BKNTHAM ON THE GENUS HARPALYCE, 209 



order, I was struck with the pecuharities of the Harpabjce 

 of Mo^ino and Sesse's Icones, as pubHshed in the Prodromus^ 

 and having obtained through the kindness of Professor de 

 Candolle, a copy of the original drawing from which his 

 generic characters were taken, I am now convinced, that, 

 making due allowance for evident inaccuracies in the draw- 

 ing itself, the two plants belong to one genus. I have there- 

 fore no scruple in adopting the published name, and subjoin- 

 ing an amended character for the genus, with a description of 

 the Brazilian species. 



Hakpalyce, Moc. et Sess. Pi. Mex. ined. — DC. Prod. II. 

 p. 5-23. 



Calyx tubo brevissimo, limbo elongato bipartito, laciniis 

 integris deciduis. Corolla papiiionacea; vexillum amplum, 

 ovato-orbiculatum, basi breviter unguiculatum, ecallosum, 

 exappendiculatum ; ala vexillo breviores, oblongo-falcatas, 

 basi hinc auriculatse ; carina vexillo sublongior, linearis, 

 obtusa, apice cum genitalibus contorta, petalis basi liberis 

 auriculatis, superne dorso connatis. Stamina monadeJpha, 

 tubo superne fisso, filamento vexillari supra medium (v. in- 

 terdum a basi*?) libero. AnthercB lineares basifixse, alternee 

 dimidio breviores. Vagina in disco nulla. Ovarium sessile 

 liueare, pluri-ovulatum, glabrum. Stylus ^W^ovnVxs. Stigma 

 parvum, capitatum. Legumen oblongum, compressum, cori- 

 aceum, bivalve, intus transverse multiloculare. Semina ob- 

 longa, strophiolata. Embryo rectus. Cotyledones carnosae. 

 Itadicula brevissima. — Herhas perennes, erectee, ramoscB. Folia 

 impari-pinnata. Racemi axillares v. terminales. Pedicelli 

 solitarii unifori. — Bractese et bracteolse lineares^ deciduce. 



1. H. formosa {Mof, et Sess. — DC. I. c.) foliolis obovato- 

 oblongis basi angustatis. — In Mexico. (Char, ex Icon. 

 Tab. V.) 



* In the specimens I examined for making the drawing, the stamens 

 appeared to be truly monadelphous, with a cleft above, yet Mr Gardner in 

 his notes describes them as " diadelphous, one-nine," — Ed. 

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