LEGUMINOS^. CLXXX. Teramnus. CLXXXI. AMPiiicARPiEA. CLXXXII. Kennedya. 



343 



b B 



Hortul. ex Steud, nom. Herb prostrate. Leaflets rather fleshy, p. 5. t. 5. Gl. elliptica, Smith in Abbot, hist. nat. geogr. t. 21. 

 oval, shining. Flowers usually solitary, at first sulphur-coloured, ex Roem. arch. 2. p. 402. Perhaps Glycine fil6sa, Horn. cat. 



but at length changing to reddish. 



Trifoliate Rothia. Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in a 

 warm border, in the front of a stove or green-house. 



CLXXX. TERA'MNUS (from repafiyog, teramnos, soft ; in 



hort. hafn. is sufficiently distinct from this plant. 



/S'ar/newio^e Amphicarpsea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. tw. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border in spring, in a warm sheltered situation. 



CLXXXII. KENNE^DYA (a name given by Vcntenat in 



reference to the soft pods and leaves of the "species). P. Browne, ho^^^^r of Mr. Kennedy, formerly of the firm of Lee and Ken- 

 jam. 290. Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 3. p. 1238. t. 25. D. C. prod, ^^^y^ Nurserymen, Hamm^ersmith). Vcm. malm^ t. 104.^ R. 



2. p. 382. 



Lin. syst. Monadelphiay Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 lip the longest, and bifid, lower Up 3-parted, with all the lobes 

 acute. Corolla papilionaceous, with a small keel, which is hidden 



by the calyx. 



Stamens 10, monadelphous, the 5 alternate ones 



Le- 



sterile. Stigma capitate, sessile on the top of the ovary. 



Brown, in hort. kew. ed. 2, vol. 4. p. 299. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 383. Caulinia, Moench. suppl. 47. but not of D. C. nor 

 Willd. ^ ^ 



Lin. syst. DiadelpJiia^ Decdndria. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip 

 bidentate, lower one trifid, equal (f. 47. a.). Corolla papilio- 

 naceous (f, 47. c), with the vexillum emarginate, recurved (f. 



gume linear, compressed, 2-valved, many-seeded,— Twining sub- 4^- ^0^ ^^^ not bent back from the carina. Stamens diadel- 

 shrubs, natives of the West Indies, with angular branches, pin- pl^^us (f. 47. g.). Stigma obtuse (f. 47./.). Legume linear 

 nately-trifoliate leaves, stipellate leaflets, axillary racemes, which (f- 47. c), compressed, transversely many- celled from cellular 



are longer than the leaves, and small remote reddish flowers. 



membranous dissepiments. Seeds strophiolate. — Twining shrubs, 



1 T. uNciNA^Tus (Swartz, 1, c.) branches clothed with retro- native of New Holland, with axillary peduncles, and scarlet or 

 grade silky down ; leaves clothed with silky down beneath, and violaceous flowers, having the vexillum bimaculate at the base. 



pubescence above ; leaflets ovate or oblong. Tj . '^. S. Native 

 of Jamaica, in arid bushy places. Dolichos uncinatus, Lin. spec. 

 1019.— Plum. ed. Burm. t. 221. 



HoohedTexminw^. Clt. 1822. Shrub tw. 



2 T. volu'bilis (Swartz, 1. c.) branches clothed with fine re- 

 trograde hairs; leaves pubescent beneath; leaflets lanceolate. 

 !?• . S. Native of Jamaica, in humid bushy places on the 

 mountains, and of New Granada, near Mompox, on the banks of 

 the river Magdalena. All the synonymes cited under this plant 

 by Willdenow are referrible to the first species. 



Twining Teramnus. 



Cult. See ^fbrus, p. 342. for culture and propagation. 



§ 1. Leaves trifoliate. Keel straight, rather longer than the 

 vexillum. 



Clt. 1824. Shrub tw. 



Savia, Rafin. Falcita, 



Petals oblong. 



Vexillum T)road, 



CLXXXI. AMPHICARP^'A (from a/z^t, amphi, on both 



«des, and Kapirogy karjws, a fruit ; the plants bear pods both 

 on the roots and the stems). D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 

 2. p. 383. — Amphicarpa, ElLjourn. act. sci. philad. 1818. vol. 

 Lp. 372. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 113. 

