(ilycyrrhiza !\ 



XL. LEGTTMINOSj;. ' • 225 



ZZZl^f^ Tt^' '^t^'^'^' '' °^'"''"^^ '^^^y - 2 valves. Seeds 



S e in^X ^i^let white or yellowish, sessile or very shortly pedi- 



ceil te, in axillaiy racemes. Bracts narrow, very deciduous. Bracteoles La,. 



tro c^Air-Vn/one^^'r "'■.' ^"'"^ l\ E. Meditenaucan region, and teruperate and sub- 

 deii aki oth ll nil- r '° '^■^^'•f ^l^'^'^I S. America. The Australian species is en- 

 fi«t Ob ve^t K B owf *° '°T ?^''^', Mediterranean ones. The exceplional anthers 

 from Sat^are toC ' ^"° '''''"^' ^' ^"^'^'^'^ '^'^ S^""^ CM««/;.«-« as distinguished 

 which nortv;r differ L/- n %^'"*^^'^ °' ''^^^ ^'g''*'*'' '" «" ^he species of Glyc^^nhi^a, 



one, and LThe 3eef ;jrf '^^'" ^'""^^"'^ ^" habit, in- the oviles always more thaa 

 . m the seed, even when solitary, never adhering to the pericarp. 



more *!inr°'*^^®°'^^*' ^'"^^'- An erect herb or uudershrub of 2 ft. or 

 usnJlv q ?i °']. "'"'^-^ '"' ^^' ^""'■e O'- ^ess glaudular-viscid. Leaflets 

 more Lvl ' from elliptical-oblong to linear, f to 1 in. long or rarely 



rad! '• , '"''^^ "^'""^^ glandular teeth. Flowers small, in pedmiculate 

 twt ' 1 '"*'"'"Pted spikes. Calyx about ^ lines longj petals about 



suiurer r u'l V^" ^- ^"^^ ^^^^^ ^ ^"''^s ^«"g' flattened, mnricate, the 

 M J/ ° ^' thickened, apparently indehiscent, containing 1 or 2 seeds.— 



Pw-f/fv ''^^''^^"^«''/^«. Lindl. in Mitch. Three Exped. ii. 17; Clidanthera 



\\.'-\r ■ APP- ^'"'■*' Exped. 11 J Psoralea aeanlhocarpa, F. Muell. 

 '^^- "!• 45, and Pi. Vict. ii. t. 26. ^ . 



Vi'ctorl^"^?f ■ .1.^",*''*^ I^achlan and Darling rivers, Mitchell; Goodwin and Dallacliy. 

 "a. un the Murray and Murruiubidgfee rivers, F. Mueller. 



'fhole n 1 1 , '^^^^^^^^^ — Pod separating into 1-seeded articles, or the 

 poci l-seeded and indehiscent, that is, reduced to a single article. 



*^ pinnate lea /^o^*"' * ^^'*^*^ of the most di^tiuct suLtrlbes : 1, ^chynomenea, with 

 ^^hnomenfi ^^^^ ^ ^«%*?^, but the upper stamen very rard^r free, including Ormocarpum, 

 '^Qiiadelphouf '^ '^^'^''"'' '' 2' Sti/!osanthece, with few leaflets, persistent stipular brads, 

 ^^^"s- anrl q ^J^^'"^"s and dimorphous anthers, of which Zomia is the only Australian 



OEMOCAEPUM 



Ota 



Stamens 

 also oil the 



»ll united • ^ ^^^^^^ ' ^^'^' broad, incurved, as lonj; as the wings. 



'^^er sjjg!^ ^ sheath open on the upper side, and often splitting \ 



Seied firf ^"''^^^'s uniform. Ovarv sessile, with several ovules; style in- 

 ToL.!! ^^^ linear, flattened, dividing into 2 or more oblong or 



