Ill Ill 00827841 8 | 2) i 2 12) c 2) - a — > Zee Es w c w 2 2 = i 3 1761 i: 2S ee We bee kia 7 _ _— Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2008 with funding from Microsoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/floraofjamaicaco00fawcuoft a a : - oe. = 7 7 a fe 8 ee i — vee FLORA OF JAMAICA VOR. TY: DICOTYLEDONS FAMILIES LEGUMINOS# TO CALLITRICHACEA | Bot E oe , o~ . erect =~ then “¥ EN Vito / | EA Alas ; ¥ \era Brinsh \ WwWSseum _' ic Wer . -of Fr olav BREORA OF [AMAICA CONTAINING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING’ PLANTS KNOWN FROM THE ISLAND Jae 70g WILLIAM FAWCETT, B.Sc. FORMERLY ASSISTANT, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL H1sTory) LATE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC GARDENS AND PLANTATIONS, JAMAICA, AND ALFRED BARTON RENDLE,M.A.,D.Sc.,F.R.S., F.L.S. KEEPER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HIsTory) VOL, IV. DICOTYLEDONS FAMILIES LEGUMINOS TO CALLITRICHAC cy) ls WITH 114 TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS nn? LONDON : ~ PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND SOLD BY LONGMANS, GREEN & Co., 39, PATERNOSTER Row, E.C. 4; B. QuaRItTcH, LTp., 11, GRAFTON STREET, NEW Bonp STREET, W.1; Durau & Co., LTD., 34-36, MARGARET STREET,: CAVENDISH SQUARE, W.1; AND AT THE 7 British MusguM (NATURAL HIsToRY), CROMWELL RoAp, S.W. 7. 1920 (Ail rights reserved) Phe PRM MACH 5 ay ot THe present volume continues the systematic account of the flowering plants of Jamaica on the same lines as Volume ITI. There has been some delay in publication owing to conditions prevailing during the last five years. The fact that printing was begun in 1917 will explain the absence of reference, especially in the earlier sheets, to papers which may have appeared subsequently. We are again indebted for the loan of specimens to the Government of Jamaica, and to various institutions and indi- viduals previously mentioned, especially to the Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Edinburgh, the Bristol Museum, and the Naturhistoriska Riks-Museum at Stockholm. A. B. RENDLE. DEPARTMENT OF Botany, British Musrum (Natura History), CROMWELL Roap, Lonpon, S.W. February, 1920. -WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT. (In addition to those already enumerated in Vol. ITT.) Ann. Mus. Par.—-Annales du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 1802-1827. Arch. Mus. Par.—Archives...Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 1839-61. : Baill. Etud. Euphorb.—Ktude générale...des Euphorbiacées, with Atlas. H. E. Baillon. Paris. 1858. Bedd. Fl. Sylv.— Flora Sylvatica for S. India. R.H.Beddome. Madras. 1869-73. Benth. Comm. Legum. Gen.—Commentationes de Leguminosarum generibus. G. Bentham.’ Vienna. 1837. [Also published in Ann. Wien. Mus. II (1840)}. Bentl. & Trim. Med. P].—Medicinal Plants &c. R. Bentley and H. Trimen. London. 1880. Boiss. Ic. Kuphorb.—Icones Kuphorbiarum. KE. Boissier. Paris. 1866. Bot. Gaz.—Botanical Gazette. Edited by J. M. Coulter. Chicago. 1875—> Burm. Zeyl.—Thesaurus Zeylanicus. J. Burmannus. Amsterdam. 1737. Cay. Diss.—Monadelphiez classis dissertationes decem. A. J. Cavanilles. Madrid. 1785-1790. Chapman. F1.8.U.St.—Flora of the Southern United States. A. W. Chapman. New York. 1860. DC. Monog. Phan.—Monographie Phanerogamorum, Editors, Alphonse and C.de Candolle. Paris. 1878-1896. Endl. Medic. Pfl_—Medicinal-Pflanzen &c. S. L. Endlicher. Vienna. 1842. Flora.—Flora oder allgemeine botanische Zeitung &. Regensburg. 1818 Fl. Dan.—Icones Plantarum...Floras Danice. G. C. Gider and others. Copenhagen. © 1761-1883. Geisel. Crot.. Monog. —Crotonis Monographiam &c. E. F. Geiseler. Halle. 1807. Goett. Nachr.—Nachrichten von der K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften. Goettingen. 1865—> Guppy Plants &c. W. Indies. —Plants, Seeds and Currents in the West Indies and Azores. H.B.Guppy. London. 1917. : Hayne hee —Darstellung und Beschreibung. . .Arzneykunde &c. F.G. Hayne. Berlin. 1805-46, 5 Vu - FLORA OF JAMAICA Jacq. Fragm.—Fragmenta botanica figuris coloratis illustrata. N. J. von Jacquin. Vienna. 1800-1809. : Jacq. Oxal.—Oxalis Monographia, iconibus illustrata. N. J. von Jacquin. Vienna, 1794. Jussieu HKuphorb. Tent.—De Euphorbiacearum generibus...tentamen. A. de Sauce gs 1824. : a Kunth Mien. —Mimoses et gaties Plantes Eieyeninouses ein CaS: Kunth. Paris. 1819-24. ; L’Hérit. Sert. Angl.—Sertum Anglicum. -By L’Héritier. Paris. 1788-92. L. Fl. Zeyl.—Flora Zeylanica &c. C. Linneus. Amsterdam. 1748. L. Mat. Med.—Materia Medica. Liber I de Plantis &. C. Linneus. Stockholm. 1749. Lodd. Bot. Cab.— Botanical Cabinet &c. C. Loddiges and Sons. London. 1817-33. Miq. Pl. Jungh.—Plante Junghuhniane. F,. A. W. Miquel. Leyden. 1851-55. Miq. Stirp. Surin. Sel.—Stirpes Surinamenses select &c.- F. A. W. Miquel. Leyden. 1850. (Nat. Verh. Maatsch. Wet. Haarl. VII.) Nees Pl. Medic.—Plantz officinales (medicinales) &c. T. F. L. Nees von Essenbeck and others. Diisseldorf. 1828-33. Niedenz. in Arb. Bot. Inst. Braunsb.—Arbeiten Bot. Inst. Lyceum Hosianum, Braunsberg. F. Niedenzu. Byrsonima. 1901. Heter- opterys, 1903. Niedenz. in Ind. Lect. Lyc. Brunsberg.—Index Lect. Lyceo R. Hosiano Brunsberg. FF. Niedenzu: Byrsonima, 1897; SBunchosia, 1898; Malpighia, 1899; Stigmatophyllum, 1899-1900; Banisteria, 1900-01. Poepp. Nov. Gen. & Sp.—Nova Genera ac Species Plantarum, Vols. I and II by Poeppig and Endlicher, Vol. III by Poeppig. Leipsic. 1835-1845. Reichb. Ic. Germ.—Icones Flore Germanice et Helvetice...L. and H. G. Reichenbach and others. Leipsic. 1884. Rheede Hort. Mal.—Hortus Indicus Malabaricus &c. H. A. van Rheede. Amsterdam. 1678-1703. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub.—Essai d’une Flore de Vile de Cuba in Histoire...de Vile de Cuba par R. dela Sagra. A. Richard. Paris. 1845. Rumph. Amboin.— Herbarium Amboinense &c. G..E. Rumphius. Amsterdam, 1741-55. ee Sauv. Fl. Cub.—Flora Cubana. Revisio Catalogi Griesbachiani &c. By F. A. Sauvalle. [New species described by C. Wright.| [Reprinted from the Anales R. Acad. Cien. Habana. Vol. v (1868)—Vol. ix (1873) with the addition of Indexes. ] * Scop. Delic. Insub.—Delicie Flore et Faune Insubrice &c. G. A. Scopoli. Pavia. 1786-88. : Stokes. Mat. Med. —Botanical Materia Medica &e. J. Stokes. London. 1812. Thunb, Oxal.—Oxalis &c. C. P. Thunberg. Upsal.” 1781. WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT Lx Vahl Eclog. Am.—Ecloge Americane &e. M. H. Vahl. Copenhagen. 1796-1807. : Vent. Choix.— Choix de Plantes ‘&e. E. P. Ventenat. Paris. 1803. Vent. Jard. Malm.—Jardin de la Malmaison &c. KH. P. Ventenat. Paris. 1803-04. Wall. Pl. As.-Rar.—Plante Asiatice Rariores &&. N. Wallich. Londan. 1830-32. Walt. Fl. Carol.—Flora Caroliniana &c. T. Walter. London. 1788. . Watt Comm. Prod. Ind.—Commercial Products of India &c. ~G. Watt: London. 1908. Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. Ind.—Dictionary of the Economic Products of India. G. Watt. London and Calcutta. 1889-93. Wight Illustr.—Illustratioris of Indian Botany &c. R. Wight. Madras. 1840-50. Wils. in Reports Geol. Jam.—Outline of the Flora of Jamaica &c. 1867. By N. Wilson, in Reports of the Geology of Jamaica, by Sawkins and others. London. 1869. Zucc. Oxal.—Monographie der Amerikanischen Oxalis Arten. Zuccarini Munich. 1825. (Denkschr, Akad. Muench. IX.) CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS Page 44, lines 1 and 4 of Key, for Leaves read Leaflets. 77, line 4, before Browne read Sloane Herb. v. 91, 92! 85, ” 3, for 361 read 360, and for 361 (occurring later) read 363. 4, for opposite read alternate. 6, after 1791 add (in part), and for L. read Jacq. 5 from bottom, for Triapteris read Triopteris. 5 of description of fig., for L. read Jacq. -6, and line 4 from bottom, for L. read Jacq.. 7 from bottom, after arborea &e. read Sloane. . 2,add Oil Nut. For the convenience of workers a comparative scale showing centimeters and inches is given below. Centime ters ee TOUT ae) aa | a ae a a 1 9 THT TT TTT TT TTT TT ee er Des Pe eee YY ea est fief so Ly a eee I 1 | Q] | ne I nehes _ CONSPECTUS OF THE FAMILIES CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME DICOTYLEDONS Stems with open bundles. Leaves net-veined. Floral parts generally in fours or fives, sometimes in threes. Embryo with two cotyledons. Famities LEGUMINOSH to EUPHORBIACEZ (Calyx free from the ovary. Petals distinct) Fam. 39. Leguminose. Fls. irregular, generally 2-sexual, or ° regular generally polygamous. Sepals more or less united ; generall y 5, imbrieate in the irregular flowers, the fifth lowest : 5 or 4, valvate in the regular flowers. Petals as many as the sepals : in the irregular “flowers the -fifth highest—outside in Papilionate, inmost in Czxsalpiniex. Carpel one. Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves alternate, usually compound, generally stipu- late. Fruit a pod, sometimes splitting into 1-seeded joints, some- times not splitting open, rarely drupe-like. Endosperm wanting or scanty. Fam. 40. Geraniacese (Geranium). Fs. 2-sexual, regular. Sepals and petals distinct, imbricate. Stamens 10. Carpels 5, united with the axis, produced above into a beak. Herbs. Leaves simple, palmately lobed, opposite, stipulate. Fruit a capsule separating elastically into 5 1-seeded parts. Fam. 41. Oxalidaceze (Oxalis). Fils. 2-sexual, regular. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, twisted in bud. Stamens 10. Ovary 5-celled; styles 5. Herb. Leaves digitately 3-fcliolate, alternate, stipulate. Fruit 5-celled, a capsule. Fam. 42. Linacese (Linum). Fs. 2-sexual, regular. Sepals and petals 5, imbricate; petals generally twisted in bud, fugacious. Stamens 5. Ovary 5-celled. Perennial herb. Leaves simple, alternate. Fruit a capsule, 5-celled. Fam. 43. Erythroxylacese (Erythroxylon). Fls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx persistent ; segments 5, imbricate. Petals 5. Stamens 10, united below into a cup. Ovary 3-celled, with 2 cells undeveloped. Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, alternate ; stipule one, within the petiole. Fruit a drupe with one seed. Xil FLORA OF JAMAICA Fam. 44. Zygophyllacese. Fis. hermaphrodite; regular. ‘Sepals and petals usually 5, imbricate. Stamens 10.