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GALEGA biloba.
Two-lohed OoaVs-Riie.
Natural Order. JjEGVmiAO&Æ,. Juss. gen.315.
Subordo I. P a p il io n a c eæ . Embryo homotropus plenrorhi-
zeus nempè radiculâ super loborum commissuram prona. Sépala
per æstivationem imbricata aut subvalvata. Petala in corollam
papilionaceam disposita, semper ideò irregularia, staminaque
imo calyci inserta seu perigyna.—Folia Simplicia aut simphct-
ter composita, nunquàm bi nec tripinnata. DC. prodr. 2. p. 94.
Tribus I I . L oteæ. Embryo homotropus. Corolla papihona-
cea. Stamina aut monadelpha, aut more ordinis diadelpha
(9 et 1.) Legumen continuum uniloculare, aut rarius sutura altera
introflexa biloculare. Cotyledones planiusculæ per germinatio-
nem in folla stomatibus donata conversæ. D C . I. c, p. l ío . ^
Subtribus IV . Ga leg eæ . Legumen uniloculare. Stamina
diadelpha, rarius monadelpha. Caules herbacei fruticosi aut arborei.
Folia primordialia aut alterna aut opposita disparia, imo
simplici, altero pinnato. DC. 1. c. p. 143.
G A L E G A . Calyx dentibus 5 subulatis subæqualibus. Corolla
vexillo obovato-oblongo, carina obtusa. Stamina mo n y
delpha, decimo nempè ad medium concreto. Stylus filiformis
glaber. Stigma terminale punctiforme. Legumen tertoiuscnlum
torulosum oblique striatum. Semina cylindracea.—Herbæ perennes
glabra erectæ. Folia impari-pinnata. Stipulæ ovata aut
lanceolata semisagittatoe. Racemi axillares simplices multiflori.
Flores albi aut carulei. DC. 1. c. p. 248.
G. biloba, caule angulato-striato subflexuoso, foliolis oblongis
sericeo-pubescentibus apice bilobis mucronatis, stipnlis ovato-
lanceolatis acutis serrato-sagittatis, floribus confertis, bracteis
subulatis pedicellis duplo longioribus.
Galega biloba. Swt. hort. brit. p. 124.
A stout herbaceous perennial. Stems several from the
same root, 3 to 5 feet high, erect, or a little flexuose,
slightly angular and furrowed, or streaked with numerous
lines, slightly pubescent. Leaves pinnate : leffets
alternate or sometimes opposite, 7 or 8 pair, and ter