220 LEGUMINOS^E. XCIII. COLL.EA. XCIV. OTOPTERA. XCV. PUERAKIA. XCVI. DUMASIA. XCVII. GLYCINE. 



Creeping Grona. PI. creeping. 



Cult. A mixture of loam and sand will suit this genus, and 

 cuttings will root freely in sand, under a hand-glass. 



XCIII. COLLIE* A. (in honour of Aloysio Colla, of Turin, 

 an acute botanist, author of Hortus Ripulensis). D. C. aim. 

 sc. nat. 1825. Jan. p. 96. Leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 240. 



LIN. SY.ST. DiadSlphia, Dccdmlria. Calyx 4-cleft (f. 35. .), 

 rather coloured on the inside ; lobes oval-lanceolate, equal in 

 length, upper one rather the broadest. Petals on long claws (f. 

 35. f.) ; the vexillum having '2 auricles, and the rest of the petals 

 having only 1 auricle (f. 35. /.), those of the keel free at the 

 base, obtuse, and straight. Stamens monadelphous, with the 

 tube cleft in front, one of the stamens almost free (f. 35. c.). 

 Ovary lir.ear-oblong, very villous. Style linear, glabrous. Stigma 

 capitate (f. 35. 6.). Legume compressed, oval-oblong (f. 35. e.), 

 tomentose, 4-G-seeded. Shrubs, with terete, woody branches, 

 ovate free deciduous stipulas, palmately trifoliate leaves, on 

 short stalks, large purple flowers on long pedicels, 3 or 4 of 

 which stand on the top of each peduncle, which is axillary and 

 very short. Branches, peduncles, and lower surface of leaves 

 tomentose, as well as the outside of the calyxes. 



1 C. SPECIOSA (D. C. 1. c. t. 40. FIG. 35 

 prod. 2. p. 240.) leaflets oblong, 



acutish, quite smooth above, but 

 clothed with hoary tomentum be- 

 neath. T; . S. Native of Peru, 

 about Huasa-Huasi. Cytisus spe- 

 ciosus, Lois, in Duhavri. arb. ed. 

 nov. 5. p. 160. Odonia speciosa, 

 Spreng. syst. append, p. 279. 

 Stamens 8, 5 of which bear an- 

 thers. 



Shcny Collaea. Shrub. 



2 C. TKINE'RVIA (D. C. 1. c. t. 

 41.) leaflets elliptic, cuneated at 

 the base, 3-nerved, obtuse, mu- 

 cronulate, clothed with velvety pu- 

 bescence, reticulated, and some- 

 what tomentose beneath. Tj . S. Native of the East Indies, 

 on the Nelligery mountains. Odonia trinervia, Spreng. 1. c. 

 Stamens 10, diadelphous. Legume mucronatecl by the style, 

 which is hooked at the base. 



Three-net iW-leafletted Collaea. Shrub. 



Cult. These shrubs will grow well in a mixture of loam and 

 peat, and young cuttings will root freely in sand, under a bell- 

 glass. They are both elegant shrubs when in flower. 



XCIV. OTO'PTERA (from cue UTOS, ous otos, an ear, 

 and Trrtpoi', pteron, a wing ; in allusion to the wings being fur- 

 nished with an auricle on the unguis). D. C. legum. mem. vi. 

 prod. 2. p. 240. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelph'ut, Decandria. Calyx 5-cleft, with 

 the tube attenuated at the base ; lobes acuminated, somewhat 

 unequal, 2 superior ones approximate. Corolla papilionaceous. 

 Vexillum large, roundish. Wings oblong, furnished each with an 

 incurved, acute auricle on the stipe. Carina 2-edged. Stamens 

 joined into ah entire tube. Ovary linear, straight, compressed, 

 many-ovulate. Style incurved, thickened at the apex. Legume 

 unknown. A smooth Cape subshrub, with pinnalely trifoliate 

 leaves ; leaflets lanceolate-linear, ending each in a long mucrone, 

 the lateral ones furnished each with one little stipule, the terminal 

 one with two. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, 2- 

 flowered. Perhaps allied to Psorii/ea or Clitoria. 



1 O. BURCHE'LLII (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 42.). fj . . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Branches terete, and per- 

 haps twining. Lebeckia Burchellii, Spreng. syst. app. 273. 



