LEGUMTNOS^. 189 



18*. ARACHIS, £. 



Calyx-tuhe elongated, filiform. Corolla and stamens of Siylosanthes. Lomenium long- 

 stipitate, subterraneous, devoid of a beak, reduced to u single indehisceut joint. — Herbs ; 

 leaves usually abruptly pinnate : stipules aduate to the petiole ; flowers yellow, in anllary 

 clusters^ 



63*. A. hypogcea, L. Annual; branches procumbent; leaflets bijugal, obovate or 

 oblong-oval : joe&^« exceeding the calyx-tuies. — Mart. Fl. Brm. M. t. 23./. 1. — Hab. 

 Cultivated, and uaturaliised in Jamaica, Antigua 1, ^aWicM, Dominica I, S. Vincent!, Guild.; 

 [cultivated in all tropical countries]. 



19. BEYA, P. Sr. 



Calyx 5-fid. Standard oval-roundish : keel-petals distinct below. Stamens monadel- 

 phous : column split on the axiHar side. Lomenium compressed : joints 2, dehiscent, the 

 superior usually abortive. -^Shrubs ; leaflets 1- or many-fascicled, or pinnate; flowers 

 yellow, axillary, fascicled or cymose. 



64. B. ebenus, DC. Branches pubescent ; leaflets spathulate, usually emarginate, 

 fascicled (5-3), or single from the axil of a minute spine, subsessile; flowers fascicled; 



calyx-lobes blintish ; standard glabrous ; lomentum-joints semiorbicular. — SI. t. 175. f. 1. 

 Br. Jam. t. 31./. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 4670. — Aspalathus, L. Amerimnum, Sw. — An arbo- 

 rescent shrub, 15'-20' high; leaflets leathery, deciduous, 6"'-3"' long. — Hab. Jamaica!, 

 all coll., common in dry, hot places ; [Cuba I]. 



20. CH.a;TOCALYX, DC. 



Cah/x 5-fid : teeth subulate, unequal. Standard emarginate-roundish. Stamens of Srya.^ 

 Lomenium linear, continuous ; joints elongated, longitudinally striate, indehiscent. — Scan- 

 dent herbs ; leaves impari-pinnate : leaflets few^jugal; flowers yellow, axillary, fascicled. 

 or shortly racemose : ^i\ee]a filiform. 



65. Ch. vmceutinufs, i)(7. Glabrous; leaflets bi-jugal, elliptical or elliptical-oblong, 

 mucronate ; pedicels fescicled, prickly ; calyx-tube prickly, as long as the longer teeth ; lo- 

 mentum glabrescent : joints 6-8, compressed, convex on the margins, linear. — Bot. Reg. t. 

 799. — Glycine, Idndl. — Leaflets membranaceous, deciduous, 10"'-6"' long ; corolla 6"'-8"' 

 long : standard pubescent ; lomentum-joints 4'" long, i"' broad, deeply striate, truncate at 

 both ends. — Hab. — Dominica I, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild, ^ 



SrsTKiBE 5. YICIBJE. — Stamens diadelphous : vexillar stamen often adherent. Le- 

 gume bivalved. Cotyledons thicJc, amylaceous. — Leaves usually abruptly pinnate, with 

 the terminal leaflet transformed into a tendril. 



21. VICIA, Z. 



Calyx 5-fid. Wings adherent above to the keel. Style filiform, pubescent at the top r 

 hairs usually only at its exterior side. Legume many-seeded, devoid of complete dissepi- 

 ments. — Herbs ; leaves abruptly pinnate, with a terminal tendril (or mucroj ; infloresceuce 

 axillary. 



66*. V. sativa, Z. Annual; leaflets 4-7-jugal, usually oblong-linear, truncate at the 

 mucronate top : stipules mostly semi-sagittate ; flowers purple, shortly pedicellate, 1-3 in ^ 

 axUlary fascicles ; calyx-teeth subequal, subulate-linear ; standard glabrous ; legume sessile, 

 linear, glabrescent. — Corolla 8"'-10"^ long. — Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, March ; [intro- 

 duced from Europe]. 



32*. ERVUM, L. 



Calyx 5-fid. Wings adherent to the minute keel. Style filiform, glabrescent or pubes- 

 cent at the top. Legume few-seeded. — Habit of Ficia, but ftovOers small. 



67*. E. hirsutum, £. Annual; leaflets 6-1 0-jugal, linear : stipules semi-sagittate or " 



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