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R.S.Cowan, Editor
Department of Botany
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560

Charles R. Gunn, Associate Editor
Plant Taxonomy Laboratory
BARC-WEST, USDA
Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Number Three"

May 1976

FROM THE EDITORS. Again our task of assembling a number of the BB has been
greatly lightened by the readership, and we are grateful. We have received
information for BB-3 from over forty people via the forms, in letters, and
in person. We appreciate your comments and the personal greetings too — so,
many thanks ! Keep the cards and letters coming but especially the data
foims (new, shorter edition enclosed) .

One reader asked that we use scientific names for plants, especially in
the literature -cited section. He referred to the note on the winged-bean
in BB-2; it is Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC. We certainly agree and
apologize for the oversight.

Another writer asked why we omit titles in the lists of readers. We
recognize it would make it easier to correctly address each other in
correspondence but including titles would be a burden we had not thought
worth adding to our understaffed (we are it!) offices. There are a fair
number of possible titles, and changes do occur occasionally. To
keep abreast of all this seemed a less high priority than the substance
of each number. However, if we have sufficient demand we could issue a
membership list at the end of the year with titles. But this would
mean that each person would have to return a data form with their preferred
title indicated.

At the international level: (1) Howard Irwin writes of USSR-USA bi-

national exchange expeditions, coordinated from the US side by the Department
of the Interior. (2) Brazilian botanists with their Research Council have
begun a Projeto Flora project in Amazonia and have discussed possible
cooperation with US taxonomists and ecologists. (3) Those who have used
F.A. Stafleu’s TAXONOMIC LITERATURE (1967) will be pleased to know a second
edition is being prepared by him and R.S. Cowan. The first volume of four,
treating authors with surnames beginning with letters "A" to ,?GT' will be
available 1 November. (4) Plans for The International Conference on Legumes
scheduled for 1978 are developing well; a recent announcement will be found
below.

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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEGUMES. Since the first notice in BB-2, there has
been a tremendous response to this collaborative project and even wider

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participation is invited. The conference, sponsored by the Royal Botanic
Gardens, ICew and the Missouri Botanical Garden, is scheduled for 24-29 July
1978 (with some extension for special meetings) at Kew. The principal
objective of the botanical programme is to prepare an improved and revised
classification of the family at generic and tribal levels from a synthesis
of diverse evidence.

On the botanical side the following co-ordinators have been named.
Co-ordinators for subfamilies: Caesalpinioideae - R.S. Cowan: Mimosoideae -

J.P.M. Brenan § T.S. Elias; Papilionoideae - R.M. Polhill.

Co-ordinators for special aspects: Chemistry - E.A. Bell; chromosomes -

P.H. Raven; pollen - A. Graham (Caesalpinioideae + Phaseoleae) , I.K. Ferguson
5 J.J. Skvarla (Papilionoideae) and P. Guinet (Mimosoideae); seed morphology
and anatomy - C.R. Gunn § N.R. Lersten; seedlings - J.A. Duke; wood anatomy -
T. Baretta-Kuipers .

Other contributions have been offered on extra-floral nectaries (T..S.

Elias, J.K. Maheshwari) , root nodulation (H.D.L. Corby), transfer cells
(B. Gunning § L. Watson), sieve-element plastids (H.-D. Behnke) , host ranges
of viruses (K. Bock), as well as diverse chemical aspects.

Special sessions are envisaged for critical generic groups and working
parties are beginning to collate views and data towards the presentation of
reasonable alternative systems if not a concensus opinion. The following
contacts may be useful: Ingeae - T.S. Elias, L. I. Nevling I. Nielson;

Cerceae - K. Larsen, R. P. Wunderlin; Cassia - R.G. Bameby, H.S. Irwin;

Sophoreae - V.E. Rudd, G. Yakovlev; Millettia-Derris group - R. Gees ink;

Phaseoleae - J.A. Lackey; Pha.seolineae - R. Marechal; Desmodieae - B.G. Schubert,
H. Ohashi; Vicieae C.R. Gunn, F. Kupicha; Genisteae - F.A. Bisby.

On the agronomic side a collaborative effort towards a manual of legume
crops is envisaged, xvith data from many sources on the evolution and domestication
of edible and forage legumes, their morphology, distribution, ecology, husbandry
and nutritive value, with key bibliography and a directory of current breeding
and introduction programmes. Some emphasis will be given to possibilities of crop
diversification and potential new crops, and some bias made to tropical and third
world problems. Some aspects will be collated into more general review papers.
Initial response is encouraging, but the scope and organisational detail has
still to be worked out. A special agronomic meeting is planned to precede or
follow closely the main conference.

