190 LEGUMINOSJS. 



linear-knceolate ; racemes peduncled, few-flowered j calyx-teeth Bnbeqaal, subulate-linear j 

 style glabrous; legume sessile, oblong, ^-seeded, usually pubescent. — Corolla light-blue, 

 IV'long.^HAB. Naturafized in the mountains of the Caribbean Islands 1; [introduced from 

 Europe]. 



23. ABEUS, L. 



Calyx truncate. Stamens 9 : column split on the vexillar side : vexiUar stamen wanting. 

 Stigma capitate. Legume partitioned by spurious, transverse dissepiments. — Twining, suf- 

 frutesceut herbs, or shrubs ; leaves ahrwptly pinnate, vnth a terminal macro; leaflets 

 many-jugal ; racemes terminal, or terminating aphyllous, axillary Iranches; flowers rosy, 



68. A. precatorius, L. Leaflets oblong, blunt, with scattered, appressed hairs beneath, 

 or glabrescent ; wings exceeded by the keel ; column very shortly adherent to the standard- 

 claw ; legume ohlong, suhtruneate at both ends. — SI. t. 112. y. 4-6. Desc. Fl. 4. ^."275. — 

 Seeds globose, shining-scarlet, with a black spot at the base. — Hab. Jamaica 1, M., Wullschl., 

 common on fences ; Antigua I, Wullschl., S. Vincent 1, Guild. ; [Venezuela 1 to Brazil ! ; 

 tropical Africa to the Cape I, China I, East Indies !]. 



Sdbtkibe 6. FSASEOLEM. — Stamens monadelphons or diadelphous. Legume hivalved. 

 Cotyledones usually thick, amylaceous. — Stem usually twining ; leaves mostly ])innately 

 3-foliolate, stipellate. 



Series I. Kliyacliosiese. — Calyx ehracieolate. Pedicels solitary or geminate. 



24. KHYNCHOSIA, Lour. 



Calyx unequally 5-fid, or 4-5-partite. Standard roundish. Stamens mostly diadelphous. 

 Ovary 2(-l)-ovulate. Legume compressed, continuous. Seeds with a short or obsolete 

 rhaphe. — Herbs, often glanduliferous toith minute yellow glands ; leaflets 3 (-1) ; flowers 

 usually yellowish, mostly in axillary racemes. 



Sect. I. GopiSMA. — Calyx Z-fld: inferior loie longer, 

 ^ 69. B. minima, DQ, Tomentose or glabrescent ; stem low, twining, obtuse-angled ; 

 leaflets ovate-rhomboid, rather acute ; flowers racemose, distant ; calyx-lobes lanceolate-lmear 

 the inferior about half as long as the corolla ; legume not constricted, oblong, tapering at 

 the base, pubescent : seeds black. — SI. t. 115. f. 1. Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 54, /. 2. — 

 (j Dolichos, L. R. punctata, DC. R. caribaea, Torr. et dr., Macf. : DCs homonym (from 

 Jacq. Ic. Rar. t; 146) has larger flowers and legumes, and is probably a 1-seeded form of 

 the following species. — Stem about 1' high j corolla 3"'-4"' long, yellow : standard veined 

 with purple ; legume 6"'-10"' long : seeds reniform, with a minute rhaphe, 1"' broad. — 

 Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica 1 to Trinidad I, all coU., a common weed ; [Texas I, Cuba I 

 and Mexico 1 to Brazil I ; trop. Africa I and Asia 1]^ 

 /^ 70. R. phaseoloides, DC. Tomentose or glabrate ; stem suffrutescent, twining, sub- 

 ' cylindrical ;. leaflets ovate or ovate-rhomboid, pointed ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx-lobes 

 ovate-lanceolate or ovate, pointed, the inferior half as long as the standard ; legume con- 

 stricted between both seeds, tomentose or glabrescent ; seeds black, with a scarlet-yellow 

 ring around the hilum. — Mart. I. c. t. 84. /. I. — Seem. Panam. t. 20. — Glycine, Sw. R. 

 precatoria, DC. R. caribsea, DC. ? — ^Exceedingly variable in the down, the size and form 

 of the leaflets, the glands, the inflorescence, and the calyx-lobes. A high climber ; corolla 

 6"'-7"' long, yellow : standard striate with purple ; legume 10"'-12"' long, 4'" broad : seeds 

 roundish, with a short, linear-oblong rhaphe, 2i'" diam. — Hab. Jamaica I, all coll., in woods ; 

 Dominica I, Imr, ; Trinidad I, Pd. ; [Cuba and Panama I to Brazil ; Galapagos Islands 1]. 



Sect. 2. Arotphyllum. — Ccdyx ^-partite, nearly as long as the corolla : 

 upper segment bifid. 



/ 71. R. reticulata, DC. Tomentose ; stem suflrutesceut, twining, angular ; leaflets 

 / ovate, pointed, 3-nerved, and reticulated beneath, with the ribs prominulous ; racemes many- 

 flowered : flowers shortly pediceUate, nodding ; calyx-segments lanceolate or oblong-lanceo • 