* Ovary 2-12-celled ; styles united. Herbs, shrubs, or trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate, opposite, stipulate. Fruit composed of 2 to 12 cocci. Fam. 45. Rutaces. F's. hemmaphirediie: polygamous,” or dicecious, regular (but corolla oblique in Ravenia), parts usually , in fours or fives. Sepals and petals usually imbricate Stamens as many as, or twice as many as, the petals, or numerous. Disk between stamens and ovary. Carpels + or 5 (8 in Peltostigma), united into a single 4—5.celled ovary, or free at the base and united in’ styles or stigmas, or altogether free and 1-celled. Shrubs or trees, usually gland-dotted and strongly smelling. Leaves usually compound and alternate, withcut stipules. Fam. 46. Simarubacese. Fs. small, wnisexual or polygamous, regular. Calyx 3-5-lobed. Petals 3-5, usually imbricate. _ Stamens at the base of a disk, as many as, or we ice As MANY a8, the petals. Ovary 2-5-lobed, 1-5-celled, or 3-5 free carpels ; Styles 2-5. Shrubs or trees. Leaves eee or compound, alternate, without stipules. Fam. 47. Burseracese. Fis. 2-sexual, or polygamous, regular. Calyx 3-6-lobed. Petals 3-6, valvate, deciduous. Disk generally ring-like. Stamens twice as many as the petals. Ovary 2-5-celled ; styles very short. Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple or pinnate ‘with an odd leaflet, alternate, without stipules. Fruit drupaceous, Fam. 48. Meliacez. ls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx 4—5 lobed, imbricate. - Petals 4—5, imbricate, convolute, or valvate. Disk varieus. Filaments united more or less into a tube, or adherent to the columnar disk (Cedrela). Ovary 2-5-celled. Trees or shrubs. Leaves compound, alternate, without stipules. Fruit a capsule or drupe. Fam. 49. Malpighiaces. Fls. 2-sexual, regular. Calyx 5-cleft, each of 4 lobes usually with 2 glands outside. Petals 5 clawed. Stamens 10. Carpels 3, more or less united into a 3-celled ovary, or separate ; styles free (except Bunchosia). Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, with or without stipules. Fruit a drupe or a capsule. Fam. 50. Polygalaces. Fils. 2-sexual, irregular. Sepals 5, imbricate, the 2 inner lateral larger,.coloured, wing-like. Petals 3, united into a corolla: or 5 (2 reduced to scales). Stamens 8, united into a sheath. Ovary 1-2-celled. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple, usually alternate, without stipules. Fruit a capsule, winged in Securidaca. CONSPECTUS OF FAMILIES xi Fam. 51. Euphorbiacee. Fs. unisexual, monecicus or diecious, regular or slightly irregular. Perianth often small, sometimes wanting, sometimes dissimilar in the male and female - flowers, either a calyx only or calyx and corolla. Stamens 1 to indefinite. Ovary usually 3-celled. Trees, shrubs, or herbs, . often with milky sap. Leaves simple, sometimes lobed, rarely with 3 or more digitate leaflets, or reduced to. scales. Fruit usually capsular, splitting into 1- or 2-seeded segments, sometimes not splitting open, with outside fleshy. Fam. Callitrichacese. Fis. unisexual, without perianth. Male flower, a single stamen ; female, a 4-celled ovary with 2 styles. Small aquatic or terrestrial plants, with simple. opposite leaves. KEY TO FAMILIES). [The figures refer to the number of the Family.] A. Perianth wanting, or of a single series, the calyx. TO WOIS- SOX 2s: certs isanen ohne olcupeuses deo tonsa wes 39. Crudia, Prioria. Flowers 1-sexual. 7 Ovary usuaily(B-called so... 5.. ccteisssoceurstecesccssonese se 51, EHuphorbiaceer. Ovary 4-couled:: x. c¢.rcondoodetiemaatse sacra asaveccsseuciee ces ' Callitrichaceer. B. Perianth of a double series—sepals and petals. Flowers unisexual. Leaves simple. . Ovary of four carpels cohering only at the apex... 46. Castela. VATS’ S-B-CO1GG cc cacs sensi evenk ue eeswemere easy n santas eer 51. Euphorbiacee. Leaves pinnate. Miyles SUbIAteral .... strcssewsessevsterpvaserdpersrarastocsen 45. Zanthoxylum. Styles terminal. \scessiswc.s .ostsssss ewbes avagseacseanees 46. Simarubacee. Flowers polygamous. Carpel one. Fruita pod (sometimes not opening) 39. Leguminose. Carpels more or less free, quite free in fruit. Styles sublaveralec. 5... cccctcscecachoveneesecse set ees 45. Zanthorylum. Pb yleg, COrmimal ss 2. < cis sssenasweadscos cesta donseears 46. Picrena. Carpels united into a single ovary. Ovary S-cellods.. ss rosevsessscotisceks ssenunseesstntoe 45. Amyris. Ovary 3-5-celled, Trunk unbranched. Stamens as many as POURIGH, ccoaeegatnect ss ancnasaieunmeesaseec sane 45, Spathelia. Trunk branched. - "Stamens twice as many BS: POUAIS [25 acceso dt amlec ase ceeeionides Seas esate 47. Burseraceex. Flowers 2-sexual. . Leaves simple or 1-foliolate. Leaves alternate. : Fruit a pod (sometimes not opening, rarely drupe-like)) cn. scscsacussos tacseuicosnsseavessiveciss 39. Lequminose. PFuitieAMAarold ooaece cones Secgses coe A Pete e 50. -Securidaca. Fruit a capsule. . : - Blowers Tegwar sy: cnc.o sade comventeasteeceddesecarss Sar SION: Blowers IEPe GUAT Vis. wisaes. tes nuewecteanstuneeaaess 50. Polygala. Eiruita, drupes.ssscacsaceascssccncuena nena aes eeakas . 43. Hrythroxylon. TUG; DACORbO er cecot ac shases eae anette ere eee 45. Rutacex. Ripe carpels 3-5, surrounded by the calyx....... 46. Suriana. Leaves opposite. Tieaves gland-dothed 2 .ccs2. cc sscciecsveasree Rae aaar ee 45, Ravenia.- Leaves not glandular. ; Leaves palmately lobed...............ccseceeeeeeees 40. Geranium. Leaves entire, very rarely toothed......... abasies 49. Malpighiacex. KEY TO FAMILIES XV Leaves compound. Leaves alternate. Fruit a pod ee not agente rarely - Arape-like) si<. 07. setee 37. Prioria. SupramMiLty 3. MIMOSEZ. Flowers regular, small. Calyx valvate. Petals valvate, generally united below the middle. Stamens distinct or united. Leaves bipinnate (pinnate in Inga). § 18. Parts of the flower in 5’s. Stamens 10, distinct ; anthers with a small gland, which drops off soon after the opening of the flower. Pollen granules numerous, distinct. Climbing shrub with tendrils. Pods very large 38. Entada. Trees or shrubs not climbing. Flowers in globular heads..... Teper ee rere 39. Piptadenia. [Flowers in racemes ........... RP SERS RA ces a oes Adenanthera.. PEMOWONS I SDIKOR® s0,stsccote.cocccnsectess tae cetiets Prosopis. | Herbs prostrate or floating ..................:ecceeees 40. Neptunia. 6 FLORA OF JAMAICA Mimosee § 19. Parts of the flower in 5’s or 4’s. Flowers in globular heads. Stamens as many as, or twice as _ many as, the petals; anthers without glands. Pollen granules numerous, distinct. Parts of the flower in 5’s. Calyx campanulate. Gland between the lowest pair of pinne ...... 41, Desmanthus. Gland in middle of petiole, or just below the pinns, Or wanting .co5. is. is cc dae cosets 43. Leucena. Parts of the flower in 4’s. Calyx minute......... 42, Mimosa. § 20. Parts of the flower in .5’s or 4’s. Flowers in globular heads, or in spikes (in A. swma). Stamens indefinite, generally numerous, distinct or slightly united at ‘the base. Pollen granules in 2-6 masses in each cell ........ SFR nc hor eter MO ONCACE IN Sono AM AOn SE 44, Acacia. § 21. Parts of the flowers in 5’s. Stamens indefinite, sometimes few, united at the base or into a tube. ° Anthers small. Pollen granules in 2-6 masses in each cell. Leaves bipinnate. Pod strap-shaped, straight or slightly curved ; ; valves elastically revolute from the apex 45. Calliandra, Pod broadly oblong, straight, thin, continuous within, valves not opening elastically nor EWISGOD: “cad. sccscrseceusenones socureteseo-caetaenne 46. Albizzia. Pod curved and twisted spirally, continuous within, splitting open ...............sceseeeeee 47. Pithecellobium. Pod straight or curved, continuous within, Lardily Opening jcc cece. cemce ach eanelonichosssnine ae 48. Zygia. Pod curved or straight, thick, not opening, with partitions between the seeds ......... 49, Enterolobium. Leaves simply abruptly pinnate ..................06 50. Inga. Supramity 1. PAPILIONATZ. Flowers papilionaceous (that is, like a pea-flower). Sepals normally 5, united into a tubular or campanulate calyx. Petals 5, imbricate : the upper—the “standard,” exterior ; the 2 lateral —the “wings”; the 2 lower interior and generally parallel and united—the “keel.” Stamens generally 10 (numerous in Swartzia) ; filaments united into a sheath enclosing the pistil, the uppermost often more or léss free or sometimes wanting (all distinct in §$ 11 and 12); anthers all alike, or sometimes the alternate different. Radicle inflexed, accumbent on the coty- ledons. Leaves digitately or pinnately compound, or sometimes simple. cee § 1. Herbs or shrubs (not twining). Leaves simple or digitately 3—5-foliolate, or reduced to spines. . Flowers in racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, or solitary or shortly racemose in the axils. Stamens 10, all united into a sheath. Anthers alternately small, versatile, and long, basifixed. Pod 2-valved, inflated in Crotalaria. Crotalaria LEGUMINOS& 7 1. CROTALARIA L. Herbs or shrubs. Leaves simple or digitately 3—5-foliolate. Flowers yellow, but blue in C. verrucosa, in racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, axillary in C. lotifolia. Standard roundish ; keel beaked. Staminal sheath split above. Rattle-wort. Species about 450, widely dispersed through the warmer regions of the whole world. Fig. 1.—Crotalaria striata DC. A, Raceme and leaves X 3. D, Flower with corolla removed x 2. B, Flower, nat. size. E, Seed x 5. C, Wing x 2. (Altered from Reichenbach.) § 1. Leaves simple. Stipules (when present) not decurrent. Erect herbs or shrubs. Pods hairy. : Stipules foliaceous, lunate. Flowers blue ... 1. C. verrucosa. Stipules minute or wanting. : {Leaves linear or oblong-linear, 4-10 cm. 1. C. juncea. | [Leaves lanceolate-linear, 10-30 cm. 1........ CC. tetragona.] [Leaves oblanceolate or lanceolate, 6-8 cm. 1. Flowers pamiculate..............ssssesssesee C. fulva.]) Pods glabrous. Stipules very small or wanting. Bracts awl- BNAPOU G acess cence cecacoseersesseaseoraist secures 2. C. retusa. [Stipules 4-sagittate. Bracts ovate, foliaceous C. sericea.] (Diffuse herb, not more than 1 ft. high, with small leaves and POdS ......ssccseesecseeneecreeees C. nana. | 8 FLORA OF JAMAICA Crotalaria Stipules decurrent. Free apex of stipules acute ............ceeseeeees 3 OC. Sagittalis. Free apex sometimes obtuse. ...............ccceeceeeeee ee 4. C. pterocaula. § 2. Leaves 3-foliolate. Peduncles 1- or few-flowered, axillary .................. 5. C. lotifolia. Racemes 5- or many-flowered, opposite a leaf or terminal. Pod hairy. : : Pod T= te Srey ES: scaring tenes ated sae anon atone . 6. C. pumila. Pods Siem: ly uaiscsnosecvsdaes Pane d csisistsgtyseee tes we. T. C. incana. Pod glabrous: % i vaics cscs aacuatactateeectneh eee seees 8. C. striata. $3.) eaves 5-foliolabe .i).cccssiavseccsescssseacsetenter Pacuetass C. quinquefolia. | § 1. Leaves simple. *Stipules when present, not decurrent. 