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as a representation of the American one; while Rheede's is 
less happy, especially in the leaves.—Under these circum- 
stances, I trust Dr. Wight will approve of my giving the 
specific name already adopted in the Herbarium Amboinense, 
to designate the Eastern species.— H.] 
SuPPL. Tas. XIII. Fig. 1, Pod. Fig. 2, Seed:—natural 
size. 
XIV. 
MUCUNA GIGANTEA. 
(For Crass, ORDER, &c. see No. XII. Mucuna monosperma.) 
Mucuna gigantea; floribus ternis umbellato-racemosis, 
leguminibus oblongis urentibus marginibus canaliculatis 
bialatis. (SurPr. Tas. XIV.) 
Mucuna gigantea, De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 405. 
Carpopogon giganteum. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 54. 
Dolichos giganteus. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 8. p. 1041. 
A large, twining, branching, leafy shrub, growing among 
trees and bushes, which it soon covers and conceals with 
its abundant and luxuriant foliage.  Pefioles cylindrical, 
swollen at the base. Leaflets ovate, dark-green, shining, 
glabrous, triplinerved at the base; the lateral ones dilated 
outwardly, the middle one elliptical, all slightly acuminated. 
Stipules small, setaceous, two to the terminal, and one to 
each of the lateral leaflets. Peduncles axillary, cylindrical, 
equalling or exceeding the petioles, thickened near the 
apex, and furnished with several branches, from which 
three rather long pedicels spring, bearing each a large 
greenish-white flower, forming together a globose thyrsus. 
Bracteas two, soon deciduous, attached to the base of the 
calyx. Calyx hispid, campanulate, 2-lipped, upper dip 
frequently divided; under líp 3-toothed. Corolla papilion- 
aceous, whitish-green, but becoming black in drying: Vex- 
“m nearly as long as the other petals, reflexed ; Keel and 
wings equal, the latter enclosing the stamens and pistils 
until an advanced stage, when they burst from their confine- 
ment, and shortly after, the flower fades. Stamens and 
s as described in the generic character. Pistil : Ger- 
