346 



LEGUMINOSiE. CLXXXIII. Rhynchosia. 



'T 



angular, pubescent ; leaflets cuneate-orbicular, very obtuse, legu 

 rather pubescent; racemes filiform; flowers twin; legumes 

 sessile within the calyx, orbicular, compressed, 1 -seeded. %,^.S. 

 Native of the East Indies. ^'' ----- 



b- 



r\ 



S. Na- 



tive of the East Indies. Glycine viscosa, Roth. nov. spec. 349. 



, , _ ^ ^ , . Hedysarum glutinosum, Rottl. in herb. Puer. Dolichos gluti- 



Glycme nummularia, Lin. mant. nosus, Leschen. herb. Legume an inch long, apiculated by the 



571. The racemes are said to be longer than the leaves, but style. 



according to the specimens they are shorter. 



Mo7iey~woTt Rhynchosia. PL tw. 



22 R. ERvoiDEA (D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 386.) 

 stems twining, rather angular, and a little pubescent ; leaflets 

 cuneate-roundish, very blunt, smoothish, dotted beneath ; ra- 

 cemes few-flowered, sessile, or on short peduncles, and branching ; 

 legumes oblong, glabrous, 2-seeded, rather falcate, compressed. 



Clammy Rhynchosia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. Sh.tw. 



30 R. Fridericia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 387.) stems twining, 

 decumbent, angular ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, obtuse, clothed 

 with soft pubescence on both surfaces ; racemes longer than the 

 leaves; legumes pubescent, 2-seeded. ^2.^^.8. Native of 



Manill 



Glycine Fridericiana, Weinm. in flora. 



Native of the East Indies, where it is called Rata- 



are, according to Leschenault. 



Ervum-l'ike Rhynchosia. 



23 R. Au^REA rn. c. 



PL i^Y. 



2. 



AU'REA (D. C. prod. ^. p 

 rhomboid; racemes shorter than the petioles'; legumes villous, 

 1 -seeded. 1£. ^. S. Native of the East Indies. 



1821. p. 29. Flowers small, yellow. 



Frideric's Rhynchosia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sli. tw. 

 31 R. ROSEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. '387.) stems twining; leaflets 

 ovate, cordate, acute, quite entire; peduncles 3-flowered; le- 

 386.) leaflets roundish- gumes compressed, keeled, 1-seeded. 2Z. ^. G. Native of the 



aurea, Willd. 



sarum aiireum, Keen. Rottl. 



Glycine 



nov. act. nat. cur. berol. 4. 1803. p. 18. Hedy- 



Flowers golden yellow. 

 6^o/t7en-flowcred Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 

 24 R. RHOMBiFOLiA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, 

 terete^, and are as well as the leaves glabrous ; leaflets roundish- 

 racemes filiform, longer than the 



dotted 



leaves ; legumes oblong, 2-seeded, glabrous. 7/ 

 tive of the East Indies. ^'' ' « •--- 



r\ 



S. Na- 



p. 1065, 



f^ar. /3, Timoricnsis (D. C. prod. 2 

 ated, lateral ones an inch lonir. % . '^ 



1 imor. 



Glycine rhombif olia, Willd. spec. 3. 



S. Native of the Island 



Rhomh-leqfli 

 PI. t%x. 



Fl. May, 



Aug. 



Clt. 1815. 



25 R. ca'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stem erect, pubescent; 

 leaflets ovate-roundish, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary, 2-flowered, shorter than the petioles; legumes 



Native of the East 



oblonff, 

 Indies. 

 Hoa 



26 R. MEDicAGi NEA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, 

 filiform ' « * ' 



smoothish, 2-seeded. Tj . S. 

 Glycine cana, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1063. 

 "^' ' " Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



leaflets obovate, obtuse, glabrous ; racemes longer than 



leaves; legumes oblong, mucronate, glabrous, constricted 



between the seeds. (V).r ^. s. Native of Cpvlon. Burm. 



the 



^ ©.? ^. S. Native of Ceylon. 

 zeyl. 188. t. 88. Dolichos medicagineus, Lam. diet. 2. p. 297, 

 Allied to R. minima. ^ ^ . . 



Medick 

 27 R. 



Legume 2-seeded. 



PL tw. 



SUAVE OLENS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 378.) stem erect, 

 leaflets ovate, acute, clothed with clammy pili; pe- 

 duncles 1 -2-flowered, filiform, articulated in the middle ; legumes 



~ S. Native of the East Indies, 



oblong, 2"seeded, hoary. 



on 



826. 



^ 



rocks near Madras. Glycine suaveolens, Lin. fil. suppL 

 Hedysarum venosum, Rottl. Calyx 4-parted, with the 

 upper segment bifid, and it is therefore probably a species of 

 Cylista. The whole shrub is sweet-scented. The vexillum is 

 streaked with red. 