The programme of the general conference remains flexible, but is likely to
comprise an introductory day of ''overviews’' of the subfamilies (an illustrated
guide to the morphology, distribution, tribal classification and possible
evolution) , a day of reviews on chemistry (contingency exists for a special
Phytochemical Society meeting prior to the main conference) , a day on other
special aspects (pollen, seeds, seedlings, wood, etc), two days on critical
groups (with some emphasis on groups of agronomic interest) and a final day
on reproductive biology, defense mechanisms, phytogeography and summing up.

To achieve this scope the information will be presented as a series of reviews,
with enough discussion time for other participants to contribute. The
proceedings should be readable synopses of current views with key bibliography.

The detailed work will be published elsewhere as appropriate. The conference,
limited to 150 (-200) people, should be seen as a focus for a wide common
endeavour which already manifests a most stimulating collaborative spirit and
which seems unlikely to stop at that point!

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The organisers would like to thank the many contributors to the now
sizeable Krukoff Seed Collection and to indicate that further accessions are
still much desired (see BB-2) .

J.P.M. Brenan, R.M. Polhill § P.H. Raven
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ADDITIONS TO BEAN BAG READERSHIP. (Please save this list as well as those in
BB-1 and BB-2 for your future use.)

BARETTA-KUIPERS, T., Instituut voor Systematische Plantkunde, Univ. of Utrecht,

Tweede Transitorium , Uithof, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Wood anatomy of tropical
legumes) .

BEHNKE, H.D., Lehrstuhl fur Zellenlehre, Universitat der Heidelberg, 6900
Heidelberg 1, West Geimany (Sieve- element plastids) .

BISBY, F.A. Department of Biological Sciences, Bldg. 44, University of
Southampton, Southampton S09 5NH, England (Genisteae) .

BOCK, D.R. E.A.A.F.R.O. , Box 30148, Nairobi, Kenya (Host-ranges of viruses).

BRAVO, L. Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales Intendente Griraldes 2620. Sue. 28 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BURTON, J. The Nitrogin Co. 3101 West Custer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53209 USA.
(Rhizobium) .

FERGUSON,. I.K. Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, England
(Pollen, particularly of Papilionoideae) .

GIBBS, P.E. Departamento de Morfologia e Sistematica Vegetais , Instituto de
Biologia de UNICAMP, Cx. Pos. 1170, Campinas, 13.100, S.P., Brazil (Agronomically
important legumes of Brazil) .

GILLETT, J.B. East African Herbarium, Box 45166, Nairobi, Kenya (African
Papilionoideae) .

HARDAS, W.H. Divison of Plant Introduction, Indian Agricultural Research
Institute, New Delhi-Pin, 110012 India.

KOLSTAD, O.A. Biology Department, Kearney State College, Kearney, NB. 68847 USA.

KUPICHA, F. Botany Department, British Museum-Natural History, Cromwell Road,

London SW7 5BD , England (Vicieae) .

LA SOTA, L. 1609 Ripon Place, Alexandria, Va. 22302 USA. (Horticultural legume seeds).

LOVELL, G. SCS Plant Materials Center, Building 509, BARC East, Beltsville,

Maryland 20705 USA. (Legumes for conservation uses; has a seed exchange
program) .

MCNEILL, J. Research Branch, Biosystematics Research Institute, Saunders Building
C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6 Canada.

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MARECHAL, R. Faculte des Sciences Agronomiques de l’Etat, 5000 Gembloux,

Belgium (Phaseolinae) .

MARTINEZ, S. Depart ament o de Ciencias Biologicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales Intendente Griraldes 2620. Sue. 28 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

MENNEGA, A.M.W. Instituut voor Systematische Plantkunde, Univ. of Utrecht,

Tweede Trans itorium, Uithof, Utrecht, The Netherlands (Wood anatomy of tropical
trees) .

PALACIOS, R. Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
y Naturales Intendente Griraldes 2620. Sue. 28. 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina.

PARADINE, P.J. 18 Exmoor Crescent, Worthing, Sussex BN13 2PN, England (Seed
-fruit artist) .

REMBERT, Jr., D. Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia,

South Carolina, 29208 USA. (Ovule development in legumes by SEM) .

