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LEGUMINOSiE, XCIII. Coll^ea. XCIV, Otoptera. XCV, Pueraria. XCVI, Dumasia. XCVII. Glycine. 



Creeping Grona. PL creeping. 



Cm//, a mixture of loam and sand will suit this genus, and 

 cuttings will root freely in sand, under a hand-glass- 



XCIII. COLL^^A (in honour of Aloysio Colla, of Turin, 

 an acute botanist, author of Hortus Ripulensis). D. C. ann. 

 sc* nat. 1825. jan. p. 96. Leg, mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 240. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx 4-cleft (f. 35. a.), 

 rather coloured on the inside ; lobes oval-lanceolate, equal in 

 length, upper one rather the broadest. Petals on long claws (f. 

 85./.) ; the vexillum having 2 auricles, and the rest of the petals 



BurchelVs Otoptera. 

 CulL 



Shrub tw. ? 



For culture and propagation see Clitbriay p. 216. 



XCV. PUERARIA (in honour of M. M. N. Puerari, a pro. 

 fessor at Copenhagen). D. C. ann. sc. nat. 1825. jan* p. 29, 

 Leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 240. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphia^ Decdndrta. Calyx campanulate, 

 bluntly bilabiate, upper lip entire or hardly bidentate, lower one 

 trifid. Corolla papilionaceous. Keel straight, obtuse. Vexil- 

 lum obovate. Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, 



having only 1 auricle (f. h". f.), those of the keel free at the attenuated into a stipe at the base, and apiculated by the style, 



base, obtuse, and straight. Stamens monadelphous, with the 

 tube cleft in front, one of the stamens almost free (f. S5. c). 

 Ovary linear-oblong, very villous. Style linear, glabrous. Stigma 

 capitate (f. 35, 6.). Legume compressed, oval-oblong (f. 35. e.), 

 tomentose, 4-6-seeded. — Shrubs, with terete, woody branches, 

 ovate free deciduous stipulas, palmately trifoliate leaves, on 

 short stalks, large purple flowers on long pedicels, 3 or 4 of 

 which stand on the top of each peduncle, which is axillary and 

 very short. Branches, peduncles, and lower surface of leaves 

 tomentose, as well as the outside of the calyxes. 



FIG. 35. 



279. 



1 C. sPEciosA (D. C. 1. c, t. 40. 



prod. 2. p. 240.) leaflets oblong, 

 acutish, quite smooth above, but 

 clothed with hoary tomentum be- 

 neath. T2 . S. Native of Peru, 

 about Huasa-Huasi, Cytisus spe- 

 ciosus, Lois, in Duham. arb. ed. 

 nov. 5. p. 160. Odonia speciosa, 

 Spreng. syst. append, p 



Stamens 8, 5 of wliich bear an- 

 thers. 



Sheny Collaea. Shrub. 



2 C. tkine'rvxa (D. C. 1. c. t. 

 41.) leaflets elliptic, cuneated at 

 the base, 3-nerved, obtuse, mu- 

 cronulate, clothed with velvety pu- 

 bescence, reticulated, and some- 

 what tomentose beneath. Tj. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 on the Nelligery mountains. Odonia trinervia, Spreng. I. c. 

 Stamens 10, diadelphous. Legume mucronated by the style, 

 which is hooked at the base. 



ZA/-ee-ne/i?erf-leaflettcd Collaea. Shrub. 



Ctdu These shrubs will grow well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings will root freely in sand, under a bell- 

 glass. They are both elegant shrubs when in flpwer. 



2-valved, continuous, many-seeded. — Climbing Indian shrubs, 

 with deciduous stipulas, distinct from the petiole. Leaves tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets large, ovate, acute, reticulately nerved, stipeliate 

 at the base. Racemes compound, branched. Flowers pedicel- 

 late, twin, or tern, yellowish. Fruit not sufficiently known. A 

 very distinct genus from Hedysarum. 



1 P. TUBEROSA (D. C. 1. c.) leavcs pubesccut on the upper 

 surface, but clothed with silky villi on the under as well as the 

 calyxes and pedicels. ^ - v^. S. Native of the East Indies, 

 Racemes of flowers nearly 2 feet long. Hedysarum tuberosum, 

 Roxb. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1197. 



