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subumbellate, in twos or threes; peduncles axillary or fascicled at 
old nodes ; bracts and bractlets small (Russian Asia’). 
96. Caragana Lamx.’—Receptacle somewhat concave, glandular 
within, narrowed and rather gibbous posteriorly. Calyx gamose- 
palous to a considerable height, tubular; 2 posterior teeth smaller 
or deeply separated. Standard ovate or suborbicular, erect patent, 
narrowed into a long claw;' lateral margins folded back; wings 
oblique unguiculate free; keel nearly straight, obtuse. Stamens 10, 
2-adelphous, 9 connate into a long tube cleft above; vexillary 
stamen free; anthers uniform. Germen subsessile o-ovulate; style 
straight or curved, beardless; stigma terminal minute obtuse. 
Legume sessile linear, finally terete or turgid, usually acute, bare or 
villous within. Seeds o, transverse exarillate-——Trees or shrubs; 
leaves paripinnate, often fascicled; petiole sometimes hardened 
spinescent or terminated by a slender bristle; stipules either minute 
herbaceous, or subulate or spinescent; flowers‘ solitary or sub- 
umbellate, few; peduncles long, axillary at base of young shoots or 
fasaicled at old nodes (Himalayas, Russian Asia’). 
97. Psoralea L.’—Receptacle cupuliform, lined by a glandular 
disk ; centre raised into a short column supporting ovary at apex. 
Calyx gamosepalous; lobes 5, nearly equal or lowest larger than 
others; higher lobes often connate to a variable height; sxstivation 
slightly imbricated. Petals nearly equal in length or keel shorter 
than others; standard orbicular ovate or obovate, contracted at 
base or 2-auriculate above claw; wings oblong falcate, 1-auriculate 
above claw; keel curved obtuse, with shortly unguiculate petals 
slightly cohering at middle. Stamens 10, 2-adelphous (9-1) or 
1 Species 1. H. argenteum DC., loc. cit.— 
Robinia Halodendron UL. ¥., Suppl. 330.— 
Pat., Fl. Ross., t. 36; Voy. (ed. gall.), App., 
n. 360, t. 83, fig. 1—Bot. Mag., t. 1016.— 
Caragana argentea LaMk., Lil, t. 607, fig. 3. 
2 Dict., i. 615; Ill, t. 607, fig. 1, 2.—DC., 
Prodr., ii. 269.—Enpu., Gen. n. 6557.—B. H., 
Gen., 505, u. 180. 
3 Margins much involute in bud. 
4 Yellow or more rarely reddish-white, 
5 Species about 15. Pauu., Fl. Ross., t. 42— 
45; Astragal., t. 85, 86—LepzB., Icon. Fl. 
Ross., t. 464.—Royuiz, Ill. Himal., t. 34,— 
JacquEm., Voy., t. 43.—Swext, Brit. Fl. 
Gard., t. 227.—Bot. Reg., t.1021.— Bot. Mag., 
t. 1886.—Watp., Rep., i. 681; ii. 858; Ann, 
iv. 494, 
6 Gen. n. 894.—J., Gen. 355.—GERTN., 
Fruct., ti. 308, t. 145.—Lamx., Dict., v. 680 ; 
Ill. t. 614.—DC., Prodr., ii. 216.—ENDL., 
Gen., n. 6526.—B. H., Gen., 491, n. 83.—Do- 
rychnium Mawcu, Meth., 253 (nec T.)—Rute- 
ria Mawcu, loc. cit. (ex ENDL.) Poitkadenia 
Ext, Carol., ii. 198.—Rhynchodium PREsL, 
Bot. Bem., 54.—Meladenia Turcz., in Bull. 
Mose. (1848), i. 576.—Bipontinia ALEF., in 
Jahresb. d. Pollichia (1866). 
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