an iuvolucrc of 4 bracts in 

 2 rows. Calyx very oblique, split on the upper side, with 2 upper minute 

 teeth and 3 lower elongated lobes. Standard very small, recurved ; wings 

 oblong; keel longer than the wings. Stamens free. Ovary sessile, with 

 several ovules ; style filiform, with a small terminal stigma. Pod unknown. 



Shrubby, Leaves opposite, simple, with stipules. 



The genus is limited to a single species, endemic in Australia. 



1. 3 . iovmosB.y Kipp . in Trans. Linn. Sac. xx. 384. t. 16. A shrub, 

 apparently of several feet, the young branches silky-pubescent. Leaves from 

 ovate to lanceolate, obtuse and usually shortly mucronate, 1 to 2 in. Ion"-, 

 rounded or cordate at the base on a short petiole, coriaceotis, finely reticulate, 

 glabrous above, silky-hauy or at length glabrous underneath. Stipules lan- 

 ceolate-subiilate, deciduous, or the u[.per ones shortly connate aud persistent, 

 riowcr-heads 1 or 2, nearly sessile between the last 'leaves, recurved. luvo- 

 ucre at first globular, the 2 outer bracts nearly orbicular, about 5 lines long, 

 t nek, yalvate and closed over the inner rather thiuner aud smaller ones, all 

 shorter than the open flpwcrs, vi bus outside, glabrous within. Calyx about 

 9 hues long, de.jsely hany outside. Petals glabrous ; standard cordate, lan- 

 ceolate, 1 to 11 hues long, on a claw of nearly 2 lines ; lower petals on claws 



