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AMPHODUS ovatus. 
Ovate-leaved Amphodus. 
ears 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Lucumtnosx. Tribus Phaseolee Decandolle. 
AMPHODUS. — Calyx ebracteatus, basi intrusus, bilabiatus, labio supe- 
riore bidentato, inferiore  3-fido, Jaciniis subulatis. Corolle vexillum_ re- 
flexum, basi bidentatum, dentibus inflexis staminis decimi basin retinentibus. 
Ale et carina lineares. Stamina diadelpha. Stylus filiformis glaber. Stigma 
capitellatum. Zegwmen lineare compressum polyspermum, (immarginatum 2) 
Semina spherica hilo lunato. Frutex volubzlis (Americee equinoctialis). 
Folia 3-foliata, foliolis stipellatis. Flores rubri. Racemi multiflori ax-. 
allares. 
Amphodus ovatus. 
Caulis angulatus, pilosus, volubilis. Folia 3-foliolata; stipulis semi- 
ovatis, pubescentibus, rufo-marginatis ; stipellis subulatis, parvis; petiolo 
pubescente ; foliolis ovatis, obtusts, emarginatis, inequalibus, utrinque pilosis, 
lateralibus subsessilibus. Racemi axillares, foliis breviores, sericet. Bractee 
ovate, decidue. Bracteole nulle. Pedicelli patentes, circd florum longi- 
tudine, apice clavati. Calyx campanulatus, sericeus, basi intrusus, bilabi- 
atus, labio superiore recto, ovato, bidentato, inferiore 3-partito, lacinis acu- 
minatis, subequalibus. Corolla atropurpurea, vexillo oblongo, revoluto, bast 
sulcato, utrinque versis basin unidentato, dentibus inflexis filamentum sta- 
minis decimi retinentibus. Ale et carina lineari-oblonge, veuillo longiores. 
Stamina diadelpha, decimo libero. Stylus jfiliformis, glaber. 
mum, capitellatum. Legumen zmmaturum, falcatum, hirsutum, longe acumi- 
natum, polyspermum, immarginatum. Semina atra, spherica, hilo pallido 
lunato. 
A native of Trinidad, whence seeds were obtained by 
Lady Hulse, of West Heath, in Kent, in 1824. For the 
opportunity of making our drawing we are obliged to 
Mr. William Anderson, under whose care the plant blos- 
somed in the Apothecaries’ Garden, at Chelsea, for the 
first time, in April 1827. 
A tender stove-plant, like all similar climbers, requiring 
a rafter or a wire to twine round. It is not remarkable 
for its beauty; but is very interesting to the Botanist, on 
account of its deviation from the structure of all known 
genera. : , 
Following the principles adopted by M. Decandolle, in 
Stigma minz- 
