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LEGUMINOS^. XCVII. Glycine. XCVIII. Ch^tocalyx. XCIX, Petalostemum. 



22 G. secu'nda (Thunb. prod. 131. fl. cap- 591.) stems de- indehiscent. — Perennial North American herbs, beset with glaii. 

 cumbent, filiform, angular, pubescent; leaflets roundish, glabrous dular dots, with impari-pinnate leaves, and with the flowen 



above ; racemes pedunculate, axillary, many-flowered ; flowers 

 secund ; legumes hairy. 1/ . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in grassy places. Flowers yellow. 



Secnnd'Bo-wered Glycine. Fl. Jul. Aug. Clt. 1825. PI. dec. 



23 G. Java'nica (Lin. spec. 1024.) stem twining, beset with 

 retrograde villi as well as the petioles ; peduncles length of 

 leaves ; flowers disposed in dense spikes, nodding ; bracteas 

 lanceolate, minute. Native of the East Indies and Japan. 

 Thunb. in Lin. trans, vol. 2. p. 340. Flowers violaceous. The 

 plant under this name in the herbarium of Retzius has 3-lobed 



disposed in dense, pedunculate spikes, which are either opposite 

 the leaves, or terminal from the upper branches becoming 

 abortive. 



. Sect. I. Petaloste'mon (see genus for derivation), D.C. 

 prod. 2. p. 243, — Dalea, with pentandrous flowers, Vent. Calyx 

 5-toothed ; teeth short, not plumose. Petals on long claws, 

 with roundish limbs. Spikes of flowers cylindrical ; bracteas 



subulate. 



1 P. ca'ndidum (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 48. t. 37. f. 1.) 



repand leaflets, the middle lobe acute, the lateral ones short and spike cylindrical, on a long peduncle ; bracteas longer than the 

 very blunt ; the peduncles are also longer than the leaves, and flowers ; leaves glabrous, with 3 pairs of lanceolate leaflets, 

 the flowers are dis2)osed in rather loose spikes, also the calyx is %» F. Native of Tenessee, in the Illinois region, and on the 



acutely 5-toothed. It is, however, only the same species. 



Java Glycine. PL tw. 



24 G. villosa (Thunb, fl. jap. 283.) stems twining, tomen- 

 tose ; leaflets 3-lobed, acute, tonientose ; racemes pedunculate, 

 axillary, 2-5-flowered ; legume tomentose. 1^ . ? '^. G. Native 

 of Japan. Flowers purplish ? 



Villous Glycine. PI. tw. 



Cxtlt. See Clithria for culture and propagation, p. 216. 



XCVIII. CH^TO'CALYX ffrom ^,aiT'n. chaite. a bristlp. 



spiny bristles). 

 Lin, syst. 



D. C. Leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 243. 

 Diadeljililaj Decdndria. Calyx beset with glands 



and spiny bristles, bilabiate ; segments subulate, those of the 

 superior lip recurved, of the lower Up adpressed. Vexillum 

 roundish, emarginate ; keel conforming to the wings. Stamens 

 diadclphous ; filaments connected at the base. Ovary linear, 

 many- seeded. Style compressed, filiform, villous, 

 unknown. — Frutescent twining plants, with impari-pinnate 

 leaves, having 2 pairs of oval, mucronate, exstipellate leaflets. 

 Stipulas lanceolate-linear, spreadingly deflexed. Pedicels fili- 

 form, 1 -flowered, rising in numbers from the axils of the leaves. 

 Flowers yellow. This genus has the habit of Tephrosia, but is 



Legume 



perhaps more nearly allied to Glycine. 



) leaflets obovate, 

 h • ^. S. Native 



glabrous on both surfaces, but pale beneath. 



of the Island of St. Vincent. Glycine Vincentina, Lindl. hot. 



reg. 799. 



St. Vincent Chaetocalyx. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1823. Sh. tw. 

 2 C. pube'scens (D. C. prod. 2. p. 243.) leaflets oval, mucro- 

 nate, clothed with velvety pubescence on both surfaces, as well 



as branches. h 



S. Native of St. 



Domingo. 



Glycine 



pubescens, Bertero, in herb. Balb. The stamens which were ex- 

 amined in one young flower were seen to be almost distinct. 



Pubescent Chaetocalyx. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Clilbria for culture and propagation, p. 216. 



SuBTRiBE IV. GALE^GEiE (plants agreeing in some important 

 characters with G&lega). Bronn. I.e. exclusive of some genera, 

 D. C. prod. 2. p. 243. Legume 1 -celled (f. 36. c. f. 37. c). 

 Stamens diadelphous, rarely monadelphous. Stems herbaceous, 

 shrubby, or arboreous. Leaves alternate or opposite, lower 

 ones simple, the rest impari-pinnate. 