WEBER, D.F. Room 315, CCNF Lab, Building 001, ARS, USDA, Beltsville, Maryland
20705 USA (Rhizobium) .

WEDER, J.K.P. Institute fur Lebensmittelchemie , Technische Universitat Munchen,

8 Munchen 2, Lothstrasse 17, West Germany.

WESTPHAL, E. B.P. 138, Yaounde, Cameroon (Agronomy in Cameroon and Ethiopia) .
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CHANGE OF ADDRESSES - Record these changes in BB-1 or BB-2 as indicated after
the address.

EL-GAZZAR, A. The Herbarium, Botany Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo
University, Giza, Egypt. (BB-1).

JANZEN, D.H. Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19104 USA (use after July 1, 1976). (BB-1).

LEE, E. c/o Flat 1118, 47 Kam Hong Street, North Point, Hong Kong (BB-1).

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IDENTIFICATIONS. Following are names of specialists who have expressed

willingness to identify legumes and groups they will accept. Arrangements

should be made directly with them, in advance of shipment, using addresses in BB- 1/2/3.

BPETELER. Abrus and Leucaena.

CARTER. Cercidium of SW US and MV Mexico.

CRISTOFOLlNI . Cytisus , Genista and other European Genisteae.

DE WIT. Parkia.

GILL. Crotolaria .

GORDON. Cassia, South African species.

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GREAR. Eriosema, Rhynchosia (New World only) .

GUINET. Can provide assistance concerning pollen morphology of the Leguminosae,
especially subfamilies Mimosoideae § Caesalpinioideae .

HANELT. Vicia.

IRWIN. Cassia generally; American Mimosa.

JANZEN. Legumes of Guanacaste Province (deciduous forest) , Costa Rica (more
natural history knowledge then taxonomy) , ant -acacias of the New World.

KUZMANOV. Genista, Vicia.

LANGENHEIM. Hymenaea.

LEE. Hymenaea, Gleditsia, Gymnocladus, § Chinese caesalpiniaceous plants.

MEYER. Mucuna.

POLHILL. Crotalaria of Africa and Madagascar.

SILVA. Peltogyne .

STIRTON. Eriosema of S. Africa.

VIDAL. Pterolobium and Asiatic Caesalpinia.

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GLEANINGS FROM DATA COLLECTING SHEETS. For addresses see readers lists

in BB-1 with supplements in BB-2 and BB-3.

BARNEBY see IRWIN.

BURTON is expanding the Nitrogin rhizobia collection and seeks collaboration
with colleagues who have access to non-US legume nodules (3-4 nodules preserved
in screw cap glass vials +_ 2/3 full of silica gel) and will provide list of
available effective strains in exchange.

CAR! ER will return irregularly to southern Baj a California (Mexico) north of

La Paz and can collect herbarium material, seeds, or buds for chromosomes study.

CORBY has made two valuable contacts through the BB (ED. note: we appreciate

knowing about this) , is seeking viable legume seeds and associated rhizospore
soil for nodule-shape study (write for details) , has seeds of many species to
exchange .

COWAN has published revisions or monographs of Eperua and Heterostemon ; Elizabetha
in press ; starting systematic study of Tachigalia and Sclerolobium.

CRISTOFOLINI in his continuing research on serological taxonomy of Genisteae has
completed a revision of Cytisus section Tubocytisus, needs seeds or young plants
of C. hirsutus-supinus , offers seeds of several Genisteae and will look for legume
seeds (or plants) from NE Italy or NW Yugoslavia.

DEWIT reports that VAN DER MAESEN (Wageningen, Netherlands) has started on a
study of Atylosia and Cajanus .

DUDIK has completed a study of the morphology and evolution of seeds and fruits
of 62 Ukrainian legume genera; is starting on a similar study of legume seeds
from species that possess medicinal value and desires such material especially
from Australia, California, Mexico, Rhodesia, and South America; considers that
a seed-fruit study of Astragalus would be interesting, especially phylogenetically;
and has extra Ukrainian legume seeds and fruits (be specific in your requests) .

