540 LVIL LEGUMINOSZE, — [ Phaseolecs. 
oblongo-obovatz ; carina alas sequans, leviter incurva, obtusa. Stamen véxillare liberum, 
c:tera connata; anthere uniformes. Ovarium subsessile, pauciovulatum ; stylus incurvus, 
superne besbaton stigmate introrsum laterali oblongo. Legumen (e flore parvo apetalo 
oriundum) intra terram maturescens, irregulariter subglobosum, 2-valve, intus nudum, 
abortu l-spermum. Semen subglobosum, hilo breviter oblongo; radieula brevissima, sub- 
recta.—Herba breviter repens. Folia longe petiolata, pinnatim 3-foliolata, stipellata. Pe- 
dunculi breves, axillares, pauciflorij post anthesin recurvi. Flores hermaphroditi, parvi, 
pallide flavicantes, (an semper?) steriles; fertiles apetali ut videtur foeminei, Bractea et 
bracteole parv:e, striatze. 
Species 1, in terris tropieis imprimis in Africa culta. JC. Prod. ii. 474. Linn. Decad. t. 19 
(Glycine). Genus Vigne valde affine. Flores perfecti iidem, apetali non satis noti. 
295. Pachyrhizus, Züch.in DC. Mem. Leg. 379. (Cacara, TAouars in Dict. Sc. Nat. v. 
95. 'Tweniocarpum, Desv. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1. ix. 420.)— Calycis lobi.2 supremi in unum 
2-dentatum connati. "Vexillum late obovatum, basi auriculis inflexis appendiculatum ; ale 
oblong:, faleatz; carina incurva, obtusa, alas squans, | Stamen vexillare liberum, estera 
counata; anthers uniformes, Ovarium subsessile, cc-ovulatum ; stylus crassiusculus, apice 
subinvolutus, complanatus, introrsum pilosus, stigmate globoso ad. faciem interiorem laterali, 
Legumen lineare, plano-compressum, inter semina extus transverse depressum intus farc- 
tum. Semina ovata v. orbiculato-compressa, hilo parvo estrophiolato.—Herbse alte volu- 
biles. Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, stipellata, foliolis swpe angulatis v. sinuato-lobatis. 
Flores in pedunculis axillaribus elongatis fascieulato-racemosi, fasciculorum rhachi nodi- 
formi v. in ramulum abeunte,  Bractez et braeteole parvi, setacesze, caducze, 
Species 2, al'era in America et Asia calidiore late diffusa, indigena v. ob radicem tuberosam edu- 
lem eulta, DC. Prod. ii. 402; Walp. Hep. ii. 902; Mart. Fl. Bras. Papil. t. 53; akera Mexicana, 
JDolichos palma'ilobus, Moc. et Sess. in DC. Prod. ii. 399 (Ronvwsm, Mart. et Gall. in. Bull. 
Acad. Brux. x. ii, 193; Walp. Rep. v. 534). 
226. Psophocarpus, Neck. er DC. Prod. ii. 403.— Calycis lobi 2 superiores in unum 
emarginatum v. 2-fidum connati. Vexillum suborbiculatum, basi auriculis inflexis appen- 
diculatum ; ale oblique obovatz ; carina apice incurva, obtusa, Stamen vexillare ima basi 
liberum, medio cum cseteris in tubum connatum ; anthers uniformes, Ovarium breviter 
stipitatum, oc-ovulatum ; stylus supra ovarium incrassatus, subulatus, incurvus, longitudi- 
naliter imberbis, stigmate globoso terminali v. introverso densissime penicillato-villoso. 
Legumen 4-gonum, longitudinaliter 4-alatum, 2-valve, intus inter semina farctum. Semina 
transverse oblonga, hilo laterali oblongo estrophiolato.—Herb: alte volubiles. Folia pin- 
natim 3-foliolata, stipellata. Stipule membranaces», infra insertionem products. Flores 
lilacini v. violacei, mediocres v, majusculi, versus apicem pedunculi axillaris fasciculato- 
racemosi, fascieulorum rhachi nodiformi, Bractes parvo, egdocissimiba bracteole majores, 
membranace:e, diutius persistentes. 
Species 4, Asim et Afriem inter tropicos incole, quarum 1, sepe eulta, etiam in America tropica 
invenitur, verisimiliter inquilina. DC. Prod. ii. 403.  Walp. Rep. i. 781; ii. 902. 
DixsiNGIa, End. Atakía, 1. t. 1 et 2, est. P. longepedunculatus, Hassk. ; Mart. Fl. Bras, Papil. 
t. 62. 
227. Dolichos, Linn. Gen. n. 867.—ÜCalycis campanulati lobi v. dentes breves, enjius 
obtusi, 2 superiores in unum integrum v. emarginatum connati. Vexillum orbiculatum, 
basi aurieulis inflexis appendiculatum; alw falcato-obovats, carinm adh:erentes; carina 
valde ineurva, sepe rostrata, non spiralis. Stamen vexillare liberum, prope basin sepius 
incrassatum v. appendieulatum ; anthere uniformes. Ovarium subsessile, oc-ovulatum ; 
stylus superne incrassatus et sub stigmate longitudinaliter barbatus v. summo apice peni- 
eillatus, stigmate terminali. Legumen acinaciforme faleatum v. lineare, compressum, 2- 
valve, suturis szpe incrassatis, valvis planis v. convexis. Semina crassa v. compresea, hilo 
brevi v. elongato strophiolo (v. funieulo apice incrassato persistente ?) obtecto v. nudo.— 
Herb: suffruiicesve volubiles, prostratse v. breviter erect. | Folia pinnatim 3-foliolata, 
stipellata. Stipule parvz. Flores violacei carnei flavieantes v. albidi, nunc ad axillas 
