358 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
arillata. — Frutices ericoidei ; folus alternis simplicibus linearibus tere- 
tibusve, basi articulatis, supra canaliculatis; stipulis 2 minimis filfor- 
mibus caducis; floribus ‘ in racemos corymbosve terminales et axillares 
dispositis, 1-bracteatis ; bracteolis 2 lateralibus plus minus alte pedicello 
insertis. (Australia ?. 
260? Latrobea Messx.® — Flores fere Gastrolobii v. Pultenee ; 
calyce subregulari ebracteolato costato, subæquali-dentato v. lobato. 
Legumen plano-compressum, ovatum lanceolatumve, 2-valve. Semina 
1, 2, reniformia arillata. — Frutices ericoidei; ramis sæpius virgatis ; 
folus alternis simplicibus linearibus, supra convexis v. ecanaliculatis ; 
stipulis minutis v. 0; floribus “ terminalibus v. (ramulis floriferis abbre- 
viatis) axillaribus, solitariis v. breviter spicatis racemosisve, subeapt- 
tatis v. subcorymbosis; bracteis bracteolisque parvis a flore distantibus, 
caducisve vel 0 ©. (Ausfralia $.) 
X. SOPHOREÆ. 
261. Sophora L. — Receptaculum concavum, intus disco glanduloso 
vestitum, Calyx gamophyllus, sæpe sub anthesi inæquali-fissus ; dentibus 
ante anthesin 5 brevibus. Corolla papilionacea resupinata : vexillum 
suborbiculatum v. late obovatum, carina longius v. brevius ; alæ oblique 
oblongæ; carina subrecta oblonga ; petalis dorso imbricatis v. valvatim 
connatis. Stamina 10, perigyna libera v. rarius ima basi connalà ; 
- antheris introrsis, 2-rimosis, versatilibus. Germen fundo receptaculi 
insertum stipitatum ; ovulis © , descendentibus; micropyle extrorsum 
supera; stylo incurvo, apice minute stigmatoso. Legumen moniliforme, 
teres v. leviter compressum, extus nudum +. longitudinahter k-alatum 
(Edwardsia), lignosum, coriaceum v. carnosum (S#yphnolobium), inde- 
hiscens v. ægre tardius 2-valve. Semina æ , exarillata; albumine duro; 
ner carnosi Cotyledonibus crassis ; radiquis superiore brevi sub- 
4. Flavis v. rubro-aurantiacis 4. « Flavis (v. pri ner re ?). » 
2. Spec. 10. SWEET, F1. adsthét t. 29, 5. Genus forte melius ad sectionem Pu°- 
BABILL., Nouv. Hoël., t. 439. — BENTH., in  lenwæ, ob calycis obretvoiit crains Les 
Ann. Wien. Mus., W, 78; Fl. austral., M,  ferendum. Calyx breviter dentatus in 
146.— Bot. Mag., t. 944, 1527, 1545, 2247 ere 
3. In PI, Preiss., m res — B.H., Gen., Spec. 6. BENTH., FI. austral., W, 140. 
474, n. 24. — Leptocytisus Me1ssN., in ? Plant, pee Ank:; H, 343 
Preur., H, 764. 