1. C. verrucosa L. Sp. Pl. 715 (1753); leaves ovate or roundish-elliptical ; stipules foliaceous ; flowers blue ;_ pods pubescent with adpressed down. Bot. Mag. t. 3034 ; Macf. Jam. i. 238; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 178; Bak. in Hook. St. Fl. Br: Ind. it. 77. Type in Herb. Hermann in Herb. Mus. Brit. Fis. throughout the year; common, Macfadyen! Liguanea, McNab! Lane! J.P. 962, Morris! Miss Foster! near Kingston, 500 ft., Clute! also Rothrock ; Billy Dun, 500 ft., Campbell! Long Mt. road, Fawcett ! Watson’s Hill, Manchester, 800ft.; near Troy, 2000 ft.; Harris! Fl. Jam. 5833, 6381, 8814. Port Royal, Lucea, Hitchcock.—Tropics. Annual, scarcely shrubby, 2-8 ft. high, puberulous, glabrescent, branches and peduncles 4-3-angled. Leaves 7-3 cm. 1., 5-2 cm. br.; stipules lunate, deflexed. Racemes many-flowered. Calyx 2. lipped, half as long as the corolla, 7-10 mm.1., glabrescent; segments narrowly triangular, acuminate. Pod oblong, 8-3°5 em. 1., brown. . This species and others have been used as green dressings. [C. juneea L. Sp. Pl. 714 (17 53); leaves linear or oblong- linear, 4-10 cm. 1.; stipules minute, setaceous, or wanting; pods pubescent-tomentose.—Bot. Mag. t. 490; Bak. tom. cit. 79 ; Griseb. op. cit. 179; Wils. in Reporis Geolog. Jam. 276 ; Watt Dict. Econ. Prod. Ind. ii. 595. Type in Herb. Linn. Fls. in autumn; Barbican, Liguanea Plain, McNab! Wilson; March! near Camp, 280 ft., Campbell! King’s House grounds; Halfway Tree; Harris! Fl. Jam. 6111, 6905, 8274, 11,856; Constant Spring, Hitchcock.— Tropics of the Old World. Annual, shrubby, to 10 ft. high, branching, silky-puberulous. Leaves silky-pubescent chiefly beneath, about -5 cm. br. Racemes long, with many flowers. Calyx 5- -partite, nearly as long as the corolla, about 1°5 cm. 1., segments lanceolate-linear. Pod oblong, about 3 cm.1. The plant yields the Sunn or San hemp of commerce, and is cultivated for this purpose in the tropics of the Old World. It is used in the manu- facture of ropes, fishing nets, saddles for pack horses, hose pipes, etc. It has considerable tensile strength, and, like European hemp,-its tendency to rot under water seems to be very slight. ] Crotalaria LEGUMINOS& , [C. tetragona Roxb. Fl. Ind. wii. 263 (1832); leaves long, lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 1-3 dm. 1.; stipules minute, setaceous, or wanting ; pods tomentose-pubescent.—Giriseb. op. cit. 179; Wils. loc. cit. ; Bak. tom. cit. 78. Wilson ; St. Andrews, Prior; Gordon Town, Roberts! Silver Hill, Harris! Fl. Jam. 5597.—India to Java. © Shrub, to 6 ft. high, branches acutely tetragonal, when young pubes- cent. Leaves strigose-pubescent on both sides or glabrescent. Racemes laxly 6-10-flowered, 1-5 dm.1. or more. Bracts minute, linear. Flowers lemon-yellow. Calyx 2-lipped, segments very long, linear-lanceolate, densely brown-velvety, 2cm.1.or more. Corolla somewhat longer than the calyx. Pod oblong, dark brown, 8°5-5 cm. 1.] [C. fulva Roxb. Fl, Ind. iti. 266 (1832) ; leaves oblong-lanceo- late to oblanceolate (rarely elliptical), 6-8°5 cm. 1.; stipules wanting, or minute, setaceous ; flowers paniculate ; pods thinly silky, enclosed within the calyx.—Griseb. op. cit. 179; Wils. loc, cit. ;, Bak. tom. cit. 80: : Baneroft! St. Mary, McNab! Wilson! Shortwood, 500 ft:, Campbell! Hope Mines, 800 ft.; Hope River course, 600-700 ft.; Harris! Fl. Jam. 6243, 6825, 6943, 9037.—E. Indies to Sumatra, naturalized in Seychelles and Mauritius. Shrub 8-8 fi.:high ; branches cylindrical, densely clothed with short brown silky hairs. Leaves closely silky, 2-3 cm. br. Racemes compound, in a terminal panicle. Bracts and bracteoles elliptical, cuspidate. Flowers fragrant. Calyx 5-partite, sericeous on the outside, 1-1°3cm.1.; seg- ments ovate, blunt. Pod globose-ellipsoidal, 2-seeded. | 2. C. retusa DL. Sp. Pl. 715 (1753); leaves oblanceolate to oblanceolate-oblong, apex retuse or rounded ; stipules very small, awl-shaped or wanting ; bracts awl-shaped ; pods glabrous.—Bot. Mag. t. 2561; Macf.. Jam. 7. 239; Griseb. op. cit. 179; Wils. loc. eit. ; Bak. tom. cit. 75; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 281. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. Fils. in autumn; common; Macfadyen; Distin! St. Mary, McNab! Wilson! J.P. 615, 963, Morris! King’s House grounds, Campbell! Buff Bay; Annotto Bay; Thompson! Hope grounds, Harris! St. George, Watt! Miss Foster! Gordon Town, Baill! Kingston, Clute! also Hitchcock ; Port Antonio, Millspaugh. Fl. Jam. 5709, 6474, 6784, 7918, 8487.—Tropical and subtropical regions. Annual, shrubby, 1-3 ft. high, silky-puberulous or glabrate. Leaves glabrous on upper surface, tomentellous beneath, pellucid-dotted, 3-8 cm. 1. (and more), 1-2°5 (3°5) cm. br. Racemes many-flowered, long. Flowers showy. ‘ Calyx 2-lipped, about half as long as the corolla, 1-1°5 cm. 1., sparingly puberulous; segments triangular-lanceolate. Standard with purple lines inside, somewhat brownish outside, to2cm.1. Pod oblong, blackish, 8-4 em. 1. [C. sericea Retz. Obs. v. 26 (1789) (non Burm. f.); leaves oblanceolate-oblong, mucronulate ; stipules semi-sagittate, sessile, reflexed, persistent ; bracts ovate, foliaceous, persistent ; pod 10 FLORA OF JAMAICA Crotalaria glabrous.—Griseb. loc. cit.; Wils. loc. cit.; Bak. loc. cit. C. Retzii Hitche. in Rep. Miss. Bot. Gard. iv. 74 (1893). Negro River, Purdie! Wilson! Waters! Lucea, Hitchcock.—India, Pegu, Malacca. ; Shrubby, 2-3 ft. high, glabrate. Leaves pubescent with adpressed hairs beneath, 7-15 cm. 1., 2°5-4 cm. br. Racemes long, many-flowered. Calyx 2-lipped, shorter than the corolla, 15 cm. 1., glabrous ; segments triangular, acuminate. Pod oblong, 3-5 cm. 1. C. sericea Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 156 (1768) is a different species and has been doubtfully referred to C. assamica Benth. ; [C. nana Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 156, t. 48, f. 2 (1768) ; annual, 1 ft. or less high, with many slender spreading or ascending branches clothed with short silky hairs; leaves oblong-linear, 1-2 cm. I. ; stipules wanting ; pods glabrous, about 7 mm. 1.—Griseb. op. cit. 179; Wils. loc. cit.; Bak. tom. cit. 71. Wilson ; Fairfield, Manchester, Wullschlaegel._India, Burma, Ceylon. Leaves mucronulate, with silky pubescent adpressed hairs chiefly beneath, 4-6 mm. br. Racemes few-flowered. Calyx 2-lipped, with long silky hairs, about ‘5cm.1. Pod ellipsoidal, black.] **Stipules decurrent. 3. C. sagittalis L. Sp. Pl. 714 (1753) (in part) ; stipules all acute.—Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 280. C. frutescens hirsuta, flore luteo, ramulis alatis, foliis mucronatis Houst. MS. 101, f. 139. C. fruticosa Macf. Jam. i. 240 (1837). Houstoun! Macfadyen ; Job’s Hill, St. Mary, McNab! Newcastle, J.P. 1434, Hart! Pen Hill, 2500 ft.; Tweedside, south St. Andrew, 2500 ft.; Salt Hill, St. Andrew, 3800 ft.; bed of river, Castleton, 490 ft.; Harris! Golden Spring, 800 ft., Thompson! Fl. Jam. 5804, 6923, 8035, 11,855, 11,965.—Hispaniola, Porto Rico, continental America from New England to Peru. : Somewhat shrubby, generally about 1 ft. high, more or less villose with whitish or yellowish hairs, mostly adpressed. Leaves linear, linear-oblong, or linear-lanceolate above, oblong below, sparsely hairy on upper surface, hairy on margin and on midrib beneath, 2°5-6 (1°5-7) cm. 1.; stipules well developed on stem and upper parts of branches, wanting below or represented by linear bracts, free portion lanceolate, acute. Racemes few- flowered. Bracts linear, 5-8 mm.1.; bracteoles linear, 4-7 mm.1. Flowers tawny-yellow (rarely white). Calyx 7-13 mm. 1. Standard and wings about half as long as the calyx; keel a little longer than the standard. Pod oblong, black, glabrous, 2-3 em. 1. ; Var. fruticosa var. nov.; 2-4 ft. high; leaves linear- lanceolate, greyish-pulverulent especially. beneath, 3-7 cm. 1— C. fruticosa Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768). Houstown, seeds sent from Jamaica and grown in Chelsea Physic Garden by Miller, specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit.! Devon Pen, near Castleton, 300 ft. Thompson! Fl. Jam. 7973. Crotalaria ; LEGUMINOSA: 11 4. C. pteroeaula Desv. Journ. Bot. iii. 76 (1814); stipules mostly obtuse.—Benth. in Fl. Bras. av. pt. 1, 19, t. 2; Griseb. op. cit. 178 (excl. syn.). ‘“‘ Hollis’s savanna, St. Ann & Clarendon,” Purdie !—Trinidad, Panama, tropical South America. Shrubby, 2 ft. high, the whole plant covered with brownish-yellow adpressed hairs. Leaves linear-lanceolate, densely hairy on both sides, 2-4(-8) cm. 1.; stipules variable, some at least obtuse, others toothlike or lanceolate. Racemes few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, 5 mm. 1.; bracteoles lanceolate, 3°5-4 mm.1. Calyx 11-12 mm. 1. Standard 8-9 mm. 1; wings shorter than standard ; keel a little longer. Pod 3-4 cm. 1. £9. Leaves 3foliolate. _ . 5. GC lotifolia L. Sp. Pl. 715 (1753) (by error latifolia) ; leaflets narrowly elliptical ; peduncles 1- or few-flowered, axillary, short; calyx about 8 mm. 1., exceeded by the corolla; pods puberulous.—Macf. Jam. t. 240; Griseb. op. cit. 180; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 281. C. trifolia fruticosa foliis glabris &c. Sloane Cat. 141 & Hist. it. 33. C. loti folio &e. Dill. Elth. 121, t. 102, f. 121. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. Between the Town Savanna and Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herb. vi. 5! Shakspear! Masson! Macfadyen! Great Valley, Manchester, Purdic! Great Goat Is., Harris! Fl. Jam. 9323.—Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, St. Cruz. Shrubby, to 6 ft. high; branches tomentellous. Leaflets 5 cm. L, petioles and under surface silky pubescent; stipules minute. Calyx 5-partite, pubescent. Pod obovoid-oblong, apex truncate, about 2 cm. 1. 6. C. pumila Orteg. Hort. Matr. 23 (1800) ; leaflets oblanceo- late or narrowly oblanceolate-oblong, 1-2°5. cm. 1.; calyx 3 mm. l., corolla twice as long; pod puberulous, 1-1°5 em. |. —Griseb. op. cit. 179 ; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer, Bot. t. 227. C. lupulina H. B. dé K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 402, t. 590 (1824). C. litoralis H. B. d K. tom. cit. 401 (1824). St. Ann, McNab! March! St. Ann’s Bay, Prior! also Harris! Fl. Jam. 10,368,—F lorida and Keys, Bahamas, Cuba, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Vincent, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Venezuela. Perennial, to 3 ft.; branches diffuse or decumbent, pubescent or glabrate. Leaflets puberulous beneath; stipules setaceous, deciduous. Racemes about 9- or 10-flowered, or corymbiform 2-3-flowered. Calyx 5-partite, puberulous or glabrescent. Pod oblong. 