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hirsute, with the hairs of the angles rufous. Leaflets blunt 

 with an apicula. Stipules lanceolate, pubescent, deciduous. 

 Racemes axillary, in general of the same length as the leaves, 

 solitary, erect: common flower-stalk compressed, rufo-hirsute. 

 Flowers shortly pedicelled, remote, geminate, small, of a red- 

 dish purple colour. Bracteoles minute, lanceolate, hirsute. 

 Calycine lobes subequal, subulate; the middle lobe of the under 

 lip produced. Standard somewhat longer than the calyx. 

 Ovary linear, hirsute : style very short : stigma obtuse. Le- 

 gume 2 inches in length, subcylindrical and slightly compressed, 

 terminating in a hook, rufo-hirsute : seeds oblong, compressed, 

 ochre-coloured. 



2. Teramnus volubilis. Twining Teramnus. 



Branches subhirsute filiform, leaves subglabrous 

 above pubescent beneath, leaflets ovato-lanceolate. 



Swartz, FL 2nd. Occ. 1241. 



HAB. Common on fences. 



FL. Towards the end of the year. 



Stem suffrutescent at the base ; branches 3-gonal, pubescent. 

 Leaflets smaller than in the former species, ovate or ovato-lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, apiculated, slightly puberulous, and of a bright 

 green above, pubescent beneath. Racemes longer than the 

 leaves : flowers shortly pedicelled, small, of a pale purple. 

 Calycine lobes acute. Standard obcordate. Stamens alter- 

 nately sterile. Ovary linear, pubescent: style none: stigma 

 capitate. Legume l inch in length, linear, slightly hooked at 

 the apex ; valves, after the opening of the pod, spirally t\visted : 

 seeds oblong, luteo-fuscoid, shining. 



XXIII. RYNCHOSIA. 



Calyx sub-bilabiate ; upper lip 2-toothed ; lower 

 3-fid. Corolla frequently not exceeding the calyx in 

 length. Diadelphous, with the single filament geni- 

 culated near the base. Legume sessile, compressed, 

 subfalcate, 2-seeded. De Cand. 



Suffruticose or herbaceous, scandent ; leaves trifoliate, rarely 

 simple : flowers axillary, racemed, or solitary, yellow. Com- 

 posed of species referred formerly to the genus GLYCINE. The 

 name is derived from ^7%o? a snout or beak, 



1. Rhynchosia Caribaea. West-India Rhynchosia. 



Stem twining angular pubescent, leaflets ovato- 

 rhomboid acute pubescent resinose-punctate beneath, 

 legumes acinaciform hispid. 



