LEGUMINOS^. CLXXXIIL Rhynchosia. 



345 



Dotted-haved Rhynchosia. PI. cl. 



7 R. MINIMA (D, C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stem twining, slender, 

 angular, and rather pubescent ; leaflets rhomboid, acute, smooth- 

 ish, dotted beneath ; racemes longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 reflexed; legumes oblong, tapering at the base, clothed with 

 fine velvety down. %. '^. S. Native of the West Indies. 

 Dolichos minimus, Lin. spec. 1020. Jacq. obs. 1. 1. 22, — Gly- 

 cine Lamarckii, H. B, et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 424. — 

 Sloan, hist. jam. t. 115. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



Smallest-Rowered Rhynchosia. 

 PI. tw. 



8 R. nu'da (D. C. legum. mem. ix.) stems twining, angular, 

 having the angles beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets 

 roundish, mucronulate, glabrous, dotted beneath ; racemes fili- 

 form, longer than the leaves ; flowers deflexed ; legumes pubes- 

 cent. %. ^. S. Native of the East Indies, at Nandaradah. 



by a scarlet arillus. Tj , ^. S. Native of Mexico, between 

 Masantla and Nantla, in woods. Plant pubescent in its parts 

 when young. 



Coral-tree- like Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



14 R. RETICULATA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 angular ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, acuminated, velvety, reticu- 

 lately veined beneath ; racemes axillary, shorter tlian the leaves ; 

 legumes rather pubescent. ^2 . '^. S. Native of Jamaica, Santa 

 Cruz, and Guadaloupe, on the mountains among bushes, and of 

 Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1776- Mexico, near Jalapa. Glycine reticulata, Vahl. symb. 3, p. 88. 



Swartz, prod. 105. Corolla brownish yellow, shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Reticulated-leaved Rhynchosia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1779. 

 Shrub tw. 



15 R. TARViFOLiA (D. C. Icgum. mem, IX. prod. 2. p. 385.) 



stem twining; branches angular, and are as well as the leaves 



Hedysarum nudum, Rottl. in herb. Puer. Legumes 9 lines long. clothed with soft, short, velvety down; leaflets elliptic, very 



Naked Rhynchosia. PL tw. 



9 R. volu'bilis (Lour. coch. p. 460.) stems herbaceous, 

 twining, terete; leaflets roundish-obovate, reticulated, clothed 

 with velvety down ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes 



ovate, rather velvety. 

 burbs of Canton. 



1/ . ^. G. Native of China, in the su- 



Legume black. 



Peduncles twin (Lour.). Flowers yellow. 



Seeds 2, black, shining. 

 Twining Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



10 R, PUASEOLoiDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 terete, pubescent ; leaflets broad-ovate, acuminated, glabrous 

 above, but villous and dotless beneath ; racemes axillarv and 

 somewhat terminal ; legumes tightened in the middle. T^ .''^. S. 

 Native of Cayenne, Jamaica, and St. Domingo. Glycine pha- 

 seoloides, Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1248. Sims, bot. mag. 2284. 

 Abrus,Lam. ill. t. 608. f. 2. Dolichos pyramidalis, Lam. diet. 

 2- p. 296. Austerium, Poit. in herb. Deless. Seeds com- 

 pressed, partly red and partly black. Legumes clothed with 

 rusty velvety down, but at length becoming glabrous. Racemes 

 longer than the leaves, rarely shorter. Flowers brown. 



^idneij^hean4ike Rhynchosia. Fl.Ju.Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. tw. 



11 R. PRECATORiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 villous ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, 

 and 3-nerved, clothed with soft pubescence ; racemes axillary, 

 niany-flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; legumes 

 Oblong. T2 . ^. S. Native of Mexico, near Acapulco. Gly- 

 <^>ne precatoria, Humb. in WiUd. enum. 755. 

 nov. gen. amer, 6. p. 425. 

 55.ex\Villd. 



blunt, reticulately veined beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered ; le- 

 gumes clothed with short down, intermixed with a few stiff hairs. 

 Pj . '^. S. . Native of St. Domingo. Leaflets hardly 4-5 lines 

 long. Legumes 2-sceded, hardly half an inch long. 

