466 LEGUMINOSjE. CCCIII. CORDYLA. CCCIV. CRUMINRM. CCCV. PHYLLOLOBIUM. CCCVI. AMPHINOMIA, &c. 



globose, hispid. Style and stigma one. Drupe orbicular, thick, 

 soft, farinaceous, containing a large, hard, orbicular, compressed, 

 nut, smooth on the sutures, reticulated with interwoven fibres 

 in the valves, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed large, smooth, compres- 

 sed, blackish, exalbuminous. Embryo straight, with thick, trans- 

 versely oval cot\ledons, a short radicle, and an ovate plumule. 

 A tree, with alternate and impari-pinnate leaves, ovate obtuse 

 glabrous leaflets, which are velvety beneath. Racemes axillary, 

 branched, shorter than the leaves. 



1 D. SENEGALE'NSE (Gmel. syst. 3. p. 700.) Jj . S. Native 

 of Senegal and Gambia. 



Senegal Detarium. Tree 40 feet. 



Cult. See Copaifera for culture and propagation, p. 456. 



CCCIII. CORDY'LA (from mpSv\n, kordyle, a club ; shape 

 of calyx before expansion). Lour. coch. p. 500. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 521. Cordylia, Pers. ench. 2. p. 260. 



LIN. SYST. Icos&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx campanulate, 4- 

 cleft, pear-shaped before expansion; lobes acute, valvate in aesti- 

 vation. Corolla none. Stamens 30-35, subulate, rather mona- 

 delphous at the very base. Ovary stipitate, ovate, acute. Style 

 short. Legume stipitate, 1-celled, many-seeded. Seeds 6, ovate. 

 A tree, with impari-pinnate leaves, bearing 19-21 oblong, 

 emarginate, glabrous leaflets, and axillary racemes of flowers, 

 which are much shorter than the leaves. Stamens long, cop- 

 per-coloured. Berry edible. This genus comes very near De- 

 tarium. 



1 C. AFRICA'NA (Lour. 1. c.) Jj . S. Native of the eastern 

 coast of Africa. 



African Cordyla. Tree 40 to 50 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Copaifera, p. 456. 



) Genera belonging to Legumindstz, but are not sufficiently 

 known, and are therefore not received among the tribes. 



CCCIV. CRUMI'NIUM (meaning not explained). Desv. obs. 

 lenum. in Schlecht. Linnasa. 2. p. 512. 



LIN. SYST. unknown. Calyx cup-shaped, truncate. Petals 

 and stamens unknown. Legume compressed, flat, many-seeded, 

 margined on both sides. 



1 C. GIOA'NTEUM (Desv. 1. c.) ^ ? S. 



Giant Cruminium. Tree ? 



Cult. See Cofoifera for culture and propagation, p. 456. 



CCCV. PHYLLOLO'BIUM (from $ v \\ ov , phyllon, a leaf, 

 and Xo/3oc, lobos, a pod ; in reference to the flat membranous 

 pods). Fisch. in Spreng. nov. prov. 33. D. C. prod. 2. p. 521. 



LIN. SYST unknown. Calyx campanulate, 5-cleft ; teeth equal, 

 subulate. Corolla papilionaceous ; the vexillum a little larger 

 than the rest of the petals. Legume turgid, compressed at the 

 sutures, falcate, 6-10-seeded, 2-valved, opening only at one of 

 the sutures. A flexuous herb, beset with adpressed pubescence, 

 with impari-pinnate leaves, bearing 6 pairs of oval glabrous 

 leaflets. Racemes axillary, usually 6-flowered. Bracteas linear, 

 shorter than the pedicels. Flowers greyish white. According 

 to Sprengel this genus is allied to Cajanus and Rudolphia, but 

 according to Link it is allied to Indigofera and Tephrosia. 



1 P. CHINE'NSE (Fisch. 1. c.) 3/ . S. Native of China. 

 China Phyllolobium. PI. 



2 C. ZANZIBARE'NSE (Boger. mss.) I/ . S. Native of Zan- 

 guebar. 



Zanguebar Phyllolobium. Clt. 1S26. PI. ? 



Cult. A mixture of peat and sand will suit the species of this 

 genus, and cuttings will root in the same kind of earth, with a 

 hand-glass placed over them in heat. 

