Leguminosce.] MEXICO. 287 



A very fine and distinct species, exceedingly tomentose, with large, apparently white flowers, and leaflets 

 nearly an inch long. The young foliage and branches are almost silky and tawny. 



1. Stylosanthes viscosa. Sw. — Probably also S. glutinosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. t. 596, 

 but the plant is larger and stouter in every part, and the leaflets are narrower — Hab. 

 Talisco. 



]. iEschynomyne hirsuta. DC. — Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 583 Hab. Talisco. 



1 . Desmodium plicatum. Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 585, et in Herb. Nostr. — /3, compactum ; 

 foliis floribusque magis densis, foliolis latioribus magis coriaceis. 



This species, of which we have two varieties in the collection, is well described by Professor Schlechtendal 

 in the place above quoted. 



2. D. cinereum. DC. — Hedysarum cinereum. DC. et H. B. K. — Poeppig, Herb. Cub. 

 — Hab. Talisco. 



3. D. triflorum. DC. — Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 584. — Hab. Talisco. 



1. Rhynchosia grandiflora ; fruticosa subvolubilis rufescenti-hirta, foliis ternatis bre- 

 vissime petiolatis oblongis mucronatis, venis utrinsecus 10-15, racemis terminalibus axil- 

 laribusque, calycibus vexilloque sericeodiirsutis, leguminibus ovalibus compressis oblique 

 rostratis villosissimis. (Tab. LIX..) — Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 588. — Hab. Talisco. 



Schlechtendal has well observed that this is closely allied to lihynchosia (Glycine, H. B. K ) rufa, Humb, 

 Nov. Gen. t. 574 ; differing, however, in its larger flowers, longer leaves, and the more numerous primary 

 veins. 



Tab. LIX. Rhynchosia grandiflora. Fig. 1. Flower ; fig. 2. Legume ; fig. 3. Valve of do., with a seed : 

 — magnified. 



2. R. Mexicana ; volubilis gracilis pubescens, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis rhombeo-ovatis 

 latis acutissimis lateralibus subsessilibus obliquis, intermedio petiolulato, pedunculis axil- 

 laribus folio longioribus racemosis, vexillo pubescente, leguminibus oblongis pendulis 

 pubescenti-hirsutis dispermis. 



Very small and imperfect are the specimens of this plant in the Herbarium. Every part, save the inner 

 petals, is downy. The legumes are scarcely £ an inch, the leaflets 2 inches long. 



1. Phaseolus micranthus ; annuus? hispido-hirsuttis volubilis gracilis, foliolis rhombeo- 

 ovatis integerrimis, stipulis stipellisque ovatis striatis, pedunculis laxe racemosis folia 

 duplo triplove superantibus, calycibus hispidis, leguminibus lato-lineari-oblongis falcatis 

 planis sub 7-spermis. — Hab. Talisco. 



Leaflets, the largest of them, an inch or rather more long. Flowers small, yellow and purple. 

 1. Inga pungens. Humb. et Willd. — DC. — Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 092. — Hab. Acapulco. 



1. Mimosa asperata. Willd. — DC. — Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 591. 



2. M.Jloribunda. Willd. — DC— Schlecht. in Linn. 5. p. 591. 



