208 CONTRIBUTIONS FIIOM THE NATIONAL HEEBARTUM, 



2. Galactia striata (Jacq,) Urb. 



(Urban, 304.) 



Perennial twining, stem becoming woody at the base, elongate, dothod with moder- 

 ately long or shortj white, more or less spreading hairs; stipules subulate, 2 to 4 mm. 

 long; peduncle 1.5 to 3.5 cm. long; leaflets 3, terminal one ovate-elliptical, very obtuse 

 or subrotundate at the apex with a minute mucro, mor<> acuta te, obtuse or subobtuse 

 at the base, 3.5 to 6 cm. long, 2 to 3 cm. wide, the lateral ones a little or one-third 

 shorter than the terminal, fiubobIi<pn', ovate, rounded at the base, rotundatc or very 

 obtuse at the apex, all membranous, with short appressed liairs above, pubescent 

 beneath; inflorescence 3 to 15 cm. hmgj peduncle 0.6 to 1 mm. long, many-flowered 

 above; pedicels 2 to 2.5 mm. long; calyx densely pubescent, its luurs appressed, 

 7 mm. long, anterior teeth lanceolate, acuminate, 2^ times as long as the tube, the 

 lateral ones lanceolate, acutate, twice as long as the tub(^, posterior ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse; standard purple, striate, 8 to 9 mm. long, 5 mm, wide, broadly obovate, the 

 claw 1 mm. long; keel almost without color, dorsally arcuate, as long as the standard, 

 wings purple, a little narrower and much shorter than the keel, 8 mm. long, L5 mm. 

 wide; upper stamen free, all above incurv^cd; anthers ovate or ovate-oblong; ovary 

 sessilcj about 11-ovulate; legume (ex Jacquin) sometimes erect, sometimes a little 

 incurved; seeds reniform, brown, variegated. 



^a. Galactia striata tomentosa (Bertol.) Url>, 



(Urban, 305.) 



Stem clothed with moderately long, sometimes subequal white hairs, sonnet imes 

 recurved-pubescent; leaflets ovate, rarely orbicular-ovate or elliptical, rounded at 

 both ends, rarely obtuse, above shortly pilose, beneath dt^nsely soft-tomentoso; calyx 

 densely patent-pubescent, 7 to 8 mm. long; corolla rose-colored, the outside greener 

 rose-colored or peach-colored; standard 9 to 10 mm. long, 5 to 6 mm. wide, obrn^te; 

 wings much shorter than the keel, 8 mm. long, 1.5 to 1.8 mm., wide; pod 1 to 7 cm. 

 long, 7 to 9 mm. wide. 



At St. Isabel; near Maunabo, in thickets at Punta do la Tuna and at Punta Mala 

 Pasqua; near Aibonito, at Algarrobo; between Aibonito and Coamo along roads and 

 on rocks; near Coamo, at Pedro Garcia and in the valh?y of the El Teudal River; 

 near Juana Diax at Escalabrado; near Cabo Rojo, in thickets at Monte Grande and 

 in the woods on the coast.-^Haiti, St. Thomas, St. Croix. 



2b, Galactia striata berteriana vl^>C.) Urb. 



(Urban, 305.) 



Stem clothed with short subretrors(^ or horizontal Iiairs; h^aflels g1al)rous or slightly 

 pilose above, clothed beneath with short appressed hairs, narrowed at both ends, the 

 apex obtuse or acutate; flowers rod or roge-colored; standard 9 to 10 mm. long; wings 

 a little shorter than the keel, much shorter than the standard, 8 nun. long; seeds 

 9 to 14. 



Near Bayamon on hedges; near Fajardo in the mountain forests; nrar 13arranquitas 

 in copses near the River Isabon; near Cabo Rojo, on Monte Grande; near Rincon, 

 at Barrio del Pueblo^ and in coast districts; near Aguudilla, at Barrio A^ictoria. 

 Guadeloupe (?). 



