V16 DIADELPHIA. DECAXDHIA. 



base; upper lip truncate, emarginate, lower 

 c(|ua!ly trifid. Ve.xilhim broad and vertical, 

 the claw lined witli an adnate niem!)rane sepa- 

 rating at its summit: wings adhering at the 

 apex; stibulately bidentate at the base; carina 

 not iTflecting the vexillum. Stipe of the Genn 

 sheathed. Legume torulose, many-seeded. 



A twining shrub witli pinnated leaves; flowers race- - 

 nioso, unibracteate, bractes very large, imbricately enve- 

 loping the flower buds, cleciduous, and coloured; legume 

 long and coriaceous; seeds large. 



Species. W. spcciosa. Glijdne fnitescens. Willd. Apios 

 fmtcscens. Ph. 



Oes. Leaves pinnate in nines, ovate, pubescent. Flow- 

 ers pale blue, very abund tnt, and nearly as large as those 

 of the common Pea. Calix villous, naked at the base. 

 Vexillum broader than long, marked with a central green 

 spot just above the claw, almost perpendicuUivly reflect- 

 ed, claw rigid and rather long, slica'.hed with an adnate 

 membrane, which evinces its exis'ence by a partial sepa- 

 ration at the summit. Carina of 2 petals, incurved at the 

 point, but without reflecting the vexillum, tlie denture at 

 the base of each subulate. Stigma capitate. Lei;ume 1- 

 ceiled. Seeds nearly as large as the smaller kirid of Kid- 

 ney-beans, and also spotted, hence this shrub has receiv- 

 ed the common name of " Carolina Kidney-bean tree." 



There appears to be a second species of this genus ui 

 the alluvial forests of West Florida. 



518. GALACTIA. Brown, 



Calix 4-cleft, bibracteolate. Petals all oblon|!^, 

 the vexillum broader and incumbentc Anthers 

 oblong. Stigma obsolete. Stipe of the germ 

 naked. Legnme terete, many-seeded. 



Herbaceous plants, either prostrate or twining; leaves 

 often coriaceous, but deciduous, ternate or pinnate, sti- 

 pules cauline, and as well as the bractes very minute, par- 

 tial bractes setaceous; racemes axillary, few-flowered; 

 flowers reddish A genus very closely allied to the pin- 

 nate leaved species of CUtoria. 



Species. 1. G. * pilosa. Every where softly and dense- 

 ly pilose; leaves ternate, partly oval, obtuse, paler be- 

 liieuih; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves; flow- 



