422 



Ordo LXXI. LEGUMINOSAE Juss. 



(DC. Frodr. II. 93. — Meisn. Gencr. plant. vascul. I. 78. II. 56. 349. ~ PAPI- 



LIONACEAE et MIMOSEAE Endl. Gener. plant. p. 1253. 1323. Suppl. II. 97. 95. 



— Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 562—932. II. 831.) 



Subordo I. WAPWEIOIVACEAE Endl. et Bth. 



Tribus I. PODALYRIEAE Bth. 

 Subtribus I. EUPODALYRIEAE Bth. 



G418/,. PIPTANTIirs D. Don. 

 (D. Don in Swcefs Brit. flow. gard. and bot. III. t. 261. — Wlprs. Repcrt. bot. syst. 

 II. 831. absq. charact.) 

 Calyx campanulatus quinquefidus bilabiatus, postice convexus deeiduus, 

 basi attenuatus persistens. Petala inaequalia, vcxillo lateribus subincurvis, 

 alis apice involutis, carina monopetala obtusa, apice bifida. Slamina 10 dc- 

 cidua. Legumen comprcssum lineare slipitatum polyspermum. — Frutcx 

 IVcpalensis: foliis trifoliolatis; stipulis magnis cordato-ovatis basi coalitis 

 caducis; racemis lerminalibus; floribus vcrticillatis bractcatis flavis; brac- 

 teis ovatis deciduis. 



1. P. (THERMOPSIS DC. Prodr. II. D9. — BAPTISIA Hook. Exotic flora t. 131. - 

 ANAGYRIS Grah. in Wall. Cat. 5340.) NAPALENSIS D. Don 1. c. — (Wlprs. I. c.) 

 — Frutex ramosus sempervirens, rami virentes teretiusculi, juniores angulali se- 

 riceo-pubescenles. Folia peliolata temata laete virentia mollia, utrinque sericeo- 

 pubcscenlia, foliola oblonga vel elliptico-lanceolaia acuta, utrinque altenuaia 

 penninervia, juniora densius pubescentia, pelioli semiteretes, supra canaliculati, 

 pubcsccnles. Stipulae maximae basi connexae cordato-ovalae cuspidatae, apicc 

 saepe reflexae dense molliterque villoso-pubescentes deciduae. Racemi raiiKis 

 juniores terminantes multillori, rhachi trigona dense villosa. Flores pallide lulei 

 terni verticillati. Bracteae magnae ovalae aculae undulalae, coticavae, dense 

 molliterquc pubcscentes pedunculum subaequantes. Pedunculi dense villosi. Ca- 

 lyx campanulatus bilabiatus quinquefidus dense villosus, simulcum petalis stami- 

 nibusque annulalim deciduus, basis attenuata persistens ovariiquc pedicellum 

 cingens. Vexillum magnum obcordalum reflexum lineolatum. Alae vexillo brc- 

 viores semicordatae, basi sursum auriculatac, auriculis carinae basin amplectcn- 

 tibus, lalerc altero in ungucm gracilem productae. Carina magna oblusa bipes. 

 Stamina 10 libera; ovarium compressum lineare slipilatum. Stylus glaber ascen- 

 dens sericeo-pubescens, sligma capilellatum. — Thermopsis (Thermia Spr. Syst. 

 veget. IV. II. p. 171.) laburnifolia D. Don, Prodr. 11. Nepal. 239. — ln Ncpalia. 



6425. BRACHYSEDIA R. Br. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 105. — Wlprs. Rcpert. bot. syst. I. 566. *) 

 1. BR. LANCEOLATUM Meisn. in Lehm. Plant. Preiss. I. 24. t - Foliis oppositis 

 vel sparsis, lanceolalis mucronatis rcliculato-venosis, subtus sericeis glabrisve; 

 floribus axillaribus solitariis; calyce sericeo cbracteolato, pedunculo triplo lon- 

 giore, vexillum aequante, dimidiam carinam paullo superantc. i>^ 



