212 CONTRIBUTIOXS TROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



Calyx- tube obtuse at tlie base; the calyx segments long or short, 

 always shorter than thu standard. (Section Copisma.) 



Pod constricted between the seeds, tomentose or glal)rescont, 

 2 to 2.5 cm. longj 8 mm. broad; seeds two-colored, black 

 with a scarlet-yellow ring round the hilum; flowers in 

 many-flowered racemes (10 t(t 20 cm. long); terminal leaf- 

 let 7 to 10 cm. long; leaves beneath an<l calyx with scat- 

 tered, very small y(^llowish glands* 2. R. phaseoJnlfJe.'i, 



Pod ctmtinuons, oblong, tapering at the base, pu1)esc<>nt, 

 soon glabrous, iM to 1.75 cm. long, \ to 5 mm. wxdo] seeds 

 black; flowers in lax (J to 12-flow(H'ed racemes (5 to 7.5 cm. 

 long); terminal leaflet 1.8 to 2.5 cm, long; li'av(*s bencalh 

 and calyx with large brownish glands. 3, li. minima. 



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1. Rhynchosia reticulata (Sw.) DC. 



(Urban, 307.) 



Stem suffrutescent, twining, from 23 to 90 cm. high, angular, tomentose; leaflets 

 ovate, acute or acuminate, 5 to 7.5 cm. long, 2.25 to 4 cm. wide, 3-nerved and relicu- 

 lated beneath, with the ribs prominulous, tomentose, or villose on both sides; racemes 

 many-flowered, from 5 to 15 cm. long, axillary; calyx ().5 to 13 mm. deep, tube very 

 short; corolla yellow or variegated with purple. 



Near Bayamon, in littoral thickets; near Cayey, on Morillos brook; near Coamo, in 

 thevalleyof theEl Tendal River; nearMaricao, on the edges of the woods; nearGuanica, 

 in the thickets of Mount El Maniel; near('abo Kojo, in copse land; nearMayagU(^z; near 

 Pepino, on declivities at Eneas. — Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, St. Tbonu\s, St. Croix, St. 



John (Eggers), St. Martin (Stockholm Herbarium), St. Bartholomew, St. Kitts, Antigua 

 (Grisebach), Guad(^loupe, St. Vincent. Widely distributed in the warmer parts ctf 

 America. 



Rhynchosia reticulata differs from the other two Rhyn< hosia species found in Porto 

 Rico in having calyx segments that are mu<'h htnger than the tube, and as long as or 

 longer than the standard. 



2. Rhynchosia phaseoloides (Sw.) DO. a 



(Urban, 307.) 



Stem woody at the l)ase, branches herbac(^ous, a high climbing plant; leaflets ovate or 

 ovate-rhomboid, acuminate, 5 to 9 cm. long, 3.5 to 5 cm. wide, very variable in tlie down 

 and in the size and form of the leaflets; racemes many-flowered, 8 to 13 cm., sometimes 

 20 cm. long; flowers yellow with many red-brown lines; calyx 2 mm. long, tonu^ntose; 

 corolla 11 to 15 mm. long; standard striate with purple. 



Near Bayamon; near Aibonito, in the primeval forests at Cuyon and at Barrio del 

 Pasto; near Utuado, on shady declivities at Pellejas and in rocky localities of the pri- 

 meval forest at Los Angeles; near Lares, in mountain forests alCalh^jones; nearCamuy, 

 on the edge of the woods at Cacao; near Manati, on calcareous mountains at Bio Arriba 

 Saliente; nearBarceloneta, on the edges of Uie forests of Mount Fhirida.— Cuba, Jamaica 

 (variety), Haiti, St. Thomas (Eggers), Guadeloupe (variety), Dominiea (Grisebach), 

 Martinique (Cop(ufliagen Herbarium), St. Vincent (variety), Trinidad (Grisebach).^ 

 "Central America, South America. 



** Cook and Collins, p. 13tJ, as Dolichohis phaseoloides. 



