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natis, 2-< -jugis; petiolo tereti, angulato v. rarius dilatato phyllodineo ; 
foliolis omnibus foliaceis (Orobus) v. superioribus 1-5, v. © in setulam 
v. cirrum simplicem ramosumve mutatis; stipulis foliaceis sagittatis 
v. semisagittatis, rarius basi integris, nunc (foliolis deficientibus) amplis 
folüiformibus; floribus‘ in peduneulis spurie axillaribus, 1-c -floris, 
subracemosis; bracteis minutis caducis; bracteolis 0, (Ores utriusque 
hemisph. bor., America austr ©) 
h. Pisum T5 — Flores Lathyri ; germine  -ovulato ; stylo e basi dila- 
tato plus minus indurato inflexo ; marginibus valde retroflexis; facie pos- 
teriore medio longitudinaliter barbato, ob margines retroflexas angulato 
subcarinato postice prominulo; apice oblique stigmatoso. Legumen (La- 
thyri) compressum, 2-valve. Semina æ, globosa v. subglobosa ; funiculo 
in arillum tenuem arcuatum hilum oblongum obtegentem dilatato; em- 
bryonis carnosi cotyledonibus crassis; radicula inflexa. — Herbæ glabræ, 
adspectu Lathyri; foliis pinnatis; foliolis L-3-jugis, superioribus in setu- 
lam cirrumve simplicem ramosumve desinentibus; stipulis late folia- 
ceis semicordatis sagittatisve; floribus ‘ in pedunculis spurie axillaribus 
solitariis paucisve subracemosis ; bracteis minutis caducis; bracteolis 0, 
(Reg. medit., Asia occ.*) 
5. Cicer T. © — Receptaculum cupuliforme, intus disco ultra mar- 
ginem prominulo crenulato vestitum. Calycis gamophylli, superne plus 
minus gibbi, lobi 5 subæquales, v. 2 superiores conniventes paulo bre- 
viores. Petala libera : vexillum ovatum v. suborbiculatum, aut in unguem 
latum angustatum, aut subsessile ; limbo basi subspathulato ; alæ oblique 
obovatæ : carina incurva obtusata v. acutiuscula. Stamina 10, 2-adelpha 
(9-1); filamentis plus minus superne dilatatis ; antheris 1-formibus. Ger- 
men sessile (in floribus nonnullis abortivum), 2-œ -ovulatum; stylo in- 
curvo v. inflexo imberbi, apice capitato stigmatoso. Legumen sessile, 
calyce basi cinctum, ovoideum oblongumve turgidum, intus continuum, 
2-valve. Semina 4-æ , globosa v. irregulariter obovoidea ; funiculo ad 
bilum minutum haud dilatato ; embryonis carnosi cotyledonibus crassis ; 
radicula brevi subrecta v. incurva accumbente.— Herbæ annuæ v. pe- 
4. Albis, luteis, roseis, violaceis v. cæruleis. 5. Spec. 2. DC., Prodr.., II, 368 (excl. n. 4). 
2. Spec. ad 90. DC., Prodr., LE, 369, 376. — Sista., FE. græc., tt. 687, 6BB. — JAUB. et 
— WaLr., Rep., 1, 718, 723; H, 886, 887; SP. ll. plant. orient., t. 46. — GREN. € 
Ann., 1, 244, 245; I, 403; IV, 530, 531. Govr., F4 de Fr., 1, 477. —- Waue., Rep. 1 
3. Vide p. 202. 712; IE, 885. 
4. Speciosis, albis, roseis v. purpureis. 6. Vide p. 202. 
