5d FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Orpo XXXITI. LEGUMINOSA. 
Suporpo I. PAPILIONACE#!,—Flores 5-meri. Corolla irregularis papilionacea v. rarissime 
subregularis, petalis imbricatis, superiore (vexillo) exteriore. Stamina 10, v. rarius 9 v. 5, 
I, Crotalaria, Linn. Gen. n. 862; Endl, Gen. n. 6472; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol, ii, p, 178. 
Calyx 5-lobus, subbilabiatus, labio superiore 2- inferiore 3-fido. Vexillum orbiculatum vy. ovatum, 
basi callosum v. squamulosum, carina falcato-acuminata v. rartus obtusa, Stamina 10, monadelpha, 
vagina superue fissa, Ovarium sessile y. stipitatum, 2-s0-ovulatum, Stylus lateraliter barbato- 
pubescens; stigma terminale, Legumen turgidum vy. inflatum, 2—-so-spermum, Semina reniformia, 
compressa, estrophiolata, funiculo tenui.—Herbe v. frutices ; foliis simplicibus vy. palmatim 3-5— 
7-foliolatis, foliolis seepe pellucido-punctatis; stipulis bracteisque nunc minimis vy, deficientibus, nune 
maximis, interdum adnato-decurrentibus; floribus racemosis, flavis v. ceruleis. 
1, ©. quinquefolia, Linn. Spec. 1006; annua, erecta, elabra vy. sericeo-pubescens ; caule fistu- 
Joso; foliis longe petiolatis, petiolis 5-7 subsessilibus, lanceolatis v. linearibus, obtusis; racemis 
terminalibus v. oppositifoliis ; calycis lobis latis acuminatis, tubo sublongioribus ; petalis flavis, vexillo 
lato obtusissimo; leguminibus glabris breviter stipitatis—Rheede, Mal. vol. ix. t. 28; Benth. 1. c. 
p. 184.—On cultivated and waste ground (Williams!; U, $8. Expl, Exped.). Also collected in Tana 
(Barclay! n, 5495), Queensland, the Hast Indies, and the Archipelago. 
According to Pickering, the native name of this herb is ‘ Boa,” or “ Emboa,” as he spells it.* 
Il. Indigofera, Linn. Gen, n. 989; Benth. Fl. Austr, vol. ii, p. 194. Calyx parvus, urceo- 
lato-campanulatus, 5-dentatus v. -fidus, laciniis subaequalibus. Vexillum ovatum y. orhiculatum, 
reflexum, ala carinam basi utrinque calcaratam v, gibbam zquantes, Stamina 10, filamento 
vexillari libero diadelpha; antherxe mucronate, conformes, Oyarium sessile v. subsessile, co- v. 
rarissime 1-2-ovulatum. Legumen oblongum, lineare vy. rarius orbiculatum, teretiuseulum v, 
rarins compressum, rectum y. falcatum, 2-valve, 9o- y. 1-2-spermum, inter semina isthmis membra- 
naceis solubilibus distinctum. Semina globosa v. cubica, estrophiolata.—Frutices fruticuli v. herbee, 
sepissime pilis utrinque cuspidatis, medio affixis muniti; foliis imparipinnatis cc- rarius 1-jugis, 
interdum foliolorum lateralinm abortu 1-foliolatis, quandoque nullis, stipulis minutis setaceis, sti- 
pellis quandoque nullis; floribus axillaribus spicatis y. racemosis, roseis purpureis y, interdum albis, 
vexillo extus plerumque scriceo-pubescente,—Spheridiophorum, Desv. in Journ. Bot. vol. ii. p. 125, 
t. 6, f. 35, 
1. I. Anil, Linn. Mant. 272; caule suffruticoso erecto; foliis pinnatis 3-7-jugis, foliolis ovali- 
bus subtus vix pubescentibus; racemis axillaribus folio breviorihus ; leguminibus compressis non toru- 
losis deflexis arcnatis, sutura utraque calloso-prominula, so-spermis,—In waste places; common 
along the coast of the different islands (Seemann! n. 106), Also collected in the Socicty and Sand- 
wich Islands by various expeditions. Not being contained in the older collections, it is probably a 
recent introduction to Polynesia. 
III. Tephrosia, Pers. Ench. vol. ii. p. 328; Endl. Gen. n. 6539; Benth. Fl, Austr. vol. ii. 
p. 202. Calyx subcampanulatus, 5-fidus, laciniis 2 superioribus profundius fissis, antica produc- 
tiore. Vexillum suborbiculatum, plerumque reflexo-patentissimum, carinam et alas caring ad- 
hieresites vix superans. Stamina 10, y. filamento vexillari libero diadelpha; anther conformes. 
Ovarium sessile, oo- v, rarius 1-2-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis; stigma terminale, plerumque 
* Lotus australis, Andr, Bot. Rep. t. 624 (Z. levigatu . } i 
Isle of Pinos (MUGillivvay 1), p (L. levigatus, Benth.; albidus, Lodd.), was found in the 
