LEGUMINOS.E. CLXXXIII. RHVNCHOSIA. 



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Doited-leaved Rhynchosia. PL cl. 



7 R. MINIMA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stem twining, slender, 

 angular, and rather pubescent ; leaflets rhomboid, acute, smooth- 

 ish, dotted beneath ; racemes longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 reflexed ; legumes oblong, tapering at the base, clothed with 

 fine velvety down. If. ^. S. Native of the West Indies. 

 Dolichos minimus, Lin. spec. 1020. Jacq. obs. 1. t. 22. Gly- 

 cine Lamarckii, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. C. p. 424. 

 Sloan, hist. jam. t. 115. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



iSrafl//es<-flowered Rhynchosia. Fl. Julv, Aug. Clt. 177C. 

 PI. tw. 



8 R. NU'DA (D. C. legum. mem. ix.) stems twining, angular, 

 having the angles beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets 

 roundish, mucronulate, glabrous, dotted beneath ; racemes fili- 

 form, longer than the leaves ; flowers deflexed ; legumes pubes- 

 cent. T^."" 1 . S. Native of the East Indies, at Nandaradali. 

 Hedy'sarum nudum, Rottl. in herb. Puer. Legumes 9 lines long. 



\al;cd Khynchosia. PI. tw. 



9 R. VOLU^BILIS (Lour, cocli. p. 460.) stems herbaceous, 

 twining, terete; leaflets roundish-obovate, reticulated, clothed 

 with velvety down ; racemes longer than the leaves ; legumes 

 ovate, rather velvety. I/ . r *. G. Native of China, in the su- 

 burbs of Canton. Peduncles twin (Lour.). Flowers yellow. 

 Legume black. Seeds 2, black, shining. 



Twining Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



10 R. PIIASEOLO'IDES (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 terete, pubescent ; leaflets broad-ovate, acuminated, glabrous 

 above, but villous and dotless beneath ; racemes axillary and 

 somewhat terminal ; legumes tightened in the middle. I? . '"X S. 

 Native of Cayenne, Jamaica, and St. Domingo. Glycine pha- 

 seoloides, Swartz. fl. ind. occ. 3. p. 1248. Sims, bot. mag. 2284. 

 Abrus, Lam. ill. t. 608. f. 2. Dolichos pyramidalis, Lam. diet. 

 2. p. 296. Austerium, Poit. in herb. Deless. Seeds com- 

 pressed, partly red and partly black. Legumes clothed with 

 rusty velvety down, but at length becoming glabrous. Racemes 

 longer than the leaves, rarely shorter. Flowers brown. 



Kidney-bean-lilce Rhynchosia. Fl. Ju.Jul. Clt. 1818. PI. tw. 



1 1 R. PRECATORIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 \ illous ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, acuminated, obtuse at the base, 

 and 3-nerved, clothed with soft pubescence ; racemes axillary, 

 many-flowered, about equal in length to the leaves ; legumes 

 oblong. Tj . r *. S. Native of Mexico, near Acapulco. Gly- 

 cine precatoria, Humb. in Willd. enum. 755. H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. C. p. 425. Indigofera volubilis, Wendl. obs. 

 55. ex Willd. The hairs on the plant are tipped with glands, 

 but the legumes are articulated, according to Wendland ; ac- 

 cording to Kunth the seeds are scarlet, and are strung for 

 rosaries, whence the specific name. 



Prayer or Rosary Rhynchosia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1825. 

 Shrub, tw. 



12 R. MACROPHY'LLA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) branches twin- 

 ing, triangular, clothed with soft villi ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, 

 acuminated, somewhat cordate, 3-nerved, clothed with soft pu- 

 bescence on both surfaces, canescent and beset with glandular 

 dots beneath ; racemes many-flowered, on short peduncles ; 

 calyxes silky. fy . '"'. S. Native of Cuba, near Havannah. 

 Glycine macrophylla, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 426. 

 Allied to R. reticulata, but the terminal leaflet is 4 inches long 

 and about 2 inches broad. 



