682 LVIL LEGUMINOSJE, | [.PAaseolee.. 
pinnatim 3-foliolata, stipellis glanduliformibus. Racemi axillares aphylli, v. terminales et 
basi foliati, Flores speciosi, seepius coccinei, secus rhachin gemini v. fasciculati. Bractee 
et bracteole parvse v. O. 
Species ad 25, per regiones calidiores utriusque orbis dique, DC. Prod. ii. 431.  Walp. Rep. 
i 768; ii. 901; v. 535: Ann.1.423; iv. 607. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 1i. 236..— Benth. in. Mart. Fl. 
Bras. Paypil. 172, et Fl. Austral. ii. 253. — Brot. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. £. 10, 11, 12. Jacq. Hort. 
Schenbr. t. 916, 466: Fragm. t. 119.  Roxb. Pl. Corom. t. 219, 220. Rich. FX. Abyss. t. 41. 
Freyc. Voy. Bot. t. 114. Presl, Symb. Bot. t. 46, 47, 68. Wight, 1e. t. 08, 247.  Harv. Thes. 
€ap. t. 61, 62. — Bot. Mag. t. 877. 2161, 2431, 3227, 32314. Bot. Reg. t. 313, 389, 736, PME 1246, 
1327,1017. Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 142, 214. 
- Genus naturalissimum nequaquam, nostro sensu, in genera plura divellendum. Sequentia a variis 
auctoribus proposita vix sectiones formant bene limitatas : 
MacnorrknYx, Walp. in. Linnea, xxiii. 739 ; Ann. i1. 425, carina gamopetala ids nanas superante, 
sed character non omnibus speciebus ab auctore enumeratis convenit (K. Crista-galli et affines). 
DvcnassaisGia, Walp. in Linnea, xxiii, 741; Anm». di. 124, vexillo longe stipitato, alis ealycem 
superantibus, carina gamopetala (E. glauca et affines). 
SreNoTROPIS, Hassk. Retzia, i. 183; Walp. Ann. iv. 558, calyce obliquo hine fisso, carin: petalis 
liberis (E. poianthes, Brot., E. indica, br et affines). 
CniRocALYx, Meissn. im Hook. Lond. Journ. ii. 97 ; Walp. Rep. v. 535, Ann. 1. 251, calyeis den- 
tibus distinctis longiuseulis (E. /atissizma, E. Mey., et affines). 
Hyrarnonus, Hass. Hort. Bogor. ed. nov. 197, legumine basi longe plano vacuo tardius dehis- 
cente, apice seminifero supra semina turgido 2-valvi (E. secundiflora, Brot , E. lithosperma, Miq.). 
MacnocvustuM, Walp. in Flora, 1853. 149, est E. Vogelii, Hook. f., eujus vexillum in Hook. f. Fl. 
Nig. 308, lapsu calami calyce multo Previus loco Jongius dicitur. 
: XvrnawTBUS, Hafin. Fl. Ludov. 103, genus male definitum, amplectitur species quibus calyx non 
Bpathaceus, 
202, Rudolphia, Wild. in Neue Schrift. Ges. Naturf. Berl. ii. 451.— Calycis tubulosi 
lobi 2 superiores in unum integrum v. subbifidum connati, laterales minores, infimus 
acuminatus, Vexillum oblongum, erectum, complicatum, inappendiculatum ; ale et carinm. 
petala libera, angusta, vexillo multo breviora. Stamen vexillare liberum, basi genicula- 
tum, cetera connata; antherz uniformes. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, oo-ovulatum; 
stylus filiformis, apice subuncinatus, imberbis, stigmate terminali.  Legumen (a nobis . 
non visum) plano-compressum, stylo mucronatum, 2-valve. Semina plana.—Herbz volu- 
biles, Folia l-foliolata, stipellata. Stipule anguste, deciduz. Flores elongati, rubri, in 
peduneulis axillaribus fasciculato-racemosi, fasciculorum rhachi nodiformi.  Bractes et 
bracteol; parvsz, angu-tze. 
Species 2 v. 3, Domingenses. DC. Prod. ii. 414 (exel. R. dubia). Vahl, Ecl. iii. £. 30. 
903. Strongylodon, Vg. i» Linnea, x. 585.—Calycis dentes lati, obtusi, 2 superiores 
vix connati. Vexillum ovato-oblongum, acutum, recurvum, demum reflexum, supra unguem 
intus 2-appendiculatum ; ale vexillo multo breviores, carinz adhszerentes; carina valde in- 
curva, rostrata, vexillo zequalis, petalis connatis. Stamen vexillare liberum, a basi filiforme, 
estera connata; anthere uniformes. Ovarium stipitatum, 1l- v. pauci-ovulatum ; stylus 
filiformis, imberbis, stigmate parvo terminali. Legumen stipitatum, oblique ovato-oblon- 
gum, 2-valve, valvis convexis coriaceis. Semina crassa, orbiculata, hilo lineari semicincta, 
estrophiolata.—Frutices suffruticesve volubiles, glabri. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, stipel- 
lata. Stipuls parvz. Flores rubri, speciosi, in pedunculis axillaribus elongatis fasciculato- 
racemosi, fasciculorum rbachi nodiformi.  Bractez minute v. inconspicus ; bracteolre 
orbiculatze, parvze, caducissimze, ; 
Species 2, in insulis maris Pacifici et in Zeylania crescentes, addita forte tertia foliis exstipellatis e 
Novis Hebridibus. Walp. An». iv. 059. — A. Gray, Bot. Amer. Expl. Exped. t. 48, 49. 
204. Apios, Maench ex DC. Prod. ii. 390.— Calycis dentes 2 superiores latissimi, con- 
nati, laterales brevissimi, infimus longior acutus. Vexillum reflexum, ovatum v. orbicu- 
latum, basi auriculis inflexis appendiculatum ; ale oblique obovatz, vexillo breviores, 
caring adherentes; carina elongata, superne valde ineurva involuta v. sjiraliter torta. 
