Rliyncliosia 



LEGUMINOSJE 



1-2-2 mm. 1. ; wings oblong with a sharp pointed auricle at the base, 

 much shorter than the keel, claw slender, 1-5-2 mm. 1. ; keel oblong- 

 elliptical, truncate fit ba-e, as long as the standard. 1'od minutely tomen- 

 tose, about 2 cm. 1., 7- ( J mm. br. Seeds roundish-kidney-shaped, dark 

 brown with black spots, 4-5 mm. in diam. 



-. R. minima DC. Proilr. !!. oS.j (1825) ; calyx about one- 

 half to two-thirds as long as the corolla, segments longer than 

 the tube, upper 2 lanceolate, lateral similar but broader and 

 shorter, lower longest, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate ; pod 

 oblong, narrowed towards the base, slightly curved : leaflets with 



A, Leaves, inflorescence, and pods x ;-;. 

 !i. 'alyx X .".. 

 < . Standard x 5. 



Fig. 22. lihyncosia mininui DC. 



D, Pistil X 5. 



E, Pod, one valve with seeds, x -. 



brownish dots beneath, sometimes also on the upper surface. - 

 Maef. Jam. i. 276; Bentlt. torn. cit. 204, t. 54, /. //. ; <in*cl>. he. 

 dt. : Urb. loc. cit. Phaseolus minimus fa^tidus &c. ,S'/^/,/, (,'"/. 

 71 A: Hist. i. 1S2, t. 11."), /'. 1. Dolichos miiiinuis, florilus lutcis 

 L. Sort. Clijj. 360, /. 21. D. minimus L. SJL PL 726(175:}). 

 Dolicholus minimus M<'<llc. in Vorlrx. Cltur^f. Plu/x. Get. it. 3 

 (1787). (Fi- 22.) 



Town Savanna, St. Jago de la Vega, /"<//;' Herb. iii. 79! Lan> in 

 Herb. Sloane clxii. 78! Honstounl /irounhton ! Mtii-fuJiten ! J);*ti)il 

 McNabl Parniil\ March ! I In no grounds ; King's House grounds ; near 

 Lititz; Bellevuc, near Spanish Town; Hope: //</,/?.<?! Watson Hill, 

 F,ni' C ett\ Fl. Jam. f.soi, G95s, 7247, 8396, ll.!>13, 11,980. Tropical and 

 subtropical regions. 