7. C. ineana L. Sp. Pl. 716 (1753) ; leaflets broadly elliptical or obovate; racemes 5-many-flowered; calyx 7-10 mm. l., exceeded by the corolla; pods pilose with spreading hairs.— Macf. Jam. i. 242; Griseb. op. cit. 180; Urb. tom. cit. 281. C. trifolia fruticosa foliis rotundis &c. Sloane Cat. 141 & Hist. ii. 34, t. 179, f. 1. Specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit. from Hort. Cliff. & Sloane. Common, Sloane Herb. vi.6! Barham and Lane in Herb, Sloane clxii, 76! Wright! Liguanca, Broughton! Macfadyen ; Distin! St. Mary, McNab! 12 FLORA OF JAMAICA 2 Crotalaria March! Prior! J.P. 875 Morris! Arcadia, Mrs. Sewell! Chester Vale, Harris! Barbican, Liguanea plain, 450 ft., Campbell! Providence, 700 ft., Thompson! Fl. Jam. 5930, 8055a; Bog Walk, Port Morant, Lucea, EMitchcock ; Porus, Lloyd. —Tropical and subtropical regions, Annual, 2-4 ft. high, shrubby, erect, pubescent. Leaflets pubescent beneath or glabrescent, 2-3°5(-5) cm.1.; stipules setaceous, deciduous. Flowers greenish-yellow, 10-12 mm.1. Calyx 5-cleft, pubescent. Pod oblong, pendulous, about 3 cm. 1. 8. ©. striata DC. Prodr. ii. 131 (1825); leaflets’ elliptical, 3-9°5(-12) cm. 1.; calyx-segments lanceolate, 4-4°5 mm. 1, corolla more than twice as long as the calyx; pod glabrous, about 4 cm, 1.—Bot. Mag. t. 3200; Macf. Jam. i. 241; Griseb. op. cit, 180; Bak. tom. cit. 84. %C. mucronata Desv. Journ. Bot. 1814, 76. C. Brownei Bert. ex DC. Prodr. it. 130 (1825) ; Reichenb. Ic. Exot. t. 232. ©. Hookeri Arn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. sér, 2, wit. 248 (1835). C. striata var. acutifolia Trim. Cat. Ceyl. Pl. 22 (1885). (Fig. 1.) Common ;. in fl. Oct.—Dec. ; Macfadyen ; St. Mary, McNab! St. George’s Gap, Purdie! Parnell! Wullschlaegel; March! Prior; Gordon Town, Ball! Hope River, 1200 ft., Eggers! Oinchona, 5000 ft., TP. 1174, Morris | Johnson! Castleton road, "600 ft., Thompson! Fl. Jam. 8093, Blue Mt. Peak; Lucea; Hitchcock. —Tropics. Shrubby, to 4 ft. high, erect, puberulous. Leajlets, apex mucronulate, acute, rounded or retuse, cuneate at base, puberulous or glabrate beneath ; stipules wanting. Racemes sometimes as long as 3 dm., many-flowered. Flowers about 1°5 cm.1. Calyx 5-fid, 2-lipped.* Corolla: standard 1 cm. Is wings oblong, acute (or obtuse), blade about 1 cm. 1.; keel 1°5 cm, ts with a rounded knee in the middle. Pod cylindrical. : $ 3. Leaves 5-foliolate. [C. quinquefolia L. Sp. Pl. 716 (1753). at loc. cit. ; Wils. loc. cit.; Bak. tom. cit. 84. Wilson Rast Indies to Philippines. Annual, 2 ft. high, erect, puberulous or glabrescent. Leaflets 5, linear- lanceolate, puberulous beneath, 2-7 cm. 1.; stipules minute, awl-shaped. Racemes many-flowered. Bracts linear-lanceolate, reflexed. Calyx 5-fid,- glabrous, half the length of the corolla. Pod oblong-ellipsoidal, glabrous, about 5 cm. 1.] : [ULEX L. Shrubs with spiny branches. Leaves 3-foliolate in seedling plants, in mature plants spinescent without leaflets or reduced to small scales. Stipules none. Flowers yellow, axillary at the ends of the branches. Calyx coloured, 2-partite, 5-toothed.. Staminal sheath closed. ; About 20 species in the ane, of Europe and 2 in the Medi- terranean region. U. europseus L. Sp. Pl. 741 (1753) ; Macf. Jam. i. 242; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 180. Type in Herb. Linn. Ulex LEGUMINOS 13 Furze, Gorse, Whin. _ Naturalized in the Blue Mts.; Macfadyen; Morris! Catherine’s Peak, 4000 ft., Eggers !|—This species is found not only in western Kurope, where it is considered truly native, but also in N. America, Mexico, Chili, Canary Is., Nilgiri Mts., India, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand, in which countries it is looked upon as an introduction. | § 2. Herbs. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, leaflets denticulate. Flowers in heads axillary. Stamens 10, uppermost usually free, the rest united into a sheath. Pod small, enclosed in the withered calyx and corolla, not opening. 2. TRIFOLIUM L. Species 300, numerous in temperate and subtropical regions of the northern hemisphere, a few in the mountains of tropical America, in temperate S. America, and in Africa. Flowers white in large heads..............s:csseeseeees T. repens. [Flowers yellow in small heads...............ceseeeees T. dubium. | T. repens L. Sp. Pl. 767 (1753); stem creeping; flowers white (sometimes pinkish) in large heads.—Macf. Jam. i, 243 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 181. (Fig. 2.) Type in Herb. Linn. ON ys ANAM AY Ng Gores Fig. 2.—T'rifolium repens L. A, Portion of plant x 3. C, Pod enveloped in the persistent calyx Bb, Flower x 2. _ and corolla x 2. D, Pod with one valve removed xX 2. Dutch or White Clover.| Common in mountains, Macfadyen ; Cold Spring, J.P. 1223, Morris! Blue Mt. Peak, Hitchcock.—Continental America, Europe, Asia. Perennial, glabrous. Leaflets roundish-obovate, 1-1°5 cm.1. Pedunele 14 FLORA OF JAMAICA Trifolium longer than the leaves. Flowers shortly stalked, at length deflexed. Calyx glabrous, half as long as the corolla, with lanceolate erect unequal teeth. Pod 4-6-seeded. [T. dubium Sibth. FI. Oxon. 231 (1794); stem prostrate ; flowers yellow in small heads.—T. filiforme Mac/. loc. cit. (non L.) ; Griseb. loc. cit. T. minus Relhan Fl. Cantab. ed. 2, 290 (1802). Shamrock. Common in the mts., Macfadyen; McNab! Wilson; Morris! Mrs. Espeut! Blue Mt. Peak, Hitchcock.—_N. America, naturalized from Europe. Annual, stem slender. Leaflets obovate, emarginate, serrulate, the middle leaflet stalked, 4-7 mm. 1. Flowers yellow, about 12 in close heads. Standard truncate, covering the pod. } § 3. Herbs (woody below) or shrubs, not twining, sometimes arborescent (in Sesbania). Leaves imparipinnate or abruptly pinnate (in Sesbania), petiole not bearing a tendril, leaflets entire. Flowers in racemes, axillary, terminal, or opposite the leaves. Stamens 10, the upper- most free, or more or less free, the rest united into a sheath, split above. Pod 2-valved, or sometimes scarcely opening (in Sesbania). 3. INDIGOFERA L. Shrubby herbs or shrubs ; hairs often attached by the middle. Leaves imparipinnate (in Jamaican species), sometimes with | or 2 leaflets only in I. lespedezioides. Flowers in racemes, axillary (in Jamaican species), variegated-purplish. Calyx 5-cleft. Standard roundish, often persistent ; keel usually with a spur on each side. Uppermost stamen free, the rest united into a slender persistent sheath ; anthers apiculate. Pod narrow, cylindrical, 4-angled or flat-compressed, with partitions between ‘the seeds. Species 350, dispersed through the warmer regions of the world, most numerous in southern and tropical Africa. Pod straight or only slightly curved, with 8-15 seeds. Leaflets in 4-6 pairs, oblong-obovate to roundish- obovate. Racemes shorter than the leaf ......... 1. I. tinctoria. Leaflets in 2-8 pairs, elliptical. Racemes longer Ghian' the teats 225. sie ehssst Ea dersasdsecae cedevsseeeres:s 3. I. subulata. Leaflets 1 or 2 or in 1-4 pairs, cuneate-oblong. Racemes as long as or longer than the leaf ...... 4, I. lespedezioides. Pod sickle-shaped, with 3-6 seeds ..............seeceeeeesees 2. I. suffruticosa. 1. I, tinetoria L. Sp. Pl. 751 (1753) ; leaflets in 4-6 pairs, oblong-obovate to roundish-obovate, apex rounded, mucronulate, glabrous on the upper surface, strigillose beneath ; racemes. shorter than the leaf; pods slightly curved or straight, with 8-12 seeds.— Wright Mem. 293 (? I. suffruticosa) ; DC. Prodr. ii. 224 (excl. 8); Macf. Jam. i. 245; Bentl. d& Trim. Med. Pl. t. 72 ; Indigofera LEGUMINOSZ 15 Prain and Bak. f. in Journ. Bot. al. 63. Colutez affinis fruticosa, floribus spicatis purpurascentibus, siliquis incurvis, e cujus tinctura Indigo conficitur Sloane Cat. 141 & Hist. ii. 34, t. 179, f. 2 (pod thicker than specimen) & 176, f. 3. Indigofera decom- posita &e, Browne Hist. Jam. 302. Type in Herb. Hermann in Herb. Mus. Brit. Indigo. . Sloane Herb. vi. 7 (omitting ripe pods) & 8 (2 specimens)! Broughton! Macfadyen! McNab! Lane! March! Prior; Gordon Town, Ball! near Kingston, 500. ft., Clute! also Hitchcock ; Lime Cay; Norbrook, 600 ft. ; Campbell! Alligator Pond; Hope; Harris! Fl. Jam. 5737, 6265, 8215, 8229,—Cultivated formerly throughout the tropics. A, Raceme and leaf x 3. F, Ovary and calyx cut lengthwise x 7. B, Standard x 6. G, Ripe pods x %. C, Wing x 6. H, Ripe seed x 3. D, Keel x 6. I, Ditto cut lengthwise x 3. E, Flower with corolla removed. x 7. Shrub, about 2 ft. high; ends of branches white-strigillose. Leaflets - 1-2cm.1.; stipules small, awl-shaped, deciduous. Calyx 5-fid, segments triangular. Corolla: standard broadly elliptical, vermilion-tinged inside, 5-6 mm. 1., 3°5 mm. br.; wings oblong-spathulate, shorter than the keel, about 4:5 mm. 1.; keel oblanceolate, greenish, ciliolate at the apex, about as long as thestandard. Pod linear-cylindrical, slightly torulose, thickened along both margins, reflexed, strigillose, 2°5-3:5cm.1. Seeds cylindrical, terete or angled, about 2 mm. 1., without any depression at the scar of attachment. There are three pages (viz. 7, 8, 9) with specimens of Indigofera in Herb. Sloane vi. The specimens on page 7 have the slightly curved many-sided pod of I. tinctoria L., but some ripe pods of I. suffruticosa Mill. have also been inserted. The plate 179, f. 2, is taken from one of these 16 FLORA OF JAMAICA Indigofera specimens, but the pods have been drawn much thicker than they are in the original, and apparently gave rise to De Candolle’s varietal name macrocarpa. The specimen on page 9 with few-seeded, sickle-shaped pods is I. suffruticosa Mill. There are three specimens on page 8. That on the left is the original of the plate 176, f. 3, and it and the specimen at the bottom of the page, though without pods, appear to be conspecific with the specimens on page 7, i.e. I. tinctorial. The specimen on the right of . the page agrees quite well with that on page 9, and is I. suffruticosa Mill. The specimen of I. tinctoria in Linnzeus’s Herbarium agrees well with Sloane’s specimens. The label attached to page 7 is the diagnosis ‘ei Hist. ii. 34; that of page 8 is the diagnosis of Hist. ii. 837. It is quite clear from the diagnoses that they refer respectively to J. tinctoria L. and J. suffrwticosa Mill., and it is unfortunate that there has been a mixing of the specimens, and that the artist copied the wrong specimen for t. 176, f. 3, with which the description in the text does not correspond. 