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6 N. ELLI'PTICUM (Desv. 1. c.) stems twining, rather herbaceous, 

 pilose; leaves on loutish petioles, trifoliate; leaflets elliptic, 

 membranous, rather puberuloua above, but glaucous beneath, 

 and puberulous on the nerves ; peduncles few-flowered, axillary, 

 solitary ; legume mucronate, resinous inside. Jj . / "\ S. Na- 

 tive of St. Domingo. Crotalaria elliptica, Poir. Clitoria tetra- 

 gona, Poir. Clitoria rubiginosa, Pers. ench. no. 9. 



EUiptic-lea&etted Neurocarpum. PL tw. 



7 N. FALCA'TUM (D. C. prod. 2. p. 236.) twining ; branches 

 hairy ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets ovate, glabrous above, and hairy 

 beneath ; peduncles longer than the leaves, usually bearing about 

 3 flowers ; legumes usually falcate, fj . '"'. S. Native of St. 

 Domingo and Porto-Rico. Clitoria falcata, Lam. diet. 2. p. 51. 

 ex herb. Juss. Phaseolus amplissimus magno-flore, ivc. Plum, 

 spec. 8. mss. 2. t. 85. ex Lam. Flowers purplish. 



Falcate-podded Neurocarpum. PI. tw. 



8 N. ? JAVITE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 

 409.) creeping, suffruticose ; leaves trifoliate ; leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, coriaceous, glabrous 

 above, and rather pilose beneath. Tj . S. Native of South Ame- 

 rica, on the banks of the river Tuamini near Javita, at the mis- 

 sions of the Rio-Negro. Flowers purplish? 



Javita Neurocarpum. Shrub creeping. 



9 N. ? MACROPHY'LLUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) arboreous ; 

 leaves trifoliate ; leaflets roundish-elliptic, acuminated, rather 

 cuneated at the base, membranous, hairy above, and clothed with 

 fine pubescence beneath ; peduncles bifid, racemose. ^ S. 

 Native of New Granada, near Turbaco. Flowers red. Legume 

 hairy. Perhaps this shrub ought to be removed from the genus. 



Large-leaved Neurocarpum. Shrub 10 feet. 



Clt. The climbing and twining species of this genus should 

 be treated in the same manner as the species of Clitoria, see p. 

 216. The upright kinds like other common stove shrubs. 



LXXXIII. MARTIU'SIA (inhonour ofC. P.P. Von Martins, 

 M.D. professor of botany at Munich, in Bavaria, and companion 

 of Spix in his travels in Brazil ; author of a splendid work on 

 Brazilian palms, c.) Schultes, mant. 1. p. 69. D. C. prod. 2. 

 p. 236. Martia, Leander, sacr. akad. munch. 7. p. 233. t. 12. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogijnla. Calyx tubular, perma- 

 nent, somewhat bilabiate, having 5 acute teeth, the lower tooth 

 longest. Corolla wanting. Stamens 4, 2 bearing anthers, and 

 2 sterile ; filaments all distinct, one-half shorter than the ovary. 

 Anthers somewhat ciliated. Legume stipitate, girded at the base 

 by the calyx, with the stipe also sheathed, compressed, somewhat 

 tetraquetrous ; the valves furnished with a longitudinal nerve in 

 the centre of each. Calyx, and especially the fruit, very like 

 that of Neurocarpum. The want of petals, and the few distinct 

 stamens, are the characters by which this genus can be known. 



1 M. PHYSALOIDES (Schultes, 1. c.) Ij . / ^ > . S. Native near 

 Rio Janeiro, in fields, where it is called cow poison and timbo. 

 Martia physaloides, Leand. 1. c. Stems frutescent, twining, vil- 

 lous. Leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, mucro- 

 nate, glabrous above, but pubescent beneath. Peduncles 2- 

 flowered. This plant is supposed to be deleterious to cattle and 

 sheep in Brazil. 



Physalis-like Martiusia. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Clitoria for culture and propagation, p. 216. 



