Bhynchosia 



LEGUMINOSiE 



l'2-2 mm. 1.; wings oblong with a sharp pointed auricle at the base, 

 much shorter than the keel, claw slender, 1-5-2 mm. 1.; keel oblong- 

 elliptical, truncate at base, as long as the standard. Pod minutely tomen- 

 tose, about 2 cm. 1., 7-9 mm. br. Seeds roundish-kidney-shaped, dark 

 brown with black spots, 4*5 mm. in diam. 



2. R. minima DC. Prodr. U. 385 (1825) ; calyx about one- 

 half to two-thirds as long as the corolla, segments longer than 

 the tube, upper 2 lanceolate, lateral similar but broader and 

 shorter, lower longest, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate ; pod 

 oblong, narrowed towards the base, slightly curved ; leaflets with 



Fig. 22. — Rhyncosia minima DC. 



A, Leaves, inflorescence, and pods X §. D, Pistil X 5. 



B, Calyx X 5. E, Pod, one valve with seeds, X 2. 



C, Standard x 5. 



brownish dots beneath, sometimes also on the upper surface. — 

 Mac/. Jam. i. 276 ; Benth. torn. cit. 204, t. 54j /. 17. ; Griseb. loc. 

 cit. ; Urb. loc. cit. Phaseolus minimus foetidus &c, Sloane Cat. 

 71 & Hist. i. 182, t. 115, f. 1. Dolichos minimus, floribus luteis 

 L. Sort. Cliff. 360, t. 21. D. minimus L. Sp. PI. 726 (1753). 

 Dolicholus minimus Medic, in Vorles. Churpf. Phjs. Ges. ii. 354 

 (1787). (Fig. 22.) 



Town Savanna, St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. iii. 79 1 Lane in 

 Herb. Sloane clxii. 78! Houstoun] Broughton \ Macfadyenl Distinl 

 McNah ! Parnell ! March ! Hope grounds ; King's House grounds ; near 

 Lititz; Bellevue, near Spanish Town; Hope; Harris I Watson Hill, 

 Fatvcett ! Fl. Jam. 6804, 6958, 7247, 8396, 11,913, 11,980.— Tropical and 

 subtropical regions. 



