LEGUMINOS.E. CLXXX1I. KENXEDYA. CLXXXIII. RUYNCHOSIA. 



gated, many-flowered ; calyx very villous. T? . . G. Native 

 of New Holland. Flowers scarlet. Keel shorter than the vexillum. 



Silky Kennedya. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub tw. 



5 K. COCCI'NEA (Vent. malm. t. 105. exclusive of the synony- 

 mes,) leaflets 3, obovate ; stipulas lanceolate, spreading ; pedun- 

 cles bearing 3-9 flowers, in an umbellate head ; legumes smooth- 

 ish. fj . *"*. S. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. 

 Flowers scarlet. 



Scarlet-fiowcied Kennedya. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1803. Sh. 

 twining. 



C K. COMPTONIA'NA (Link. enum. 2. p. 235.) leaflets 3, ob- 

 long-ovate, obtuse, with a mucrone ; stipulas ovate, ending in an 

 awn-like acumen ; racemes many- flowered, longer than the 

 leaves. J? . r ^. G. Native of New Holland. Glycine Comp- 

 toniana, Ker. bot. reg. 298. Flowers bluish purple. 



Campion's Kennedya. Fl. March, June. Clt. 1803. Sh. tw. 



7 K. TABACI'NA (Labill. cal. p. 70. t. 70.) leaflets 3, ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, rather pilose ; flowers racemose ; stems, pe- 

 tioles, and peduncles beset with retrograde hairs ; legume hairy. 

 It . ^. G. Native of New Caledonia. 



Tabacco-\\ke Kennedya. Shrub tw. 



8 K. INOPHY'LLA (Cunningh. mss. Lindl. bot. reg. t. 1421.) 

 leaflets 3, cuneate, mucronate, attenuated at the base, rather 

 pilose above, and silky beneath ; stipulas ovate, acute ; peduncles 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers 15-20, disposed in dense um- 

 bellate heads at the apexes of the peduncles ; calyx clothed with 

 black hairs. (7 . / *\ G. Native of New Holland. K. dilatata, 

 Cunningh. mss. Flowers beautiful scarlet ; the vexillum with 

 a greenish yellow mark at the base. 



Nerved-leaued Kennedya. Fl. May, Jul. Clt. 1824. Sh. tw. 

 3. Leaves simple. Keel of flowers shorter than the nings 

 and vexillum. 



9 K. MONOPHY'LLA (Vent. malm. t. 106.) leaves ovate, gla- 

 brous, rather cordate at the base ; stipulas lanceolate, erect ; 

 racemes many-flowered, much longer than the petioles. Tj . . G. 

 Native of New Holland, on the eastern coast. Glycine bima- 

 culstta, Curt. bot. mag. 263. Flowers bluish-purple or viola- 

 ceous. There are varieties of this species with narrow oblong 

 leaves, and cordate lanceolate leaflets. 



Var. ft, longiracemosa (Lindl. bot. reg. 1336.) racemes slender, 

 longer than the leaves ; flowers smaller. 



One-leaved Kennedya. Fl. Mar. June. Clt. 1 790. Sh. tw. 



10 K. OVA'TA (Sims, bot. mag. 2169.) leaves broad-ovate, 

 cordate, acute ; upper stipulas ovate, erect ; racemes many- 

 flowered, longer than the petioles. Jj . / ~ > . G. Native of New 

 Holland. K. cordata, Lindl. bot. reg. t. 944. Flowers bluish 

 violet. Habit of K. monophylla. 



Ouafe-leaved Kennedya. Fl. May, Aug. Clt. 1818. Sh. tw. 



Cult. Kennedya is an elegant genus of shrubs, well fitted 

 for the climbers of a conservatory or greenhouse. A mixture 

 of sandy loam and peat is the best soil for them, and young 

 cuttings root freely if planted in a pot of sand, in a little bottom 

 heat, with a bell-glass placed over them. 



CLXXXIII. RHYNCHO'SIA (from pw X os, rhynchos, a 

 beak ; in reference to the keel, which ends in a beak). Lour, 

 coch. p. 4GO. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 384. Arcy- 

 phyllum, EH. in journ. act. sc. philad. 1818. vol. 1. no. 13. 

 p. 371. Glycine, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 114. H. B. etKunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 419. Glycine spec, of Lin. and others. 



