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LEGUMINOS^. CLXXXII. Kennebya. CLXXXIII. Rhynciiosia. 



gated, many-flowered ; calyx very villous, -T2 . ^. G. Native Hate leaves, having the terminal leaflet petiolulate. Flowers yel- 

 of New Holland. Flowers scarlet. Keel shorter than the vexillum. low, axillary, racemose or solitary. 



>?//% Kennedya. Fl. March, June, Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 



5 K» cocci'nea (Vent. malm. t. 105. exclusive of the synony- 

 mes,) leaflets 3, obovate ; stipulas lanceolate, spreading ; pedun- 

 cles bearing 3-9 flowers, in an umbellate head ; legumes smooth- 

 ish. 1^ • '^^ S. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



§ 1. Leaves ally or for the most party simple^ roundish^ 

 standing on long petioles. 



1 R. MENisPERMOiDES (D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 102. legura. 



cence 



mem. ix. t. 55.) stems trailing, covered with spreading pubei* 



stipulas ovate ; leaves reniform, very obtuse ; racemei 

 ycr/r/^Z-flowered Kennedya. FL May, Aug, Clt. 1803, Sh. few-flowered, almost sessile; calycine segments lanceolate, 



S. Native of Mexico, near Aca- 



twininff. 



G K. Comptonia'na (Link. enum. 2. p. 235.) leaflets 3, ob- 

 long-ovate, obtuse, with a mucrone ; stipulas ovate, ending in an 

 awn-like acumen ; racemes many- flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. T2 . ^. G. Native of New Holland. Glycine Comp- 

 toniiina, Ker. bot. reg. 298. Flowers bluish purple. 



Compton's Kcnnedya. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1803. Sh. tw. 



\^* 



acutish, 3-nerved. %. 



pulco and Vera Cruz, on sandy hills. Legume oval-lanceolate, 



compressed, acute, 1-2-seeded, hardly pubescent. 



Moon- seed-like Rhynchosia. PI. cl. 



2 R. RENiFORMis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem erect, humble, 

 hairy; stipulas oblong-lanceolate; leaves roundish; racemes 



sessile, tnany-flowered, conglomerate ; calycine segments lan- 



7 K. TABAci^NA (Labill. cal. p. 70. t. 70.) leaflets 3, ovate- ceolate, acuminated. 1/. H. Native of North America, from 



oblong, acuminated, rather pilose ; flowers racemose ; stems, pe- Carolina to Florida, in the pine forests. Trifolium simpli- 



tioles, and peduncles beset with retrograde hairs ; legume hairy. 

 11 '^.G. Native of New Caledonia. 

 Tabacco-Whc Kennedya. Shrub tw. 



8 K. tnopiiy'lla (Cunningh. mss. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1421.) 

 leaflets 3, cuneatc, mucronate, attenuated at the base, rather 

 pilose above, and silky beneath ; stipulas ovate, acute ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves; flowers 15-20, disposed in dense um- 

 bellate heads at the apexes of the peduncles ; calyx clothed with 

 black hairs. Tj. ^. G. Native of New Holland. K. dilatata, 

 Cunningh. mss. Flowers beautiful scarlet ; the vexillum with 

 a greenish yellow mark at the base. 



Ncrved'tcavedKonxxQAya. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. tw. 



§ 3. Leaves simple. Keel of Jlowers shorter than the wings 

 and vexillum. 



9 K. monophy'lla (Vent. malm. t. 106.) leaves ovate, gla- 

 brous, rather cordate at the base ; stipulas lanceolate, erect ; 

 racemes many-flowered, much longer than the petioles. Tj . ^. G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Glycine bima- 

 culiita, Curt. bot. mag. 263. Flowers bluish-purple or viola- 

 ceous. There are varieties of this species with narrow oblong 

 leaves, and cordate lanceolate leaflets. 



Var. /3, longiraccmosa (Lindl- bot. reg. 1336.) racemes slender, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers sinaller. 



One- leaved Kennedy 3,. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1790. Sh. tw. 



10 K, ova'ta (Sims, bot. mag. 2169.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 cordate, acute; upper stipulas ovate, erect; racemes many- 

 flowered, longer than the petioles. ^ • '^. G. Native of New 

 Holland, K. cordata, Lindl, bot. reg. t. 944. Flowers bluish 



violet. Habit of AT. monophylla, 



Otrt/c-leavcd Kennedya. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. tw. 



Cult. Kcnnedya is an elegant genvis of shrubs, well fitted 

 for the climbers of a conservatory or greenhouse. A mixture 



Walt. 



m 



184. 



