472 LEGUMINOSAE. mrista. 



mdentes, nonnumquam subsemipcdales. Ramuli floriferi 2-6 poll. longi, gra- 

 ciles virgali. Spinae 2-5 lin. longae glabrae virides, ramillnlii lateralibm bre- 

 vinimis. Poliola viridia tenaia, 3—6 lin. longa, .-l lin. lata, infima ovata vcl 

 ovalia oblusa. Raccmi 4 lin. us(|uc ad l poll. longi, rbaobl biraula. Pcdicclli %— 1 lin. 

 longi, apice bracteolali, bracteolis flliformibus, calycii tnbo longioribua. Rracica 

 lanceolato— subulala, calyce paullo brevior, medio vel tupra medium pedicelli 

 inserla. Calyx 2'/s-3'A lin. longus, c viridi lulesceni, segmenla -l mperiora irian- 

 gularia vel c triangulari baii linearia, segmentum Inflmnm fere ad basin usquc 

 partilnm, laciniii Bliformi-subulalis magis minusve inaequilongis [laterales media 

 breviores). Corolla in sicco auranliaca vel fulva. — (,. hirsula Tinco mss. 

 — Crescit in Siciliae monlibus Ncbrodensibus. 



§. 2. Ramuli floriferi simuhic rami caulcsquc frutescentes, novelli iner- 

 mes, seniorcs spinosi. Folia cxstipulata unifoliolala. Vcxillum ca- 

 rina brevius. 



25. G. GERMANICA Linn. Spec. plant. 999. — Guimp. et Hayne, Dlschlnds. Hlzpdnzn. 

 I. 122. — Spach 1. c. 261. — Caulibus creciis vel adsccndenlibus vel demuin 

 diffusis; ramulis novellis angulosis; foliis calycibusquo hirsulis; spinis rigidis 

 angulosis, plerisque pinnato-ramulosis arcuatis; foliolis ovato-vel oblongo-lan— 

 ceolatis vcl lanceolato- oblongis, (infimis ovalibus vel obovatis) mucronulalis; 

 raccmis densiusculis spiciformibus, rhachi mulica; segmenlis calycinis parum 

 inacquilongis, tubo subquadruplo longioribus; vexillo cordalo-ovato acutiusculo 

 glabro, alis sublongiorc, carina oblusa pubesccntc dimidio breviore; ovario 8-12- 

 ovulalo; leguminibus subrhombeo-oblongis hirsulis 2-4-spermis. 6 — Spinae flo- 

 ribus magis minusve seriorcs, nonnumquam omnino deficienles. — Scorpius spi- 

 nosus Mnch. Melhod. pl. 134. — Voglera spinosa Flor. Wctleraw. II. 500. — Crcscit 

 in Gcrmania. 



26. G. WELWITSCHII ;Spach I. c. 262. — Caulibus ramisve ereclis spinosissimis; 

 spinis rigidis validis subangulatis pinnato-ramulosis subpalenlibus; ramulis flo- 

 rifcris angulosis calycibusque villoso-tomentosis; foliolis oblongis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis aculis mucronulalis, sparse villosis; racemis densissimis multifloris, 

 initio ovatis, demum spiciformibus, rbachi mutica; segmenlis calycinis superio- 

 ribus triangularibus, lubo subdimidio longioribus, segmento infimo sublriplo brc- 

 vioribus; vexillo subcordalo -ovalo obtusissimo glabro, alis sublongiori; carina 

 obtusissima juxta marginem inferiorem tomentosa subtriente breviori; ovario 



hirsuto-tomentoso, 5-6-ovuIato; leguminibus ?i — Frutex bipedalis vel 



forsan altior. Spinae velulae 6-12 lin. longae crassiusculae, breviler ramulosae 

 glabrae. Ramuli floriferi 2-5 poll. longi virgati graciles, foliosi erecli. Foliola 

 3-0 lin. longa penninervia tenuia viridia, infima ovalia vel ovata obtusa. Racemi 

 demum 1-2 poll. longi. Pedicelli brevissimi, medio bracleolati, bracleolis mini- 

 mis subulatis. Rraclea hirsula subulala, ad pedicelli basin inserla, calycem sub- 

 aequans. Calyx 4 lin. longus, segmenlum infimum tripartilum, laciniis filiformi- 

 subulatis, laleralibus mcdia brcvioribus. Carina 5 lin. longa, sesquilineam lata, 

 oblongo-cultriformis. Alae ovato- vcl oblongo-cultriformes obtusac, juxta basin 

 marginis infcrioris pubescenles, caeterum glabrae. — G. hirsuta var. Sleud. et 

 Hochslelt. mss. — Crescit in collibus herbidis Extramadurae Cislaganae ad basin 

 montium in Serra de Cinlra. 



§. 3. Iiamuli floriferi simulac rami caulesque frutescentes spinosi. Folia 

 exstipulata unifoliolata. Yexillum carina brevius. 



•j- Spinae validae elongatae, simplices vel trifurcalae, nullae vel 



paucissimae p innato-ramu losae. Pedicelli brevissimi bracteam 



bracteolasque apice gercntes. 



27. G. HIRSUTA Vahl, Symb. I. 51. — Spach I. c. 263. — Ramulis novcllis angu- 

 latis, sparse hirsulis; foliolis ovato- vel oblongo-lanceolalis mucronatis, spinis 



