116 DIADELPHIA. DECANDRIA. 



base; upper lip truncate, emarginate, lower 

 equally trifid. Vexillum broad and vertical, 

 tli8 claw lined with an adnate membrane sepa- 

 rating at its summit: wings adhering at the 

 apex; subidately bidentate at the base; carina 

 not reflecting the vexillum. Stipe of the Germ 

 sheathed. Legume torulose, many-seeded. 



A twining shrub with pinnated leaves; flowers race- 

 mose, unibracteate, bractes very large, imbricateiy enve- 

 loping the flower buds, deciduous, and coloured; legume 

 long and coriaceous; seeds large. 



Species. W. speciosa. Gli/cine fnitescens. W'lWd. ,2pio9 

 fnitescens. Ph. 



Obs. Leaves pinnate in nines, ovate, pubescent. Flow- 

 ers pale blue, very abundunt, and nearl> as large as those 

 of the con^mon Pea. t'alix villous, naked at the base. 

 Vexillum broader than long, marked with a central green 

 spot juat above the claw, almost pfcrpendicuLriy vefiect- 

 ed, claw rigid and ratlier long, sheai.hed with an adnate 

 membrane, wliich evinces its existence by a partial sepa- 

 ration at the summit Carma of 2 petals, incurved at the 

 point, but without reflecting the vexillum, the denture at 

 ihe base of each subulate. Stigma capitate. Le.tiume 1- 

 celled- Seeds nearly as large as the smaller kind of Kid- 

 ney-beans, and also spotted, hence this shrub has receiv- 

 ed the common name of " Carolina Kidney-bean tree." 



There appears to be a second species of this genus in 

 tiie alluvial forests of West Florida. 



518. GALACTIA. Brown, 



Calix 4'Ch^t, bibracteolate. Petals all oblong, 

 the vexillum broader and incumbent. Anthers 

 oblong. Stigma obsolete. Stip»" of the germ 

 naked. Legume terete, many-seeded. 



Herbaceous plants, either prostrate or twining; leaves 

 often coriaceous, but deciduous, ternate or pinnate, sti- 

 pules cauline, and as well as the bractes very minute, par- 

 tial bractes setaceous; racemes axillary, few-flowered; 

 flowers reddish. A genus very closely allied to the pin- 

 nate leaved species of CUtoria. 



Species. 1. G. * pilosa. Every where sofily and dense- 

 ly pdose; leaves ternate, partly oval, obtuse, paier be- 

 neath; racemes pedunculate, longer than tiie leaves; fioiv- 



