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lata, compressa.—Frutices v. suffrutices, caulibus gracilibus volubilibus, inermes, glaberrimee ; foliis 
pinnatim 3-foliolatis stipellatis; racemis elongatis oo-floris; pedicellis gracilibus ad nodos fascicu- 
latis; floribus rubris. : 
1. S. lucidum, Seem. ; foliolis ovatis membranaceis; racemis folio duplo longioribus; pedicellis 
flore eequilongis; calyce basi bibracteolato manifeste 4—5-dentato, dentibus obtusissimis, carina fal- 
cato-incurva; legumine inflato 1-2-spermo, seminibus nigris.—G/ycine lucida, Forst. Prodr. n. 
272, et Icon. (ined.) t. 197. Rhynchosia lucida, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 387. Stronyylodon ruber, 
Vogel in Linn. vol. x. p. 585; A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 446. t. 48. Mucuna altissima, Hook. et Arn. 
Bot. Beech. p. 81, non alior. Harpetropis speciosus, Nutt. in Herb. Hook.—In woods, Ovalau (U. S. 
Expl. Exped.), Taviuni (Seemann! n. 113). Also collected in Tahiti (Banks and Solander! Forster !) 
and the Hawaiian Islands (Macrae! Barclay! Nuttall!) 
XIII. Phaseolus, Linn. Gen. n. 886; Endl. Gen. n. 6674; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 256. 
Calyx campanulatus v. subtubulosus, apice 4-fidus v. lacinia suprema 2-fida 5-fidus. Vexillum orbi- 
culatum, recurvo-patens v. subtortum, basi angustatum, margine utroque subauriculatum, membrana 
inflexa auctum, medio nudum, v. longitudinaliter 2-callosum, callis sæpe confluentibus, ale obovate 
v. oblong:e, supra unguem carinze adhzerentes, apice supra eandem conniventes, carina vexillum zequans 
v. superans, obovata, apice acuminato-rostrata, rostro spiraliter torto. Stamina 10, filamento vexillari 
libero, supra basin geniculato et seepe appendiculato 2-adelpha. Discus vaginifer. Ovarium sub- 
sessile, oc-ovulatum. Stylus cum carina tortus, basi subulatus, supra medium cartilagineus, subdila- 
tatus, infra stigma subtus barbatus; stigma crassiusculum, basi ciliatum, plus minus obliquum. 
Legumen lineare v. faleatum, plus minus compressum v. teretiusculum. Seminum umbilicus 
parvus, oblongus, nudus v. strophiolo tenui membranacea auctus.—Frutices v. herb: volubiles, 
prostrate v. suberecte; foliis pinnatim 3-foliolatis, rarius 1-foliolatis, stipellis oblongis ovatis v. 
subulatis; stipulis plerumque persistentibus, lineato-plurinerviis, seepe basi breviter infra insertionem 
produetis ; pedunculis axillaribus, supra medium floriferis; floribus in fasciculos paucifloros dispositis, 
fasciculorum rhachi persistente, nodiformi; bracteis stipulis conformibus, sepissime ante anthesin 
deciduis ; bracteolis oblongis, ovatis v. orbiculatis, lineatis, sæpe caducis; calycibus intus glabris; 
corollis glabris, albis flavescentibus rubris v. purpureis. 
1. P. Truxillensis, H.B.K. Nov. Gen. Am. vol. vi. p. 451; volubilis, glaber v. plus minus 
pilosus, pilis caulinis reflexis, foliorum adpressis v. sericeis, foliolis late ovatis obtusis v. breviter acu- 
minatis, terminali subrhomboideo, lateralibus valde obliquis; stipellis minutis oblongis; stipulis par- 
vis infra insertionem non productis; pedunculis plerumque elongatis paucifloris; pedicellis brevis- 
simis; bracteolis calyce brevioribus, deciduis; floribus majusculis purpurascentibus albo-roseis v. 
flavo-violaceis; calycis lobis superioribus brevibus, latis, obtusis, inferiore acuto; legumine com- 
presso, recto v. falcato.— Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 257. P. amenus, Sol. in Forst. Prodr. n. 533, 
et in Parkins. Drawings of Tahit. Pl. (ined.) t. 7; Sol. Prim. Fl. Ins. Ocean. Pacif. p. 285 (ined.). 
P. rostratus, Wall. Plaut. Asiat. Rar. vol. i. p. 50. t. 63; Wight, Icon. t. 34.— Common throughout 
Viti (Seemann! n. 116; Barclay! U.S. Expl. Exped.). Also found in Tahiti (Banks and Solander ! 
Forster !), in the Sandwich (Menzies! Nuttall! Macrae!) and Samoan Islands (U. S. Expl. Exped. » 
on the east coast of Australia, South America, and nearly all tropical countries. 
2. P. Mungo, Linn. Mant. 101; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 257; plus minus hirsutus, pilis 
caulinis reflexis, foliorum adpressis ; eaule elongato volubili v. erecto; foliolis ovatis, acutis v. acumi- 
natis, integerrimis v. minute 3-lobis, lateralibus valde obliquis ; stipulis majusculis, oblongis, infra 
insertionem productis ; floribus parvulis, pallide flavis, racemosis v. in fasciculos 2-3 aggregatis ; 
bracteolis parvis, valde deciduis; calycis lobis 2 superioribus brevissimis, latis, inferiore acuto; 
carina sinistrorsum nes legumine cylindrico, hirsuto v. rarius subglabro.—P. Roxburghii, . 
