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LEGUMINOS^E. CLXXXIV. ERIOSEMA. CLXXXV. FAGELIA. CLXXXVI. WISTARIA. 



\vlien young clothed with hoary adpressed villi ; leaflets 3, lan- 

 ceolate, somewhat mucronate, pubescent above and glabrous 

 beneath, and a little dotted, but having the nerves clothed with 

 hoary villi ; the terminal leaflet hardly remote from the lateral 

 ones ; racemes very short, crowded, axillary ; legumes ovate, 

 mucronate, beset with rufous villi. fj . S. Native of South 

 America, on the mountains of Popayan, near the river Putes, 

 and of Mexico. Glycine diffusa, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 6. p. 120. t. 572. Rhynchosia diffusa, D. C. prod. 2. p. 

 388. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, oblong/folia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 389.) leaflets oblong 

 and a little broader. 



Diffuse Eriosema. Shrub 3 to 4 feet. 



5 E. CRINI'TA ; plant suffruticose, erect, pilose ; hairs long, 

 spreading, and soft; stems angular ; leaflets 3, linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, mucronate ; racemes short. Tj . S. Native of New An- 

 dalusia, on Cerro del Cocollar, in open places. Glycine crinita, 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 421. t. 573. Rhynchosia 

 crinita, D. C. prod. 2. p. 389. Flowers yellow. 



Hairy Eriosema. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



6 E. PULCHE'LIA ; plant suffruticose, erect ? branches an- 

 gular, clothed with silky pili ; leaflets 3, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 

 rounded at the base, and clothed with soft pubescence on both 

 surfaces ; peduncles short, usually 6-flowered ; calyx beset 

 with soft pili. fj . S. Native of New Granada, near Honda, 

 and on the banks of the Orinoco. Glycine pulchella, H. B. et 

 Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 422. Rhynchosia pulchella, D. C. 

 prod. 2. p. 589. Flowers yellow. 



Xeat Eriosema. Shrub 2 feet. 



7 E. PSORALEOIDES ; stem flexuous, angular, velvety at the 

 apex ; leaflets 3, oblong, obtuse, clothed with silky tomcntum 

 beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, length of the petiole, which is 

 very short ; spikes axillary, slender, longer than the leaves ; 

 legumes ovate-rhomboid, villous. J? . S. Native of Mada- 

 gascar. Crotalaria psoraleoides, Lam. diet. 2. p. 201. H. B. 

 et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 418. in a note. Rhynchosia 

 psoraleoides, D. C. prod. 2. p. 389. Flowers yellow. 



Psoralea-like Eriosema. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



8 E. SESSILIVLORA ; plant suffruticose, erect ; branches terete, 

 clothed with silky villi as well as the under side of the leaflets ; 

 petioles almost wanting ; leaflets 3, oblong-linear, obtuse, quite 

 smooth above ; flowers 2-3, axillary, almost sessile. Jj . S. 

 Native of Porto Rico. Cytisus sessiliflorus, Poir. snppl. 2. p. 

 439. Rhynchosia sessiliflora, D. C. I.e. Flowers yellow. 



Sessile-flowered Eriosema. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



9 E. siMi-LiciFotiA ; stems diffuse, angular, clothed with 

 adpressed pili ; petioles very short ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 rather mucronate, cordate, glabrous ; peduncles short, 3-4- 

 flowered ; calyx clothed with adpressed pili. T? . S. Native 

 near Atures, at the cataracts of the Orinoco. Glycine simplici- 

 folia, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 419. Rhynchosia 

 simplicifdlia, D. C. 1. c. Flowers yellow. 



Dimple-leaved Eriosema. Shrub diffuse. 



Cult. None of the species of this genus are worth cultivating 

 except in botanical gardens ; they grow well in any light rich soil, 

 and are easily increased by cuttings or seeds. 



CLXXXV. FAGE'LIA (evidently the name of some botanist 

 s or naturalist). Neck. elem. no. 1257. D. C. Icgum. mem. ix. 

 prod. 2. p. 389. but not of Schwenk, 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx cleft into 5 parts be- 

 yond the middle, with the segments linear, acute, and straight, the 

 two superior ones joined together a little higher up than the others. 

