54 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Orpo XXXIII. LEGUMINOSZE. 
Susonpo I. PAPILIONACEZE.— Flores 5-meri. Corolla irregularis papilionacea v. rarissime 
subregularis, petalis imbricatis, superiore (vexillo) exteriore. Stamina 10, v. rarius 9 v. 5 
I. Crotalaria, Linn. Gen. n. 862; Endl. Gen. n. 6472; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 178. 
Calyx 5-lobus, subbilabiatus, labio superiore 2- inferiore 3-fido. Vexillum orbiculatum v. ovatum, 
basi callosum v. squamulosum, carina falcato-acuminata v. rarius obtusa. Stamina 10, monadelpha, 
vagina superne fissa. Ovarium sessile v. stipitatum, 2-co-ovulatum. Stylus lateraliter barbato- 
pubescens; stigma terminale. Legumen turgidum v. inflatum, 2-co-spermum. Semina reniformia, 
compressa, estrophiolata, funiculo tenui.—Herb:e v. frutices; foliis simplicibus v. palmatim 3-5- 
7 -foliolatis, foliolis seepe pellucido-punctatis; stipulis bracteisque nunc minimis v. deficientibus, nune 
maximis, interdum adnato-decurrentibus ; floribus racemosis, flavis v. czeruleis. 
1. C. quinquefolia, Linn. Spec. 1006; annua, erecta, glabra v. sericeo-pubescens ; caule fistu- 
loso; folis longe petiolatis, petiolis 5—7 subsessilibus, lanceolatis v. linearibus, obtusis; racemis 
terminalibus v. oppositifoliis ; calycis lobis latis acuminatis, tubo sublongioribus; petalis flavis, vexillo 
lato obtusissimo; leguminibus glabris breviter stipitatis.— Rheede, Mal. vol. ix. t. 28; Benth. l.c. 
p. 184.—On cultivated and waste ground (Williams!; U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected in Tana 
(Barclay! n. 5495), Queensland, the East Indies, and the Archipelago. 
According to Pickering, the native name of this herb is * Boa," or * Emboa," as he spells it.* 
II. Indigofera, Linn. Gen. n. 989; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 194. Calyx parvus, urceo- 
lato-campanulatus, 5.dentatus v. -fidus, laciniis subsequalibus. Vexillum ovatum v. orbiculatum, 
reflexum, ale: carinam basi utrinque calcaratam v. gibbam equantes. Stamina 10, filamento 
vexillari libero diadelpha; antherze mucronate, conformes. Ovarium sessile v. subsessile, o0- v. 
rarissime 1-2-ovulatum. Legumen oblongum, lineare v. rarius orbiculatum, teretiusculum v. 
rarius compressum, rectum v. falcatum, 2-valve, co- v. 1-2-spermum, inter semina isthmis membra- 
naceis solubilibus distinctum. Semina globosa v. cubica, estrophiolata.—Frutices fruticuli v. herbe, 
seepissime pilis utrinque cuspidatis, medio affixis muniti; foliis imparipinnatis oo- rarius ]-jugis, 
interdum foliolorum lateralium abortu 1-foliolatis, quandoque nullis, stipulis minutis setaceis, sti- 
pellis quandoque nullis; floribus axillaribus spicatis v. racemosis, roseis purpureis v. interdum albis, 
vexillo extus plerumque sericeo-pubescente.—Spheridiophorum, Desv. in Journ. Bot. vol. iii. p. 125. 
t. 6. 1. 95. 
1. I. Anil, Linn. Mant. 272; caule suffruticoso erecto; follis pinnatis 3-7-jugis, foliolis ovali- 
bus subtus vix pubescentibus ; racemis axillaribus folio brevioribus ; leguminibus compressis non toru- 
losis deflexis arcuatis, sutura utraque calloso-prominula, oo-spermis.—In waste places; common 
along the coast of the different islands (Seemann! n. 106). Also collected in the Society and Sand- 
wich Islands by various expeditions. Not being contained in the older collections, it is probably a 
recent introduction to Polynesia. 
III. Tephrosia, Pers. Ench. vol. ii. p. 328; Endl. Gen. n. 6539; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. 
p. 202. Calyx subcampanulatus, 5-fidus, laciniis 2 superioribus profundius fissis, antica produc- 
tiore. Vexillum suborbiculatum, plerumque reflexo-patentissimum, carinam et alas carine ad- 
heerentes vix superans. Stamina 10, v. filamento vexillari libero diadelpha; antherz conformes. 
Ovarium sessile, co- v. rarius 1-2-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis ; stigma terminale, plerumque 
* Lotus australis, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 624 (L. levigatus, Benth.; albidus, Lodd.), was found in the 
Isle of Pines (M‘Gillivray !). 
