238 SPACH. — REVISIO GENERIS genista. 



lia : 2 superiora lateralia , conformia , integerrima , segmento 

 infimo tridentato v. trifido v. tripartito magis minusve breviora 

 (speciebus paucioribus aequilonga). Corolla marcescens v. de- 

 cidua , flava ; petalorum ungues calyoe breviores , inadheeren- 

 tes, v. 4 inferiorum vaginae staminali inferne adnati. Vexil- 

 lum erectum, v. adscendens, v. reflexum, esaccatum, dorso 

 plicato-carinatum , sub anthesi explanatum v. concavum, dein 

 complicatum v. replicatum. Al,e (sub anthesi carinae accumben- 

 tes) rectae v. subrectse, ineequilaterae , elongatae (carinâ subee- 

 quilongae v. paulo breviores ) , lineari- v. oblongo- v. ovato- 

 cultriformes , obtusae , concavae , juxta basin lateris superioris 

 extus transverse plicato-rugulosae, ibidem extus saccatulae et intus 

 gibbae, ad ejusdem lateris basin plerumque auriculatae, latere al- 

 tero immediatim in unguem angustata?. Garina vexillo subsequi- 

 longa v. longior, recta, v. subincurva , obtusa (speciebus paucis 

 acuminulata), oblongo-v. lineari-cultriformis, compressa, bipes, 

 basi utrinque auriculata , ante ungues extus gibba et intus sac- 

 cata, sub anthesi porrecta et genitalia fovens, dein speciebus pie- 

 risque deflexa (simulac aise) et genitalia nudans , speciebus paucis 

 demum cum alis arrecta et vexillo admota nec unquam a genita- 

 libus recedens. Stamina 10, marcescentia, v. decidua, monadel- 

 pha : vaginâ sub anthesi clausâ , tandem fronte fissâ. Filamexta 

 capillaria, incurva : 5 petalis anteposita praefloratione alternis 

 breviora , dein sublongiora. Anthère minutée , citrinae , dithecae, 

 dorso affixse , versatiles (sestivatione introrsse) , dissimiles , basi 

 cordatae v. emarginatae , apice modo obtusae modo apiculatse : 

 5 (staminum petalis antepositorum) subrotundae v. ovatee, seriores, 

 alternis oblongis v. ovalibus minores. Ovarium estipitatum v. bre- 

 vissime stipitatum, compressum, 1-loculare, 2-12-ovulatum. 

 Ovula 1-v. 2-serialia, appensa, campylotropa, micropyle superâ. 

 Stylus deciduus, elongatus, filiformis, ovario contrarie compres- 

 sus, apice incurvus. Stigma terminale, papillulosum , imberbe, 

 speciebus aliis unilatérale (extrorsum v. introrsum) , aliis utrinque 

 productum (hippocrepidoideum, v. lituiforme, y, subcapitatum). 

 Legumen elongatum v. abbreviatum , rostratum , v. acutum , 

 torosum, v. etorosum, compressum (specie unicâ subtereti-infla- 



