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MEXICO.— SUPPLEMENT. 
{Leguminosae. 
acuminatis, stipulis subulatis recurvis, paniculis in ramos terminalibus, pedicellis (ssepe) 
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 : 
— magnijied. 
5. D. trijlonim, DC. — Hook, et Arm. supra, p. 287. 
Hab. Acapulco. 
1. Jtlscbynomene hirsuta, DC. — Schlecht. in Linnma, v. 5. p. 583. Hook, et Arn. 
supra, p. 287. 
Hab. Acapulco. 
1. Cajanus flavus? DC. — Cytisus Cajan, L. 
Hab. Realejo. — In the dried state, at least, w'e cannot distinguish the difference between C. Jlavus and 
C. bicolor. > 
1. Rhynchosia grandijlora, Schlecht. in Linncea, 5. p. 588. Hook, et Arn. 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. polypliyllus. 
1. Phaseolus saccharatus.- — M^Fad. FI. Jam. v. l.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-w'hite : the carina spirally twisted. 
Pod about 2 inches long, acinaciform, tipped with the rather long, straight, rigid, persistent style. There are 
2 small, ovate, striated bracteolse at the base of the calyx. An imperfect specimen of the same plant was in 
Captain Beechey’s collection from Talisco. 
1. Mimosa floribunda, Willd. — De Cand. — Schlecht. in Linncea, b.p. 692. 