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EL-GAZZAR has studied the taxonomic significance of susceptibility to
Uromyces rusts and the distribution of alkaloids, flavonoids, and
canavanme in legumes. Two groups emerged: .the mimosoids and

caesalpinioids in one, and the papilionoids (plus the Swartzieae) in
the other. The two groups are in agreement with available information
on seed morphology and anatomy. Submitted for publication in Botaniska
Notiser. With Afaf A. Badawi, and M.A.F. El Fiki will study the
phylogenetic significance of chromosome numbers in legumes and
would like Senn, H.A., 1938, Chromosome number relationship in the
Leguminosae, Bibliographia Genetica 12: 175-337. Offers specimens

of Egyptian and Arabian legumes.

GILL is studying the cytosystematics of Tanzanian Papilionaceae and
would like to exchange seeds and flower buds preserved in 701 alcohol.

GORDON- GRAY has completed a study of inflorescences of some Natal Acacia spp.
(section Gummiferae) to determine if a gradient exists from bisexuality to
unisexuality of florets in a capitate head on individual plants, from
commencement to end of flowering season. Also completed a revision
of Cassia for Flora of South Africa. Suggests that South African
Indigofera would make a good research project for a graduate student
because of variability and possible relationship between this variability
and edaphic factors. Would like Cassia herbarium specimens for teaching.

GREAR with N.G. Dengler has completed an ontogenetic study of the seed
appendage of Eriosema .

GHINET with Salard-Cheboldaeff has completed a study of fossil MLmospideae
pollen from Cameroon and with VASSAL has completed a study of evolution
of Acacia. Has started study of fine structure of exine of Acacia,
mimosoid pollen of Madagascar, and of some groups of Australian Acacia
(with MASLIN and VASSAL) . Was awarded 1975 Auguste Chevalier prize by
Academy of Sciences for his research in tropics.

GINN has been joined by LA SOTA and PARADINE in study of legume fruits and seeds.

HANELT has finished screening Vicia faba collection for protein content
and started a study of Slovakian leguminous crop plants. Recommends
a study to determine the relationship of Cicer in Vicieae. Welcomes
seeds of wild Mediterranean Lupinus and offers seeds of cultivated
temperate legumes. Will collect local legume seeds and herbarium
specimens .

IRWIN and BARNEBY have completed a revision of Cassia Sect. Absus

and Sect. Grimaldi a and starting on American spp. of section Chamaecrista.
Wants collaborators for obtaining seed with voucher herbarium sheets
(deposited at NY or elsewhere) with collectors being acknowledged if
used and shipping expenses reimbursed. Suggests that the naturalness
of Galactia should be examined; basis for distinguishing Phaseolus
and Vigna; Arachis is still a puzzle biologically and taxonomically ;

Zornia and Stylos an thes should be re-examined; Clitoria and Mucuna are
ripe for revision. Offers viable Cassia seeds and available assistance
for field work.

ISELY see PALMER

JAN ZEN has completed a study of the effect of seed-damage in Mucuna andreana and
seedling ability to withstand herbivory (Ecology, in press) ;
field mapping of two seed shadows of Andira inermis in Costa Rica
(submitted to Ecology) ; short paper in Science on reproductive biology
of Hymenaea courbaril; short paper on the adaptive significance of lectins
in legume seeds, submitted to Science. Has started on an ecological
characterization of the bruchid beetles (and other seed predators) in a
Costa Rican deciduous forest. Needs Rhinochenus weevils reared from non-
Costa Rican Hymenaea fruits. Can provide Costa Rican seed of H. courbaril.

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KUZMANOV has completed a cytotaxonomic study of Bulgarian legumes and
plans to expand study to southern Europe, Mediterranean,
and Asia Minor. Wants viable legume seeds with voucher deposited
in herbarium and will exchange Bulgarian legumes .

LACKEY see PALMER.

LANGENHEIM completed study of relationship of photoperiod on resin
composition of Kymenaea courbaril and is starting on a comparative
study of variation in resin composition in stems and leaves of
Hymenaea spp. as well as study of herbivore pressures on leaf systems
in Hymenaea to determine if it is a defensive mechanism. Is interested
in obtaining viable vouchered seeds and ecological data for Copaifera
spp. (See entry for STIRTQN infra!) .

LARSEN, S.S. has completed a study of pollen of Thai Bauhinia spp.

LA SOTA see GUNN.

LASSETTER is planning to study the relationships of Vicia acutifolia -
floridana-ocalensis and desires seeds of these as well as V. leucophaea.

LEE has completed studies of Gleditsia and Gymnocladus , plans to study
caesalpiniaceous species of Hong Kong, wants fruits of any species of
Gleditsia and Gymnocladus that should be air- dried and sent to
R.M. Parkhurst, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, Calif. 94025, USA.

