ParocJietus.] xlvii. § papilionace^e (baker). 49 



rhizome, similar to ,and rather longer than the petioles. Calvx 3 J lines 

 deep, glabrous, the teeth lanceolate, not reaching- hallway down. 

 Corolla pale purplish, three times as long as the calyx. Pod linear, 

 f-1 in. long, under \ in. broad, acute, many-seeded. P. major , Don, 

 I.e. Bennett, PL Jav. Rar. t. 34. Wight, Ic. t. 483. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi land, Manganya Hills, 'Dr. Metier! 



Habit of Oxalig AcetoseUa. A native of the East Indies and Malay islands. 



9. TRIGONELLA. Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 486. 



Calyx tubular with five subequal teeth. Petals free from the stami- 

 nal tube, caducous ; standard obovate ; wings oblong ; keel obtuse, 

 very short. Stamens t diadelphous ; filaments not dilated ; anthers uni- 

 form. Pod linear or oblong, compressed, rostrate, often falcate, few or 

 many-seeded. — Herbs, usually annual, with pinnately trifoliolate leaves. 



A considerable genus, with its head-quarters in the temperate regions of the Old 

 World. 



Pod linear, decidedly falcate. 



Flowers sessile, 1-2 together 1. T. Fcenum-grozcum. 



Flowers in dense short-stalked racemes . . . ... . 2. T.hamosa. 



Pod oblong or linear, straight. 



Pod oblong, scarcely exceeding the calyx, usually 2 -seeded. 



Flowers sessile, 2-4 together ' 3. T. occulta. 



Flowers 6-12 in dense short-stalked racemes . . . . 4. T. marginata. 

 Pod linear-oblong, 5-6 seeded 5. T. laciniata. 



1. T. Fcenum-grsecum, L. ; DC. Prod. ii. 182. An erect subglabrous 

 annual 1-2 ft. high. Leaflets obovate-cuneate, 8-9 lines long. Flowers 

 solitary or in pairs in the axils of the leaves. Calyx 3— 4 lines long, 

 teeth linear. Corolla bright yellow, under twice the calyx. Pod gla- 

 brous, linear-falcate, long-beaked, 2—4 in. long, 10— 20-seeded. — A. 

 Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 165. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, probably only cultivated, Schimper ! &c. ; Nubia, KoUchy I 

 Once much cultivated as a forage plant, but now going out ef use. 



2. T. ham os a, Litm. ; DC. Prod. ii. 183. Stems annual, herbaceous, 

 1 ft. or more long, diffusely branched, glabrous. Petioles f-J in. long. 

 Leaflets obovate-cuneate, J in. long, truncate or emarginate, the upper 

 half inciso-crenate, terminal one on a stalk 1-2 lines long. Flowers 

 in copious short axillary racemes of 6-12 flowers each. Peduncles \ 

 in., ending in a weak spine at the apex. Pedicels under a line long. 

 Calyx \ line long, teeth very short. Corolla pale yellow, three or four 

 times as long as the calyx. Pod linear-falcate, \-\ in. long, pro- 

 minently reticulato-rugose, about 4-seeded. — Sibth. Fl. Gr<ec. t. 764. 

 Harv. Fl. Cap. ii. 162. T. glabra, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 610. 



Nile Land. Bauks of the White Nile, Kotschy! Dr. Bromfield! 

 Habit of Melilotus. Also a plant of Egypt, the Cape, and India. 



3. T. occulta, Delile; DC. Prod. ii. 185. A very diffuse finely silky 

 annual with stems under half a foot lonp;. Stipules deeplv laciniated 



