532 LEGUMINOSAE. galactia. 



glaucescenlibus, laleralibua sessilibua, tcrminali longc pciiolulalo; raccmis axil— 

 laribus petiolo brevioribus; calyce cyliodraceo sericeo— pubeacenle. ^"> — Le- 

 gumen immalurum lineare scriccum, corolla purpurca. — Crcscit in Mcxico 

 prope Real del Monle. 

 3, <;. FLORIDANA Torr. el r,r. Pl. Y Am. I. 388. Proslrala, lola .ilhcsccnti-pu- 

 berolo-lomentosa : foliolis ovalibus oblusissimis; racemis l <>l i >> parnm hmgiori- 

 lnis. Dornm fasciculis approximali6; pedicellis calyce dimidio brevioribns; legu- 

 minibns rillosis. -J. — Caulis qnam in speciebns reliquis Korcali -Amcricanis 

 brevior, roliola sesqnipollicaria nlrinque oblusa vcnosa. Calyi corolla dimidia 

 brevior. Petala pallide rubescenti-purpurea. Anlherae oblongo-lincarcs. — Cres- 

 cil in Florida locis arcnosis ad «Tampa bay". 



6656. it utitn iu \ DC. 



(DC. Prodr. II. 239. — Wlprs. Repcrt. bot. sysl. I. 702.) 

 1. B. MAYNENSIS Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gcncr. et spec. plant. Cbil. III. 58. I. 264. 

 — Fruticosa scandcns: ramulis pcdunculisque hirsutis; foliolis quinque- ad de- 

 cemjugis elliplicis oblongisve, utrinque obtusis mucronalis, subtus cinereis 

 Blrigosis; raccmis folium aequantibus quadrifloris, bracleolis lanceolatis; calycis 

 pilosi laciniis inaequalibns; legumine hirlo. i>^ — Frulex arborum 5!)-pedalium 

 cacumina scandens, caulibus lignosis pcnnam cygneam crassis, ramis longissimis 

 saepc ramulosis liberis. Ramuli teretcs atro-purpurei breviler rigidcque hirsuto- 

 pilosi fragiles. Stipulae lanccolalo-subulalac acutissiraae nervosae lincam longac. 

 Folia adulta 5-pollicaria, peliolus communis teres pilosus, foliola 5-10-juga bre- 

 viler peliolulata, slipellis subulalis, ovalo-elliplica, ulrinquc oblnsa, mucronulata 

 merabranacea, supra puherula, sublus strigosa cincrea, vix pollicaria. Pedunculi 

 folium acquantes vel superanles terelcs subbirsuli ulplurimum quadriflori. Flo- 

 rcs per paria oppositi dislanles majusculi pulchcrrime coccinei inodori. Brac- 

 lcolae ad basin calycis lanceolalae nervosae, calyx membranaceus dilule purpu- 

 reus, demum rumpens. Corollae petala glaberrima venosa. Legumen lineare, 

 inler semina paullo conslriclum subcompressum, suluris parum incrassatis, hir- 

 tum tripollicarc. — Crescit in sylvis primaevis ad flumen Huallaga Pcruviae 

 orientalis versus Tocachc et Yurimaguas. 



Subtribus IV. DIOCLEAE Bth. — Endl. 1. c. p. 1292. 



6659. BlOMt Martius. 

 (Wlprs. Reperl. bot. sysl. I. 763.) 

 1. R. (GALACTIA Nees et Marlius. - DC. Prodr. II. 238.) CORIACEA Bth. Ann. des 

 Wien. Mus. II. 130. — Fruticosa glabra: foliolis trihus ovalis obtusis relusis vel 

 brevissimc acuminatis, basi rotundala truncatis immarginatis; pedunculis folio 

 suhlongiorihus, supra mcdiura inlerruple racemiferis. 6 — Petiolus sesquipolli- 

 caris, foliola 2-3-pollicaria, supra nitida, sublus subglauca, oculo nudo glabcr- 

 rima, suh lenle suhtus ad nervos pilis minulis sparsis rigidis adpressis nigres- 

 ccnlibus donala. Flores fere B. coccineae, racemi parum longiores, calyccs in- 

 curvi. — Crescit in Brasiliae prov. Minas Geraes. 



GG59. CAMPTOSEMLsl Hook. et Arn. 

 (Wlprs. Repert. bot. sysl. I. 766.) 

 1. C. RUBICUNDUM Hook. et Arn. in Hook. Bot. Miscell. III. 202. - (Wlprs. I. c. 

 absq. charact.) — Frulicosum volubile glabrum: foliis pinnaiim trifoliolatis, fo- 

 liolis basi bislipellatis elliplico-oblongis, apice retusis cum mucronulo, supra 

 viridihus nitidis, subtus pallidis; racemis axillarihus folio longioribus, pedicellis 

 calycem vix aequantibus. 5^ — Calyx 4 lin. longus coriaceus, nigro-fuscus. 

 Corolla rubra calycc Iriplo longior. — Crescil in America tropica (Banda orienlale). 