2. I. suffruticosa Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768) ; leaflets in 5-6 pairs, oblong, narrowing equally to both ends, generally acute, mucronulate, strigose on both sides, especially beneath ; racemes shorter than the leaf with crowded flowers ; pods sickle- shaped, with 3-6 seeds.—I. anil L. Mant. 272 (1771); Maef. Jam. i. 244; Prain and Bak. f. tom. cit. 137. I. Guatimala Lun. Hort. Jam. i. 420 (1814). I. tinctoria Wright Mem. 293 (1828) (non Z.). I. anil L. var. polyphylla DC. Prodr. ti. 225 (1825). Colutez affinis fruticosa argentea, floribus spicatis e viridi pur- pureis, siliquis falcatis Sloane Cat. 142 & Hist. i. 37 (omit ¢. 176, f. 3). Indigofera assurgens subvillosa &e. & I. assurgens minusque &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 302. Specimens from Herb. Miller in Herb. Mus. Brit. The specimen of I. anil in the Linnean Herbarium agrees well with Miller’s specimen of I. suf- fruticosa and with Sloane’s specimens. Wild Indigo, Guatimala Indigo. Barham in Herb. Sloane clxxxiy. 8! Sloane Herb. vi. 8 & 9! (omitting left and bottom specimens on 8); Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 82! Wright! Macfadyen! Liguanea ; Hopewell, St. Mary; McNab! Purdie! March! Resource, Blue Mts., 3400 ft., J.P. 1252, Hart! Gordon Town, Ball! Mavis Bank, Johnson! Kingston, Hitchcock ; Porus, Lloyd. —Ber- muda, Bahamas, West Indies, tropical continental America, also Africa and Asia (where possibly it has been introduced). ; Shrub ; stem and branches densely white-strigillose. Leaflets 2-3:cm. 1., stipules awl- shaped. Calyx 5-fid, segments subequal, triangular, 1*3 mm. iL Corolla: standard broadly elliptical, 4°5 mm. 1.; wings oblanceolate, nearly as long as the keel; keel oblanceolate, nearly as long as the standard, - with a spur on each side near the middle. Pod oblong-linear, slightly torulose, much thickened along both margins, reflexed, short, strigillose, 1-1°5cm.1. Seeds cylindrical, terete, about 2°2 mm. io with matics at the scar of attachment. Form obtusifolia; leaflets elliptical or narrowly otliptital generally obtuse or subobtuse, glabrous or sparingly strigose on upper surface, strigose beneath. Resource, Blue Mts., 3400 ft., Harris! Yallahs Valley; Golden Spring, 800 ft., Thompson! Fl. Jam. 6142, 7987. Indigofera LEGUMINOSZ 17 3. I. subulata Poir. Encye. Suppl. vii. 150 (1813); leaflets in 2~3(-1) pairs, elliptical, apex rounded or obtuse, strigose on both sides ; racemes longer than the leaf with long peduncle ; pods straight or only slightly curved, with 10-15 seeds.—-DC. Prodr. ii. 223; Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 96 ; Griseb. loe. cit. I, mucronata Spreng. ex DC. tom, cit. 227 ; Macf. Jam. t. 245. Broughton! common, Port Royal and St. Andrews Mts., Macfadyen ! Yallahs River, Purdie! March; Agualta Vale, Metcalfe! Kingston, Prior! also Clute! Gordon Town, Ball! Guava Ridge, 2 ft., Eggers! Hope, Harris! Golden Spring, 800 ft., Thompson ! Constant Spring ; Port Morant ; Hitchcock! Porus, Lloyd! Fl. Jam. 6852, 8066.—Tropical and subtropical regions. Shrubby, stem and branches white-strigose. Leaflets 2-4 cm. l., 1-1'8-cm. br.; stipules long, filiform, acuminate, about 6mm.1. Racemes 1-1'5 dm. 1., sometimes to nearly 3dm.1. Calyx 5-partite, 2°5-3 mm. 1. ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, subequal. Corolla: standard roundish- rhomboidal, vermilion-coloured on the inside, pale outside with a green nerve, 4°5 mm. 1, 4 mm. br.; wings oblong, apex broader, rounded, ciliolate at apex, as long.as the standard; keel as long as the standard, white, upper edge tinged with red, and ciliate. Pod linear-cylindrical, not torulose, thickened especially along the dorsal margin, reflexed, strigillose, 2°5-4°5em.1. Seeds 2mm. 1, linear, 4-angled, with a depression at scar of attachment. 4, I. lespedeziodes H. B. d: K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 457 (1824); leaflets variable in size and number, | or 2, or with simple leaves only below and 1 to 4 pairs above, oblong and slightly tapering to the base, apex obtuse, mucronulate or emarginate-retuse, strigose on both sides; racemes about as long as the leaf or longer, with several flowers ; pod straight, with about 10 seeds. —DC. tom. cit. 226; Benth. in Fl. Bras. av. pt. 1, 39 t. 5. _Liguanea Ridge, St. Andrew, 1000 ft.; on land recently burnt over, Lititz Savanna, 300-900 ft.; Harris! Fl. Jam. 11,745, 12,204.—Tropical S. America. Shrubby, 2-3 ft. high; young branches slightly angled, slightly strigillose or glabrate. Leaflets, 3-1 cm. 1., 7-5(-2) mm. br.; stipules lanceolate- setaceous, about 2°5mm.1. Calyx 5-fid, tube about 1 mm. 1,; segments triangular-acuminate, 1:3 mm. 1. Corolla reddish, standard roundish, reflexed, about 5 mm. 1.; wings obliquely oblanceolate, a little shorter than the keel; keel about as long as the standard, with spurs about the middle. Pod linear-cylindrical, not torulose, slightly thickened along each margin, reflexed, strigillose or glabrescent, 2°5-3cm.1. Various species of Indigofera have been successfully used as cover crops, protecting the soil from wash on sloping ground. : Macfadyen states (Flor. Jam. i. 244) that I. argentea L. ‘‘ was formerly a common weed in the Botanic Garden at Bath,” We have not seen specimens from Jamaica. 4. TEPHROSIA Pers. ‘Shrubby herbs or shrubs. Leaflets numerous, with parallel oblique nerves, underneath often silky. Flowers in clusters of 2-6 arranged in racemes terminal or opposite the leaves, or in Iv. . - 0 18 FLORA OF JAMAICA Tephrosia upper axils, often leafy at the base. Uppermost stamen more or less free. Pod compressed, beaked with the persistent style. Species 120, widely spread through the warmer regions of the world, numerous in South Africa and Australia, a few in North America, Leaflets in 12-20 pairs; pod 4°5-7 om. L..............0008 1. 7. toxicaria. {Leaflets in 9-12 pairs; pod 8-10 cm. 1..................0004 . TL. candida.) Leaflets not more than 10 pairs; pod not more than 5 cm. 1. Pod about 5 cm. 1. [Pod glabrous (except on margins)...... Pent Se Rcerane T. grandiflora.) [Pod villose;..2..s.52-s2 Rr T. noctiflora.] Pod with minute adpressed hairs, 8-10-seeded....... 4. T. cinerea. Pod 3-4 em. 1., glabrous or puberulous, 5-6-seeded. Calyx 3-3°5 mm. 1.; teeth as long as the tube..... 2. 7. purpurea. Calyx 4°5-5 mm.1.; teeth nearly twice as long AE AAEO HUE oo 0 9s ceed cp sans ect scbecwmeneiacsamn a ooek 3. T. Wallichii. Flowers less than 2 cm. 1. ; Wiowews move, (han: 5 oie T5600. o5 05. Se vsccuse onesies ove 1. T. towicaria. Flowers not more than 1 cm. 1. Calyx with minute adpressed hairs. Calyx 8-3°5 mm.1.; teeth as long as the tube.... 2. 7. purpurea. Calyx 45-5 mm.1.; teeth nearly twice as long. BS GhO LUDO) oe: eer eed cae csen snes acacia eae ie 3. T. Wallichii. Calyx with long white hairs, 4°5-6 mm. l............. 4, T. cinerea. [Calyx with long reddish-yellow hairs,3-4mm.1..... 7’. noctiflora.] Flowers 2 cm. 1, or more. ' PURMROW, 1-2 O80> bec eran aren canerencncecesexcerecreterostoaes T. grandiflora. ] Feat Bo Givi Tic acs crates cevanse auseateesea>s cattery ersare™ T. candida.]| 1. T. toxicaria Pers. Syn. ii. 329 (1807) ; leaflets in 12-20 pairs, 2°5-7 cm. 1.; racemes terminal and axillary ;° flowers more than 1 cm.1.; pod 4°5-7 em. 1.—Tussac Fl. Ant. i. t. 20 ; Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 46, t. 8; Macf. Jam. i. 255; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 182. Cracca leguminibus strictis Plum. Pl. Amer. (Burm.) t. 185. Galega toxicaria, Sw. Prodr. 108 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1278. Cytisus? fruticosus erectus et villosus &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 296. (Fig. 4.) Surinam Poison. : Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 85! ‘‘ Cultivated, rarely wild,’ Macfadyen ; Brandon Hill, 1000 ft. (fis. white) Thompson! Mavis Bank (cult.). Fl, Jam. 8045.—West Indies, tropical continental America. : Shrubby, 2-5 ft. high; branches velvety. Leaves 1-2 dm. 1, leaflets narrowly oblong, shortly stalked, silky-pubescent, especially . beneath, stipules awl-shaped. Flowers white with a purplish tinge, in clusters of 4-6 in many-flowered racemes, 1-3 dm.1. Calyax silky, about ‘5 -cm. 1.; segments ovate. Corolla: standard silky outside, roundish, clawed, 1°2 em. 1. (or more); wings and keel about as long as standard. Pod silky- pubescent. - ’ , Browne (loc. cit.) states: ‘This plant has been introduced to Jamaica from the main, and is now cultivated in many parts of the island, on ~ Tephrosia LEGUMINOSA i) account of its intoxicating qualities....The leaves and branches being well pounded, and thrown into any river, pond, or creek, are observed to infect the waters very soon; by which all the fish are immediately intoxicated, and rise and float upon the surface, as if they were dead; from whence they are easily taken. But most of the large ones that are left, recover from this trance after a short time, though the greatest part of the small fry perish on those occasions.” . Fig. 4.—Tephrosia toxicaria Pers. Upper portion of leaf x 2. E, Wing x 3. A B Upper portion of raceme xX 2. ¥F, Keel x 3. C, Flower with corolla removed x 2. G, Pod x %. D, Standard flattened x #. (After Fl. Bras.) 2. T. purpurea Pers. Syn. ii. 329 (1807) ; ascending ; leaflets in 6-10 pairs; calyx 3-3:'5 mm. 1., teeth as long as the tube, acuminate ; blade of standard elliptical-roundish, broader than long, 6 mm. 1|.,7°3 mm. br.; claw cuneate, 2 mm. 1; pod 6-seeded (3—5-), 3-4 cm. 1. glabrous or strigillose.—Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. it. 112 ; Robinson in Bot. Gaz. xaviii. 201. T. leptostachya DC. Prodr. wi. 251; Benth. tom. cit. 48 ; Griseb. loc. cit. T. ascendens Macf. Jam. i. 257 (1837). Cracca pur- purea L. Sp. Pl. 752 (1753). Galega purpurea L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1063 (1763). Coronilla zeylanica herbacea &c. Burm. Zeyl. 77, t. 32. Cracca leguminibus strictis adscendentibus glabris race- mosis &e. DL. Fl. Zeyl. 140. Type in Herb. Hermann in Herb. Mus. Brit. Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 83! Houstouwn! Shakspear! Macfadyen! Clermont, St. David, McNab! Hope River Mouth; Bane Ridge, c 20 FLORA OF JAMAICA Tephrosia St. Andrew, 1000 ft.; Harris! Fl. Jam. 9385, 12,205.