LEGUMINOS^. CXLIII. AMICIA. CXLIV. POIRETIA. CXLV. PLANARIUM. CXLVI. MYRIADENUS, &c. 279 



Native of the East Indies. Hedysarum sennoides, Willd. spec. 

 3. p. 1207. O. cassioides, Desv. 1. c. Flowers red ? 



Senna-like Ormocarpum. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1816. Sh. 

 3 to 6 feet. 



4 O. CORONIILOIDES ; shrubby, erect, branched ; leaves im- 

 pari-pinnate ; leaflets oblong, emarginate, glaucous ; flowers 

 lateral, pedunculate ; legumes with 6-7 furrowed, glabrous 

 joints, which taper at both ends. fy . S. Native of the island 

 of St. Thomas, in Guinea, on a little island in Man-of-War Bay. 



Coronilla-like Ormocarpum. Shrub 6 feet. 



* * * Leaves abruptly pinnate. 



5 O. E'LEOANS ; shrubby, smooth except the young leaves, 

 which are silky; leaves abruptly pinnate, with 8-10 pairs of 

 ovate-lanceolate, mucronate leaflets ; racemes axillary, not so 

 long as the leaves ; calyx smooth, slightly 5-lobed ; vexillum 

 large, f? . S. Native of Mexico. Legumes stipitate, 3-jointed ; 

 joints tapering to both ends. Calyx permanent. Flowers purple. 



Elegant Ormocarpum. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



6 O. COCCI'NEA ; shrub rather villous, with 10-16 pairs of 

 obovate-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate leaflets ; racemes shorter 

 than the leaves ; calyx campanulate, almost truncate. Tj . S. 

 Native of Mexico. Flowers apparently scarlet. 



Scarlet-flowered Ormocarpum. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 

 Cult. See Pictetia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLIII. AMI'CIA (in honour of Joseph Baptiot Amici, a 

 celebrated French physician). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 6. p. 511. t. 600. D. C. prod. 2. p. 315. Zygomeris,' Moc. et 

 Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 5-cleft, 2 upper lobes roundish, large, 2 lateral ones minute, the 

 lowest one oblong, keeled, and concave. Corolla with an or- 

 bicular vexillum, and with the wings applied to the keel. Sta- 

 mens 10, monadelphous, with the tube or sheath cleft in front. 

 Legume linear, compressed, many-jointed, with the joints trun- 

 cate at both ends. Climbing shrubs. Branches and petioles 

 pubescent. Leaves abruptly pinnate, with 2 pairs of leaflets, 

 full of pellucid dots. Peduncles axillary, 5-6-flowered. Brae- 

 teas 2, orbicular, opposite, at the origin of the pedicels. Flowers 

 yellow. This genus is nearly allied to Poiretia, but is easily 

 distinguished by the form of the calyx. 



1 A. GLANDULOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets obovate, 

 somewhat emarginate ; vexillum obcordate ; legume with 5 

 joints. T? .>__,. S. Native of New Granada, near Loxa. 



Glandular Amicia. Shrub cl. 



2 A. ZYGOMERIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 315.) leaflets cuneate- 

 obcordate, mucronate ; vexillum broadly obovate, mucronate ; 

 legumes having 2 joints. Tj . w . S. Native of Mexico. Zy- 

 gomeris flava, Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. According 

 to the figure there are 2 of the stamens longer than the rest. 



TW-joiWerf-podded Amicia. Clt. 1826. Shrub cl. 

 Cult, See Pictetia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLIV. POIRE'TI A (in honour of J. L. M. Poiret, a French 

 botanist and traveller in Barbary, editor of the supplement to 

 Lamarck's Dictionnaire de Botanique, 4 vols. 4to.). Vent, 

 choix. t. 42. but not of Gmel. nor Smith, nor Cav. D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 315. Turpinia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 314. but not of 

 Bonpl. nor Rafin. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, 

 bilabiate, upper lip somewhat bidentate, lower one tridentate. 

 Corolla with a semi-orbicular, emarginate vexillum, thrown back 

 from the keel, with reflexed sides ; wings spreading. Stamens 

 8-10, monadelphous, with the tube or sheath cleft in front. 

