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PERKINS THE LEGUMIXOSAE OF PORTO RICO. 



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Xear Bayamuii, in coatit diaLrictd at Catano; near Cabeza de San^uaii, in coast dis- 

 Iriuts; near Patillas, in thickets on tlie seashore at Guardaraya; near Coamo, around Los 

 Eailos along roads, in the valley of El Tendal River in rocky ground, on El Fuerte 

 River, and near the Salinas Tiagoons; near Penuelas; near Yauco; near Guanica, in coast 

 districts between Barina and La Boca and at Salinas; near Salinas de Cabo Rojo at Los 

 Mtjrillos; near Mayagnez, in coast districts at AlgaiTobo; near Rincon at Cabo San Fran- 

 cisco. — Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman (Millspaugh), Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix, 

 St. John (Eggers), St. Martin (Stockhohn Herbarium), St. Bartholomew (do.), St. 

 Kitts (Grisebach), Antigua (do.), Guadeloupe, Desirade (Grisebach), Marie Galante 

 (Duss), Dominica (Grisebach), St, Vincent, Tobago, Margarita, Curafao. Tropical 

 continental America. 



On account of the strong resemblance of the Tephrosia species, it is often difficult 

 to distinguish them, T. cinerca differs from 1\ purpurea in having calyx teeth that 

 are almot^t twice as long" as (he tube* The racemes are also shorter in T. ctnerea. 



In tropical America the young branches and leaves of this plant are crushed and . 

 mixed with quicklime, and ihe mixture used for narcotizing fish. 



Local name, ami cemzo. 



2. Tephrosia cathartica (Sesse & Mn^'.) Urb.'^ 



(Urban, 28:^.) 



The stem woody^ branches firm, angular, thinly gray-silky; stipules setaceouSj 

 minute, 2 mm. long; leaves 5 to 7 cm. long, imparipinnate, 2 to 3-jugat(^; leaflets 

 oblong or obovate-oblong, 1.4 to 3.5 cm. long, G tu 12 mm. wide, gray-silky un both 

 sides, entire, blunt, emargijiate, papyraceous; petiolule of lateral leaflets 1 mm. long, 

 that of terminal ont; 6 mm.; racemes both terminal and leaf-opposed, lax, 5 to 15 cm. 

 long; flowers solitary or in pairs, bracts minute; pedicel about 2 mm. long; calyx 4 

 mm. long, pilose outside, the lanceolate, acuminate teeth exceeding the tube; flowers 

 blood-red, 7 mm. long; pod linear, downy, 3.5 cm. long, 5 mm. wide, stipitate, 5 or 

 6-eeeded. 



Xoar Mayaguez, in coast districts at Algarrobo; near Bincon at Cabo San Francisco; 

 near Vega Baja, in sandy soil. — Bahama, Cayman, Haiti, St. Kitts, Trinidad, Buatan 

 Island (Bay of Honduras), Cartagena. 



Poiret says that Cytisus seadlijlorus Poir. lias been collected in Purto llico, but the 

 original specimen was probably collected by Ledru or Riedle in Trinidad, not in 

 Porto Bico. 



32. BABBIERIA DC. 



BarbieriaBV. Prod. 2: 239, 3825. 

 Barbiera Spreng. Gen. 2: 587. 1831. 



Calyx long-tubuliform, with acute subequal segments; petals with long claws; 



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Standard oblong, narrowed below into a claw; A\'ings oblong, adhering to the keel; 

 petals of the keel longer than the wings, obtuse; upper stamen free, the others con- 

 nale; anthers uniform; ovary sessile, multiovulate; style long, slender, bearded on 

 th(j inner side; pod linear, straight, compressed, 2'Valved, indented between the 

 seeds un the outside, septate; seed transverse, oblong. — Shrubs; leaves imparipin- 

 nate; leaflets entire, numeiuus; stipels long, subulate; stipules acuminate-subulate; 

 flowers 2 or 3 together, in ternunal or axillary racemes, rather large, red; Ijracts and 

 bracteoles lanceolate-subulate . 



(iCook and Collins, p. 128, as Cracca leptostackys. 



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