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LEGUMINOS^. CLXXXIV. Eriosema. CLXXXV. Fagelia. CLXXXVI. Wistaria. 



when young clothed witli hoary adpressed villi; leaflets 3, lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat mucronate, pubescent above and glabrous 

 beneath, and a little dotted, but having the nerves clothed w^ith 

 hoary villi ; the terminal leaflet hardly remote from the lateral 

 ones ; racemes very short, crowded, axillary ; legumes ovate, 

 mucronate, beset with rufous villi. Tj, S» Native of South 

 America, on the mountains of Popayan, near the river Putes, 

 and of Mexico. Glycine diffusa, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. G. p. 420. t. 572. Rhynchosia diffusa, D. C. prod* 2. p. 

 388. FJov\ers yellow. 



Var. /3, oblongifblia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 389.) leaflets oblong 

 and a little broader. 



with a lateral hylum. — A decumbent twining subshrub, crotlied 

 with glandular clammy hairs, and rather hairy on the stems, 

 leaves, calyxes, and legumes. Stipulas ovate, acuminated. Leaves 

 petiolate, pinnately-trifoliate ; leaflets rhomboid, the terminal one 

 remote from the lateral ones. Racemes axillary, longer than the 



iff^ 



Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 E. CRiNi' TA ; plant suffruticose, erect, pilose ; hairs long, 

 spreading, and soft; stems angular ; leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, mucronate ; racemes short. T2 . S. Native of New An- 

 dalusia, on Cerro del Cccollar, in open places. Glycine crimta, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 421. t. 573. Rhynchosia 

 crinita, D. C. prod. 2. p. 389. Flowers yellow. 



Hairy Eriosema. Shrub 2 to 3 leet. 



6 E. pulciie'lla; plant suffruticose, erect? branches an- 

 gular, clothed with silky pill ; leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 rounded at the base, and clothed with soft pubescence on both 

 surfi 



leaves. Flowers yellow, but with the carina tipped with violet, 

 on long distant pedicels, which are at length deflexed. 



1 F. BiTUMiNosA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 389.) Tj . '^. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Herm. lugd. 493. with a figure. 

 Glycine bituminosa, Lin. spec. 1024. Lam. ill. t. 609. f. 2. 

 Burm. fl. cap. prod. 21. Thunb. fl. cap. 591. Ker. hot. reg. 

 361. Glycine viscosa, Moertch. Dolichos hirtus, Hortul. Crota- 

 laria glycinea, Lam. diet. 2. p. 200. ex herb. Juss. andmus.par. 



Clammij Fagelia. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1774. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Kennedya, p. 344. for culture and propagation. 



; peduncles short, usually 6-flowered ; calyx beset 

 with soft pili. Tj . S. Native of New Granada, near Honda, 

 and on the banks of the Orinoco. Glycine pulchella, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 422. Rhynchosia pulchella, D. C» 

 prod. 2. p. 389. Flowers yellow. 



jVeat Eriosema. Shrub 2 feet. 



7 E. psoRALKoiDEs ; stcm flexuous, angular, velvety at the 



CLXXXVI. WISTARIA (in honour of Caspar Wistar, late 



professor of anatomy in the university of Pennsylvania). Nutt. 

 gen. amer. 2. p. 115. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2, p. 389. 

 Thyrsanthus, ElLjourn. acad. sci. philad. 1818. l.no. 13. p. 371. 

 but not of Schranck. — Kraunhia, Rafin. 



LiN. sYST. DiadelphiUi Decdndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 somewhat bilabiate (f. 48. a.\ upper lip with 2 short teeth, 



Corolla papiliona 



ceous (f. 48. fc.). 



keel, which is 2-edged. 



lower one with 3 subulate teeth (f. 48. a.). 



Vexillum bicallose. Wings conforming to the 



Stamens diadelphous (f. 48. e.). Nec- 

 tariferous tube girding the stipe of the ovary. Legume standing 

 on a short stipe, coriaceous, 2-valved, 1 -celled, radier torulose 

 at the seeds. — Shewy climbing shrubs, with impari-pinnate ex- 

 apex ; leaflets 3, oblong, obtuse, clothed with silky tomentum stipulate leaves, and terminal and axillary racemes of bluish 



lilac flowers, which when in a young state appear like aments 

 from bracteas, which fall ofT before the flowers expand. 



beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, length of the petiole, which is 

 very short ; spikes axillary, slender, longer than tlie leaves ; 

 legumes ovate-rhomboid, villous. Tj . S. Native of Mada- 

 gascar. Crotaluria psoraleoidcs, Lam, diet. 2. p. 201. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. G. p. 418. in a note. Rhynchosia 

 psoraleoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 389. Flowers yellow. 