Tnberous-xootei{ Pueraria. Shrub cl. 



2 P. Wall/chii (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 43.) leaves glabrous 

 on the upper surface, but pubescent on the under as well as the 

 calyxes and pedicels. ^ . ^. G. Native of Nipauh Racemes 

 3 or 4 inches lonsf. 



Wallich's Pueraria. Shrub cl. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Clitbria^^. 216. 



XCVI. 



MA^SIA Cm honour of M 



XCIV. OTOTTERA (from ovg wtoq, ous otoSy an ear, dried state, 5 lines long, 

 and TTTEpovy pteron, a wing; in allusion to the wings being fur- 

 nished with an auricle on the unguis). D. C. legura. mem. vi. 



editors of Annales des Sciences Naturelles). D. C ann. sc.nat. 

 Jan. 1825. p. 96. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 241. 



Lin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx cylindrical, ob- 

 liquely truncate, toothless, bibracteolate at the base. Corolla 

 papilionaceous, the claws of the petals about equal in length to 

 the calyx. Carina obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, permanent. 

 Style dilated in the middle. Stigma terminal. Legume atte- 

 nuated at the base, 2-valved, compressed, few-seeded, torulose. 

 — Climbing herbs, which are perhaps sufTruticose at the base* 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliate; leaflets ovate. Racemes ^^^'^^J^' 

 usually shorter than the leaves. Legumes velvety, from crowd 

 short down. Bracteoles 2, small, subulate, under the calyx. 



1 D. viLLosA (D. C. 1. c. t. 44. prod. 2. p. 241.) branches, 

 petioles, peduncles, and young leaves, hairy ; leaflets ovate-la • 

 ceolate, adult ones almost glabrous; legume 3-times longer than 

 the calyx. If . ^. G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers pale m » 



Villous Dumasia. 



Clt. 1824. PI. tw. 



prod. 2. p. 240. 

 Lin. syst. 



Monadelph 



Calyx 5-cleft, with 



the tube attenuated at the base ; lobes acuminated, somewhat 



r *c«.iyi*o ^vtiiiaoia. Fl. Aug. DcC. vyxL. x^/w». 



2 D. pube'scens (D. C. 1. c. t. 45. prod. 2. p. 241.) branche^^, 

 petioles, peduncles, and leaves pubescent ; leaflets ^'"^^'' ■ 

 gume 4-times longer than the calyx- h. ^. G. 



^. 



ovate . 



Native of 



unequal, 2 superior ones approximate. 

 Vexillum large, roundish. W 



Corolla papilionaceous. 



incurved, acute auricle on the stipe. Carina 2-edged. Stamens 

 joined into an entire tube. Ovary h'near, straight, compressed, 

 rnany-ovvilate. Style incurved, thickened at the apex. Legume 

 unknown. — A smooth Cape subshrub, with pinnately trifoliate 

 leaves ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, ending each in a long mucrone, 

 the lateral ones furnished each with one little stipule, the terminal 



Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 2- 

 flowered. Perhaps allied to Psoralea or Clildria. 



- ^ G. 



Nipaul. Flowers yellow. 



Pubescent Dumasia. Fl. Aug. Dec. 



Liridl. hot. reg. 9G2. 



Clt. 1824. 



n. tw, 



Cult, For culture and propagation see Ciitoria, p. 216- 



XCVIL GLY'CINE (from yXvKi/c, glycys, sweet ; ttej^^^^^' 



and roots of one or ti#ro of the species are sweet). D- ^* ^' 

 mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 241. 

 Lin. syst. 



Diadelphia, Decdndria. 



Glycine species of authors. 



Calvx 5-cIeft, some- 



one 



1 O. Burche'llii (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 42.). Tj 



/^ 



what bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, lower one trifid. 



lionaceous ; vexillum not bicallous at the base. 



spirally twisted. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform, a^^ ^' 



Corolla papi 

 Keel not 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope, Branches terete, and per- 

 haps twining. Lebeckia Burchellii, Spreng. syst. app. 273. 



Legume linear, compressed, straight, many-seeded, 2-val » 

 1 -celled, ending in a thickish, hooked mucrone from the sty ' 