LXXXIV. COLOGA'NIA (named by Kunth in honour of a 

 family of the name of Cologan, residing at Port Orotavo, in 

 TenerifFe, from whom men of science visiting that island expe- 

 rience the greatest hospitality). Kunth, mini. p. 205. H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 411. D. C. prod. 2. p. 236. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx tubular, bibrac- 

 teolate at the base, somewhat bilabiate ; upper lip entire or bifid, 



VOL. II. 



lower one 3-parted. Vexillum roundish. Stamens diadelphous, 

 inserted with the petals in the base of the calyx. Ovary stipi- 

 tate, linear, very hispid, girded at the bae by an orbicular disk. 

 Style glabrous, obtuse. Stems procumbent or twining, beset 

 with retrograde hairs. Leaves pinnately trifoliate, rarely uni- 

 foliate. Flowers axillary, twin, pedunculate, violaceous or pur- 

 ple. Perhaps sufficiently distinct from Clitoria and Galdclia. 



* Leaves simple. 



1 C. PROCU'MBEXS (Kunth, mini. 205. t. 57.) procumbent ; 

 leaflet oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, smooth above, but 

 strigose beneath, as well as the calyxes. If. . S. Native of South 

 America, near Popayan. 



Procumbent Cologania. PL procumbent. 



* Leaves trifoliate. 



2 C. OVALIFO'LIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 412.) 

 twining ; leaflets ovate-elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, rounded at 

 the base, strigulose on both surfaces, rather glaucescent beneath ; 

 calyxes pilose. T . '\ S. Native of South America, on the 

 banks of the river Amazon near Tomependa, in the province of 

 Bracamora. 



Oval-leajletted Cologania. PI. tw. 



3 C. PULCHE'LLA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 413.) 

 twining ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, and 

 somewhat cordate, rather strigose on both surfaces, glaucescent 

 beneath ; calyx pilose. 3 . *~\ S. Native of New Spain, near 

 Pazcuaro. 



Neat Cologania. PI. tw. 



4 C. INTERMEDIA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 414.) 

 twining ; leaflets oblong or linear-oblong, glabrous above, paler 

 beneath, and strigose, as well as the calyxes. I/ . ^. S. Native 

 of Mexico, in shady woods near Real del Monte. 



Intermediate Cologania. PI. tw. 



5 C. ANousTirbLiA (Kunth, mim. p. 209. t. 58.) twining ; 

 leaflets linear, obtuse, rather strigose on both surfaces ; calyx 

 covered with hispid pili. y.. ^. S. Native of Mexico, in tem- 

 perate parts of hills and mountains. 



Narrow-leav cd Cologania. Clt. 1827. PI. tw. 



6 C. BROUSSONE'TII (D. C. prod. 2. p. 237.) twining; leaf- 

 lets ovate-oblong, mucronate, rather strigose on both surfaces, 

 paler beneath ; flowers twin, on short pedicels ; calyx villous, 

 rather 5-cleft, the 2 superior lobes hardly connected, lower one 

 longest. If. . n . S. Native of? Clitoria Broussonetii, Balb. 

 cat. taur. 1813. p. 26. Allied to C. orallfblla, but is perhaps 

 specifically distinct from all in the 2 superior lobes of the calyx 

 being hardly connected. 



Broussonet's Cologania. Clt. 1827. PI. tw. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Clitoria, p. 216. 



LXXXV. GALA'CTIA (from ya\a, gala, milk ; the G. } :cn- 

 dula yields a milky juice when cut or broke). P. Browne, jam. 

 298. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 61. D. C. prod. 2. p. 237. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bibracteate, 4- 

 cleft ; the segments acute, and nearly equal. Corolla papiliona- 

 ceous, having 5 oblong distinct petals ; the vexillum broader 

 than the rest, and incumbent. Stamens diadelphous. Style 

 glabrous, crowned by an obtuse stigma. Legume terete or com- 

 pressed, many-seeded, 2-valved, 1-celled, elongated. Climbing 

 subshrubs or herbs, with impari-pinnate or pinnately trifoliate 

 leaves, with the leaflets stipellate. Racemes of flowers axillary. 



1 G. ? PE'NDULA (Pers. ench. 2. p. 302. Ker. bot. reg. t. 269.) 



twining, pubescent; leaflets ovate-oblong, villous beneath, as 



well as the petioles ; racemes longer than the leaves ; flowers 



twin, pendulous ; petals 4 times longer than the leaves. Jj . ^\ 



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