rnueh elongated, at tbe base erect, but at 
to a rigbt angle, and at tlie tip curved inward. Stamens 10, 
elpbous. Style bearded near tbe end; stigma oblique. Pods 
' t, oblong in outline, turgid, debiseing; seeds orbicular, 
Ided in a wbite spongy mass of cells. 
? twining woody vines. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 3. 
Inflorescence a dense axillarv ráceme, at first denselv imbricat- 
ed witb large striate bracts; tbe bractlets at tbe base of tbe 
calyx small, o vate. 
A very remarkable genus belonging to tbe Pbaseoleae, tbe 
type species baving been described as a Vigna. From tliis genus 
i t is abundantly distinct in its babit, inflorescence, calyx, keel, 
frait. etc. In tliis opinión Dr. B. L. Robinson, wbo described 
it as a new Vigna, acquiesces. 
This genus is named for my friend, Dr. José Ramírez, of 
tbe Instituto Medico National de México, wbo is one of tbe 
foremost men in natural historv in tbat Republie, and wbo bas 
done much to add to tbe pleasure and success of my various 
Mexican expeditions. 
