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SANDWICH ISLANDS. 



SI 



Ord. XII. LEGUMINOSiE. Juss. 



1. Tephrosia piscatoria. Pers. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 252. — T. toxicaria. Gaud, 

 in Freyc. Voy. p. 93 ? 



We have already described this species at page 62. 



1. Dolichos luteus. Swartz? — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 398? 

 1. Vigna villosa. Savi. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 401. 



Fouud in Oahu. — The want of authentic materials, and the imperfect descriptions hitherto given of Dolichos 

 and the allied genera, render an accurate determination of the species next to impossible. If we be correct, 

 this plant has only been previously met with in Chili. 



1. Canavalia pubescens ; caule volubili, ramulis petiolisque pubescentibus, foliolis ovato- 

 ellipticis breviter acuminulatis basi subobliquis membranaceis supra glabris subtus pubes- 

 centibus, pedunculis axillaribus trifloris. 



This was found in Oneeheow. — The two upper lobes of the calyx are very large and rounded, the lower 

 ones oblong- and obtuse. As a species, it is very closely allied to Dolichos galeatus, (Gaud, in Freyc. Voy. 

 p. 486. t. 115,) which is also a Canavalia, but that has perfectly smooth acuminated leaves, and the lower 

 divisions of its calyx are lanceolate and acute. 



1. Mucuna altissima. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 405. — Dolichos altissimus. Jacq. Amer. 

 t. 182. / 85. 



The specimen in the Collection, as well as one collected by Mr. Macrae at Byron's Bay, in Owhyhee, is 

 not in fruit. 



1. Erythrina monospei ma ; arborea inermis, foliolis late ovato-reniformibus obtusis sub- 

 tus calycibusque molliter fusceseenti-tomentosis, fructibus monospermis. Gaud, in Freyc. 

 Voy. p. 486. t. 114. 



We have seen only the leaves, but we think there can be no doubt as to the plant. 



1. Acacia heteropliylla; phyllodiis linearibus utrinque attenuatis subfalcatis multinerviis, 

 saspe etiam in ramis adultis folio bipinnato terminatis, capitulis subracemosis. DC. — Willd. 

 Sp. PL v. 4. p. 1055. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 452. — A. laurifolia. Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. 

 p. 1053. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 451. — Mimosa simplicifolia. Linn. SitppL — M. Mangiurri. 

 " Forst. Prodr. n. 395." 



Gaudichaud remarks of this species, that in the more elevated parts of the island, its phyllodia always bear 

 bipinnate leaves, but that in the lower districts these disappear; also, that the higher up they grow, the 

 narrower are the phyllodia, while below they are broader, being linearJanceolate, lanceolate, and sometimes 

 oval. In the specimens found by Mr. Menzies, the phyllodia are considerably broader than in those in 

 the present Collection, so that we have not hesitated to unite again, as had been formerly done by Lamarck, 

 the A. laurifolia with the present species. The peduncles sometimes bear only one head of flowers ; but 

 more commonly, and on the same plant, they form a raceme. 



1. Guilandina Bond tie. Linn. — De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 480. 



1. Cassia (Sect. Chanteesenna. DC.) Gaudichaudi ; caule fruticoso, foliolis 4-jugis ell ip- 

 tico-oblongis apice subemarginatis glabris subtus pallidis, gland u la lineari tenui obtusa inter 



