4*2 LEGUMlNOSyt: 



Ordo Lxnr. 



LEGUMINOS^: 



( Jass: gen: 345. zzi J. S. Hill: fam: II. 199. t. lo^* 

 = Papilionacece et Lomentacece L. ) 



Char: essentialis. 



)) Cal: i-sepalus plus niinusve ssepius ina^qualiter 



)) 5-raro 4"^ivisus. Pet: saepius 5. sub - scqualia vel 



)> irregularia (in Papilionaceis veris), interdum (abor- 



» tu?) 3. 1. I. vel o. , libera vel raro in corollam. 



)) garaopetalam concreta. Stmn: saspius petalorum nu- 



)) mero dupla , rarius tripla , quadrupla , rarissime 



» pauciora, sub petalis imo calyci vel rarius toro in- 



» serta , ssepius libera vel diadelpha , rarius mona- 



)) delpha, rarissime triadelpha. Ouar: liberum sessile 



» aut stipitatum. Stj4: i. Stigm: simplex. Legumeji 



» forma varia a-valve , dehiscens aut indehiscens, i - 



» loculare aut longitudinalit^ 2-loculare, vel rithmis 



» transverse multiloculare (lomentum). Semina plura 



» raro solitaria suturse superiori adfixa albuminosa vel 



» exalbuminosa. Emhrjo in albuminosi§ rectus ( re- 



» ctemhrice DC), iri exalbuminosis polyrhizeus {cur- 



» vembricB DC). Cotjl: plause per germinationem in 



» folia conversae (^plijllolohce DC) aut carnosae (sar- 



» colohce DC). » 



Ohs: Ordo natiiralissimus et vastissimus , undique 

 diflusus, modo constans generibus 270. circiter, quo- 