 Corolla with a reflexed vexillum, and a very blunt keel, which is 

 longer than the wings. Stamens diadelphous. Legume ovate- 

 cylindrical, turgid, (J-seedtd, 1-celled, 2-valved. Seeds ovate, 



with a lateral hylum. A decumbent twining subshrub, clothed 

 with glandular clammy hairs, and rather hairy on the stems, 

 leaves, calyxes, and legumes. Stipulas ovate, acuminated. Leaves 

 petiolate, pinnately-trifoliate ; leaflets rhomboid, the terminal one 

 remote from the lateral ones. Racemes axillary, longer than tin- 

 leaves. Flowers yellow, but with the carina tipped with violet. 

 on long distant pedicels, which are at length deflexed. 



1 F. BITUMINOSA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 3S9.) ^ . ^. G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Herm. lugd. 493. with a figure. 

 Glycine bituminosa, Lin. spec. 1021. Lam. ill. t. 609. f. 2. 

 Burm. fl. cap. prod. 21. Thunb. fl. cap. 591. Ker. hot. reg. 

 261. Glycine viscosa, Mcench. Dolichos hirtus, Hortul. Crota- 

 laria glyeinea, Lam. diet. 2. p. 200. ex herb. Juss. and mus. par. 



Clammy Fagelia. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1774. Shrub tw. 



Cult. See Kennedya, p. 344. for culture and propagation. 



CLXXXVI. WISTARIA (in honour of Caspar Wistar, late 

 professor of anatomy in the university of Pennsylvania). Nutt. 

 gen. amer. 2. p. 115. D. C. legum. mem. ix. prod. 2. p. 389. 

 Thyrsanthus, Ell.journ. acad. sci. philad. 1818. l.no. 13. p. 371. 

 but not of Schranck. Kraunhia, Ratin. 



LIN. SYST. Diadelphia, Decandria. Calyx campanulate, 

 somewhat bilabiate (f. 48. a.), upper lip with 2 short teeth, 

 lower one with 3 subulate teeth (f. 48. .). Corolla papiliona- 

 ceous (f. 48. &.). Vexillum bicallose. Wings conforming to the 

 keel, which is 2-edged. Stamens diadelphous (f. 48. e.}. Nec- 

 tariferous tube girding the stipe of the ovary. Legume standing 

 on a short stipe, coriaceous, 2-valved, 1-celled, rather torulosc 

 at the seeds. Shewy climbing shrubs, with impari- pinnate ex- 

 stipulate leaves, and terminal and axillary racemes of bluish 

 lilac flowers, which when in a young state appear like aments 

 from bracteas, which fall off before the flowers expand. 



1 W. FRUTE'SCENS (D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 390.) wings of flower biau- 

 riculate ; ovary glabrous, Tj . w . 

 H. Native of Virginia, Carolina, 

 and Illinois, in boggy places. Sweet, 

 fl. gard. 2d series, t. 104. Glycine 

 frutescens, Lin. spec. 1067. Sims, 

 hot. mag. 2103. A' pios frutescens, 

 Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 474. 

 Wistaria speciosa, Nutt. 1. c. Thyr- 

 santhus frutescens, Ell. 1. c. Pha- 

 seoloides, hort. ang. 55. t. 15. 

 Flowers sweet-scented, bluish pur- 

 ple ; the vexillum with a greenish 

 yellow spot at the base. An ele- 

 gant climber when in flower, (f. 48.) 



Shrubby W'istaria. Fl. Ju. Sept. 

 Clt. 1724. Shrub cl. 



2 W. CIIINE'NSIS (D. C. 1. c.) wings 

 auricle each ; ovary villous. Tj . w . H. 



Sweet, fl. gard. 211. Glycine Chinensis, Sims, bot. mag. 2083. 

 G. Sinensis, Ker. bot. reg. t. G50. Lodd. bot. cab. 773. Wis- 

 taria Consequana, London, hort. brit. p. 315. Flowers larger 

 than those of the preceding species, of a bluish purple-colour. 

 This is a most elegant climber when in flower. 



China Wistaria. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



3 W. FLOKIBU'NDA (D. C. prod. 2. p. 390.) stems and leaves 

 glabrous. Ij . Vj) . H. Native of Japan. Too vulgo Fudsi, 

 Kcempf. amoen. 5. p. 856. Dolichos polystachyos, Thunb. jap. 

 281. Houtt. pfl. syst. 8. p. 563. t. 64. f. 2. but not of Lin. Gly- 

 cine floribunda, Willd. spec. 3. p. 1066. Dolichos Japonicus, 

 Spreng. syst. 3. p. 252. Racemes of flowers long, very elegant. 

 Corolla purple and white mixed. 



of flower with one 

 Native of China. 