 ^fjel. syst. 2. p. 1131, 



*jin. syst. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx cam2)anulate, 4- 

 toothed, bractless at the base, the teeth equal, and rather blunt- 

 |sh. Corolla papilionaceous, 

 'ncumhent, 



norm. Stigma capitate. Stipe of ovary covered by a cylin- 



sheath. Legume compressed, stipitate, 2-4-seeded. — 



ants, with herbaceous twining stems, pinnately-trifoliate leaves, 



^^J^ g'^brous leaflets, and axillary racemes, having 2 flowers to 



ach bractea. 'Flowers usually apetalous, those on the stems 



erile, or bearing legumes dissimilar to those on the root ; those 



on the roots usually fertile. 

 } A. Moxoi'cA (EIL et Nutt. 1. c.) racemes pendulous ; flowers 



toC^^r^^' O-^.H. Native ofNorth America, from New York 



^ Larolina, on the sides of rivulets, and in shady humid places. 



glycine monoica, Lin. spec. 1023. Wendl. in Roem. arch. 1. p. 

 • t. 103. f. 2. Glvcine bracteata. Lin. snec. ed. 1. p. 754. 



1 K. rubicu'nda (Vent. malm. 

 t. 104.) leaflets 3, ovate; stipulas 

 ovate-lanceolate, spreadingly re- 

 flexed ; peduncles usually 3-flo\v- 

 ered ; legumes hairy. ^ . '^^ G. 

 Native of the eastern and southern 

 coasts of New Holland. Glycine 

 rubicunda. Curt. bot. mag. 268. 

 Caulinia rubicunda, Manch. Keel 

 about equal in length to the wings, 

 1 5 lines long, acute. Flowers dark 



red. 



Rubicund- flowered Kennedya. 



Fl. March, May. Clt. 1788. Shrub 



tw. 



2 K. PROSTRATA (R. Br. in Ait. 



hort. kew. 4. p. 299.) leaflets 3, 

 obovate, villous, undulated, and 



FIG. 47. 



rather repand ; stipulas and bracteas cordate, apiculated, spread- 



ingi 



peduncles 1-2-flowered ; legumes pubescent 



^ 



G. 



drical 



and nearly sessile. Stamens diadelphous. Style Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Glycine coccinea, 



Curt. bot. mag. 270. Willd. spec. 2. p. 10C5. Carina 8-9 lines 



Leaflets hardly 6 lines long. 



long, longer than the wings. 



Flowers scarlet. 



Var. /3, major (D. C. prod. 2. p. 383.) leaflets obovate, emar- 

 ginate, wlien young they are hairy, as well as the branches. ^ . 

 r^ c xr^fN,^ r^c Moimr i4r*lior»rl nrT tli*i /j^^fprn ooast. Carina 



S. 



Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. 



Flowers scarlet. 



10-12 lines long. Leaflets an inch long. 



Prostrate Kennedya. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1790. Shrub 



prostrate. 



§ 2. 



\f^ 



Keel shorter than the vexillum and 



Gly 



^jycine comosa, Lin. spec. 1024. 

 Retrograde villi. Radical flowers 



Glycine bracteata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 754. TVings 



violet 



ex Nutt. Stem covered with 

 ers apetalous. Flowers with a pale 



^let vexillum, and white keel and wings. 



^Wonoecio«5 Amphicarpsea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1781. PI. tw. 

 er 1 fl^^'^^'E^'TosA (Ell. et Nutt. 1. c.) racemes tiliform, 3-flow- 

 /^^; flowers apetalous. ©. ^. H. Native of Carolina and Vir- 

 K^"a, miow places among bushes. 



S K. bractea'ta (Gaud, in Freycenet, voy.part. bot. p. 486. 

 t. 113.) leaflets elliptic, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, with un- 

 dulately curled margins, clothed with silky pubescence beneath ; 

 stipulas broad, ovate, acute ; peduncles few-flowered, bracteate ; 



G. Native of the western 



bracteas connate, funnel-shaped. 



^ 



coast of New Holland. 



ann \ ^^- ^^^"^- specVs^p.losI 

 ann. bot. I2.p. 20.t, 2. 



Glycine sarmentosa. Roth, 

 Glycine monoica, Schkuhr, 



irently erect 

 Shrub cl. ? 



Glycine heterocarpa, Hegetsw. comm 



i?mc/^fl/c' Kennedya. 



4 K.sericka; leaflets obovate, emarginate, mucronatc, cloth- 

 ed with silky hairs, particularly when young ; peduncles elon- 



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