Large-leqfletted Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



13 R. ERYTHRINOIDES (Schleclit. et Cham, in Linnaca. vol. 5. 

 p. 587.) shrubby, climbing, smoothish ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, 

 acuminated, acute, 3-nerved, beset with resinous dots on both 

 surfaces ; racemes axillary, when in fruit about equal in length 

 to the leaves ; calyx 5-cleft ; legume sessile, 2-seeded, torulose ; 

 seeds nearly globose, a little compressed, girded at the hylum 



VOL. II. 



by a scarlet arillus. Tj . ^. S. Native of Mexico, between 

 Masantla and Nantla, in woods. Plant pubescent in its parts 

 when young. 



Coral-lrcc-likc Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



14 R. RETICULA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 385.) stems twining, 

 angular ; leaflets ovate-rhomboid, acuminated, velvety, reticu- 

 lately veined beneath ; racemes axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 legumes rather pubescent. ^ . *"\ S. Native of Jamaica, Santa 

 Cruz, and Guadaloupe, on the mountains among bushes, and of 

 Mexico, near Jalapa. Glycine reticulata, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 88. 

 Swartz, prod. 105. Corolla brownish yellow, shorter than the 

 calyx. 



Reticulated-leaved Rhynchosia. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1779. 

 Shrub tw. 



15 R. i-ARViFOLiA (D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 385.) 

 stem twining; branches angular, and are as well as the leaves 

 clothed with soft, short, velvety down; leaflets elliptic, very 

 blunt, reticulately veined beneath ; peduncles 2-flowered ; le- 

 gumes clothed with short down, intermixed with a few stiff hairs. 



I? . *"\ S. Native of St. Domingo. Leaflets hardly 4-5 lines 

 long. Legumes 2-seeded, hardly half an inch long. 

 Small-flowered Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



16 R. PUBE'SCENS (D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 386.) 

 stems twining, villous, terete ; leaflets broad-ovate, acuminated, 

 pubescent on both surfaces, and reticulated beneath ; racemes 

 few-flowered, axillary, about equal in length to the leaves ; 

 legumes oblong, rather pubescent, 2-seeded. I? . / "\ S. Native 

 of Abyssinia. Glycine pubescens, Balb. ined. Glyciue Abys- 

 sinica, Juss. ex Lher. herb. ? Corolla longer than the calyx. 

 Vexillum velvety on the outside. Legume about an inch long. 

 Seeds brown. 



Pubescent Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



17 R. MEMNO'NIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, 

 terete, and are as well as the leaves clothed with soft, hoary, 

 velvety down ; leaflets obovate, obtuse, reticulately veined be- 

 neath ; racemes axillary, longer than the leaves ; flowers nod- 

 ding ; legumes compressed, constricted in the middle, villously 

 tomentose. y.. ^. G. Native of Egypt, about Thebes. 

 Glycine Memnonia, Delil. fl. segypt. 100. t. 38. f. 3. Vexillum 

 rather pubescent, yellow, lined with black veins. 



Memnon's Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



18 R. DENSIFLORA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stem twining, 

 clothed with short hoary down ; leaflets ovate-roundish, acumin- 

 ated, pubescent on both surfaces, and full of resinous dots ; 

 racemes axillary, ovate, dense-flowered, on short peduncles ; 

 corolla smaller than the calyx. Tj . / "\ S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Glycine densiflora, Roth. nov. spec. 348. Corolla gla- 

 brous. Legume unknown. 



Dense-flonered Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



19 R. CAPITA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, an- 

 gular, hairy ; leaflets roundish, puberulous on the nerves and 

 margins ; peduncles axillary, length of leaves, bearing branches 

 under the capitate raceme ; corolla length of calyx ; legumes 

 sessile within the calyx, almost orbicular, compressed, 2-seeded, 

 pilose. *2 . ? ^\ S. Native of the East Indies. Glycine capi- 

 tata, Roth. nov. spec. 346. 



Capitate-flowered Rhynchosia. PI. tw. 



20 R. ELONGA'TA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) steins twining ; 

 leaflets roundish, somewhat acuminated ; racemes axillary, some- 

 what capitate, shorter than the petioles ; lower tooth of calyx 

 elongated, longer than the corolla ; legumes pedicellate within 

 the calyx, nearly orbicular, compressed, 2-seeded, pilose. T . r *. S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Glycine elongata, Roth. nov. spec. 

 347. Allied to R. nummularia. 



Elongated Rhynchosia. Shrub tw. 



21 R. NUMMULA'RIA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 386.) stems twining, 