Burc/icl/'s Otoptera. Shrub tw. ? 



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



XCV. PUERA'RIA (in honour of M. M. N. Puerari, a pro- 

 fessor at Copenhagen). D. C. aim. sc. nat. 1825. Jan. p. 29. 

 Leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 240. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, 

 bluntly bilabiate, upper lip entire or hardly bidentate, lower one 

 trifid. Corolla papilionaceous. Keel straight, obtuse. Vexil- 

 lum obovate. Stamens monadelphous. Legume compressed, 

 attenuated into a stipe at the base, and apiculated by the style, 

 2-valved, continuous, many-seeded. Climbing Indian shrubs, 

 with deciduous stipulas, distinct from the petiole. Leaves tri- 

 foliate ; leaflets large, ovate, acute, reticulately nerved, stipellate 

 at the base. Racemes compound, branched. Flowers pedicel- 

 late, twin, or tern, yellowish. Fruit not sufficiently known. A 

 very distinct genus from Hedysarum. 



1 P. TUBEKOSA (D. C. 1. c.) leaves pubescent on the upper 

 surface, but clothed with silky villi on the under as well as the 

 calyxes and pedicels. f? . v-) . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Racemes of flowers nearly 2 feet long. Hedysarum tuberosum, 

 Roxb. in Willd. spec. 3. p. 1197. 



T/iberous-rooted Pueraria. Shrub cl. 



2 P. WALLI'CHII (D. C. leg. mem. vi. t. 43.) leaves glabrous 

 on the upper surface, but pubescent on the under as well as the 

 calyxes and pedicels. Jj . w . G. Native of Nipaul. Racemes 

 3 or 4 inches long. 



Wallich's Pueraria. Shrub cl. 



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



XCVI. DUMA'SIA (in honour of M. Dumas, one of the 

 editors of Annales des Sciences Naturelles). D. C. ann. sc. nat. 

 Jan. 1825. p. 96. leg. mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 241. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelplda, Decandria. Calyx cylindrical, ob- 

 liquely truncate, toothless, bibracteolate at the base. Corolla 

 papilionaceous, the claws of the petals about equal in length to 

 the calyx. Carina obtuse. Stamens diadelphous, permanent. 

 Style dilated in the middle. Stigma terminal. Legume atte- 

 nuated at the base, 2-valved, compressed, few-seeded, torulose. 

 Climbing herbs, which are perhaps sufFruticose at the base. 

 Leaves pinnately trifoliate ; leaflets ovate. Racemes axillary, 

 usually shorter than the leaves. Legumes velvety, from crowded 

 short down. Bracteoles 2, small, subulate, under the calyx. 



1 D. VILLOSA (D. C. 1. c. t. 44. prod. 2. p. 241.) branches, 

 petioles, peduncles, and young leaves, hairy ; leaflets ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, adult ones almost glabrous ; legume 3-times longer than 

 the calyx. Tf.. w . G. Native of Nipaul. Flowers pale in a 

 dried state, 5 lines long. 



Villous Dumasia. Fl. Aug. Dec. Clt. 1824. PL tw. 



2 D. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. 1. c. t. 45. prod. 2. p. 241.) branches, 

 petioles, peduncles, and leaves pubescent ; leaflets ovate ; le- 

 gume 4-times longer than the calyx. ^ . '"\ G. Native of 

 Nipaul. Flowers yellow. Lindl. bot. reg. 962. 



Pubescent Dumasia. Fl. Aug. Dec. Clt. 1824. PI. tw. 

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



XCVII. GLY'CINE (from y \UITOC, glycys, sweet ; the leaves 

 and roots of one or two of the species are sweet). D. C. leg. 

 mem. vi. prod. 2. p. 241. Glycine species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx 5-cleft, some- 

 what bilabiate ; upper lip bifid, lower one trifid. Corolla papi- 

 lionaceous ; vexillum not bicallous at the base. Keel not 

 spirally twisted. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform, acute. 

 Legume linear, compressed, straight, many-seeded, 2-valved, 

 1-celled, ending in a thickish, hooked mucrone from the style. 

 Climbing herbs, with pinnately trifoliate leaves, and with the 



