LEGUMINOSAE. 559 



6667/ 3 . 9IICROFTERYX Walp. 

 (Walp. in Linnaea XXIII. 739. - Walp. Ann. II. 425.) 



1. MICROPTERYX CRISTA GALLI Walp ? (Walp. Ann. II. 425. 1?).— Hasskarl in Retzia 

 I. p. 180. 



Diagn. reform.: Frutex glaber, ram. inermib. pet. subaculeatis , fo- 

 liolis oblongo- s. ovato-ellipticis, terminali saepe ovali - elliptico, utrinq. 

 acutis aut brevit. acuminatis, integris, glaberr, coriac. , subcomplicatis, 

 subt. glaucesc. ; alis paulo exsertis, carina vexilli obovati l / 3 breviori, 

 stamine vexillari infra med. tubo staminifero adhaerenti, calycis bre- 

 viter bilabiati labio superiori integro aut obs. bidentato, inferiori acute 

 mucronulato, germine longiter stipitato, dense sericeo, stylo brevi hamato. 



Obs. Character genericus ob stylum in nostra planta per brevem bamatum paulo 

 mutandus erit! — Haud securus sum annon nostra potius ad M. laurifoliam (Walp. 

 1. c. 2.) sit ducenda, opponentib. aulem ram. potius aculeatis et calyce truncato 

 1 -dentato. 



Cfr. et I. c. plantae descript. amplam. 



6668. STRONOYLODON Vogel. 

 (Walp. Rep. I. 769.) 



Asa Gray Un. St. expl. exp. p. 445. 



Char. auctus: 



Calyx campanulalus, truncatus s. 4 — 5 - dentatus, dentib. obtusiss. 

 v. obsoletis. Vexillum ovato-oblongum, acutum dem. recurvo patentis- 

 simum, b. brevit. unguiculatum et membranula inflexa appendiculatum 

 intus bicallosum. Alae subfalcalae , vexillo et carina mullo minores. 

 Carina gamopetala, falcata, rostrata , vexilJo aequilonga. Stam. 10 dia- 

 delpha: anth. fere 1-formes. Ovar. slipitalum, 1 - pauciovulaturn : styl. 

 capillaris, longiss., stigm. subcapitato penicillato terminatum. (Fr. ad- 

 huc ignotus). — Frutic. v. suffrutic, caulib. gracilib. volubilib. scanden- 

 tes, inermes, glaberrimae; f. pinnatim trifoiiolatis slipellalis , racemis 

 elongatis multifloris , pedicellis gracilib. ad nodos fasciculatis; fl. rubris. 



1. STRONGYLODON RUBER Vogel (Walp. Rep. I. 769 n. 1). — Asa Gray 1. c. p. 446. 

 tab. 48. 



Foliolis ovatis membranac; racemis folio duplo longiorib. ; pedicellis 

 flore aequilongis; calyce b. bibracleolato manifeste 4 — 5-dentato, den- 

 lib. obtusissimis; carina falcato - incurva; ovario 1 — 2 - ovulato. 



Stronrjylodon rubcr Vogel in Linn. X. 585. — Mucuna allissima Hook. et 

 Arn. Beecb. quoad specimen. — Harpaetropis speciosus Nutt. in berb 

 Hook. 

 Hab. in inss. Sandwicensib. et Viiiensibus. — Planta scandens etc. 



2. STRONGYLODON MACROBOTRYS A. Gr. - Asa Gray l.c. p.448 tab. 49. 



Foliolis oblongis, racemis pendentib.? longissimis; pedicellis Hore 

 breviorib.; calyce truncato obsolete 4 — 5-dentato; carina levit. incurva; 

 ovario 4 — 6 - ovulato. 



Habit. in montib. pr. Banos , Luzon, in inss. Philippini.s. — Probably a woody 

 vine , caet. 