XCIX. PETALOSTE^MUM (from TreraXor, j^e^a/ow, a petal, 



and GTTjfiiovy stemoUy a stamen ; in reference to the stamens being 

 joined to the petals at the base). Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 48. 

 D. C. prod, 2. p. 243. 



LiN, SYST. Monadelphia^ Pentdndria. Calyx 5-cleft or 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, unguiculate, like each other in shape. 

 Stamens 5, joined together into a tube. Vexillum con- 

 duplicate, free. Legume covered by the calyx, 1 -seeded, 



banks of the Missouri. 



Psoralea Candida, Poir. suppl. 



fTAi/e-flowered Petalostemum. 

 PL 1 foot. 



Dalea Candida, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1331 



Flowers white. 



Fl. July, Aug. Ch, 1811. 



2 P. ca'rneum (Michx. 1. c.) spikes cylindrical, pedunculate; 

 bracteas subulate, length of calyx ; bracteoles setaceous, per- 

 manent ; calyxes glabrous ; leaflets lanceolate. %* F. Native 

 of Georgia and Florida, in pine forests. Flowers pale flesh- 

 coloured. 



and KoXvly calyx; in reference to the calyx being covered with 1811. 



/'/eirA-coloured-flowered Petalostemum. Fl, July, Aug^ 



Clt. 



PI. 1^ foot. 



3 P. vioLA^CEUM (Michx. L c. t. 37. f. 2.) spike cylindrical, 

 on a short peduncle ; bracteas about equal in length to the 

 calyx; bracteoles spatulate, deciduous; calyxes silky; leaves 

 having 2 pairs of linear leaflets. If,. F. Native of Tenessee, 

 in the Illinois country, and in the prairies of the Missouri. 

 DMea violacea, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1337. Dalea purpiirea, Vent 

 hort. eels. t. 40. Psoralea viol^cea, Poir. suppl. Sims, bot. 



mag. 1707. Flowers pale-purple. 

 Violacecus-Qoyxered Petalostemum. 



Fl. July, Sept 



Clt. 



1811. PL Ifoot. ., 



4 P. MACRosTA CHYUM (Torrcy, in ann. lye. 2. p. 176.) spu^ 

 cylindrical, compact, very long; bracteas lanceolate; calyxes 

 clothed with silky villi ; leaves generally with 3 pairs of lanceo- 

 late-oblong glabrous leaflets. %. H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, ahout the forks of the Platte. . Flowers small, white. 



. 298.) 



Long-spiked Petalostemum. PI. 2 feet. 



5 P. RosEUM (Nutt. in Sillim. amer. journ* 5. p. 1822. P , 

 plant glabrous; leaflets linear; bracteas subulate, ^'^'^l,^ ** ' 

 permanent; calyx striated, glabrous. If.. F. Native of taste 

 Florida. Very like P. violdceumMt differs in the calyxes bein, 

 perfectly glabrous, and in the petals being rose-coloured. 



/?o.?e-coloured-flowered Petalostemum. PI. 1 f^^^* i-, 



6 P. viLLo^suM (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 85.) plant viU^^^^^^^^ 



cumbent 

 the woolly 



; spike cylindrical, nearly sessile; bracteas ^^^'^^ggj,, 

 y calyx ; leaves having 7 pairs of linear-oblong T^^ 

 Native in sandy places near the river Missouri a 



irlnn 5,f fli^ T^nif^ r.\ Pr finnt fllSlform. PctOlS P 



i;. F. 



Fort Mandan, at the Knife river. Root fusiform 

 red. 



Villous Petalostemum. PI. decumbent. 



a of 



Sect. II. Kxjhkiste'ra (in honour of Adam Kuhn, a pup^^ 

 Linnaeus. There is, however, a genus KUhnia, named ^ ^^^ 

 neus in compliment to him ; the different termination oHli ^^^^^ 

 is to distinguish it from that genus). Lam. diet. 3. p. ^'^(^yli- 

 mem. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 113. D. C. prod. 2. P- 244. ^^J^ 

 pogon, Rafin. in journ. phys. aug. 1819. p. 97. ^^^^ ^ the 

 5-parted ; segments plumose. Petals linear, ^"^"V^^ r rmiflj 

 base. Flowers capitate. Bracteas scarious, ^^""^^^"i .^^nji 

 as it were an involucrum to the head of the flowers. ^^^ *i 



proper genus. 