—Tropical and subtropical regions. Somewhat shrubby, rising to 1 or 2 ft. high, branches glabrous or adpressed pubescent, angular. Leaflets linear-oblong to narrowly oblanceo- late, glabrescent on the upper surface, glaucous, obscurely silky with minute white hairs beneath, 1-2 cm. 1., 2-5 mm. br.; stipules 4-7 mm. 1, lanceolate-awl-shaped. Flowers pale purplish or white, or crimson, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 8 in racemes, which are opposite to a leaf, lax-flowered, toldm.1. Calyx with minute adpressed hairs. Corolla: standard silky outside; wings, blade oblong, about 5 mm. 1., claw about 2°5 mm. 1.; keel about as long as wings. Style glabrous; stigma with very short hairs. This species has been used for green dressing. : 3. T. Wallichii Graham in Wall. Cat, n. 5640 (nomen) ; Fawe. & Rendle in Journ. Bot. lv. 35 (1917); leaflets in 5-9 pairs ; calyx 4°5-5 mm. 1., teeth nearly twice as long as the tube ; blade of standard elliptical-roundish, broader than long, 6 mm. lL, 8 mm. br., claw cuneate, 2 mm. |. ; pod 5-6 seeded, 3-3°5 cm. L., puberulous or glabrous. Type in Herb. Wallich in Herb. Kew. Broughton! Palisadoes, Harris! Fl. Jam. 6753.—Dominica, Trinidad, Guiana, India. ; Somewhat shrubby; branches glabrous or pubescent, at length terete. Leaflets cuneate-oblong, green, glabrescent on the upper surface, glaucous and obscurely silky with minute white hairs beneath, 1°5-2°5 cm. 1, *5-1'5 cm. br.; stipules 5-7 mm. 1, linear-lanceolate. » Flowers crimson or white, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3 in racemes, which are opposite to a leaf, lax-flowered, to 1 dm. 1. Calyx with minute adpressed hairs; segments setaceous. Corolla: standard silky outside; wings, blade oblong, about 5mm. 1., claw about 1-5 mm.1.; keel, apex close to apex of wings. Style glabrous; stigma with very short hairs. 4. T. cinerea Pers. Syn. vi. 328 (1807); more or less pro- cumbent ; leaflets in 3-5 (6) pairs ; calyx 4:5-6 mm. l., teeth as long as the tube to half as long again; blade of standard roundish, rhomboid-roundish, or ovate-roundish, 8°5-9 mm. 1., 9 mm. br., claw 2°5 mm. 1.; pod generally 8—10-seeded, 4—5 cm. ]., with minute white adpressed hairs.—Benth. tom. cit. 48 ; Griseb. loc. cit.; Urb. Symb. Ant. tv. 283. T. procumbens Macf. Jam. i. 256. Galega cinerea L. Syst. ed. 10, 1172 (1759) & Ameen. v. 403; Jacg. Ic. Pl. Rar. t. 575. Galega herbacea We. Browne Hist. Jam. 289. Type in Herb. Linn. Wright! Broughton! Shakspear! Macfadyen! Distin! St. Andrew, McNab! Constant Spring, 1000 ft.; Palisadoes; Harris! Fl, Jam. 6038, 6752.—West Indies, tropical and subtropical America. Somewhat'shrubby ; branches 1 ft. or more long, at length terete, white- pubescent with adpressed or spreading hairs. Leaflets oblanceolate-oblong, glabrescent or with minute adpressed hairs on the upper surface, silky- pubescent and ash-coloured beneath, 1°3-3 cm. 1. (or more in var.), 3-5 mm. br. (or more in var.); stipules white-pubescent, lanceolate, 5-6 mm.1. Flowers showy, rose-coloured, solitary or in clusters of 2 or 8 in racemes, which are opposite a leaf,and to 1:5 dm.1. Calyzx silky with long white hairs. Standard silky outside; wings, blade 9 mm. L., 4 mm. br., claw 2:2 mm. 1.; keel, claw about 1 cm. 1. Style glabrous ; stigma long-ciliate. Tephrosia LEGUMINOS Zl. Var. littoralis Benth. in Fl. Bras. av. pt. 1, 48 (1859) ; pubescence denser, and on petioles and branches spreading ; leaflets in 5-6 pairs, larger, 2-4 em. 1., 5-12 mm. br.—G@friseb. loc. cit. TT. littoralis Pers. Syn. ii. 329 (1807). Vicia littoralis Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. 206, t. 124 (1763). Galega littoralis L. Syst. ed. 12, 497 (1767) ; Jacq. Sel. Stirp. Amer. ed. pict. t. 192 (17804). Jacquin’s original specimen from which t. 124 and the coloured t. 192 were drawn, is in Herb. Mus. Brit. Macfadyen! King’s House grounds, 600 ft., Harris! Fl. Jam. 6956.— Colombia, Guiana, Brazil. [T. candida DC. Prodr. ii. 249 (1825) ; leaflets in 9-12 pairs, 3-5 cm. 1.; flowers 2-2°5 cm. 1.; pods 8-10 cm. 1—Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vw. 111. Naturalized, presumably an escape from the Botanic Gardens; Morris! near Castleton ; near Hope Bay ; Harris! Golden Spring, 800 ft., Thompson ! Fl. Jam. 6081, 7988, 9040, 11,804.—India, Malay Is. Shrub 4-10 ft. high, bushy; branches covered with velvety pubescence. Leaves 1°5-2°5 dm. 1.; leaflets narrowly oblong, acute, glabrous on upper surface, grey and silky beneath. Flowers reddish, yellow or white, solitary or in clusters in terminal and lateral racemes which are long or contracted (to1°5dm.1.). Calyx densely silky, about 5 mm. 1.; teeth deltoid, shorter than the tube. Corolla white; standard densely silky outside, about 2 cm. 1. Pod 10-15-seeded, straight or slightly recurved, with adpressed brown silky hairs.] — This species and others have been used as cover crops and green dressing. Z [T. noctiflora Bojer ex Bak. in Fl. Trop. Afr. wi. 112 (1871) ; leafiets in 6-9 pairs, narrowly oblanceolate, apex rounded or emarginate, mucronate, 2°5-4°5 cm, 1, 5-8 mm. br.; stipules filiform, villose, 6-9 mm. |. ; calyx pubescent with long reddish- yellow hairs ; tube 2 mm. 1., the lower tooth lanceolate, equalling the tube, the others shorter and deltoid; pod 8—9-seeded, 4—5 em. 1, 5-6 mm. br., densely clothed with fine brown silky hairs, slightly curved upwards. Naturalized; Brandon Hill, 1000 ft., Thompson! Asylum grounds, near Kingston, Plaxton! also Fawcett! King’s House grounds, 600 ft., Harris! Fl, Jam. 6952, 8054.—Africa. Spreading shrubby plant, 4-6 ft. high, densely clothed with short brown pubescence. Leaves 8-13 cm.1.; petiole pubescent; leaflets glabrous on upper surface, silky and grey beneath with adpressed hairs. Flowers white, standard variegated with purple, in small remote clusters in a raceme which is opposite a leaf, 1°5-3'5dm.1. Corolla: standard pubescent on the outside, ovate-roundish, apex deeply emarginate and retuse, 8 mm. 1., about 1 cm. br., claw 2 mm. ].; wings, obovate-oblong, blade 8 mm. L., claw 2 mm. 1.; keel blade 8 mm. 1., claw 2 mm.1., apex close to apex of wings. [T. grandiflora Pers. Syn. ii. 329 (1807) ; leaflets in 5-7 pairs, 1-2 um. 1.; flowers 2-2°5 em.1.; pod glabrous (except on the margins), about 5 cm. 1.—Harv. in Fl. Cap. ii. 209; Griseb. 22 FLORA OF JAMAICA Tephrosia loc. cit. Galega rosea Lam. Encye. ii. 599 (1786). G. grandiflora Vahl Symb. ii, 84 (1791). Naturalized in Blue Mts., Wilson; Prior; Cinchona, J.P. 1176, Morris ! also Clute! Blue Mt. Peak, Hitchcock.—S. Africa, Rhodesia to Cape. Shrubby, erect, 1-2 ft. high; stem and branches puberulous or sub- glabrous. Leaflets oblong, glabrous on the upper surface, puberulous or glabrescent beneath, 3-5 mm. br.; stipules ovate, acute, many-nerved, 5-8mm.1. Flowers showy, rosy-purple, large, in corymbose clusters at ends of branches. Bracts broadly ovate, enclosing the young flower-bud, deciduous. Calyx puberulous-silky, 5-7 mm. 1.; segments awl-shaped. Corolla: standard silky outside, blade roundish, about 2 cm. 1.] [GLIRICIDIA H. B. & K. Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, here and there sub- opposite ; leaflets entire, opposite. Racemes appearing before the leaves, or axillary. Calyx campanulate, entire or obsoletely 5-toothed. Standard roundish, reflexed, clawed, with 2 lobes inside above the claw ; wings oblong, free ; keel curved. Upper- most stamen free. Pod broadly linear, flat-compressed, margins slightly thickened. Seeds 3-6, flat, roundish-elliptical. Species 3 or 4, natives of tropical America, G. sepium Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 688 (1841); Urb. Symb. Ant. ii. 288, iv. 284. G. maculata Steud. loc. cit. Robinia sepium Jacq. Enum. Pl. Carib. 28 (1760) & Sel. Stirp. Amer, 211. Cultivated for fences and subspontaneous in West Indies; Hope, Harris! Fl. Jam. 8453.—Native in Central America and Colombia. Small tree or shrub to 20 ft. high. Leaflets in 4-8 pairs, lanceolate, elliptical, or ovate, 3-6 cm.1., glabrous. Calyx -5cm.1. Corolla lilac- rosy and white; standard (excl. claw) about 2 cm. 1., claw ‘5 cm.1.; wings (incl, claw) about 2°3 cm.1.; keel (incl. claw) about 1°8 cm. 1., claw 6 mm. 1. Style bent at a right angle to pistil. Pod 10-12 cm. 1.,1 to nearly 2 cm. br. Seeds about 1 cm. 1.] -5, SESBANIA Scop. Herbs or shrubs (in S. grandiflora arborescent but short-lived). Leaves abruptly pinnate, leaflets entire in many pairs. Racemes axillary, lax. Calyx 5-toothed (or in S. grandiflora campanulate, toothed-wavy). Standard roundish or ovate. Uppermost stamen free, the rest. united into a sheath; anthers all alike or the alternate a little longer. Pod long, with transverse partitions between the seeds, 2-valved or sometimes scarcely opening. Species 20, widely dispersed through the tropics. Flowers not more than 1 inch long; buds straight. Plants glabrous. Leaflets.in less than 20 pairs.............c.eceeeree 1. S. Sesban. Leaflets in more than 20 pairs. Flowers 2-2°4 Om. 1... 2.6. .s0cessessecsss sce seee 2. S. exasperaia. [Flowers 1-1°2 om. 1. ........-seceeeseeeeeee ones S. bispynosa. | Plants pubescent ........-..cecscesesceeneecseseeeseessesecees 3. S. sericea. [Flowers 8 inches long; buds curved ........::.::s:eeeeeees S. grandiflora.) Sesbania LEGUMINOS 23 1. S. Sesban comb. nov. ; glabrous ; branches without prickles; leaflets in 10-18 pairs; flowers 1°5-1'8 cm. 1—S. egyptiaca Pers. Syn. ti. 316 (1807) ; Wight Ic. t. 32; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 184; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Anal. Gen, t. 12, f.3; Bak. in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 114; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 286. Sesban Alp. PI. Aigypt. t. 82, | Alschynomene Sesban L. Sp. Pl. 714 (1753). (Fig. 5.) Type in Herb. Linn. Seashore, Wilson! March! cult. Hope Gardens, Harris! Fl. Jam. 8617.—Cuba, Porto Rico, south-eastern America, tropical and subtropical Africa, tropical Asia, northern Australia. Soft-wooded shrub 6-10 ft. high. Leaves 1-1°5 dm.1.; leaflets oblong- linear, 2-3 cm. 1., ‘5 cm. br. Racemes 3-12-flowered, 3-15 cm.1. Calyx, abo 6.2 7 Fig. 5.—Sesbania Sesban Fawe. & Rendle. A, Portion of flowering branch x 3. D, Pod, partly opened to show the B, Flower partly opened xX 2. seeds, X %. C, Stamens X 3. E, Seed x 2. tube 4 mm.1., teeth about 1mm.1. Corolla: standard transversely broadly elliptical, somewhat cordate, 1-5-2 cm.1., 1°7-2°3 cm. br.; 2 large calli at the base running down into the claw, above the base free, lanceolate, acuminate; wings, blade 14 cm. 1., claw about :5 cm. 1.; keel, blade short, *7--8 cm. 1., claw as long. Pod 15-23 cm. 1., slightly torulose, compressed, at length cylindrical, beaked with the persistent style. The colour of the flowers is very varied; some are creamy white with standard finely streaked beneath with dark purple, some are bright yellow, others yellow or creamy white with standard edged with dark red, and some variegated orange and scarlet. 