228 Dr. J. D. Hooker's Enumeration of the Plants 



DeCandoUe describes the corolla as shorter than the calyx in the present 

 species, and Mr. Bentham remarks that this was probably the case in the 

 specimens which that author examined, because the corolla is often abortive 

 in the Phaseolece. 



212. Rhynchosia minima, DeC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 385. 

 Hab. Albemarle Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. West India Islands. 



213. PisciDiA ERYTHRiNA, Linn. DeC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 267- 



Hab. Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. West Indies. 



214. Phaseolus (Drepanospermum) mollis, Hook. ^L; subvolubilis, totus 

 moUiter velutino-pubescens, foliolis subsequalibus lat^ ovatis integris 

 apice rotundatis utrinque pubescentibus marginibus recurvis reticulatim 

 venosis petiolulatis lateralibus obliquis, stipulis stipellisque parvis atris, 

 racemis axillaribus elongatis laxifloris folio bis terve longioribus, floribus 

 solitariis geminisve, pedicellis suberectis, bracteolis parvis, calycibus pu- 

 berulis obtus^ lobatis, leguminibus compressis velutinis lineari-oblongis 

 rectis. 



Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



Caulis elongatus, ut videtur volubilis, teres, pilis mollibus subferrugineis pubescens, cras- 

 sitie pennse corvinae. Petioli l^-pollicares basi incrassati, stipulis 2 parvis atris aucti; 

 foliola 1| una. longa et lata, nervis subtus prominulis, juniora dense sericeo-velutina. 

 Racemi semipedales et ultra, 12-15-flori, dense velutini, substricti. Flores plerumque 

 gemini, purpurei. Pedicelli 3 lin. longi. Calyx latior quam longus, segmentis brevibus 

 valde obtusatis, superiore obsoleto. Vexillum vix ^ unc. longum, obtusum. 



216. ViGNA OwYHENSis, Fogel in Linncea, vol. x. p. 585, var. 

 Hab. James Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. South Sea Islands, Chili, &c. 



216. Desmanthus depressus, Kunth, Mimosece, p. 115. t. 35. DeC. Prodr. 

 vol. ii. p. 444. 



f^ar. foliolis paucijugis. 



Hab, Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. 



217. Acacia Cavenia, Hooh.Jll. 8f Am. Bot. Beechey, p. 21. 



Hab. Albemarle Island, Charles Darwin, Esq. ^ Mr. Macrae. Chili and Bonaria. 