Glycine tomentosa monophynat 



cifolium, wait. car. 



Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 63. "^Glycine reniformis, Pursh. 1 



sept. amer. 2. p. 86 



p. 115. but not of L 



Flowers yellow. 



. Glycine monophylla, Nutt. gen. amer. t 

 liin. ArcvphvUum simplicifoliurn, Ell. I.e. 



pli 



Pl.i 



TJeni/br^n-leaved Rhynchosia. 

 foot. 



Fl. July, 



Aug. 



Clt. 1806. 



3 R. DiFFORMis (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem twining, vel- 

 vety ; stipulas oblong-lanceolate, lower leaves simple, upper 

 ones trifoliate ; racemes on long peduncles ; flowers crowded, 

 spicate ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, acuminated. %*^ •"• 

 Native of Carolina, in dry and cultivated places. Glycine to- 

 mentosa, var. volubilis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 63. l"is 

 appears an intermediate species between this and the foUoffing 

 division. 



D/Jormerf Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1732. H-i^' 



§ 2. Leaves all on long petioles, trifoliate. Phaseolotdea. 



4 R. ere'cta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem erect, angular, 

 velvety ; branches twining a little ; leaflets ovate, rather obtu^. 

 reticulately veined ; racemes axillary, longer than the leav 1 

 calycine segments linear, acute. % . H. Native of ^^^f ' '^ 

 rica, from Carolina to Florida. Trifolium erectum, Walt, off- 



Glycine tomentosa erecta, Michx. fl. bor. amer. -^P' ' 

 Glycine erecta, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 114. ArcyphyUum ere - 



Ell. h c. Flowers fulvous. Leaves clothed witH su^j 



£rec< Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. ri.2|fe^ 



5 R. CARiB.Ti^A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) twining, P"J^ 



cent ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, acute, covered with resinous 



beneath ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes s'^'"*'^'. ^ 



hispid, i; . ^. S. Native of the West Indies and on "'^J^ 



184. 



turn, 

 villi. 



of sandy loam and peat is the best soil for them, and young ^^ ^"^ ^^^^^ Orinoco, according to Kunth, "<>^- P^"* fTjacq. 

 cuttings root freely if planted in a pot of sand, in a little bottom P- ^-^' ^^ ^^^ ^^ of Western Florida, ^ly erne Can Dff»i 

 lionf v,\tU n 1.^1UfTln<« i.lnrPfl nvor tK^m. icou. rar. t. 146, colh 1. D. 66. Glvciuc rcflcxa, ^/»- ^.. 



heat, with a bell-glass placed over them, 



CLXXXUI. RHYNCHO'SIA (from pvyxoc, rhynchos, a 

 beak ; in reference to the keel, which ends in a beak). Lour, 

 coch. p. 400. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 384. — Arcy- 

 phyllum, Ell. in journ. act. sc. philan. 1818. vol. 1. no- 13. 

 p. 371. — Glycine, Nutt. gen. .imer. 2. p. 114. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. G. p. 419. 



Lin. svst. Diadelphia, Decindria. 

 >\'hat bilabiate. Corolla papilionaceous, usually shorter than 



Stamens diadelphous, having the free filament jointed 



Legume 



Giy 



amer. 2. p. 115. ex Nutt. in Sill, journ. Flowers y 



ellow. 



wi* 



the vexillum striated. Legume 12-16 lines long, tapenng 



at 



the base. 



Caribbean Rhynchosia. Fl, Sept. Oct. Clt. 1742. Pj'^^' 

 6 R. puNCTA^TA (D.C. mem. leg. ix. t. 56.) stem t^'" » 



Glycine spec, of Lin. and others. 



Calyx 5-cleft, some- leaves 



puer. 



the calyx, 

 at the base. 



Style filiform, usually variously bent. 



sessile, compressed, 2-valvcd, 1-cellcd, rather falcate, 2-seeded. 

 Climblnij subshrubs or herbs, with simple, but usually trifo- 



anrrular, beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets ^^^^^j" ^ 

 boid, acute, dotted beneath; racemes filiform, lo"g^^^ >{ 



; flowers deflexed ; legumes pubescent. %* •^' 

 live of Cayenne. Glycine littoralis, Vahl. ined. in ^^^0- .^ 

 Legumes 6 lines long. Style filiform, inflexed. Flo^'^^ ^ jf. 

 long; vexillum not striated. This species comes very "^ ^ 

 minima, but the down on the stems is turned backward^ 

 the flowers arc larger. 



