^lacuna 



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Jacquin in the misapplication of the name, when transferring the two 

 species to the genus Mucuna. D. urens L. Syst. must therefore be cited 

 as Mucuna urcns (non -DC.), of which M. altissima DC. is a synonym, 

 and the species known as M. urens DC. must be renamed. 



2. M. Sloanei Fence, d- Rendh loc. cit. ; leaflets, terminal 

 elliptical, lateral ovate, generally shortly acuminate, densely 

 covered beneath with small adpressed silky hairs ; peduncle about 

 as long as the petiole or twice as long, with several flowers in a 

 subumbellate cluster at the apex ; pod with 2 narrow wings along 

 each margin and numerous obliquely transverse narrow wings. 

 -M. urens DC. Prodr. ii. 405 (1825) (excl. ref. to Pluk.) ; Macf. 



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Fig. 16. Mucuna Sloanei Fawc. & Rendle. 



A, Portion of stem with inflorescence and B, Stamens and pistil x 5. 



leaves x \. C, Pod x \. 



Jam. i. 294 ; Benth. torn. tit. 169, t. 46, /. /. (J.) ; Griseb. loc. tit. ; 

 Urb. op. tit. iv. 303, v. 372. Mucuna Marcg. Bras. 18. Phaseolus 

 brasilianus &c. Sloane Cat. 68 & Hist. i. 178. Phaseolus siliquis 

 latis &c. Plum. Descr. PL Amer. t. 107 & L-. iiu'd. /r. t. 237. 

 Dolichos urens Jacq. Enum. PL Carib. 27 (1760) & Sel. Stir^. Amer. 

 202, t. 182, /. 84 (excl. syn. Browne) & Ed.pict. t. 189 ; L. Sp. PL 

 ft!. 2, 1020 (so far as it refers to syn. Marci?., Sloane, and Jacq.). 

 Xegretia urens Tussac Fl. Ant. ii 52, /. 13 (1818). (Fig. 16.) 



Horse Eye Bean. 



In fl. Feb. ; Rio Cobre, Guanaboa, Sloane Herb. iii. 69 ! Lane in Herb. 

 Sloane clxii. 81! Wright \ Hope, Broughton\ Macfadyen ; Wullschlaegcl , 

 Prior; Chatsworth, Harris! Fl. Jam. 5590. West Indies, tropical conti- 

 nental America, tropical west Africa. 