 Psoralea-Iike Eriosema. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



1 W. frutk'scens (D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 390.) wings of flower biau- 

 riculate ; ovary glabrous. ^2 • ^* 

 H. Native of Virginia, Carolina, 

 and Illinois, in boggy places. Sweet, 



FIG. 48. 



8 E. sEssiLiFLORA ; plant suffVutlcose, erect ; branches terete, fl. gard, 2d series, t. 104. Glycine 

 clothed with silky villi as well as the under side of the leaflets ; frutescens, Lin. spec. 1067. Sims, 

 petioles almost wanting ; leaflets 3, oblong-linear, obtuse, quite 

 smooth above ; flowers 2-3, axillary, almost sessile. I2 • S- 

 Native of Porto Rico. Cytisus sessiliflorus, Poir. suppl. 2. p. 

 439. Rhynchosia sessiliflora, D. C. I.e. Flowers yellow. 



Sesslle-Jtowered Eriosema. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



9 E. siMPLiciFoLXA ; stems diffuse, angular, clothed with 

 adpressed pili ; petioles very short ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 rather mucronate, cordate, glabrous ; peduncles short, 3-4- 



. S. Native 



hot. mag. 2103. A' pios frutescens, 

 Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 474. 

 Wistaria speciosa, Nutt. 1. c. Thyr- 

 santhus frutescens. Ell. 1. c. Pha- 

 seoloides, hort. 



ang. 



flowered ; calyx clothed with adpressed pili. ^ 

 near Atures, at the cataracts of the Orinoco. Glycine simplici- 

 folia, H. B, et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 419. Rhynchosia 

 simplicifolia, D. C. 1. c. Flowers yellow. 



Simple-leaved Eriosema. Shrub diffuse. 



Cult* None of the species of this genus are worth cultivating 

 except in botanical gardens ; they grow well in any light rich soil, 

 and are easily increased by cuttings or seeds. 



CLXXXV. FACE LI A (evidently the name of some botanist 

 or naturalist). Neck. elem. no. 1257. D. C. legum. mem. ix. 

 prod. 2. p. 389. but not of Schuenk. 



Lix. sysT. Diadelphia, Decdndria. Calyx cleft into 5 parts be- 

 yond the middle, w ith the segments linear, acute, and straight, the 

 two superior ones joined together a little higher up than the others. 

 Corolla with a reflexcd vexillum, and a very blunt keel, which is 

 longer than tlie wings. Stamens diadelphous. Legume ovate- 

 cylindrical, turgid, G-secdcd, 1-celled, 2-valved. Seeds ovate, 



55. t. 15. 

 Flowers sweet-scented, bluish pur- 

 ple ; the vexillum with a greenish 

 yellow spot at the base. An ele- 

 gant climber when in flower. (f. 48.) 

 . Shrubby Wistaria. Fl, Ju. Sept. 

 Clt. 1724. Shrub cl. 



2 W. Chine'nsis (D. C. 

 auricle each : 



1. c.) 



one 



wings of flower with ; 

 -- Native of Cbma. 



2083. 



H. 



Wis- 



ovary villous. Tj . 

 Sweet, fl. gard. 211, Glycine Chin^nsis, Sims, bot. mag. 

 G. Sinensis, Ker. bot. reg. t. 650. Lodd. bot. cab. 773. 

 tkria Consequina, Loudon, hort. brit. p. 315. Flowers larger 

 than those of the preceding species, of a bluish purple-colour. 

 This is a most elegant climber when in flower. 



Chma Wistaria. Fl. May, June. Ck. 1818. Shrub cl. 



S W. fjlokibu'nda (D. C. prod. 2. p. 390.) stems and lea*^^* 



ibrous. V» . \ ,. H. Native of .Tannn. Too vul^o FudsJ. 



^ . \^. H. Native of Japan. _ 

 Kccmpf amcen. 5. p. 856. Dolichos polystachyos, Thunb. IJ?- 

 281. Houtt. pfl. syst. 8. p. 5C3. t. 64. f. 2. but not of Lin. y>y* 

 cine floribunda, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1066. Dolichos Jap6nicu«, 

 Spreng. syst. 8. p. 253. Racemes of flowers long, very elegant* 

 Corolla purple and white mixed. 



