264 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BOTANY OF 
Nat. Ord. LEGUMINOSÆ. 
Tribe CAJANEÆ. 
LEUCODYCTION. Genus novum. 
Calyx bibracteolatus, campanulatus, bilabiatus, ad medium 4-fidus, 
labio superiore integro mucronato, inferioris tripartiti laciniis lanceo- 
latis, intermedia paulo longiore. Corolle petala æquilonga, calyce 
duplo longiora. Vexillum obovatum, ecallosum, breve unguiculatum, 
sub anthesi reflexum. Ale rectz, obtuss. Carina falcata. Stamina 
10, filamento vexillari libero, diadelpha, subeequilonga, anther con- 
formes. Ovarium sericeo-tomentosum, uniloculare, 4—5-ovulatum. 
Stylus adscendens, glaber, filiformis, petalis longior. Stigma acutius- 
culum, stylo haud crassius. Legumen’ lineare, mucronatum, com- 
pressum, 4—5-spermum, inter semina lineis transversis obliquis con- 
strictum. Semina ovalia, approximata, subcompressa, quodeunque 
semen membrana tenui hyalina vestitum. — Umbilico ovali, estrophio- 
lato.— Herba volubilis, e radice lignosa caulibus plurimis filiformibus, 
folis pinnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis lineari-oblongis obtusis mucronu- 
latis albo-reticulatis, stipellis minutis setaceis, stipulis parvis setaceo- 
acuminatis, floribus axillaribus in pedunculo brevi solitariis vel binis 
purpureis, leguminibus adpresse strigosis. 
Has. In rupibus provincie Malwan, in culmis graminum. 
A singular little plant, with wiry purple stems, climbing up the 
stems of grasses in very barren rocky ground. The anther-tube is 
very persistent, and is to be found on the half-grown legume. Corolla 
3 lines in length, dark purple. 
CAJANUS. 
C. Kulnensis; herbaceus, caule volubili filiformi pilis fulvis patulis 
pubescente, foliis ternatim trifoliolatis, foliolis rhomboideo-ovatis 
breviter acuminatis supra minute scabridis subtus pubescentibus et 
glandulis cerinis conspersis, lateralibus valde inzequilateris, stipulis 
ovatis acuminatis ciliatis, stipellis setaceis, racemis axillaribus pauci- 
(6)-floris folia subequantibus, leguminibus lineari-oblongis basi 
apiceque angustatis pilis longis mollibus viscidis vestitis 5-spermis 
inter semina oblique constrictis. 
- Foliola 2 poll. longa, 14 poll. lata, petiolulis brevissimis zequilongis. 
