LEGUMINOS^. LXXXII. Neurocarpum. LXXXIII. Martiusia. LXXXIV. Cologania. LXXXV. Galactia. 



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lower one 3-parted. Vexillum roundish. Stamens diadelphous, 

 inserted with the petals in the base of the calyx. Ovary stipi- 



6 N. ELLi'pTicuM (Desv, 1. c.) stems twining, rather herbaceous, 

 pilose; leaves on longish petioles, trifoliate; leaflets elliptic, 



membranous, rather puberulous above, but glaucous beneath, tate, linear, very hispid, girded at the base by an orbicular disk, 

 and puberulous on the nerves ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary, 



^. S. Na- 



solitary ; legume mucronate, resinous inside. ^ . 



Style glabrous, obtuse. — Stems procumbent or twining, beset 

 with retrograde hairs. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, rarely uni- 



^ tive of St. Domingo. Crotalaria elliptica, Poir. Clitoria tetra- foliate. Flowers axillary, twin, pedunculate, violaceous or pur- 



gona, Poir. CHtoria rubiginosa, Pers. ench. no. 9. 



.£//i/)/ic-leafletted Neurocarpum. PI. tw. 



7 N. falca^tum(D. C. prod. 2. p. 236.) twining; branches 

 hairy ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, glabrous above, and hairy 

 beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves, usually bearing about 



8 flovvers ; legumes usually jalcate. Tj . ^. S. Native of St. strigose beneath, as weH as the calyxes. 1/ '. S, Native of South 

 Domingo and Porto-Rico. ^'•-"'•^- 



pie. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Clitoria and Galactia. 



Leaves simple. 



1 C. procu'mbens (Kunth, mim. 205. t. 57.) procumbent; 

 leaflet oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, smooth above, but 



Clitoria falcata, Lam. diet. 2. p. 51. America, near Popayan. 



ex herb. Juss. Phaseolus amplissimus magno-flore, &c. Plum. 

 spec. 8. mss. 2. t. 85. ex Lam. Flowers purplish. 



falcate-ipodded Neurocarpum. PI. tw. 



8 N.? Javite'nse (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 



Procumbent Cologania. PL procumbent. 



lit 



Leaves trifoliate. 



1 i/vA ^ - • £c ' 1 •/• T "i n IT •* 2 C. ovalifo'lia (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 412.) 



17i"?J"f ■ L"f ""T/i Im 'i'/?"!!;: '!!".!" I'r ■;: twining ; leaflets ova\e-ellip,ic, ob.nse, n,Scro„a<e, ronn'ded a, 



oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous 

 above, and rather pilose beneath. T? . S. Native of South Ame- 



».,^.v, c^x.^xatiici piiu:»c ucucdtii. t? . o. x^ative ui ouuui /xme- ^alvxes pilose % 



rica, on the banks of the river Tuamini near Javita, at the mis- v^^k^ ^f tl.^ rUror A 



the base, strigulose on both surfaces, ratlier glaucescent beneath ; 



* S. Native of South America, on the 



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sions of the Rio-Negro. Flowers purphsh? 



Jaiita Neurocarpum. Shrub creeping. 



9 N. ? macrophy'llum (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) arboreous; 

 leaves trifoliate; leaflets roundish-elliptic, acuminated, rather 

 oineated at the base, membranous, hairy above, and clothed with 

 fine pubescence beneath ; peduncles bifid, racemose. 

 Native of New Granada, near Turbaco. Flowers red. Legume 

 hairy. Perhaps this shrub ought to be removed from the genus. 



Large-leaved Neurocarpum. Shrub 10 feet. 



banks of the river Amazon near Tomependa, in the province of 

 Bracamora. 



leajlelted 



PI tw. 



Tj. S. 



8 C. pulche'lla (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. G. p. 413.) 

 twining; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, and 

 somewhat cordate, rather strigose on both surfaces, glaucescent 

 beneath ; calyx pilose. %. ^. S. Native of New Spain, near 

 Pazcuaro. 



Neat Colog 



PL tw. 



4 C. iNTERME^DiA (H. B. ct Kuuth, uov. gcu. amcr. 6. p. 414.) 



Cli TK/i r u- i • • • n 1 . Ill 4 ^. INTERME DIA I ti. i>. CI jvunin, nov. gen. amer. o. p. '*!'*.; 



be treatpi in ^i™ ^"^ twming species of this genus should ^^^.^^j j^^A^^s oblong or linear-oblong, glabrous above, paler 



2^r T?J ^'^ '^^^ f 'T' T^?.?"' ^\ '^^ 'P^^^^^ ^^ ^^''?'''t^ '^^ P- beneath and stnVose, af well as the calyxes. V.^.S. Native 



216. The upright kinds like other common stove shrubs. 



w^^XXIII. MARTIU SIA (inhonour of C. F.P. Von Martins, 

 W.a professor of botany at Munich, in Bavaria, and companion 

 ^ ^pix in his travels in Brazil ; author of a splendid work on 

 maziian palms, &c.) Schultes, mant. 1. p. 69. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p.^Jb — Martia, Leander, sacr. akad. munch. 7. p. 233. t. 12. 

