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LEGUMINOSiE. LXXXV. Galactia. 



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S. Native of Jamaica and Cayenne. — Sloane, jam. 1. t. 114. f. 

 4. — P. Browne, jam. 298. t. 32. f. 2. Clitoria Galactia, Lin. 

 spec. 1026. Flowers red. Shrub yielding a milky juice, and 

 the legume is terete according to Sloane. 



Fendulous-Qowered Galactia. Fl. Jul- Aug. Clt. 1794. Sh. tw. 



2 G. SERi'cEA (Pers. ench. 2, p. 302.) stem twining, pubes- 

 cent : leaflets ovate, rather retuse, hoary and silky on both §ur- 



; racemes sub-spicate, axillary, shorter than the leaves ; 

 corolla a little longer than the calyx. ^2 . '^ 

 Island of Bourbon. Clitoria Phryne, Comm. Juss. Legume 

 glabrous, compressed, 4-5-seeded. 



Far. /3, plirynoides (D. C. prod. 2. p. 237.) leaves silky and 

 rather hairy; pedicels axillary, and usually 1-flowered. Tj .^. 

 S. Native of the Mauritius. Superior lobes of calyx a little 

 broader than the rest. Perhaps a proper species. 



Silky Galactia. Clt. 1834. Shrub tw. 



give them the appearance of an interrupted spike of flowers* 



root tuberous, oblong, !(.. 



Native of Mexico. Verj 



S. Native of the 



like the preceding species. Flowers purple. 



Tuherous-rooted Galactic. PI. tw. 



10 G. du'bia (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, terete, 

 beset with strigose pili, as well as the under side of the leaves 

 and petioles ; leaflets elliptic, obtuse, somewhat emarginate, gla- 

 brous above ; racemes axillary, about equal in length to the 

 leaves ; legumes linear, rather falcate, acute, clothed with ad- 

 pressed hairs. Tj , '^. S. Native of Guadaloupe. Galegadu- 

 bia, Balb. herb. Calyx when young strigose, but at length be- 

 coming smooth, having the lobes acuminated, 

 coloured in a dried state. 



Corolla copper 



Doubtful Galactia. Shrub tw. 



11 G. Jussi^a'na (Kunth, mim. 196. t. 55. nov. gen. amer. 



6. p. 427.) stem creeping, suffruticose, clothed with silky toraen- 



3 G. Cube'nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 429.) tum ; leaflets elliptic, rounded at both ends, rather coriaceous 



stem twimng, beset with retrograde pubescence ; leaflets ellip- silky-canescent above, but clothed with silky white tomentum 

 tic, rounded at both ends, membranous, puberulous above, but 

 clothed with 



legumes silky. 

 Flowers purple. 

 Cuba Galactia. 



soft canescent pubescence beneath ; 

 7/ . ^. S. 



beneath as well as the legumes ; calyx clothed with silvery silky 



calyxes and pubescence. 1? . S. Native of South America, on the banks 



PL tw. 



Native of Cuba, near the Havannah. of the river Orinoco, near Atures. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Jussteu*s Galactia. Shrub creeping. 

 12 G. Bkrteria'na (D. C, prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, 



4 G. piLosA (Nutt. gen. amer. 2. p. IIG.) stem twining, clothed with retrograde pili; petioles and leaves clothed ffitb 



clothed with dense and soft pili ; leaflets oval, obtuse, and pilose, 

 paler beneath ; racemes pedunculate, longer than the leaves ; 

 flowers nearly sessile ; legume villous. ^^ . '^. F. Native of 

 Carolina and Georgia. Flowers reddish. 

 Pilose Galactia. PI. tw. 



5 G. MOLLIS (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 61.) stem twim'ng, 

 clothed with soft villi ; leaflets ovate-oblong, obtuse, glaucous be- 

 neath, and nearly glabrous, smooth above; racemes pedunculate, 



; flowers pedicellate ; 

 legumes compressed, pubescent. %. 

 of Carolina and Georgia. Pursh. fl. sent. amer. 2. t>. 486. 

 Hedysarum volubile, Lin. spec. 1057. 

 Flowers purple, and variegated with yellow and white, 

 ^o/i Galactia. FL July, Aug. Clt. 1827. PI. tw. 



6 G. glabe'lla (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 2. p. 62.) stem pros- 

 trate and naked, twining, smoothish ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, emarginate at both ends, glabrous ; racemes axillary, sim- 



a little longer than the leaves 

 minated : 



calyxes acu- 

 ^. F. Native 

 Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 2. p. 



Dill. hort. elth.l. f. 170. 



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short, few-flowered; flowers pedicellate; calyxes and le- ,^ , ^ . , . ..^ 



'^. F. Native of North America, from and legumes clothed with silky pubescence. Tj . S. Native 



gumes glabrous. 