Sweet-scented Rhynchosia. 

 1 to 3 feet. 



Fl 



) 



roundish, clothed beneath with silky hoary down ; racemes ax- 

 illary, very long; legumes pubescent. 7/.? ^.? S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Glycine viscida, Willd. in nov. act. nat. cur. 4. 1803. 

 j>. 208. Pers. ench. 2. p. 300. Hedysarum viscidum, Lin. Rottl. 



Viscid Rhynchosia. PL tw. ? 



29 R. visc6sA (D. C. L c.) stems twining, clothed with 

 clammy pili ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acuminated, scabrous on 

 both surfaces, lateral ones broadest on the outside ; racemes 



Society Islands. Glycine rosea, Forst. prod. no. 271 

 i?05e-coloured-flowered Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



tern 



32 R. Lu'ciDA (D. C. 1. c.) stems twining; leaflets ovate, acu* 



glandular ; pedicels 

 Native of the So- 



G. 



Perhaps 



minated, quite entire ; racemes terminal, 



legumes inflated, 2-seeded. %. ^ 

 ciety Islands. Glycine lilcida, Forst. prod. no. 272. 

 this plant belongs to a different genus. 

 Lucid Rhynchosia. PL tw. 



33 R. CROTALARioiDEs (D. C. 1. c.) brauchcs terete; leaflets 

 oblong-ovate, 3-nerved, pubescent beneath ; racemes axillary, 

 aggregate, shorter than the petioles ; legumes oblong, acute, 

 usually 1-seeded. Tj.^. ?S. Native of the East Indies. Cro- 

 talaria macropliylla, Willd. spec. 3. p. 982. 



Crotalaria-like Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



34 R. rufe'scens (D. C. 1. c.) leaflets roundish-ovate, clothed 

 with hoary pubescence ; racemes axillary ; legumes ovate, 1- 

 seeded, longer than the calyx. 1/.^. S. Native of die East 

 Indies. Glycine rufescens, Willd. nov. act. nat. cur. berol. 4. 



Hedysarum rufescens, Rottl. ex Willd. 

 :hosia. PL tw. 



2f Ams fwininff. filifonn, 



p. 1803. p. 222. 

 Ritfescent 



angular 



•) 



beneath, and hairy on the nerves; racemes axillary, usually 



Sprang* 



Flowers yellow. 

 PL tw. 



4-flowered; legumes oblong, mucronate, 2-5-seeded. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Glycine glabra 

 neue. entd. 3. p. 54. 



Glabrous Rhynchosia. *...„.. 



36 R. ? GALACTioiDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 387.) stems twining; 

 branches beset with retrograde pili; leaflets oval-oblong, o'>- 

 tuse at the base and mucronate at the apex, glabrous and shin- 

 ing above, but pubescent beneath ; racemes shorter than the 

 leaves, 5-8-flowered ; legumes villous, 3-seeded, somewhat con- 

 stricted between the seeds, ^ . ? ^. S. Native of Soutn 



Glycine ga; 



lactioides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen! amer. 6. p. 427- 1. 5?^- 



- seeds. ^ .. . _. _- 

 America, near Hacienda de Blandin, In Caraccas. 



Clt. 1816. Sh. leaflet 



Lobes of calyx nearly equal, much acuminated. 

 Galaclla-Uke Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 

 37 R. ? scARABiEoiDEs (D. C; 1. c.) stcms twining, scabrous, 

 iflets ovate, obtuse at both ends, clothed with soft silky doj™ 



both surfarps • volmr v>o««„.i, . ;i...,„l^o i -flnwered J •** 



on both surfaces ; veiny beneath ; peduncles 1 flowered ; le- 

 gumes oblong, constricted between the seeds ; seeds <"""*'?'[; 

 with a thick bifid arillus. ©. ^. S. Native of the Kast Indies 

 Madagascar, and the Mauritius. DoUchos scarabaeoides, w"- 

 si.ppl. 1020. Burm. ind. 159. exclusive of the synonyrne »' 

 Oaran. Cajan scarabaeoides. Pet. Th. diet. sc. nat. 6. p- i"'" 

 — Pluk. aim. t. 52. f. 3. " " - * * -J.mr to 



the figure in Plukenet alm."'the Wume ' is" I-seeded, andtl* 

 seeds separated by cellular substance, but according to 



M. 



both surfaces, lateral ones broadest on the outside ; racemes Petit Thouars, it is 9 lines lone a 2 1 >> \ 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves ; corolla with a pilose vexillum ; J?ee/?c-«ite-seeded Rhynchosia*'. R J u? J d. Clt. 



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