 1.IK. sv«T r...^«j.:^ Monogynia. Calyx tubular, perma- 



beneath, and strigose, as well as the calyxes, 

 of Mexico, in shady woods near Real del Monte. 



Intermediate Cologania. PI. tw. 



5 C. ANGUSTiFOLTA (Kuuth, mim. p. 209. t. 5S.) twining ; 

 leaflets linear, obtuse, rather strigose on both surfaces ; calyx 

 covered with hispid pili. %. '^. S. Native of Mexico, in tem- 



perate parts of hills and mountains. 



inla. Clt. 1827. 



Narrow .^^^.s^ o 



PI. tw. 



6 C. Broussonetii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 237.) twining; leaf- 



longest p ''^^„^''^'^^^!^' having 5 acute teeth, the lower tooth j^^^ ovate-oblong, mucronate, rather strigose on both surfaces, 

 2 Sterile -fiW."^?.''^^'. Stamens 4, 2 bearing anthers, and .^^ beneath; flowers twin, on short pedicels; calyx villous, 



A„»u-_ • "'^nients all distmct, one-half shorter than the ovary. \^^^^^ 5-cMi, the 2 superior lobes hardly connected, lower one 



^nthers somewhat ciliated. Legume stipitate, girded at the base w^^^ . . ^. . 



tetra ^ ^^ ^*^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ sheathed, compressed, somewhat cat. taiir. 18*13. pTgG^ 

 fl,. 3"^^*^^"!' ^^^ valves furnished with a longitudinal nerve in *'a^^^Ur A\J\J.^^ A-^ 



. S. Native of? Clitoria Broussonetii, Balb. 



lif 



that^^f AT^ ^^ ^^^^* Calyx, and especially the fruit, very like 

 •tame ^^'■^^rpww. The Want of petals, and the few distinct 

 ns, are the characters by which this genus can be known. 



1 nis plant is supposed to be deleterious to cattle and 



artiusia. Shrub tw. 



Rio jt ^ ^""*^°'^^^ ^^^^"^*^S' ^- c) h' ^- S. Native near 

 Marti "^u°' \" ^^^*^^* where it is called cow poison and ti?nbo. 

 lous. V^>'^'*'°H'^^' I^^and. 1. c. Stems frutescent, twining, vil- 

 nate" al vT^^^ Pmnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, mucro- 

 flowered Th-^^'°^^'-^"' pubescent beneath. Peduncles 2- 

 «Jieep in Brazil 



^h^alis-like U „_ 



See Clitoria for culture and propagation, p. 216. 



lamiiyo?!^* ^^LOGA'NIA (named by Kunth in honour of a 

 Tencriffe T "^"J^ ^^ Cologan, residing at Port Orotavo, in 

 "ence thl ^^ °"" "^^" "^ science visiting that island expe- 



Kunth nnf ^**''' hospitality). Kunth, mim. p. 205. H. B. et 



'eoUte at th .^""^^h^ia, DecAndria. Calyx tubular, bibrac- 

 Yoi. u. ' somewhat bilabiate ; upper lip entire or bifid, 



specifically distinct from all in the 2 superior lobes of the calyx 



being hardly connected. 



Broussonet's Cologania. Clt. 1827. PL tw. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Clitoria, p. 216. 



298. 



LXXXV. GALA'CTIA (from yaXa, gala, milk ; the G. ^en- 

 dula yields a milky juice when cut or broke). P. Browne, jam. 



Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 61. D. C. prod. 2. p. 237. 



LiiV. SYST. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx bibracteate, 4- 

 cleft ; the segments acute, and nearly equal. Corolla papiliona- 

 ceous, having 5 oblong distinct petals ; the vexillum broader 

 than the rest, and incumbent. Stamens diadelphous. Style 

 glabrous, crowned by an obtuse stigma. Legume terete or com- 

 pressed, many-seeded, 2-valved, 1 -celled, elongated.— Climbing 

 subshrubs or herbs, with impari-pinnate or pinnately trifoliate 

 leaves, with the leaflets stipellate. Racemes of flowers axillary. 



1 G. ? pe'ndula (Pers. ench. 2. p. S02. Ker. hot. reg. t. 269.) 

 twining, pubescent; leaflets ovate-oblong, villous beneath, as 

 well as the petioles ; racemes longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 twin, pendulous ; petals 4 times longer than the leaves. ^ . . 



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