DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



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the Dolichos and the Phaseolus, resembling the former very much in its 

 habit and in the legnmen^ the latter in the structure of the corolla^ and 

 tliey might be arranged with ehher of these genera with great propriety, 

 if only one feature of its inflorescence is considered. 



IDOLICHOS. Gen. Pl. 1181. 



Vexilli basis callis 



2-paralIeIis 



alas 

 mentibus. 



oblongis, 



Base of the vexil" 



lum 4irnished with 2 



subtus compri- | parallel, oblong callo 



sities, compressing the 



1. L 



wings. 



UTEOLUS. 



S 



D. volubilis^.pubes- 

 cens; foliolis ovatis, 

 acuminatis ; pediincu- 

 lis foliis longioribus \ 



y 



spicis 



brevibus 



sub 



Voluble, pubescent 

 leaflets ovate, acumi 

 nate ; peduncles long- 

 er than the leaves^ 

 spikes short^somewhat 

 capitate ; vexillum 



broad,reflected; wings 

 rhomboidal. 



? 



capitatisj vexillo lato, 



reflexo; alis rhomboi- 

 deis. 



Sp. pi. 3. p. 1038. Pursh 2. p. 470. Nutt. 2. p. 112. 



Annual. Stem running over small shrubs. Leaflets ovati 

 a very acute point, very slightly acuminate, on peduncles 1 

 long. Flowers 3 ~ ' . - - r 



■2 inches 



IvT^ 1 <■ " "• : " ^ "' "'" ^"^'""" "^ peduncles 2—4 inches long. Cu- 

 lt ''■**^"j w>»i the leaver segment longer than the rest, m Corolla pale 



sr • .r* T *"" ^"^^^^^ ^?"o*^'' *^^" **^^ vexillum, compressed, not at all 

 l>irdi. Juegumen somewhat compressed, a little hairy. 



^rows in wet land. " ■ 



Savannah 



Very common along the margins of the rice fields 



flowers October— November. 



APIOS. MOENCH. 



(^lyx subbilabia 



Calyx somewhat 2 



t«s, truacatus, uulden- ] lipped, truncated^ oue 