 Small-Jlowered Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



16 R. pube'scens (D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 386.) 

 stems twining, villous, terete ; leaflets broad-ovate, acuminated, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, and reticulated beneath ; racemes 

 few-flowered, axillary, about equal in length to the leaves ; 

 legumes oblong, rather pubescent, 2 -seeded. T2 • '^* S* Native 

 of Abyssinia. Glycine pubescens, Balb. ined. Glycine Abys- 

 sinica, Juss. ex Lher. herb. ? Corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Vexillum velvety on the outside. Legume about an inch long. 

 Seeds brown. 



Pubescent Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



17 R. Memno'nia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, 

 terete, and are as well as the leaves clothed with soft, hoary, 

 velvety down ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, reticulately veined be- 

 neath ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves ; flowers nod- 

 ding ; legumes compressed, constricted in the middle, villously 



G. Native of Egypt, about Thebes. 

 Glycine Memnonia, Delil. fl. aegypt. 100. t. 38. f. 3. Vexillum 



tomentose. If . 



Indigofera volubilis, Wendl. obs. 



rather pubescent, yellow, lined with black veins. 

 Memno?i's Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



18 R. DENsiFLORA (D, C. prod. 2. p. 380.) stem twining, 

 H. "B. et Kunth, clothed with short hoary down ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acumin- 

 ated, pubescent on both surfaces, and full of resinous dots ; 

 racemes axillary, ovate, den^e-flowered, on short peduncles; 

 corolla smaller than the calyx. T2 . '^. S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Glycine densiflora. Roth. nov. spec. 348. Corolla gla- 

 brous. Legume unknown. 



Dense-Jlowered Rhyncho^ia. PI. tw. 



19 R. capita'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, an- 

 gular, hairy; leaflets roundish, pubcrulous on the nerves and 

 margins; peduncles axillary, length of leaves, bearing branches 



h \^^ Y The hairs on the plant are tipped with glands, 



ut the legumes are articulated, according to Wendland ; ac- 

 cording to Kunth the seeds are scarlet, and are strung for 

 rosaries, whence the specific name. 

 Shruib^^'' ^r Rosary Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. 



12 R. macrophy'lla (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) branches twin- 

 ng, triangular, clothed with soft villi ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, „ . . . . ^ 



cunnnated, somewhat cordate, 3-nerved, clothed with soft pu- under the capitate raceme; corolla length of calyx ; legumes 



escence on both snrfaf^G r»o««c^^,.f o«^| beset with glandular sessile within the calyx, almost orbicular, compressed, 2-seeded, 



on short peduncles; pilose. ^.?'^. S. Native of the East Indies. Glycine capi- 



"escence on both surfaces, canescent and 

 IT. ^"^"^^^^h; racemes many-flowered. 



^Jyxes silky. Tj . 



. S. Native of Cuba, near Havannah. tata, Roth. nov. spec. 346. 



Qif . "J' V • • o. i>aiive 01 ^UDa, near iiavaiinau. 



mT ""^"ophylla, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 426. 



ani 1.^° • ^^^"^^lata, but the terminal leaflet is 4 inches long 

 and about 2 inrhp« K^^.^ 



inches broad. 

 ^r^c-leajetled Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



13 R. E 



I) 587 ^ /^^"^^^'oioES (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. vol. 5. 



Icum- J "^^y* climbing, smoothish ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, 



surf " ^^"*^' ^^-"t^rved, beset with resinous dots on both 



dces ; racemes axillary, virhen in fruit about equal in length 



teeds^ i^^ ' ^^^y" ^-^'^ft 5 legume sessile, 2-seeded, torulose ; 

 8 nearly globose, a little compressed, girded at the hylum 



Cap'Uate-Rov/ered Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



20 R. elonga'ta (D. C. prod. 2. p. 380.) stems twining ; 

 leaflets roundish, somewhat acuminated ; racemes axillary, some,- 

 what capitate, shorter than the petioles ; lower tooth of calyx 



.elongated, longer than the corolla ; legumes pedicellate witliin 

 the calyx, nearly orbicular, compressed, 2-seeded, pilose. T^.^.S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Glycine elong^ta. Roth. nov. spec. 

 347. Allied to Ji. nummularia. 

 Elongated Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



21 R. NUMMUtA RiA (D. C, prod. 2. p. S8C.) stems twining, 