MASLIN see GUINET.

MEIJER has returned from Bali and the Celebes. Plans to work on New Guinea
Mucuna spp. and seeking Mucuna spp. especially ripe fruits and flowers
throughout its range; lias legumes from Indonesia for exchange, and will be
in Java, Bali, Celebes, Borneo and Sumatra in summer of 1976.

NOZZOLILLO is on sabbatical and working on anthocynanins in Vicia seedlings
and desires additional viable seeds.

PALMER wants viable seeds of Glycine for a study with ISELY and LACKEY on the
possible expansion of gene pool of G. max, with aim to transfer desirable
traits from the Glycine spp. to G. max.

PARADINE see GUNN.

REMBERT has completed a study of ovularian pollen chamber in Trifolium repens .

SALEH has completed a study of the effect of anthocyanins on color
variation in selected legume flowers and is starting on a chemosystematic
study of status of Medicago (Trigonella?) radiata with L. Boulos and
welcomes leaves, stems, seeds, or herbarium specimens of Medicago and
Trigonella. Received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship of study
in Vest Germany .

SCHULTES suggests study of components of root of Mimosa hostilis and notes
that medicinal legume of NW Amazon need study.

SILVA has revised Peltogyne, plans a biosystematic study of Dimorphandr a ,
and is looking for collaborators to develop selected Amazonian taxonomy
and floral biology studies. Wants bibliographic material, type photos,
and herbarium sheets (write for details) in exchange for Amazonian collections
and plans to be collecting this year in the Amazon. Recently received Master
of Science degree in Tropical Botany.

STIRTON, now Senior Professional Officer, plans to revise subtribe Cajaneae
for South Africa, is looking for collaborator on study of xerophotic movement
of leaflets of Phaseoleae under intense sunlight (write for details) , and
suggests study of Copaifera and Guibourtia fruit morphology and dispersal, arillate
vs. non- arillate seeds important. (LANGENHEIM note!) . Can collect seed $ take
photos if film, processing and postage are paid.

THOTiiATHRI has completed a taxonomic study of tribe Dalbergieae in India and
adjacent countries; has started on Sophoreae for Flora of India; wants
tropical legume flowers and fruits preserved FAA and can do local collecting.

VAN DER MAESEN (Wageningen, Netherlands) has started on a study of Atylosia
and Caj anus .

VASSAL see GUINET .

VIDAL has revised Ery throphleum , Gymnocladus , Gleditsia and Lysidice for Indochina
and Thailand and plans to do same for Dialium, Crudia and Saraca .

VERDCOURT has begun preparation of manual on legumes of "Papuasia’1 by survey of
materials at Kew and Lae- -financed by Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation.
WEDER has isolated and charactized trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors from
seeds of Phaseolus coccineus and P. vulgaris var. nanus and will do same for
economically important legumes.

WILBUR has started on Leguminosae for Burger’s Flora Costaricensis and will be
in Costa Rica 6-10 months during next three years.

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RECENT (POST 1972) LEGUME LITERATURE. When preparing a citation of your
published legume paper or legume papers of general interest, please
follow the form used in this BB. Use additional key words when needed
to supplement the title. Major publications may have brief reviews. For
additional information or reprints write to the author or authors whose
names are fully capitalized. Their addresses may be found in BB-1, 2, or 3.

ARROYO. 1976. The Systematics of the legume genus Harpalyce (Leguminosae:
Lotoideae) . Memoirs New York Bot. Gard. 26(4): 1-80.

Ayensu? E.S., SCHULTES, et al. 1975. Underexploited tropical plants with
promising economic value. National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution
Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20418, USA. 188 pages, free. 36 genera treated
and illustrated: Acacia albida, Cassia sturtii , Cyanopsis tetragonoloba,

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus .

BARETTA-KUIPERS. 1973. Some aspects of wood- anatomical research in the
genus Inga (Mimosaceae) from the Guianas and especially Suriname. Acta
Bot. Neerl. 22: 193-205. 35 of 38 Inga spp. included in wood key.

Brouwer, W. and A. Stahlin. 1975. Handbuch der Samenkunde. DLG-Verlag,
Rusterstrasse 13, D-6000 Frankfurt (Main) 1, Germany. 655 pp. , $ 74.00 or
EM 180. A reprint of the 1955 edition. About 70 legume genera.

