Erythrina L. — Phaseoliis L. 383 



vexillarc siiblibemm, omnia oblique dc-, (lc!n adsccndentia, 

 npice adscenclcnti-liorizontalia, pariter coccinca; nntherae ver- 

 satiles lineari-oblongae ; germen \onge stipitatum tomentosuni; 

 gemnmlae 10; stylus filamentis longior; stigma obtusmn ; 

 fructus 2 — 8 poU. longi, torulosi, atro-sanguineo-viridiusculi, 

 1 — 5-spermi ; semina oblonga, sanguineo-punicea; cotyledones 

 crassae; radicula inflexa. 



Obs. Butea Koen., etsi liabitu EnjUirmis valde accc- 

 dcns, tamen ob fructus indehiscentes monosperinos majori 

 jure forsan ad Dalhergieas reducenda! cf. Hsskl. Catal.1238. ^^^ 



276. PHASEOLUS HUMILIS Hsskl. 



Char. Spcc. cf. AMp. Rprt. V. 537. 1. Hsskl. Pap. 25. Ph. scaborStd. DC. 

 rrdr. II. 396. 50 ct Ph. radiatns L. DC. Prdr. II. 395. 49 ct spccies 

 binae antecedentes DC. 1. c. 47 et 48. Hsskl. Cat. p. 278,(8) 



Descrpt. Herba annua (forsan e C/tina in Javam in- 

 troducta ! ) erecta glabriuscula ; caulis angulatus ; stipnlae 

 ovato-lanccolatae, acutae, supra basin acutam insertae, gla- 

 brae, erectae persistentcs ; petiolus erecto-patens glabriusculus, 

 supra canaliculatus, subtus falcatus, 2,0 — 2,3 pollices longus ; 

 foliola brevitcr petiolulata et stipellis patentibus minimis lan- 

 ccolatis suffulta, lateralia in superiore petioli parte, ovata s. 

 ovato-subrotunda, acutiuscula s. obtusa imoque retusa, nervis 

 supra crispato-prominentibus, supra viridia, pilosiuscula, sub- 

 tus pallida, 1,0 — 1,5 poll. longa, 0,9 — 1,3 poll. lata; pedun- 

 culus brevissimus vix 0,1 — 0,4 poll. longus ; inflorescentia 

 capitata bracteis oo oblongis, acutis, adpressis tecta; florcs 

 evoluti 1 — 3; calyx campanulatus, lacinia superior lata 2-fida, 

 infcriores 3 subaequalcs tubo breviores; vexillum flavum, 0,7 

 poll. latum, 0,4 poll. altum, patcns marginibus inflexis, 

 basi vix angustatum , brcviter unguiculatum, supra ungucm 

 utrinque breviter auriculatum, in media lamina paullo supra 

 auriculas gibbus 1 oblongus, parvus ; alae apice intensius colo- 

 ratae , aureae , tortae , margine superiore inflexae et carinae 

 corniculis insidentes, 0,5 polL lougae, 0,3 poll. latae; carina 



