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1. U. lagopoides, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 324; caule fruticuloso, procumbente v. adscendente, 
pubescente v. villoso; foliolis solitariis v. 3 ovatis obtusis, terminali orbiculari-reniformi v. cordato- 
ovato majori, subscabris v. subvelutino-pubescentibus ; racemis subspicatis oblongis obtusis hirsutis 
subsessilibus; bracteis deciduis; leguminis articulis 2 glabris v. pubescentibus.—Benth. Fl. Austr. 
vol. ii. p. 237; Wight, Icon. t. 289.—U. cercifolia, Desv. l.c. f. 19. Desmodium lagopodioides, 
Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus. vol. i. p. 185. Hedysarum lagopoides, Forst. Prodr. n. 276. Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, * Lakanikasa," teste Williams.—On cultivated and waste ground, Vanua Levu 
(Seemann! n. 108; U. S. Expl Exped.). Also gathered in Uvea or Wallis Island (Sir E. 
Home!), New Caledonia (Anderson!), Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped.), and in Queensland 
(R. Brown !). i 
VII. Glycine, Linn. Endl. Gen. n. 6650; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 242. Calyx subbila- 
biatus, labio superiore 2-fido, inferiore 3-partito. Vexillum suborbiculatum, marginibus alas amplec- 
tens; ale vexillum subzequantes, carinze breviori rectze adhzrentes. Stamina 10, monadelpha, v. 
filamento vexillari demum libero; antheræ conformes. Ovarium subsessile, oc-ovulatum. Stylus 
brevis, incurvus; stigma subeapitatum. Legumen lineare v. faleatum, 2-valve, co-spermum, isth- 
mis cellulosis inter semina interceptum. Semina subovata, estrophiolata.— Herbs» v. suffrutices 
volubiles, magis minusve pilosi; foliis pinnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis stipellatis; stipellis setaceis; sti- 
pulis parvis lanceolatis ; racemis axillaribus interruptis; pedicellis subfasciculatis. - 
1. G. tabacina, Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 244; pubescens v. villosa; foliolis 3, terminali 
longe distante, orbiculato-obovatis oblongis ovato-lanceolatis v. linearibus; stipulis minutis; floribus 
axillaribus solitariis v. racemosis ; calycis lobis subulato-acuminatis ; legumine recto glabro v. villoso ; 
seminibus lzvibus v. tuberculatis.—Kennedya tabacina, Labill. Sert. Austr. Cal. 70. t. 70. Leptolo- 
bium tabacinum, Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. vol. ii. p. 125. L. elongatum, Benth. l.c. Desmodium 
Novo-Hollandicum, F. Muell. in Linn. vol. xxv. p. 394.—Island of Nukubati, off the Macuata coast 
(Seemann! n. 123). Also collected in New Caledonia and Australia. 
VIII. Dioclea, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. vi. p. 497; Endl. Gen. n. 6662. Calyx campa- 
nulatus, 4-fidus, laciniis zestivatione imbricatis, superiore latiore, integra v. emarginata, infima angus- 
tiore, intus adpresse sericeus v. rufo-villosus. "Vexillum alis longius, orbiculatum, medio nudum v. 
breviter bicallosum, margine utrinque membrana inflexa appendiculatum ; ale obovate v. oblongze, 
liberee, intus auriculis subadhzrentibus ; carina alis brevior v. subzequalis, incurva, obtusa v. rostrata, 
petalis secus longitudinem subplicatis, dorso connatis. Discus breviter vaginifer v. subnudus.  Sta- 
mina 10, medio monadelpha, filamento vexillari ima basi libero ; authere conformes. Ovarium sub- 
sessile, oc-ovulatum. Stylus incurvus, glaber, versus apicem spe incrassatus, truncatus; stigma 
terminale. Legumen oblongum, plano-compressum, crassiusculum, coriaceum, sutura vexillari 
incrassata, seepius anguste bialata. Semina transversa, compressa, umbilico lineari, strophiolo tenui, 
demum libera.—Frutices volubiles ; foliis pinnatim 3-foliolatis, foliolis oppositis cum impari distante, 
stipellis minutis setaceis, stipulis variis; racemis axillaribus elongatis; floribus in fasciculos v. spiculas 
secus pedunculum crassum dispositis, spicularum sive fasciculorum rhachi brevi incrassata persis- 
tente; bracteis cito deciduis; pedicellis brevibus, bracteolis calyci adpressis, ovatis v. orbiculatis, 
deciduis v. subpersistentibus, floribus czeruleis violaceis v. subalbis; legumine- sepissime demum 
tomentoso v. villoso.—Hymenospron, Spreng. Gen. Pl. n. 2880. z A 
1. D. violacea, Mart. in Herb. Benth. in Ann. Wien. Mus. vol. ii. p. 133; ramis piloso-his- 
pidis; foliolis lato-ovatis brevissime acuminatis, basi subcordatis, junioribus utrinque pilosis demum 
glabratis; floribus subsessilibus densis; calycibus glabriusculis; carina obtusa rostrata alis subdi- 
midio breviore.— Dolichos altissimus, Velloz. Fl. Flum. vol. vii. t. 134. Mucuna altissima, Boj. mss. 
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