38 MB. bentham's synopsis 



floribusque multo minoribus, legumine rectiore, vix H poll- ^ongo, 

 2^-3 lin. lato. 



4. C. HETEROPHYLLA (Lam. Dict. vol. ii. p. 51), glabra, caule tenui 

 volubili, foliolis 5-7 parvis reticulatis foliorum inferiorum orbiculatis 

 superiorura linearibus, stipellis minutis v. nullis, pedunculis brevibus 

 unifloris, bracteolis ovatis acutis calyce pluries brevioribus, legumine 

 piano glabro. 



Hab. In ins. Mauritio (Sieber, n. 151, Telfair, Gardner, &c.). 



5. C. BiFLOftA (Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 35), her- 

 bacea pilosula suberecta, foliolis 3-5 ellipticis lanceolatisve, stipellis 

 setaceis, floribus geminis subsessilibus reflexis, egumine brevi falcato 

 piano pubescente. 



Hab. In India Orientali prope Bombay [Dalzell, Law, Stoclcs, &c.). 

 Species inflorescentia et legumine distinctissima. Flores pro genere parvi. 

 6? C. PEDUNCULATA (Boj. Bcuth. in Ann. Mus. Vind. vol. ii. p. 114), 



glabra, caule filiformi, foliolis 3 lanceolato-linearibus acutiusculis, 



stipellis subnuUis, pedunculis filiformibus unifloris, bracteolis lineari- 



lanceolatis acutis calyce multo brevioribus. 

 Hab. In ins. Madagascaria inter frutices ad margines fluviorum (Bojer). 

 Specimina olim vidi in herbario Mussei Vindobonensis. Species mihi 



videbatur C. heterophyllee valde affinis, sed diversa foliolis (an con- 



stanter) 3 nee pluribus duplo longioribus, et pedunculis longis te- 



nuibus. 



Sect. II. Neurocarpum. 

 Herbee volubiles v. prostrati v. breviter erecti. Folia uni- vel trifoliata. 



Leguminis valvulse convexse, costa longitudinali medio percursse v. 



rarius ecostatse. Semina globosa, ovoidea v. crasse subreniformia, 



extus glanduloso-viscosa. 



* Caule herbaceo volubili. 



7. C. MACROPHYLLA (Wall. Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5345), caule rigido sub- 

 volubili piloso v. glabrato, foliolis 3 ovalibus subcoriaceis supra glabris 

 subtus appresse pilosis, racemis brevissimis confertis, bracteis oblongis 

 calycis tubo brevioribus, vexillo villoso, legumine glabro ecostato. 



C. javanica, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. vol. i. p. 226. 



Hab. In India Orientali, in montibus Frome etTavoy (Wallich). In 



Java {Horsfield). 

 Foliola 3-4-pollicaria, petiolo communi flores superante. Flores If poll. 



longi. Legumen bipollicare. 



8. C. MARIANA (Linn. Spec. PI. p. 1026), glabra v. vix pilosula, caule 

 prostrate v. volubili, foliolis 3 ovato-oblongis v. lanceolatis membra- 

 naceis sa^pius acutis, pedunculis 1-3-floris, bracteolis lanceolatis calyce 

 multo brevioribus, vexillo glabro, legumine glabro ecostato. 



C. Mexicana, Link. Enum. vol. ii. p. 235. — C. acuminata. Grab, in Wall. 

 Cat. Herb. Ind. n. 5346.— C. Grahami, Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2; 

 Benth. in PI. Jungh. vol. ii. p. 30. 



