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369. Ruyncnosta Texana, Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1. p. 687. 
New Braunfels; prostrate, or climbing over bushes. August. 
It has the aspect of a Galactia. 
370. GaLactia canescens, Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen. 
p.62; Torr. & Gr. Fl. 1. p. 288, & p. 687.  Heterocarpsea 
Texana, Scheele in Linnea, 91, p. 461. Rocky soil, New 
Braunfels. June, September. “ Often flowering a second time 
after the rains in September, as is the case with many other 
plants.” — Stems creeping; many of the racemes becoming 
subterranean, and bearing globular, membranaceous legumes 
which are filled by a single large seed; while the legumes 
which fructify above ground are linear-oblong, canescent, and 
4—5-seeded; as is mentioned in the F7. N. Amer. p. 687. 
On this Mr. Scheele has founded his new genus Heterocar- 
pea, which he thinks is very distinct from any other known! 
(591.) G. HETEROPHYLLA (sp. nov.): cano-sericea; cauli- 
bus gracilibus e basi suffruticosa  decumbentibus; foliolis 
oblongis subcuneatis obtusis retusisve mucronulatis, aut 3 late- 
ralibus a terminali paulo remotis brevissime petiolulatis, aut 
in plurimis 4 — 5, accessoriis cum lateralibus digitatim insertis ; 
racemis brevibus paucifloris ; calycis laciniis triangulari-oblon- 
gis sericeis corolla multo brevioribus, superiore bidentato ; 
legumine puberulo recto inferne angustato 3 — 6-spermo. — On 
the Liano, October. — Remarkable for its prevailingly 4 — 5- 
foliolate leaves, although some in each specimen are only 
3-foliolate ; the additional leaflets are mostly rather smaller 
than the obit; and inserted with the lateral pair. Stems 6 
to 20 inches long. Leaflets half an inch long, thickish, silky- 
canescent, — underneath, with a closely appressed and 
; the veins rather prominent underneath. 
Stipules subulate : "ipiis. deciduous. Peduncles 1 — 4-flow- 
ered. Corolla nearly half an inch long, fully twice the length 
of the calyx; the vexillum appears to have been pale yellow ! 
the other petals rose-color. Legume 1} inches long. Seeds, 
style, &c. as in the genus to which I ne this in some 
respects anomalous species. 