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

 what bilabiate. Corolla papilionaceous, usually shorter than 

 the calyx. Stamens diadelphous, having the free filament jointed 

 at the base. Style filiform, usually variously bent. Legume 

 sessile, compressed, 2-valved, 1 -celled, rather falcate, 2-seeded. 

 Climbing subshrubs or herbs, with simple, but usually trifo- 



liate leaves, having the terminal leaflet petiolulate. Flowers yel- 

 low, axillary, racemose or solitary. 



1. Leaves all, or for the most part, simple, roundish, 

 standing on long petioles. 



1 R. MENISPERMOIDES(D. C. in ann. sc. nat. 4. p. 102. legum. 

 mem. ix. t. 55.) stems trailing, covered with spreading pubes- 

 cence ; stipulas ovate ; leaves reniform, very obtuse ; racemes 

 few-flowered, almost sessile ; calycine segments lanceolate, 

 acutish, 3-nerved. If.. w . S. Native of Mexico, near Aca- 

 pulco and Vera Cruz, on sandy hills. Legume oval-lanceolate, 

 compressed, acute, 1 -2-seeded, hardly pvibescent. 



Moon-seed-like Rhynchosia. PI. cl. 



2 R. RENIFORMIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem erect, humble, 

 hairy ; stipulas oblong-lanceolate ; leaves roundish ; racemes 

 sessile, many-flowered, conglomerate ; calycine segments lan- 

 ceolate, acuminated. y. H. Native of North America, from 

 Carolina to Florida, in the pine forests. Trifolium simpli- 

 cifolium, Walt. car. 184. Glycine tomentosa monophylla, 

 Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 63. Glycine reniformis, Pursh. fl. 

 sept. amer. 2. p. 86. Glycine monophylla, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. 

 p. 115. but not of Lin. Arcyphyllum simplicifolium, Ell. I.e. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Reniform-leaved Rhynchosia. Fl. Julv, Aug. Clt. 1806. 

 PI. i foot. 



3 R. DIFFORMIS (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem twining, vel- 

 vety ; stipulas oblong-lanceolate, lower leaves simple, upper 

 ones trifoliate ; racemes on long peduncles ; flowers crowded, 

 spicate ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, acuminated. %. r ^. H. 

 Native of Carolina, in dry and cultivated places. Glycine to- 

 mentosa, var. volubilis, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 63. This 

 appears an intermediate species between this and the following 

 division. 



Difformed Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1732. PI. tw. 



2. Leaves all on long petioles, trifoliate. Phascololdece. 



4 R. ERE'CTA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) stem erect, angular, 

 velvety ; branches twining a little ; leaflets ovate, rather obtuse, 

 reticulately veined ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves ; 

 calycine segments linear, acute. If.. H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, from Carolina to Florida. Trifolium erectum, Walt. car. 

 184. Glycine tomentosa erecta, Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 63. 

 Glycine erecta, Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. 114. Arcyphyllum erec- 

 tum, Ell. 1. c. Flowers fulvous. Leaves clothed with silky 

 villi. 



Erect Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. PI. 2 feet. 



5 R. CARIBJE'A (D. C. prod. 2. p. 384.) twining, pubes- 

 cent ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, acute, covered with resinous dots 

 beneath ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes acinaciform, 

 hispid. 3. / "\ S. Native of the West Indies and on the banks 

 of the river Orinoco, according to Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. 

 p. 125. as well as of Western Florida. Glycine Caribae'a, Jacq. 

 icon. rar. t. 146. coll. 1. p. 66. Glycine reflexa, Nutt. gen. 

 amer. 2. p. 115. ex Nutt. in Sill, journ. Flowers yellow, with 

 the vexillum striated. Legume 12-16 lines long, tapering at 

 the base. 



Caribbean Rhynchosia. Fl. Sept. Oct. Clt. 1742. PI. tw. 



6 R. PUNCTA'TA (D. C. mem. leg. ix. t. 56.) stem twining, 

 angular, beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets ovate-rhom- 

 boid, acute, dotted beneath ; racemes filiform, longer than the 

 leaves ; flowers deflexed ; legumes pubescent. 1 . / " 1 . S. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. Glycine littoralis, Vahl. ined. in herb. Puer. 

 Legumes 6 lines long. Style filiform, inflexed. Flowers 3 lines 

 long ; vexillum not striated. This species comes very near R . 

 minima, but the down on the stems is turned backwards, and 

 the flowers are larger. 