New 



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villous pubescence beneath ; leaflets ovate, acutish, glabrous 

 above; racemes spicate, longer than the leaves; calyxes gla- 

 brous, cleft into 4 beyond the middle : legume compressed, 

 hooked at end, in consequence of the bent style, hairy in tk 

 middle of the valves, but glabrous on the margins. ^ • • ^' 

 Native of Porto-Rico. Flowers purple. 

 Bertero^s Galactia. Shrub twining. 



13 G. angustifolia (Kunth, mim. t. 5^. nov. gen. amer. «■ 

 p. 428.) stem erect, clothed with silky tomentum ; leaflets linear- 

 oblong, rounded at both ends, with the margins undulatelV' 

 repand, coriaceous, clothed above with silky pubescence, an 

 beneath with silky silvery tomentum ; calyxes silky. %^}: 

 Native of New Andalusia, on the declivities of Mount Tumin- 

 quiri. Flowers purple ? 



Narrow-leajletted Galactia. 



14 G. glauce''scens (H. B. et , 

 smoothish ; leaflets elliptic-oblong, obtuse at both ends, cor^ 

 ceous, glabrous, shining above, but glaucescent beneath ; ^f^\ 



PI, 1 to 2 feet. 



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Kunth, 1. c.) stem erect. 



Jersey to Carolina, in pine barrens and sandy places. 

 E'rvum volubile, Walt. car. 187. 



Dolichos regularis, Lin. spec. Flowers violaceous. 



Soutb America, in the province of Quito, at the river Cueiit 



1022. Flowers purple, red and white mixed. 



Smooth Galactia. Fl. July, Aug. PI. tw. 



7 G. Pu'rsiiii (Desv. obs. leg. in Schlecht. Linnaea, 2. p. 

 510.) stem prostrate and somewhat twining, smoothish; leaflets 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, emarginate at both ends, glabrous ; ra- 

 cemes axillary, simple, short, few-flowered ; calyx glabrous ; 



If.^. F. 



.30.) 



Glaucescent Galactia. Shrub. 



15 G. coria'cea (Nees et Mart. nov. act. bonn. 12. P 

 shrubby, glabrous; leaflets ovate,'cuspidate, glabrous, an 



ticulately veined beneath ; racemes erect ; pedicels tern ; flo^ 



il. Calyx cylindrical, 



pendulous, 

 cleft. 



Native of Brazil 



Vl. S. 

 Flowers of a beautiful red colour. 



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legumes villous. 

 New Jersey to Carolina, 

 p. 487. but not of Michx. 

 Roots fusiform. 

 Parslis Galactia. 



Native of North America, from 

 G. glabella, Pursh. fl. sept. amer. 2. 

 Flowers purple, red, and white mixed. 



Fl. July, Aug. PI. tw. 



8 G. radica'ta (D. G. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem weak, twining, 

 smoothish ; leaflets oblong-linear, obtuse, glabrous ; flowers axil- 

 lary, pedicellate, twin ; legume pubescent. If . '^. S. Native 

 of Mexico. Clitoria Mariana, Moc. ^t Sesse, fl. mex. icon, 

 ined. but not of Lin. Flowers of a violet-purplish colour. Root 

 woody, thick. Teeth of calyx 4, acute. 



Thxck-rootcd Galactia. PI. tv/. 



9 G. tubero^sa (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem twining, vil- 

 lous ; leaflets ovate ; flowers axillary, twin, almost sessile, and 



Coriaceoiis-\ea.\Gd. Galactia. Shrub 2 keU 



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16 G. Ma'rtii (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stem prostrate^^ 

 twining at the apex ; leaflets cordate-lanceolate, clothed b^^^ 

 with yellowish silky pubescence, at length glabrous ; ^?^ -^ 

 axillary ; calyxes clothed with rufous villi. ^ - '^' ^' ^ 

 of Brazil, in fields. Clitoria ? angustifolia, Nees. e^ ^lart.u- 

 act. bonn. 12. p. 29. Calyx 4-cleft, in which particular it a. 



- ^ • ^ — ■ ' Flowers bluisb-p»^^ 



with the rest of the species of this genus. 



Martius's Galactia. PI. tw. 



17 G.? Nee^su (D. C. prod. 2. p. 238.) stems 

 tomentose; leaflets oblong, obtuse, tomentose be^^^^^'^r^yj 

 somewhat capitate; bracteas lanceolate; segments ol ,, 

 acuminated, villous. IJ,. ^. S. Native of Brazil, m 

 Clitoria rublginosa, Nees et Mart. 1. c. p. 29. but not ol '^ 



ttrhiin?' 



with the upper abortive leaves mixed among the flowers so as to CoroUa pale-blue. Calyx 4-cleft, 



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