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1, U. lagopoides, DC. Prodr. vol. ii. p. 824; caule fruticuloso, procumbente v. adscendente, 
pubescente y. villoso; foliolis solitariis v. 3 ovatis obtusis, terminali orbiculari-reniformi y. cordato- 
ovato majori, subscabris v. subvelutino-pubescentibus; racemis subspicatis oblongis obtusis hirsutis 
subsessilibus ; bracteis deciduis; leguminis articulis 2 glabris y. pubescentibus.—Benth. Fl. Austr. 
vol. ii. p. 287; Wight, Icon. t. 289.—U. cercifolia, Desy. 1.c. f. 19. Desmodium lagopodioides, 
Endl. in Ann. Wien. Mus, vol.i. p. 185. Hedysaruim lagopoides, Forst. Prody, n, 276. Nomen 
vernac. Vitiense, “ Lakanikasa,” teste Williams.—On cultivated and waste ground, Vanua Levu 
(Scemann! n, 108; U. 8S. Expl. Exped.). Also gathered in Uvea or ‘Wallis Island (Sir E. 
Home!), New Caledonia (Anderson !), Samoan Islands (U. 8. Expl. Exped,), and in Queensland 
(R. Brown !). 
VII, Glycine, Linn, Endl. Gen. n, 6650; Benth, Fl. Austr. vol. ii. p. 242, Calyx subbila- 
biatus, labio superiore 2-fido, inferiore 3-partito. Vexillum suborbiculatum, marginibus alas amplec- 
tens; ale vexillum subquantes, carine breviori rectee adhzrentes. Stamina 10, monadelpha, v. 
filamento vexillari demum libero; anthers conformes. Ovarium subsessile, co-oyulatum. Stylus 
brevis, incurvus; stigma subcapitatum. Legumen lineare v. faleatum, 2-valve, oo-spermum, isth- 
mis cellulosis inter semina interceptum, Semina subovata, estrophiolata.—Herbe vy. suffrutices 
yolubiles, magis minusve pilosi; foliis pinnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis stipellatis ; stipellis setaceis; sti- 
pulis parvis lanceolatis ; racemis axillaribus interruptis; pedicellis subfasciculatis. 
1. G. tabacina, Benth, Fl. Austr. vol. ii, p. 244; pubescens y. villosa; foliolis 3, terminali 
longe distante, orbiculato-obovatis oblongis ovato-lanceolatis v. linearibus; stipulis minutis; floribus 
axillaribus solitariis v. racemosis; calycis lobis subulato-acuminatis; legumine recto glabro vy. villoso ; 
seminibus levibus v, tuberculatis.—Kennedya tabacina, Labill. Sert. Austr. Cal. 70. t. 70. Leptolo- 
bium tabacinum, Benth. in Ann, Wien. Mus. vol. ii, p. 125. LZ. elongatum, Benth. 1.c. Desmodium 
Novo-Hollandicum, ¥. Muell, im Linn. vol. xxv. p. 894.—Island of Nukubati, off the Macnata coast 
(Seemann! n. 123). Also collected in New Caledonia and Australia. 
VIII. Dioclea, H. B. K, Nov. Gen. et Sp. vol. vi. p, 487; Endl. Gen. n. 6662, Calyx campa- 
nulatus, 4-fidus, laciniis zstivatione imbricatis, superiore latiore, integra v. emarginata, infima angus- 
tiore, intus adpresse sericeus v. rufo-villosus. Vexillum alis longius, orbiculatum, medio nudum y, 
breviter bicallosum, margine utrinque membrana inflexa appendiculatum ; alz obovate v. oblong, 
liberze, intus auriculis subadherentibus; carina alis brevior v. subzequalis, incurva, obtusa v. rostrata, 
petalis secus longitudinem subplicatis, dorso connatis. Discus breviter vagimifer v. subnudus. Sta- 
mina 10, medio monadelpha, filamento vexillari ima basi libero; autherze conformes, Ovarium sub- 
sessile, co-ovulatum. Stylus incurvus, glaber, versus apicem spe incrassatus, truncatus; stigma 
terminale. “Legumen oblongum, plano-compressum, crassiusculum, coriaceum, sutura vexillari 
incrassata, sxepius anguste bialata. Semina transyersa, compressa, umbilico lineari, strophiolo tenui, 
demum libera.—Frutices volubiles ; foliis pinnatim 3-foliolatis, foliolis oppositis cum impari distante, 
stipellis minutis sctaceis, stipulis variis ; racemis axillaribus clongatis; floribus in fasciculos y. spiculas 
secus pedunculum crassum dispositis, spicularum sive fasciculorum rhachi brevi inecrassata persis- 
tente; bracteis cito deciduis; pedicellis brevibus, bracteolis calyci adpressis, ovatis v. orbiculatis, 
deciduis y. subpersistentibus, floribus czruleis violaccis y. subalbis; legumine sepissime demum 
tomentoso y. villoso.—AHymenospron, Spreng. Gen, PL. n, 2880, 
1, D. violacea, Mart. in Herb. Benth. in Ann, Wien. Mus. vol. ii, p. 183; ramis piloso-his- 
pidis; foliolis lato-ovatis brevissime acuminatis, basi subcordatis, junioribus utrinque pilosis demum 
glabratis; floribus subsessilibus densis; calycibus glabriusculis; carina obtusa rostrata alis subdi- 
midio breviore.— Dolichos altissimus, Velloz, Fl. lum, vol. vii, t. 134, Mucuna altissima, Boj, mss. 
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