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and below, both ftraight, yet the upper one de- 

 fcends near the bafis, and the lower rifes near 

 the apex, opening at the upper future. Semi- 

 NA few, roundifh, fmooth,. fleftiy, pendulous, 

 prominent with an embryo towards the point of 

 infertion ; the ova being difcharged, the Co- 

 tyledons retain the forms of the divided feed : 

 Receptaculum, the proper r^f^/>/i2ra/fl of the 

 feeds are very fmall, very fhort, thinner at the 

 baf,5, obtufe at the diik, oblong, inferted lon- 

 gitudinally and alternately in the upper future 

 of xhtLegumen. T he orders are 4, viz. Pentan- 

 DRiA, containing but one genus, viz. Monieria ; 

 Hexandria, containing but one genus, viz. 

 Fumaria; OcTANDRiA, containing tvio genera, 

 x\7., Polygala & Securidaca ; Decandria, con- 

 taining 44 genera, viz. Jrnorpha, Ebenus, Ery- 

 thrina, Spartium, Geni/la, Lupinus, y^nthyllis, 

 MfchynQme}ie, Pifcidia, Borbonia, Jfpalathus, 0- 

 nonis, Crota'aria, Colutea, Phafeolus, Dolkhos, 

 OrobuSy Pifu?n, Lathyrus, Fida, JJiragalus, Bi- 

 fenulay Phaca, Pforalea, Trifollum, Glycyrrhlza, 

 Hedyfaru?ii, Cercnllla, Crm'ihcpus, ScorpiuruSy 

 Ji'ippocrepis, Mcdicago, Trigonella, Glycine, Ciitoria, 

 Robiniay Indigofera, Ulex, Ckcr, Ervum, Cy- 

 tifus, Galega, Lotus, Arachh. Papilionaceorum 

 folia jumentis & pecoribus, femina variis ani- 

 malibus efculenta j fuiit farinacea & flatulenta, 

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