LEGUMINOSJE. CLXXX. TERAMNUS. CLXXXI. AMPHICARFJEA. CLXXXII. KENNEDYA. 



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Hortul. ex Steud. nom. Herb prostrate. Leaflets rather fleshy, 

 oval, shining. Flowers usually solitary, at first sulphur-coloured, 

 but at length changing to reddish. 



Trifoliate Rothia. Fl. June, July. PI. prostrate. 



Cult. The seeds of this plant only require to be sown in a 

 warm border, in the front of a stove or green-house. 



CLXXX. TERA'MNUS (from rcpa^voc, teramnos, soft ; in 

 reference to the soft pods and leaves of the species). P. Browne, 

 jam. 290. Swartz, fl. ind. occid. 3. p. 1238. t. 25. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 382. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bilabiate, upper 

 lip the longest, and bifid, lower lip 3-parted, with all the lobes 

 acute. Corolla papilionaceous, with a small keel, which is hidden 

 by the calyx. Stamens 10, rnonadelphous, the 5 alternate ones 

 sterile. Stigma capitate, sessile on the top of the ovary. Le- 

 gume linear, compressed, 2-valved, many-seeded. Twining sub- 

 shrubs, natives of the West Indies, with angular branches, pin- 

 nately-trifoliate leaves, stipellate leaflets, axillary racemes, which 

 are longer than the leaves, and small remote reddish flowers. 



1 T. UNCINA'TUS (Swartz, 1. c.) branches clothed with retro- 

 grade silky down ; leaves clothed with silky down beneath, and 

 pubescence above ; leaflets ovate or oblong. Tj . / ~ > . S. Native 

 of Jamaica, in arid bushy places. Dolichos uncinatus, Lin. spec. 

 1019. Plum. ed. Burm. t. 221. 



Hooked Teramnus. Clt. 1 822. Shrub tw. 



2 T. VOLU'BILIS (Swartz, 1. c.) branches clothed with fine re- 

 trograde hairs ; leaves pubescent beneath ; leaflets lanceolate. 

 Tj . r *. S. Native of Jamaica, in humid bushy places on the 



mountains, and of New Granada, near Mompox, on the banks of 

 the river Magdalena. All the synonymes cited under this plant 

 by Willdenovv are referrible to the first species. 



Twining Teramnus. Clt. 1824. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Abrus, p. 342. for culture and propagation. 



CLXXXI. AMPHICARP^A (from a^i, amphi, on both 

 sides, and rapiros, karpos, a fruit ; the plants bear pods both 

 on the roots and the stems). D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 



2. p. 383. Amphicarpa, Ell. journ. act. sci. philad. 1818. vol. 

 1. p. 372. Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 113. Savia, Rafin. Falcata, 

 Gtnel. syst. 2. p. 1131. 



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

 toothed, bractless at the base, the teeth equal, and rather blunt- 

 ish. Corolla papilionaceous. Petals oblong. Vexillum broad, 

 incumbent, and nearly sessile. Stamens diadelphous. Style 

 filiform. Stigma capitate. Stipe of ovary covered by a cylin- 

 drical sheath. Legume compressed, stipitate, 2-4-seeded. 

 Plants, with herbaceous twining stems, pinnately- trifoliate leaves, 

 ovate glabrous leaflets, and axillary racemes, having 2 flowers to 

 each bractea. Flowers usually apetalous, those on the stems 

 sterile, or bearing legumes dissimilar to those on the root ; those 

 on the roots usually fertile. 



1 A. MONOI'CA (Ell. et Nutt. 1. c.) racemes pendulous ; flowers 

 with petals. Q. . H. Native of North America, from New York 

 to Carolina, on the sides of rivulets, and in shady humid places. 

 Gly'cine monoica, Lin. spec. 1023. Wendl. in Rccm. arch. 1. p. 



3. t. 103. f. 2. Glycine bracteata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 754. 

 Glycine comosa, Lin. spec. 1024. ex Nutt. Stem covered with 

 retrograde villi. Radical flowers apetalous. Flowers with a pale 

 violet vexillum, and white keel and wings. 



Monoecious Amphicnrpaea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1781. PI. tw. 



