LEGUMINOS^. 19B 



■to be a glabrescent Martinique form. It resembles tbe preceding, and the corolla is of the 

 same dimensions ; but is easily distinguished by the large, pubescent calyx, the inferior 

 segment of which is 6"' long. Corolla pink and white. — Hab. S. KittsI, Antigua!, Wullsehl., 

 Dominica I, Imr., S. Vincent !, Guild. 



Series 3. Siuphaseolase. — Calyx lihraeteolate. Pedicels fascicled,insertedintoahn.o6, 

 which protrudes from the rhachii. 



32. STENOLOBIUM, Benth. 



Calyx campanulate, bilabiate : upper lip bidentate or biiid, inferior 3-partite. Standard 

 obovate, biauricled. Stamens diadelphous. Style filiform : stigma terminal. Legume com- 

 pressed : seeds separated by spurious dissepiments. — Stem twining {rarely erect) ; leaves 

 Z-Joliolate, stipellaie ; ia&oiesceRce fascicled-racemose : flowers thie, narrow, 



92. S. ceeruleum, Benth. Stem twining ; leaflets rhomboid-ovate, pointed or blunt, 

 tomentose or sericeous-villous beneath, (rarely glabrescent) ; racemes many-flowered ; calyx 

 half as long as the corolla ; legume pubescent. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 3,8. — Leaflets 3"-2" 

 long; corolla pale blue, 4"'-5"' long. — Hab. Trinidad I, Sch., LockK;Cr.; [Cubal and 

 Mexico I to Peru! and Eio Grande do Sid !]. 



33. PACHYRRHIZUS, Sich. 



Calyx, corolla ani stamens of Stenoloiium. Style compressed above, and hairy : stigma 

 lateral. Legume compressed, impressed transversely along the spurious dissepiments. — 

 Stem twining ; leaves ifoliolate, stipellaie ; leaflets usually sinuate-angular ; infloreseence 

 fascicled-racemose : flowers iltie. 



93. P. angnlatns, Rich. Leaflets deltoid-ovate, angulai', pubescent beneath or gla- 

 brescent. — Plum. Ed. Burtn. t. 223. Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. S3. — Dolichos bulbosus, L. 

 D. articulatus. Lam. D. subracemosus, Jacq. ? P. articnlatus, WaVp. Tseniocarpum, 

 Desv, — Rhizoma tuberiferous ; leaflets 4"-3" diam. ; standard roundish-ovate, 8"'-6"' long ; 

 legume straight, glabrescent, subflexuose on the margins : seeds compressed-roundish. — Hab. 

 Dominical, Jmc; [Cubal and Mexico! to Brazil; East Indies!, China!, Madagascar!, 

 propagated by culture]. 



34. VIGNA, Sw. 



Calyx campanulate, .4-5-fid. Standard roundish, auricled at the base. Stamens dia- 

 delphous. Style cartilaginous above and hajry: stigma lateral. Legume snbcylindrical, 

 straightish: seeds separated by thin, spurious dissepiments. — Stem twining or prostrate ; 

 leaves %-foliolate, stipellaie; peduncles axillary, bearing capitate umbels or short racemes: 

 flowers usually yellow. 



' 94. V. luteola, Benth. Stem twining or prostrate; leaflets ovate, glabrous or gla- 

 brescent ; pedicels shortly racemose, shorter than the calyx ; calyx i-fid, 4 times exceeded 

 by the corolla; lobes subulate, as long as the tnbe; keel obversely deltoid, pointed; legume 

 pubescent with appressed down, or glabrate, oblong-linear, subcompressed, with the valves 

 convex, mucronnlate, 8-10-seeded, often contracted between several of the seeds : seeds 

 shining brown, with a white hilum, semiovoidTglobose. — Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 50. y. 2. — 

 Dolichos, J[acq, D. repens, L. {ex. syn., P. Br.). T>. luteus, Sw./ V. glabra and villosa, 



' Sav. — Variable iit the down, the leaflets bluntish or pointed, the upper calyx-lips pointed or 

 bluutish, the legume torulose or equal. Corolla pale-yellow, 6'"— 8"' long ; legume 2'" long, 

 3'" broad : seeds 2'" long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Sw., Macf., IHsf., March, common in marshes 

 along the seashore I, Antigua I, Wullsehl. ; Dominica !, Imr. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; [Florida ! 

 and Texas I to Pern ! and Buenos Ayres !]. 



95. V. vexillata, Bich. Stem twining; leaflets ovate-lanceolate or ovate, pointed, 

 hairy beneath or glabrescent ; pedicels 2-4, in a contracted umbel, shorter than tie calyx ; 

 calyx ^-fld, twice exceeded hy the corolla : lobes lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the tube : 

 keel drciuate-falcate, unilaterally auricled at the claw ; legume hairy or glabrescent, linear, 

 cylindrical, obliquely acuminate, 20-24-seeded ; seeds brown, with a white hilum, reniform- 

 Obloug.— /<M?. nnd. t. 102. Mart. Fl. Bras. 24. t. 50. /. 1.— Phas^olus, i.— Corolla 



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