sigmodostyles. LEGUMINOSAE. 541 



tum, ungue brevi. Alae basi supernc breviter auriculatae et carinae paullo 

 longiori adglutinatae. Carina angulo fere recto rotundato sursum flexa ob- 

 tuse subrostrata. Stamina diadelpha (9 et 1), liberum basi geniculatum. 

 Stylus sigmoideo-flexus glaber, a medio inde subito incrassatus et in pro- 

 cessum falciformem tereliusculum productus. Ovarium et legumen Eriose- 

 matis (Cf. no. 6691.) — Herba? Capensis volubilis: stipulis membranaceis; 

 foliis pinnato-trifoliolatis exstipellatis, foliolis 3-5-nerviis; racemis spicae- 

 formibus axillaribus longe pedunculatis; floribus singulis bractea fultis. 



1. S. (WALPEHSIA Meisn. in Pl. Krauss. no. 246.) VILLOSA Meisn. in Hook. Lond. 

 journ. of bot. II. 94. — Tola praeler corollam molliter villosa: caule herbaceo 

 volubili letraquetro; stipulis ovato-oblongis aculis; foliis brevissime petiolatis, 

 foliolis late ovalis vel obovatis acutis, terminali longe petiolulalo majori, lalera- 

 libus brevissime petiolulalis; pedunculis folio longioribus; spica ovata densi- 

 llora. ^r\ — Crescit in Promonlorio bonae spei ad latera montis Bosjesmans- 

 rand, prope Pieler, Mauritzburg, Port Natal etc. 



Subtribus X. ABRINEAE Wght. et Arn. — Endl. 1. c. p. 1301. 



669S. ABRUS Linn. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 381. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 791.) 

 1. A. MELANOSPERMUS Hsskrl. Calal. pl. hort. Bogor. 282. - Seminibus oblongis 

 compressis nigris immaculalis; foliis abrupte accrescenti-pinnatis, foliolis ob- 

 longis (paris summi obovatis) obtusis mucronulatis 10-jugis, sublus glaucis sub- 

 sericeis; leguminibus oblongis 10-spermis. O^? — Crescit in insula Java. 



Tribus VI. DALBERGIEAE Bth. — Endl. 1. c. p. 1302. 



6700. CYCLOLOBIUM Bth. 

 (Wlprs. Repert. bot. systemat. I. 792.) 

 1. C. BLANCHETIANUM Tulasne, Archives du Mus. d'hist. natur. IV. 84. f — Ramis 

 glabris, ramulis dislichis tomentosis; foliis distichis unifoliolatis; slipulis lineari- 

 bus longis, peliolo gracili petioluloque crassiori pubescentibus, stipellis lilifor- 

 mibus, peliolulo majoribus; foliolis amplis tenuibus pellucidis (junioribus) ob- 

 longis acuminatis, margine inaequali subangulosis; racemis brevibus lutescenti- 

 lomentosis densifloris axillaribus; bracteis lanceolatis, pedicellos solitarios medio 

 bibracteolalos subaequantibus; calycis dentibus 5 obtusatis subaequalibus; alis 

 carina paullo longioribus; ovario ad marginem aureo-ciliato. 6 — Crescit in Bra- 

 siliae monlibus Uheos prope Bahiam. 



6703. HECASTOPHYLLUM Kth. 

 (DC. Prodr. II. 420. — Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 792.) 

 1. H. BENTHAMIANUM Miquel, Linnaea XVIII. 575. f — Ramulis foliisque sublus 

 minutissime adpresse puberulis; foliolis 5 (rarius 3) alternis v. suboppositis, infe- 

 rioribus minoribus, terminali mullo majore, late ovatis abruple acuminatis, acu- 

 mine lanceolato obluso; pedunculis e veteribus etiam axillis ortis conferlis dicho- 

 lome subcymosis; calyce adpresse puberulo; petalis longe unguiculalis, vexillo 

 emarginato; staminibus plerumque 9 diadelphis, quinlo fasciculi vexillaris ad 

 V; longo vel loto libero , reliquis alte connexis vel 8 aequaliter diadelphis; legu— 

 mine (immaluro) elliplico-orbiculato. 5 — Crescil in Surinam inter Paramaribo 

 et Tourtonne. 



6707. CEYTHOLOBIUM Bth. 

 (Wlprs. Repert. bot. syst. I. 793.) 

 1. C. PARAENSE Tulasne, Archives du Mus. d'hist. natur. IV. 87. — Ramis, racemis 

 petiolisque dense rufo-tomentosis; foliis 5-6-jugis cum impari distante, foliolis 



