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StrongTjlodon.] l. lequminos^. (J. G. Baker.) 191 



feV-ovuled, style filifonu, beardless^ stigma capitate. Pod obloug, turgid. 

 Seedsjis large as a bean, with a bilum running more tlian lialf round. — Distrib. 

 Species 3, Polynesian. 



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1. S. mher, Voffel'j Walp, Ann. iv. 659; A. Gray Bot Amer. Explor. 

 Rcpedit, 446, t. 48 ; Thioaites Enunu 89. Ehyncliosia lucida, BC. Prodr. ii. 



Ceylox, near Kornegalle, Thwaitcs. — Distrib. Polynesia. 

 ' Stems firm, wide-twining, glabrous. Leaflets green, subconcolorous, glabrous, 

 membranous, the end one roundish with a point, 4-6 in. long. Eaeemes copious, ai- 

 iiiary, distinctly-peduncled, ^1 ft. long ; pedicels geminate from the tumid nodes, 

 filiform, drooping, .J— 1 in. Calyx glabrous, \-^ in., clasped at the base by a pair of 

 short round deciduous bracteoles. Corolla bright red, 3-4 times the calyx. Pod ob- 

 long, 3 in. long, distinctly stalked, 2-seefled. 



64. GS&ONA, Lour. 



Twining herbs, with stipellate 1-foliolate leaves^ deciduous stipules and bracts. 

 JMicemes with obscurely-swollen nodes. Calyx-tuhe campanulate ; teeth elong- 

 ated, upper 2 shorter. Corolla distinctly exserted, ita petals nearly equal in 

 length, both standard and wings spurred ; keel obtuse, nearly straight. Stamens 

 «!?^^^P^'^^s ; anthers uniform. Ovary subsessile, many-ovuled ; style long, 

 nlnorm, beardless, stigma capitate. Pod linear, turgid, septate between the 

 seeds. — Distrib. Another species reported from Cochin China. 



. !• Gr. Grabaml, BentK PL Jnngh. 233; flowers in very lax fascicled 

 ^^^^8, bracteoles a quarter as long as the calyx. Glycine Grahami^ Wall. Cat. 



^ A lax climber or trailer, the slender stems with a few adpressed hairs. Leaflet 

 ^bconaceous, glabrous, subconcolorous, reticulato-venose, 3-6 in. long, acute, lower 

 ^^^^^^■^■^ate, upper oblong-lanceolate; petiole ^1^ in. Racemes 2-3 from each 

 oae, 1-3 in. long, the flowers in pairs from the distant nodes. Calyx glabrescent, 

 t in ; teeth all exceeding tube, lower linear, upper lanceolate. Corolla ^ in. reddish. 



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^ --. G. Dalzellii, Baker ; flowers in dense usually sessile heads, bracteoles 

 ^ Jong as the calyx. Galactia simplicifolia, Dalz. in Keio Joum. iii. 209 ; DtUz. 



^' Gibs. Bonil. Fl 69. 



COXCAN 



jj '^ ^^^^ceous twiner, the slender stems with a few adpressed hairs. Leaflets mem- 

 acnt ^^9 ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^ adpressed hairs on both sides, green above, glaucons below, ovate, 

 Flou' ^"' ^°^^' ^o^QT cordate, upper rounded at the base; petiole f-h^ in. 



i^ilkvT^'^"^^* in copious dense cymes. Calyx ^ in., clothed with dense ferruginous 

 lin/ ^^^^^ I ^'^^^^ teeth lanceolate, upper deltoid. Corolla twice the c^ilyx. Pod 

 ^^^^r, straight, hairy, 2-2J in. long, 8-10-seeded. 



axillar 



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