418 



MEXICO.— SUPPLEMENT. 



[Leguminosce. 



acuminatis, stipulis subulatis recurvis, paniculis in ramos terminalibus, pedicellis (saspe) 

 aggregatis elongatis gracillimis, floribus parvis, legumine 3-4 spermo spiraliter torto 

 longissime gracillimeque stipitato, stylo longo rostrato. (Tab. XCVI.) 



Hab. Acapulco. — A tall-growing- plant (3-4 or more feet high), with rather large membranaceous leaves 

 (the larger leaflets 2-3 inches long), glabrous in almost every part, except the petiolules and the lower 

 margin of the leaflets which are ciliated. Panicle terminal, elongated, slender, with numerous, straight, 

 diverging, capillary, very straight pedicels, an inch long. Corolla very deciduous, and the ovary soon 

 becomes twisted and lengthened upon a much elongated and slender stalk, sometimes almost equal in length to 

 the pedicel of the calyx, giving the fruit a very remarkable appearance. The style also is long. Seed twisted ! 



Desmodium podocarpum. Fig. 1. Flower ; Jig. 2. Pistil, and Jigs. 3. 3. more advanced fruits ; Jig. 4. Seed : 

 — magnified. 



5. D. triflorum, DC. — Hook, et Am. supra, p. 287. 

 Hab. Acapulco. 



1. iEschynomene hirsuta, DC. — Schlecht. in Linncea, v. 5. p. 533. Hook, et Am. 

 supra, p. 287. 



Hab. Acapulco. 



1. Cajanus Jiavus? DC. — Cytisus Cajan, L. 



Hab. Realejo. — In the dried state, at least, we cannot distinguish the difference between C. Jiavtis and 

 C. bicolor. 



1. Rhynchosia grandiflora, Schlecht. in Linncea, 5. p. 588. Hook, et Am. supra, p. 287. 

 Tab. LIX. 



Hab. San Bias to Tepic. 



1. Lupinus Mexicanus, Lag. — Bot. Beg. t. 457. 



Hab. San Bias. — Bracteas setaceous, much longer than the flowers, by which it is readily distinguished 

 from L. polyphyllus. 



1. Phaseolus saccharatus. — M'Fad. Fl. Jam. v. I. p. 282. 



Hab. Acapulco. — Probably a cultivated plant. We cannot find that it accords with any of the species 

 described by De Candolle ; but precisely agrees with the specimens we have received from Dr M'Fadyen 

 as the Sugar-Bean of the West Indies, and described by him in the work just quoted under the name of 

 P. saccharatus. The stem is twining, more or less hairy, the hairs deflexed. Leaflets nearly glabrous or 

 hairy on the nerves, especially beneath, the intermediate one deltoideo-ovate, acuminate, on a rather long 

 petiolule ; the lateral ones half-deltoid. Peduncles a good deal longer than the leaves, bearing several 

 flowers, 2 or 3 together, pedicelled or sessile. Flowers small, greenish-white : the carina spirally twisted. 

 Pod about 2 inches long, acinaciform, lipped with the rather long, straight, rigid, persistent style. There are 

 2 small, ovate, striated bracteolas at the base of the calyx. An imperfect specimen of the same plant was in 

 Captain Beechey's collection from Talisco. 



1. Mimosa Jioribunda, WiUd. — De Cand. — Schlecht. in Linncea, 5. p. 692. 



