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A. Bunge, 



legumen brevissime stipitatum basi rotundatum ventre 



compressum A stipulatus Don. 



Flores minute bibracteolati, ovarium stipite brevius 8 — 10 ovu- 

 latum, legumen longe stipitatum utrinque acuminatum 

 turgidum A. concretus Bth. 



Adn. Hue spectare videtur A. podocarpus Hamilt. (non C. A. M.) = A. Emodi Steud. , a 

 me non visus. 



7. Theiochrus. 



Herbae perennes caulescentes erectae elatae vel humiliores, glabratae, pube parcis- 

 sima basi fixa alba vel in stipulis, bracteis, calyce nigra minuta vestitae. Stipulae membra- 

 naceae, parvae, trianguläres inter se et a petiolo liberae. Folia impari-pinnata 6 — 10-juga, 

 foliolis carnosulis angustis obtusis vel apice bidentatis; petiolus marcescens. Pedunculi 

 axillares elongati, racemi laxissimi elongati 8-multiflori. Bracteae minutae membranaceae 

 persistentes. Bracteolae nullae. Flores straminei vel sulfurei. Calyx anguste tubulosus, 

 saepius basi curvatus, tenuissime membranaceus, denique immutatus vel rumpens. Petala 

 libéra decidua tenerrima. Vexilli lamina valde resupinata, late ovata emarginata, margini- 

 bus replicata, denique apice involuta. Alae vexillo breviores lineari-oblongae, ventre gibbae. 

 Carina alis brevior. Filamenta inaequaliter connata. Ovarium stipitatum glaberrimum mul- 

 tiovulatum. Stigma nudum. Legumina pendula linearia elongata recta vel suffalcata, bre- 

 viter intra calycem stipitata, compressa vel subtrigona, vel tetragona, interdum pallide 

 purpureo-maculata, bilocularia polysperma. 



Habitant in Affghanistano , Persia media et Syria. A Biplotliecis differunt bracteola- 

 rum defectu et calyce longe tubuloso. Accedunt quoque fructu ad Drepanodem, sed pe- 

 rennes et flaviflori. 



Clavis specierum diagnostica. 



1. Legumen dorso bisulcatum tricarinatum, ventre acutissime ca- 



rinatum, tetraquetrum A. tetragonocarpus Boiss. 



» dorso anguste vel late unisulcatum, compressum vel 

 subtrigonum. 2. 



2. Legumen incurvo-suffalcatum. 3. 



» rectum, pallide purpureo-maculatum. 4. 



3. Calyx pube alba vestitus, legumen late sulcatum subtrigonum 



concolor A. stramineus Boiss. 



» pube nigra vestitus, legumen anguste sulcatum com- 

 pressum, pallide purpureo-maculatum A. isfahanicus Boiss. 



