198 lEGUMINOS^. 



38. DIOCLEA, Kth. 



Calyx campanulate, 4-fid, sericeous inside. Standard roundish, anricled at tlie lase. 

 TeaAllar stamen, adhering to the column above its base. Stigma terminal. Xe^«me. sessile, 

 compressed or turgid, filled with ceUular tissue. — ^Twining shrubs ; leaflets 3, itipellaie s in* 

 florescence amllary,jfascicled-racemose : flowers purplish, blue, or whitish. 



105. D. guianensis, Benth. I Leaflets elliptical, pointleted, glabrate above, velvet/ 

 or sericeous beneath ; racemes elongated : bracts erect, caducous ; calyx much longer than 

 its pedicel and the smaU roundish bracteoles : 7oie« ovate-lanceolate, pointed i the superior 

 as long as the tube, the inferior longer ; standard orbicular, reflexed : keel straightish, bluut, 

 exceeded a little by the wings, minutely creunlate below i anthers all fertile ; legtfme B-8- 

 seeded, velvety, bicostate along the suture : seeds compressed, half-surrounded by therhaphe. 

 — Dolichos comosus, JK«y..' Mucuna,DC B. panamensis, TF«^./: thevelvetyform. — Corolla 

 purplish : standard 10"'-12"' long ; legmne compressed, 4"-3" long, 6'" broad, oblong, 

 tapering at the base: seeds brown, oval-roundish, 4'" long. — Hab. Trinidad!, Iiane, Sch., 

 Cr. ; [Panama ! to Ecuador ! ; Guiana !]. 



106. D. reflexa, T. Hook. Leaflets large, ovate-roundish^ mucronate, pubescent be- 

 neath ; racemes elongated : bracts long, lanceolate; refiexed; calyx, rusty-pubescent, much 

 longer than its pedicel and the small roundish bracteoles : inferior lobe ovate-lanceolate, 

 blunt, as long as the tube, the other shorter ; standard orbicular, reflexed : keel much ex- 

 ceeded by the wings, incurved, with a blunt beak ; anthers 5, sterile; " legume ovate-oblong, 

 few-seeded." — A high, stout, rusty-hairy climber; leaflets 6"-4" long ; corolla 8'" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica 1, Wils., uncommon ; [central America to Brazil j Niger ; East Indies]. 



39. MUCUNA, Ad. 



.Calyx shortly campannlate, 4-fid or 4-toothed. Standard cbnduplicate, tapering abov , 

 anricled at the hose, usually exceeded by the wings : keel cartilagineous at the top ! Stamens 

 diadelphons : anthers alternately unequal. S%!k« terminal. . Ze^zme thick, leathery, us- 

 ually covered with stinging hairs. — Twining herbs or shmbs; leaflets 3; peduncles long, 

 often pendulous ; flowers largei, fascicled-racemose or fascicled. 



107. M. prurieus, DC. Leaflets subsericeous beneath, the terminal rhomboid, the 

 lateral very obliquely deltoid; racemes elongated; calyx 4-fid: the superior lobe broadly 

 deltoid; standard ovate, half as long as the wings : keel with a shortly exserted, cartila- 

 ginous beak ; legume devoid of transverse crests, oblong-linear, curved, densely covered 

 with brown, brittle Jiairs.— £r. Jam. t. 81,/. 4 : analyt. Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 188. Sesc. 

 Fl. 1. 1. 49. MaH.Bras. 24. t. 46./. 2.— Dolichos, Z.— Corolla dark-blue or purple, 15'"- 

 18"' long: standard pale in Jacqnin's figure. — Hab. Jamaica !, Hist., Wullsehl., eomiuon ; 

 Caribbean Islands ! ; [all tropical countries]. 



108. M. urens, DC. Leaflets sericeous beneath, the terminal ovate, the lateral ob- 

 lique ; flowers fascicled ; inferior calyx-lobe lanceolate, as long as its tube, superior shorter, 

 deltoid ; standard ovate-lanceolate, half as long as the wings : keel with a shortly exsertedj 

 cartilaginous beak ; legume with numerous, transverse, foliaeeous crests, compressed oblong' 

 hirsute.— /acy. Jmer. Piet. 1. 189. Tuss. FL 2. 1. 13.— Dolichos, Z. Negretda, Tuss.-^otdOa 

 yellow, 2" long. Hab. Jamaica! Al, Wullschl.,-aii.eomnion; Caribbean Islands I ; [Cuba 

 and Panama ! to Peru I and Brazil 1]. 



109. M. altissima, DC. Leaflets glabrous, elliptical, pointleted ; racemes short, long- 

 peduncled; calyx sericeous, four-toothed : the three superior teeth small or obsolete, the 

 inferior longer; standard ovate-oblong, nearly as long as the wings; beak of the keel'car- 

 tilaginous, bluntish, equalling the wings ; legume with numerous, transverse, convex lines 

 compressed, spathulate, oblong, ^ansate.— Jacq. Amer. Pict. 1. 190.— Dolichos Jacq —Corolla 

 18"'^long : standard and wings blue or purple, keel greenish-yellow ; legume 6" long, 1^" 

 broad below its pointed top, callous on the margins, rusty-hirsute : seeds orbicular com- 

 pressed, 8"'-10"' diaih., almost wholly surrounded by the rhaphe.— Hab. Jamaiea !, '^fe. 

 rai-e, in mountain-woods, Manchioneal; [French islands ; Panama 1 Brazil!]. ' ' 