2. S. exasperata H. B. & K. in Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 534 (1824) ; glabrous ; branches generally without any prickles, but 24 FLORA OF JAMAICA Sesbania sometimes rough; leaflets in 30-40 (25-50) pairs; flowers 2-2°4 cm. 1— Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 42; Grised. loc. cit. ; Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7384 (leaves not good). Purdie !—Trinidad, tropical continental America. Herb or undershrub 3-8 ft.; branches angular. Leaves 2-3 dm, l., leaflets oblong-linear, irritable, mucronate, 1°5-2°5 cm. 1., 3-6 mm. br. Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, 8-12 cm. 1. Calyx, tube 4-5 mm. 1., teeth 2-3 mm. 1. Corolla: standard 2-2°5 cm. 1.; wings oblong, equalling the standard. Pod 20-25 cm. 1., compressed, only slightly or not torulose, with a long beak. © [S. bispinosa Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, ii. 572 (1841); glabrous ; branches rough with short prickles ; leaflets in 30-50 (20-) pairs ; flowers 1-1-2 cm. 1—-S. aculeata Pers. loc. cit. (1807) ; Griseb. loc. cit.; Bak. loc. cit. ; Plants of Cook’s First Voy. t. 63 & ic. in ed. pict. S, muricata Macf. Jam. i. 257 (1837). | Aischynomene bispinosa Jacq. Ic, Pl. Rar. 13, t. 564 (1797). Coronilla aculeata Willd. Sp. Pl. iii. 1147 (1800). . Naturalized, Windward Road, Macfadyen! also naturalized in some other islands of the West Indies.—Tropics of Old World. Shrub 5 ft. high. Leaves 1-5-3 dm. 1.; leaflets oblong-linear, mucro- nate, 1-2 cm. 1.,2-3 mm. br.; leaf-rhachis with small prickles beneath. Racemes 2-8-flowered, 3-7. cm.1. Calyx, tube 3-4 mm. 1., teeth 1-1°5 mm. 1. Carolla: standard about 1 cm. 1., yellow with small purple spots outside ; wings oblong. Pod 2-3 dm.1.,3 mm. br., not or only slightly torulose, compressed, at length biconvex, beaked. ] 3. S. sericea DC. Prodr. ii. 266 (1825); pubescent (except on upper side of the leaves) ; without prickles ; leaflets in 12—25 pairs; flowers 8-9 mm. 1.—Griseb. loc. cit.; Urb. loc. cit. Coronilla sericea Willd. Enum. 773 (1809). Ferry, Campbell! brackish swamps between Kingston and Spanish Town, Harris! Kingston, Hitchcock; Fl. Jam. 6171, 9051.—Bahamas, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, St. Thomas, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique. Slender branching shrub, 10 ft. high. Leaves 1-2 dm. 1.; leaflets oblong-linear, mucronate, with adpressed silky hairs beneath, irritable, 1°5-2°5 icom. 1., 4-7 mm. br. Inflorescence 4-6-flowered, about 4 cm. 1. Calyx, tube 3-4 mm. 1.; teeth about 1mm.1. Corolla yellow, externally tawny, standard 8-9 mm.1., dotted with purple. Pod 1-2dm.1.,3 mm. br., terete, shortly beaked. [S. grandiflora Pers. Syn. ii. 316 (1807) ; small tree, with large flowers, 7°5 cm. 1., and curved flower-buds ; leaflets in - 12-22 pairs.—Urb. loc. cit. Robinia grandiflora LD. Sp. Pl. 722 (1753). A&schynomene grandiflora L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1060 (1763). Agati grandiflora Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 120, t. 4, f. 6 (18138) ; Griseb. op. cit. 183. Type in Herb. Linn. ~ Cultivated and apparently spontaneous, Shakspear !—W. Indies, India, Mauritius to N. Australia and Polynesia. Native country unknown, . probably India or Australia. Leaves 1°5-3 dm.1.; leaflets oblong, mucronate, 2-4 cm. 1., 7-12 mm. br. Sesbania LEGUMINOS 4 25 Racemes 2-flowered, very short. Calyx campanulate, toothed-wavy, about 2cm.1. Corolla 6-7 cm. 1., rosy-white or red. Pod compressed, elongate, linear, with swollen margins, slightly torulose, pendulous, to more than 3 dm. 1.; seeds separated by ingrowths from the walls. ] § 4. Herb sometimes shrubby below, or shrubs, not twining nor climbing, or rarely shrubs, or even (in’ Brya) small trees. Leaves imparipinnate, leaflets 1-several, or digi- tately 2-4-foliolate in Zornia; petiole not bearing a tendril. Stamens 10, united into a sheath, closed or split above or both above and below, or sometimes the upper- most stamen is more or less free. Pod jointed, not or rarely opening along the lower margin ; joints 1-seeded, usually breaking away from one another when ripe ; sometimes by abortion of the ovules 1-jointed and 1-seeded. 6. BRYA DC. Shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate (in B. Ebenus, 1-3 foliolate with scarcely any common petiole). Stipules (in Jamaican species) subspinescent. Flowers in axillary or sub- terminal cymes or clusters. Bracts and _ bracteoles small, persistent. Calyx 5-lobed. Standard roundish. All the stamens Fig. 6.—Brya Ebenus DC. A, Upper portion of flowering branch x 3. D, Wing x 3. B, Flower with corolla removed xX 3. E, Keel x 3. C, Standard x 2. F, Ovary and style x 5. (After Bot. Mag.) 26 FLORA OF JAMAICA Brya united into a sheath, split above, slightly unequal. Ovules 2. Pod divided into 1 or 2 broad flat joints, not splitting open. Species 3, one a native of Jamaica and Cuba, another of Hispaniola, and the third of Nicaragua. B. Ebenus DC. Prodr. ii, 421 (1825); Macf. Jam. ¢. 301 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4670; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 189. Ebenus jamai- censis Pluk. Phyt. t. 89, f. 1 & Alm. 132. Aspalathus arboreus &e. Sloane Cat: 140 & Hist. ii. 31, t. 175, f. 1. Brya arborescens &e. Browne Hist. Jam. 299, t. 31, f. 2. Pterocarpus foliis de. Plum. Pl. Amer. (Burm.) 243, t. 246, f. 1. Aspalathus Ebenus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1001,(1763). Spartium arborescens Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768). Amerimnon Ebenus Sw. Prodr. 104 (1788) & Fl. Ind. Occ. 1235. (Fig. 6.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. & in Herb. Linn. West Indian Ebony, Cocus Wood. Common on the plains and dry hills on the south; Sloane Herb. vi. 14! Catesby in Herb. Sloane clxii. 74! Houstown! Browne ; Shakspear ! Masson | Macfadyen ; McNab! Lane! Blue Mts., Hitchcock; Porus, Lloyd; Craig Hill; Hope grounds; Harris! Fl. Jam. 8635.—Cuba. Shrub or small tree 15-25 ft. high, with clustered branches which are armed with short sharp foliar prickles subtending a reduced leafy shoot. Leaflets small, elliptical or obovate-elliptical, deciduous in dry weather, 7-17 mm.1. Flowers of a bright yellow or orange colour. Calyx about 3 mm.1. Corolla: standard about: 1cm.1., °8 cm. br.; wings 9 mm. 1. (incl. claw), claw 2 mm. 1. Ovary villose. Pod 2-jointed, upper joint small, abortive. The heart wood is of rich brown, almost black, colour. It is excessively hard—as hard as ebony or lignum-vitee—and harder than boxwood, The grain is very fine, dense and even. It is particularly adapted for turnery, and is used for’ flageolets, inlaying, and cabinet making. Weight 77 to © 87 lbs. per cubic foo& 7, ZESCHYNOMENE L. Leaves irritable, imparipinnate. but sometimes without the terminal leaflet ; leaflets numerous, small. Stipules lanceolate or ovate. Racemes generally axillary. Bracts usually stipule- like; bracteoles adpressed to the calyx. Calyx -2-lipped (in Jamaican species). Standard roundish. Stamens 10, united into a sheath, split on one side (in 4?. biflora), or on both sides (in Af. americana). Pod, joints 2-several, square or semicircular, usually not opening. Species about 160, of which 2 (or 3) are widely dispersed in the tropics in Asia and Africa, 1 also in Australia, 1 in 8. America and also in Africa and Australia, 1 in N. America and 8. Africa, 3 or 4 peculiar to Africa, all the rest American from Patagonia to N. America. Stipules continued below the attachment......... 1. 4. americana. Stipules not continued below the attachment... 2. 4. biflora. Aischynomene LEGUMINOS 27 1. A. amerieana L. Sp. Pl. 713 (1753) ; hirsute ; leaflets in 10-30 pairs, linear, 3-5-nerved ; stipules linear-lanceolate, con- tinued below the attachment, the whole 1-2 cm. 1.—Lam. Iilusir. t. 629, f.2; Macf. Jam. i. 263; Benth. in Fl. Bras. av. pt. 1, 61 Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 185; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 287. Hedysarum caule &c. Sloane Cat. 74 & Hist. i. 186, t.118, f.3. Aischinomene procumbens cc. Browne Hist. Jam. 295. (Fig.7.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. . Sloane Herb. iii. 90! ‘common on south side, especially about Old Harbour and in the lower hills of Liguanea,” Browne! Wright! Broughton ! Masson! Macfadyen! Manchester, Purdie! King’s House grounds, J.P. 1111, Fig. 7.— Zischynomene americana L. ° A, Portion of stem with leaf and C, Standard x 5. inflorescence X %. D, Wing x 5. B, Flower opened out x 3. : E, Keel x 5. Hart! Constant Spring, Port Morant, Port Antonio, Lucea, Hitchcock ; Porus, Lloyd ; Hope grounds, Harris! Fl. Jam. 6625, 6957.—West Indies, tropical continental America. Stem somewhat shrubby, 2-3 ft., erect or ascending. Leaves 5-7 cm.1., leaflets linear, mucronate, oblique at the base, finely toothed near the apex of the lower margin, glabrous, *5-1'5 cm. 1., 1-2 mm. br. Inflorescence laxly few-flowered. Flowers 6-8 mm. 1. Corolla, standard flesh-colour with a tinge of yellow. Pod shortly stalked, 4-8-jointed, contracted between the seeds; joints semicircular, about 5 mm. 1., 3-4 mm. in diam. 2. A. biflora comb. nov.; glandular-hirsute ; leaflets in 4-7 pairs, elliptical or obovate-elliptical, l-nerved with pinnate 28 FLORA OF JAMAICA Aiischynomene veining ; stipules ovate, many-nerved, 3-5 mm. |.— AE. brasiliana DC. Prodr. ti. 322 (1825); Benth. tom. cit. 68; Griseb. loc. cit. Senna spuria minima &c. Houstoun MS. Cassia biflora Miller Gard. Dict. ed. 8 (1768). OC. Houstoniana Oollad. Hist. Cass. 132 (1816). Hedysarum brasilianum Poir. Encyc. vi. 448 (1804). Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. : Houstown !—Cuba, St. Lucia, Trinidad, tropical continental America. Stem shrubby, 2-3 ft. high, diffuse. Leaves 2-8 cm. 1.; leaflets ciliate, glabrous on upper surface, with a few adpressed hairs beneath, -8-1°2 cm.1., 4-6 mm. br. Inflorescence laxly paniculate, several-flowered. Flowers about 7 mm. 1. Pod 1-4-jointed, contracted between the joints; joints semicircular-roundish, 3-4 mm. in diam. Miller states in his Gardener’s Dictionary that ‘‘ This grows naturally in Jamaica, from whence the seeds were sent me,’”’ A specimen with the name in his own handwriting and marked “ Jamaica, 1730, Houstoun,”’ is in Herb. Mus. Brit. But we have not seen any other specimen collected in Jamaica. 