SOEMMERRINGIA.
Ordo naturalis: Legnminosae Juss. Tribus Hedysareae. De Cand. Diadelphia (Monadelphia) Decandria Linn. Syst. Sex.
Character differentialis.
Calyx profunde bilabiatus, labio superiore latiore, inferiore tripartito. Corolla reticulato-venosa, scarioso-persistens! Vexillum magnum, complicatum, alas parvas et carinam subdipetalam obvolvens. Stamina monadelpha, tubo bipartito, antheris minimis. Lomentum bi-quinquecameratum, moniliforme, articulis indehiscentibus.
Character naturalis.
Calyx bibracteatus, inferus, e tenui membrana constructus, monophyllus, at profundissime bipartitus indcque bilabiatus. Labium superius ovato - orbiculare, dorso carinatum, in mucronulum bipartitum tenuiter attenuatum, complicatum, erectum et petala a basi amplectens; labium inferius tripartitum, laciniis lateralibus planis paulo longioribus et latioribus, intermedia carinato - compli-
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SOEMMERRINCtIA. semperfloreus .
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