O. AMPHICARPA. 



11. Geolobus flavus Raf. Glyc, subterra- 

 nea L. Stem procumbent flexuosefpetiols erect 

 trigone foholes oblong obtuse smooth: pedun 

 cles axillary drooping biflore, two bracts^vate 

 incumbent over the 2 flowers_In South Ame- 

 rica and perhaps Florida ? 



I must add here for further discrimination 

 another fine N. G. united as usual to Sr 

 and akm to the above. ^^ycine, 



Triendilix Raf. calix 4fid closed, only 3 

 petals concealed within it. Pods lineal terete 

 polysperm Perennial, twining, peduncles 

 axillary, flowers minute, 



^}^^^^^^^^^^'^ cxANDESTiNA Raf. Glycine 

 do W. Pers . . . stem twining, villose silky, fo- 

 holes lanceolate, silky beneath, peduncles ter- 

 nate umflore— In Australia. Leaves with 3 

 foholes as m aU the true Glycine tribe TW- 

 endilix means three within the calix, abrevia- 

 tion from Triendokilix, Geolobus means Earth- 

 pod. Lobomon is an ancient Greek name for 

 some kind of peas er beans. 



MONOGRAPH OF PELTANDRA. 



I noticed this Genus as early as 1804, I as- 

 certained it in 1816, and published it in 1819 

 m my Essay on 50 N. G. in Journal de Phy- 

 stque Paris. It has been adopted by many Bo- 

 tanists; Torrey doubted it in 1817, yet in 1821 

 he has admitted but misnamed it Lecontea, a 

 double blunder, since there was another Lecon- 

 tea! and my previous name was better. Beck 

 in 1833 changed it again through ignorance of 

 my previous claim to Renselaria. Each knew 

 only of one type, while I have ascertained many: 