2 A. SARMENTOSA (Ell. et Nutt. 1. c.) racemes filiform, 3-flovv- 

 ered; flowers apetalous. 0. / "\ H. Native of Carolina and Vir- 

 ginia, in low places among bushes. Glycine sarmentosa, Roth, 

 cat. p. 87. Willd. spec. 3. p. 1055. Glycine monoica, Schkuhr, 

 ann. bot. 12. p. 20. t. 2. Glycine heterocarpa, Hegetsw. comm. 



p. 5. t. 5. Gl. elliptica, Smith in Abbot, hist. nat. geogr. t. 21. 

 ex Room. arch. 2. p. 402. Perhaps Glycine fi!6sa, Horn. cat. 

 hort. hafn. is sufficiently distinct from this plant. 



Sarmentose Amphicarpsea. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. tw. 



Cult. The seeds of these plants only require to be sown in 

 the open border in spring, in a warm sheltered situation. 



CLXXXII. KENNE V DYA (a name given by Ventenat in 

 honour of Mr. Kennedy, formerly of the firm of Lee and Ken- 

 nedy, Nurserymen, Hammersmith). Vent. malm. t. 104. R. 

 Brown, in hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 4. p. 299. D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 383. Caulinia, Mcench. suppl. 47. but not of D. C. nor 

 Willd. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx bilabiate, upper lip 

 bidentate, lower one trifid, equal (f. 47. a.). Corolla papilio- 

 naceous (f. 47. c.), with the vexillum emarginate, recurved (f. 

 47. I).}, but not bent back from the carina. Stamens diadel- 

 phous (f. 47. g.). Stigma obtuse (f. 47. /.). Legume linear 

 (f. 47. e.}, compressed, transversely many-celled from cellular 

 membranous dissepiments. Seeds strophiolate. Twining shrubs, 

 native of New Holland, with axillary peduncles, and scarlet or 

 violaceous flowers, having the vexillum bimaculate at the base. 



1. Leaves trifoliate. Keel straight, rather longer than the 

 vexillum. 



1 K. RUBICU'NDA (Vent. malm. FIG. 47. 

 t. 104.) leaflets 3, ovate; stipulas 

 ovate-lanceolate, spreadingly re- 

 flexed ; peduncles usually 3- flow- 

 ered ; legumes hairy. Tj . '"\ G. 



Native of the eastern and southern 

 coasts of New Holland. Glycine 

 rubicunda, Curt. bot. mag. 268. 

 Caulinia rubicunda, Mcench. Keel 

 about equal in length to the wings, 

 15 lines long, acute. Flowers dark 

 red. 



Rubicund- flowered Kennedya. 

 Fl. March, May. Clt. 1788. Shrub 

 tw. 



2 K. PROSTRA'TA (R. Br. in Ait. 

 hort. kew. 4. p. 299.) leaflets 3, 

 obovate, villous, undulated, and 



rather repand ; stipulas and bracteas cordate, apiculated, spread- 

 ing; peduncles 1-2-flowered ; legumes pubescent. Tj . '~\ G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Glycine coccinea, 

 Curt. bot. mag. 270. Willd. spec. 2. p. 1065. Carina 8-9 lines 

 long, longer than the wings. Leaflets hardly 6 lines long. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



Far. ft, major (D. C. prod. 2. p. 383.) leaflets obovate, emar- 

 ginate, when young they are hairy, as well as the branches. Tj . 

 ^. S. Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Carina 

 10-12 lines long. Leaflets an inch long. Flowers scarlet. 



Prostrate Kennedya. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 prostrate. 



2. Leaves trifoliate. Keel shorter than the vexillum and 

 wings. 



3 K. BRACTEA'TA (Gaud, in Freycenet, voy. part. bot. p. 486. 

 t. 113.) leaflets elliptic, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, with un- 

 dulately curled margins, clothed with silky pubescence beneath ; 

 stipulas broad, ovate, acute ; peduncles few-flowered, bracteate ; 

 bracteas connate, funnel-shaped. 1? . G. Native of the western 

 coast of New Holland. Shrub apparently erect. 



Bracteate Kennedya. Shrub cl. ? 



4 K. SERICEA ; leaflets obovate, emarginate, mucronate, cloth- 

 ed with silky hairs, particularly when young ; peduncles elon- 



