236 LEGUMINOS X. ABRUS. 
825.—E. filiforme, Roxb.! in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1163; Wall.! L. n. 5955.— 
E. Lens, Wall. ! L. n. 5954. c.—Vicia Mitchellii, Raf. ; DC. 1. c. p. 360. 
SUBTRIBE V.—PHASEOLEJE, Bronn. 
Corolla papilionaceous. Stamens monadelphous, or more usually diadelphous (9 
and l). Legume several seeded, dehiscent, continuous, often with cellular, rarely 
with coriaceous transverse partitions between the seeds, but not separating into joints. 
Radicle bent along the edge of the cotyledons. Cotyledons thick, unchanged by ger- 
mination.—Leaves usually trifoliolate, very rarely abruptly pinnated; primordial 
ones opposite. 
A. Leaves abruptly pinnated : stamens 9, monadelphous.— Abrineze. 
XXXIX. ABRUS. Linn.; Gertn. Jut. 151. 
_ Calyx campanulate, obsoletely 4-lobed with the upper lobe the broadest, or 
toothed with the upper tooth bifid. Corolla papilionaceous ; vexillum ovate. 
Stamens 9, monadelphous, cohering at the base with the claw of the vexil- 
lum ; the tenth wanting. Style short. Stigma capitate. Legume oblong, com- 
pressed, 4-6-seeded. Seeds roundish, separated by cellular partitions.— 
Twining or diffuse shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnated, with many pairs of 
leaflets. Pedicels springing several together from large alternate, terete, glan- 
dular tubercles along the racemes. 
126. (1) A. precatorius (Linn.:) twining; ultimate branches with a few 
adpressed hairs: leaflets 8-20 pair, linear-oval obtuse at both ends, a little 
distant, glabrous or sprinkled with a few hairs: racemes axillary, peduncled, 
from half as long to as long as the leaves, many-flowered : calyx obsoletely 
lobed: claw of the vexillum longish, cohering with the staminal sheath at its 
base and forming with it a short tube around the ovary.— Linn. syst. p. 533; 
DC. prod. 2. p. 381; Spr. syst. 3. p. 235 ; Desv. in ann. sc. nat. 9. p. 418; 
Roxb. ft. Ind. 3. p. 258 ; in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1157 ; Wall.! L.n. 5818; Wight! 
eat. n. 826.—A. pauciflorus, Desv. l. e, —A. minor, Desv. l. c.—Glycine Abrus, 
Linn. sp. p. 1025.—Rheed. Mal. 8. t. 39 ; Rumph. Amb. 5. t, 82 ; Pluk. t. 214. 
727. (2) A. fruticulosus (herb. Madr. ! :) diffuse ; ultimate branches, leaves, 
and racemes „pubescent: leaflets approximated, narrow linear, mucronate : 
racemes terminating the short leafy axillary branches, few-flowered : calyx 
4-toothed 3 teeth triangular-acute, upper one bifid at the apex : claw of the 
vexillum very short, cohering with the stamen-sheath only at the very base. 
—MWall.! L. n. 5820 ; Wight ! cat. n. 827 Palameottah. Malabar. 
B. Leaves trifoliolate.— Euphaseoleze. 
XL. NOMISMIA. W. & A. 
Calyx deeply bilabiate, without bracteoles at its base: under lip longer 
than the upper, 3-partite, the middle segment the longest, about the length 
of the keel ; upper bifid: all the segments bent faleately upwards, more or less 
subulate, in :stivation enclosing the corolla and forming a hook beyond it. 
Corolla papilionaceous: vexillum with two callosities near the base of the 
limb. Keel faleate, the petals free from the base to the bend. Stamens dia- 
delphous (9 and 1). Ovary 1-2-ovuled. Style glabrous. Legume stalked, 
orbieular, much compressed, 1-2-seeded, strongly nerved or veined. 
with a large fleshy oval 2-lobed carunculus at the hilum.— T wining pubescent 
or hairy plants. Leaves petioled, pinnately trifoliolate: leaflets sprinkled 
