Plantce Lindheimeriana. 171 



369. Rhynchosia Texana, Torr. fy Gr. FL 1. p. 687. 

 New Braunfels ; prostrate, or climbing over bushes. August. 

 It has the aspect of a Galactia. 



370. Galactia canescens, Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen. 

 p. 62 ; Torr. &/• Gr. FL 1. p. 288, & p. 687. Heterocarpsea 

 Texana, Scheele in Linncea, 21, p. 467. Rocky soil, New 

 Braunfels. June, September. " Often flowering a second time 

 after the rains in September, as is the case with many other 

 plants." — Stems creeping ; many of the racemes becoming 

 subterranean, and bearing globular, membranaceous legumes 

 which are filled by a single large seed ; while the legumes 

 which fructify above ground are linear-oblong, canescent, and 

 4-5-seeded; as is mentioned in the FL N. Amer. p. 687. 

 On this Mr. Scheele has founded his new genus Heterocar- 

 pcea, which he thinks is very distinct from any other known ! 



(591.) G. heterophylla (sp. nov.) : cano-sericea ; cauli- 

 bus gracilibus e basi suffruticosa decumbentibus ; foliolis 

 oblongis subcuneatis obtusis retusisve mucronulatis, aut 3 late- 

 ralibus a terminali paulo remotis brevissime petiolulatis, aut 

 in plurimis 4-5, accessoriis cum lateralibus digitatim insertis ; 

 racemis brevibus paucifloris ; calycis laciniis triangulari-oblon- 

 gis sericeis corolla multo brevioribus, superiore bidentato ; 

 legumine puberulo recto inferne angustato 3 -6-spermo. — On 

 the Liano, October. — Remarkable for its prevailingly 4-5- 

 foliolate leaves, although some in each specimen are only 

 3-foliolate ; the additional leaflets are mostly rather smaller 

 than the others, and inserted with the lateral pair. Stems 6 

 to 20 inches long. Leaflets half an inch long, thickish, silky- 

 canescent, especially underneath, with a closely appressed and 

 silvery pubescence ; the veins rather prominent underneath. 

 Stipules subulate : stipels deciduous. Peduncles 1 - 4-flow- 

 ered. Corolla nearly half an inch long, fully twice the length 

 of the calyx ; the vexillum appears to have been pale yellow ! 

 the other petals rose-color. Legume \\ inches long. Seeds, 

 style, &c. as in the genus to which I refer this in some 

 respects anomalous species. 



