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versely impressed outside between seeds, septate within. Seeds oo, 

 transversely oblong ; funicle .short, dilated at lateral hilum. — Shrubs ; 

 leaves imparipinnate stipellate ; stipules subulate persistent ; flowers 1 

 racemose, 1-3 in axil of each of subulate bracts, bractlets lateral, 

 similar to calyx-lobes, inserted below flower (Tropical America and 

 West Indies"). 



55. Peteria A. Gray. 3 — Receptacle widely obconical, lined by 

 a rather thick glandular disk. Calyx tubular, somewhat gibbous 

 above base ; lobes 5, nearly equal, imbricated ; 2 superior connate for 

 a considerable distance. Standard oblong, furnished with a long 

 claw, patent at apex, reflexed laterally bare within ; wings free, 

 obliquely oblong; keel curved obtuse. Stamens 10 ; 9 connate 

 into a sheath cleft above, vexillary stamen free at very base ; anthers 

 uniform. Germen stipitate oo-ovulate ; style inflexed, capitate 

 stigmatiferous below apex, bearded all round. Legume linear 

 straight piano-compressed, continuous within, 2-valved; valves 

 coriaceous ; sutures rather thick. Seeds oblong-ovate transverse 

 exarillate. — An undershrub, glabrous rigid branched ; leaves im- 

 paripinnate ; leaflets oo , minute exstipellate ; stipules subulate, often 

 finally spinescent ; racemes slender, terminal or opposite to leaves ; 

 flowers 4 scattered ; bracts minute ; bractlets (New Mexico 5 ). 



56. Sylitra E. Mey. 6 — Flowers small (of Tepftrosia), calyx narrow, 

 3 anterior lobes nearly equal, acute ; 2 superior connate for a con- 

 siderable distance. Standard furnished with a rather long claw ; 

 wings falcate, adhering to rather shorter keel. Stamens 10, 2-adel- 

 phous (9-1) at base; vexillary stamen connate with remainder 

 above into a closed tube ; anthers small uniform. Germen 

 sessile oo-ovulate ; style inflexed at apex, beardless ; summit minutely 

 capitate, stigmatiferous. Legume oblong piano-compressed submem- 

 branous inflated (indehiscent). Seeds suborbicular exarillate. — An 

 undershrub, slender hoary ; leaves alternate simple, shortly petiolate, 



1 Red. 3 PI. Wright., i. 50.— B. If., Gen., 4!>5, n. 95. 



2 Species 1. B.pinnata. — B. polyphylla DC, * " Yellowish." 



loc. cit. — Pcepp. & Endl., Nov. Gen. et Spec, 5 Species 1, P. scoparia A. Gray, loc. cit.— 



iii. t. 264. — Benth., in Mart. Fl. Bras., Papil., Wai.p., Ann., iv. 481. 



t. 9.— Galactia pinnata Pees., Syn., ii. 302.— 6 Comm. Plant. Afric. A us-/,:. Ill (l 



Clitorla polyphylla Poie., Diet., Suppl., ii. McENcn). — ESDI., Gen., n. 6565. — B. H., G<»-- 



300. 496, n. 99. 



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