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CCCVI. AMPHINO'MIA (from a^i, amplii, around, and 

 vopos, nomos, order; flowers regular?). D. C. legum. mem. 

 xiv. prod. 2. p. 52.2. Hermannia spec. Lin. Connaris species, 

 Thunb. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Dccandria. Calyx ovate, ventricose, 

 permanent, 5-cleft : segments lanceolate, spreading. Petals 5, 

 unguiculate, spatulate. Filaments 1 0, monadelphous at the base ; 

 anthers minute. Ovary ovate, rugose. Style one, lateral, fili- 

 form, simple, obtuse. Legume roundish, crowned by the style, 

 muricated, 1-celled, 2-valved; valves concave. Seeds nume- 

 rous, fixed to the superior suture, many of which are abortive, 

 and one of them roundish-reniform. A decumbent hairy herb, 

 with ovate stipulas, trifoliate leaves, obovate leaflets, and axillary 

 and terminal peduncles, each bearing 3-4 bracteate flowers at the 

 top. The description is taken from the figure of Thunb. 



1 A. DECU'MBENS (D. C. 1. c.) 1. G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Hermannia triphylla, Lin. arnosn. 6. p. 91. but 

 not of Cav. Connaris deciimbens, Thunb. in Roam. arch. 1 . 

 p. 1. t. 1. 



Decumbent Amphinomia. PI. decumbent. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and peat will suit this plant, and 

 cuttings will root in sand under a hand-glass. 



CCCVII. SARCO'DUM (from <rapi;ujje, sarcodes, fleshy; 

 legume). Lour. coch. p. 462. D. C. prod. 2. p. 522. Sarcodium, 

 Pers. ench. no. 1752. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decundria. Calyx cup-shaped, trun- 

 cate at the apex above, but acutely 3-toothed on the lower side. 

 Vexillum ovate, ascending ; wings oblong, short, flat ; keel fal- 

 cate. Stamens diadelphous. Legume fleshy, terete, equal, 

 many-seeded. A climbing unarmed shrub, with pinnate leaves, 

 bearing many pairs of woolly leaflets. Spikes terminal. Flowers 

 rose-coloured. 



1 S. SCA'NDENS (Lour. 1. c.) Tj . G. Native of Cochin-china, 

 in woods. Leaves perhaps abruptly or perhaps impari-pinnate ; 

 leaflets ovate-oblong, acuminated. 



Climbing Sarcodum. Shrub cl. 



Cult. A mixture of loam, peat, and sand will suit this shrub, 

 and ripened cuttings will root if planted in sand, with a hand- 

 glass placed over them. 



CCCVIII. VARE'NNEA (named by De Candolle to recall the 

 useful works of M. Varenne de Fenille on agriculture, and vege- 

 table physiology). D. C. legum. mem. xiv. prod. 2. p. 522. 

 Viborquia, Orteg. dec. 5. p. 66. t. 9. but not of Thunb. nor 

 Moench, nor Roth. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Dccandria. Calyx tubularly cam- 

 panulate, permanent, 5-toothed, the 2 superior teeth the broadest. 

 Petals 5, disposed in a sub-papilionaceous manner, having the 

 vexillum cuneiform and emarginate ; wings spatulate and falcate, 

 and the carina of 2 spatulate petals, which are concave above. 

 Stamens 10, monadelphous, with the sheath cleft in front (ex 

 Ortega), diadelphous, the tenth one free (ex icon. fl. mex. ined.) 

 Ovary oblong. Style filiform, subulate. Stigma capitate. Le- 

 gume oblong, compressed, flat, rather falcate, 1-seeded. Seed 

 fixed to the top of the legume, oblong-reniform. A shrub, with 

 impari-pinnate leaves, bearing many pairs of ovate, entire, sti- 

 pellate leaflets, the odd or terminal one obcordate, but often 

 deficient. Racemes numerous, spicate, disposed in a panicle. 

 Flowers small, white. The place which this genus should 

 occupy in the order is uncertain. It is said to be allied to Nis- 

 solia and Pterocarpus. 



1 V. POLYSTA'CHYA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 522.) ^> . S. Native of 

 Mexico. Viborquia polystachya, Orteg. 1. c. Moc. et Sesse, fl. 

 mex. icon. ined. Leaves with about 20 pairs of leaflets. 

 Flowers about 30, in a raceme. 



