COLOGA’NIA PULCHEL'LA. ; 
/ PRETTY COLOGANIA, — 
EXOGENE, OR DICOTYLE DONE &. 
Natural division } QW - 
te which 
1 | this Plant at WY 
NATURAL ORDER, LEGUMINOSZ. 
e Artificial divisions 1 Se DIADELPHIA, 
to which DECANDRIA, 
| this Plant belongs. OF LINN EUS, 
No, 110. 
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DECANDOLLE. 
GENUS. Cotocanta. Kunrr. C 
dentatus, dente supremo lato integro vel breviter bidentato, inferioribus: minori- 
bus, Corotta papilionacea. Vexittum late obovatum, exappendiculatom, 
in unguem complicatum petala inferiora subamplectentem angus LE 
longe unguiculate oa cia eae basi hine auriculata, vexillo bre- 
non geniculato, ceteris fere ad alee in vaginam connatis. ANTHERZ con- 
ee i 
incurvus, stigmate terminali obtuso sub-obliquo. Lreumen oblongo-li ; 
compressum, bivalve, intus isthmis cellulosis | subpluriloc weno Semina sub- 
orbiculata estrophiolata. Here volubiles xicane. Forta 
pinnatim trifoliolata rarius simplicia. Pepuncvtt Sesteelch PEDICELLI 
fasciculati, uniflori. Bracre# et bracteole parve. 
SPECIES. _aenante FOUCHELLS, pes UMBOLDYT ET Kunru. Volubilis, 
seis tribus ovatis 2g is basi rotundatis cordatisye utringue 
| til , calycibus hirtis, 
iauteores oF THE GENUS, CoLoGaNta, Catyx tubular, gib- 
bous at the base on the upper side, four-toothed, the upper tooth 
broad, entire, or minutely two-toothed, the lower ones smaller. Co- 
ROLLA papilionaceous. STanparp broadly obovate, not auricled at the 
base, but contracted into a long claw, somewhat folded over the claws 
of the other petals. Wines on long claws, obovate-oblong, falcate, 
auricled at the base on one side, shorter than the vexillum, adhering 
to the keel. Kesx of two petals adhering to the top, on long claws, 
oblong falcate, shorter than the wings. STameENs diadelphous, the 
upper one entirely free but not geniculate, the lower ones connected 
in a sheath nearly to the top. ANvTHERs all similar to each other. 
Ovary stalked, linear, with several ovules. Srvyie short, incurved at 
the top, with a terminal, obtuse, and somewhat oblique stigma. 
Pop oblong linear, compressed, two-valved, slightly divided trans- 
versely by a cellular tissue. SEEDS rounded, without any caruncle. 
