LÉGUMINEUSES-PAPILIONACÉES. 261 
siuscula ; stylo gracili v. incrassato *, superne incurvo, apice minute 
capitato stigmatoso. Legumen compressum obliquum suborbiculatum, 
oblongum v. leviter falcatum, 1-v. sæpius 2-spermum, intus continuum 
v. rarius septatum, 2-valve. Semina subglobosa v. compressa, rarius 
subreniformia ; hilo laterali v. subhorizontali superioreque brevi v. ob- 
longo in arillum parvum v. subnullum dilatato ; funiculo subcentrali 
v. obliquo*?. — Herbæ v. suffrutices, prostratæ, erectæ, v. sæpius volu- 
biles; foliis pinnatim v. rarius subdigitatim 3-foliolatis; foliolis panctis 
resinosis subtus CONSpersis ; stipellis minutis v. 0; stipulis ovatis v. lan- 
ceolatis ; floribus * in racemos axillares dipositis, secus rachin solitariis 
Y. du bracteis caducis; bracteolis 0. (Orbis tot. reg. calidior .*) 
90 ? Eriosema Desvx.® — Flores fere ÆAynchosiw; calycis lobis 
9 distinctis v. 2 superioribus breviter connatis. Carina apice incurva 
obtusa. Stamina 2-adelpha (RAynchosiæ). Germen sessile v. subsessile ; 
ovulis 2 descendentibus; stylo filiformi v. ad apicem subincrassato ; apice 
sæpe incurvo minute capitato stigmatoso. Legumen ÆAynchosiæ, intus 
continuum v. subcontinuum, 1-2-spermum, 2-valve. Semina obliqua 
v. transversa ; hilo lineari supero plus minus incrassato ; funiculo subho- 
rizontali ad extremitatem internam bili adfixo. -— Herbæ v. suffrutices, 
prosiralæ, erectæ v. raro volubiles ; foliis pinnatim 3-foliolatis, sæpius 
exstipellatis ; foliolis plerumque angustis, subtus punctis resinosis Ÿ con- 
Spersis ; stipulis angustis hberis v. in unam oppositifoliam connatis ; 
floribus * in racemos axillares dispositis, secus rachin solitariis v. 2-nis, 
raro in axillis singulis solitariis paucisve®. (America, Asia, Australia, 
Africa trop?) 
in Herald, . Sp — HaRv. et SOND , 
Ft. cap., W, 247. — Pipe 785; V, 
540; om. de 202; ie 134: IV, 567. 
a Ann, sc: nat, sér. 1, IX, 421 (err. 
Eur rs — DC., Prodr. ir 388 So rer 
sie $ 3). = Env; Gen., n. 6691 rrho- 
1. In Sigmodostyle magis incrassato. 
2. Ex hili, arilli et funiculi indole cl. BENTH, 
— in re . dividit 
sect. 3 : Nomis- 
mie, Phylonati = IGHT et ARN. d Ptychocen- 
tron W et ARN 
rhérté Pséudocajan [Bexra.], Copisma 
oly 
3. Flavis v. purpureis, sæpe fusco-linea 
. Roxs., PI, coromel, É 2. grrr . 
. 146. —JACQUE»., ob ai. t. 54. 
, Papi, “sé L A7. 
@ustral., 11, 265. — TEw., Enum. pl Zeyl., 
trichia Wicr et AR. , ere 1 ra 3, not 
. Min us quam in nchosia co 
7. Flavis, sæpius 
8. Cenus a Rhy post rar et caulis 
re” her iversum, vix autem a char. 
inalis directione vitet. funiculi 
dun pere istinguendum 
9. Spec. . A0. AuBL., tien: t. ae de 
tisus). — H { 572- 
B.k:; 
a (Glycine), — "à. 
. hA (Rhynchosia). res ., Niger, aix 
M Murt, FL bras,, sai a t 55, 56. — 
Ki, in Pet, Moss, , Bot, — Hanv, v. et SOND., 
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