Buss, P.A. , Jr., and LERSTEN. 1975. Survey of tapetal nuclear number as
a taxonomic character in Leguminosae. Botanical Gazette 136: 388-395.

Tapetum in Caesalpinioideae : Multinucleate . Tapetum in Mimosoideae,

Papilionoideae: Uninucleate.

Clarke, G.C.S. and KUPICHA. 1976. The relationships of the genus Cicer
L. (Leguminosae): the evidence from pollen morphology. Bot. J. Linn.

Soc. 72: 35-44. 4 plates. From a pollen morphology standpoint tribe

Vicieae without Cicer is very homogenous . Cicer pollen has more in
common with Ononideae.

Corner, E.J.H. 1976. The seeds of dicotyledon, vol. 1, $ 39.50 and vol. 2,

$ 65.00. Cambridge University Press, 32 East 57th Street, New York, New
York 10022, USA; Bentley House, 200 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB, England;
or 296 Beaconfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne 3206, Australia. From
seeds came the angiosperms and the anthophytes . Emphases on seed anatomy
and plant phylogeny with excellent line drawings. Little data on seed
identification. Tropical seeds featured, 28 legume plates. Encyclopedic.

COWAN. 1975. Brachycylix, A new genus of tropical Leguminosae

(Caesalpinoideae) / Proc. Roy. Netherlands Acad. Arts § Sci. Series C,

78: 464-467.

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, 1976. A taxonomic revision of the genus Heterostemon (Leguminosae -
Caesalpinioideae) . Proc. Roy. Netherlands Acad. Arts § Sci. 79: 42-60 .

CRISTQFOLINI . 1975? Contributo preliminare alia sistematica di

Chamaecytisus hirsutus e C. supinus . Giom. Bot. Ital., 108(1-2): 55-73.

English summary, 41 ref. , 3 distrib . maps. The identity of these two taxa
is discussed.

. 1975. Systematics and evolution in the tribe Genisteae with
emphasis on serological data. XII Intemat. Bot. Congr. Abstracts
vol. 1: 9. A discussion of determination of genera and systematic relationship

among genera, based on immunodiffusion and principal component analysis and
clustering.

DUDIK and E.N. Kondratyuk. 1970. Fruit and seed atlas of Leguminosae of
natural flora in the Ukrainian SSR. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, USSR. 215 pages,
price unknown. Text in Ukrainian, Russian, English. Excellent illustrations.

. 1973. Identification of seeds and fruits of legumes introduced

to the Ukraine. Naukova Dumka, Kiev, USSR. Number of pages and price
unknown.

EL-GAZZAR. 1976. The main subdivisions of Leguminosae. Botaniska Notiser.

In press. A restatement of de Candolle’s Rectembriae and Curvembraiae,

1825.

GORDON- GRAY and Schom, D.P.K. 1975. Studies in the genus Cassia in South
Africa: 1. Taxonomic notes on species of the sub -genus LasiorEegma

section Chamaecrista. J. S. Afr. Bot. 41 (3) : 133-162. Seven species

recorded: one new variety established. Key provided.

and Ward, C.J. 1975. A contribution to the knowledge of floral

variation in Acacia karroo in eastern South Africa. Boissiera 24: 279-284.

Coastal race with numerous sterile, staminodal, involucellate florets is
recorded .

GUINET and M. Salard-Cheboldaeff . 1975. Grains de pollen du Tertiaire du

Cameroun pouvant etre rapportes aux Mimosacees. Boissiera 24: 21-28.

3 new genera, 6 new species from Miocene sediments (Cameroon) . Classification
of pollen types attributed to Mimosoideae. Ecological significance of fossil
species .

GUNN, J.V. Dennis and PARADINE. 1976. World guide to tropical drift seeds
and fruits. Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., 10 East 53rd Street,

New York, New York 10022, USA. 240 pages, $ 17.50. 20 legume genera, key,

descriptions, excellent illustrations.

HANELT and B. Fouquet. Merkmal svariabilitat bei Vicia faba L. I § II.,
Kulturpflanze 21: 56-60. Variability and combinations of characters and

their frequencies.

’ Hammer. 1975. Bericht uber erine Reise nach Ostmahren und der Slowake
sur Sammlung autochthoner Sippen von Kulturpflanzen. L.c., 23: 207-215.

Cultivated leguminous crops , relic cultures .

