Biserrula.] xlvii. § papilionaceje (baker). 139 



multiovulate ; style short, thickened, incurved, stigma capitate. Pod 

 linear, indehiscent, flattened on the back, compressed vertically, the 

 valves each with a sinuate-dentate keel down the centre. 

 A single species. 



1. B. Pelecinus, Linn.; DC. Prod. ii. 307. Stems annual, weak, 

 erect, branched, 4-6 in. high, the branches slender, densely grey-pubes- 

 cent. Leaves short-stalked; the rachis 1-1 1 in. long; the leaflets in 

 8-12 pairs, oblanceolate, 2—3 lines long*, thinly grey-silky. Flowers 

 1-3 together on pubescent slender erect peduncles, equalling or ex- 

 ceeding the leaves. Calyx a line deep, silky, the teeth linear, reaching 

 nearly halfway down. Corolla cream-coloured, 2-2 J lines deep. Pods 

 glabrous, § in. long, \ in. broad. B. leiocarpa, Hochst. in Schimp. Hb. 

 Abyss. 1762. A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 194. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Our description is taken entirely from these specimens, but we cannot distinguish 

 the plant as a species from the well known Mediterranean one. 



30. SCORPIURUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 508. 



Calyx campanulate, the two upper teeth connate. Petals unguicu- 

 late ; keel incurved, rostrate. Stamens diadelphous ; alternate filaments 

 dilated- anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, cylindrical, multiovulate. 

 Pod subterete, circinate, ribbed, articulated, indehiscent. Seeds sub- 

 globose or oblong. — Annuals with simple leaves narrowed into a 

 petiole. 



A small genus belonging to the Mediterranean Flora. 



1. S. sulcata, Linn., DC. Prod. ii. 308. Stems a foot long, diffuse, 

 subglabrous. Leaves rather fleshy, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 3-6 on 

 short pedicels in umbellate clusters on long axillary peduncles. Calyx 

 A in. long. Corolla yellow, twice the calyx. Pod>l-2 in. long, with 

 one' or two spirals, distinctly constricted at the joints, muricated, the 

 prickles of the upper row as long as the breadth of the pod. — S. echinata, 

 A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 290. S. subvillosa, Hochst. et Steud. in Schimp. 

 Hb. Abyss. 1871. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Quartin- Dillon ! 

 All round the Mediterranean. 



31. ORNITHOPUS, Linn.: Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 509. 



Calyx tubular, teeth nearly equal. Standard suborbicular ; wings 

 oblong ; keel nearly straight, obtuse, shorter than the wings. Upper 

 stamen free, the rest connate; alternate filaments dilated upwards; 

 anthers uniform. Ovary sessile, multiovulate ; style inflexed ; stigma 

 capitate. Pod linear, terete in our plant, recurved, the globose turgid 



