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wluit compressed, willi a moro or less llesliy inesoearp and a thick siibligneous eiido- 

 carp; seeds 1, pendulous. — Strong tn^os; leaves imparipiiinate; leaflt^ts opposite, rarely 

 allernatOj oft(ni slipcdlate; flowtTs rose-colortnl or violet, fragrant, in terminal pyram- 

 idal panicles, ^subsessilc, usually crowded; l>racts and l)racteoles small, dcciduou.s. 



1. Andira jamaicensis (W. Wri^litj Urb/^ 



(Urban, 298.) 



Tree 10 to 20 meters liigli with firm woody brancheSj \ho young twigs slightly gray- 

 piibescent; petioles 5 to 7J^ cm. long; leaflets 9 to 113, the pairs more than 2,5 cm. apart, 

 oblong or lanceolate, or the terminal one ohovate, 5 lo 7.5 cm, long, 1.5 to 2,5 cm. wide, 

 acuminate or subacute, the base scarcely rounded, subsessile, subcoriacoous, both 

 aides glabruus, ilarh green, shining; lloweris in pyramidal panicles, 15 to 30 cm. long, 

 with distant, sprt^ading, stalked, racemose, closely flowtn'ed branches; calyx subsessile, 

 silky, about 4.5 mm. deep, brownish red; (-oroUa reddish, violet, or jiale pnrph^, 13 to 

 15 mm. de(^p, the standard (1.5 to 8.5 mm. l)road; ovary stalked, glaVirons or ^-lightly 

 ciliatej 3 or 4-nvulate; legume green, sul)ri>tun<lat(\ about 2.5 cm. in diameter, obtus(1y 

 carinate; or shortly ovate, or ohovate, 3.5 to 1 cm. long, slightly or not at all carinat(\ 



Near Bayamon in woods; Sierra de Lu((uillo, in woods between Mavi and Mount 

 Jimenez; in the c^alcareous mountains near Juneos; near Coamij* in woods at Pedro 

 Garcia and at Los Banos; between Coanu) and Aguas IJuenas on the roadside; near 

 Yauco; near Guanica on Mount Puerco and al Carinas; neai' ilayaguez; near Maiicao, 

 in th(» for<\sts of Mount ^h)ntoso: near T^'tnado in \hv rocky mountains at TiOs Ang( les. — 

 Cuba, Jamaiea, Haiti, and in relattul forms (vari(^ty sr;/)/r?r/ciwfc'? (Benlh., Gris(»b.), with 

 larger flowers and longc^r pe<lic<^ls, St. Thomas, St. Onix. St. John (Kggers), St. Kilts 

 ((irisebach), Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vin(^ent, 

 Tobago, Trinidad (Sieber). Tropical Am(U'ica and west tropical Africa; very a1>nn- 

 dant in Central America, Guiana, Venezuda, north Ihazil. and easterji Peru. 



The Brazilian and west African specinu^ns are gent^ially rather longer-flowered and 

 stiffer-leaved than those fnnn Guiana, the AVest Indies, and Cential America; but no 

 tangible diameters nor constant size in the flowers can be found to separate them even 



into marked varieties. 



liocal names, moco, tttoca bJanca, 



51. ABRUS L. 



Ahrns AoANs. Fain. 2: 327. I7<i3. 



Ihrpfiuria V.vrKE, 0(^st(T. P-ct. Zcntsch. 29: 222. 1870 



Calyx campatudate, truncate or shoilly and l)roadly toothed; standard ovate, tlic 

 short claw adhering to tlu^ l)ase of Ihe stamlnal tube; keel much curved, the petals 

 united from tlu^ I)ase, oft<Mi longer than the wings; stamens 9 united in a sheath open 

 on the upper side, the ui)per one deJicient; ovary sessih\ with indefinite ovules; style 

 shoit, incurved; stigma terminal; pod oliloiig or linear, flat, 2-valv<'d, witli cellular 

 partitions bet w<'en the seeds. — Slu'ulis (tr nndershrnhs; stems usually twining or trail- 

 ing, woody at the base; leav(*s j)aripi]inate, the leafiest s niany-jugaI(N the c^ommon peti- 

 ole ending in a short point; flowers small, rose-cohtred or wliite, in clusters on lateral 

 thickened nodes or in axillary or terminal racemes; bracts small^ often persistent; 



bracleoles 2 on the calyx. 



L Abrus precatorius L. 



(Vrban, 298.) 



Shrub with slender woody wide-climhing glal)rous or slightly pubescent branches; 

 leaves abruptly ])innatc\ 4 lu S cm. long; leaflets 10 to Jo-jugate, oblong or ol>ovale. 



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t^ Cook and Collins, ]). SO, as Affdira inerrnw. 



