j/vubekt et spach. — Leobordaœ orientales. 2?>\ 



dithcea?, introrsae, anisometra;: 4 laciniis calycinis superioribus 

 respondentes cœteris duplô plùsve majores ; connectivum ineon- 

 spicuum. Ovakium lanceolatum v. lanceolato-lineare , compres- 

 sum, sericeum , 4 j°-° vu l atum î ovulis campylotropis, medio 

 affixis: micropyle superâ. Stylus lineari-lanceolatus v. filiformis 

 (apice subulatus), marcescens, arcuatus, sub anthesi incurvus, 

 dein deorsum flexus, supra médium glaber, inferiùs sericeus 

 v. villosus. Stigma obliquum (retrorsùm déclive) v. capitella- 

 tum, terminale, imberbe. Legumen oblongum, v. subclavatum, 

 v. subrhombeum , truncatum , v. acuminatum , compressum , 

 v. tandem subteres, brève , cartiîagineum, tenue, etorulosum, 

 i-loculare, bivalve , mox dehiscens, 3-io-spermum, ad suturas 

 carinulatum; valvœ marginulatœ, tenerrimè reticulatoe, tandem 

 tortœ. Fuwiculi capillares , elongati. Semiiva horizontalia v. ap~ 

 pensa, reniformia (v. raro subglobosa) , estropbiolata t decidua; 

 testa tennis, chartacea; albumen (si mavis endopleura) corneum, 

 crassiusculum; hilus excavatus , lateralis, à cbalazâ baud dis- 

 tinctus;exostoma punctiforme, hilo contiguum etsuperpositum. 

 Embrto curvus : cotyledonibus ovaîibus v. subrotundis , facie 

 planis, dorso convexis; radiculâ decurvâ, subclavatâ , cotyledo- 

 nibus subsequilonga , accumbens. 



Herbae v. suffruticuli, sericeo-argentei v. canescentes. Folia 

 palmatim trifoliolata (in speciebus nonnullis 3-6-foliolata ), 

 sparsa , v. subopposita; foliolis integerrimis , subsessilibus. Sti- 

 pula foliaceœ, persistentes ^ in speciebus plerisque solitarire. 

 Flores alares v. oppositifolii, solitarii, v. gemini, v. fasciculati , 

 albidi, v. rosei, v. ccerulescentes , v. citrini, brève pedicellati, 

 Pedicelli basi v. paulô altiùs î-bracteolati. 



JLeobordeœ proximuin genus Argyrolobium ab illâ cssentialiter non differt 

 nisi calycis conformatione paulo aliéna , staminumque vaginâ intégra. 



Sectio I. LOÏOIDES , Nob. 



Herbœ annuœ , villoso-tomeniosulœ , subcaneseentes. Gaules 

 dichotome ramoshsimi } subdiffusi. Folia trifoliolata, longius- 

 culê petiolata, uni-stipulata; foliola (saltem lateralia) inœqui- 

 lalera. Flores alares et oppositifolii (v. saltem extra-ax illares)? 



