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and the pod, more curved, with more oblique seeds than is usual in the Rostrate, and perhaps rather 
thicker, approaches that of Oncolobium; but the flowers are very nearly those of C. multiflora and 
C. biflora. | | F 
110. C. MULTIFLORA, Mart. et Gal.! in Bull. Acad. Brus. x. pars ii. 307. Glabra. 
Foliola 2- rarius 3-juga. Sepala interiora ¿-pollicaria. Legumen angustum, continuum. 
Hab. Tropical America: Mexico, prov. Oaxaca, Liebmann, Andrieux, n. 416; Galeotti, 
n. 3145. 
This is very nearly allied to C. biflora; but the leaflets appear to be constantly in two or rarely three 
pairs only, and the larger prominent flowers give the specimens a different aspect. 
11T. C. BIFLORA, Linn. ! Spec. Pl. 540. Pubescens v. glabrata. Foliola 4-10-juga 
(ramulorum rarius 2-3-juga), latiuscula, glabra v. subtus pubescentia. Legumen an- 
' gustum, continuum.—F!. Bras. 121. 
C. biflora, Bot. Mag. t. 810; Bot. Reg. t. 1310. 
C. galegifolia, Linn. ! Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1017. 
C. tenuissima, Linn. Spec. Pl. 541, ex char. et ex Vog. 
C. angustisiliqua, Lam. Dict. 1. 649, excl. ic. Plumieri. 
C. Marimari, Aubl. Pl. Gui. 382, ex ic. Plumieri citata, t. 78. f. 1. 
C: crista, Jacq.! Ic. Rar. i. 8, t. 74. 
C. frondosa, Ait.! Hort. Kew. ed. 1. ii. 53. 
C semperflorens, DC.! Cat. Hort. Monsp. 90. 
C. pallida, Vahl, Ecl. i. 12, ex descr. 
C. geminiflora, Moc. et Sess. in Collad. Hist. Cass. 103, t. 3, ex ic. et descr. 
C. acapulcensis, H. B. et K.! Nov. Gen. et Sp. vi. 353. 
C. nemorosa, H. B. et K.! L c. 
C. venustula, H. B. et K.! I. c. 352. 
C. Berteriana, Balb. in DC.! Prod. ii. 496. 
C. oryadena, DC. ! Prod. ii. 495, excl. syn. Desv. et Mill. 
p fulgens, Macfad !, Fl. Jam. 1. 342. 
T. viphividea, Bertol. Fl. Guatemal. 15? ex descr. 
Var. ROSTRATA, glandula compressa latiuscula (in forma typica sepius tenuis, acuta 
et erectiuscula, variat tamen latior et obtusa). 
C. rostrata, Mart. ! Voigt in Syll. Pl. Nov. Soc. Ratisb. ii. 55; Verhandl. Preuss. Gartenb. Gesellsch. 
But 
C. aversiflora, Hook.! Bot. Mag. t. 2138 (floribus solito majoribus). 
Hab. Tropical America: Peru, Columbia, Central America, Mexico, and West Indies ; 
the variety rostrata almost confined to Brazil, and the only one there. : 
A specimen of C. biflora in the Linnean herbarium is marked *' galegifolia,” in Linnæus’s own hand- 
writing. "This name is, it is true, crossed out by Sir J. E. Smith; but the plant appears to be really the 
one Linnzus had in view. > 
C. angustisiliqua, Lam. Dict. i. 649, to which Vogel refers C. Berteriana, DC. Prod. ii. 496, from St. 
Domingo, would appear to be founded chiefly on one of the forms of C. biflora with many leaflets and 
short glands, several West-Indian specimens agreeing well with the descriptions given; but the figure of 
. Plumier's referred to, t. 78. f. 2, is quite different, and appears to me to be a rude representation 
of C. siamea, probably from some West-Indian botanic garden, whence several of Plumier's figures were 
evidently taken. Plumier, however, describes the pod as terete, although the lower pods of his figure 
