Class XVII. 
DIADELPHIA. 
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1517. Geoffroya. Cal. 5-fid. Drupe ovate. Kernel compressed. 
1518. Dipterix. Segm. of cal. 2, wing-shaped. Legume 1-eelled, 1-seeded, coriaceous, 2-valved. 
1519. Parivoa. Cal. 3-4-fid. Vexillum ample. AIje and carina O. Legume compressed, 1-seeded, 
1520. Amerimnum. Cal. sub-bilabiate. Legume compressed, leafy, 2-valved, dehiscent. Some seeds 
solitary. ' ' 
1521. Erythrina. Cal. bilabiate, \. Vexillum very long, lanceolate. Legume torulose. 
1522 Butea. Cal. sub-bilabiate. Vexillum very long, lanceolate. Legume compressed, membranous, one. 
seeded at end. 
1523. Viborgia. Cal. 5-toothed, with rounded recesses. Legume turgid, sulcate, wingea. 
1524. Piscidia. Stigma acute. Legume with four wings. 
1525. Platylohium. Cal. bracteate, 2-lipped, upper lip round, large, bifid. Stam. all united. Legume 
stalked, compressed, winged at back, many-seeded. 
1526. Borbonia. Stigma emarginate. Calyx acuminate, spinv. Legume mucronate. 
1527. Rafnia. Cal. ringent ; upper lip bifid ; lower spreading' trifid ; the middle tooth narrowest. Legume 
lanceolate, compressed. 
1528. Aspalathus. Cal. 5-fid, upper segment largest. Legume ovate, blunt, about 2-seeded. 
1529. Sarcophyllum. Cal. campanulate, 5-parted, regular. Legume acinaciform, acute. 
1530. Crotalaria. Legume turgid, inflated, stalked. Filaments united with a dorsal fissure. 
1531. Bossicea. Cal. 2-lipped, upper lip largest, half bifid, obtuse. Stam. all united. Legume plano-com- 
pressed, stalked, many-seeded, thickened at each edge. Seeds strophiolate. 
1532. Scottia. Cal. imbricated with bractes, 5-toothed, with nearly equal teeth. Vexillum complicate, 
shorter than als, which are as long as carina. Stam. all united. Legume stalked, compressed, thickened at 
each edge. Seeds 3-4, strophiolate. 
1533. Templetonia. Cal. ebracteate, with 5 nearly equal teeth. Carina oblong. Stamens all united, with 
uniform anthers. Legume pedicellate, plano-compressed, many-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 
1534. Goodia. Cal. with 2 nearly equal lips, upper half bifid, acute. Vexillum unfurled, large. Stamens all 
united. Legume stalked, compressed, about 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 
1535. Loddigesia. Vexillum much shorter than alte or carina. 
Hovea. Cal. bilabiate, the upper lip half bifid, retuse. Stamens all united. Carina blunt. Legume 
sessile, roundish, ventricose, 2-seeded. Seeds strophiolate. 
1537. Spartium. Stigma longitudinal, villous above. Filaments adhering to ovary. Cal. lengthened at the 
base. 
1538. Genista. Cal. 2-lipped : upper one with 2 ; lower one with 3 teeth. Vexillum bent backwards from 
the lest of the flower. 
1539. Lebeckia. Cal. 5.parted, with acute segments and rounded recesses. Legume cylindrical, many- 
seeded. 
1540. Vlex. Cal. of 2 leaves, with a small scale at the base on each side. Legume turgid, scarcely longer 
than the calyx. 
1541. Ononis. Cal. 5-cleft, its divisions linear. Vexillum striated. Legume turgid, sessile. Filaments in 
one undivided set. 
1542. Anthyllis. Cal. inflated, 5-toothed, inclosing the small roundish 1-3-seeded legume. 
1543. Arachis. Cal. 2-lipped. Cor. resupinate. Filaments united. Legume gibbous, torulose, veiny, 
coriaceous. 
1544. Lupinus. Cal. 2-lipped. Anthers, 5 oblong, 5 round. Legume coriaceous, torulose, compressed. 
1545. Amorpha. Cal. campanulate, 5-fid. Vexillum ovate, concave. Alee O. Carina O. Legume 2-seeded, 
falcate. 
1546. Abrus. Cal. obsoletely 4-Iobed, the upper broader. Filaments 9, united at base, opening at back. 
Stigma blunt. Seed spherical. 