8. STYLOSANTHES Sw. Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate. Stipules united to the leaf- stalk. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, forming dense heads or spikes ; flowers subsessile at the axil of a leaf or of a 2-lobed bract, sometimes solitary with 2 or 3 bracteoles, sometimes with a bristle-like abortive axis. Calyx-tube long, stalk-like ; 4 upper lobes united, lowest distinct, narrow, or, the 2 upper lobes united nearly to the apex, the remaining 3 distinct (in S. hamata). Standard roundish. Stamens 10, all united into a closed sheath ; anthers alternately longer, subbasifixed, and short, versatile. Pod compressed, apex with a hooked beak, the persistent lower part of the style ; joints 2, or 1 (with the lower abortive). Species 25 to 30, natives of Asia, Africa, N. America, West Indies, but chiefly of 8. America. Not viscous ; leaflets lanceolate; beak of pod as longas joint 1. S. hamata. Viscous-pubescent ; leaflets elliptical; beak very short....... 2. S. viscosa. 1. S. hamata Taub. in Verh. Bot. Brand. xaxii. 22 (1890) ; pubescent or subglabrous ; leaflets lanceolate ; beak about as long as the pod.— Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 288. S. procumbens Sw. Prodr. 108 (1788), in Svensk Vet. Akad. Handl. 1789, 297, ¢.11, f.1 & FI. Ind. Oce. 1282; Macf. Jam. i. 262 ; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 188. Anonis non spinosa minor &ec. Sloane Cat. 75 & Hist. i. 187, t. 119, f. 2. Trifolium procumbens &c. Browne Hist. Jam. 298. Hedysarum hamatum L. Syst. 1170 (1759) (excl. syn. Burm.), Amen. v. 403 & Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1056 (excl. syn. Burm.). (Fig. 8.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. ; : Pencil Flower. St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane, Herb. iii. 94! Lane in Herb. Sloane clxii. 76! Houstoun! Wright! Broughton! Browne; Bancroft! common in Stylosanthes LEGUMINOS yi pastures, Macfadyen! St. Andrew, McNab! Purdie! Liguanea plain, 380 ft.; Campbell! near Kingston; between Kingston and Morant Bay ; Watson Hill; Fawcett! Kingston, Port Morant, Hitchcock ; Fl. Jam. 6019, 6118, 8249, 8397.—Bahamas, Cayman, West Indies from Cuba to Grenada, Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia. Stem procumbent or ascending, woody at base, 1-3 or 4dm.1. Leafleis - *7-1'7 cm. 1, 2-6 mm. br., subglabrous, margin generally ciliolate’; nerves Fig. 8.—Stylosanthes hamata Taub. A, Portion of flowering branch x 3. D, Portion of flowering branch with pod B, Flower with one wing turned down x 5. xis: C, Wing, inner face x 5. E, Pod x 2. prominent beneath. Bracts leaf-like, often without 1 or 2 leaflets, bearing in the axil a flower and a bristle-like hairy stalk; bracteoles hyaline. Calyx: tube 3°5 mm. 1., limb 2°5 mm. 1., 2 upper lobes united nearly to the apex, the remaining 3 distinct. Corolla yellow, standard 4°5 mm, 1. ; wings 37 mm.1.; keel 3mm.1. Pod, including the beak, nearly 1 cm. 1. 2. S. viseosa Sw. Prodr. 108 (1788); viscous-pubescent ; leaflets narrowly elliptical ; beak of the pod very short.—Sw. in Svensk Vet. Acad. Handl, 1789, 298, ¢. 11, f7.3 & Fl. Ind. Oce. 1285 ; Macf. Jam. 7. 262. 5S. glutinosa H. B. d& K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. vi. 507, t. 595 (1824). Loto pentaphyllo &ec. Sloane Cat. 74 & Hist. i. 186, t. 119, f. 1. Trifolium suberectum kc. Browne Hist. Jam. 299. Hedysarum hamatum, var. viscosa L. Amen. v. 404 (1760) (excl. ref. to Burm.) & var. B L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1056. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. Sloane Herb. iii. 93! Lane in Herb. Sloane lxii. 76! Browne ; Brough- ton! Shakspear! common in pastures and roadsides, Macfadyen ; McNab! Purdie! Wullschlaegel ; Oersted! Spring Hill, Portland; Lititz savanna, 30 FLORA OF JAMAICA Stylosanthes 300-900 ft.; Two Mile Wood, St. Catherine; Harris! Fl. Jam. 6630, 11,764, 12,406.—Cuba, Mexico, tropical S. America. Stem diffuse or suberect, much branched, woody at base, 2-10 dm. 1. Leaflets 5-1 cm. 1., to 5 mm. br., viscid-puberulous on both sides. Bracts as in S. hamata, bearing in the axil a flower, but no bristle-like stalk; bracteoles, one lanceolate, one linear, 3°5mm.1. Calyx, stalk-like tube 4mm. 1.,limb about 2mm.1. Corolla orange-coloured; standard 4 mm. 1. wings and keel nearly as long. Pod about 4 mm. 1. 9. ZORNIA J. F. Gmel. =“ Leaves digitately 2- or 4-foliolate, usually with pellucid dots. Stipules with a basilar appendage. Flowers distant in spikes or Fig. 9.—Zornia diphylia Pers. A, Upper portion of branch, with leaves F, Upper portion of staminal sheath more and flower spikes X 3. highly magnified. B, Standard x 3. G, Ripe pod with one of the bracts re- C, Wing xX 3. moved X 3; 8s, persistent staminal D, Keel x 3. sheath. E, Flower with corolla removed x 3. H, Bract slightly magnified. solitary ; each flower enclosed by 2 bracts (stipules of abortive bracts). Calyx hyaline, ciliolate, 2 upper lobes united forming a broad emarginate upper lip, 2 lateral much smaller, lower equalling the upper lip. Standard roundish. Stamens 10, all united into a closed sheath ; anthers alternately longer, subbasi- fixed, and short, dorsifixed. Pod compressed; joints not opening. Species 11, all American, of which one grows in N. America and also at the Cape, one (Z. diphylia) polymorphic, widely Zornia LEGUMINOS Al 31 dispersed through the warmer regions of the world, the rest all tropical American, chiefly Brazilian. Leaflets 2. Flowers in spikes............ 1. Z. diphylla. Leaflets 4. Flowers solitary.............. 2. Z. tetraphylla. 1. Z. diphylla Pers. Syn. ii. 318 (1807) (with var. ciliata Pers.) ; leatlets 2; flowers in spikes.—-Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 80, it. 21, 22; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 185; Urb. Symb. Ant. iv. 289. Z. reticulata Smith in Rees Cyclop. xawix. (1818) ; Macf. Jam. 1. 261. Hedysarum diphyllum L. Sp. Pl. 747 (1753) ; Sw. Obs. Bot. 285. Hedysarum minus diphyllum &c. Sloane.Cat. 73 & Hist. 1. 185; Houst. Cat. MS. f. 62. Onobrychis maderaspatana &c. Pluk. Phyt. t. 246, f. 6, Alm. 270. Hedysarum herbaceum ~ procumbens &e. Browne Hist. Jam. 301. (Fig. 9.) Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. St. Jago de la Vega, Sloane Herb. iii. 89! Old Harbour, Browne! Liguanea, Broughton! dry pastures ip south side, Macfadyen; Purdie! Wullschlaegel ; March! Prior ; amongst grasses in the savanna, Two Mile Wood Pen, St. Catherine, Harris! Fl. Jam. 12,070.—Tropics. Herbaceous, diffuse or ascending, glabrous or pubescent-villose. Branches short or long, 1°5-4 dm. 1. Leaflets 2, lanceolate, the lower shorter, elliptical, 1°5-4 cm. 1. Bracts elliptical to lanceolate, 1-1°2 cm.1. _ Calyx about 8mm.1. Corolla yellow; standard ‘81cm. 1. Pod puberu- lous, retitulate, more or less covered with spines, 2-6-jointed; joints rounded, about 3 mm. 1. 2. Z. tetraphylla comb. nov. (non Micha.) ; leaflets 4; flowers solitary.—Z. myriadena Benth. in Fl. Bras. xv. pt. 1, 85 (1859). Z. Sloanei Griseb. op. cit. 709 (1864). Quadrifolium erectum flore luteo Sloane Cat. 74 & Hist. 7, 186, t. 116, f. 3. Ornithopus tetraphyllus L. Syst. ed. 10, 1168 (1759), Amon. v. 402 & Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1049. Myriadenus Desv. Journ. Bot. i. 121, t. 4, f. 11 (1813). M. tetraphyllus DC. Prodr. ii. 316 (1825) ; Macf. Jam. 1. 260. Type in Herb. Mus. Brit. Savanna, near Two Mile Wood, Sloane Herb. iii. 92!—Cuba, Brazil. Stems woody at the base, diffuse, slender, branching, puberulous. Leaflets usually 4 (sometimes 3), 1-1°3 cm. 1., or sometimes less near the flowers, oblanceolate, apex rounded or retuse, glabrous or sometimes puberulous on the margin, dotted with pellucid glands. Peduneles one- flowered, solitary in the uppermost axils, 2-3 mm. 1. SBracts elliptical, glandular-dotted, ciliolate, 4-5 mm. 1. Calyx about 3 mm. 1. Corolla yeHowish, 12-13 mm. 1. Pod glandular-dotted, glabrous or minutely puberulous with stellate hairs, 2-10-jointed ; joints somewhat rectangular, about 2 mm. 1. 10. DESMODIUM Desv. » Leaves pinnately 3-foliolate (reduced to a single leaflet in D. triquetrum and D. gangeticum). Stipules striate, dry. Racemes terminal or sometimes also axillary, simple or paniculate. Flowers 1, or 2 or more in small clusters along the rhachis, or in a simple aw FLORA OF JAMAICA Desmodium cluster opposite the leaves. Calyx: tube short ; 2 upper lobes or teeth more or less united, 3 lower acute or acuminate. Standard obovate or roundish. Uppermost stamen united with the sheath or more or less free. Pod compressed, with flat joints, usually not opening, but splitting along the lower margin in D. gyrans, and the joints tardily opening in D. triflorum and D. barbatum. Species 150, widely dispersed through tropical and subtropical regions, some in N. America, a few in 8S. America, the Cape, and Australia, but none in New Zealand, nor in Europe, nor temperate Asia. Leaf-stalks not winged. Flowers in lax racemes or panicles. Pod indehiscent. Upper margin of legume continuous. Leaflets roundish-elliptical..................000 1. D. adscendens Leaflets oblong-elliptical, whitish beneath... 2. D. swpinwm. Upper me 3 of legume stigntly notched. Leaflets 3 Stem 3-cornered with Hooked hairs......... 3. D. intortum. Stem terete. Stem trailing, rooting .....................068 4. D. axillare. PEPOCE SALUD: vcccjoscm seen sees eecnrvaraescetajees D. cajanifoliwm.]} (Tueafleb il. 4... Saved etcatucacs be stsgstgeameiceeeees oo D. gangeticum.} Both margins of legume equally notched. cer . Joints of legume equal and fertile. Joints roundish to rhomboid. Stem erect. Stipules semicordate........ 5. D. purpurewm. Stem procumbent. Stipules not semi- : COLARLG ness c rio stuecdracicaseeesein cliran: 6. D. procwmbens. Joints linear-oblon ge... i.e cc.cc-ssne-tosversane 7. D. scorpiurus. Joints only 2, one small sterile, the other larger fertile. ces vesse es eeveasctavausiec couse 8. D. molle. [Pod dehiscing along the lower margin. Lateral leaflets small, moving by jerks................... D. gyrans.} Flowers 2-4 in clusters opposite a leaf or in axil OF Neal ch 255 agi satea vitae; a i asisseachateedls tougeoses aac, sa) Pa ere DE On nbs Flowers crowded in dense corymbose terminal racemes. Oalyx hirsute... .2 is ssoh- sc. nadeshs ced acaacsmnsendsasnounes 10. D. barbatwm. [Flowers numerous in axillary umbels. Branches teroue.: cecsscoecscesescs worserr este ccast acute see D. umbellatum. | Branches'd-angled s.:,,<..<<.22-cssaseees