 Stigma capitate. Legume with 3-4, compressed, 1 -seeded, 



straight, truncate joints, separating at maturity. Climbing shrubs, 

 having the habit of Glycine, with abruptly pinnate leaves, bearing 

 2 pairs of leaflets. Stipulas distinct from the petiole. Racemes 

 short, axillary. Flowers covered with glandular dots. 



1 P. SCA'NDENS (Vent. 1. c.) stems climbing, glabrous ; leaves 

 with 2 pairs of obovate retuse leaflets, full of pellucid dots ; 

 racemes few-flowered, shorter than the petioles, fj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo, and near Caraccas, among bushes. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 510. Glycine, Lam. ill. t. 609. 

 f. 2. Turpinia punctata, Pers. 1. c. P. punctata, Desv. journ. 

 bot. 3. p. 122. t. 5. f. 17. Glycine punctata, Willd. spec. 3. 

 p. 1066. 



Climbing Poiretia. Clt. 1823. Shrub cl. 



2 P. PSORALEOIDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 315.) stem erect, an- 

 gular ; leaves with 4 obovate leaflets, full of pellucid dots ; 

 flowers almost terminal, glomerate. fj . S. Native of Monte 

 Video, at the bottom of mountains. Psoralea tetraphylla, Poir. 

 suppl. 4. p. 589. The leaves are sometimes composed of 3 or 

 5 leaflets from some cause or other. 



Psoralea-l'ike Poiretia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



Cult. See Pictetia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLV. PLANA'RIUM (from planarius, plain ; in reference 

 to the broad flat legumes). Desv. obs. legum. in Schlecht. Lin- 

 naea. 2. p. 511. 



LIN. SYST. Diadtlphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate. 

 Stamens diadelphous. Legume on a short stipe, compressed, 

 8-jointed, having a prominent longitudinal nerve in the middle 

 of the valves. A climbing shrub, with impari-pinnate leaves. 



1 P. LATISI'LIQUUM (Desv. 1. c.). Jj.^. S. Native of Peru. 

 Poiretia latisiliquosa, Desv. journ. bot. and D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 316. Hedysarum latisiliquosum, Juss. herb. Poir. diet. 6. p. 

 432. Stems pubescent. Leaves with 5 oval, acute leaflets. 

 Racemes axillary, few-flowered, longer than the petioles. 



Broad-podded Planarium. Shrub cl. 



Cult. See Picte'tia, p. 278. for culture and propagation. 



CXLVI. MYRIADE'NUS (from [ivpios, myrios, innumer- 

 able, and ttSify, aden, a gland ; in reference to the leaves being 

 beset with numerous glands). Desv. journ. bot. 3. p. 121. t. 4. 

 f. 11. D. C. prod. 2. p. 316. but not of Cass. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria ? Calyx tubular, 5- 

 toothed, and appearing as if hidden within 2 opposite bracteas. 

 Corolla and stamens unknown. Legume constantly composed 

 of numerous, terete, somewhat obconical, 1 -seeded, indehiscent 

 joints. An erect smooth herb, having 4 dotted, obovate, emar- 

 ginate leaflets at the top of each petiole, with very short; axil- 

 lary, solitary, 1-flowered pedicels, and yellow flowers. This 

 genus is not sufficiently known, but it appears to be nearest 

 allied to Poiretia, in the leaves being of 4 glandular leaflets. 



1 M. TETRAVHY'LLUS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 316.). O- S. Na- 

 tive of Jamaica. Sloan, jam. 1. p. 186. t. 116. f. 3. Orni- 

 thopus tetraphyllus, Lin. amcen. 5. p. 402. Lunan. hort. jam. 

 1. p. 94. Leaflets cuneated, obtuse, or emarginate, glabrous, 

 dotted beneath, all rising from the apex of the petiole. 



Four-leafletted Myriadenus. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. 1 ft. 



Cull. The seeds of this plant require to be sown in pots and 

 placed on a hot-bed in spring, and when the plants are strong 

 enough they may be removed to the stove or greenhouse, or 

 they may remain in the frame, where they will ripen seeds. 



CXLVII. ZO'RNIA (in honour of John Zorn, once an apo- 

 thecary at Kempten in Bavaria, author of Icones plantarum 

 medicinalium, 8vo. Nuremberg, 1779 and 1781). Gmel. syst. 

 1076. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 76. Desv. journ. bot. 3. 

 p. 124. t. 5. f. 25. D.C. prod. 2. p. 316. Anonyma, Walt, 

 car. 181. 