1547. Phaseolus. Carina with the stamens and style twisted spirally. 
1548. Teramnus. Carina very small, inclosed in the calyx. Five alternate stamens fertile. Stigma sessile, 
capitate. 
1.^49. Carpopogon. Vexillum not callous. Flowers capitate. Pods short, broad, 1-seeded. 
1550. Dolichos. Vexillum with two calli at base, parallel, oblong, compressing the wings beneath. 
1551. Stizolobium. Cal. campanulate, 2-lipped : upper lip entire, erect ; lower trifid, with the middle seg- 
ment longest. Vexillum ascending. Alee dolabriform, lunate at base, the length of carina. Anthers 2-formed, 
hairy. Legume torose, 1-celled, with partitions. Seeds round, with a crested hilum. 
1552. Glycine. Cal. 2-lipped. Carina pushing back the vexillum with its end. 
1553. Kennedia. Cal. 2-lipped : upper emarginate ; lower ti-ifid, equal. Vexillum reflexed, recurved. Ate 
pressed to the carina. Carina remote. Stigma blunt. Legume oblong. 
1554. Cylista. Cal. 4-fid, larger than cor. : upper segment bifid at end, or emarginate ; lower very large. 
Cor. persistent. Legume about 2-seeded. 
1555. Galactia. Cal. 4-toothed, with 2 bractes. Petals all oblong; the vexillum broadest and incumbent upon 
the others. Stigma obtuse. Legume round. Seeds roundish. 
1556. Clitoria. Cor. resupinate, with a large spreading vexillum overshadowing the wings. 
1557. Orobus. Style hnear, cylindrical, downy above. Cal. obtuse at the base, its upper segments deeper and 
shorter. 
J 1558. Lathyrus. Style plane, downy above, broader upwards. Cal. with its two upper segments shortest. 
1559. Ochrus. Cal. with the two upper segments conniving. Vexillum with two teeth at the sides. Style 
flat, villous above. Legume having a membranous wing upon the seed-bearing suture. 
1560. Pisum. Style triangular, keeled above, downy. Two upper segments of calyx shorter than the rest. 
1561. Vicia. Style bearded beneath the stigma. 
1562. E, vum. Stigma capitate, hairy all over on the outside. 
1563. Ervilia. Like Vicia, but the ovary is plaited in folds. 
1564. Cicei: Cal. 5-parted, length of cor ; four upper segments incumbent on the vexillum. Legume tur- 
gid, 2-seeded. 
1565. Lipnria. Cal. 5-fid, with the lower segment long. Alee 2-lobed below. Three teeth of the larger 
stamen shorter than the rest. Legume ovate. 
1566. Cytisus. Cal. 2-labiate, 2-3. Legume attenuated at base. 
1567. Mullera. Cal. 4-toothed. Loment moniliform, with fleshy 1-seeded globules cohering by a thread. 
1568. Robinia. Cal. 4-fid ; upper segment 2-parted. Legume gibbous, long. Leaves unequally pinnate. 
1569. Caragana. Cal. subcampanulate. Stigma smooth, truncate. Legume cylindrical. Leaves abruptly 
pinnated. 
1570. Swainsonia. Cal. 5-toothed. Vexillum unfurled, larger than the blunt carina. Stigma terminal. 
Style bearded lengthwise in front, not bearded at back. Legume turgid, not bladdery. 
1571. Sutherlandia. Cal. 5-toothed. Vexillum without callosities, folded back at edge, shorter than oblong 
carina. Stigma terminal. Style with a longitudinal beard behind, a transverse one before. Legume inflated, 
scariose. 
1572. Lessertia. Cal. half 5-fid. Vexillum unfurled. Carina blunt. Stigma capitate. Style bearded trans- 
versely at end in front, beardless behind. Legume scariose without valves (compressed or inflated). 
1573. Colutea. Cal. 5-toothed. Vexillum with two callosities, unfurled, larger than the blunt carina. 
Stigma lateral under the hooked end of the style, which is longitudinally bearded behind. Legume inflated, 
ecarious." 
1574. Glycyrrhixa. Cal. bilabiate, 3-1. Legume ovate, compressed. 
ysib. Liqiioritia. Cal. tubular, equal, 5-parted. Vexillum erect, reflexed at sides. Ala spreading. Carina 
bifid. Legume oblong, smooth, 3-4-seeded. 
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