HUNZIKER, L. Poggio, C.A. Naranjo, PALACIOS. 1975. Cytogenetics of some
species and natural hybrids in Prosopis (Leguminosae). Can. J. Genet,
mol. 17: 253-262.

ISELY. 1975. Leguminosae of the United States: II. Subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

Mem. New York Botanical Garden 25(2): 1-288 § 84 maps. $16.00. Second

part of treatment of all native, established, and commonly cultivated
legume species in continental U.S.: keys, descriptions, distributions,

chromosome numbers, etc. Index to commonly used Caesalpinioideae names,

3 new taxa and 7 new combinations /names listed as addenda.

LANGENHEIM, S. Martin, and E. Zavarin. 1974. Quantitative variation in leaf
pocket resin composition in Hymenaea courbaril. Biochem. System. § Ecol.

3: 76-87. ~

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LEE and LANGENHEIM. 1975. Systematics of the genus Hymenaea L. (Leguminosae,
Caesalpinioideae, Detarieae) . University of California Press, Publications
for Botany. 69: 1-190.

. 1976. The genus Gymnocladus and its tropical affinity. J. Arnold

Arbor. "57 (1) : in press .

LEPPIK. 1972. Evolutionary specialization of rust fungi (Uredinales) on
the Leguminosae. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 9:

MARTINEZ. 1975. Estudio morfologico de las yemas axilares de algunas
leguminosas lenosas de la Flora Argentina. Darwiniana 19: 458-489.

PALACIOS and BRAVO. 1974. Estudio morfologico de las semillas de algunos
"Prosopis" del Nordeste Argentino. Darwiniana 18: 437-452.

7 1975. Estudio morfologico de las semillas de "Prosopis", II:

Algunas especies Norte Americanas y neotropicales . Darwiniana 19: 357-372.

PALMER. 1976. Soybean genetics newsletter 3: 1-86.

POLHILL § SCHREIBER. 1975. Crotalaria virgultalis and allies in southern
Africa. Mitt. Bot. Munchen 12: 167-180.

REMBERT. 1973. Scanning electron microscopy of ovule ontogeny in Trifolium
repens L. (Papilionaceae, Leguminales, Angiospermae) . Bull. Assoc.

Southeastern Biol. 20(2): 78. An abstract.

1975. Megasp orogenesis and early gametogenesis in Trifolium repens
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Robertson, K.R. and LEE. 1976. The genera in Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae)
in southeastern U.S. J. Arnold Arboretum. In press.

RUDD. 1975. Nissolia chiapensis , a new' species of Leguminosae from Mexico.
Phytologia 3Ti 427-430. Includes a key to taxa of Nissolia.

. 1975. Supplementary studies in Aeschynomene III: Series

Scopariae in Mexico and Central America. Includes description of A.
ormocarpoides sp. nov. and key to series in Mexico and Central America.

THOTHATHRI. 1972 (1975). Studies in Leguminosae 19. New dalbergias from
the eastern Himalayas. Bull. Bot. Surv. India 14: 189-192. Dalbergia

bhutariica Thoth. and D. duarensis Thoth. are described.

. 1975. Studies in Leguminosae (20). Three new species of Dalbergia

Linn. f. from Burma. J. Jap. Bot. 50(2): 52-58. Three new species of

Dalbergia L. from Burma (D. pseudo- ovat a Thoth., D. prainii Thoth, and
D. peguensis Thoth. are described.

VERDCOURT and J.J. Synnett. 1975? The occurrence of Erythrina droogsmansiana
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omitted from Flora of Tropical East Africa are identified as above.

VIDAL § S. Hul Thol. 1976. Cesalpiniacees asiatiques nouvelles. Adansonia
(Paris) ser. 2, 15: 391-396, 2 pi. Two new species are described:

Ptorolobium sinense J.E. Vidal and Caesalpinia rhombifolia J.E. Vidal.

WILBUR, R.L. 1975. A revision of the North American genus Amorpha (Leguminosae-
Psoraleae) . Rhodora 77: 337-409.

WEDER, J.K.P. 1975. Trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors in Leguminosae. V.
Isolation and characterization of some inhibitors from Phaseolus coccineus .

Chem. Mikrobiol. Technol. Legensm. 4: 79-84. Isolation of 5 of the 7

inhibitors, isoelectric points, amino acid compositions.

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Scientific names arranged alphabetically with indication of where grown.

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