J?RENC3 HORTUS JAMAICENSI&. 30? 



S. SPIRAUK. SPIRAL. 



Leaves ovate, obtuse, smooth ; stem very mndi branched, with cliffusecl bf-R?iches ; 

 r<iccuies loose, divaricate; legumes -pirally twisted. 



Stem woxjay, trailing, a foot anda half long, sending out several branches on eacli 

 pile. 'Leati^;ts small, })ale green ; flowers smaii, of a paic purplish colour. Legumes 

 >pa.rro^', eiiv;li joint four-cornered, containiiig a single, small, compressed, seed. 



. . 10. AXILl.ARE. AXUXAUV. 



Trfpki;lhi))i mejiis i^epens ; scapis axillarihus, assurgcnUimSf infcrns 

 nudis, superne spicalis. Browne, p. 301. 



. Leaves rhombed, roiindisii ; stem creeping, rooting; petioles upright ; scapes 

 axdlary, longer than the leaves. 



"This runs n^any feet from the main roots ; but they commonly cast a few ratical 

 fibres from a'l the joints that touch the ground, which greatly forwards tlieir iuxuriatit 

 growtii. The leaves are marked with some prominent veins on the under si^ie, and 

 seldom under an mcii and half in length. Both the s.pecies.are pretty common in thet 



diore shady iiilis of Jamaica. Browne. 



1!. TRirLOnUM. THREE-FLOWERED. 



Leaves ob-cordate J stems procumbent ; peduncles one-fiowere!, seldom three 



tu-efher. 



Roots simple, long; stems filiform, crowded, when magnified appearing thi'ee-cor- 

 -inered, sub-divided, pubescent. Leaves alternate ; petioles short ; stipules < pposite, 

 -acuminate, membranaceous, at the base of the petioles ; leaflets rouniiish, ob-cordate, 

 ^r slightly emarginate, small, nerved, netted, smooth above, glaucous underneath. 

 Peduncles opposite to the petioles, simple, solitary, two or at most thiee touether, 

 the length of the petioles, filiform, oiie-flowered ; flowers minute, scarlet. Calyx 

 'two-lipped ; the three hinder segments linear, contiguous, sharper, the two in front 

 distant lanceolato. Banner of the corolla roundish-cordate, spreading, reflex, pale; 

 wings and keel shorier than the banner, appro.simatjni;-, scarlet. Legume small, pe- 

 duncled, crenate in front, containing three or four seeds, which are roundish and nu- 

 oate. Itwakes at ten o'clock in the morning, and sleeps at four in the afternoon. .S'a;. 



12. BARBATUM. BEARDED. 



Racemes oblong, somewitat branched ; legumes be'it in ; calyxes hairy. 



Stem procumbent, from three to five inches in length, branched, round, somewhat 

 shrubby at the base, even ; branches procumbent, almost simple, short, round, pu- 

 =besceni. Leaves petioled ; petioles alternate, thicker at the base, filiform; short, 

 round, a little flatted, smooth; leaflets obovate, petioled, the middle one double tlie 

 size of tt;e two others, entire, somewhat glaucous above, iioary on the back. At the 

 tips of the Igaves are v&ry short little brist.es. Stipules opposite, at the base of the 

 petioles, sessile, lanceolate, sharp. T'lowtrs terminating in a sortof spike ; peduncles 

 long, two, apj.roxiniating, fihfoi'm; the flowers nodding, pale blue.' Calyx sub-bila- 

 biate, tiie two upper segments approximating, the tij)s iincir- Hirsute ; the' three lower 

 (mes di. uiut, parted to the base, lanceolate, iiirsute, whence-there is a broad hirsute 

 ipdie ; i> .iiier of the corolta spreaaing at top, roundish; \\ings lanceolate, blunt; 

 fciui ovdtc, boved in, spreading. Legume lanceolate, bent variously, bowi d in ; 

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